Welcome to one of many events that have been taking place all over the Americas in the realization of what I have been calling the emerging black Enlightenment.
In terms of the very modest contribution of the philosophy Born of Struggle Association to this enterprise we have been trying to develop themes over the [...]

Introduction
C.L.R. James once opened a talk by stating, “Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, Black Power.” I begin today by saying Ladies and Gentlemen, Walter Rodney and Heresy. J. Peter Euben writes about the tragedy of political theory. Euben’s tragedy refers to tragic texts in the history of canonical professional political theory and [...]

A Brief Manifesto on the Re-Education of Struggle Un-Resigned
Learn what’s not taught, listen to what’s not heard, remember what’s forgotten, and speak what requires courage; these are the simple duties of intellectuals in struggle. Frederick Douglass speaking on the Fourth of July, Anthony Benezet preaching on Thanksgiving Day, or Ella Baker counseling students. [...]