This episode features Penny Hess ripping to shreds the white lie that, “It’s not about race, it’s about class.” Tune to hear the African Internationalist response to this denial of the colonial contradiction as expressed through opportunistic slogans like, “black and white unite and fight,” and the historical distortion that says white people were somehow […]
Shattering the lie that capitalism was born as a benign and progressive system Penny Hess, Chairwoman of the African People’s Solidarity Committee, destroys the lie that capitalism was born as a benign and progressive system in Europe and only later became the oppressive, world wide system of imperialism we know today. This episode of the […]
On Episode 3 of “White Lies Shattered,” co-hosts Jamie Simpson and Jesse Nevel use the political theory and historical analysis of African Internationalism to expose and destroy the white nationalist lie that “Africans sold themselves into slavery,” a foul and slanderous lie propagated by imperialism to blame African people for their own oppression and attempt […]
On January 27, 2021, Kevin Desir, a 43-year-old black man, died in the custody of the Broward County (Florida) Sheriffs Department – a week after an “altercation” with jail staff had left him in a vegetative state with irreversible brain injury. Desir had been arrested and charged with possession of marijuana despite the fact that […]
Episode 2: Shattering the white lie that “Europeans discovered the world in the Age of Exploration.” Reparations in Action Host Jamie Simpson welcomes African People’s Solidarity Committee (APSC) Chairwoman Penny Hess, author of the book Overturning the Culture of Violence and Uhuru Solidarity Movement Chair Jesse Nevel to explore the genocidal history of colonial capitalism. […]
In this episode we talk with African People’s Socialist Party Chairman about the recently released movie, Judas and the Black Messiah, putting it in context of the far-reaching U.S. government counterinsurgency program that militarily defeated the Black Power movement of the 1960s. Judas and the Black Messiah recounts the FBI COINTELPRO (counterintelligence program) responsible for the assassinations […]
Episode 1: Shattering the white lie that “Europeans brought civilization to the world” On the premiere episode of “White Lies Shattered,” a special series hosted by Reparations in Action, Penny Hess, Chairwoman of the African People’s Solidarity Committee explores the genocidal origins of capitalism and uproot the lies white people tell ourselves about slavery, colonialism […]
On February 12, 2021, Judas and the Black Messiah, was released in theaters and on HBO. The film recounts the FBI COINTELPRO (counterintelligence program) responsible for the assassinations of Illinois Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton and member Mark Clark. We talk with L.A.-based activist, hip-hop artist, writer and student Honey Blu about the film and the […]
After an extended hiatus, Reparations in Action returns to the airwaves Friday, February 19 at 3pm ET. It kicks off with a 13-week series called “White Lies Shattered.” Reparations in Action Host Jamie Simpson welcomes African People’s Solidarity Committee (APSC) Chairwoman Penny Hess, author of the book Overturning the Culture of Violence and Uhuru Solidarity […]
In this episode we talk with Dr. Yelena Bailey, author of How the Streets Were Made: Housing Segregation and Black Life in America. The hood, the ghetto, the streets, regardless of what we call it, in her new book, Dr. Bailey argues that the streets are not just a physical geographical space but that they […]