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Liberator 6.4

Featuring:
Mumia Abu-Jamal

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Music:

Pharoahe Monch
Talib Kweli
Leroy Smart
A Tribe Called Quest
Desdemona

Film:
Sicko
Boys Of Baraka
 

 

     

 

 

Liberator 6.3

Featuring:
Nikki Giovanni

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Malidoma Patrice Some.
Virginia Tech.
Apocalypse No!.
Zimbabwe In Context.
Ability Grouping In Public Schools.
Facedown In The Mainstream.
Journey To Southern Sudan.


Music:

Feist
Bjork
Sa-Ra
Stephen Marley
J Dilla
Black Milk


(May/June 2007)
 

 

     

 

 

Liberator 6.2

Featuring:
K-OS

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Runoko Rashidi.
Kara Walker.
Brother Ali.
Barack Obama.
A Positive White Identity?
Saving The Children From The Village.


Music:

Big Quarters
Talib Kweli
Madlib
DJ Francisco
Amy Winehouse
Bloc Party


Film:

Bastards Of The Party
Black Snake Moan


Books:
The Black Panthers

(March/April 2007)
 

 

     

 

 

Liberator 6.1

Featuring:
Method Man

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Al Franken.
Cody Chesnutt.
Game Rebellion.
Deconstruction of the Backpacker.


Music:

K-OS
Stephanie McKay
Georgia Anne Muldrow
The Dears
Chrome Children
Nina Simone


Film:
Fast Food Nation
NO!
500 Years Later


Books:

Translation Of Dr. Appelles

(January/February 2007)
 

 

     

 

 

Liberator 5.3

Featuring:
The Civil Rights Movement Is Dead

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Reflections on an Imperial Campaign.
J*Davey.
The Slack Republic.
Askia Toure.


Music:

Afropunk
Aloe Blacc
Baby Cham
The Roots
Boogie Down Productions
Mazta I


Film:
I Know I'm Not Alone
Beyond Beats + Rhymes
Idlewild
Like Water


Visual Art:
Hyze

(September/October 2006)

 

 

     

 

 

Liberator 5.2

Featuring:
Towards the End of Hip-Hop. (Jeff Chang)

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Political Theatre.
Beyond Genocide
Slavery in New York
Politics of Immigration
M1 (of Dead Prez)
CSA: The Confederate States of America

Music:
TV On The Radio
Truthmaze
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Ghostface Killah
J Dilla
M-1


Film:
CSA: Confederate States Of America

Books:
Shame Of The Nation

Visual Art:
Nichelle Rivers

(July/August 2006)
 

 

    

 

 

Liberator 5.1

Featuring:
Liberia: A New World Order.

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K'naan: the dustyfoot philosopher.
Richard Pryor.
Why black women are overly defensive.
Does the author of your history dictate your fate?
Sara White.

Music:
Alice Russell
Steve Spacek
Talib Kweli
Damian Marley
Thelonious Monk w/ John Coltrane
Gangstarr


Film:
Syriana

Books:
Mdw Ntr: Devine Speech

Visual Art:
Shah Wonders

(March/April 2006)

 

 

    

 

 

Liberator 4.5

The Katrina Issue Featuring:
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A Refugee Turned Maroon
-Unfamiliar Familiarities
-Envisioning A Liberated African Experience

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Stic.Man of dead prez
Shawn Hewitt of The National Strike


Music:
Leela James
Public Enemy
DJ Muggs + GZA
Slick Rick
De La Soul
Desdamona


Film:
Assassination Tango

Visual Art:
Sketchi

(November/December 2005)
 

 

    

 

 

Liberator 4.4

Featuring:
Hip-Hop Habana

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The Camera As Enemy
Senate Apologizes For Anti-Lynching In-Action. SO?
Mos Def's Katrina Klap: Is He FOR REAL?
La Fabri_K: The Cuban Hip-Hop Factory

Music:

The Most Serene Republic
The Black Rock Coalition
Little Brother
Broken Social Scene


Film:

La Fabri-K: The Cuban Hip Hop Factory

Visual Art:
Wilber Williams

(September/October 2005)
 

 

    

 

 

Liberator 4.3

Featuring:
10 Years: The Rhymesayers

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Don Samuels Speaks Up
Darfur, Sudan
The Crisis Of The Negro Intellectual

Music:

Raheem Devaughn
The Northern Soul Of New Orleans
Felt
I Self Devine
Juan Atkins
Platinum Pied Pipers


Film:
Freestyle: The Art Of Rhyme
Hustle + Flow


Visual Art:
Lady Pink

(July/August 2005)
 

 

 

 

Liberator 4.2

Featuring:
Writer/Director James Spooner On
"Afro Punk: The Rock And Roll Nigger Experience"


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James Baldwin Talks w/ Frederick Nietzsche & Others
Natalie Johnson-Lee v. Don Samuels: Ward 5
Does A College Degree Mean Anything?


Music:
Blueprint
Feist
Common
Esthero
The Dears
World Psychedelic Classics


Visual Art:
Walter Griffin

(May/June 2005)

 

 

 

 

Liberator 4.1

Featuring:
Saul Williams on Hip Hop and Vulnerability

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Cee-Lo: Liberator Exclusive Interview
What Is Tragedy?
Be The Change: Being A Young Black Cop
Loneliness
Defining Sexuality And Intimacy
What Do You See? How Do You See?
She Who Struggles: Katherine Dunham

Music:

Big Pooh
Bloc Party
K-OS
TV On The Radio
Nas
Black Sheep
Run The Road


Visual Art:
Phira Sunvargas

(March/April 2005)

 

 

    

 


 

Liberator 3.4:

Featuring:
 
Steve Nelson: Visual Artist Of The Month

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"Under God"
She Who Struggles: Frida Kahlo
I-Self-Devine Of The Micranots
Travel Journals: "Motorcycle Diaries" Vol. 1

Music:
Pete Rock
Murs 3:16
Ghostface Killah
Brother Ali
Amy Winehouse


Film:
Baadasssss!
Waking Life

(July/August 2004)
 

 

 

 

Liberator 3.3:

Featuring: 
Talib Kweli Of BlackStar
On His Latest Album "The Beautiful Struggle"


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Are Black Women Scaring Away Black Men?
Gay Marriage: The Passion Of The Homosexual
Andre 3000 Playing "Indian" At Grammys
Whodini: Liberator Exclusive Interview
She Who Struggles: Octavia Butler

Film:
City Of God
The Corporation
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind


(May/June 2004)

 

 

 

 

Liberator 3.2:

Featuring:

Chuck Dee Of Public Enemy

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Meet Marcus Dixon
Police Brutality Testimony
Homelessness
Film 101
Minneapolis Public Schools: The Daycare Dilemma
She Who Struggles: Emily Dickinson

Music:
Kenna
Danger Mouse
Goapele
Dead Prez
Dizze Rascal
Kanye West
Nas


Film:
Passion Of The Christ

(March/April 2004)

 

 

 

 

Liberator 3.1

Featuring:
"All Call" To High School Seniors - Special Savings Account Courtesy Of The Liberator For Writing One Of The Liberator's Next Stories

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Can I Live?
The Sharpton Effect
America: Clean Up Your Mess
How To Get Out The Game: Liberator Exclusive Interview
She Who Struggles: Nikki Giovanni

Film:
Car Wash

Visual Art:
Yvette Griffea

(January/February 2004)

 

 

 

 

Liberator 2.2

Featuring:
Ernest Bryant III, Visual Artist Of The Month

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Shots Fired: Minnesota's New Gun Law
Sista To Sista
Affirmative Action's Decline
In Support Of George
She Who Struggles: Nina Simone

Music:
Little Brother

Film:
Bowling For Columbine

(June 2003)
 

 

 

 

Liberator 2.1:

Featuring:

The United Nations: Our Last Hope For Stopping The War In Iraq?

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How To Be A Sellout
Fatherless Woman Syndrome
She Who Struggles: Assata Shakur

Music:
Cody Chesnutt
Red Hot
Talib Kweli
Dead Prez


Film:
Tears Of The Sun

(February 2003)
 

 

 

 

Liberator 1.2:

Featuring:

We Ain't Ready For "Reparations Now!"

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Where Is Marcus Harcus?
A Woman's Work
Grand Master Flash: Liberator Exclusive Interview

Music:
Guru
Gil Scott Heron
Red Hot
Black Star


Film:
Daughters Of The Dust
Runteldat


Books:
Almanac Of The Dead
The Healers
Long Walk To Freedom
Kaffir Boy
Two Thousand Seasons


(September/October 2002)
 

 

 

 

Where it all started...

Liberator 1.1:

Featuring:
The Minnesota Slave Trade

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What Is A Janitor?
Where's The Leadership?

Film:
The Scorpion King
Buck And The Preacher


(July/August 2002)