This class examines African American culture and resistance in music, theatre, and film through U.S. history and into the present.
Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl LIX performance was a rejection of the “Great American Game,” and the white supremacist culture perpetuated by capitalism.
The celebration included awarding of prizes for an annual arts and writing competition, a youth panel, African drumming, and a keynote from the YCL.
Socialism has powerful stories to tell. How can we make better use of art, music, and media to challenge the capitalist narratives that dominate U.S. social life?
Since 1976, the annual Avante Festival has brought together communists and non-communists for celebratory days full of music, sports, art, food, books, and more.