This week on Voices from the Frontlines Eric speaks about Spencer Rapone, a 26 year-old West-Point cadet, who was aptly nicknamed, “The Commie Cadet” after having visually aligned his self with the communist movement following Colin Kaepernick’s National Anthem protest. in the second half of the show we hear Lorraine Hansberry’s speech in “The Black […]

Eric Mann reviews short film Kyenvu, originally screened in the Pan African Film Festival. Kyenvu is about an independent young woman who struggles to find her footing in a patriarchal society within which she finds love in a bitter sweet moment. view the film trailer here: https://www.kyenvu.com     Eric then reads his 300 word article […]

On May 15th, 2018 Eric Mann, Channing Martinez, and Alan Minsky hosted a KPFK Fund Drive on the 70th Anniversary of Al Nakba, or The Catastrophe in Arabic. In 1948 the new government of Israel, with the support of U.S. President Truman and the United Nations Security Council forcibly expelled 800,000 Palestinians from their land in violation of human rights […]

Eric Mann and Channing Martinez were in New York this past week (before week of may 1st 2018) celebrating the the 50th Anniversary of the 1968 Struggle Against Columbia University. This Show will be the Story of three Commemorations; 1968 Series: The Marxist Education Project #UpTownChats: WeACT for Eniromental Justice Columbia University: 50 Years After […]

Eric Mann

Eric will be reading from his article The Historic 1968 Struggle Against Columbia University–How a Black United Front in Harlem, the Students’ Afro American Society, and Students for a Democratic Society took on the Columbia University Ruling Class, Mayor John Lindsay, the New York Times, the NYPD—and won! The article comes out in Counterpunch on […]

This Week on Voices from the Frontlines Your National Movement Building Show Channing Martinez, the Producer of Voices makes his debut as Co-host speaking about the upcoming Strategy and Soul Community Organizing Block Party on April 14th 2018. In the second half of the show Channing hosts a conversation with Victoria Geyshoi, and Gary Poe […]

Eric Mann

This year marks the 26th Annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival. Ayuko Babu, Director of the festival will join Eric Mann and Channing Martinez this important conversation on Black Film, Black Filmakers, and You. The Festival runs from February 8-19 2018, and will take place at the Bladwin Hills Crenshaw Cinemark Theater. For more […]

This year marks the 26th Annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival. Ayuko Babu, Director of the festival will join Eric Mann and Channing Martinez this important conversation on Black Film, Black Filmakers, and You. The Festival runs from February 8-19 2018, and will take place at the Bladwin Hills Crenshaw Cinemark Theater. For more […]