Voices From The Frontlines

Komozi Woodard is a long-time movement organizer, the Revolutionary in Residence at the Labor/Community Strategy Center, and professor of history at Sarah Lawrence College He is the author of the influential Nation Within a Nation—Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones) and Black Power Politics. His book, that he will discuss with Eric, is a trenchant analysis of the […]

Eric Mann and Channing Martinez will discuss their experience and profound disappointment with the Obama Administration and Democratic Party at the United Nations Framework Climate Change Conference in Paris December 2015 that they attended as NGO delegates from the Labor/Community Strategy Center. From there they will engage the symbolism and reality of Trump’s reactionary and […]

That question, was, for those of you who did not live the history or study it, the terrifying question of the House Un-American Activities Committee and the entire McCarthy investigations of communism in every aspect of U.S. life during the 1950s. For me, the answer is, proudly, yes! As I explained on Voices two weeks ago I spent 10 […]

The Challenge of Socialism and the Unique Role of Communists in Today’s Movement In recent Voices programs, Eric Mann has challenged anti-communism and put forth positive views of communists in history. On April 11th, 2017 he put forth effusive reviews of the film Il Postino and Neruda—both based on the life of the Chilean Communist Pablo […]

This week on Voices from the Frontlines Your National Movement Building Show Eric Mann reads from his soon to be published article: A Communist in an Auto Factory. Eric tells us about his journey as a known communist working in the health professional and auto industry. He tells of the popularity of the communist party and the communist […]

This Week on Voices from the Frontline Your National Movement Building Show Eric and Channing Delve deep in to The Strategy Center’s Civil Rights and Climate Justice Campaign that is demanding: Free public transportation Stop MTA’s Systematic Attacks on Black Passengers–No arrests, citations, fines or MTA Transit Court for passengers who do not or cannot […]

Today On Voices from the Frontlines, Your National Movement Building Show, we’re introduced by the high energy filled, loud yelling Stephen A Smith, and Eric’s rendition of Stephen. In the second segment of the show, Eric Mann and Manuel Criollo give film reviews of Lion (2016), Nerida (2016), and Il Postino (1994). Eric and Manuel […]