Philip V. McHarris, PhD

I’m thrilled to announce the release of my first book, BEYOND POLICING, coming July 16, 2024! This isn’t just a book; it’s a bold vision for a future that that doesn’t rely on policing. BEYOND POLICING is available for preorder now! hachettebookgroup.com/titles/philip-…

“When you don’t have formations that effectively serve and meet the material needs of everyday people, that’s what you end up with, a lot of aesthetics. And that’s kind of what leftism is today…” — William C. Anderson

Robin DG Kelley on student activism under the thumb of today’s surveillance state: “The value of keeping things to ourselves has been lost…too many people are thinking in neo-liberal terms, as a “brand,” that’s not a movement…you don’t need credit. It’s the ideas that matter.”

Sylvia Wynter: “Language is the way that we will carry ourselves out of these problems we have —that is what is important now to remember about Black Studies during those early years, that it was one part of a bigger project of developing a transformation of knowledge…”

Assata Shakur: "In order for us to effectively change this world, we're gonna have to change ourselves" [from Lecture, 1997]

This what we on while you all debating “racial capitalism.”

Speaking of racial capitalism, here are some articles that have been overlooked: historicalmaterialism.org/article/reexam…

Writing about—and learning from—Assata has been such a transformative experience. Check out my latest article in the Columbia Journal of Race and Law. journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/cjrl…

Last night I watched The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing documentary by filmmaker Louis Messiah. Eternal Black blessings to the great ancestor Toni. I have notes to share

Toni Cade Bambara with the good word 🖤

In Toronto, the first community policing model began in 1967, introduced in two neighborhoods with large Black communities. By 1970, it had expanded citywide, with a 1973 creation of the Ethnic Relations Unit, and a “Black section” in 1975. from PBL briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/…

For Black capitalism gon save us Twitter “Richard M. Nixon viewed an uncontrolled Black Power movement as a major threat to the internal security of the U.S (during the late 1960s & early 1970s). To address this situation, Nixon developed his Black capitalism initiative cont

Thurs, 4/23, I'll be speaking at @WordUpBooks in their Recirculation space uptown in Manhattan, in conversation with @philipvmcharris, at 7pm wordupbooks.com/event/2026-04-…

I have a new essay in @BostonReview, a transnational look at how slavery and the policing of Black mobilities across Atlantic empires shapes contemporary border regimes, and how this informs how we conceive of abolition bostonreview.net/articles/hunte…

Black Folks and Foreign Policy June Jordan. 1983. blackagendareport.com/essay-black-fo…

Opinion | The Erasure of Black Studies by Jafari Sinclaire Allen: chronicle.com/article/the-er…

Check out my new pub in Antipode! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an…

The Department of Black Studies and the Frederick Douglass Institute at the University of Rochester invite applications for an open rank position in Black Digital Studies. Salary Range or Pay Grade: $90,000-$390,000 apply.interfolio.com/177985

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Hollywood Africans, 1983 #artbots #basquiat