Simon J Black

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Latest Articles

• Searching for Socrates
• Urban Riots Interview
• STREETANOMICS #3
• Coming to a 'Hood Near You
• Urban Storm Warning
• Keeping the Hood, Getting Rid of the Neighbours
• Targeting T.O.'s Street Gangs
• Human Rights are an Olympic Sport
• STREETANOMICS #2
• STREETANOMICS #1

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Journalists

• Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair
  

• Christian Parenti
  

• Christopher Hitchens
  Crossed over to the dark side, but remains one of the best in the business (stylisticly if not politically)

• Danny Postel
  journalist and cultural critic

• Gary Younge
  

• George Monbiot
  leading environmentalist and columnist with The Guardian

• Jeff Chang
  good hip hop journalist

• Johann Hari
  Columnist for the Independent

• John Pilger
  

• Naomi Klein
  The best on the Left

Publications

• Black Agenda Report
  The voice of Black progressive politics in the U.S.

• Canadian Dimension
  Best socialist magazine in Canada and home of my sports column

• Counterpunch
  Home of Alexander Cockburn

• New Left Review
  One of the most relevant academic journals in print

• Pound Magazine
  Without a doubt, one of the best hip hop magazines on the shelf

• rabble.ca
  The best progressive magazine on the web

• The Brooklyn Rail
  A favourite from my NYC days

• The Guardian
  Top British Newspaper

• The Independent
  Best British Newspaper

• This Magazine
  Progressive voice of Canadian journalism

Authors

• Albert Camus
  

• George Orwell
  

• Will Self
  

Web

• Everton FC
  They're the finest team the world has ever seen (as the song goes)

• The City of Detroit
  One of my favourite vacation spots.