About me
Musa T. Bey is a Philadelphia-born community organizer, journalist, author, and former radio host with over two decades of experience in grassroots struggle. Deeply rooted in Black radical traditions, his political consciousness was shaped by the New Left & Black Liberation Movement of the 1960s and 70s
Musa identified as A third world Marxists Currently, he serves as Chair of the Executive committee of the Philadelphia Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression And also serves as member of Naarpr’s National Board where he leads campaigns to end police violence, support political prisoners, and advance systemic transformation through community power.
Bey is the author of Revolutionary Theory: Race & Class, and his essays examine the intersections of systemic oppression, working-class resistance, and Black self-determination. His work bridges revolutionary theory with real-world organizing, drawing from anti-capitalist, decolonial, and Black liberation frameworks. He is a fierce critic of racial capitalism, the carceral state, and the erasure of Black Left voices in dominant political discourse.
Over the years, Bey’s contributions to movement-building and radical education have been widely recognized. He is the recipient of the 2024 National Love Team Alumni Award, the 2017 Moor Awards Freedom Award, and the 2008 Maple Valley Community Activism Award Through his organizing and writing, Musa T. Bey continues to build the ideological infrastructure for liberation, equipping educators, cultural workers, and grassroots organizers with the tools needed to cultivate collective power from below.
About the Blog
The New Black Left is a platform dedicated to the revival, reimagining, and resurgence of radical Black politics rooted in the legacy of revolutionary struggle. We stand at the intersection of history and the present, lifting up the voices of grassroots organizers, political prisoners, freedom fighters, and everyday people who are building toward liberation outside the boundaries of the mainstream.
The New Black Left isn’t just about analysis it’s about action. We uplift organizing, document resistance, and provide political education that arms our communities with the tools to fight and win.
This blog is where movement meets memory, strategy meets spirit, and Black radical thought meets 21st-century action. We draw inspiration from the Black Panther Party, the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, the Combahee River Collective, and the New Communist Movement—while forging our own path in response to today’s crises: police violence, mass incarceration, economic dispossession, and neo-colonial warfare.
This is a space for truth-tellers, system challengers, and freedom dreamers. If you’re committed to collective liberation, you’re in the right place.
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