Organizer Hiram Rivera discusses the Nonprofit Industrial Complex, capitalist co-optation, and community organizing history with Erica Caines and Musa Springer.

The goat 🐐 himself Dr. Gerald Horne joins a special bonus episode discussing the current state of global politics, imperialism in crisis, the potential for a new multipolar world, and the rising fascism across the west.

This is audio from a panel discussion that took place on November 29, 2023 in Atlanta, GA.

The Apocalypse by Musa Springer, 2020

Author and activist Nick Estes discusses the war waged by the U.S. government against the American Indian Movement, and the framing of political prisoner Leonard Peltier.

Dr. Akinyele Umoja, a scholar, activist, and author, discusses the notorious COINTELPRO program— the bloody government agenda that massacred the Black liberation movement.

Dr. Gerald Horne discusses his book "Race to Revolution: The U.S. and Cuba during Slavery and Jim Crow”, the profound history and influence of U.S. slavery on Cuban society and politics, and the ongoing consequences brought on by the U.S. Blockade.

Activist and musician Baba Bilal Sunni-Ali joins to discuss the current movement to free political prisoner Jamil Al-Amin.

Organizers Jay and Rock join Musa to discuss the current movement to free political prisoner, activist, and jailhouse lawyer Sundiata Jawanza.

Poet and activist Too Black dives into the story of the Pendleton 2, John 'Balagoon' Cole and Christopher 'Naeem' Trotter, and the new documentary he helped produce on the topic. The two men staged a spontaneous rebellion in 1985 in response to racist prison abuse led by prison guards who were part of a KKK splinter group called the "Sons of Light." Too Black recounts the events of that fateful day, highlighting how the prisoners' unity and organizing prevented the situation from escalating...

We sit down with rapper/producers Slank and Sunny Ture to discuss their new album "Nation Time." We get into the creative process behind this politically charged project, their inspirations, and the powerful messages they hope to convey through their music.

Organizer and lawyer Kamau Franklin breaks down the movement to #StopCopCity in Atlanta, showing how it's just one part of a larger legacy of state repression of working class Black folks.

Two months before his 20th birthday, Jalil Muntaqim was captured by enemy forces along with Albert “Nuh” Washington, and made into one of the longest-held political prisoners in U.S. history. Muntaqim joins to discuss his history of organizing, political incarceration, and what he's been up to since his release in 2020.

Jalessah Jackson - educator, organizer, and founding members of the Decolonial Feminist Collective - discusses feminist solidarities forged by mutual commitments, as opposed to principles of sameness.

Jalessah Jackson and Debbie Billings discuss abortion, the recent assaults on bodily autonomy by the capitalist state, the struggle for reproductive justice domestically and abroad, and the state of maternal healthcare in the U.S.

We chatted with the people's historian, Dr. Gerald Horne about Europe, the US, and the apokalyptic beginnings of settler colonialism and slavery.

Documentary producer Onuora Abuah, whose work focuses on the history of Africa, joins Groundings to discuss the role of Christianity in Africa's colonization, from missionaries to modern day churches.

Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly and Erica Caines join Groundings to discuss the groundbreaking intellectual work, organizing, and legacies of Black communist women.

Writer Q. Anthony Omene discusses the historical importance and context of slave revolts across the Caribbean, the impact of Jamaica's Christmas Rebellion, how eurocentrism and white supremacy skews our perceptions of slave rebellions, and the misconceptions surrounding these revolts.

US-backed activists, artists, and even US politicians called for "democracy" protests and demonstrations in Cuba on November 15, 2021. The demonstration was meant to capture the domestic unrest on the island caused by the US blockade, and heightened by the pandemic and economic hardship, but ultimately flopped. Luna Olavarria Gallegos and Daniel Montero of Belly of the Beast join me to discuss.

Palestinian activist and writer Mohammed el-Kurd talks to us about the current resistance against israeli ethnic cleansing taking place in Sheikh Jarrah, and Palestinian resistance more broadly.

Dr. Joy James joins the show to discuss the current state of the prison abolition movement, academia co-opting revolutionary organizing, the 'captive maternal', and why we must learn from children.

Dr. Patricia Rodney discusses her book on the Caribbean state, healthcare, and women, and then talks about the labor of preserving Walter Rodney's legacy over the decades.

Dr. Jared Ball joins the show to discuss the myth of "Black buying power", Black banking, how rappers are becoming the new Black misleadership class, and propaganda.