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.

Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly and Devyn Springer speak with rapper and poet Noname about hip-hop, cultural work, consciousness, voting, and activism.

Filmmaker Merawi Gerima discusses his new film Residue, which shines a lot on the violence of gentrification in Washington, DC.

The Canadian state portrays itself as a "multicultural", "liberal" country where all are welcome. But a quick look at the plight of Black and Indigenous people in Canada tells a much different story...

Author and professor Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly discusses the history and institutionalization of Black Studies, the often overlapping relationship between anti-communism and anti-Blackness, and the 'elision' of political economy in the capitalist academy.

Writer and activist Benji Hart discusses the multitude of ways grassroots movements against police in Chicago are challenging the Black misleadership class.

Community organizer and educator Dustin Gibson discusses the white supremacist, colonial, capitalist roots of ableism which structures capitalist society, why a disability justice framework must be abolitionist, and why "the state always has a carceral response to disabled Black people."

I speak with world-renowned political prisoner, former Black Panther, and award-winning journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, as well as activist, author, and professor Johanna Fernández.

Scholar, writer, and professor Charisse Burden-Stelly discusses W.E.B. Du Bois and her new book "W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life in American History."

Philadelphia based activist and writer Steven Powers discusses the 'survival programs' his organization is building, and the multitude of ways capitalism has exacerbated the pandemic crisis.

Professor Johanna Fernandez introduces listeners to the Young Lords, a revolutionary Puerto Rican organization that radically shifted international discourse on Puerto Rican politics.

Community organizer and researcher Taiza Troutman discusses gentrification, displacement, urban development, trap music, and activism in Atlanta.

We take a look at the philosophy and theory that guided African revolutionary Amílcar Cabral.

Keith Davis Jr. was the first high-profile police shooting in Baltimore following the tragic death of Freddie Gray— and the state of Maryland is trying to frame him for murder.

Activist and writer Bilphena Yahwon gets into the details and specifics of the school-to-prison pipeline and restorative justice.

Haiti is an island in perpetual revolution, and over the past few months massive island-wide mobilizations have been taking place as Haitians protest to oust their corrupt, neo-colonial, US-installed government.

In part two of our special report on Venezuela in collaboration with Venezuelanalysis.com, we look at the history and politics of food, agriculture, blackness, and race in Venezuela.

In collaboration with Venezuelanalysis.com, we remove the imperialist propaganda dominating the news to understand the historical and current imperialist aggression against Venezuela their President, Nicholas Maduro.

The increasingly popular 'Green New Deal' offers little for the Global South, and is essentially a 'green' version of industrial capitalism. In this episode, we discuss academic writer Max Ajl's critique of this deal and much, much more.

Filmmaker Rebecca Pierce discusses her work documenting the resistance of those most oppressed by the Israel apartheid state, as well as some of the unique oppression she faces being both Black and Jewish.

A critical discussion on Afro-Pessimism, 'Anti-Blackness' theory, and the future of our movements if these two things continue to gain traction.

Native activist and writer Dani Miller breaks down the various ways the brand identity of Coca-Cola is built on a mountain of anti-Indigenous tropes, racism, and what she calls "conglomerate imperialism."

Jared Ware joins Devyn Springer to discuss the material practice of prison abolition, prison strikes, and the context of the #August21 prison strike.

A conversation with writer, activist, and academic Yasmin Nair, on the limits and critique of liberal narratives of "diversity" and TLGBQ+ "inclusion" inside of violent and imperialist institutions like the US military.

A special interview with two Black Immigrants detained at the Atlanta City Detention Center. Mohammed, who is from Ghana, and Richard from Jamaica discuss the various struggles they've experienced while incarcerated, the ills of the US immigration system, and how it specifically impacts African and Caribbean immigrants. Then we end with a word from Atlanta organizer Kevin Caron.