Episodes
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.
Published 05/17/21
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.
Published 01/01/21
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.
Published 12/20/20
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.
Published 11/26/20
Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly and Devyn Springer speak with rapper and poet Noname about hip-hop, cultural work, consciousness, voting, and activism.
Published 11/02/20
Filmmaker Merawi Gerima discusses his new film Residue, which shines a lot on the violence of gentrification in Washington, DC.
Published 10/27/20
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...
Published 10/06/20
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.
Published 09/08/20
Writer and activist Benji Hart discusses the multitude of ways grassroots movements against police in Chicago are challenging the Black misleadership class.
Published 08/25/20
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."
Published 07/24/20
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.
Published 07/03/20
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."
Published 05/05/20
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.
Published 04/19/20
Professor Johanna Fernandez introduces listeners to the Young Lords, a revolutionary Puerto Rican organization that radically shifted international discourse on Puerto Rican politics.
Published 04/10/20
Community organizer and researcher Taiza Troutman discusses gentrification, displacement, urban development, trap music, and activism in Atlanta.
Published 10/26/19
We take a look at the philosophy and theory that guided African revolutionary Amílcar Cabral.
Published 09/23/19
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.
Published 08/07/19
Activist and writer Bilphena Yahwon gets into the details and specifics of the school-to-prison pipeline and restorative justice.
Published 05/12/19
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.
Published 04/18/19
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.
Published 02/28/19
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.
Published 02/12/19
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.
Published 01/23/19
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.
Published 12/09/18
A critical discussion on Afro-Pessimism, 'Anti-Blackness' theory, and the future of our movements if these two things continue to gain traction.
Published 11/24/18
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."
Published 10/15/18