Groundings
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The US Blockade & Cuban Protests
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 do...
The Palestinian Resistance & Sheikh Jarrah
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...
The Plurality of Abolitionism
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 lea...
The Work of Dr. Patricia Rodney
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....
The Myth of Black Buying Power
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....
The Role Of Artists Beyond Celebrity
Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly and Devyn Springer speak with rapper and poet Noname about hip-hop, cultural work, consciousness, voting, and activism....
The 'Residue' of Gentrification
Filmmaker Merawi Gerima discusses his new film Residue, which shines a lot on the violence of gentrification in Washington, DC....
The Canadian Police State
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 mu...
The Anti-Black, Anti-Communist Academia
Author and professor Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly discusses the history and institutionalization of Black Studies, the often overlapping relationship between anti-communism and anti-...
The Grassroots VS The Misleadership Class
Writer and activist Benji Hart discusses the multitude of ways grassroots movements against police in Chicago are challenging the Black misleadership class....
The Anti-Black Pinnings of Ableism
Community organizer and educator Dustin Gibson discusses the white supremacist, colonial, capitalist roots of ableism which structures capitalist society, why a disability justice ...
The Political Prisoner: From Mumia Abu-Jamal To Palestine
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....
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