Tag: liberation

• Episode # 74: Organizing to Change the World with Clément Petitjean

  One of Karl Marx’s most famous dictums is carved onto his gravestone: “The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.” The first step is opening our eyes, making meaning, making sense, interpreting and constructing a world. Another step is allowing ourselves to feel the world throbbing inside of us, to hear its…

  June 1, 2023

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  activists, authors, Black Panthers, Clement Petitjean, communityorganizing, freedom, liberation, Occupation Organizer, organizing, SDS, SNCC, solidarity, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Students for a Democratic Society

• Episode # 72: Open Your Mouths for the Muted; Fight for the Rights of the Destitute with Randolph Stone

  This political moment—complex, contradictory, characterized by escalating crises—urges us to focus our attention on movement building. Beyond campaigns, projects, policies, or organizations, we need to find multiple ways to weave our work together into a sturdy quilt, or a mighty and irresistible social upheaval that advances the cause of peace and freedom, joy and justice…

  May 4, 2023

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  abolition, activists, Criminal and Juvenile Justice Project, death penalty, freedom movement, justice, juvenile justice, legal aid, liberation, police accountability, Pontiac prison, public defender

• Episode # 70: There But for Fortune with Michael Fischer

  What’s the worst thing you ever did in your life? OK, stop blushing, and be honest. Are you sure you haven’t repressed, suppressed, and forgotten the most unkind or terrible or illegal or unjust things you’ve done? Think harder. What were the consequences of your actions for others, and for yourself? I’m joined in conversation…

  April 5, 2023

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  authors, carceraleducation, crime, education, grace, incarceration, justice, liberation, Michael Fischer, solidarity, teacher, writer

• Episode 58: Dave Zirin

  Playing Through Fire with Dave Zirin We’re joined in conversation today with Dave Zirin, the sports editor for The Nation magazine and the creator of the blog, the Edge of Sports. Dave is a ground-breaking sportswriter who brings radical politics, deep critical analysis, and side-splitting humor to a field sorely lacking all three qualities. The author or co-author…

  October 5, 2022

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  activists, davezirin, fairplay, freedom, liberation, peopleshistory, radicalism, radicals, socialism2022, sports, zirin

• Episode 57: Robin D.G. Kelley

  Freedom Dreams Love and imagination, potentially the most powerful weapons in the arsenal of the oppressed, the marginalized, and the exploited, are frequently unappreciated, too often underutilized—and yet still within reach and entirely available.  Robin D.G. Kelley foregrounds love, imagination, and generosity in all of his work, including the groundbreaking Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination, an…

  September 21, 2022

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  activists, black, emancipation, feminism, freedom, freedomdreams, liberation, marxism, radicalism, radicals, socialism2022, surrealism

• Episode 28: Mariame Kaba

  Sometimes we ask, What can one person do? The first step is to stop being one person. Move away from “me,” and take steps toward creating a “we.” From one to two, from two to three, step-by-step toward an irresistible movement for justice and peace, powered by love—the organizer’s credo. We’re honored to be joined…

  April 12, 2021

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  abolition, justice, liberation, mariamekaba, organizing