Tag: solidarity

• Episode # 69: Socialism…Seriously with Danny Katch

  We’re in a five-alarm shit-storm of trouble to be sure, and the overlapping crises can feel overwhelming—racial reckoning, catastrophic capitalist climate collapse, a financial system that parodies a massive, out-of-control Ponzi scheme, a legislature impersonating a medieval auction block, and more. We meet up with Danny Katch to help us name this political moment. Danny…

  March 22, 2023

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  authors, danny katch, organizers, socialism, solidarity

• Episode # 68: From Dungeons to Revolutionary Focos with Destine Phillips, Denzel Burke, & Tommy Hagan from the R.E.A.L. Youth Initiative

  It takes a lot to change the world, and because we live day-by-day immersed in what is—the world as such—imagining a landscape much different from what’s immediately before us requires a combination of somethings: seeds, surely, desire, yes, effort, of course, always effort, idealism and romance, maybe, necessity and desperation at times, and a vision…

  March 8, 2023

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  abolition, activists, education, freedom, incarceration, justice, juvenile prisons, organizers, palestine, re-entry, real youth initiative, solidarity

• Episode 67: Of Borders and Dreams with Susan Mills

  A border can be “a story of identity” or “a wound…in the landscape.” It is sometimes a place to be feared, and other times a place to be honored. Borders can, of course, be metaphors: the boundary between boy and man, or girl and woman; the thin line between sanity and madness; the final frontier…

  February 23, 2023

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  authors, borders, freedom, immigration, justice, On the Wings of a Hummingbird, pilsen community books, solidarity, Susan Mills

• Episode 66: Waiting for Democracy with Stephanie Skora

  Stephanie Skora is the force behind the Girl, I Guess Progressive Voter Guide. She’s a self-proclaimed ‘Jewish, queer, trans, nerd’ dedicated to helping members of the community navigate confusing ballot races and identify the most progressive candidates. A grouchy Jewish trans dyke, and an anarchist with a political science degree – Stephanie is as wise…

  February 9, 2023

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  abolition, activists, Chicago elections, elections, freedom, Girl I GUess, justice, progressive voter guides, solidarity, stephanie skora, voters matter, voting

• Episode 65: Chasing Justice – A Homecoming with Marshan Allen

  We travel to the Illinois Parole Board to stand in solidarity with a couple of my students seeking clemency or commutation or a pardon from Governor Pritzker, and to support our friend and colleague Marshan Allen as he asks to have his conviction erased so that he can practice law when he finishes law school.…

  January 25, 2023

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  abolition, activists, clemency, criminal reform, education, freedom, justice, solidarity