Millennials Are Killing Capitalism

In this conversation Breht from Revolutionary Left Radio join the podcast to talk about the Friedrich Engels' short piece, " The Principles of Communism ." This piece which is presented in Question and Answer form was a draft that would inform the creation of The Communist Manifesto . This is part of our series of episodes we've been doing lately where we talk to friends of the podcast about some...

This is the conclusion of our discussion with César "che" Rodríguez ( part 1 is here ), who works as a faculty member of Race & Resistance Studies at San Francisco State University, is a rank-and-file union member of the California Faculty Association, and organized with Change SSF.  Here we get into the actual history of the murder of Oscar Grant, trigger or content warning on that discussion for...

In this episode we welcome César "che" Rodríguez to the podcast. We had a lengthy conversation about Rodríguez's piece, "'Oscar Did Not Die in Vain' Revelous Citizen Journalism, Righteous/Riotous Work, and the Gains of the Oscar Grant Moment in Oakland, California," which we will link in the show notes. César "che" Rodríguez works as a faculty member of Race & Resistance Studies at San Francisco S...

In this conversation we talk to Santi Elijah Holley about his recently published book  An Amerikan Family: The Shakurs and the Nation They Created .   A history of the political family that included Tupac, Assata, Afeni, Dr. Mutulu, Salahdeen, Lumumba, Zayd and many others. What does it mean to take the name Shakur? What were some of the key relationships and sites of politicization for these folk...

Content Notice: This episode contains discussions of sexual violence & rape This is the conclusion of our discussion on Orisanmi Burton's forthcoming book Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt . This discussion was recorded on the same day as the previously released episode , so you may catch references back to that conversation or to others we've had wi...

This is a conversation about Andaiye who was born 81 years ago today on September 11th 1942. For this discussion we speak with Alissa Trotz, who like Andaiye was born in Guyana. Alissa teaches in Women and Gender Studies and Caribbean Studies at the University of Toronto. For the last 15 years she has edited  In the Diaspora , a weekly newspaper column in a Guyanese daily newspaper, the Stabroek N...

Orisanmi Burton returns to the podcast to discuss his forthcoming book Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt . We recorded this episode on August 21st the anniversary of the assassination of George Jackson, and we release it on September 9th, the 52nd anniversary of the Attica Rebellion. We spoke with Dr. Burton for over three hours and will release the...

In this discussion we talk to CalvinJohn Smiley about his book Purgatory Citizenship: Reentry, Race, and Abolition , which examines how individuals returning to society navigate and negotiate this process with diminished legal rights and amplified social stigmas.   CalvinJohn Smiley, Ph. D., is an Associate Professor in the Sociology Department of Hunter College-City University of New York. He als...

[This episode was conducted bilingually in French & English and there is also a French version of the episode here ] In this episode we speak with Inemesit Richardson and Wendlassida Simporé of the Thomas Sankara Center for African Liberation and Unity in Burkina Faso. They are also both members of the All African People's Revolutionary Party. The Thomas Sankara Center for African Liberation and U...

[French version of MAKC, the English version of this episode is available here ] Dans cet épisode, nous parlons à Inemesit Richardson et Wendlassida Simporé du Centre Thomas Sankara pour la libération et l'unité africaine. Elles sont les deux des membres du Parti Révolutionnaire de Tous Les Peuples Africains. Le Centre Thomas Sankara pour la libération et l'unité africaine est une bibliothèque pan...

In this episode we interview Cappy, an organizer from UprisingSupport.org . In response to massive state repression during the George Floyd rebellions, Uprising Support is a website that was founded by a small group of folks who have a background in doing anti-repression organizing and education. Three years after the George Floyd uprising many people are locked up behind the walls for taking bold...

In this episode we talk about a forthcoming graphic novel adaptation of C.L.R. James' play Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History .   The text of this graphic novel is a play by C.L.R. James that opened in London in 1936 with Paul Robeson in the title role. For the first time, black actors appeared on the British stage in a work by a black playwright. In thi...

In this episode we interview Anthony Dest.   Anthony Dest is assistant professor of anthropology at Lehman College and currently a faculty fellow at the Center for Place, Culture and Politics. He is also a member of the Colombia Freedom Collective. We talk with Anthony about three of his essays about political economy, organizing and resistance in Colombia. This conversation primarily focuses on t...

In this conversation Josh interviews Zachary Levenson and Marcel Paret discussing their article on "The South African tradition of racial capitalism," which serves as the introduction to a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies on the same subject. Zachary Levenson is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Florida International University in the United States and a Senior Research Associate at...

In this conversation we talk to Ivan Stoiljkovic .   Ivan is the General Secretary of Katarokwi Union of Tenants , the Kingston Peace Council and a member of the Communist Party of Canada. This conversation is a part of a newer series of conversations where we talk to people about texts that they find politically useful and important. It's a different approach that moves beyond a typical author ta...

In this episode we welcome an organizer who goes by Grandma to talk about the campaign to Stop Camp Grayling . Encompassing roughly 150,000 acres of land, Camp Grayling is already the largest National Guard training facility in the United States. For about a year now there has been a concerted effort to expand it to an even larger area. In this conversation we talk to Grandma about the campaign to...

In this episode we discuss the brand new authorized English translation of Domenico Losurdo's Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend, pre-orders are now being fulfilled, from Iskra Books .   Joining us for this conversation are the translators of the text Henry Hakamäki and Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro.   Henry Hakamäki is best known as the co-host of the Guerrilla History podcast. And of cour...

This is the conclusion of our two-part discussion with Dr. Jared A. Ball on the release of the second edition of his book The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power . Part one can be found here . Once again, Jared Ball is the host of  imixwhatilike and co-host of Earn Your Liberation and the RemiX Morning Show over on Black Power Media .   He works as Professor of Africana and Communication Stu...

In this episode we welcome Dr. Jared A. Ball back to the podcast. Of course we know Jared Ball as a host of imixwhatilike and co-host of Earn Your Liberation and the RemiX Morning Show over on Black Power Media .   In addition he is of course Professor of Africana and Communication Studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. His decades of journalism, media, writing, and political work ca...

In this episode we welcome Thandisizwe Chimurenga and Yusef "Bunchy" Shakur to have a conversation that revolves around Sanyika Shakur's final book, Stand-Up, Struggle Forward: New Afrikan Revolutionary Writings on Nation, Class and Patriarchy . Thandisizwe Chimurenga is an award-winning Los Angeles-based journalist. Having worked in print and radio/broadcast journalism, she is the author of No Do...

This past May David Chávez, Steven Osuna, Alejandro Villalpando, and Jared Ware (co-host of MAKC) gave a panel presentation at the Abolitions Conference in DC. We wanted to have a conversation to share some of what we talked about, some of our reflections on the conference, discuss some of the possibilities, limitations and contradictions of Abolition within Academic spaces, as well as some of the...

In this episode we welcome on multiple activists and organizers involved in the struggle to stop cop city. For this discussion Kamau Franklin from Community Movement Builders, and Micah Herskind return to the podcast, and K from Unity and Struggle, and Matthew Johnson from the Stop Cop City Faith Coalition join them to talk about various facets of the movement to stop cop city current strategic an...

In this episode we welcome members of the Kenya Organic Intellectuals Network to the podcast. We discuss their most recent book Breaking the Silence on NGOs in Africa edited by Nicholas Mwangi, Lewis Maghanga and the contributors of the Kenya Organic Intellectuals Network. Today we have Gacheke Gachihi, Comrade Maghanga, Sungu Oyoo, and Wanjira Wanjiru each from various formations including the Ke...

For this episode Orisanmi Burton returns to the podcast. This episode is about Dr. Burton's latest article which was released today on Truthout. This new piece is called, " New Docs Link CIA to Medical Torture of Indigenous Children and Black Prisoners ." In our conversation we will talk about the connections between the Central Intelligence Agency's MKULTRA program, former Governor Normal Rockefe...

In this episode Josh caught up with organizers from the National Network on Cuba, Shaquille Fontenot and Tee Maloney. We will provide full bios of each guest in the show notes, but will share some highlights here. Shaquille Fontenot (she/they) is an anti-imperialist, cultural worker. Shaquille currently serves as Chief Strategy Officer at Cedar Wolf Media Group, and is co-founder of the Lowcountry...