The Revolution Televised

This October marks 60 years since the founding of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, CA. Let's reflect on what the BPP means; some key resources on it I've found as a Black anarchist, and why you can't repeat the revolution. Watch on YouTube -------------- 00:00 Intro 01:34 Recent books by Jonina Abron-Ervin and Ashanti Alston 02:45 "Autobiography As Activism" (book) 04:44 &...

I've been spending the last few months researching and writing heavily about Baldwin, and it's this piece of his life that I find myself coming back to again and again. Consider this Part 2 of my previous video on James Baldwin, his relationship history, and pattern of grooming. We must distinguish between a stereotype and a documented pattern of behavior. -------------------- Watch on You...

In Ohio, Haitian TPS holders are being called into DHS check-ins and given a choice: wear an ankle monitor, or accept a few thousand dollars to self-deport. This is the same community Trump targeted with the "eating the pets" conspiracy during the 2024 campaign. What's going on and how do we face what's next?🔗 Full show notes, sources on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/prshakur...

The US government just gathered 60 countries together to talk shit about "left wing" political violence, like anti-fascism... That's interesting. A government AGAINST anti-fascism. And yes, the meeting name was confusing #MarcoRubio #RepressionWatch . Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/2BzbZlzNCKU Extended Show Notes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/prshakur/posts/reacting-to-on-1...

Hate it when protest starts to feel like a theater production, every single move set in place ahead of time by another political authority? In this DIRECT ACTION 101, we're talking about the perils of liberalism and how to avoid them WITH community and comrades. -------------------------------------- Extended show notes for FREE on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/prshakur/posts/how-to-not-lik...

In this episode of Direct Action 101, we explore how the Black Panther Party emerged, the political ideas that shaped it, how local chapters organized across the country, and what made it one of the most powerful examples of grassroots organizing in modern Black history. We also examine the FBI’s COINTELPRO campaign, the violence used to destroy the organization, and the internal debates around se...

🔗 Support the fundraiser for Lorenzo Araujo's family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-... I saw this news story and knew I had to make this video. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old father of three who was shot and killed by an ICE officer during an immigration operation in Houston. We look at the contradictions in the case, why Lorenzo's family is demanding an independent investi...

This time on Repression Watch, we cover three major developments in repression. I discuss the sentencing of the DFW/Prairieland defendants in Texas, where participants in a 2025 noise demonstration outside the Prairieland Detention Center received decades-long sentences totaling more than 450 years combined. The FBI raid on the Ohio Organizing Collaborative in June, where agents seized phones and...

I recently watched I LOVE BOOSTERS and had to talk about it. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/CTVSHMwpISE ABOUT THE FILM | I Love Boosters is a surreal, anti-capitalist sci-fi comedy written and directed by Boots Riley (the filmmaker behind Sorry to Bother You ). The film follows a fearless trio of friends and professional shoplifters ("boosters") who steal high-end fashion and resell...

→ Learn more in the Patreon free post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/repression-of-in-158787913ABOUT REPRESSION WATCH EP 03 | Federal prosecutors secured convictions against nine Texas activists in March 2026, including one man charged not for attending a protest, but for transporting anarchist literature afterward. His sentencing is scheduled for June 18. At the same time, a ProPublica and Frontl...

A review of TELL ME HOW LONG THE TRAIN'S BEEN GONE by James Baldwin. I explore Leo Proudhammer’s relationships with the people around him, especially the emotional and political tensions between Leo and Caleb. I also discuss how the novel reflects Baldwin’s shifting worldview in the late 1960s and 70s, as Black radical life, liberation movements, and America itself were rapidly changing. TELL...

What does it mean to be Black, a man, someone in the world known for what you can offer? In this video, I unpack my affinity for James Baldwin, how Black men mask to survive the pitfalls of patriarchy, and how I've navigated this in my own life. 🎬 Documentaries Featured Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris (1971) | Directed by Terence Dixon, this documentary captures Baldwin in conversatio...

Art vs. ethics. Desire vs. responsibility. We’re unpacking Call Me by Your Name—the grooming, the queer taboos, and the questions the film leaves us with about love, consent, and art. What Should We Make of Call Me by Your Name’ s Age-Gap Relationship? | READ 🔗 Call Me by Your Name: Not Pedophilia, Still Problematic | READ

In this episode of Repression Watch, we dive into Jack’s story: facing politically motivated charges after Atlanta’s Cop City protests, navigating an Alford plea to avoid a 20-year sentence, and surviving two years under intense state surveillance. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmUg6RYnbwQ -------------------------------------------------------- 🔗 Check out FREEJA...

In this DIRECT ACTION 101 episode, I talk through some lessons that can help any organizer be better at doing work in their community. Stay tuned for more in this series in 2026.

I've spent a while researching, scripting, and reshooting this video on Baldwin, who he dated, and the undercurrents of grooming. An important topic to unpack about historical figures, what we learn about them, and power dynamics in relationships If you’re looking for the books I reference in this video (and across the channel), I keep an updated affiliate reading list here: https://bookshop.o...

I've been thinking a lot about this question. I made a video about last year - Is it time to leave America? Let's revisit it in 2026. ------------------------------------------ VIDEO CHAPTERS 00:00 INTRO 03:19 ICE and USA repression updates 07:25 Robin. F. Williams, Negroes With Guns, and Fleeing to China, Cuba 11:15 Fighting a legal system created to be a WEAPON 14:14 On centralized and d...

From the Minneapolis protests to increased immigration raids around the country, and the rise of state violence in the U.S., it's time to talk about where we're at and how to process. Here we go... The world is on fire, do we watch? Or do we act? To watch on YouTube... https://youtu.be/lgeSOx2HYnA 🔗 10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them. https://th...

In this video, I break down a very important topic, often overlooked by many black men, and that has been written about extensively by countless black women - James Baldwin's gender, politics and treatment of black women in his literature. We break down this topic through looking at the pivotal conversation between James Baldwin, and. Nikki Giovanni in 1971, where they talk Black life, love, and f...