A Radical Podcast

On February 15, A Radical Guide sat down with organizers from General Strike U.S. to talk about what it takes to build a movement that holds together — through uncertainty, across distance, and toward something bigger than any single action. General Strike U.S. is a decentralized grassroots movement organizing toward a nationwide general strike. They work through local chapters focused on mutual a...

If movements reject hierarchical power, what do they build in its place? In Episode 3 of A Podcast for Radicals, we explore prefigurative politics—the principle that we create the world we want through how we organize today. The future society isn't something we build after winning; it's something we practice now. We examine how worker cooperatives, community land trusts, consensus decisio...

What makes authority legitimate? And what does it mean to reject the logic of power? In this episode, we explore why radicals reject hierarchical domination, the difference between "power over" and "power with," and how movements practice horizontal organizing at a massive scale. We draw on the anarchist tradition - Bakunin, Kropotkin, Malatesta - to understand why revolutionar...

Can hierarchical methods produce liberatory outcomes? Episode 1 of Means and Ends in Radical Action explores why anarchist movements insist that how we organize must reflect what we're fighting to build. We break down four specific ways organizing methods shape what movements can create: 👉Methods develop capacities 👉Methods transform consciousness 👉Methods create precedents 👉Methods build...

In Part 2 of this State of the World Forum “Code Red” segment, Jason Bayless is asked how to connect the dots across so many urgent issues. His response centers on liberation as a question communities return to, and a practice rooted in relationship with each other and the living world. Watch/read the full post (with both clips + full panel): https://www.radical-guide.com/state-of-the-world-forum-...

Jason Bayless speaks at the State of the World Forum panel “The State of Our World: Code Red” on animal cruelty as a lived “code red” condition—one tied to the systems shaping ecological collapse and normalized violence. This is Part 1 of a two-part segment. Watch/read the full post (with both clips + full panel): https://www.radical-guide.com/state-of-the-world-forum-code-red-my-segment-full-pane...

Peter Kropotkin exposed how capitalists used "survival of the fittest" to justify exploitation. 120 years later, we're fighting the same battle. This episode explores mutual aid not as charity or activism, but as our biological reality - and why understanding this changes everything about how we organize. In this episode: The 1800s debate between Kropotkin and Social Darwinists that...

The closing session, The P.I.T , wraps up the day’s international workshops with thanks and collective gratitude. Throughout the event, we heard from organizers, writers, artists, and movement builders across the world — sharing lessons on anarchism, collective care, food sovereignty, degrowth, zero fare transportation, anti-authoritarian publishing, radical art, and mutual aid. From poetry to pan...

This session features Felipe Corrêa and Victor Khaled, coordinators of the Institute for Anarchist Theory and History (IATH) (itha-iath.org) and militants of the Libertarian Socialist Organization (OSL) in Brazil. The talk begins with an exploration of the concept of anarchism, based on Corrêa’s book Black Flag, recently translated and published internationally. From there, the panel traces the re...

This session brings together mutual aid organizers for a virtual panel and teach-in on how to organize a weekly mutual aid space in your neighborhood. Panelists share practical experiences, lessons, and tools for building local networks of care and resistance. The session also includes the announcement of a new movement initiative to support the creation of community-led mutual aid distributions i...

This session with Antonio Román-Alcalá and the Agroecology Research-Action Collective (ARC) looks at the intersections, overlaps, and tensions between anarchism, food sovereignty, and degrowth — with some focus on land reform. The presentation is based on a recent article in the Degrowth Journal but framed to emphasize action, not just theory. After the short talk, participants join a discussion o...

This session features Acción y Liberación (vaccylibv.blogspot.com), a zine/mini-book created through affinity between anarchists, anti-speciesists, and nihilists in Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and the U.S. The publication offers perspectives of total and animal liberation, rooted in international collaboration. Launched internationally with Warzone Distro (warzonedistro.noblogs.org), the magazine inc...

This video features readings by Tongo Eisen-Martin, an American poet, organizer, and former Poet Laureate of San Francisco. His work bridges revolutionary critique, memory, and community — tackling issues like incarceration, Black liberation, state violence, and love in movements. Eisen-Martin holds both BA and MA in African American Studies from Columbia University. His poetry collections include...

This workshop with Tyasha/Ty (teamwithty.com/Tyasha/Ty) explores lessons from more than 50 years of grassroots organizing by Black Feminists, Abolitionists, and Anarchists across Turtle Island and beyond. Drawing from the Break the System Archive (breakthesystem.xyz), participants are guided through histories of Black-led movements and connected to today’s organizing with the Free4ALL mutual aid n...

This session features Leo Legirs and Apatrik from the publishing group behind the anti-authoritarian magazine Revista Diógenes (revistadiogenes.substack.com). They introduce their project and the first three editions of the magazine, while discussing the different forms of authoritarianism they confront in daily life — and how anti-authoritarian practices continue to grow in Colombia and around th...

This session features Ben Morea, a longtime activist, artist, and writer, reflecting on his life, organizing, and philosophies. Morea presents his book Full Circle: A Life in Rebellion, tracing his path through art, anarchism, community struggle, and resistance. From his role in the 1960s underground press and collectives to his ongoing commitment to liberation, Morea’s story shows how personal ex...

This session features Manifesto Brutal (manifestobrutal.org) in collaboration with the theatre company Nontantoprecisi (nontantoprecisi.net), a group founded within Italy’s last asylum-concentration camp. Together they explore CONATUS — life that lives, imagining anti-psychiatric living experiments and collective ways of responding to illness, oppression, and the suffocating conditions of the pres...

This session features graphic artist Seth Tobocman in conversation with artists from around the world who contributed to the latest issue of World War 3 Illustrated. The issue highlights work by Palestinian comic artists and international contributors in solidarity with Palestine. Panelists include: Mohammad Sabaaneh (Palestine), Hamza Abu Ayyash (Palestine), Magdy El Shafee (Egypt), R.M. Sanches...

This session features Jim Fleming of Autonomedia (NYC) and Hans Widmer (P.M.) of Zurich, presenting Cities for a Single Planet: A Model for the Ecological Transformation of the Earth — co-authored with P. Antoniadis, M. Baumgartner, and D. Spuhler, and published by Autonomedia. The conversation explores the future of cities, ecological crises, and collective transformation — asking how we might li...

This session features The Rule and Ruins of Trump with Shuli Branson — part of the anarchist writers’ collective CAW (www.cawshinythings.com) and host of The Breakup Theory podcast. In the 15th episode of Anarchist Voices, Shuli addresses Donald Trump’s return to the U.S. presidency and the authoritarian, anti-trans policies tied to his politics. The NYC Anarchist Book Fair has gathered thousands...

Special Edition of A Radical Podcast In this episode, we take a direct look at how political labels—liberal, neoliberal, leftist, and anarchist—are misused, weaponized, and stripped of their meaning to undermine resistance and protect systems of power. Too often, these terms are collapsed into one catch-all idea of “anti-Trump,” used interchangeably in media, policy, and everyday conversations. Bu...

What does it mean to build a culture of liberation?  In this episode, we break down three core principles of liberation culture: building lasting movements, practicing solidarity, and transforming dominant norms. These aren’t abstract ideas—they’re lived, practiced, and deeply interconnected. Together, they shape how we organize, relate, and resist systems of oppression. If you’ve ever felt stuck...

In Episode 10 of A Podcast for Radicals, host Jason Bayless explores six foundational concepts of liberation: Awareness, Critical Realism, De-Ideologization, Social Orientation, Amplifying Voices, and Methodological Eclecticism. These interconnected frameworks provide actionable tools to dismantle oppressive systems and build movements rooted in equity, mutual aid, and collective power. 🌍 What Yo...

Join us for Episode 9 of A Podcast for Radicals as we explore The Dimensions of Liberation. In this episode, host Jason Bayless dives into four interconnected dimensions—Personal, Social, Systemic, and Spiritual Liberation—and how they work together to create meaningful change. Discover how personal growth fuels collective action, communities build power to challenge oppression, and how shared val...

Explore transformative change in Episode 8 of A Podcast for Radicals! This installment in the A Guide for Radicals series takes an in-depth look at Bobbie Harro’s Cycle of Liberation—a dynamic framework for disrupting oppression and fostering personal, collective, and systemic change. Building on the Cycle of Socialization (Episode 7), this episode examines how we internalize societal norms and sy...