Blossom of Thought

PiusVilakati, International Secretary of the Communist Party of Swaziland, currently exiled in Azania/South Africa, joins me to talk about the dialectical relations of the economy of South Africa and eSwatiniEswatini doesn't control its own currency. Half its government revenue depends on a customs union it cannot leave. And for over a century, its men have gone underground to dig South Africa...

Their bodies built Western medicine. Their names were erased. Their families were never paid. And their daughters are still dying today. This episode is about African women — not as victims, but as the uncredited founders of an entire medical field. We trace an unbroken line from Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsy, three enslaved women who endured dozens of experimental surgeries without anesthesia in 1845...

The township burns. The Sandton mansion does not. In this episode, we expose the engineered hatred behind South Africa's anti-immigrant violence — tracing it from today's March and March marches all the way back to the apartheid state's documented strategy of funding Black factions to fight each other. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission proved it happened before. The question is whether it's...

Reformist governments — however well-intentioned — that operate within the framework of capitalist relations and seek accommodation with imperialism will ultimately be unable to defend the gains of the working class. The people of Venezuela and Cuba are paying in blood and hunger the price of imperialist aggression. The task of revolutionaries throughout the hemisphere — and internationally — is t...

In this episode, Jaki Seroke, Deputy President of the Pan-African Congress of Azania (PAC), explores with me the turning point of the 1980s—a decade defined by intensified resistance, where sanctions, armed struggle, and mass protests collided with the apartheid state’s attempts at reform. We then examine how global shifts, including the fall of the Soviet Union and changing Western policy, reshap...

Jaki Seroke, Deputy President of Pan-African COngress of Azania (PAC), joins again. In this episode, we explore the turning point of the 1980s—a decade defined by intensified resistance, where sanctions, armed struggle, and mass protests collided with the apartheid state’s attempts at reform. We then examine how global shifts, including the fall of the Soviet Union and changing Western policy, res...

In this episode, with Deputy President of the Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC), we explore the ideological roots of the Africanist movement, beginning in the 1940s with a bold shift away from the cautious politics of the old guard toward a more assertive vision of “Africa for Africans.” We unpack the formation of the Youth League, the emergence of African Nationalism as a distinct ideology,...

In this episode, we touch down on Azanian soil to unpack the life, legacy, and lasting threat of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe. Though he passed in 1978, his ideas still echo powerfully in today’s political landscape—so much so that some believe there’s an ongoing effort to silence and bury what he truly stood for. I’m joined by Baba Jaki Seroke, Deputy President of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azani...

This episode subject is inspired by Che Guevara who stated: "At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality." Some people say a revolution is an intellectual endeavor. Understanding revolution as an intellectual endeavor reminds us that real change co...

Onyesonwu Chatoyer speaks to me about the Super Bowl Half Time SHow that took place 3 days ago, February 8th 2026 in California. We talk about its bearing on the regional politics of the Americas; economic ramifications to Capital/big business. Bad Bunny was the halftime performer for Super Bowl 2026, making history as the first male solo Latin artist to headline the show. Bunny, coming from the w...

When we talk about Democratic Centralism one name keeps coming up, that is V.I Lenin. We are not chatting about Lenin today but democratic centralism. Democratic centralism emerged from Marxist-Leninist revolutionary theory, aiming to consolidate power to achieve socialist transformation. It has been practiced in states like the Soviet Union, China, and Cuba and we may even add, Vietnam. On the ot...

The 3rd Monday of January every year is celebrated as Martin Luther King Day in North America and this day is close to his birthday, Jan 15th. Baba Mukasa Dada formerly known as Willie Ricks who mobilized with Dr King, Joins me on this episode to talk about Dr King - a man he knows a lot about. Dr king talking about Mukasa Dada he referred to him as the little minister. M Dada is an organizer with...

For this episode, we pick from Black Liberation Media - I Mix What I Like - (YouTube) Dr. Jared Ball’s interview with Anthony T. Browder on Religion, Africa and The World . The interview relates to the holiday season - “Christmas." This interview was done about 8 years ago. Browder is an author, publisher, cultural memory restoration specialist, historian, and an educational consultant. The s...

Today we are joined by Mukasa Dada formerly known as Willie Ricks, an organizer who served as a crucial bridge between the non-violent direct action of the early 1960s and the more militant, empowerment-focused Black Power movement of the late 1960s and 1970s. As aMobilizer and organizer, he risked his life to challenge segregation in interstate travel in the Jim Crow South - Tennessee, Georgia, S...

The California ecological cycle of large fires is the subject matter of this episode, and my guest, Luis Malik, speaks about the profound and unjust double standard in how the capitalist system addresses fire disasters and how wild fires intersect with industrial development. We further discuss the history of wild fires and the political economy of fire in California.

This episode is dedicated to our ancestor, Kwame Ture, who made his physical transition to be with the Ancestors on November 15th 1998. Ahjamu Umi joins me to discuss the teachings of Ture. Ahjamu is a dedicated activist/organizer/author who has engaged in on the ground work throughout Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and throughout the U.S. for 4 decades now. His latest work is "A Guide for De...

In this episode we connect with Imani Na Umoja in Guinea Bissau (GB) to talk about the recent political developments in the country. And the center of attention in Bissau is the neocolonial puppet and illegal president, Umaro Sissoko Embalo who is breaking every rule in the book to stay in power and continue selling out the Pan-African project in GB. My guest, Imani, serves in the Political Beaure...

Sister Assata Shakur transitioned to be with the ancestors on September 25th, 2025 in Cuba aged 78. In this episode we pay tribute to this giant of the African world and our guest is Ahjamu Umi - a dedicated activist/organizer/author who has engaged in on the ground work throughout Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and throughout the U.S. for 4 decades now. His latest work is "A Guide for Defens...

Onyesonwu Chatoyer rejoins me for this episode and we discuss Patriarchy. Onyesonwu is A Cadre and organizer with the AAPRP, editor with Hood Communist (an anti-imperialist online publication), on the national coordinating committee of the Venceremos brigade (an organization opposing the U.S. embargo and travel ban, supporting normalized relations and recognizing Cuba’s accomplishments). We talk a...

Ogadinma Kingsley Okakpu, PhD’d in Biomedical Sciences, and currently working as a research scientist in the biotech industry joins me to talk geopolitical economics today. We analyze the relevancy of Lenin whose analysis in "The Parasitism and Decay of Capitalism" ( Chapter 8 of Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism ) remains deeply relevant today, as many of the tendencies he id...

Treasurer General of the People's United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO - one of Swaziland political oppositions) political analyst, and a  vibrant activist, Velaphi Mamba  - Harvard Graduate - joins me in this episode to discuss and analyze the US deportees to Swaziland. The United States sent five immigrants, alleged to have been convicted of serious crimes, to the African nation of Swaziland. Thes...

We have Part 3 of the history of the All African Women Revolutionary Union (AAWRU), a women’s wing of the AAPRP. Sister Moya Mzuri, covers another 10+ years of the history from the 10th Anniversary of the AAWRU in 1990 and beyond the year 2000.  Post 1990 the AAWRU created a section on women in cadre political book lists and Integrating readings on women in all sections. Some sisters relocated to...

This is Part 2 of the history of the All African Women Revolutionary Union (AAWRU), a women’s wing of the AAPRP. My guest, sister Moya Mzuri, covers 10 years of the history from the inception of the AAWRU to its 10th anniversary. These are the highlights of the record: •1980 - Central Committee mandates the creation of the AAWRU; Post African Liberation Day Regional Task Force created to found the...

Sister Moya Mzuri of the All African Women Revolutionary Union (AAWRU), a women’s wing of the AAPRP, speaks to me on the general history of the AAWRU. Sister Mzuri joined the AAPRP in 1976 - some 4 years before the establishment of the AAWRU. In this episode, the first of a couple to come documenting the history of the AAWRU, she speaks about the conditions that necessitated the launching of the A...

Minister Mimut Nuhu of the House of Sankofa, California, and cadre of the AAPRP is the guest in this episode. The subject is Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977), a woman characterised by RESISTANCE,  a prominent civil rights activist, voting rights advocate, and leader in the fight for racial and economic justice in the United States. Born in rural Mississippi to sharecropper parents, she experienced pov...