Conscientization 101

Today we are featuring interviews we did with Black Agenda Report’s  Margaret Kimberley (top left), Editor & Senior Columnist, and Executive Editor Glen Ford (bottom left). We interviewed Glen and Margaret in 2012 at the Left Form in New York City at Pace University. Glen and Margaret provide very informative analysis and observations which are still relevant in 2015 (and beyond). This p...

Dr. João Costa Vargas and Conscientization 101 Senior Editor, James Stone dialoging at University of Texas – Austin on 8/1/2015. On this episode we feature excerpts from an interview we did with Dr. João Costa Vargas in Austin, Texas at the University of Texas – Austin. With all the significant changes happening in the world politically, we had to visit João and get his take on various...

Ayesha Harruna Attah On this episode we play excerpts from an interview we did with African writer, Ayesha Harruna Attah. We talk about her two novels Harmattan Rain and Saturday’s Shadows. As part of our discussion we discuss the characters in her books and relate them to the everyday experiences of Africans throughout the world. We also talk about the political environments in which she se...

Dr. João Costa Vargas In this episode we air excerpts from a dialogue we had in 2011 with Dr. João Costa Vargas about his books: Never Meant to Survive: Genocide and Utopias in Black Diaspora Communities and Catching Hell In The City Of Angels: Life And Meanings Of Blackness In South Central Los Angeles. In this discussion we discuss the structural conditions Africans from Brazil and the United St...

This is part 2 of our dialogue with Donnie Mossberg. You can find Donnie on YouTube, The Mossberg Files Live Stream, SoundCloud, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. This podcast episode features Donnie Mossberg’s “Milonga Triste” and “Israelite (This Uprising) 05′” from Wise Intelligent’s album, Blessed Be The Poor. Want to listen to the Unabridged Interview...

Donnie Mossberg On this episode we interview Donnie Mossberg! Donnie is a musician, technician, videographer, and a member and organizer of the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party. If any of you have ever looked for a YouTube video with talks from John Henrik Clarke, Kwame Ture, Amos Wilson, and so many of our other ancestors, you probably watched a video Donnie edited/posted. We first...

This is part 2 of our discussion with Julian Kunnie about his book Is Apartheid Really Dead?: Pan-Africanist Working-Class Cultural Critical Perspectives.

On this episode we talk with Julian Kunnie about his book Is Apartheid Really Dead?: Pan-Africanist Working-Class Cultural Critical Perspectives.

Alright everyone, we got part 2 of our interview with Raggo Zulu Rebel! We continue our discussion about the fierce competition involved in the music industry and how it creates a myriad of distractions.

C-101 presents part one of a two-part series featuring excerpts from our interview with highly creative and prolific hip hop artist Raggo Zulu Rebel!

Ezrah Aharone If you were to ask the average African in the Diaspora if they considered themselves free, chances are they would exclaim with tremendous fervor, "Hell yeah, I am free! Slavery was back then in them times long ago. Fool we got a Black president, we can do whatever white people do, so that means we are free!" When you hear something like that, you have to ask yourself is the agency of...

Conscientization 101 interviews independent UK hip hop artist, Cyclonious The Natural Disaster. We discuss African nationhood and identity, 360 deals imposed by major record labels, and music as a form of social conditioning. Cyclonious also offers his analysis on the sloganeering of “Hands Up Don’t Shoot” and talks about his new project which he says is his best yet (can’t wait for this o...

As promised, we present the second and final part of our series on the book Catastrophism: The Apocalyptic Politics of Collapse and Rebirth . On this part we have a dialogue with Sasha Lilley and James Davis . Sasha’s contribution to the book is entitled “Great Chaos Under Heaven: Catastrophism and the Left” and James’s piece is entitled “At War with the Future: Catastrophism and the Rig...

On this edition of C-101 podcast we sat down with Eddie Yuen to discuss his piece entitled “The Politics of Failure Have Failed: The Environmental Movement and Catastrophism”, in the book in the book Catastrophism: The Apocalyptic Politics of Collapse and Rebirth.

Mural at the 4th of February memorial in Caracas, Venezuela. February 4, 1992 is when Comandante Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías led a group of soldiers to capture the government for the Venezuelan people. At the time the government was under the corrupt IMF backed leadership of Carlos Andrés Pérez, which was wreaking havoc on people’s ability to survive. Chávez's body lies in state at the 4th of...

On this launch edition of C-101 podcast, we feature an interview we conducted with Immortal Technique . We discussed many topics with Immortal Technique including state repression of Occupy Wall street, Haiti, Libya, and much more. We also included an overview of Conscientization 101 web magazine's objectives and what you can expect when you subscribe.   Since this is our opening podcast, this ep...