In Defense of Liberation!

In Defense of Liberation

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In Defense of Liberation is a conscientizing program meant to help folks organize around liberation for ALL peoples through political education, experience, stories, histories - failed, and successful - and through active struggle TODAY! We are here to grow, build, learn, make mistakes, correct them, and learn some more - because we want an END to Settler-Colonialism, Imperialism, and oppression, everywhere. No one can struggle alone. This podcast is only an interjection into the conversation, not the end all be all. Join us in fighting for a new world, an end to this society: Revolution!

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Aug 30, 2025

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Rising Tide of Reaction and Resistance 08.04.2023

In this episode we discuss a bunch of countries and movements happening around the world, but first we begin by reading a section from the "Collected Works of the Black Liberation Army" by Rookery Press on Capitalist exploitation, profits, and monopolies. This introduces us to the discussion of resistance struggles happening in India, Peru, Haiti, the US, etc. While reactionary forces re...

What the fuck is “Democracy”? 28.03.2023

In this episode, I begin our discussion on democracy, by investigating some of the main stream philosophers’ quotes - from ancient Greek and Roman societies, the enlightenment, and colonial times to today - to get us started. this leads us into a discussion about whether this “Democracy” is a lie, a mythology, or a real-material description of a system where ruling class property owners and capita...

Interview with Dr. Gerald Horne 26.03.2023

We are so thankful to have had Dr. Horne on to talk with us about a wide-range of topics. Thank you again Dr. Horne! We began by speaking about some of the early experiences of Dr. Horne's life, growing up in Apartheid, Jim Crow USA as a young black man, being a paperboy, listening to the radio and the news at home, his parents love of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Jackie Robinson, and coming into...

Global War: The 101s of US Empire - the USA is a WAR MACHINE! 23.03.2023

Welcome to a (possible) new series - Global War - where we will focus on the developing conflicts, events, wars and regime change efforts of the US Empire and its NATO and other allies. In this episode we discuss, very very briefly, how the US came into existence, Spanish, English, Dutch and other European “exploration”, corporations, and colonization. We talk about the many many wars the US has a...

Why We’re All Poor 21.03.2023

In this episode I talk about the necessity for oppressed people/nations, workers, and unemployed people to be forced into impoverishment and dependency, degradation and oppression. I also talk some more about the documents in the recently published Collected Works of the Black Liberation Army, especially on class, subjectivism, and dialectics/dialectical materialism.

Interpersonal Relations in Organizing and in Life 20.03.2023

In this episode we talk about how institutions and practices of slavery, colonization, and imperialism lead to the necessity for racism, sexism, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Transphobia, and therein effect all interpersonal human relations. Whether you are a socialist, communist, etc. you should, I should, we should, all work on investigating ourselves and our internalized reflections of this society...

Real Revolution is not just Ideas, Critiques and Criticism but Practice, Study, Action and Relations 17.03.2023

This episode goes all over the place talking about the confusion of “Socialism”, and how a real revolution will never be perfect or pure, but real, built on the mistakes, practices, struggles, failures histories and ideas of those who’ve come before us, who have both failed and succeeded themselves. We must understand also that these lessons and histories should not be learned in isolation, discon...

Censorship, Left/Right Alliances and the Confusion of the Western Left 16.03.2023

In this episode we begin by discussing some of the international news stories of the week, such as Saudi Arabia and Iran committing to a path towards re-establishing diplomatic ties through the negotiations held in Beijing with the help of China; the 10 year anniversary of the passing of Hugo Chavez, who took on the mantle of leading the Bolivarian Revolution along with his people; the recent US-C...

Morning Commute - 3/6/2023 06.03.2023

In this episode we discuss the National Day of Action on March 9th, and the DC rally on March 18th among other events coming up; we chat about international capitalism’s and imperialism’s need for control, exploitation, wealth accumulation, etc. and how our struggles around the world must find ways to unite and struggle for our shared and independent Liberation

The Psychology and Reality of Colonialism, Capitalism and Imperialism 03.03.2023

In this episode we begin by sharing our explicit support and solidarity with the revolutionary masses, parties and governments of Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Vietnam, China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Iran, Palestine and elsewhere. We then speak about oppression, class society, colonialism and its consequences psychologically, socially, and it’s revolutionary conclusions to come.

International Women’s Month and the importance of study and revolution 01.03.2023

In this episode, we talk about the sham holiday known as women’s month or whatever bullshit it is called in the states, and the difference between this and international working women’s day that was established in the Soviet union. We also talk about the importance of study and understanding history as an active force in our daily struggle, as well as the importance of organizing with education fo...

Oppressed People’s Liberation and the Class Struggle 28.02.2023

In this episode we talk about a bunch of shit and how different struggles are interrelated, and require inter-organizing, such as tenant orgs with food pantries or clothing aid, or community gardens with self defense and political education classes. But we must also recognize that the struggles in Peru, Mali, Burkina Faso, Russia China and North America among others are all intertwined and how we...

Intro into Groundings with my Brothers by Walter Rodney 27.02.2023

Who is Walter Rodney? We go over his famous work, “Groundings with my Brothers” and some of his history, the different chapters and what they discuss and why this work is so important. This is ONLY an intro, please check out other content, YouTube videos, Rodney’s speeches and writings, and the Walter Rodney Foundation!

African Liberation NOT simply “Black History” 24.02.2023

In this episode we discuss how February and “Black History Month” distracts from the ongoing African liberation struggles, their revolutionary character, action, and ideology, and enforces individualism, wealth accumulation, private property, capitalism and imperialism.

Finding comrades in the struggle and building our movement 22.02.2023

2/23/23: in this episode we talk about some of the contradictions and complications within organizing spaces, regarding trying to unify and build bridges between struggles and finding ways to “organize” our organizing. Like that?

US/NATO Imperialism is the root cause of global conflict + war! 21.02.2023

2/21/2023: We go over the different economic, political, and social factors/relations that necessitate not only Imperialism and colonialism, neocolonialism and Fascism, but also will necessitate resistance and revolution. All power to the people!

Morning Commute: 2/16/2023 - The Theft of Revolutionary Energy 16.02.2023

In this episode we spend some time discussing a few different things, the difficulty of depression, constant sickness and exhaustion in trying to organize. We also talk about miseducation, or the necessity of ruling class gov’ts to lie and steal and cheat to stay in power. We talk about “left” anti communism and anti communism in general, coups, theft of entire country’s GDP, resources, labor forc...

Morning Commute 2/2/2023: Housing, Genocide in North America, Police violence and more! 02.02.2023

This morning on my way to work we discuss the recent murder of Tyre Nichols and the ongoing genocide of African peoples, Indigenous people, Asian, Latino, Chicano, and other folks on Turtle Island. We also discuss housing struggles and the intimate relations created through meeting someone in their home, and the organizing/assistance opportunities to come of it!

Morning Commute: Trans Liberation/Inspiration + Cuban Code of Families 26.01.2023

In this episode I talk a bit about recently coming out as Trans, and how our reality in the US is- in comparison to, and in relation to the recently passed Code of Families. Please look into it more!! Also, shoutout to all my LGBTQ+ loves ✨

First Morning Commute in 10 months: Checking in, announcements, plugs, and what’s coming up! 23.01.2023

What the hell is up y’all? It’s been forever! So happy to be back! Check out what’s coming up, what we’re planning to do, some new announcements and upcoming projects/ideas :)

My LAST (for now) Morning Commute 3-8-22: Happy Women’s Liberation Day! Saying goodbye, for Now! 08.03.2022

This is going to be my last podcast for a while! I recently began my candidacy for the PSL. I am going to take this time to learn, to organize, to experience, and to try to bill not only myself and my own understanding but also a movement. We must build a socialist revolution if we believe that any of the issues facing the masses today will ever be resolved. No war, no form of capitalism, no imper...

Happy Women’s Liberation Month, Stand with the Sudanese People, Denounce + Defund NATO, and More! 03.03.2022

What’s going on folks? So this episode is quite a hodgepodge of many different subjects. We begin with a discussion about women’s liberation month, and we make our way into discussion of the ongoing resistance movement in Sudan. Then we talk about the issues facing people of Palestine, Nepal, Yemen, and plenty of places across the world while the US empire is hyper focused on condemning Russia, th...

Morning Commute 3-2-2022: It’s my birthday! #DefundthePentagon #DefundNATO #NoToImperialistWar 02.03.2022

In this episode I discuss the hypocrisy of the United States, the European Union, and NATO who condemn the “Russian invasion” while also holding UN security council meetings to label Yemeni resistance movements as terrorists. The hypocrisy between funding and arming, training and supporting the Saudi Arabian and UAE Coalition committing war crimes in Yemen, Israel who continues to terrorize and oc...

Down with US Empire! Long live Revolutionary Internationalism and Socialism! (w/Luna Oi!) 28.02.2022

In this episode the amazing Luna Oi joins us all the way from Vietnam to discuss her country's history and the struggles they've endured, but more broadly we also go into a discussion about what is stopping the "Left" from within the US Empire and the west, generally, from being able to build a movement capable of combatting these different stopping-blocks that seem to have us stagnant. We discuss...

Morning Commute 2-27-2022: Internationalism in the Age of Imperialism 27.02.2022

In this episode I give a brief overview of some of the great topics that me and Luna or I go over in an upcoming episode yet to be released. But I also discussed some important points about how to organize in the age of imperialism, I give a explanation about historical examples that prove the necessity of revolution, and how we can build it. I hope all of you are well, stay safe, and if you need...

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