JDPOD

In this episode we provide a report back on the organizing happening in LA in response to ICE raids. We are joined with an anonymous contribution from a member of People's City Council. In this episode, we discuss what's occurred over the last thirty+ days, how organizations and community have responded, how we can improve, and the lessons that can be learned. References/Sources/Recommende...

References/Sources/Recommended Texts May 19th Communist Organization from the Freedom Archives M19CO Principles of Unity pamphlet Tracy and Moore, No Fascist USA!: The John Brown Anti-Klan Committee and Lessons for Today's Movements (2020) Susan M. Reverby, Co-conspirator for Justice: The Revolutionary Life of Dr. Alan Berkman (2020) Orisanmi Burton, Tip of the Spear (2023) RAPP Campaign (Release...

This special explores revolutionary movements during "the long 1960s" in Amerikkka. We trace the development of two revolutionary traditions: an anti-imperialist third worldist solidarity tradition alongside a party-building revolutionary model for achieving revolution. We examine key organizations including SNCC, RAM, the Black Panther Party, SDS, and the Weather Underground, alongside...

In this episode, we sit down with an outside agitator with Unity of Fields who was involved in the Columbian encampments and the occupation of Hinds Hall, to review the 2025 documentary, 'The Encampments' produced by Watermelon Pictures. As more and more encampments are doing screenings of the documentary, we feel that it’s important to provide some much needed criticisms that have not bee...

"I suggest that the real contradiction may be that we really are not about the same thing, the same goals, and some of us are not willing to admit it. Not yet, anyway..." - Safiya Bukhari Timestamps: 5:34: Fear in the present moment. 9:28: George Jackson, "Blood in my Eye" 12:00: J. Sakai and Don Hamerquist, "Confronting Fascism" 16:15: Tariffs and the Labor Aristokkkracy 24:15: Studying anti-colo...

Timestamps 3:40: Definition and Key Concepts 11:52 - Genealogy 22:00 - Key Thinkers 48:13: WS Theorists before WST 59:14 Conclusion References/Recommended Readings Rather than World Systems Analysis: An Introduction, read this essay: Immanuel Wallerstein: The Rise and Future Demise of the World Capitalist System: Concepts for Comparative Analysis (1974): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FpqIxQnQwq...

On this episode we do a deep dive on the labor aristocracy. Timestamps: The first 12:20 seconds: definitions to make this episode more accessible. 12:20-18:25: On the fires in LA. 18:25- On the Labor Aristocracy 58:13: Common questions on the labor aristocracy Resources: The essay from FRSO that we are responding to: Marxism-Leninism and the Theory of Settler-Colonialism in the United States, J. S...

Part two with Dr. Max Ajl, (@maxajl) In this episode we discuss the overthrow of Syria. What does this mean for the present. Resources: The Cradle.co Al-Mayadeen English Middle East Critique Agrarian South Journal of Labor and Society Excellent podcasts from comrades on Syria ⁠ compiled by the Good Shepherd Collective

In our inaugural episode with a guest, we are pleased to invite Dr. Max Ajl (@maxajl) to speak about Syria. This is a two part interview. Part one is a historical materialist primer on Syria, the groundwork you need to be able to understand the present moment. Part two will be helping us understand recent developments and de-developments. A quick note, as Max works and lives in Tunisia, he says Tu...

References: Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang, "Decolonization is Not A Metaphor": https://clas.osu.edu/sites/clas.osu.edu/files/Tuck%20and%20Yang%202012%20Decolonization%20is%20not%20a%20metaphor.pdf "We Remember the Attempts to be Free" Joy James on Black August and the Captive Maternal" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/millennials-are-killing-capitalism/id1292638162?i=1000531844926 Max Ajl, "Logi...

Ending music credit: Bambu - "November to Remember": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXG3QxgXgVA References: MAKC - “Opening as Many Fronts as Possible” - Reflections on Palestine Action Us & the Merrimack 4 With Calla Walsh: https://millennialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/opening-as-many-fronts-as-possible-reflections-from-palestine-action-us-the-merrimack-4-with-calla-walsh Bayan USA - "R...

Suggested Readings/Cited Sources: Kwame Ture and Charles Hamilton - Black Power: https://mygaryislike.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/black-power-kwame-ture-and-charles-hamilton.pdf Rod Bush - We Are Not What We Seem (Chapter 1): https://rodbush.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/we-are-not-what-we-seem-ch-1.pdf Rod Bush - The End of World White Supremacy: https://drive.proton.me/urls/CTSPD2F...

For questions, clarifications, feedback, DM at: IG / Twitter : @jdpod_cast IG: @ ka.joma Twitter: @ 600cm3 @ka_joma_ Suggested Readings: Max Ajl, "Palestine and the End of Theory": https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19436149.2024.2404338 Joma Geneciran, "Global Historical Materialism and Decoloniality": https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.62191/ROAPE-2024-0035 Mondoweiss I...

References : May 19th Communist Organization (M19CO) Principles: ⁠https://archive.org/details/may-19th-principles-of-unity_202105⁠ Anti-Imperialist Network (AIN) Points of Unity: ⁠https://file.io/YCLqt1VaaXzC⁠ Anti-Imperialist Network (AIN Website): ⁠https://anti-imperialist.net/ "Eating the Apple of the World" - Social Investigation and Class Analysis with Dani Manibat " on Millennials are Killin...