Leftist Reading

Episode 59: This week we’re continuing with The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon The full book is available online here: https://monoskop.org/images/6/6b/Fanon_Frantz_The_Wretched_of_the_Earth_1963.pdf [Part 1-3] Concerning Violence [Part 4 - This week] Concerning Violence - Fourth reading - 0:46 [Part 5-6?] Concerning Violence - Remaining reading [Part 7?] Violence in the International Conte...

Episode 58: This week we’re continuing with The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon The full book is available online here: https://monoskop.org/images/6/6b/Fanon_Frantz_The_Wretched_of_the_Earth_1963.pdf [Part 1-2] Concerning Violence [Part 3 - This week] Concerning Violence - Third reading - 01:05 [Part 4?] Concerning Violence - Remaining reading [Part 5?] Violence in the International Context...

Episode 57: This week we’re beginning a new book, The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon The full book is available online here: https://monoskop.org/images/6/6b/Fanon_Frantz_The_Wretched_of_the_Earth_1963.pdf [Part 1] Concerning Violence [Part 2 - This week] Concerning Violence - Second reading - 00:35 [Part 3-4?] Concerning Violence - Remaining reading [Part 5?] Violence in the International...

Episode 56: This week we’re beginning a new book, The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon The full book is available online here: https://monoskop.org/images/6/6b/Fanon_Frantz_The_Wretched_of_the_Earth_1963.pdf [Part 1 - This Week] Concerning Violence - First reading - 01:24 [Part 2-4?] Concerning Violence - Remaining reading [Part 5?] Violence in the International Context [Part 6-8?] Spontaneit...

Episode 55: This week we’re finishing our reading of Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis. The full book is available online here: https://archive.org/details/WomenRaceClassAngelaDavis [Part 1 - 2] 1. THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY: STANDARDS FOR A NEW WOMANHOOD [Part 3] 2. THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT AND THE BIRTH OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS [Part 4 - 5] 3. CLASS AND RACE IN THE EARLY WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (f...

Episode 54: This week we’re continuing our reading of Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis. The full book is available online here: https://archive.org/details/WomenRaceClassAngelaDavis [Part 1 - 2] 1. THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY: STANDARDS FOR A NEW WOMANHOOD [Part 3] 2. THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT AND THE BIRTH OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS [Part 4 - 5] 3. CLASS AND RACE IN THE EARLY WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (...

Episode 53: Content Warnings: Abortion Self Induced Abortion Death from a medical procedure Eugenics Racism Ableism Forced sterilisation Forced Sterilisation as governmental policy Medical Abuse Medical Malpractice This week we’re continuing our reading of Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis. The full book is available online here: https://archive.org/details/WomenRaceClassAngelaDavis Conte...

Episode 52: This week we’re continuing our reading of Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis. The full book is available online here: https://archive.org/details/WomenRaceClassAngelaDavis Content warnings for this week: Birth control Abortion Self induced abortion Infanticide Rape Racism [Part 1 - 2] 1. THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY: STANDARDS FOR A NEW WOMANHOOD [Part 3] 2. THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT...

Episode 51: This week we’re continuing our reading of Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis. The full book is available online here: https://archive.org/details/WomenRaceClassAngelaDavis Content warnings for this week: Rape Lynching [Part 1 - 2] 1. THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY: STANDARDS FOR A NEW WOMANHOOD [Part 3] 2. THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT AND THE BIRTH OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS [Part 4 - 5] 3. CLASS A...

Episode 50: This week we’re continuing our reading of Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis. The full book is available online here: https://archive.org/details/WomenRaceClassAngelaDavis Content warnings for this week: Rape Lynching [Part 1 - 2] 1. THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY: STANDARDS FOR A NEW WOMANHOOD [Part 3] 2. THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT AND THE BIRTH OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS [Part 4 - 5] 3. CLASS A...

Episode 49: This week we’re continuing our reading of Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis. The full book is available online here: https://archive.org/details/WomenRaceClassAngelaDavis [Part 1 - 2] 1. THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY: STANDARDS FOR A NEW WOMANHOOD [Part 3] 2. THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT AND THE BIRTH OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS [Part 4 - 5] 3. CLASS AND RACE IN THE EARLY WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (...

Episode 47: This week we’re continuing our reading of Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis. The full book is available online here: https://archive.org/details/WomenRaceClassAngelaDavis [Part 1 - 2] 1. THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY: STANDARDS FOR A NEW WOMANHOOD [Part 3] 2. THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT AND THE BIRTH OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS [Part 4 - 5] 3. CLASS AND RACE IN THE EARLY WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (...

Episode 47: This week we’re continuing our reading of Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis. The full book is available online here: https://archive.org/details/WomenRaceClassAngelaDavis [Part 1 - 2] 1. THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY: STANDARDS FOR A NEW WOMANHOOD [Part 3] 2. THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT AND THE BIRTH OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS [Part 4 - 5] 3. CLASS AND RACE IN THE EARLY WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (...

Episode 46: This week we’re continuing our reading of Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis. The full book is available online here: https://archive.org/details/WomenRaceClassAngelaDavis [Part 1 - 2] 1. THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY: STANDARDS FOR A NEW WOMANHOOD [Part 3] 2. THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT AND THE BIRTH OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS [Part 4 - 5] 3. CLASS AND RACE IN THE EARLY WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (...

Episode 45: This week we’re continuing our reading of Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis. The full book is available online here: https://archive.org/details/WomenRaceClassAngelaDavis [Part 1 - 2] 1. THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY: STANDARDS FOR A NEW WOMANHOOD [Part 3] 2. THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT AND THE BIRTH OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS [Part 4 - 5] 3. CLASS AND RACE IN THE EARLY WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (...

Episode 44: This week we’re continuing our reading of Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis. The full book is available online here: https://archive.org/details/WomenRaceClassAngelaDavis [Part 1 - 2] 1. THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY: STANDARDS FOR A NEW WOMANHOOD [Part 3] 2. THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT AND THE BIRTH OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS [Part 4 - 5] 3. CLASS AND RACE IN THE EARLY WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (...

Episode 43: This week we’re continuing our reading of Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis. The full book is available online here: https://archive.org/details/WomenRaceClassAngelaDavis Confent warnings this episode for: Sexual assault Murder [Part 1 - 2] 1. THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY: STANDARDS FOR A NEW WOMANHOOD [Part 3] 2. THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT AND THE BIRTH OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS [Part 4 - 5]...

Episode 42: This week we’re continuing our reading of Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis. The full book is available online here: https://archive.org/details/WomenRaceClassAngelaDavis [Part 1 - 2] 1. THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY: STANDARDS FOR A NEW WOMANHOOD [Part 3] 2. THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT AND THE BIRTH OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS [Part 4 - 5] 3. CLASS AND RACE IN THE EARLY WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (...

This week we’re continuing our reading of Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis. The full book is available online here: https://archive.org/details/WomenRaceClassAngelaDavis [Part 1 - 2] 1. THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY: STANDARDS FOR A NEW WOMANHOOD [Part 3] 2. THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT AND THE BIRTH OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS [Part 4] 3. CLASS AND RACE IN THE EARLY WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (first half) [Par...

This week we’re continuing our reading of Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis. The full book is available online here: https://archive.org/details/WomenRaceClassAngelaDavis [Part 1 - 2] 1. THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY: STANDARDS FOR A NEW WOMANHOOD [Part 3] 2. THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT AND THE BIRTH OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS [Part 4] 3. CLASS AND RACE IN THE EARLY WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGN First half Readin...

Episode 39: This week we’re continuing our reading of Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis. The full book is available online here: https://archive.org/details/WomenRaceClassAngelaDavis [Part 1 - 2] 1. THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY: STANDARDS FOR A NEW WOMANHOOD [Part 3 - This Week] 2. THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT AND THE BIRTH OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS Reading – 00:28 Discussion – 33:10 [Part 4 - 5] 3. CLASS...

Episode 38: This week we’re continuing Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis. The full book is available online here: https://archive.org/details/WomenRaceClassAngelaDavis Content warnings for this episode as a whole (new CW in bold): Killing of children Slavery Pregnancy Rape Death Torture Racism Blood And abuse related to multiple of the above topics. [Part 1] 1. THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY: STAN...

This week is our first reading of Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis. The full book is available online here: https://archive.org/details/WomenRaceClassAngelaDavis Content warnings for this episode as a whole: Slavery Pregnancy Rape Death Torture Racism Blood And abuse related to multiple of the above topics.  [Part 1 – This Week] 1. THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY: STANDARDS FOR A NEW WOMANHOO...

This week’s reading is the second half of “Authoritarian Leftists: Kill the Cop in Your Head” by Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin. The article is available online here: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lorenzo-kom-boa-ervin-authoritarian-leftists Authoritarian Leftists: Kill the Cop in Your Head [Last Week] I. A fundamentally incorrect analysis of the role of the white left in the last thirty years of...

This week’s reading is the first half of “Authoritarian Leftists: Kill the Cop in Your Head” by Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin. The article is available online here: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lorenzo-kom-boa-ervin-authoritarian-leftists [This Week] Authoritarian Leftists: Kill the Cop in Your Head 1:23 I. A fundamentally incorrect analysis of the role of the white left in the last thirty year...