The Way with Anoa

In this episode, Anoa talks with writer Adam Johnson about the recent social media hearings. Prompted by questions about the need for increased transparency concerning foreign ad buys, Anoa and Adam dig in for a nuanced conversation. Check it out and share! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anoa recently sat down with Paula Martinez-Benge, former volunteer staffer with Truth Against the Machine. The two discussed Paula's exit from TATM as well as the general allegations levied against founder Jordan Chariton. The women expand the conversation to the bigger narrative about perceived abuses of power and how to improve interactions in progressive spaces as we move forward. Thank you for...

Continuing the ongoing and necessary conversation about sexual assualt and harassment in leftist/progressive movement spaces, Anoa is joined by Summer Swan. A former associate of Truth Against the Machine, Summer sought to engage in a forward moving dialogue that places recent events and accusations into a larger context. Read Summer's piece about her experience with TATM https://swanmoonbaby.word...

Anoa and Brian talk about the latest round of articles alleging Russian Infiltration of Black political spaces. The timing of this is "interesting" as we recently saw the publishing of the Black Identity Extremists report. With increasing activity being taken to marginalize and even subvert Black progressive and radical activity, we must be more prepared to have clear nuanced discussions...

On this edition of The Way with Anoa, Anoa spoke with Professor Paul Clements about his race for Congress. Check out his website www.clementsforcongress.com and follow up on social media! Please subscribe & share so you don’t miss our upcoming broadcasts! The Way airs every Wednesday at 9pm ET/ 6pm PT. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

On this edition of The Way, Anoa discusses the Rewire original documentary "Care in Chaos" with Lindsay Beyerstein, investigative journalist and Care in Chaos Director; Calla Hales, Clinic Administrator at A Preferred Women’s Health Center (APWHC) in Charlotte, NC; and Jessica Mason Pieklo, Rewire Vice President of Law and the Courts, legal expert. "Care in Chaos" highlights th...

On this edition of The Way with Anoa, Anoa talks with the mother of Mujtaba Al-Suweikat a young man arrested in Saudi Arabia after having attended a pro-democracy protest in 2012. Mujtaba was 17 at the time of his arrest. He is one of four arrested as a minor and sentenced to death, in violation of international human rights law. The legal process afforded Mujtaba from the trial by the secret cour...

On this edition of The Way with Anoa, Atlanta based activist Kenyette Barnes explains why she launched a campaign against R Kelly and why he should be muted. Listen, share, and then join us on Aug 25 to #MuteRKelly Read more here: https://medium.com/@LegisEmpress/muterkelly-this-aint-politics-e724ce521693 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...

On this edition of The Way with Anoa, Mayoral Candidate Nikkita Oliver talked with Anoa about her motivation for running as well as the importance of taking advantage of opportunities outside the two party system. The People's Party platform and campaign process have been community led and organized, serving as a potential model for community-based action and electoral involvement at the local lev...

I spoke with Mayor Rufus Davis of Camilla, GA about his ongoing struggle to address persisting issues of discrimination and inequality in his community. Mayor Davis discussed his strategy of expanding opportunity and dismantling systemic injustice to build better opportunity for all people in Camilla. For more info read: https://thegrio.com/2017/12/21/rufus-davis-mayor-camilla-georgia/ The episode...

In this second conversation with Rewire journalists, Anoa chats with legal analysts Jessica Pieklo and Imani Gandi. A meeting of legal minds, the ladies chat about the recent decisions coming down from SCOTUS as well as the announcement of Justice Kennedy's retirement. You can listen to Gandy and Pieklo break down the NIFLA v. Bacerra as well as the Muslim ban decision here https://rewire.news/mul...

Anoa is joined by two amazing journalists with Rewire. News, President and Editor in Chief Jodi Jacobson and Senior Reporter Tina Vasquez. Jodi and Tina dig in on some of the issues pertaining to the recent actions around immigration and Family Separation. The duo further provides an overview of pending legislation as well as background on the Flores Settlement. This is a must listen conversation!...

On a quick trip back to the mountain state Anoa managed to catch a rally led by organizers and activists pushing for fully funded benefits through PEIA. Last spring we were captivated by the teacher led movement fighting back against the careless disregard of many who sit under the gold dome. This fight has continued and will continue through November. Teachers and other public employees have alre...

Caught up with Councilman khalid kamau of the City of South Fulton on election day. Councilman khalid served as campaign manager for Sheikh Rahman who ran for the seat in GA State Senate District 5. Running on a platform that spoke directly to voters about issues that mattered and touting his own journey into elected politics, Rahman clinched an impressive win against the 14yr incumbent. khalid an...

Recently talked wiht El-Mahdi Holly who is running for State Representative of the Georgia House District 111. El-Mahdi spoke to me about the latest step in the cityhood wave with the proposed city of Eagles Landing. Legislation recently signed by the Goverenor would permit Eagles Landing to deannex from the City of Stockbridge, taking a considerable portion of the tax base. We are also joined by...

Anoa is joined by four organizers for the national education collective Journey for Justice to discuss issues in education equity as well as the newly released report "Failing Brown v. Board" exposing deep inequities in education across race and class. This week national organizers, parents, community leaders, and teachers will convene in Chicago for the J4J National Conference. Speakers...

Shelly Hutchinson is an Our Revolution Georgia endorsed candidate. Anoa and Shelly recently took some time to discuss issues that matter to Shelly and the district as well as the courage to stand up and run. She has the courage, passion and drive to serve House District 107. Learn more about Shelly here! https://www.shellyforgeorgia.com/meet-shelly/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Tamara Johnson Shealey sat down with Anoa to discuss her race for State Senate and persisting issues of race in Georgia Politics. Tamara has a vision and commitment to bringing the district and our state forward. Check her out at tamaraforgeorgia.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Continuing this week of awesome content, like Steven Universe drops a new week of episodes awesome! Anoa talks with leading members of the Justice League...um Justice Democrats Amy Viela and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. On the first half Anoa and Amy chat about her campaign and building capacity in Nevada. During the second part of the episode, Anoa digs in with Alexandria running against the machine...

Life takes a turn but the good content keeps on coming! On this edition of The Way with Anoa, Anoa talks with Josh Mound about his piece "Resolving the Democrats False Choice" in The New Republic. Josh aproaches the current false choice of choosing marginalized communities or reclaiming support amongst "working class white" voters. Josh points out that embracing policies that a...

Last month, Kim took some time to discuss the basics of information security and some of the issues we have seen. We also discussed a series she has written highlighting Women in Information Security. Kim notes that she also chose to include those who were gender non-conforming as a way of challenging notions within the information security community. Will definitely need to follow up with her now...

Eric Robertson does a deep dive into Georgia Politics, particularly focusing on the race for Governor. Despite a recent poll showing Stacey Abrams leading her opponent by double digits in the primary, there are whispers of her not being "electable." While few will dare raise this concern in public, it made for an interesting conversation about race, politics, and Democrats organizing to...

Recently, I sat down with Imani Gandy, Senior Legal Analyst with Rewire. In the course of our conversation, there are several interesting points raised including why are we as progressives willing to excuse some people while holding others to the fire. This conversation is probably one of my favorites since starting the show because I was able to talk with a Black woman like myself who has gone fr...

Last month I had the opportunity to interview the amazing Professor Sara Goldrick-Rab. Between technical issues and the craziness of life I thought I lost our interview, but thankfully it has been found! I initially reached out to Professor Goldrick-Rab to discuss the education portion of the Trump Budget; however, we dug deeper into her research into the challenges facing college students and fam...

In this special edition of The Way with Anoa, Anoa is joined by Senator Nina Turner. The two talk about Senator Turner's new role as President of Our Revolution as well as the growing pains within this wave of progressive movement building. President Turner (has a nice ring right?) talks about the need to be deliberate and intentional in nurturing diversity in our movement in terms of people and i...