Radicals for Good

"Disabled people have always existed, whether the word disability is used or not. To me, disability is not a monolith, nor is it a clear-cut binary of disabled and nondisabled. Disability is mutable and ever-evolving. Disability is both apparent and nonapparent. Disability is pain, struggle, brilliance, abundance, and joy. Disability is sociopolitical, cultural, and biological. Being visible and c...

Without community, there is no liberation. - Audre Lorde In this episode of Radicals for Good, we’re talking about all the many ways we can become better neighbors, especially in times of crises with Lejuan Council, an east side neighbor, mother, lead of Feed Your Neighborhood Corp., and a 2026 candidate for Michigan State Senate. Get out of your comfort zone & take action * Volunteer with Feed Yo...

We must strive every day so that this love of living humanity is transformed into actual deeds, into acts that serve as examples, as a moving force. — Ernesto Che Guevara In this episode of radicals for good, we experience together on the ground resistance to imperialism in Cuba. This episode is a collection of interviews of Cubans living on the island and international comrades showing solidarity...

“To me, the Beloved Community is a realistic vision of an achievable society, one in which problems and conflict exist, but are resolved peacefully and without bitterness.” -Coretta Scott King In this episode of Radicals for Good, we discuss different tactics, like boycotting and strikes, we can use to build solidarity in the working class with Loren Branch (Nyerere Omowale), an organizer with the...

“It’s not our fault but it is our fight.” -Monica Lewis Patrick In this episode of Radicals for Good, we discuss utilizing technology in movement spaces and what digital justice could look like in Detroit with Tawana Petty, a mother, digital justice organizer, poet, and author. Tawana Petty, also known by her poetry stage name Honeycomb, is a mother, social justice organizer, poet, author, facilit...

Please donate to Alia's founding nonprofit, FORCE Detroit ! Sources: https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement   https://www.nokidhungry.org/blog/100-years-black-history-origins-anti-hunger-movement   https://www.freep.com/picture-gallery/news/local/michigan/2025/07/24/violence-intervention-leaders-gather-in-lansing-to-advocate-for-funding/85327767007/ https://de...

Please donate to Namira's neighborhood nonprofit, Dream of Detroit! https://dreamofdetroit.org/donate/ Sources: https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement   https://medium.com/@niawrites/16-questions-i-wish-i-had-asked-my-immigrant-father-214570fe1e44 (please email hey@radicalsforgood.com for a friend link)   https://planetdetroit.org/2021/10/its-all-waawiyaatanon...

On our very first episode of Radicals for Good, we give a radical introduction to our podcast and host. We discuss the history and current moment of Detroit and why we believe hosting this podcast in the most radical city in the United States is timely and necessary. And why we believe it’s important to share this podcast in this moment ‘on the clock of the world’. Sources: https://unsplash.com/ph...