May2026

Plantation Economics

The effects of plantocracy, slavery, racism, capitalism, and white supremacy have had a lasting impact on labor and life in the South. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “May Day: Exporting the Southern Plantocracy” by Sherronda J. Brown, Tea Troutman, and Aarohi Sheth in Scalawag, which explores and[…]

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Challenging Corporate Power

This is our 250th episode! The organizing work to curb runaway corporate power in the United States is critically important and necessary. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss two pieces in The Forge, including “The Corporate Power of It All” by Adem Sengal and Emanuel Nieves and “The Contours of[…]

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Episode 250 Media

Want to join the conversation in our next episode? Check out the two pieces in The Forge that we discuss in our upcoming episode below. The Corporate Power of It All The Contours of Corporate Power

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Resisting Authoritarians with Transformative Justice

The organizing work and fight against authoritarianism is taking place across the globe. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss a zine from Interrupting Criminalization titled “Transformative Justice Under Authoritarianism – Volume 1: A Conversation with the YoNoFui Collective of Argentina” by Melanie Brazzell and Andrea J. Ritchie (in collaboration with[…]

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