The Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta is important and necessary social justice work. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss two articles, including “The fight to Stop Cop City has decades-old roots” by Micah Herskind in Prism and “The Forest for the Trees” by David Peisner in The Bitter Southerner,[…]
Episode 101 Media
Want to join the conversation in our next episode? Check out the articles we discuss in this week’s episode below. The fight to Stop Cop City has decades-old roots The Forest for the Trees
Finding Conditions for Liberation
Black radical resistance in response to the prison industrial complex, white supremacy, racism, violence, intolerance, oppression, and more continues to be necessary work for the liberation for all people. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the book As Black as Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation by Zoé Samudzi and[…]
Freedom Papers: Visions for Collective Liberation
We all deserve to find and move towards our north star. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss The Freedom Papers by The Dream Defenders, which is a tremendous resource and collection of dreams grounded in collective liberation that outlines a vision for a world that we all deserve, and how[…]
The Work After the 2020 Uprisings
We have to be committed to the work and to building movements, strategies, and our capacity in order to achieve our freedom dreams and collective liberation. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss a piece in Hammer & Hope called “After the Uprising, What Is To Be Done?”, featuring a conversation[…]
Developing Resilience for Liberation
Our freedom dreams for the world we need and want to see are dependent on healthy, strong, and resilient movements and organizations. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss an article called “Building Resilient Organizations” by Maurice Mitchell in The Forge, which identifies and analyzes some of the difficulties faced by[…]
DeSantis is up to no good
We must do all we can to organize and fight against racism and fascism in our society. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss an op-ed piece called “Ron DeSantis’ Attack on Black Studies Is Textbook Proto-Fascism” by Barbara Ransby in Truthout, which calls out and examines Governor DeSantis’ recent and[…]
Freedom Dreaming
We should all be free to imagine, dream, and build the kind of world we deserve. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the book Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination (Twentieth Anniversary Edition) by Robin D.G. Kelley, and what we learn from this brilliant, wide-ranging exploration of the history of[…]
353 Days & 1123 People
Police violence in this country is out of control and a real danger to all of us. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss a piece called “There Were Only 12 Days Last Year When Police Didn’t Kill Someone” by Sharon Zhang and another piece titled “After a Record Year for[…]
Episode 94 Media
Want to join the conversation in our next episode? Check out the articles we read and discussed for episode 94 below. There Were Only 12 Days Last Year When Police Didn’t Kill Someone After a Record Year for Police Violence, Is It Finally Time to Defund the Police?