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In this episode, we discuss Albert Memmi's seminal work The Colonizer and the Colonized for #ReadingRevolution. You can find the entire text for free here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/colonizer-27087972 Additional Readings & Resources: "Critics and Theorists: Albert Memmi" https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/postcolonialstudies/2014/06/19/memmi-albert/ "Albert Memmi's About-Face" http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.act2080.0046.326 "Jews and Arabs" https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/21/archives/jews-and-arabs.html -- Theme Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone -- Interact: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud[dot]com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/13trBKujjjBnmWHeDZcC5Z or search "LeftPOC" iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/leftp…d1329313097?mt=2 or search "LeftPOC" in podcasts Support: Patreon: patreon.com/leftpoc

In this episode, we speak to Professor Jakobi Williams about his book From the Bullet to the Ballot: The Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party and Racial Coalition Politics in Chicago and his research on black political organizing and resistance to white supremacy and capitalism in Chicago throughout the 20th century. Suggested Readings & Resources: Jakobi Williams - From the Bullet to the Ballot: The Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party and Racial Coalition Politics in Chicago https://www.amazon.com/Bullet-Ballot-Illinois-Coalition-Politics/dp/1469622106/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=jakobi+williams&qid=1553292176&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmrnull Amy Sonnie and James Tracy - Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power: Community Organizing in Radical Times https://www.amazon.com/Hillbilly-Nationalists-Urban-Rebels-Black/dp/1935554662/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=Hillbilly+Nationalists%2C+Urban+Race+Rebels%2C+and+Black+Power%3A+Community+Organizing+in+Radical+Times&qid=1553292833&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmrnull Jeffrey Haas - The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther https://www.amazon.com/Assassination-Fred-Hampton-Chicago-Murdered/dp/1569767092/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=The+assassination+of+Fred+Hampton+%3A+how+the+FBI+and+the+Chicago+police+murdered+a+Black+Panther&qid=1553292441&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmrnull Joshua Bloom - Black against Empire: The History of Politics of the Black Panther Party https://www.amazon.com/Black-against-Empire-Politics-Foundation/dp/0520293282/ref=sxbs_sxwds-stvp?keywords=black+panthers+chicago&pd_rd_i=0520293282&pd_rd_r=58cd0e1a-b13a-4807-91f2-e8517fade348&pd_rd_w=I4Z37&pd_rd_wg=MfSmd&pf_rd_p=5c5ea0d7-2437-4d8a-88a7-ea6f32aeac11&pf_rd_r=X0J9HNE1YYJXWNAK8MKJ&qid=1553292465&s=gateway Robyn C. Spencer - The Revolution Has Come: Black Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party in Oakland https://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Has-Come-Panther-Oakland/dp/0822362864/ref=pd_sim_14_4/145-7285454-7271234?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0822362864&pd_rd_r=0212ec40-4cef-11e9-889b-8de6206c1d4a&pd_rd_w=86PET&pd_rd_wg=LTn69&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=071FSN36JB6G6JG6NQKN&psc=1&refRID=071FSN36JB6G6JG6NQKN Davarian L. Baldwin - Chicago's New Negroes: Modernity, the Great Migration, and Black Urban Life https://www.amazon.com/Chicagos-New-Negroes-Modernity-Migration/dp/0807857998/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=black+chicago&qid=1553292916&rnid=2941120011&s=books&sr=1-7 Poor People’s Campaign https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/ -- Theme Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone -- Interact: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud[dot]com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/leftp…d1329313097?mt=2 or search "LeftPOC" in podcasts Support: Patreon: patreon.com/leftpoc

In Episode 22 of the Left POCket Project Podcast, Richard & I have our last #ReadingRevolution discussion of Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed AND touch on some related current events. You can read along with us by visiting patreon.com/leftpoc to download a free PDF of the entire book. You can also send us questions and comments for us to discuss on the next episode on patreon or via any of our social media accounts. --- Instituto Paulo Freire www.paulofreire.org/ (note: sometimes the site has an issue with pop-ups. Either put your pop-up blocker on beforehand and/or be prepared to close pop-up windows when visiting the site for the first time) -- Theme Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone 
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In Episode 21 of the Left POCket Project Podcast, Richard & I continue our #ReadingRevolution discussion of Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed AND touch on some related current events. You can read along with us by visiting patreon.com/leftpoc to download a free PDF of the entire book. You can also send us questions and comments for us to discuss on the next episode on patreon or via any of our social media accounts. --- Instituto Paulo Freire www.paulofreire.org/ (note: sometimes the site has an issue with pop-ups. Either put your pop-up blocker on beforehand and/or be prepared to close pop-up windows when visiting the site for the first time) -- Related Readings & Resources: "Behind the Scenes in Venezuela" https://www.usnews.com/opinion/world-report/articles/2018-03-03/new-evidence-the-trump-administration-is-meddling-in-venezuelas-elections "Ralph Northam and the History of Blackface" https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/ralph-northam-and-the-history-of-blackface "A Terrible Failure to Protect School Girls in Liberia" https://africasacountry.com/2018/10/a-terrible-failure-to-protect-school-girls-in-liberia "Teach for America: The Hidden Curriculum of Liberal Do-Gooders" https://jacobinmag.com/2011/12/teach-for-america -- Theme Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone 
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In Episode 20 of the Left POCket Project Podcast, Richard & I have a #ReadingRevolution discussion of Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed. You can read along with us by visiting patreon.com/leftpoc to download a free PDF of the entire book. You can also send us questions and comments for us to discuss on the next episode on patreon or via any of our social media accounts. --- Instituto Paulo Freire www.paulofreire.org/ (note: sometimes the site has an issue with pop-ups. Either put your pop-up blocker on beforehand and/or be prepared to close pop-up windows when visiting the site for the first time) -- Theme Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone 
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I'm baaaaack! Richard and I recorded this discussion a few weeks ago, once I had gotten back from Mozambique (though still in Brazil) as a sort of "year in review." We discuss the yellow vests protests in France, recent proposals for a Green New Deal in the US, and much much more. Related Readings & Resources France: Short thread on Macron's policies toward poor POC & migrant communities in France: https://twitter.com/MuseWendi/status/1071884065391947777 New French anti-terror law to replace 2-year state of emergency https://www.politico.eu/article/new-french-anti-terror-law-to-replace-2-year-state-of-emergency/ French Muslim arrested in roundup after Paris attacks says Macron victory cannot give him his life - or his country - back https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-election-halim-abdelmalek-paris-attacks-house-arrest-marine-le-pen-emmanuel-macron-a7737286.html French Activist: Emmanuel Macron is “Younger, Prettier” Face of Anti-Worker Reforms & a Police State https://www.democracynow.org/2017/9/28/french_activist_emmanuel_macron_is_younger -- Environmental Issues Billionaires Are the Leading Cause of Climate Change https://www.gq.com/story/billionaires-climate-change Corporations Grabbing Land and Water Overseas https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/corporations-grabbing-land-and-water-overseas/ The Problem with "Overpopulation" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYuo2QdNu88 Link to Pedagogy of the Oppressed for our upcoming discussion: https://www.patreon.com/posts/readingrevolutio-23145180 -- Theme Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone -- Interact: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Curious Cat: www.curiouscat.me/leftpoc Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud[dot]com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/leftp…d1329313097?mt=2 or search "LeftPOC" in podcasts Support: Patreon: patreon.com/leftpoc

In this discussion-based episode, Richard (my co-host for the #ReadingRevolution series) and I talk about the state of politics in the U.S. (including U.S. foreign policy), electoral drama in Brazil, and the need for having resolve on the left despite feeling disappointed. Related Readings & Resources: Instituto Paulo Freire http://www.paulofreire.org/ (note: sometimes the site has an issue with pop-ups. Either put your pop-up blocker on beforehand and/or be prepared to close pop-up windows when visiting the site for the first time) “Quase 200 mil bolsistas da Capes podem ficar sem bolsa se orçamento de 2019 sofrer corte, diz conselho” (“Nearly 200,000 Capes scholarship recipient may lose their funding if the 2019 budget undergoes cuts, says council” https://g1.globo.com/educacao/noticia/2018/08/02/quase-200-mil-podem-ficar-sem-bolsa-se-orcamento-de-2019-sofrer-corte-diz-conselho-da-capes.ghtml “Brazil: judge shuts border to Venezuelan migrants fleeing hunger and hardship” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/06/brazil-shuts-border-venezuelan-migrants (Related update: “Brazil rules out closing border to Venezuelan immigrants” https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/brazil-rules-closing-border-venezuelan-immigrants-57293537) Ataques a venezuelanos são açulados por fake news brasileiras (“Attacks against Venezuelans are spurred by Brazilian fake news”) https://nocaute.blog.br/2018/08/19/ataque-a-venezuelanos/ "Tell Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: stand by your principles — stand with Palestine!" https://mondoweiss.net/2018/07/alexandria-principles-palestine/ “Twenty Years On: The War on Terror in East Africa” https://items.ssrc.org/twenty-years-on-the-war-on-terror-in-east-africa/ --- Theme Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone 
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An update on the Left POCket Project (and the podcast) :-)

In this episode of the Left POCket Project Podcast, Richard and I have our third #ReadingRevolution discussion, this time about Brazilian Communist revolutionary Carlos Marighella’s 1969 work The Mini-Manual of the Urban Guerrilla, the place of violence in anti-authoritarian movements, and the contemporary application of radical political measures. Full Text (in English): https://t.co/67jJrv7Jnd Suggested Readings & Resources: Marighella (documentary, in Portuguese) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF2Rt1-e8G8 Various – History of Marxism in Brazil (6 volume series, in Portuguese) http://www.anitagaribaldi.com.br/produtos/644/livros/socialismo-e-marxismo/colecao-historia-do-marxismo-no-brasil.html James N. Green – We Cannot Remain Silent: Opposition to the Brazilian Military Dictatorship in the United States https://www.amazon.com/Cannot-Remain-Silent-Dictatorship-Perspectives/dp/0822347350/ref=pd_sim_14_10?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0822347350&pd_rd_r=f6b7dcbf-7096-11e8-a5fb-5d5816128136&pd_rd_w=01Pqc&pd_rd_wg=OyvYF&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=7967298517161621930&pf_rd_r=8B182QB3WPHHFKC5QN9W&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=8B182QB3WPHHFKC5QN9W Victoria Langland - Speaking of Flowers: Student Movements and the Making and Remembering of 1968 in Military Brazil https://www.amazon.com/Speaking-Flowers-Movements-Remembering-Military/dp/0822353121/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1529065540&sr=1-1&keywords=victoria+langland+speaking+of+flowers Thomas Skidmore – The Politics of Military Rule in Brazil, 1964-1985 https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Military-Rule-Brazil-1964-1985/dp/0195063163 Maria Helena Moreira Alves - State and Opposition in Military Brazil https://www.amazon.com/Opposition-Military-Brazil-American-Monographs/dp/0292776179/ref=pd_sim_14_7?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0292776179&pd_rd_r=f6b7dcbf-7096-11e8-a5fb-5d5816128136&pd_rd_w=01Pqc&pd_rd_wg=OyvYF&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=7967298517161621930&pf_rd_r=8B182QB3WPHHFKC5QN9W&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=8B182QB3WPHHFKC5QN9W Various - On Violence (selected essays by thinkers like Malcolm X, MLK, Hannah Arendt, Marx, and many others) https://www.amazon.com/Violence-Reader-Bruce-B-Lawrence/dp/082233769X/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1529065571&sr=1-4&keywords=on+violence Angela Davis – 1972 Interview (Clip) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuBqyBE1Ppw

In this episode, Richard is back for our second installment of #ReadingRevolution, and we are discussing the meaning of propaganda and agitation in leftist ideology and practice. Related Readings & Resources The 2 pieces we read: Scott Harrison – The Mass Line and the American Revolutionary Movement, Chapter 11, “Agitation and Propaganda” http://www.massline.info/mlms/mlch11.htm “On the Role of Agitation and Propaganda” Revolution, 1978 https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-8/rcp-agit-prop.htm --- References we make: “Trump’s grammar in speeches ‘just below 6th grade level,’ study finds” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/18/trumps-grammar-in-speeches-just-below-6th-grade-level-study-finds/?utm_term=.af2f7c866569 “Who Votes, Who Doesn’t, and Why” http://www.people-press.org/2006/10/18/who-votes-who-doesnt-and-why/ The William I am referring to at the beginning is William Richardson: twitter.com/DecolonialBlack “In White America: Liberal Conscience vs. Radical Consciousness” – speech by Greg Calvert, SDS http://www.sds-1960s.org/Calvert-WhiteAmerica.pdf Natural Readers information: https://www.naturalreaders.com/ -- Pictured: Soviet propaganda poster from WWII that reads: “Fascism is women’s worst enemy. Everyone [join] in the fight against fascism.” -- Theme Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone -- Interact: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Curious Cat: www.curiouscat.me/leftpoc Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud[dot]com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/leftp…d1329313097?mt=2 or search "LeftPOC" in podcasts Support: Patreon: patreon.com/leftpoc