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In this episode, I speak with Professor Anne-Marie Angelo on the history and legacy of the Israeli Black Panthers. Suggested Readings: On the Israeli Black Panthers: Oz Frankel – “What’s In a Name? The Black Panthers in Israel” https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17541320802063554?journalCode=rsix2 “Israeli black panthers remind us what their struggle was about” https://972mag.com/israels-black-panthers-remind-us-what-their-struggle-was-all-about/122566/ “Jewish Arabs and the birth of Israel's Black Panthers” https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/indepth/2016/5/15/jewish-arabs-and-israels-black-panthers “The Legacy of Israel’s Black Panthers” https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/indepth/2016/5/16/the-legacy-of-israels-black-panthers May 19, 2971 Demonstration by the Israeli Black Panthers (AP Archive) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0T4-sd9fNk Interview w/ Reuven Abergel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0uSQA1TMbw&feature=youtu.be “Saadia Marciano: Founder of Israel's Black Panthers” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/saadia-marciano-founder-of-israels-black-panthers-766842.html On the UK Professors’ Strike: University and College Union https://www.ucu.org.uk/ UCU Announces 14 Strike Dates at 61 Universities in Pensions Row https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/9242/UCU-announces-14-strike-dates-at-61-universities-in-pensions-row UCU Members Have Voted to Accept the UUK Offer (update) https://www.ucu.org.uk/strikeforuss -- Pictured: Israeli Black Panthers Protest -- 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.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 14, I discuss black Brazilian activist and socialist city councilmember Marielle Franco a month after her assassination, and contextual her murder among other recent developments in Brazil’s contemporary political climate. I also read the letter I co-authored with several scholars who work on Brazil that was published in The Black Scholar and Folha de São Paulo. Reading/Resources: On the Imperative of Transnational Solidarity: A U.S. Black Feminist Statement on the Assassination of Marielle Franco (The Black Scholar) http://www.theblackscholar.org/on-the-imperative-of-transnational-solidarity-a-u-s-black-feminist-statement-on-the-assassination-of-marielle-franco/ (note: contains extensive links for additional information/context) Declaração Feminista Negra dos EUA sobre o assassinato de Marielle (Folha de São Paulo) http://agoraequesaoelas.blogfolha.uol.com.br/2018/04/02/tbs-marielle/ Full thread for the Left POCket Project on Marielle Franco’s life, work, and related socio-historical and political context (includes videos, articles, and other resources): https://twitter.com/LeftPOC/status/976870039759532032 Thread in “unrolled” web form: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/974338513373188096.html?refreshed=yes “Afro-Brazilian Leader, Witness in Marielle Franco’s Case, Killed” (TeleSur) https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Afro-Brazilian-Leader-Witness-in-Marielle-Francos-Case-Killed-20180409-0015.html “Miscarriage of Justice: Ex-President Lula's Imprisonment in Brazil” (The Real News Network) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiUvhbjgLUw (video) “Hidden History: The US “War on Corruption” In Brasil” (BrasilWire) http://www.brasilwire.com/dont-call-it-brazilgate/ “Under Threat of Military Coup, Brazil's Supreme Court Sends Lula to Prison” (The Real News Network) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFyde4033ic (vídeo) ETA: Interview I did for Black and Intellectual on 4/14/18 on the political situation in Brazil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmva-ruYejc&t=1s -- Pictured: Marielle Franco -- 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.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 13 - “Peach Progressivism” – I speak with Anoa Changa (@thewaywithanoa) - activist, attorney, and news commentator - about election 2016, the Southern political scene, her family’s black radical history, & much more. Related Reading/Resources: Discussion between Benjamin Dixon, Anoa Changa, & Wendi Muse on the Left-“Alt-Right” Alliance, Benjamin Dixon Show, March 12, 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pold5hl3XBQ Marcus Ferrell for State Representative, Arizona: http://www.ferrellfor24.com/ “Inequality in America: A National Town Hall” w/ Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Darrick Hamilton, Michael Moore, & guests: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EV8XfM9CZo “Bernie Endorses Challenger to Antiabortion Candidate in IL” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/03/08/bernie-sanders-endorses-challenger-to-antiabortion-democrat-in-illinois/?utm_term=.67626789c7a6 “Why Is the DNC Embracing an Aggressively Anti-Choice Candidate?” https://rewire.news/article/2017/04/20/why-is-dnc-embracing-aggressively-anti-choice-democrat/ “Two Angry Black Ladies & a Microphone,” Anoa’s Interview of Imani Gandy, February 7, 2018 http://thewaywithanoa.com/2018/02/07/anoa-imani-gandy-two-angry-black-ladies-and-a-microphone/ The Peach Perspective (Anoa’s Georgia Politics Blog): http://peachperspective.com/ “BDS Vote Exposes Split between Democratic Leadership” http://peachperspective.com/2018/03/01/bds-vote-exposes-split-democratic-leadership-evans/ Coverage of Dwight Bullard at the Progressive Army http://progressivearmy.com/tag/dwight-bullard/ “Pro-Israel Billionaire Haim Saban Drops $100,000 against Donna Edwards in Maryland Senate Race” https://theintercept.com/2016/04/25/pro-israel-billionaire-haim-saban-drops-100000-against-donna-edwards-in-maryland-senate-race/ *correction: it was indeed $100k! I made a mistake on the podcast. Chuck Schumer’s Speech 2018 AIPAC Speech: http://www.policyconference.org/article/transcripts/2018/schumer.asp “Trump Promised to Protect Steel. Layoffs Are Coming Instead.” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/22/business/economy/trump-steel-industry-layoffs.html “An Untold Chapter in Black History: an Excerpt of Safiya Bukhari’s The War Before: https://monthlyreview.org/2010/02/01/an-untold-chapter-in-black-history/ More on Safiya Bukhari: http://safiyabukhari.com/ -- Pictured: Anoa Changa -- 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.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 episode, Richard (@ProgressivGreen) and I have our first #ReadingRevolution with a discussion of Fidel Castro’s 1953 speech “History Will Absolve Me” Suggested Readings/Resources: Fidel Castro – “History Will Absolve Me” (1953) Ful text: https://www.marxists.org/history/cuba/archive/castro/1953/10/16.htm History Will Absolve Me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_Will_Absolve_Me Louis A. Pérez,Jr. – “Chapter 3: c. 1930 – 1959,” Cuba a Short History (Leslie Bethell, editor) https://www.amazon.com/Cuba-Short-History-Cambridge-America/dp/0521436826 The Moncada Barracks Attack: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moncada_Barracks http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/castro-failed-coup-moncada-barracks/ -- Pictured: Fidel Castro -- 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.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

Episode 11 - "Making Millennials" A Conversation with Shaun Scott - Left POCket Project Podcast In this episode, I speak with Shaun Scott, writer, historian, and author of the new book Millennials and the Moments That Made Us: A Cultural History of the U.S. from 1982 - Present, out now on Zero Books, about race, class, gender, and the left as young people continue to shape US politics. http://www.zero-books.net/books/millennials-moments-made-us You can also check out Shaun's writing at City Arts, where he has a bi-weekly column "Faded Signs": http://www.cityartsmagazine.com/contributor/shaun-scott/ Related Readings & Resources: Shaun Scott - Millennials and the Moments that Made US: A Cultural History of the U.S. from 1982 - Present (2018) http://www.zero-books.net/books/millennials-moments-made-us Shaun Scott - "In Defense of Call Out Culture" http://www.cityartsmagazine.com/defense-call-culture/ Liz Ryerson and Shaun Scott, Guests - "The Vampire Castle" - Delete Your Account Podcast https://deleteyouraccount.libsyn.com/the-vampire-castle Mark Fisher - "Exiting the Vampire Castle" http://www.thenorthstar.info/2013/11/22/exiting-the-vampire-castle/ Meagan Day - "Under Neoliberalism, You Can Be Your Own Tyrannical Boss" https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/01/under-neoliberalism-you-can-be-your-own-tyrannical-boss Amber A'Lee Frost - "Cops on Campus" https://thebaffler.com/your-sorry-ass/cops-on-campus Katie Herzog - "Call-Out Culture Is a Toxic Garbage Dumpster Fire of Trash" https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/01/23/25741141/call-out-culture-is-a-toxic-garbage-dumpster-fire-of-trash -- Pictured: Shaun Scott -- 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: www.soundcloud.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 episode, I speak with Beatrice Wayne about Ethiopian student movements of the 1960s, their engagement with leftist thought amid oppressive social and political conditions, and the complicated struggles for state control that followed. Suggested Readings/Resources Ethiopian Student Movement: Bahru Zewde - The Quest for Socialist Utopia: The Ethiopian Student Movement c. 1960-1974 (2014) https://www.amazon.com/Quest-Socialist-Utopia-Ethiopian-1960-1974/dp/1847011640 Randi Rønning Balsvik - Haile Sellassie’s Students: The Intellectual and Social Background to Revolution. 1952- 1977 (1984) https://books.google.com/books/about/Haile_Sellassie_s_students.html?id=nZ8lAQAAIAAJ Ethiopian Revolution and its diverse effects: Gebru Tareke - The Ethiopian Revolution: War in the Horn of Africa (2009) https://www.amazon.com/Ethiopian-Revolution-War-Horn-Africa/dp/0300204140 Donald L. Donham - Marxist Modern: An Ethnographic History of the Ethiopian Revolution (1999) https://www.amazon.com/Marxist-Modern-Ethnographic-Ethiopian-Revolution/dp/0520213297 Amrit Wilson - The Challenge Road: Women and the Eritrean Revolution (1991) https://www.amazon.com/Challenge-Road-Women-Eritrean-Revolution/dp/0932415717/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1518841852&sr=1-6&keywords=amrit+wilson On student organizing across Africa more generally: Leo Zeilig, editor - Revolt and Protest: Student Politics and Activism in Sub-Saharan Africa (2007) https://www.amazon.com/Revolt-Protest-Politics-Sub-Saharan-International/dp/1780760434/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1518841914&sr=1-1&keywords=Revolt+and+Protest%3A+Student+Politics+and+Activism+in+Sub-Saharan+Africa Oral history collection containing the reflections of former radical ESM students: Zewde, Bahru Zewde, editor - Documenting the Ethiopian Student Movement: An Exercise in Oral History (2010) https://www.amazon.com/Documenting-Ethiopian-Student-Movement-Exercise/dp/9994450336/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1518841950&sr=1-1&keywords=Documenting+the+Ethiopian+Student+Movement%3A+An+Exercise+in+Oral+History. Beautifully written memoir of Hiwot Teffera, a woman who was deeply involved in the ESM, recounting her early involvement in the movement and following up through her incarceration: Hiwot Teffera - Tower in the Sky (2012) https://books.google.com/books/about/Tower_in_the_Sky.html?id=9mzinQEACAAJ Learn more about Beatrice’s research here: https://sydney.academia.edu/BeatriceWayne -- Additional source added by Wendi for more information on the different student movements and political groups: https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ethiopia/index.htm -- Pictured: Martha Mebrahtu, student activist, killed in 1972. For more information on Martha, please visit: https://www.pambazuka.org/governance/martha-manifesto-ethiopian-womans-dream and http://abyotawi.blogspot.com/2016/03/womens-history-month-martha-mebrahtu.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: www.soundcloud.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 episode of the Left POCket Project Podcast, I speak with Richard (@ProgressvGreen) about his thoughts on making leftist discourse more easily accessible for a broad audience and we reveal a surprise I’ve had up my sleeve for some time. Have a listen to find out what it is! Suggested Resources: “The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther” https://www.democracynow.org/2009/12/4/the_assassination_of_fred_hampton_how Decolonizing Methodologies by Linda Tuhiwai Smith  https://www.amazon.com/Decolonizing-Methodologies-Research-Indigenous-1999-03-15/dp/B01FIWTGMW/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1518078430&sr=1-2&keywords=linda+tuhiwai+smith%2C+decolonizing+methodologies Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire https://www.amazon.com/Pedagogy-Oppressed-Anniversary-Paulo-Freire/dp/0826412769/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1518078494&sr=1-1&keywords=paulo+freire The episode of The Discourse that Richard mentions on the ties between science fiction and politics: https://soundcloud.com/expandthediscourse/the-time-after-time-ep -- Music: “My Life as a Video Game” by Michael Salamone -- Pictured: Fred Hampton, Chicago-based Black Panthers leader, holding a book -- Interact: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.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

Episode 8 - “A Movement of the People” w/Victor Monterrosa – Left POCket Project Podcast Victor & I discuss the history of socio-economic challenges and related activism in Newark, NJ, his run for city council, & what inspired him to serve his community About Victor’s Campaign for Newark City Council: Victor for Council: https://www.instagram.com/victorforcouncil/ Featured Profile for 100 People: “Newark” http://www.100people.org/wp/newark_gallery/victor-monterrosa/ More about the Campaign Platform & Fellow Candidates with A Movement of the People http://amovementofthepeople.com/ Related Reading & Resources: Books: Newark: A History of Race, Rights, and Riots in America by Kevin Mumford https://www.amazon.com/Newark-History-America-American-Culture/dp/0814795633/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1517238781&sr=8-1&keywords=history+of+newark The Prize: Who’s in Charge of America’s Schools? By Dale Russakoff https://www.amazon.com/Prize-Whos-Charge-Americas-Schools-ebook/dp/B00AXS6BIE/ref=sr_1_23?ie=UTF8&qid=1517238820&sr=8-23&keywords=history+of+newark Articles: “We Don’t Want Mark Zuckerberg’s Charity” by Jason Farbman https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/12/facebook-zuckerbergs-charity-gates-philantrophy “The Amazon Sweepstakes” by Michal Rozworski https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/11/amazon-headquarters-incentives-investment-jeff-bezos “Newark's Toxic Tomb; Six Acres Fouled by Dioxin, Agent Orange's Deadly Byproduct, Reside in the Shadow of an Awakening Downtown” by Laura Mansnerus http://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/08/nyregion/newark-s-toxic-tomb-six-acres-fouled-dioxin-agent-orange-s-deadly-byproduct.html Public Archives & Community Resources: Ironbound Environmental Justice History and Resource Center http://ncph.org/history-at-work/ironbound-ej-history/ The Latino Oral History Collection – New Jersey Hispanic Research & Information Center http://www.npl.org/Pages/Collections/njhric/LatinoOralHistory.html Urban Cooperative Enterprise Legal Center http://www.theucelc.org/ Covenant House of New Jersey https://nj.covenanthouse.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.com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/leftpoc/id1329313097?mt=2 or search "LeftPOC" in podcasts Support: Patreon: patreon.com/leftpoc

Left POCket Project - Episode 7 - Catching Up Did you know that the Left POCket Project was not just a podcast? In this episode, Wendi Muse, creator of the Left POCket Project, talks about the origins and purpose of the project and how she sees it evolving in the future. She also talks about the connections between her own research, her frustration over Election 2016, and the Left POCket Project. Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone Photo: Kathleen Cleaver, former Black Panther leader

Left POCket Project Podcast - Episode 6 - @AFROSOCDSA in their own words, a conversation w/Yasmina Price & Jazz Hooks Follow AFROSOC, the Afro-Socialist & Socialists of Color Caucus of the Democratic Socialists of America, here: Twitter: @AFROSOCDSA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AFROSOCDSA/ --- Music: Intro: Michael Salamone, "My Life as a Video Game" Outro: WBEEZA, "Laying Here" --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project! Interact: twitter: @leftpoc facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc media revolt: mediarevolt.org/LeftPOC/ reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ #LeftPOC Listen: soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/leftpoc speaker: http://spreaker.com/user/leftpoc itunes: search "leftpoc" or subscribe here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/leftpoc/id1329313097?mt=2 … Support: patreon: patreon.com/leftpoc