Millennials Are Killing Capitalism

Dani Manibat, an organizer in the National Democratic Movement in the Philippines, talks about the importance of social investigation and class analysis from a Marxist perspective. They delve into understanding societal classes, critique of science, representation of black and LGBT individuals in media, class rejectionism, and revolutionary perspectives on gay marriage in the Philippines.

Dr. Joy James discusses Angela Davis' iconic status and challenges faced in archival war. Reflects on personal connections to the Black Panther Party and collaborations beyond scholarship. Explores uncomfortable historical truths and complexities of revolutionary leadership. Discusses counterinsurgency tactics and the impact on societal narratives.

This is part one of a two-part discussion on two of Joy James' recent books. This part of the discussion is focused on New Bones Abolition: Captive Maternal Agency and the (After)Life of Erica Garner (Common Notions) as well as a recent essay How to Live (after we die): On Protest, Social Media, and queer Black death - Logos Journal by Isaiah Blake.   MAKC Host Josh Briond is joined by guest hosts Akua N and Noah Tesfaye for this conversation.   Joy James is the Ebenezer Fitch Professor of the Humanities at Williams College. A political philosopher who works with organizers seeking social justice and an end to militarism, James is the editor of The Angela Y. Davis Reader; Imprisoned Intellectuals; and co-editor of The Black Feminist Reader. James’s most recent books include:  In Pursuit of Revolutionary Love; New Bones Abolition: Captive Maternal Agency and the (After)Life of Erica Garner; and, Contextualizing Angela Davis: The Agency and Identity of an Icon. Her forthcoming volumes ENGAGE: Indigenous, Black, Afro-Indigenous Futures and Beyond Cop Cities will be published this summer and fall.   James' website and instagram page (@captivematernalstruggles) which we are using to update and archive talks, events, essays, etc. Please feel free to follow and tag us/post collab when the episode is live.   Isaiah Blake is an incoming PhD student in Geography at the University of California, Berkeley. As an artist, thinker, and educator, Blake is committed to producing work that prioritizes critical thinking combined with a devotion to Black ways of knowing and being. You can find Isaiah on IG.   Akua N is a Chicago-based doctoral student in education policy studies, exploring the intersection of mass media, counterinsurgency, white supremacy, and schooling in capitalist contexts.   Noah Tesfaye is a researcher and organizer based in the Bay Area. His work focuses on the political philosophy of the Republic of New Afrika and New Afrikan Independence Movement, particularly in its relationship to contemporary organizing around self-determination for Black people within the "United States."    This episode is edited and produced by Aidan Elias Links:    Steinem Papers   Pendleton 2 (our episode with links on ways to support/connect)   Sekou Odinga & James at the Death Penalty Conference:  This is the exchange Prof. James mentioned with the young Black activist and the panel. I have linked the video below with the time stamps The young activist question: (1:55:00) Baba Sekou's Response: (2:08:00) James' Response: (2:16:18) How to Live (after we die): On Protest, Social Media, and queer Black death - Logos Journal   Slave Rebel or Citizen (Inquest)   Our roundtable on Kuwasi Balagoon   Links for Book Purchasing:   New Bones Abolition (2023)   Contextualizing Angela Davis (2024)   Beyond Cop Cities (August 2024)

In this episode Damien Sojoyner returns to the podcast to talk about his book First Strike: Educational Enclosures in Black Los Angeles. This episode was recorded in November and unfortunately its release was delayed due to the circumstances of the world today, which have necessitated for us a lot of media work in solidarity with Palestinian resistance, and against the genocide being enacted on Palestinians most visibly and egregiously in Gaza.  I also had the chance to catch up with Damien Sojoyner at the Archives Unbound conference at UC Santa Barbara a few weeks ago, and you can find a brief interview I conducted with them here. This book First Strike (Currently 50% of with the code: MN91620 through June 30th) is one that I had been wanting to discuss with Damien since I learned of it, because it very much relates to various intersecting interests of mine, the Black Radical Tradition, abolition, the prison industrial complex, and public education. Disrupting common framing of a school-to-prison pipeline Sojoyner really examines how we might understand public schools, and different regimes of education as enclosures upon more radical possibilities. And we get into a discussion of the warehousing function of schools, the psychological warfare aspects and more. As there is a lot of connection between this discussion and the discussion we had with Damien last year on his book Against the Carceral Archive, we have linked that in the show notes as well. We will have more audio content coming for you later this week as well as more video content on our YouTube channel. We've created playlist from the Cedric and Elizabeth Robinson Archives Unbound conference. If you appreciate the work we do at Millennials Are Killing Capitalism the best way you can support our work is as always to become a patron of the show. We are still working to find better solutions to getting all of the audio content we have backlogged released to you as quickly as possible. This has meant paying for some additional help in many cases. All that is to say, we really appreciate all of you who have been contributing to our work some of you for many years now. If people are not patrons of the show yet and are able to give $1 a month or more that’s deeply appreciated as well. You can become a patron at patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism

Special co-host Noah Tesfaye interviews SDS organizers discussing student encampments, solidarity with Palestine, divestment demands, resistance to repression, impact on US policies, response to campus warnings, building coalitions, and confronting global imperialism.

Paul Renfro, an associate professor of history, discusses how the moral panic of 'Stranger Danger' led to widespread fear of child abductions. The conversation explores the racial implications, societal panics, and the intersection with mass incarceration. It challenges the myth of 'stranger danger' and highlights vulnerabilities faced by children beyond sensationalized threats.

In the episode members of the Kenya Organic Intellectuals Network returns to the podcast. Folks will recall that we had a conversation with them last year on their book Breaking the Silence on NGOs in Africa.  This conversation started thinking about the situation in Haiti. We previously had a discussion with Dr. Jemima Pierre on the current situation and the western backed invasion of Haiti for which Kenya is sending police. But also I was interested in how the struggle in Palestine was being received in Kenya both at a governmental level and among the masses. Along those lines, often Sudan, Congo, and Haiti are raised up as other examples of genocide, of imperialism, of terrible violence and humanitarian catastrophe as people seek to expand our analysis of what’s happening in Palestine beyond that individual conflict. I wanted to get their perspectives on all of these situations as folks who organize from a Pan African Scientific Socialist perspective from the Kenyan context.  Just a note that May 25th is African Liberation Day and we also hosted a conversation with the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party on our YouTube channel the other day. Our guests are Gacheke Gachihi, Lewis Maghanga, Okakah Onyango, and Wanjiru Wanjira. Gacheke Gachihi is the Coordinator of Mathare Social Justice Centre and a member of the Organic Intellectuals Network. Lewis Maghanga is a member of the Organic Intellectuals Network and an organiser with the Revolutionary Socialist League based in Kenya.  Okakah Onyango is a member of the Revolutionary Socialist League, Organic Intellectuals Network and Social Justice Movement. He is a dedicated tech-driven community organizer, blending roles of revolutionary intellectualism and communications strategist.  Wanjira Wanjiru is a social justice advocate and artivist with a decade of experience as a grassroot human rights defender. She is Co- founder of the Mathare Social Justice centre and coordinator of Matigari kids book club where children learn about pan-african history. She is a writer with the Kenya Organic Intellectuals Network and co-host of Liberating Minds podcast, a history channel on Youtube. She is also working with the African Social Justice Network team in South Africa and Zambia. After we recorded this episode Mathare experienced major floods. We’ve included a video of Wanjira discussing the floods. There was also a mass arrest of human rights defenders at the Mathare Social Justice Centre. We encourage folks to reach out to the Mathare Social Justice Centre to see if there are ways that we can provide support. And I would just note that in this discussion obviously we focused so much on struggles elsewhere and its important to connect and look for ways to support these comrades in their struggles as well. We hope that people will connect with these comrades to discuss how they can learn more from them and coordinate struggles with them as they suggest in the episode. I will just note I know a majority of our work has been on the Youtube side in recent months, make sure you subscribe to our YouTube feed so that you can access all of that content as well. We do have a lot of audio work that needs to be edited and released as well and we’re working to find the right balance to get that work done. To support our work as always become a patron of the show at patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism This episode was recorded on March 28, 2024 Music is provided as always by Televangel Links:  Mathare Social Justice Centre  Revolutionary Socialist League (Kenya)  Liberating Minds podcast  Pio Gama Pinto book Breaking the Silence on NGOs in Africa (Book)

In this episode Josh interviews Amba Guerguerian and Harry to discuss the New York War Crimes project and their efforts to get people to Boycott, Divest, and Unsubscribe from the New York Times. Amba Guerguerian is an associate editor at The Indypendent  and a contributor at The New York War Crimes.  Harry is a writer, educator and organizer with Writers against the War on Gaza and a contributor at The New York War Crimes.  The New York War Crimes is a project dedicated to de legitimizing the imperial mouthpiece that is The New York Times through focused contemporary and historical critique, while providing an alternative platform for Palestinian and Arab authors, poets and artists — precisely what you won’t find in the pages of The Times. If you would like to support our work the best way to do so as always is to become a patron of the show for as little as $1 a month at patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism. We are also still working to increase our subscriber base over on the YouTube channel so subscribing to that feed is another great way. We have four, possible five live episodes coming this upcoming week so make sure you are subscribed there or on patreon to catch all of that content. This episode was recorded on March 31, 2024 This episode was co-edited/produced by Aidan Elias and Jared Ware Music is provided as always by Televangel Links: The New York War Crimes The Indypendent Writers Against the War on Gaza U.S. Media Control and October 7th with Bryce Greene Electronic Intifada Mondoweiss The Anti-Empire Project with Justin Podour MAKC YouTube Channel    

Abdaljawad Omar, a writer and lecturer from Palestine, discusses recent developments in the Palestinian resistance against Zionist occupation. Topics include the siege on Al Shifa hospital, war crimes, dehumanizing tactics in Gaza, deformation in political decision-making, the Black Panther Party's resistance, and the complex US-Israel relationship.

Eugene Puryear discusses The Black Belt Thesis and its origins, articulations, and implications in the US communist movement. They explore the intersection of slavery, capitalism, and Black liberation, highlighting the necessity of addressing national oppression and white supremacy for true class unity. The conversation delves into the challenges and impacts of the communist movement in America, emphasizing the importance of self-determination for Black people and unity in the Black Belt region. They also discuss critiques and connections in Black liberation movements, analyzing historical figures and the roots of fascism within capitalist modernity.