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On today’s show, we’re joined by David Walker, award-winning comic book writer, filmmaker, journalist, and educator to discuss his latest graphic novel The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History (Art by Marcus Kwame Anderson). FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $100 and receive a copy of The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History by David F. Walker. Pledge $200 and receive … Continued
On today’s show, we’re in conversation with Sonali Kolhatkar about her latest book, Talking About Abolition: A Police-Free World is Possible. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $100 and receive Sonali Kolhatkar’s new book: Talking About Abolition: A Police-Free World is Possible – In Talking About Abolition, Sonali Kolhatkar presents a visionary outlook for a future rooted in … Continued
For four days in September of 1971, prisoners revolted, taking over the institution that incarcerated them in upstate New York. By the time the dust settled in Attica, 33 prisoners and 10 guards or staff had been killed – notably all but one guard and three prisoners were killed by law enforcement gunfire when the … Continued
On today’s episode of our weekly Monday segment, The Palestine Post, we’re joined by Phyllis Bennis, a Middle East analyst and director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. She is the author of a brand new book, Understanding Palestine & Israel. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $120 and receive Phyllis Bennis’ new book: … Continued
On today’s show, we begin by exploring the human impact of transphobia on our transgender family and community members, in conversation with kai alviar horton, the Executive Director of Trans Lifeline, a peer support and crisis hotline offering phone support to transgender people. It is the first transgender crisis hotline to exist in the United … Continued
FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $180 and receive Brittany Friedman’s Carceral Apartheid: How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons. Carceral Apartheid delves into how the California prison system has deployed various official, clandestine, and at times extralegal control techniques to suppress Black political movements, revealing the broader themes of deception, empire, corruption, and white supremacy in … Continued
George McCalman is an artist and creative director based in San Francisco, who recently published The Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen. He joins us today to discuss the process he went through to narrow his list of historical figures from 500 to 145, his artistic process, and what it meant for him … Continued
The intersection of immigration, border enforcement, new technology and specifically artificial intelligence, is racing toward more intense and more violent border enforcement strategies that are fueled by problematic algorithms, that mostly replicate the social and economic systems of power and exclusion that western societies are rooted in. On today’s show, we’ll explore part of how … Continued
We start today’s show by returning to our recurring segment, the State Terror Roundup. Then, Salvadorean President Nayib Bukele has offered to house people who’ve been convicted of violent crimes in the United States after meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a new Salvadorean megaprison called Cecot. The offer came alongside an … Continued
On today’s show – cleaning up white supremacy sounds odd, but some white supremacists are pushing wellness and health while continuing to pedal hate. Joining us to discuss is Mark Hay, a freelance journalist based in New York. He covers conspiracy and far right movements among other topics. His recent article that we’re discussing today … Continued
