Today we discuss transphobia and homophobia in the Black community. Specifically, as it pertains to anti-Black racism in policing and the movement for Black Lives. We cover the murder of a Black trans man Tony McDade by Tallahassee police (2 days after the murder of George Floyd and the third fatal officer-involved shooting in the … Continued
We begin with special tribute to George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Sandra Bland, and Eleanor Bumpurs dating back to the 1980s, all killed by the police. ABSOLUTELY Black Lives Matter! I hope y’all are taking part in the massive organizing and activism that we are seeing. Special shout-out to my friends Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, Carissa Lewis, … Continued
We speak with Trent Willis president of ILWU Local 10 (Longshoremen) about the Port of Oakland shut down in observance of Juneteenth. Later we speak with Boots Riley about mass mobilizations happening across the country and ways to sustain this growing movement for Black lives and state accountability. Then we hear from Dr. Shennette Garrett-Scott, a historian … Continued
We speak with individuals at Lake Merritt in Oakland, California about the effigy found hanging from a tree. The effigy found at Lake Merritt in Oakland has been classified as a hate crime. Federal and city law enforcement agencies are actively investigating the incident. Later we speak with George Chidi about the murder of Rayshard … Continued
Caroline welcomes word-crafting wizard Trickster ally, Bayo Akomolafe, and his publisher Tim McKee of North Atlantic Books… at this Dark o Moon Before Solstice, as we animate the desirable guiding story. Bayo is “a lecturer, speaker, and proud diaper-changer, Bayo curates an earth-wide project for the re-calibration of our ability to respond to civilizational crisis … Continued
We hear a speaker from the Fuck Your Curfew rally in Oakland, Ca. Later we speak with Dr. Miguel De La Torre about ICE detention of immigrants during Covid-19. And later we speak with documentarians Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi and Kahlil Jacobs-Fantauzzi about their new film, We Still Here. We Still Here is a coming of age story … Continued
0:08 – The NYPD’s budget is nearly $6 billion. How do activists go about defunding it? We talk with Alex Vitale, professor of sociology and coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College, and the author of The End of Policing. Vitale has been outspoken this month in calling to defund NYPD. 0:34 … Continued
Four takes on the African American predicament: Price Cobbs on Black rage; Juliet Hooker on whether Blacks should peacefully acquiesce; Frank Wilderson III on the African American experience of “social death”; and George Yancy on the violence of the white gaze. William Grier and Price Cobbs, Black Rage Wipf and Stock Frank Wilderson III, Afropessimism … Continued
0:08 – Tuesday with Mitch – Mitch Jeserich is the host of Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10. 0:34 – Today marks one year since Walnut Creek police killed 23-year-old Miles Hall. We talk with his mother, Taun Hall, about her ongoing fight for justice for her son. Community members will pay tribute to Miles … Continued
Today we talk about how history can also teach us about the causes of the COVID-19 pandemic and its possible consequences. Guest: Kyle Harper is professor of classics and letters and senior vice president and provost at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of … Continued
