Do protest marches work? It’s a tactic the left returns to again and again, since the iconic March on Washington in 1963. Grassroots organizer L.A. Kauffman argues that they do have a positive impact, but not in the ways we usually expect. Resources: L.A. Kauffman, How to Read a Protest: The Art of Organizing and … Continued
A panel discussion w/ local artists and activists about climate change and the role of culture.
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. Up next on the program, we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr with conversations featuring Alice Walker, Gary Younge and some of King’s most memorable speeches. we play a number of speeches of Dr King. One is King speaking to youth at a middle … Continued
Today we’ll present to you the Pacifica Radio Archives introduction to the Black Panthers. Based on historic audio tapes preserved in the Pacifica Radio Archives this sixth CD set is an attempt to bring you a window to the past to the hopes the dreams the difficulties and yes the missteps of the Black Panthers. … Continued
How to organize for social justice under situations of great duress? That’s both a question for our times and for much of the last half century. Trainer and longtime organizer Mike Miller discusses empowering people to change their world, drawing from the Civil Rights movement and other historic struggles. He also talks about the contested … Continued
We talk with organizer, writer and freedom dreamer Alicia Garza, one of the founders of the #Black Lives Matter network. .Alicia is also Special Projects Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance, the nation’s leading voice for dignity and fairness for the millions of domestic workers in the United States. And Giovanna Capone discusses the … Continued
For the last forty years, unions and the left more broadly have been in decline. Clearly the business class went on the offensive during this time, but is that the whole story? Veteran organizer Jane McAlevey argues that the left abandoned deep organizing just at the moment when the right was organizing its grassroots, and … Continued
Lineage: Conversation with Thinkers & Activists historian, journalist, and educator Dr. Jelani Cobb (Columbia University) who will be interviewed by his friend and comrade Alicia Garza, Special Projects Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance and the Co-Founder of #BlackLivesMatter. http://oakland.impacthub.net/event/lineage-conversations-w-thinkers-activists-jelani-cobb-alicia-garza/
We speak with Raptivist Jasiri X about organizing strategies in the era of Trump. About Jasiri X: He is the first independent hip-hop artist to be awarded an Honorary Doctorate, which he received from Chicago Theological Seminary in 2016. This recognition grew out of the spiritual/political urgency and artistic vision he shared on songs like … Continued
we continue our conversation on Art and Actvism w/ Talib Kweli. And Poor News Network discuss Standing Rock.
