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Monday Jan 17, 2022
Monday Jan 17, 2022
Jason, Pascal, Kuba, and Djene discuss some of the top news stories of the week: the death of Sidney Poitier, the protests in Kazakhstan, and the new push for Medicare in California.
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Pascal Robert in Black Agenda Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/author/PascalRobert
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Sunday Jan 16, 2022
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
We're going to discuss Jason's latest video essay based on his work on the cultures of deconstruction and authenticity.
You can read the piece here:
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Pascal Robert in Black Agenda Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/author/PascalRobert
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Friday Jan 14, 2022
Friday Jan 14, 2022
With a culture war heating up in an election year, the ideological battle over hot button topics like Critical Race Theory, the 1619 Project, and reparations intensifies, there remains one historical fact that is constantly glossed over or just outright ignored on both sides of the battle. The complicated history of Native American enslavement. A complex narrative that spans beyond the American South, where the plantation economy had a stronghold on the institution of enslavement, Native Americans were bought and sold throughout the Americas, Spain and even parts of Africa. In this upcoming episode we’ll take a deep dive into the forgotten history of Native American enslavement.
Keith Pluymers
Keith Pluymers is an expert on early modern history & environmental history, professor of history at Illinois State University, and author.
Hayley Negrin
Hayley Negrin specializes in Native American history, slavery, and the history of women and gender in the Atlantic World. Her current book project investigates the transformation of Indigenous kinship ties and politics under English chattel slavery in early North America.
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Pascal Robert in Black Agenda Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/author/PascalRobert
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Wednesday Jan 12, 2022
Wednesday Jan 12, 2022
In this episode, Jason, Pascal, and Marcus speak with Ramsey Orta about his new book, A Shot in History: The Poisoned System.
Ramsey Orta
Ramsey Orta filmed the killing of Eric Garner in New York City on July 17, 2014. His video spurred protests and debate over city police procedures. However, Orta was subsequently subject to a campaign of police harassment and imprisoned. He was released in 2020.
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Pascal Robert in Black Agenda Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/author/PascalRobert
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Readings
A Shot in History: The Poisoned System
https://www.writersincarcerated.com/ramsey-orta
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Only 5 months ago the ascendancy of Pedro Castillo from primary school teacher to president of Peru was seen as a victory for the poor and working class and a sign of a new rising Pink Tide in Latin America. Less than a year in office Castillo is facing challenges from the far-right opposition party calling for his impeachment, as well turmoil from within Castillo’s own Peru Libre socialist party that until the last minute was in support of Castillo’s ouster from office.
Peru, a country that has seen 4 presidents in the last 3 years has a long sordid history of corrupt leaders and congressional governments. In less than six months Castillo’s approval rating has dropped to its lowest point yet at a mere 25%. However, while many are unhappy with the young administration of Castillo, there is still a large contingent that want to see Castillo make good on his campaign promises and avoid giving power to what the majority of Peruvian citizens feel is a far more corrupt congress.
Will the reign of Pedro Castillo end like his predecessors in scandal and impeachment? Is the far right and oligarchic class too powerful for Castillo and the Peru Libre socialist party of overcome? Is there validity in Castillo’s claims that his poor lower-class campesino background is the impetus for his attempted ouster? We’ll ask these questions and more. This is Revolution.
Follow Camillo Gómez on Twitter:
@camilomgn
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Pascal Robert in Black Agenda Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/author/PascalRobert
Read Jason's Work here: https://jasonmyles.medium.com/
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Sunday Jan 09, 2022
Sunday Jan 09, 2022
Forrest Miller of Movie Night Extravaganza talks to Protonic Reversal's Conan Neutron and Parallax Views J.G, Michael about the Sidney Lumet/Paddy Chayefsky masterpiece Network (1976) that has often been hailed as prophetic.
Network (1976) is a dark comedy that satirizes the ratings-based News Industry.
Howard Beale (Peter Finch) is a news anchor who gets fired for low ratings and realizes his life is meaningless. His mental state and on-air ranting is exploited by the News Corporation including Diana played by Faye Dunaway.
Listen to Conan Neutron on Protonic Reversal Here:
Listen to J.G. Michaels Parallax Views Here:
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Pascal Robert in Black Agenda Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/author/PascalRobert
Read Jason's Work here: https://jasonmyles.medium.com/
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Get the music from the show here: https://bitterlakeoakland.bandcamp.com/
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Friday Jan 07, 2022
Friday Jan 07, 2022
Kuba talks with Elise Herrala about art in the Soviet and post-Soviet world. How did Soviet art develop and change over time? Who collects it? Why do they collect it? And how does the market function?
Elise Herrala
Dr. Elise Herrala is affiliated to the Department of Sociology, Haverford College. Dr. Elise Herrala is currently providing services as Visiting Assistant Professor. Dr. Elise Herrala has authored and co-authored multiple peer-reviewed scientific papers and presented works at many national and international conferences. Dr. Elise Herrala contributions have acclaimed recognition from honorable subject experts around the world. Dr. Elise Herrala is actively associated with different societies and academies. Dr. Elise Herrala academic career is decorated with several reputed awards and funding. Dr. Elise Herrala research interests include Sociology, art history, and cultural studies. She is the author of Art of Transition: The Field of Art in Post-Soviet Russia.
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Pascal Robert in Black Agenda Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/author/PascalRobert
Read Jason's Work here: https://jasonmyles.medium.com/
Get THIS IS REVOLUTION Merch here: www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com
Get the music from the show here: https://bitterlakeoakland.bandcamp.com/
Follow Djene Bajalan @djenebajalan
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Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
It is Independence Day! Haitian Independence Day of course! Pascal talks to Paul Mocombe about the Haitian Revolution, its origins, its development, and its legacy.
Paul C. Mocombe is a Haitian philosopher and sociologist. A former Visiting Professor of Philosophy and Sociology at Bethune Cookman University, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Sociology at West Virginia State University, and the President/CEO of The Mocombeian Foundation, Inc., he is interested in the application of his theories of phenomenological structuralism and consciousness field theory to contemporary issues such as the constitution of consciousness, race, class, and capitalism (globalization).
Dr. Mocombe, who for ten years argued for the newly found fifth force of nature, which he posits is associated with consciousness in the multiverse, is the author of, among many others, The Theory of Phenomenological Structuralism; Haitian Epistemology; Identity and Ideology in Haiti; Jesus and the Streets; Race and Class Distinctions Within Black Communities; Language, Literacy, and Pedagogy in Postindustrial Societies; A labor Approach to the Development of the Self or Modern Personality: The Case of Public Education, Education in Globalization; Mocombe’s Reading Room Series; and The Mocombeian Strategy: The Reason for, and Answer to Black Failure in Capitalist Education.
Dr. Mocombe currently lives in Lauderhill, Florida with his wife, Tiara S. Mocombe.
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Pascal Robert in Black Agenda Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/author/PascalRobert
Read Jason's Work here: https://jasonmyles.medium.com/
Get THIS IS REVOLUTION Merch here: www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com
Get the music from the show here: https://bitterlakeoakland.bandcamp.com/
Follow Djene Bajalan @djenebajalan
Follow Kuba Wrzesniewski @DrKuba2
Monday Jan 03, 2022
Monday Jan 03, 2022
As the Boomer generation hits retirement age, we're looking at a 68 trillion dollar transfer of wealth to the younger generation.
THE GUARDIANS is a revealing investigative documentary set in Las Vegas, Nevada that exposes allegations of corruption within the Nevada Guardianship and Family Court systems involving the legal kidnapping of elderly people. The film shines a light on a lucrative business that drains seniors’ life savings and robs them of their freedoms.
Victims and their families are caught in a scheme that has allowed corrupt court-appointed guardians to take total control over their healthcare and financial decisions. Armed with court orders obtained under dubious circumstances, guardians are able to forcibly remove elderly wards from their homes, isolate them from their families and systematically empty their bank accounts.
In an unfolding saga that reaches the top level of government, a growing number of Las Vegas victims come together to seek justice, restitution, and freedom. Through their fight, the film exposes the scope of the systemic abuse of some of the most vulnerable members of our society.
As our aging population is about to record the largest transfer of wealth in history, we must protect them and their families from those that have been using a broken system to take advantage.
For 40 years nothing and no one has stood in their way. Until now.
About Filmmaker Billie Mintz:
BILLIE MINTZ is an award winning filmmaker who has produced and directed feature length documentaries and narrative short films. He is currently a correspondent on the recently rebooted National Geographic show “Explorer”. Billie has dedicated his career to social justice, raising public consciousness, and advocating for those who have no voice. His belief in the power of story to inspire policy change is a driving force in his life as a filmmaker. His first feature, Surviving The Treatment (60 min, 2008) has been a successful tool in helping young cancer survivors, and their families, return to life after the treatment. His second documentary, The Ponzi Scheme (70 min, 2010) is an investigation into victims of personal financial fraud. His latest feature documentary, Jesus Town USA (80min, 2014,) executive produced by SKY ATLANTIC, had its world premiere at AMDOCS (The American Documentary Film Festival in Palm Springs) and international premiere at Hot Docs. It aired on Showtime, CBC, and Netflix.
About TIR
Thank you, guys, again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and every one of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron-only programming, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH!
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THANKS Y'ALL
Twitter: @TIRShowOakland
Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland
Pascal Robert in Black Agenda Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/author/PascalRobert
Read Jason's Work here: https://jasonmyles.medium.com/
Get THIS IS REVOLUTION Merch here: www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com
Get the music from the show here: https://bitterlakeoakland.bandcamp.com/
Follow Djene Bajalan @djenebajalan
Follow Kuba Wrzesniewski @DrKuba2
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Political scientist Norman Finkelstein has been an active critique of how the Holocaust is used to protect the abuses of the state of Israel. His work and advocacy have made him perhaps one of the most cancelled intellectuals in recent American history. Finklestein in fact is currently writing a book on the cancel culture phenomenon. We will ask Finkelstein about how criticism of Israel gets one cancelled in America and how the nature of ruling class discourse helps facilitate that
About Mr. Finkelstein (from http://normanfinkelstein.com/)
Norman G Finkelstein received his PhD from the Princeton University Politics Department in 1988. He is the author of ten books that have been translated into 50 foreign editions, including THE HOLOCAUST INDUSTRY: Reflections on the exploitation of Jewish suffering and, most recently, GAZA: An inquest into its martyrdom. GAZA: An inquest into its martyrdom (University of California: 2018); Method and Madness: the hidden story of Israel’s assaults on Gaza (OR Books: 2014); Old Wine, Broken Bottle: Ari Shavit’s Promised Land (OR Books: 2014); Knowing Too Much: Why the American Jewish romance with Israel is coming to an end (OR Books: 2012); What Gandhi Says, About Nonviolence, Resistance and Courage (OR BOOKS: 2012); “This Time We Went Too Far”: Truth and consequences of the Gaza invasion(OR Books, 2010; expanded paperback version, 2011); Beyond Chutzpah: On the misuse of anti-Semitism and the abuse of history (University of California Press, 2005; expanded paperback edition, 2008); The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the exploitation of Jewish suffering (Verso, 2000; expanded paperback edition, 2003); Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict (Verso, 1995; expanded paperback edition, 2003); A Nation on Trial: The Goldhagen thesis and historical truth (with Ruth Bettina Birn) (Henry Holt, 1998); The Rise and Fall of Palestine: A personal account of the intifada years (University of Minnesota, 1996).
Finkelstein has also published several pamphlets, most recently, Goldstone Recants: Richard Goldstone renews Israel’s license to kill (OR Books, 2011).
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THANKS Y'ALL
Twitter: @TIRShowOakland
Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland
Pascal Robert in Black Agenda Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/author/PascalRobert
Read Jason's Work here: https://jasonmyles.medium.com/
Get THIS IS REVOLUTION Merch here: www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com
Get the music from the show here: https://bitterlakeoakland.bandcamp.com/
Follow Djene Bajalan @djenebajalan
Follow Kuba Wrzesniewski @DrKuba2