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Nignorance from across the diaspora. We discuss politics and pop culture from a left perspective. Enjoy and tell a friend.
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Jun 1, 2022
Jun 1, 2022
1hr 21 min
With the rising tensions between the United States and Russia that have occurred within the last decade, combined with the conflicts the U.S. is experiencing with China many have discussed how a new Cold War has developed between countries within the former Soviet sphere of influence and the United States. Two countries that have been particularly plagued with negative press in the face of such politics are Cuba and Venezuela. Both countries have attempted economic models that have challenged the capitalist norm that dominates world markets. Our guest has recently visited both countries and will give us a view not shared often about how these countries are surviving under strict U.S. sanctions.
Follow Jacqueline on Twitter here:
@Jacquiemdc
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Twitter: @TIRShowOakland
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Pascal Robert in Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/black-political-elite-serving...
Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine: https://www.sublationmag.com/post/rodney-king-the-la-riots-and-the-perils-of-police-reform
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Follow Djene Bajalan @djenebajalan
Follow Kuba Wrzesniewski @DrKuba2
May 30, 2022
May 30, 2022
1hr 8 min
This week the News Roundup Crüe will feature one of our favorite sociologists Dr. Zine Magubane, and the Pascal's favorite alabaster leftist C. Derick Varn.
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Twitter: @TIRShowOakland
Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland
Pascal Robert in Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/black-political-elite-serving...
Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine: https://www.sublationmag.com/.../rodney-king-the-la-riots...
Get THIS IS REVOLUTION Merch here: www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com
Get the music featured on the show here: https://bitterlakeoakland.bandcamp.com/
Follow Djene Bajalan @djenebajalan
Follow Kuba Wrzesniewski @DrKuba2
May 29, 2022
May 29, 2022
1hr 12 min
One of the constant themes of contemporary racial discourse involves the way white supremacy is dispatched as a notion to explain every aspect of racial harm that Black and Brown people experience. From gentrification to mass incarceration it must be the evil white supremacy that drives all the ills that affect communities of color. Is it possible that using White Supremacy as a universal cause of racialized harm denies more awareness of how capitalism results in harms that are racialized because of the reality of disproportionate labor redundancy for communities of color? Does using White Supremacy to explain racialized social ills do nothing but create a racial grievance system where elites leverage the misery of the Black masses for foundation largesse or a MacArthur genius award?
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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Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, especially YouTube!
THANKS Y'ALL
Twitter: @TIRShowOakland
Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland
Pascal Robert in Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/black-political-elite-serving...
Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine: https://www.sublationmag.com/post/rodney-king-the-la-riots-and-the-perils-of-police-reform
Get THIS IS REVOLUTION Merch here: www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com
Get the music featured on the show here: https://bitterlakeoakland.bandcamp.com/
Follow Djene Bajalan @djenebajalan
Follow Kuba Wrzesniewski @DrKuba2
May 27, 2022
May 27, 2022
1hr 7 min
We'll discuss the short and influential life and career of NYC hip hop icon Notorious B.I.G. with hip hop journalist Justin Hunte. You can read his Biggie Smalls retrospective in Revolt here:
About TIR
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THANKS Y'ALL
Twitter: @TIRShowOakland
Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland
Pascal Robert in Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/black-political-elite-serving...
Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine: https://www.sublationmag.com/.../rodney-king-the-la-riots...
Get THIS IS REVOLUTION Merch here: www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com
Get the music featured on the show here: https://bitterlakeoakland.bandcamp.com/
Follow Djene Bajalan @djenebajalan
Follow Kuba Wrzesniewski @DrKuba2
May 25, 2022
May 25, 2022
2hr 19 min
With the close of Haitian heritage month this May 2022, Haitians throughout the diaspora are celebrating their revolutionary history and its significance. An important aspect of Haitian cultural expression that often faces less praise as an element of Haitian life is Haitian Vodou. As a spiritual manifestation that has deep roots in Haitian society, Haitian Vodou is often mischaracterized and pejoratively deemed as a cultural fetishism. In this episode we will seek to dismiss the myths and stereotypes about Haitian Vodou and clarify its cosmological foundations and core beliefs
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!
Become a patron now: https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents
Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, especially YouTube!
THANKS Y'ALL
Twitter: @TIRShowOakland
Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland
Pascal Robert in Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/black-political-elite-serving...
Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine: https://www.sublationmag.com/post/rodney-king-the-la-riots-and-the-perils-of-police-reform
Get THIS IS REVOLUTION Merch here: www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com
Get the music featured on the show here: https://bitterlakeoakland.bandcamp.com/
Follow Djene Bajalan @djenebajalan
Follow Kuba Wrzesniewski @DrKuba2
May 23, 2022
May 23, 2022
1hr 3 min
Weekly news show with a more contextual analysis. Sadly Deep State Kuba won't be able to make it this evening. He had a manager's retreat to attend to at one of the Davos like ski resorts on the north end of the ice planet Hoth. Taking his place is friend of show, immigration attorney and author, Dan Melo.
We take a deeper more contextual dive into some current news of the day. This week there is no Deep State Kuba, he's a special managers snow retreat on Hoth. So, to take his place we have Zero Books author and immigration attorney Dan Melo!
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!
Become a patron now: https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents
Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, especially YouTube!
THANKS Y'ALL
Twitter: @TIRShowOakland
Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland
Pascal Robert in Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/black-political-elite-serving...
Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine: https://www.sublationmag.com/post/rodney-king-the-la-riots-and-the-perils-of-police-reform
Get THIS IS REVOLUTION Merch here: www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com
Get the music featured on the show here: https://bitterlakeoakland.bandcamp.com/
Follow Djene Bajalan @djenebajalan
Follow Kuba Wrzesniewski @DrKuba2
May 22, 2022
May 22, 2022
1hr 6 min
Djene and Varn discuss the return of Spelljammer and Dragon to Dungeons and Dragons!
Support VarnVlog
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!
Become a patron now: https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents
Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, especially YouTube!
THANKS Y'ALL
Twitter: @TIRShowOakland
Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland
Pascal Robert in Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/black-political-elite-serving...
Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine: https://www.sublationmag.com/post/rodney-king-the-la-riots-and-the-perils-of-police-reform
Get THIS IS REVOLUTION Merch here: www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com
Get the music featured on the show here: https://bitterlakeoakland.bandcamp.com/
Follow Djene Bajalan @djenebajalan
Follow Kuba Wrzesniewski @DrKuba2
May 20, 2022
May 20, 2022
1hr 8 min
A recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle reported violent, and vile unlivable conditions in the city’s Hotels for the unhoused. From overdoses to rat infestations. We witnessed during the early days of the pandemic, the great source of refuge the single room occupancy hotels became for the city’s homeless. Are the hotels as bad as the Chronicle is reporting? Or is this hit piece perfect fodder for a crack down for a vulnerable population that is often overlooked and underfunded.
Randy Shaw
Randy Shaw is the Editor of Beyond Chron and the Director of San Francisco’s Tenderloin Housing Clinic, which publishes Beyond Chron. Shaw's latest book is Generation Priced Out: Who Gets to Live in the New Urban America. He is the author of four prior books on activism, including The Activist's Handbook: Winning Social Change in the 21st Century, and Beyond the Fields: Cesar Chavez, the UFW and the Struggle for Justice in the 21st Century. He is also the author of The Tenderloin: Sex, Crime and Resistance in the Heart of San Francisco
You can read Randy's work here:
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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Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, especially YouTube!
THANKS Y'ALL
Twitter: @TIRShowOakland
Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland
Pascal Robert in Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/black-political-elite-serving...
Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine: https://www.sublationmag.com/post/rodney-king-the-la-riots-and-the-perils-of-police-reform
Get THIS IS REVOLUTION Merch here: www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com
Get the music featured on the show here: https://bitterlakeoakland.bandcamp.com/
Follow Djene Bajalan @djenebajalan
Follow Kuba Wrzesniewski @DrKuba2
May 18, 2022
May 18, 2022
1hr 52 min
We talk about the current state of affairs in Ethiopia with African Studies scholar Awet Weldemichael.
Awet Weldemichael
is a former refugee goatherd in a remote refugee camp in Sudan. His academic work touches on colonialism, decolonization, revolutions, nationalist movements, peace, conflict and security studies relevant to Africa and Southeast Asia. More specifically, the areas of my research, teaching, mentoring and consulting interests are modern and contemporary Horn of Africa and island Southeast Asia.
You can follow our guest co-host J. Khadijah Abdurahman here:
https://twitter.com/UpFromTheCracks
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!
Become a patron now: https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents
Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, especially YouTube!
THANKS Y'ALL
Twitter: @TIRShowOakland
Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland
Pascal Robert in Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/black-political-elite-serving...
Get THIS IS REVOLUTION Merch here: www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com
Get the music featured on the show here: https://bitterlakeoakland.bandcamp.com/
Follow Djene Bajalan @djenebajalan
Follow Kuba Wrzesniewski @DrKuba2
May 16, 2022
May 16, 2022
1hr 8 min
Norman Finkelstein is a world-renowned political scientist, activist, and former professor. He is the author of numerous works, including the forthcoming Sublation Press title I'll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It!
You can read his latest piece in Sublation Magazine Here:
https://www.sublationmag.com/post/norman-finkelstein-on-abortion-roe-and-the-alito-opinion
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!
Become a patron now: https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents
Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, especially YouTube!
Twitter: @TIRShowOakland
Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland
Pascal Robert in Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/black-political-elite-serving...
Get THIS IS REVOLUTION Merch here: www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com
Get the music featured on the show here: https://bitterlakeoakland.bandcamp.com/
Follow Djene Bajalan @djenebajalan
Follow Kuba Wrzesniewski @DrKuba2