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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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THIS IS REVOLUTION>podcast Ep. 132: The Scramble for Africa w/ Milton Allimadi

Wednesday May 12, 2021

Wednesday May 12, 2021

Throughout the Obama Administration America's military footprint on the African continent expanded greatly through the development of Africom. China has been developing infrastructure on the African continent since the 90s. Now the Russians are showing a presence in Sudan, and even Turkey is playing a role in Somalia.
 
Are we witnessing a 21st Century Scramble for Africa?
 
Will Africa be the next flashpoint for military conflict for competing global Empires?
 
We will ask this question and many more of our guest Milton Allmadi
 
Milton Allimadi publishes www.blackstarnews.com and is an Adjunct Professor of African History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. Allimadi has been a guest commentator on African news on VOA, BBC, Al Jazeera, and WABC TV. He’s the author of the upcoming book “Manufacturing Hate—How Africa Was Demonized in Western Media” due to be published in June, 2021.
 
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THIS IS REVOLUTION>podcast Ep. 131: Live Music in the COVID Era w/ Conan Neutron, Rick Valentin, Pascual Romero

Sunday May 09, 2021

Sunday May 09, 2021

Music for me like many others can feel like the last vestige of freedom in a world of work, work, consume. The advances in home recording, simple online distribution have made creating and releasing music extremely accessible.

But, with the ubiquitous nature of music, 10.000’s of albums at one’s fingertips with the aid of a smartphone and a streaming app, what value does music have for the masses that consume it?

Before the pandemic music venues were shuttering at a rapid rate. This has been exacerbated by the pandemic. With a convoluted rescue plan to attempt to not only save independent music venues, but attempt to save the jobs of the millions now out of work, coupled with the fact that these same venues are fighting to stay alive against venture capital that was made even stronger due to the original CARES act, what will happen to live music in the COVID age and beyond?

We’ll ask these questions and more!

 

Listen To Conan Neutron On Protonic Reversal:

https://www.protonicreversal.com/

 

Listen to Pascual Romero on Squaring the Strange Podcast:

https://squaringthestrange.libsyn.com/

 

Check the NFT's from Rick Valentin's Thoughts Detecting Machines:

https://tedium.us/

 

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THIS IS REVOLUTION>podcast Ep. 130: Art as a Weapon w/ Dwayne Mr. Fish Booth and the Saturday Crüe

Wednesday May 05, 2021

Wednesday May 05, 2021

Can art still be used as a weapon against neoliberalism and capitalism? Or has the commodification of subversive art neutered it's dangerous ideas/themes?
 
About Mr. Fish:
Dwayne Booth (a.k.a. Mr. Fish) is a cartoonist and freelance writer whose work can most regularly be seen on ScheerPost.com.
 
He has been a cartoonist and freelance writer for 20 years, publishing under both his own name and the pen name of Mr. Fish with many of the nation’s most reputable and prestigious magazines, journals, and newspapers. In addition to Harper’s Magazine and Truthdig.com, his work has appeared in:
the Los Angeles Times
the Village Voice
Vanity Fair
Mother Jones Magazine
The Advocate
Z Magazine
The Utne Reader
 
He was an animated character designer for Bento Box Entertainment and is the subject of a 2017 award-winning documentary by Pablo Bryant called Mr. Fish: Cartooning from the Deep End. His most recent books are Go Fish: How to Win Contempt and Influence People (Akashic Books 2011), WARNING! Graphic Content (Annenberg Press 2014), And Then the World Blew Up (Fantagraphics Books 2017), Long Story Short: Turning Famous Books into Cartoons (Akashic Books 2020), and Nobody Left (Fantagraphics Books 2020).
 
Get "Nobody Left" Here:
 
Mr. Fish Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/mrfish
 
 
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THIS IS REVOLUTION>podcast 129: Organizing a Left in the Age of COVID and Automation w/Jamie Peck and Dr. Asatar Bair

Sunday May 02, 2021

Sunday May 02, 2021

Tonight's guest Jamie Peck has been a voice in left media for several years. We will ask her about the pitfalls of organizing a true left politics when so much of the left is online, especially in the wake of Covid 19 and the rise automation and the threat of labor displacement.
 
We'll also be joined by our favorite Marxist economist Dr. Asatar Bair!
 
About Jamie:
Jamie Elizabeth Peck is a writer, podcaster, and model who previously produced and contributed to The Majority Report with Sam Seder and currently co-hosts the Antifada podcast.
Dr. Asatar Bair a professor of economics and teacher of meditation. Subscribe to his patreon where he will take you on a journey of discovery toward understanding capitalism, socialism, communism, and the inner journey that makes whatever outer struggle we engage in more effective
 
Subscribe To Dr. Bair's Patreon Here:
 
Subscribe to the Antifada Here:
 
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THIS IS REVOLUTION>podcast Ep. 128: America's Most Cancelled w/ Norman Finkelstein

Wednesday Apr 28, 2021

Wednesday Apr 28, 2021

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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THIS IS REVOLUTION>podcast Ep. 127: The Obama Mythology w/ Daniel Bessner

Sunday Apr 25, 2021

Sunday Apr 25, 2021

Daniel Bessner did many a favor by reading the recent Obama biography so we wouldn't have too. He published a review of the article in Jacobin Magazine entitled: The Barack Obama Memoir: Don't Trust this process. Today we will discuss with Bessner the particular utility of Obama to the ruling class and why the Obama project is so important to protect for the liberal power elite in America.

About Daniel Bessner: Daniel Bessner currently holds the Joff Hanauer Honors Professorship in Western Civilization at the University of Washington. He is a member of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and was previously the Anne H.H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Associate Professor in American Foreign Policy. He is also a Non-Resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and a Contributing Editor at Jacobin.

Daniel is an intellectual historian of U.S. foreign relations.

He is the author of Democracy in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual You can order Daniel's Book here: https://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Exil...​

 

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Pascal Robert in Black Agenda Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/bla...

 

Pascal and Jason on Ben Burgis' GIVE THEM AN ARGUMENT:

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THIS IS REVOLUTION>podcast Ep. 126: The Myth of the Humane Canada w/

Wednesday Apr 21, 2021

Wednesday Apr 21, 2021

Ever since Michael Moore painted Canada as violent crime free, healthcare having utopia. It's almost as if we look to our neighbors to the north as having an ideal society.
 
Many Americans often clamor whenever political administrations they find distasteful come to power that they''ll, "just move to Canada." For many reasons, Canada has been perceived as a tranquil nation lacking the social dysfunction and international bloodlust ascribed to the United States. Today we will actually look at aspects of Canadian politics and society that complicate these simplistic narratives of "Canadian Civility."
 
We'll ask, "Does Canada's humane image match its political record?
 
We'll be joined by Canadian activist Jafrikayiti.
 
Jafrikayiti, also known as Jean St. Vil, is a graduate of Waterloo University (Hon. B.Sc., Biology). He is an author, radio show host, public speaker, activist, artist and Canadian Civil Servant. He is the co-founder of two self-help organizations, AKASAN (Ayisyen ki ap soutni Ayisyen nètalkole) and Jaku Konbit, which follow the principles popularized by Marcus Garvey. He has been a thorn in the side of the Canadian government for many years, never giving up on the idea that Canada and the rest of the Core Group of influential foreign powers in Haiti could and should stop interfering in the governance of Haiti, so that Haitian people can build their own country on their own terms. You can find out more about him and his work at jafrikayiti.com.
 

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Pascal Robert in Black Agenda Report:

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THIS IS REVOLUTION>podcast Ep. 125: Can Black Capitalism Lead to Black Liberation w/Jared Ball

Sunday Apr 18, 2021

Sunday Apr 18, 2021

With large investments (Goldman Sachs One MIllion Black Women) in programs designed to create lessen the often talked about racial wealth gap can an emphasis on connecting Black entrepreneurs to large amounts of capital close that gap? Or will it simply enrich a burgeoning bourgeoisie class ?

We discuss this and more with Professor and host of the iMixWhatiLike podcast Jared Ball.

About Professor Ball:

Jared A. Ball is a father and husband. After that, he is a Professor of Communication Studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. and is founder/curator of imixwhatilike.org, a multimedia hub of emancipatory journalism and revolutionary beat reporting. Ball is also author of The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power (Palgrave, 2020)

You can find Professor Ball's podcast and more on Black Power Media here: https://www.youtube.com/results?searc...​

You Can Find Professor Ball's Book, "The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power" here: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783...​

 

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Twitter: @TIRShowOakland

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Pascal Robert in Black Agenda Report:

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THIS IS REVOLUTION>podcast Ep. 124: Why Don't Black Politics Work for Black People w/ Adolph Reed, Jr.

Wednesday Apr 14, 2021

Wednesday Apr 14, 2021

Political Scientist Adolph Reed, Jr. has been writing about Black politics and Black political thought for over four decades. Having been an activist in the 60s as well as a long time labor organizer, his scholarship has persistently challenged orthodox thinking regarding Black political activity. Some of his classic works such as "Class Notes: Posing as Politics and Other Thoughts on the American Scene," and "Stirrings in the Jug: Black Politics in the Post Segregation Era," have set the standard for discussing the contemporary realities of Black political life.

Today we will inquire of Adolph Reed, Jr., "Does Black Politics Work for Black People, and if not why?"

You can find much of Dr. Reed's work here: https://muckrack.com/adolph-reed/arti...​

 

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THIS IS REVOLUTION>podcast Ep. 123: Black Girl Magic for Empire w/ Angela Walker and the Saturday Crüe

Wednesday Apr 07, 2021

Wednesday Apr 07, 2021

Is the liberal establishment cynically using Black women's empowerment as a way to support American Empire?
 
Is woke capitalism in the wake of the George Floyd protests the neutralizing force to a real uprising?
 
From Hood Communist writer Onyesonwu Chatoyer:
 
"The hot new trend in the US empire is pushing African women to the front in order to make us the faces of the same old capitalist-imperialist violence. We are positioned as woke ladies with agency— kicking ass and taking names, bringing big auntie energy and those good good outfits to the day to day work of managing a genocidal settler-colonial empire. We don’t have to look any further than the examples of current US Ambassador to the UN and former high-ranking State Department official in Africa, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, or current Domestic Policy Czar and co-architect of the invasion and devastation of Libya, Susan Rice. There’s also Stacey Abrams, Condaleeza Rice, and dozens of others who’ve made muling a trend. All too often these days we are witnessing petit-bourgeois African women willingly taking positions of leadership, power, and influence within the political and military infrastructure of the United States. Positions that require, as part of their job descriptions, acts of extreme ongoing violence against the world’s most oppressed populations, including their own people. " We'll be discussing this and more with the Saturday Crüe and Green Party VP candidate, Angela Walker.
 
 
SHOW LESS
 
Follow Angela on Twitter:
@AngelaNWalker
 
Watch Paul Prescod on Jacobin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuQWBcszKvk
 
 

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