From Below Podcast
18 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsA leftist podcast on social movements and international politics from a libertarian socialist perspective produced by members of Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation.
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Episodes
Building a Poor People's Survival Movement
February 25, 2021 12:00 - 32 minutes - 46.1 MBWe are continuing to mirror Black Autonomy Podcast on our feed ... This episode of Black Autonomy discusses building a poor people's survival movement to mobilize the multi-racial masses of working class and poor people around immediate needs while building towards revolution. JoNina Abron-Ervin is a former editor of The Black Panther newspaper, author of Driven by the Movement: Activists of the Black Power Era, and a co-founder of the Black Autonomy Federation. Lorenzo Komboa Ervin is ...
Dual Power: A Simple Explanation
February 18, 2021 15:46 - 29 minutes - 44.6 MBFrom Below podcast will continue to mirror episodes of the Black Autonomy podcast ... Dual power can be explained as the building of a transitional program for political, social, and economic transformation. It creates survival programs to oppose state power and creates a new type of autonomous public sector when the state fails the people. This is how to go beyond protest to building an anarchist societal infrastructure. JoNina Abron-Ervin is a former editor of The Black Panther newspape...
Black Autonomy Podcast: Vote For Me, I'll Set You Free
January 27, 2021 20:58 - 30 minutes - 43.1 MBA special announcement From Below Below listeners! We apologize for our absence but we are back with a new and exciting collaboration project, Black Autonomy Podcast, which will host discussions on the intersection of anarchism and black liberation movements. Our comrade Ambar introduces the series which we will be mirroring here on our feed but be sure to subscribe using these links: iTunes / Spotify / Libsyn In this premier episode of Black Autonomy Podcast, JoNina and Lorenzo introd...
Zabalaza! Interview on South Africa
April 17, 2020 22:39 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBThis episode features an interview with Warren McGregor, an activist born in the townships of the Cape Flats and now a resident in Johannesburg where he is involved in working class and union education and a member of the Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (ZACF). The interview offers an overview of the post-apartheid political landscape and details the current state of social movements and the labor movement under two decades of neo-liberal rule by the ANC. Warren also discusses the work an...
Special Episode: COVID-19, the Impact and the Fightback
April 07, 2020 15:49 - 40 minutes - 57.4 MBWelcome to a special episode on COVID-19 where hosts Pedro and Markie discuss how the outbreak and resulting social crisis is effecting working class people's lives and the way that people are fighting back. This Episode was recorded on the last week of March. If you are looking for resources on tenant organizing and how to organize a rent strike see our Recommended Rent Strike Resources. Lifting the Mask of Capitalist Disaster: The Coronavirus Response Coronavirus Stories: Crisis,...
Anarchism and Black Struggle Panel
March 22, 2020 17:07 - 31 minutes - 44.6 MBThis special episode features excerpts from a panel on Anarchism and Black Struggle hosted in conjunction with the 2019 national convention of Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation held in Champaign–Urbana, IL. The panelists featured are Servio in Providence, RI, Ambar in Miami, FL and Marvin in Little Rock, Arkansas who are members of Black Rose/Rosa Negra. This is a condensed version so be sure to check out our YouTube channel for the full video including an additional speaker on t...
Organize Your Neighbors: The Los Angeles Tenants Union
February 18, 2020 16:51 - 1 hour - 115 MBIn this episode we look at neighborhood based tenant organizing with what is easily described as the leading tenant organization in the U.S., the Los Angeles Tenants Union. LATU describes itself as an “autonomous housing movement” and is organized through a dozen assembly based neighborhood chapters. They are intentionally not organized as a non-profit, do not have paid staff, and are funded by member dues. The group has helped lead numerous rent strikes and fights around housing, and spearh...
Rebellion in Nicaragua - Part Two (Corrected x2)
January 09, 2020 16:56 - 1 hour - 97.7 MBUPDATE 2: The initial version we released accidentally left out certain portions of audio and our updated episode had a new but small issue. Our editing team had some extra challenges working on this long episode with three different interviewees - thanks for your patience and we've corrected all the issues. Enjoy! In the second of our two part series we return with guests Mark, Miranda and Tanya to discuss the April 2018 rebellion in Nicaragua. In this episode we go into more depth on the...
Rebellion in Nicaragua - Part Two (Corrected)
January 06, 2020 22:17 - 1 hour - 97.7 MBUPDATE: The initial version we released accidentally left out certain portions of audio. We apologize for this and have corrected the issue in this new version. In the second of our two part series we return with guests Mark, Miranda and Tanya to discuss the April 2018 rebellion in Nicaragua. In this episode we go into more depth on the movement itself and respond to various narratives on the left on Sandinista leader and Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega. Mark is from the prim...
Rebellion in Nicaragua - Part Two
January 02, 2020 22:37 - 1 hour - 97.7 MBIn the second of our two part series we return with guests Mark, Miranda and Tanya to discuss the April 2018 rebellion in Nicaragua. In this episode we go into more depth on the movement itself and respond to various narratives on the left on Sandinista leader and Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega. Mark is from the primarily indigenous and Black Atlantic/Caribbean coast region of Nicaragua and has deep family ties to the Sandinista movement. Miranda lives back and forth between the US...
Rebellion in Nicaragua
December 18, 2019 14:05 - 1 hour - 85.1 MBIn this first of a two part series we interview three guests looking at the recent rebellion in Nicaragua which began in April 2018 as a series of student protests in the capital of Managua and snowballed into a several month nationwide rebellion. Our three guests are either Nicaraguan or Nicaraguan-American and each share their different insights on the rebellion. Mark is from the primarily indigenous and Black Atlantic/Caribbean coast region of Nicaragua and has deep family ties to the ...
The Battle Over Rent Control in the Heart of Silicon Valley
August 22, 2019 14:58 - 1 hour - 124 MBIn this episode we take a deep dive into the challenges of tenant organizing in the heart of capitalist Silicon Valley. In the first in-depth coverage of the campaign we interview former local journalist Daniel DeBolt who played a key role with the Mountain View Tenants Coalition. Skyrocketing rents and mass displacement led to a coalition of renters and allies to wage a bitter battle against well funded landlords and a hostile city council to pass a rent control ballot measure that also rol...
Interview with Mark Bray, Part 2, Horizontalism and Anarchism
June 19, 2019 00:00 - 46 minutes - 63.4 MBThe second part of our interview and discussion with historian and author Mark Bray, author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook and Translating Anarchy on the Occupy movement. The episode begins with an update on our "Grow Our Roots" fundraiser followed by hosts Markie and Pedro discussing listener feedback. This show introduces our new segment "Forgotten Histories," which introduces the personal histories of lesser known revolutionary figures. This first segment features Mexican anarchis...
Power and Gender in Game of Thrones: A Radical Review
May 30, 2019 20:01 - 54 minutes - 50.8 MBIn this special episode of From Below Podcast we review and analyze the Game of Thrones series with a focus on themes of power and gender. The episode features commentary from three Black Rose/Rosa Negra members: show host Markie, from the first episode on feminism in Latin America, Romina, and one of the show editors, Silvia. Consider donating to our Grow Our Roots online fundraiser to help send two comrades to South America which will also support this podcast. We are also selling sever...
Interview with Mark Bray, Part 1, Antifa and Occupy Movement
May 20, 2019 13:00 - 49 minutes - 71.2 MBThe first in a two part interview and discussion with historian and author Mark Bray, author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook and Translating Anarchy on the Occupy movement. The interview begins with taking a behind the scene look at the reaction and reception to Bray's book on anti-fascism from mainstream media and progressive media. Next we move to the Occupy movement discussing Bray's assessment as both a participant and writer on the Occupy movement as well the narratives that have b...
Anarchism and Socialism in Puerto Rico
April 11, 2019 15:58 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBInterview and discussion with historian Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on the history of anarchism and socialism in Puerto Rico covering the early 20th century, the rise of urban and rural workers movement, feminism and figures such as Luisa Capetillo, the rise of the nationalist movement and discussion of contemporary activism since the impact of Hurricane Irma. Hosts Markie and Pedro relate the discussion to themes of historical memory, woman in the Sandinista revolution and more. Jorell Melénd...
Introducing Markie and Pedro
March 15, 2019 13:55 - 31 minutes - 72.6 MBHosts Markie and Pedro start the episode introducing the goals and themes of the podcast and then interview each other on their personal stories of how they became politically active. Pedro talks about growing up in a religious school in rural Brazil, reading figures like Bakunin and Malatesta in the public library of Rio de Janeiro, and finding himself working in a chocolate factory after he came to the US. Markie discusses watching 9/11 on television as a key political moment for her, a...
Feminism Against Capitalism
March 08, 2019 15:50 - 47 minutes - 44.8 MBFor our first episode, released on International Women's Day 2019, Markie and Pedro discuss two examples of anti-capitalist feminism. The discussion starts around the work of the Anti-Capitalist Feminist Coalition (ACFC) in Los Angeles with Markie speaking on her involvement and then interviewing Romina Green of Black Rose/Rosa Negra Los Angles on the background and roots of ACFC. Next is an interview and in-depth discussion with Alondra Carrillo of Santiago, Chile who is a vocera, or spokes...