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REPLAY - Discourse on Colonialism, Pt 1. - Left POCket Project Podcast

January 02, 2024 05:10 - 2 hours - 248 MB

REPLAY - Discourse on Colonialism, Pt 1. - Left POCket Project Podcast by Left POCket Project Podcast

89. The Last of...Us? w/Dani - Left POCket Project Podcast

April 09, 2023 22:29 - 1 hour - 122 MB

A discussion of race, class, and politics in the HBO series The Last of Us w/guest Dani. --- Intro: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone -Outro: "Wonder & Amazement" (feat. Jeremy Glenn) [Deetron Amazement Dub] by Grand Corporation --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud [dot] com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc Spotify: open.spotify.c...

88. Discourse on Colonialism Pt 1 - #ReadingRevolution - Left POCket Project Podcast

February 23, 2023 05:01 - 2 hours - 243 MB

In this episode, a #ReadingRevolution installment, we discuss the Introduction and closing interview in the 2001 edition of Aimé Césaire's 1950 anticolonial manifesto Discourse on Colonialism --- Readings & Resources: Brent Edwards - The Practice of Diaspora: Literature, Translation, and the Rise of Black Internationalism https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674011038 Négritude https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/negritude/ German Colonization of Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/...

87. Dignified Work - Gender, Race, & Class in Labor in Brazil w. Dr. Cassie Osei - LeftPOC Podcast

February 07, 2023 01:58 - 1 hour - 149 MB

In this episode, Dr. Cassie Osei discusses her research on the history of Black women’s labor and related social change in Brazil, conducting research in Brazil as a Black woman herself, and the racial politics of the reality show Love Is Blind: Brazil. — Readings & Resources (from Dr, Osei): Paulina Alberto - Terms of Inclusion https://uncpress.org/book/9780807871713/terms-of-inclusion/#:~:text=Terms%20of%20Inclusion%20tells%20a,citizenship%20in%20twentieth%2Dcentury%20Brazil. Barbara Wei...

86. (Preview) Discourse on Colonialism - #ReadingRevolution - Left POCket Project Podcast

February 01, 2023 04:36 - 12 minutes - 17.2 MB

In this preview episode, Wendi reads a brief excerpt from Aimé Césaire's Discourse on Colonialism, our upcoming #ReadingRevolution series selection. — Readings & Resources: Aimé Césaire - Discourse on Colonialism https://nyupress.org/9781583670255/discourse-on-colonialism/ https://files.libcom.org/files/zz_aime_cesaire_robin_d.g._kelley_discourse_on_colbook4me.org_.pdf --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Reddit: reddit...

85. Dispatches from the Apocalypse - Left POCket Project Podcast

January 16, 2023 16:19 - 1 hour - 143 MB

In this episode, Richard & Wendi discuss a few news items around AI, art for public consumption, and policing as well as the strange trajectory of left populism in the US — Readings & Resources: “Artificial Intelligence: The Risks Could Outweigh the Rewards” https://www.intelligencesquaredus.org/debate/artificial-intelligence-risks-could-outweigh-rewards/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAiJSeBhCCARIsAHnAzT9D1dggb9QOTo4kwLegy_vpFIaGCGGfwIDgE3bTP2AFB23Zkh-RNNYaAoj3EALw_wcB#/?utm_medium=ppc&utm_term=ai%20issues&ut...

84. Sad Beige - Comrade Mommy - Left POCket Project Podcast

January 09, 2023 14:10 - 48 minutes - 67.1 MB

A discussion of the "sad beige" trend and other aesthetic choices in childrearing that carry thinly-veiled messages of classism, moralism, and misogyny. -- Readings & Resources: "The Sad Beige Trend Goes against All My Wild Instincts" https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/dec/04/the-sad-beige-trend-goes-against-all-my-wild-instincts "The Miseducation of Maria Montessori" https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-miseducation-of-maria-montessori --- -Intro: "My Life as a Video...

83. I Promise I Am Alive - Left POCket Project Podcast

January 02, 2023 04:19 - 11 minutes - 15.9 MB

A quick update -- -Intro: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone -Outro: "(Just Like We) Breakdown" by Hot Chip --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud [dot] com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/13trBKujjjBnmWHeDZcC5Z or search "LeftPOC" iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcas...

82. Words that Light Fires - Interview w/Brent of Rad Reads - Left POCket Project Podcast

May 11, 2022 19:35 - 1 hour - 90.7 MB

In this episode, we speak to Brent of Rad Reads, a youtube channel where discussions of radical texts takes center stage. Readings & Resources Audio/Video: Rad Reads: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJFDSgzcZsjOi8XnWD2TlKg -Review: Blood in My Eye by George Jackson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_b-0ab5ljE -Discussion: Struggling with Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjJdHNl4zcs -Other Media: Twitter: RadreadsB Instagram: radreads94 Goodreads:https://www...

81. Love as the Practice of Freedom (discussion) - #ReadingRevolution - Left POCket Project Podcast

January 24, 2022 04:44 - 1 hour - 112 MB

In this episode - a Reading Revolution installment - we discuss the essay "Love as the Practice of Freedom" by bell hooks and how it can apply to our contemporary leftist formations and debates on revolution. --- Readings & Resources bell hooks - "Love as the Practice of Freedom" (essay) https://uucsj.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bell-hooks-Love-as-the-Practice-of-Freedom.pdf "Love as the Practice of Freedom" (audio) https://soundcloud.com/leftpoc/77-love-as-the-practice-of-freedom-readi...

Mutual Aid Alert - MASKS

January 12, 2022 17:35 - 10 minutes - 15.3 MB

I'm taking requests again for N95s Contact me for a packet if you're: -an outward-facing worker in financial need -disabled/pregnant/elderly/caretaker in financial need who requires high-grade masks for daily tasks twitter: @MuseWendi twitter: @LeftPOC patreon.com/leftpoc email: [email protected] to donate to my efforts, please visit: paypal: http://paypal.me/wendimuse venmo: @wendimuse cashapp: $wendimuse please write "masks" in the notes & be sure to spell my name correctly (i...

80. My Problem with China in Africa - Left POCket Project Podcast

December 31, 2021 16:42 - 36 minutes - 50.6 MB

A spicy take to close out 2021 and Podmas on "China in Africa" -- -Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud [dot] com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/13trBKujjjBnmWHeDZcC5Z or search "LeftPOC" iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podca...

79. What Goes Unsaid on Family Social Media - Comrade Mommy - Left POCket Project Podcast

December 31, 2021 16:32 - 39 minutes - 54.2 MB

In this episode, a #ComradeMommy installment and Podmas #20, I talk about the dark underbelly of mom and family based social media. --- Readings & Resources "Biracials Are Fighting for Their Lives on TikTok" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJJBW8VkeZM --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subsc...

79. What Goes Unsaid on Mom Media - Comrade Mommy - Left POCket Project Podcast

December 30, 2021 04:48 - 39 minutes - 54.5 MB

In this episode, a #ComradeMommy installment and Podmas #20, I talk about the dark underbelly of mom and family based social media. --- Readings & Resources "Biracials Are Fighting for Their Lives on TikTok" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJJBW8VkeZM --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subsc...

78. Anger - Comrade Mommy - Left POCket Project Podcast

December 28, 2021 11:21 - 42 minutes - 58.4 MB

In this episode, a #ComradeMommy installment and Podmas #19, I talk about anger. --- Readings & Resources "What will the pandemic look like in 2022?" interview w/ Eric Topol https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-bottom-line/2021/12/16/what-will-the-pandemic-look-like-in-2022 --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Image by Noa Denman --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org...

77. "Love as the Practice of Freedom" - #ReadingRevolution - Left POCket Project Podcast

December 25, 2021 01:23 - 26 minutes - 36.9 MB

In this episode, a #ReadingRevolution installment and Podmas #18, I read "Love as the Practice of Freedom" by bell hooks. --- Readings & Resources bell hooks - "Love as the Practice of Freedom" https://uucsj.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bell-hooks-Love-as-the-Practice-of-Freedom.pdf --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Redd...

76. "Finding the Spark" Interview w. Michael Salamone - Left POCket Project Podcast

December 21, 2021 09:43 - 1 hour - 103 MB

In this episode, Podmas installment #17, we speak with Michael Salamone, the man behind our theme music, about his background, his activism, and the current political situation in the US. --- Readings & Resources michaelsalamone.com --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: ...

75. Podmas Updates - Left POCket Project Podcast

December 19, 2021 13:17 - 23 minutes - 32.1 MB

In this episode, Podmas installment #16, I give you all some Podmas updates. --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud [dot] com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/13trBKujjjBnmWHeDZcC5Z or search "LeftPOC" iTunes: itunes.appl...

74. Struggle Season - Left POCket Project

December 19, 2021 09:02 - 23 minutes - 33.1 MB

In this episode, Podmas installment #15, I talk about the holiday season, some of the struggles people are having, and the need for empathy and support. --- Readings & Resources National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255 --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundc...

74. Struggle Season - Left POCket Project Podcast

December 19, 2021 09:02 - 23 minutes - 33.1 MB

In this episode, Podmas installment #15, I talk about the holiday season, some of the struggles people are having, and the need for empathy and support. --- Readings & Resources National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255 --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundc...

73. Diversity as Morality Play - Left POCket Project Podcast

December 12, 2021 08:41 - 1 hour - 91.9 MB

In this episode, Podmas installment #14, I talk about diversity in film and tv, how it frequently devolves into tokenism, and where it still falls short. --- Readings & Resources "And Just Like That on HBO: the Sex and the City revival turns Miranda into a white liberal nightmare" https://slate.com/culture/2021/12/sex-and-the-city-and-just-like-that-miranda.html "Netflix Productions Are More Diverse Than Studio Films" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/business/media/netflix-diversity-movie...

72. Debt - Left POCket Project Podcast

December 09, 2021 12:35 - 29 minutes - 41.2 MB

In this episode, Podmas installment #13, I talk about debt and the tremendous burden it places on my generation and many more in the future. --- Readings & Resources "President Biden hasn't yet kept his student loan forgiveness promise" https://www.npr.org/2021/12/07/1062070001/student-loan-forgiveness-debt-president-biden-campaign-promise "Americans' Medical Debts Are Bigger Than Was Know" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/20/upshot/medical-debt-americans-medicaid.html ‘What I Learned Abou...

71. Tradwives - Left POCket Project Podcast

December 07, 2021 05:54 - 44 minutes - 61.6 MB

In this episode, Podmas installment #12, I talk about my fascination with the longstanding "Tradwife" trend in popular media and the limits of "choice." --- Readings & Resources The Housewives of White Supremacy https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/opinion/sunday/tradwives-women-alt-right.html Fundie Fridays: "Checking In with Girl Defined" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIbM0VTttBo "The Duggars" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUVTHCKejYA&t=2464s Tara Mooknee - "Classically Abby" https:...

70. "A Few Notes on Gaslighting" - #ReadingRevolution - Left POCket Project Podcast

December 06, 2021 04:40 - 39 minutes - 54 MB

In this Podmas installment #11 and #ReadingRevolution episode, I read and discuss Tressie McMillan Cottom's essay "A Few Notes on Gaslighting." --- Readings & Resources Tressie McMillan Cottom - "A Few Notes on Gaslighting" https://tressiemc.com/essays-2/a-few-notes-on-gaslighting/ Tressie McMillan Cottom - Thick https://thenewpress.com/books/thick --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook...

69. Professionalism - Left POCket Project Podcast

December 05, 2021 05:00 - 33 minutes - 46.5 MB

In this episode, Podmas installment #10, I talk about the limits of academia when it comes to political expression and the pitfalls of professionalization. --- Readings & Resources Talk from Joy James at Brown University - "The Architects of Abolitionism: George Jackson, Angela Davis, and the Deradicalization of Prison Struggles" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9rvRsWKDx0 --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twit...

68. Thereza Santos Pt 2. - LeftPOC of the Week - Left POCket Project Podcast

December 04, 2021 11:47 - 11 minutes - 15.5 MB

In this episode, Podmas installment #9 and a LeftPOC of the Week edition, I finish my discussion on Black Brazilian communist, performer, thinker, and activist Thereza Santos. --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud [dot] com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/l...

67. "Black" Is a Country - #ReadingRevolution - Left POCket Project Podcast

December 03, 2021 04:53 - 15 minutes - 21.3 MB

In this Podmas installment #8 and #ReadingRevolution episode, I read Amiri Baraka's 1962 essay "'Black' Is a Country" --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud [dot] com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/13trBKujjjBnmWHeDZcC5...

66. Covid Blues - Comrade Mommy - Left POCket Project Podcast

December 02, 2021 05:06 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MB

In this Podmas installment #7 and Comrade Mommy episode, I discuss frustrations about covid callousness. --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud [dot] com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/13trBKujjjBnmWHeDZcC5Z or search "...

65. Thereza Santos - LeftPOC of the Week - Left POCket Project Podcast

December 01, 2021 04:47 - 12 minutes - 17.9 MB

In this episode, Podmas installment #6 and LeftPOC of the Week edition, I discuss the early life of Black Brazilian communist, performer, thinker, and activist Thereza Santos. This is Part I. --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud [dot] com/leftpoc Spreaker: spr...

64. Jobs - Left POCket Project Podcast

November 30, 2021 05:01 - 26 minutes - 37 MB

In this episode, Podmas installment #5, I discuss job applications (inspired by one of my recent tweets) and why they should disclose salaries upfront. --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud [dot] com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc Spotify: open.spo...

63. Snakes - Left POCket Project Podcast

November 29, 2021 05:13 - 23 minutes - 32.6 MB

In this episode, Podmas installment #4, I discuss the dangers of tokenism on all sides of the political spectrum and the double bind for leftists of color. --- Readings & Resources Interview w/ Thurgood Marshall https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-29-mn-1178-story.html Michael C. Dawson - Blacks in and Out of the Left https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674057685 --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via...

62. Healthcare - Left POCket Project Podcast

November 28, 2021 04:59 - 28 minutes - 40.1 MB

In this episode, Podmas installment #3, I discuss healthcare, its financial strain on U.S.ians, and alternative healthcare realities abroad. --- Readings & Resources The U.S. Health Insurance System is Broken / I Can't Afford Health Insurance and I'm Not Alone https://youtu.be/a75qe8VdFLQ Medicare for All https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/medicare-for-all --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftP...

61. Paperwork - Comrade Mommy - Left POCket Project Podcast

November 27, 2021 06:18 - 1 hour - 99.7 MB

In this Comrade Mommy episode, Podmas installment #2, I discuss paperwork, its added burden in the already overwhelming lives of mothers, and excessive bureaucracy as an outgrowth of capitalism. --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud [dot] com/leftpoc Spreaker: s...

60. Podmas - Left POCket Project Podcast

November 26, 2021 04:52 - 25 minutes - 35.6 MB

In this episode, I go into a new plan for the month. Here goes! --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud [dot] com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/13trBKujjjBnmWHeDZcC5Z or search "LeftPOC" iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podc...

59. Exhale - Left POCket Project Podcast

August 27, 2021 07:06 - 1 hour - 114 MB

In this episode, I ...take a deep breath out. --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud [dot] com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/13trBKujjjBnmWHeDZcC5Z or search "LeftPOC" iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/leftp…d1329313...

58. The Only Justice Is Freedom - A Discussion w/Jasson Perez - Left POCket Project Podcast

April 29, 2021 06:37 - 1 hour - 157 MB

In this episode, we speak with organizer, writer, and researcher Jasson Perez about the defund movement, abolition, and organizing in Chicago against multiple forms of oppression toward its population. --- Work by Jasson Perez "Lori Lightfoot is wrong. ‘We’ didn’t fail Adam Toledo.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/20/lori-lightfoot-is-wrong-we-didnt-fail-adam-toledo/ "The quest for justice for Adam Toledo requires that Lightfoot resign" https://www.thenation.com/article/soc...

57. Invisible - #ComradeMommy - Left POCket Project Podcast

April 07, 2021 06:42 - 1 hour - 83.2 MB

In this episode, an installment of the #ComradeMommy series, I discuss domestic work, how the women who perform it are made invisible, and what should be done to secure their rights. --- Readings & Resources "Out of the Shadows" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/21/magazine/national-domestic-workers-alliance.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=80560529BCACC56EAF348EF466B3DF02&gwt=regi&assetType=REGIWALL "Não romantize as relações de trabalho: sua empregada não é quase da família" http...

56. Beyond the State - a Discussion w/Yannick Marshall - Left POCket Project Podcast

March 04, 2021 11:20 - 1 hour - 88.5 MB

In this episode, we speak with Professor Yannick Marshall about his research on colonialism in Kenya, anti-colonialism around the world, and the need to expand the political imagination. --- Work by Yannick Marshall https://www.yannickmarshall.net/ An Appeal –Bring the Maroon to the Foreground in Black Intellectual History https://www.aaihs.org/an-appeal-bring-the-maroon-to-the-foreground-in-black-intellectual-history/ Black liberal, your time is up https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/...

55. Run Me My Money, Joe & Other News - Left POCket Project Podcast

February 08, 2021 07:31 - 1 hour - 112 MB

In this episode, we discuss current news and catch up after our break.  --- Readings & Resources Osita Nwanevu - “The Democratic Party Has a Fatal Misunderstanding of the QAnon Phenomenon” https://newrepublic.com/article/161266/qanon-classism-marjorie-taylor-greene Ashley Reese - “The Cynical, Sexist Fantasy of AOC” https://theslot.jezebel.com/the-cynical-sexist-fantasy-of-aoc-1846189707 Jia Tolentino - “What Mutual Aid Can Do During a Pandemic” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/...

54. Giving - #ComradeMommy - Left POCket Project Podcast

December 31, 2020 17:59 - 38 minutes - 54 MB

In this episode, an installment of the #ComradeMommy series, I discuss the need for giving and the correlation between the teachings of Maria Montessori and leftist ideology. --- Readings & Resources Montessori at Home - What Is Montessori? (& Why Do It?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZEdP_RZhhI&list=PLdIZMnmUhOo4QquwIjMI7cAlyoykpo1-M&index=1&t=24s Maria Montessori: What You May Not Know https://www.montessoriservices.com/ideas-insights/maria-montessori-what-you-may-not-know#:~:text=In%...

53. News Wrap-Up - Left POCket Project Podcast

December 17, 2020 13:23 - 1 hour - 164 MB

In this episode, we discuss current news and the challenges that lie ahead. --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud [dot] com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/13trBKujjjBnmWHeDZcC5Z or search "LeftPOC" iTunes: itunes.appl...

52. Roles - #ComradeMommy - Left POCket Project Podcast

November 26, 2020 22:24 - 41 minutes - 56.9 MB

In this episode, part of the Comrade Mommy series, Wendi discusses the ways the pandemic has shifted gender roles - and not always for the better. --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Readings & Resources Women's Careers Could Take Long-Term Hit From Coronavirus Pandemic https://www.wsj.com/articles/womens-careers-could-take-long-term-hit-from-coronavirus-pandemic-11594814403 How the Coronavirus Crisis Threatens to Set Back Women’s Careers https://www.wsj.com/article...

51. Politics - #ComradeMommy - Left POCket Project Podcast

November 21, 2020 11:03 - 38 minutes - 53.1 MB

In this episode, part of the Comrade Mommy series, Wendi discusses the election, politics, and how to broach the subject with children. --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud [dot] com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/13tr...

50. Colonialism Is Doomed - #ReadingRevolution - Left POCket Project Podcast

October 11, 2020 14:44 - 2 hours - 196 MB

In this episode, part of the Reading Revolution series, we discuss Che Guevara’s 1964 speech to the United Nations “Colonialism Is Doomed,” regarding the ongoing independence movements throughout the world and Cuba’s solidarity with oppressed peoples in their fight for sovereignty. --- Readings & Resources Che Guevara - “Colonialism Is Doomed” 1964 Speech to the United Nations https://www.marxists.org/archive/guevara/1964/12/11-alt.htm Ada Ferrer - Insurgent Cuba: Race, Nation, and Revolutio...

49. Choice - #ComradeMommy - Left POCket Project Podcast

October 01, 2020 07:39 - 51 minutes - 71.5 MB

In this episode, part of the Comrade Mommy series, Wendi discusses the meaning of "choice" and what it can mean beyond the rhetoric. --- Readings & Resources The Grapevine - Black Women & Childbirth Sanoja Bhaumik - "In the 1970s, Racism Led to Women Being Sterilized Against Their Will. Could It Happen Again?" https://rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2020/09/14/in-the-1970s-racism-led-to-women-being-sterilized-against-their-will-could-it-happen-again/ --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Mic...

48. Comrade Mommy - Left POCket Project Podcast

September 21, 2020 11:04 - 21 minutes - 29.5 MB

In this episode, I discuss Comrade Mommy (@ComradeMommy), a new sub-series of the Left POCket Project Podcast. --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud [dot] com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/13trBKujjjBnmWHeDZcC5Z or s...

47. Combahee River Collective Statement - #ReadingRevolution - Left POCket Project Podcast

September 02, 2020 10:20 - 2 hours - 185 MB

In this episode, part of the #ReadingRevolution series, we discuss the Combahee River Collective Statement, a manifesto penned by black lesbian socialists in 1977 regarding the way forward in movement politics. --- Readings & Resources Combahee River Collective Statement https://combaheerivercollective.weebly.com/the-combahee-river-collective-statement.html In Spanish https://t.co/ot5aA3nbTn?amp=1 In Portuguese https://t.co/vvIB8cI4GX?amp=1 In French https://t.co/P5f9l0EYnO?amp=1 Digit...

46. The Trouble with Kamala - Interview w/Malaika Jabali - Left POCket Project Podcast

August 17, 2020 21:45 - 1 hour - 103 MB

In this episode, I speak with journalist Malaika Jabali about her thoughts on Kamala Harris being the vice presidential pick for the Biden ticket and the impact this may have on the left and the black community, especially black women. --- Readings/Resources Work by Malaika Jabali “The Color of Economic Anxiety” https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/10/the-color-of-economic-anxiety “Democrats ignore black, working-class midwesterners at their peril” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

45. All about that Revolutionary Life - A Conversation w/the Luqmans - Left POCket Project Podcast

July 30, 2020 02:26 - 1 hour - 155 MB

In this episode, I speak to Jacqueline and Abdus Luqman, journalists, activists, and hosts of Luqman Nation, a weekly politics show, on the recent protests for black lives, race on the left, the role of religion in liberation movements, and much more. --- Readings & Resources Luqman Nation https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl5hIQvTLrxgf4UvSJRCPhw By Any Means Necessary https://sputniknews.com/radio_by_any_means/ The Real News Network https://therealnews.com/ --- Note: While these items are...

44. The End of the World as We Know It - Left POCket Project Podcast

June 14, 2020 10:08 - 2 hours - 181 MB

In this episode, we discuss the protests that have erupted around the nation (and now the world) in response to racist police & vigilante violence in the US. --- Readings & Resources “With Whom Are Many US Police Departments Training? With a Chronic Human Rights Violator - Israel” https://www.amnestyusa.org/with-whom-are-many-u-s-police-departments-training-with-a-chronic-human-rights-violator-israel/ “Israel Krav Maga Experts Teaching Officers in Brazil” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu8...

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