Latest Imperialist Podcast Episodes
China Stands with Russia Against NATO Expansion and U.S. Cold War Ideology
Women Fight Back! - February 05, 2022 01:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsOn February 4th, China has stepped forward to make a statement in support of Russia as the U.S. and NATO continue to ratchet up tensions on the border of Ukraine. Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping came together after a meeting and have announced a demand to end the expansion of NATO and a call for t...
A New War Between the U.S. and Russia?
Women Fight Back! - January 29, 2022 00:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsOn today’s show, we talk Russia and Ukraine. If you listen to the mainstream media and U.S. politicians on the airwaves, it certainly seems like Russia is about to invade Ukraine. What’s going on? Are we on the verge of a new war between Russia and the United States? Musician Neil Young has de...
U.S. Navy Poisons Water for 93,000 Residents in Hawaii
Women Fight Back! - December 17, 2021 23:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn Hawaii thousands of people have been displaced and had their water poisoned by the Red Hill Navy facility. This is after two fuel leaks just this year, and a major fuel leak of 27,000 gallons of fuel in 2014. The Navy sacrifices water for war by refusing to do anything about the facility, whi...
Supreme Court Greenlights Texas Abortion Ban on Human Rights Day
Women Fight Back! - December 11, 2021 00:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsOn today’s show, the Supreme court has upheld the Texas abortion ban, the strictest abortion legislation in the country. The Texas ban has essentially been greenlit by the Supreme Court, despite the fact that they have also ruled that abortion providers will be able to sue. What does this all r...
Kyle Rittenhouse Walks Free and Right-Wing Vigilantes Get a License to Kill
Women Fight Back! - November 19, 2021 23:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsKyle Rittenhouse, a 17 year old vigilante murderer walks free. This verdict has set the precedent for fascist paramilitary groups around the country to be able to kill protesters without any consequences. This is hardly the first time that the police have relied on paramilitary right-wing violen...
Build back... Never?
Women Fight Back! - November 05, 2021 22:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsOn today’s show we will start off with the slashing - not the halloween kind of slashing - but rather the slashing of the budget reconciliation bill by not the republicans, but the Democrats. We get into what this means and it’s impact with Anoa Changa host of the podcast The Way with Anoa. Th...
Facebook's Metaverse and the Growing Resistance to the Capitalist Hell-Scape
Women Fight Back! - October 23, 2021 00:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsOn today's episode of Women Fight Back we continue on with Striketober! Workers struggles are heating up, and internal struggles within the union are growing. We are joined by Evangeline Byars, the first woman to run for President of TWULocal100 the Largest Transport Workers Union in America. ...
From Hollywood to the Factory Floors 100,000+ Workers on Strike this #Striketober
Women Fight Back! - October 15, 2021 22:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsOn today’s episode of Women Fight Back, in historic numbers workers go on strike this STRIKETOBER! Workers across the country from John Deere, Hollywood film studios, Mercy Hospital, Kellogg’s cereal, and more are either on strike or preparing for one. This is the first time we have seen such ...
The Political is Personal: The Journey to Abolition with Derecka Purnell
Women Fight Back! - October 02, 2021 03:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhat does it mean to fight for a world without mass incarceration and police violence? On today’s show we joined by human rights lawyer, organizer, and author Derecka Purnell to discuss her new book titled "Becoming Abolitionist: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom." We reflect togeth...
Is Biden Really Stepping Back from the Cold War on China?
Women Fight Back! - September 24, 2021 23:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsOn this episode of Women Fight Back, we discuss the U.S. cold war on China and the treatment of Haitian migrants at the border. President Joe Biden told the world Tuesday that the United States is not seeking a new cold war without naming the target, obviously being China. What does this mean ...
National Distress & … a Dress?
Women Fight Back! - September 18, 2021 17:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week the WFB team and guests dive into the $3.5 trillion proposed budget reconciliation bill, horrific conditions endured by inmates in New York State prisons, and the critiques of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Tax the Rich” fashion statement at the 2021 Met Gala. What does this budget reconc...
No Contract, No Snacks! Nabisco Workers on Strike Get International Solidarity
Women Fight Back! - September 11, 2021 03:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsOn today’s episode we say No Contract, No Snacks! Mondelez Nabisco workers across the country are on strike. On August 10th union members walked off the company’s cookie plant in Portland Oregon demanding fair treatment and a fair contract. Since then over 1,000 other Nabisco workers are on stri...
Supreme Court Upholds Unconstitutional Abortion Ban
Women Fight Back! - September 07, 2021 16:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week the inhumane anti-abortion bill Texas SB8 went into effect, offering up to $10,000 for private citizens to sue abortion providers providing abortions after 6 weeks. As abortion whistleblowers ask for anonymous tips on “illegal” abortions, netizens have flooded the anonymous tip forms ...
Healthcare is a Women’s Issue!
Women Fight Back! - July 30, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsAfter the horrific details of Britney Spears’ abusive conservatorship, even members of Congress are saying it’s time to #FreeBritney. One issue at the center of the conservatorship was Britney’s right to reproductive autonomy. The right to quality reproductive healthcare is being fiercely battle...
Western Media Lies about Cuba Protests & Unprecedented Crisis in South Africa
Women Fight Back! - July 16, 2021 22:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhen protests against deteriorating living conditions broke out in Cuba this Sunday, Western media outlets were eager to amplify the protests as indicative of a “failing” socialist system. In reality, the lack of access to food and energy is a direct result of the internationally condemned block...
Season 2 Ep. 0- "Resistance Culture: When Maroons Go On A Quest For Liberation"
Marooncast - July 16, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsSEASON 2 PREMIER. IN EPISODE 0 KLC & SIMA LEE SPEAK ON JUNETEENTH, RESISTANCE CULTURE, MARRONAGE, LIBERATION AND THE INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY BUILDING THAT WILL GO INTO THIS SEASON OF MAROONCAST AND THEIR NEW HISTORICAL/ARCHIVAL/ABOLITIONIST/MUTUAL AID/NETWORKING PROJECT: "MAROONQUEST". OPENING C...
The Whole System is Guilty: Bree Newsome Bass on Chauvin's Sentencing
Women Fight Back! - June 25, 2021 22:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIt's more than just Derek Chauvin. The whole system is guilty. American filmmaker, musician, speaker, and activist from North Carolina, Bree Newsome Bass joins us on Women Fight Back to discuss Chauvin's sentencing and the right-wing attacks on teaching critical race theory across the U.S. Bre...
Dianne Morales’ Implosion & Resistance to Line 3 Pipeline Construction
Women Fight Back! - June 04, 2021 23:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsLast week, Dianne Morales’ campaign resoundingly imploded as multiple staffers were fired or resigned, citing a culture of harassment and toxic workplace culture. Despite providing lip service to progressive and leftist organizations, Morales lacked demonstrated commitment to any kind of progre...
Gaza Ceasefire: Resistance and Solidarity
Women Fight Back! - May 22, 2021 02:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsOn May 20, a ceasefire was declared between Israel and Hamas, temporarily ending the attack on Gaza. As of May 21, Israeli air strikes have killed at least 257 Palestinians, including 66 children, and have left over 1800 wounded. Journalist Mike Prysner of the Empire Files and host of Eyes Lef...
On the Ground in Gaza and the West Bank: Palestine is Under Attack
Women Fight Back! - May 14, 2021 23:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsAs of yesterday, May 13th, 130 Palestinians have been killed, including 28 children. Hundreds more have been wounded. Hospitals are overflowing, and the right-wing racist violence of settlers in Israel has increased alongside the airstrikes. This is the worst attack since Israel's aggression i...
DC Rent Moratorium Disaster
Women Fight Back! - May 14, 2021 22:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsA federal judge in DC overturned the national eviction moratorium this week, a decision which will have devastating effects on BIPOC, low-income, and working-class households. Despite the moratorium, renters across the United States report being unlawfully evicted from their homes by unscrupulou...
Colombians Take to the Streets
Women Fight Back! - May 14, 2021 22:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsOn April 28, nation-wide protests broke out across Colombia in opposition to austerity-type tax reforms that would attack Colombia’s middle and working class. The protests have been met with violent military repression that has left at least 30 dead. We will be discussing the situation on the ...
Pipeline Resistance and Climate Change
Women Fight Back! - May 05, 2021 02:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsJoining Women Fight Back is Julian Brave NoiseCat, a journalist and vice president of policy and strategy at the think tank Data for Progress. He will be discussing Biden’s recent climate summit and the ongoing campaigns to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline and Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline.
Biden's Lies on Immigration
Women Fight Back! - May 05, 2021 02:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsJoining Women Fight Back is Jack Herrera, an independent reporter covering immigration, refugees, Latino issues, and human rights. Also joining is Felipe De La Hoz, an independent journalist and co-writer of BORDER/LINES, an immigration policy newsletter. They will be discussing Biden's speech ...
Vaccine Apartheid in India
Women Fight Back! - May 05, 2021 01:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsJoining Women Fight Back is Suchitra Vijayan, a Barrister-at-law, researcher and the author of Midnight's Borders: A People's History of Modern India. She is the founder and executive director of The Polis Project, a radical and independent research and journalism organization. She will be disc...
Ep. 10-Where Is The Movement Moving?
Marooncast - April 27, 2021 00:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsEpisode 10 finally arrives after thousands of listens and downloads of the show. In this episode Sima Lee reflects on the lack of addressing primary contradictions that bring about oppression and disunity within an anti-imperialist mass movement.... leading to a lack of overall direction. Where...
Asian Americans & The Movement Against Police Violence
Women Fight Back! - April 10, 2021 01:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsOn Dec. 30, 19 year old Christian Hall was shot dead by police in the middle of a mental health crisis. Instead of receiving help, he was needlessly murdered. Christian’s death has sparked major conversations about Asian Americans’ relationship to the police and police brutality. We interview N...
Chauvin Trial: The Whole World Is Watching
Women Fight Back! - April 10, 2021 00:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsAt the same time that Andrew Cuomo legalizes marijuana to divert attention from his multiple sexual harassment allegations, the trial of Derek Chauvin continues and America holds it breath for the results. No matter the outcome, these two events cause us to ask: what does racial justice look lik...
Mass Uprisings in Haiti
Women Fight Back! - April 03, 2021 19:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHaitians have been rising up in protest against government corruption and are calling for the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse. These calls for Moïse's resignation are also accompanied by demands to bring an end to U.S. intervention in the Haitian government's affairs. Breakthrough News jo...
The Rising Asian American Movement
Women Fight Back! - April 03, 2021 01:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsSince the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-Asian hate crimes and Sinophobia have been on the rise. Asian-American activists and allies are mobilizing across the country to end racist violence against Asian elders like Vilma Kari, who was attacked in Manhattan on Tuesday. Activist, model, and influencer J...
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