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In this episode, part 2 of 3 in a #ReadingRevolution series, we will be discussing the text Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, also known as The Little Red Book. --- Reading/Resources Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung (full text) www.patreon.com/posts/next-up-for-red-32226380 --- 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…d1329313097?mt=2 or search "LeftPOC" in podcasts Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCT60v3qYO7Bj0R1XbUZct5Q Support: patreon.com/leftpoc

In this episode, part 1 of 3 in a #ReadingRevolution series, we will be discussing the text Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, also known as The Little Red Book. --- Reading/Resources Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung (full text) https://www.patreon.com/posts/next-up-for-red-32226380 --- 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…d1329313097?mt=2 or search "LeftPOC" in podcasts Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCT60v3qYO7Bj0R1XbUZct5Q Support: patreon.com/leftpoc

In this episode, we discuss the platforms of the Green Party (US), the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), and the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA). --- Readings/Resources Green Party (GPUS) Platform https://www.gp.org/platform Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) Platform https://liberationschool.org/program-of-the-party-for-socialism-and-liberation/ Communist Party USA (CPUSA) Platform https://www.cpusa.org/party_info/party-program/ --- 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…d1329313097?mt=2 or search "LeftPOC" in podcasts Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCT60v3qYO7Bj0R1XbUZct

In this episode, we continue our #ReadingRevolution discussion of the book Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture, a set of interviews with Angela Davis. --- Reading/Resources Eduardo Mendieta (interviewing Angela Davis) - Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture (full text) www.patreon.com/posts/readingrevolutio-29344345 Angela Davis Discusses Her Book Abolition Democracy www.c-span.org/video/?191553-1/a…ns-torture-empire Margaret Kimberly - "Ignoring Angela Davis" https://www.blackagendareport.com/ignoring_angela_davis --- 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…d1329313097?mt=2

Left POCket Project Podcast - 2020 Democratic Primary Debates, Round 3, w/Special Guest Héctor Alcalá - Episode 30 We are joined by special guest Héctor Alcalá to discuss the third round of 2020 Democratic Primary Debates. We don't focus on "winners" or "losers," but the issues that matter now and going forward. --- Readings/Resources 2020 Democratic Primary Debates - Round 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UWVO0Trd1c Richard Hunsinger - "Holocaust Capitalism" https://cosmonaut.blog/2019/08/21/holocaust-capitalism/ (related interview for This Is Hell - "Capitalism needs cages: On dispossession and fascism in America's new concentration camps" https://thisishell.com/interviews/1071-richard-hunsinger) Robert Reich - "The Irony of Republican Disapproval of Obamacare" https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Robert-Reich/2013/1028/The-irony-of-Republican-disapproval-of-Obamacare --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPO

In this episode, we have a #ReadingRevolution discussion of the book Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture, a set of interviews with Angela Davis. --- Reading/Resources Eduardo Mendieta (interviewing Angela Davis) - Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture (full text) https://www.patreon.com/posts/readingrevolutio-29344345 Angela Davis Discusses Her Book Abolition Democracy https://www.c-span.org/video/?191553-1/abolition-democracy-prisons-torture-empire Angela Davis: An Autobiography https://www.amazon.com/Angela-Davis-Autobiography-Y/dp/0717806677 “Free Angela Davis!” (interactive page) https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=d93da4b2e4fa47fcbc999b1006fe51d6 Interview w/ Angela Davis from prison for Vibrations (1972) https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/190044 Michelle Alexander - The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness http://newjimcrow.com/ Douglas Blackmon - Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black

Left POCket Project Podcast - 2020 Democratic Primary Debates, Round 2, w/Special Guest Kumars Salehi - Episode 28 We are joined by special guest Kumars Salehi to discuss the second round of 2020 Democratic Primary Debates. We don't focus on "winners" or "losers," but the issues that matter now and going forward. --- Readings/Resources 2020 Democratic Primary Debates - Round 2: night one: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/31/app-news-section/watch-full-cnn-democratic-debate-day-one/index.html night two: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/01/app-news-section/watch-full-cnn-democratic-debate-day-two/index.html --- 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: @leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/13trBKujjjBnmWHeDZcC5Z or search "LeftPOC" iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us

In this episode, we speak with researcher and writer William Jamal Richardson about his work on the development of modern American cities as settler colonial spaces. --- Readings & Resources: Joyce A. Ladner - The Death of White Sociology: Essays on Race and Culture https://www.amazon.com/Death-White-Sociology-Ladner/dp/1574780077 William J. Richardson - "Understanding the City as a Settler Colonial Structure" https://decolonialblack.com/2017/06/27/understanding-the-city-as-a-settler-colonial-structure/ William J. Richardson - By Any Magical Means Necessary (Black Shell Saga Book 1) https://t.co/P9NFVjcwln William's Patreon Page to support his writing https://www.patreon.com/DecolonialBlack PUSH Buffalo: People United for Sustainable Housing https://www.pushbuffalo.org/ On "Accessibility"(thread) https://t.co/7Qi00kmZ8C --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Interact: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.co

...bringing you the history of leftists of color one swipe at a time. --- Left POCket Project Podcast - "2020 Democratic Primary Debates, Round 1, w/Special Guest Anoa Changa - Episode 26 We are joined by special guest Anoa Changa to discuss the first round of 2020 Democratic Primary Debates. We don't focus on "winners" or "losers," but the issues that matter now and going forward. --- Readings/Resources 2020 Democratic Primary Debates: night one: https://www.nbcnews.com/video/full-video-democratic-presidential-debate-night-1-62758981769 night two: https://www.nbcnews.com/video/full-video-democratic-presidential-debate-night-2-62848069759 (both pages also link to full transcripts for each night) --- 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.com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/le

In this episode, we continue with part 2 of our discussion of Albert Memmi's The Colonizer and the Colonized for #ReadingRevolution. --- Readings & Resources Albert Memmi - The Colonizer and the Colonized (full text)https://www.patreon.com/posts/colonizer-27087972 "Why High-Class People Get Away with Incompetence" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/science/social-class-confidence.html "The Great Escape that Changed Africa's Future" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/08/great-escape-that-changed-africas-future?fbclid=IwAR36FqTJNJH345O_NXd9k6kZBcngq2W2fOdafwI0BZt0GWdIiSqh1SmFD8U --- 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/p

In this episode, we discuss Albert Memmi's seminal work The Colonizer and the Colonized for #ReadingRevolution. You can find the entire text for free here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/colonizer-27087972 Additional Readings & Resources: "Critics and Theorists: Albert Memmi" https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/postcolonialstudies/2014/06/19/memmi-albert/ "Albert Memmi's About-Face" http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.act2080.0046.326 "Jews and Arabs" https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/21/archives/jews-and-arabs.html -- Theme Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone -- Interact: 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: https://open.spotify.com/show/13trBKujjjBnmWHeDZcC5Z or search "LeftPOC" iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/leftp…d1329313097?mt=2 or search "LeftPOC" in podcasts Support: Patreon: patreon.com/leftpoc

In this episode, we speak to Professor Jakobi Williams about his book From the Bullet to the Ballot: The Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party and Racial Coalition Politics in Chicago and his research on black political organizing and resistance to white supremacy and capitalism in Chicago throughout the 20th century. Suggested Readings & Resources: Jakobi Williams - From the Bullet to the Ballot: The Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party and Racial Coalition Politics in Chicago https://www.amazon.com/Bullet-Ballot-Illinois-Coalition-Politics/dp/1469622106/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=jakobi+williams&qid=1553292176&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmrnull Amy Sonnie and James Tracy - Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power: Community Organizing in Radical Times https://www.amazon.com/Hillbilly-Nationalists-Urban-Rebels-Black/dp/1935554662/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=Hillbilly+Nationalists%2C+Urban+Race+Rebels%2C+and+Black+Power%3A+Community+Organizing+in+Radical+Times&qid=1553292833&s=gate

In Episode 22 of the Left POCket Project Podcast, Richard & I have our last #ReadingRevolution discussion of Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed AND touch on some related current events. You can read along with us by visiting patreon.com/leftpoc to download a free PDF of the entire book. You can also send us questions and comments for us to discuss on the next episode on patreon or via any of our social media accounts. --- Instituto Paulo Freire www.paulofreire.org/ (note: sometimes the site has an issue with pop-ups. Either put your pop-up blocker on beforehand and/or be prepared to close pop-up windows when visiting the site for the first time) -- Theme Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone 
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In Episode 21 of the Left POCket Project Podcast, Richard & I continue our #ReadingRevolution discussion of Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed AND touch on some related current events. You can read along with us by visiting patreon.com/leftpoc to download a free PDF of the entire book. You can also send us questions and comments for us to discuss on the next episode on patreon or via any of our social media accounts. --- Instituto Paulo Freire www.paulofreire.org/ (note: sometimes the site has an issue with pop-ups. Either put your pop-up blocker on beforehand and/or be prepared to close pop-up windows when visiting the site for the first time) -- Related Readings & Resources: "Behind the Scenes in Venezuela" https://www.usnews.com/opinion/world-report/articles/2018-03-03/new-evidence-the-trump-administration-is-meddling-in-venezuelas-elections "Ralph Northam and the History of Blackface" https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/ralph-northam-and-the-history-of-blackface "A Terrible

In Episode 20 of the Left POCket Project Podcast, Richard & I have a #ReadingRevolution discussion of Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed. You can read along with us by visiting patreon.com/leftpoc to download a free PDF of the entire book. You can also send us questions and comments for us to discuss on the next episode on patreon or via any of our social media accounts. --- Instituto Paulo Freire www.paulofreire.org/ (note: sometimes the site has an issue with pop-ups. Either put your pop-up blocker on beforehand and/or be prepared to close pop-up windows when visiting the site for the first time) -- Theme Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone 
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I'm baaaaack! Richard and I recorded this discussion a few weeks ago, once I had gotten back from Mozambique (though still in Brazil) as a sort of "year in review." We discuss the yellow vests protests in France, recent proposals for a Green New Deal in the US, and much much more. Related Readings & Resources France: Short thread on Macron's policies toward poor POC & migrant communities in France: https://twitter.com/MuseWendi/status/1071884065391947777 New French anti-terror law to replace 2-year state of emergency https://www.politico.eu/article/new-french-anti-terror-law-to-replace-2-year-state-of-emergency/ French Muslim arrested in roundup after Paris attacks says Macron victory cannot give him his life - or his country - back https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-election-halim-abdelmalek-paris-attacks-house-arrest-marine-le-pen-emmanuel-macron-a7737286.html French Activist: Emmanuel Macron is “Younger, Prettier” Face of Anti-Worker Reforms & a Police State https://www.democracyn

In this discussion-based episode, Richard (my co-host for the #ReadingRevolution series) and I talk about the state of politics in the U.S. (including U.S. foreign policy), electoral drama in Brazil, and the need for having resolve on the left despite feeling disappointed. Related Readings & Resources: Instituto Paulo Freire http://www.paulofreire.org/ (note: sometimes the site has an issue with pop-ups. Either put your pop-up blocker on beforehand and/or be prepared to close pop-up windows when visiting the site for the first time) “Quase 200 mil bolsistas da Capes podem ficar sem bolsa se orçamento de 2019 sofrer corte, diz conselho” (“Nearly 200,000 Capes scholarship recipient may lose their funding if the 2019 budget undergoes cuts, says council” https://g1.globo.com/educacao/noticia/2018/08/02/quase-200-mil-podem-ficar-sem-bolsa-se-orcamento-de-2019-sofrer-corte-diz-conselho-da-capes.ghtml “Brazil: judge shuts border to Venezuelan migrants fleeing hunger and hardship” https://www.theguardian.com/wor

An update on the Left POCket Project (and the podcast) :-)

In this episode of the Left POCket Project Podcast, Richard and I have our third #ReadingRevolution discussion, this time about Brazilian Communist revolutionary Carlos Marighella’s 1969 work The Mini-Manual of the Urban Guerrilla, the place of violence in anti-authoritarian movements, and the contemporary application of radical political measures. Full Text (in English): https://t.co/67jJrv7Jnd Suggested Readings & Resources: Marighella (documentary, in Portuguese) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF2Rt1-e8G8 Various – History of Marxism in Brazil (6 volume series, in Portuguese) http://www.anitagaribaldi.com.br/produtos/644/livros/socialismo-e-marxismo/colecao-historia-do-marxismo-no-brasil.html James N. Green – We Cannot Remain Silent: Opposition to the Brazilian Military Dictatorship in the United States https://www.amazon.com/Cannot-Remain-Silent-Dictatorship-Perspectives/dp/0822347350/ref=pd_sim_14_10?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0822347350&pd_rd_r=f6b7dcbf-7096-11e8-a5fb-5d5816128136&pd_rd_w=01Pqc&pd_rd

In this episode, Richard is back for our second installment of #ReadingRevolution, and we are discussing the meaning of propaganda and agitation in leftist ideology and practice. Related Readings & Resources The 2 pieces we read: Scott Harrison – The Mass Line and the American Revolutionary Movement, Chapter 11, “Agitation and Propaganda” http://www.massline.info/mlms/mlch11.htm “On the Role of Agitation and Propaganda” Revolution, 1978 https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-8/rcp-agit-prop.htm --- References we make: “Trump’s grammar in speeches ‘just below 6th grade level,’ study finds” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/18/trumps-grammar-in-speeches-just-below-6th-grade-level-study-finds/?utm_term=.af2f7c866569 “Who Votes, Who Doesn’t, and Why” http://www.people-press.org/2006/10/18/who-votes-who-doesnt-and-why/ The William I am referring to at the beginning is William Richardson: twitter.com/DecolonialBlack “In White America: Liberal Conscience vs. Radical Consciousness”