Best Alicia Howard Podcasts (2024)

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“A” is for Abortion with Alicia Hurtado 1:18:26

4h ago1:18:26

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At a time when women’s bodily integrity is under sustained assault, and simultaneously huge numbers of women across a wide political spectrum have rallied, mobilized, ands refused to accept a medieval definition of their rights, we sit down with Alicia Hurtado, a Chicago-based grass-roots organizer, activist, and advocate to discuss the state of th…

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50_Nonprofit storytelling with Howard Levy 43:49

1d ago43:49

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Storytelling plays a vital role in the success of a nonprofit event. Organizations must be able to tell their story in a way that compels their audience to take action. In this episode I sit down with Howard Levy, founder of Red Rooster Group, to explore the vital role storytelling plays in nonprofit success. Howard shares his expertise on how nonp…

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When Freedom is the Question Abolition is the Answer: Reflections on Collective Liberation 1:13:37

8d ago1:13:37

1:13:37

with Guest Hosts Lisa Lee and Adam Bush interviewing Bill Ayers, and with surprise interventions from Light Ayli, Barbara Ransby, and Tom Morello. What is freedom? What are the "freedom dreams" that encourage us and move us forward? How do we get free? Join our brilliant guest hosts as they chop these questions up in dialogue with Bill Ayers.…

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The Whole World is Watching with Medea Benjamin, Code Pink, and Eleanor Stein 1:06:02

29d ago1:06:02

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The activists from the militant peace organization Code Pink—in conjunction with the Dissenters, Jewish Voice for Peace, Students for Justice in Palestine, and a host of others—are calling for mass mobilizations in Chicago at the Democratic National Convention, which will be held from August 19-22, 2024. Their goal is to issue a thundering response…

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Project 2025 with Kevin Kumashir 1:15:30

1M ago1:15:30

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Years of coordinated effort by the reactionary Heritage Foundation has culminated in a frighteningly dystopian document describing the future society they hope to build: Project 2025. At 900-plus pages, it’s been described as a blueprint for a second Trump presidential term, but it's so much more than that. It is in fact a sweeping manifesto, and a…

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49_Using a street team to promote a nonprofit event 15:18

1M ago15:18

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In this very digital age, the personal touch of human interaction becomes increasingly important. Today we’re going to bring that personal touch back to event promotion. We’re talking about promoting your event with a street team. In this episode I share: - What a street team is - Why they’re effective and the benefits to using this form of promoti…

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Organizing Your Own: The White Fight for Black Power with Say Burgin 1:02:35

2M ago1:02:35

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The centuries-old struggle for Black Freedom is filled with victories and defeats, tragedy and triumph, forward motion and backlash. Today we sit down with historian and engaged scholar Say Burgin to uncover some of the myths that pass as history, focusing particularly on the historic turn toward Black Power and the resulting strategy of “racially …

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48_Nine ways to use AI when planning a nonprofit event 22:21

2M ago22:21

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Whether you're organizing a small gathering or a massive conference, AI tools can streamline your processes, enhance attendee experiences, and make your event planning smoother than ever before. In this episode I share: Nine ways to use AI that will save you time and money A way to use AI that is a game-changer for an auction (check out my social m…

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47_Five tips for planning a compelling nonprofit event program 11:44

2M ago11:44

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As the host of a nonprofit event, the program is your opportunity to educate and inspire your audience. Sadly, many event hosts get caught up in the planning of the event, how many auction items, the entertainment, the food, the decor. The program, which is arguably the most important part of the event, gets only a fraction of the attention. In thi…

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Ella Baker & The Black Freedom Movement with Barbara Ransby and Asha Ransby-Sporn 1:27:47

2M ago1:27:47

1:27:47

The dynamic and engaging Socialism 2024 conference will meet in Chicago from August 30 through September 2, shortly after the sure-to-be chaotic Democratic National Convention, bringing together thousands of socialists, activists, abolitionists, and organizers from across the country and around the world to name this political moment, build communi…

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Road Trip! This is My Life I’m Talking About with Danny Lyon 58:05

3M ago58:05

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Join me for a classic American road trip with the legendary photographer, photo-journalist, writer, and film-maker Danny Lyon. Danny left the University of Chicago in the 1960s and headed South to join the great Civil Rights Movement, where he became the official photographer of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. We will visit the Black…

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SD42 - W/ Amy Ireland & Maya B. Kronic - Cute Accelerationism 1:51:54

3M ago1:51:54

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Join us for an euphoric episode with our very good friends of the pod, Amy Ireland and Maya B. Kronic. Inspired by their work on Cute Accelerationism this episode explores the multiple dimensions of contemporary cuteness. From its sensory and cultural impacts to its erotic and semiotic layers, we unravel how Cute opens a gate to the transcendental …

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46_Event tech tools I can't live without 16:58

3M ago16:58

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Today we're talking tech. I'm sharing my must have event tech tools that streamline planning and ensure everything runs smoothly. Whether you're an event planning pro or just getting started, these tools are game changers. LIST OF RESOURCES & SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES Ep 46 Show Notes Sign up for more info about Plan to Plan - a guided event timeline wo…

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Tea and Reparations with Aaron Hughes and Amber Ginsburg 51:50

3M ago51:50

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Patriotism can never express a common human aspiration nor a universal moral code—if everyone on earth claimed to be a fierce and focused patriot today, 20 % of the world’s people would be Chinese patriots, and only 4.4 % patriotic Americans. Patriotism promises a steady anchor, but it is, in reality, entirely unstable. We note that every human bei…

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45_Six tips for selling event tickets 15:43

3M ago15:43

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“If you build it, they will come” only worked in the movie Field of Dreams. The reality is that it takes a lot of work to get people to first be aware of your event and then to buy a ticket. In this episode I share: The most common, yet frustrating, trend in ticket sales How to use ticket bundles, FOMO and social proof to sell tickets How to audit …

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The Real Dragon with Stanley Howard 1:03:14

4M ago1:03:14

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This centennial episode of Under the Tree features an enlightening conversation with Stanley Howard, the legendary jailhouse lawyer and founder of the Death Row 10, a group of African American men on Illinois' death row who organized a powerful campaign from their prison cells to save their lives and to spark a new abolitionist movement decades ago…

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44_Eco friendly events 13:25

4M ago13:25

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There's a lot of waste in the event industry. If you've ever cleaned up after an event, you see it firsthand. In this episode, I cover ways to make your event eco-friendlier in seven categories: 1) Event marketing and promotion 2) Registration 3) Catering. 4) Venues and AV 5) Transportation 6) Décor and 7) SWAG. LIST OF RESOURCES & SOCIAL MEDIA HAN…

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43_PPT Never stop asking questions 3:35

4M ago3:35

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This is a Planner Pep Talk or PPT episode. Planning fundraising events is not easy. These pep talks are designed to let you know you're not alone with some of the challenging aspects of planning an event. Whenever you need a little encouragement, check out any of the PPT episodes. There are a lot of unknowns when it comes to nonprofit events. Just …

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Breathe, Now Push with Jennifer Dohrn 58:56

4M ago58:56

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Every aspect of life in our society is lived on the hard-edge of racial hierarchy and class division—and the American way of birth is no exception. Black maternal mortality is 69.9 per 100,000 live births, nearly 3 times the rate of white women—and that’s only part of the story. We’re delighted to be meeting up at Pilsen Community Books with my mag…

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42_Measuring event success 11:18

4M ago11:18

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BRIEF SUMMARY We often talk about the need to have a successful fundraising event. But what does that mean? Just because your event made money doesn’t necessarily mean it was a success, financial or otherwise. In today’s episode we’re going to talk about the different ways you can measure event success. In this episode I share: The most common goal…

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41_Are you ready to host your first fundraising event? 9:46

4M ago9:46

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BRIEF SUMMARY If you are a relatively new nonprofit, or new to events, you might be wondering when it’s a good time to host your first fundraising event. In this episode we’ll talk about what you need organizationally and personally to be ready to host your first fundraising event In this episode I share: The most important thing your organization …

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American Precariat with Zeke Caligiuri 1:05:03

5M ago1:05:03

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Precarious times, phenomenal times. As protests for peace and freedom explode across the country and around the world, we’re searching for and finding democracy in the streets and in the campus encampments, in prison study groups and collectives of artists and writers. We’re honored tonight to be meeting up at our beloved Pilsen Community Books wit…

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SD41 - con Manuel Borja-Villel - El Museo en Ruinas 1:03:30

5M ago1:03:30

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Para el presente episodio, hemos tenido el privilegio de conversar con Manuel Borja-Villel, cuya dirección en el Museo Reina Sofía ha marcado un antes y un después en el enfoque museístico moderno. Hablamos de las constantes guerras culturales que enfrenta el arte contemporáneo, del concepto de Cora, discutimos su reciente participación en la Biena…

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SD40 - w/ Alicia Juarrero - Context Changes Everything 1:25:22

5M ago1:25:22

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In this episode of Social Discipline, we're joined by the renowned philosopher and complexity scientist, Alicia Juarrero. Alicia delves into the intricate world of causality in complex systems, offering insights from her seminal work, Dynamics in Action and Context Changes Everything. Throughout our conversation, she unpacks the principles of compl…

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Again, Winter with Mark Nowak 59:18

5M ago59:18

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You may already know that 15 US governors recently rejected federal funds available for families who qualify for free school lunches that would provide $120 per child per month through the summer. If you forgot, I get it—your cruelty/stupidity quotient may have reached capacity, and your brain simply couldn’t accommodate one more item. We’re joined…

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40_Seven systems for nonprofit event success 17:45

5M ago17:45

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BRIEF SUMMARY Without systems, planning an event can easily become chaotic and overwhelming. Systems enable you to delegate tasks and create consistency. In this episode I share: The difference between a system and a process The seven core systems you need for nonprofit success Four tips for creating systems & procedures LISTENER ACTION ITEM Rank t…

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Rattling the Cages with Eric King and Josh Davidson 54:33

6M ago54:33

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Prison and police abolitionists, rebels and radicals, peace activists and environmental warriors, freedom fighters and dissidents, political prisoners of every type—the voices of dissent and defiance—are gathered together in a dazzling collection from AK Press called Rattling the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners. Join us …

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Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy with Nathan Thrall 58:07

6M ago58:07

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As the savagery in Gaza continues unabated, we’re deeply honored to be joined from Jerusalem by the brilliant writer Nathan Thrall for a conversation about his latest book, A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy. Here in one family facing one heartbreaking moment, we experience Israeli apartheid up-close and personal—its e…

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39_Seven ways to refresh your event 12:14

6M ago12:14

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BRIEF SUMMARY Having a successful event year after year is a great thing! There are times, though, when you need to change things up slightly to refresh an event to keep it from getting a little stale. In this episode I share: The difference between the Flywheel Effect and the Doom Loop Seven ways to refresh or breathe a little fresh air into your …

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SPECIAL EDITION: Primary Election Voting with Girl, I Guess & InJustice Watch 36:06

6M ago36:06

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For voters in Chicago it’s been a strenuous non-stop election cycle for the last couple of years. We're all tired and burned out – but as always, we must carry on! So as we head into the last weekend before the election, we offer up this incentive to get those among us motivated and informed about why this election, while not changing the world - d…

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Community as Resistance with Rashid Khalidi 1:06:55

7M ago1:06:55

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Chicagoland area is home to more Palestinians than anywhere else in the U.S., with over 18,000 living in Cook County alone. The Palestinian community has led powerful protests that have led to Chicago becoming the largest city in the country to endorse a ceasefire resolution. It is in the midst of this atmosphere that we gathered for an urgent exch…

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38_Eleven questions to ask when looking at venues 13:34

7M ago13:34

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BRIEF SUMMARY Half the battle when researching venues for your nonprofit event is knowing the right questions to ask. In this episode I share: Eleven questions to ask when looking at venues LISTENER ACTION ITEM Download the list of 11 questions. If you’re looking at several venues and want to make an apples-to-apples comparison, create a spreadshee…

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Guilty of Journalism with Kevin Gosztola 54:35

7M ago54:35

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Julian Assange who founded WikiLeaks in 2006 went on to win multiple awards for his investigative journalism covering, among other stories, political killings in Kenya and social unrest in Tibet. Assange came to wide international attention in 2010 when WikiLeaks published a series of leaks from US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, includi…

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37_How to get and use event feedback 14:08

7M ago14:08

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BRIEF SUMMARY Gathering event feedback helps you determine what your audience liked about the event and identify areas for improvement. In this episode I share: Why feedback is important The best ways to capture feedback The types of questions to ask How to use that feedback once you have it Tips for how NOT to take negative feedback personally. LI…

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Social Discipline EP39 Howard Slater 2:11:23

7M ago2:11:23

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In this cultural biography from the incendiary and radical poet and thinker Howard Slater (Break/Flow), we speak about far-left culture in Britain since the 1970s and its relationship to politics and poetry. Slater started the legendary Break/Flow zine in the 90s and participated in the Virtual Future conference. In the 2000s, he began the eclectic…

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Care with Premilla Nadasen 59:01

7M ago59:01

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The brutality of capitalism is apparent in every direction: war, invasion, and occupation throughout the world; militarized police forces at home; super-exploitation at the point of production; the looming catastrophic climate collapse; the banality of evil in the increasingly pervasive carceral state. Capitalism willfully and skillfully nurtures o…

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Investigating Apartheid with Omar Shaktir 1:00:44

8M ago1:00:44

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As Israel’s crimes against humanity multiply and mass death and indiscriminate destruction escalates, as the world unites around a near-universal call to stop the genocide against the Palestinian people and militant resistance to US complicity deepens here at home, we are fortunate to be joined by Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director at Human…

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36_Should I have a live auction? 27:35

8M ago27:35

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Live auctions serve a purpose other than just raising more money for your organization. In this episode I share: The purpose of a live auction The types of events that work best for live auctions How to find live auction items Why it’s important to work with an auctioneer LISTENER ACTION ITEM Determine if a live auction is right for your organizati…

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SPECIAL: All Eyes on Palestine 1:17:22

8M ago1:17:22

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As Israel continues to execute its pre-announced genocide of the Palestinian people, ethnically cleanses Gaza, and attempts to liquidate an enclosure that they themselves created, everyone of goodwill around the world is calling for a ceasefire. As of now 22,000 Palestinians have been murdered, close to 2,000,000 displaced in Gaza, countless hospit…

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Survival and Resistance with Janie Paul 1:12:49

9M ago1:12:49

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In this episode we’ll be heading over to the dazzling Pilsen Community Books, a regular stop on our freedom tour, for a conversation with Janie Paul, Professor Emerita at the School of Art and Design at the University of Michigan, and curator and co-founder with her late husband, Buzz Alexander, of the Exhibitions of Artists in Michigan Prisons, a …

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35_Seven Post-Auction Duties 15:28

9M ago15:28

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The silent auction has ended, guests have checked out and you’re done. Well, almost. There are seven things you need to do to wrap up your auction. In this episode I share: The first thing you should do. It might surprise you The things you need to document for the organization The things you should document for yourself or the future auction chair…

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Palestine on my Mind 35:31

9M ago35:31

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Images from Gaza crowd into the available space, disrupting sleep, shattering the calm, demanding to be taken into account. Dead children and babies piled upon one another, body parts littering a hell-scape of demolished homes and apartment buildings, collapsed bridges and towers, refugee centers burned to the ground, hospitals in utter ruin. This …

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Coming Together as Things Fall Apart with Astra Taylor 48:57

10M ago48:57

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Charles Dickens would recognize our predicament at once: the winter of despair and the spring of hope; an age of foolishness and an age of wisdom; Darkness in combat with Light. Life is never one thing isolated from every other thing; a lot of things can be—and are—happening at once. Contradiction—the dynamic, noisy, frenetic magnificence of life a…

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34_Day of Auction Details 49:31

10M ago49:31

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There are a number of things you must do in the month or two leading up to and on the day of the auction to make everything run smoothly. In this episode I share: When to open & close your auction Determining your layout at the venue Creating a seamless process for check out Common Volunteer Roles Merchandising items What to do if someone doesn’t p…

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Stop the Genocide of the Palestinian People! Stop Cop City! 1:14:19

10M ago1:14:19

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A group of Chicago writers brought together by the worker/owners of Pilsen Community Books gathered to support and raise resources for our comrades in Atlanta fighting to Stop Cop City. But events ran ahead of us, as they often do, and by the time we gathered, the preannounced genocide against the Palestinian people was in full swing. The connectio…

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Indigenous Language Politics and Resistance with Mneesha Gellman 1:02:58

11M ago1:02:58

1:02:58

A favorite political poster hangs on a wall in my office: “Homeland Security” it proclaims in bold letters above a photo of a group of Indigenous elders holding rifles; below it reads, “Fighting Terrorism Since 1492.” It’s a reminder of the centuries of settler colonial policy and genocidal terror carried out by the US government against Indigenous…

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Mass Supervision with Vincent Schiraldi and special guest Renaldo Hudson 1:13:20

11M ago1:13:20

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Listeners of Under the Tree are well aware of the fact that the US is a Prison Nation, with over 2,000,000 people locked inside cages every day, aware, as well, that we are abolitionists involved in the movement-making and world-building work that will one day make prisons obsolete. But the carceral state is a many-legged monster with dangerous ten…

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Voices of the Movement with Anthony Arnove & Haley Pessin 1:35:32

12M ago1:35:32

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These are terrible times—escalating wars, racialized police violence, environmental collapse on full display, democratic institutions on life support, bodily integrity under assault. On the other hand—26 million people poured into the streets in response to the police murder of George Floyd, women across a wide political spectrum have refused to ac…

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Monsters! with Claire Dederer 1:05:40

12M ago1:05:40

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These are terrible times—an escalating cold war with China, a proxy war in Europe, racialized police violence unchecked, environmental collapse on full display, fragile and often anemic democratic institutions on life support, religious authoritarianism on the rise, women’s bodily integrity under sustained assault. On the other hand—26 million peop…

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33_Online Auction Basics 24:02

1y ago24:02

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Online, mobile, or virtual auction. No matter the name, they all mean the same thing; an auction conducted over the Internet where people can bid through a website or mobile device. Not paper sheet bidding. In this episode I share: The benefits of an online auction What to look for in a platform How to structure your planning timeline for an online…

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