Best Trini Trent Radio Podcasts (2024)

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February 21st is African Martyrs Day! 59:22

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On this episode of Black Power Talks, we observe African Martyrs Day. At the first Congress of the African People’s Socialist Party in September 1981, APSP designated February 21 as “The Day of the African Martyr.” Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21, 1965 by agents of United States repression and counterinsurgency. Amidst the historical impo…

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No Thanks to Colonialism! Celebrating African and Indigenous Solidarity and Anti-colonial Resistance 58:45

5M ago58:45

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In this episode, we say NO THANKS TO COLONIALISM. We expose the colonial mythology of Thanksgiving as the ideological support for Manifest Destiny and European/White North American colonial-capitalist domination; namely but not only the project of settler-colonialism. We speak with two activists and educators about the long history of anticolonial …

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Salute to the late Calypsonian Black Stalin with Trini Trent Part 1 53:38

1y ago53:38

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On this episode of Black Power Talks we lift up the memory of late Calypsonian Black Stalin of Trinidad and Tobago. Black Stalin passed away in December 2022 at the age of 81. Black Stalin was a five-time winner of the Calypso Monarch competition and was donned Calypso king of the world in 1999. Still, Black Stalin was not merely a calypso singer, …

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African Internationalists take the Revolutionary discussion of Reparations into the halls of academia 53:06

1y ago53:06

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In 1982, the African People’s Socialist Party formed the African National Reparations Organization (ANRO). ANRO was the first mass organization created to forward the reparations struggle and make reparations a household topic. ANRO’s reach was wide and even garnered the support of people like Michael Jackson who signed an ANRO certificate demandin…

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DOJ and FBI place economic sanctions on the African Liberation Movement 57:20

1y ago57:20

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In this episode, we address current FBI and Department of Justice economic sanctions against African self-determination. As Black History Month 2023 drew to a close, the U.S. government and its partners in the financial sector escalated its campaign against the right of today’s Black Power Movement to freedom of speech and association. The DOJ and …

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Salute to our African Martyrs! Hands Off Uhuru! 59:22

1y ago59:22

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On this episode of Black Power Talks, we observe African Martyrs Day. At the first Congress of the African People’s Socialist Party in September 1981, APSP designated February 21 as “The Day of the African Martyr.” Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21, 1965 by agents of United States repression and counterinsurgency. Amidst the historical impo…

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Black Power radio fights back against Florida censorship 58:33

1y ago58:33

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"We put these people in the same camp of what Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, is doing here with the banning of black history from education. By taking out history; by taking out the actual voice and opinions and the world view of black people from the public eye, they're trying to prevent what is even able to be communicated to our people a…

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FBI attacks Black Power leaders in St. Louis, St. Petersburg 59:27

1+ y ago59:27

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In the early morning hours of Friday, July 29, 2022, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), aided by local police, raided the offices and homes of members of the Uhuru Movement in St. Petersburg, Florida and St. Louis, Missouri, seizing computers, hard drives, phones, office equipment and files. They temporarily detained APSP Chairman Omal…

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Episode #120: The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin surveilled by COINTELPRO for 40 years; the arts are not refuge; African culture workers urged to get involved 56:10

1+ y ago56:10

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Just months after the FBI's brutal assault against the African People’s Socialist Party and the Uhuru Movement, a report surfaced showing that the FBI surveilled the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin for four decades. In today's program, we will turn the spotlight on some of the popular African artists who have been surveilled, harassed and targeted b…

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Episode #119: Russia releases Griner; Biden called to release Africans still in U.S. penal colonies on marijuana charges 59:27

1+ y ago59:27

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In this episode, we talk with Angelika Mueller-Rowry about her husband, Robert Rowry, an African man who died chained, inhumanely chained to a prison bed in 2014. This story is extremely relevant in conversation with contemporary discussions about mass imprisonment in the US. On Thursday December 8, 2022, the Women’s National Basketball Association…

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Episode #118: The Colonial Origins of Santa Claus 58:50

1+ y ago58:50

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On this episode of Black Power Talks, we learn about the colonial origins of Santa Claus, also known as Sinter Klaas or St. Nick, the patron saint of shipping. Colonial ideology purports the Christmas holiday to be a celebration of the birth of Jesus. In fact, the Christmas holiday season is centered around the obsessive pursuit and aspiration to p…

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Episode #117: Free Our Brothers! Wrongfully convicted Africans fight for justice 58:16

1+ y ago58:16

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Today on Black Power Talks we examine the case of two wrongfully convicted African men and the organized pushback they are waging against the system that stole almost thirty years total from them. The US prison system plays a significant role in the colonial mode of production. Chairman Omali Yeshitela notes that “Massive prison building projects w…

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Episode #116: No Thanks to Colonialism! Celebrating African and Indigenous Solidarity and Anticolonial Resistance 58:45

1+ y ago58:45

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In this episode, we say NO THANKS TO COLONIALISM. We expose the colonial mythology of Thanksgiving as the ideological support for Manifest Destiny and European/White North American colonial-capitalist domination; namely but not only the project of settler-colonialism. We speak with two activists and educators about the long history of anticolonial …

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Episode #115: DOJ indicts China: African, Indigenous activists respond 54:06

1+ y ago54:06

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On Monday, October 24, 2022, the United States’ “Justice Department” held a press conference to accuse China of breaking U.S. laws in its efforts to challenge U.S. power on the world stage. They charged several Chinese nationals with spying on behalf of Beijing and seeking to disrupt a U.S. government investigation into the Chinese technology compa…

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Episode #114: Long Live Thomas Sankara, hero of Burkina Faso, ”Land of the upright people”! 58:30

1+ y ago58:30

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In this episode of Black Power Talks we uplift the legacy of the martyred revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara, the president of Burkina Faso. Sankara was killed 35 years ago on October 15, 1987, at the age of 37. His assassins were tried and convicted in 2022. Sankara gave Burkina Faso its name, which means "land of the upright or incorruptible peo…

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Episode #113: The Woman King film review round table 57:56

1+ y ago57:56

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This episode features a roundtable discussion about the 2022 film “The Woman King”, starring Viola Davis. The feature length movie premiered at the Toronto Film Festival on September 9th, 2022 and opened in theaters on September 16th. Panelists explore key issues raised in the movie's plot, including: The impact of slavery and the colonial mode of …

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Episode #112: Defending the African Community! We are our own liberators! 59:25

1+ y ago59:25

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From Friday September 2nd through Sunday September 4th, 2022, the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement held its 30th annual convention in St. Louis, Missouri. The theme of the convention was Defending the Black Community! We Are Our Own Liberators! The theme for the 2022 InPDUM Convention had historical and immediate importance to the l…

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Episode #111: Now that you’ve seen ”The Woman King”, view the African Internationalist classic film, ”Bush Mama” 59:28

1+ y ago59:28

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Now that you have seen The Woman King, revisit the anti-colonial and African Internationalist film, Bush Mama. On this episode of Black Power Talks we will be presenting to you a roundtable discussion on the 1979 film Bush Mama by Haile Gerima. Bush Mama is described elsewhere as the story of Dorothy and her partner T.C. TC is a Vietnam veteran who…

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Episode #110: Covid-19, Pop Culture and the Anticolonial Turn in Africana Studies 55:51

1+ y ago55:51

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In this episode, we speak with Professor Layla Brown about her scholarship, the covid-19 pandemic and the way forward. Professor Brown’s work is emblematic of that anticolonial turn, or might we say anticolonial return, that has taken place in Africana Studies. This anticolonial return has been directly impacted by the spread of African Internation…

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Episode #109:The Role of Black Students and Intellectuals in the African Revolution 55:26

1+ y ago55:26

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On this episode of Black Power Talks, we discussed the role of the African Intellectual in the world. African students and teachers everywhere are entering into their fall semesters. Some students are beginning the end of their educational journeys and some are just getting started. On campuses, African students are organizing summits where they ta…

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Episode #108: The Revolutionary Power of Black Poetry 50:57

1+ y ago50:57

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In this episode, we showcase several African poets and talk about the role of poetry and culture in the African anti-colonial struggle. We know that the spoken word is powerful. If not, colonizers would not have stripped Africans of their names, their language, their traditions and their songs. The anticolonial writer from Martinique Aime Cesaire w…

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Black August and slavery inside U.S. prisons 56:08

1+ y ago56:08

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Black August is a month of remembrance and resistance dedicated to our African warriors imprisoned for their heroic stance fighting for African liberation. It's also a month-long salute to the African liberation struggle, recognizing such historic milestones as the Haitian Revolution, the birth of Marcus Garvey, and the deaths of Jonathan Jackson a…

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Blinken’s bleak trip to Africa and America’s doomed effort to maintain colonial control 57:05

1+ y ago57:05

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From August 7th through August 12th, 2022, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to South Africa, the Congo and Rwanda, to fight for continued access to the continent’s wealth in the face of growing competition from China and Russia. He also sought to win support for the U.S. condemnation of Russia and arming of Ukraine, in the f…

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FBI raids Black Power leaders in St. Louis, St. Petersburg 59:27

1+ y ago59:27

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In the early morning hours of Friday, July 29, 2022, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), aided by local police, raided the offices and homes of members of the Uhuru Movement in St. Petersburg, Florida and St. Louis, Missouri, seizing computers, hard drives, phones, office equipment and files. They temporarily detained APSP Chairman Omal…

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Episode #104: Black Music Month Spotlight On”Mama Africa” Miriam Makeba with Dr. Martin L. Boston 59:29

2y ago59:29

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June is Black Music Month. On this episode of Black Power Talks, we uplift Miriam Makeba. Miriam Makeba’s music played an important role in the African Revolution by building bridges across the colonial borders that divide African people. We discussed the role of Makeba's music and feature three of her songs: "Into Yam", "Pata Pata", and "Malcom X.…

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Episode #103: A Roundtable Discussion of Haile Gerima’s Bush Mama (1979) 59:28

2y ago59:28

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On this episode of Black Power Talks we will be presenting to you a roundtable discussion on the 1979 film Bush Mama by Haile Gerima. Bush Mama is described elsewhere as the story of Dorothy and her partner T.C. TC is a Vietnam veteran who thought he would return home to a "hero's welcome." Instead TC is falsely arrested and imprisoned for a crime …

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Episode #102: Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers: An African Internationalist Review 57:47

2y ago57:47

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Today, we are excited to examine Kendrick Lamar and his new album Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers. Lamar has produced his first album in five years, following much anticipation. Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers double album that engages a variety of topics that pertain to the lived experience of African people. Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers is rep…

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Episode #101: Malcolm X and Anti-colonial Struggle: The Importance of May 19 57:47

2y ago57:47

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Today on Black Power Talks we uplift and look at the importance of May 19th to the anticolonial struggle for liberation. Malcolm X was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. Malcolm’s Birthday is an important day of political organization. Just six days before African Liberation Day, May 25th, Malcolm’s birthday is often celebrated as an importan…

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Episode #100: African Liberation Day 2022 - 50 Years of Leadership Towards African Redemption 53:31

2y ago53:31

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On this special 100th episode of Black Power Talks we uplift African Liberation Day. African Liberation Day is May 25. May 25, 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the first African Liberation Day mobilizations in the United States. May 25, 2022 also marks the 50th anniversary of the African People’s Socialist Party. As African Internationalists, we …

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Episode #99: Reparations Series Part 2 - A Profile of Queen Mother Moore w/ Prof. Tiffany Caesar 54:41

2y ago54:41

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On part two of our reparations series, we lift up a leader in the struggle for reparations to African People, Queen Mother Audley Moore. Elements of the reparation demand go back to the 19th century. Yet, in 1957, Queen Mother Moore gave the struggle an important mass character and organization when she formed the Universal Association of Ethiopian…

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Episode #98: Reparations Series Part 1 - Make Wall Street Pay Reparations 53:41

2y ago53:41

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In 1982, the African People’s Socialist Party convened the first international tribunal on reparations in Brooklyn, New York. The verdict is that Africans in the US are owed no less than 14 trillion dollars in damages, or about one million dollars per family. The African People’s Socialist Party aimed to make reparations a household word by taking …

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Episode #97: The Role of the Artist in the African Revolution w/ Abiodun Oyewole of the Last Poets 59:34

2y ago59:34

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On this episode of Black Power Talks, we discuss the Black Arts Movement, the role of the African artist and African revolution with Abiodun Oyewole of the Last Poets. Abiodun is one of the founders of The Last Poets and penned some of their most widely known works such as New York, New York and When the Revolution Comes. He is one of the original …

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Episode #96: Africa and the Russia/Ukraine Conflict 58:26

2y ago58:26

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It’s been a month since the beginning of Russia’s military campaign to stop NATO expansion in Ukraine. The March 2nd vote in the United Nations General Assembly on a resolution denouncing Russia revealed a split between the white countries of the world and many of the countries of Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, 52 of which either …

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Episode #95: The Politics of Hip Hop with Jermaine ”Complex” Simpson 55:51

2y ago55:51

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We discussed hip hop and politics with our guest for this episode is Jermaine"Complex" Simpson. Complex is a rapper from San Diego, California. Born Jermaine Simpson, Complex was raised in the heart of the African community of San Diego. Complex is the author of four albums, West Coast MC’n, State of Mind, A Beautiful Mess and Wrath and Roses. Much…

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Episode #94: Colonialism as The Mode of Production 59:56

2y ago59:56

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In this episode, we engage what is amongst the most important interventions into socialist and communist thought ever, Colonialism as the Mode of Production. Since its inception, the African People’s Socialist Party, the Uhuru Movement and the ideology of African Internationalism has clearly stated that the African struggle for liberation is agains…

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Episode #93: Covid-19, Pop Culture and the Anticolonial Turn in Africana Studies 55:51

2y ago55:51

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In this episode, we speak with Professor Layla Brown about her scholarship, the covid-19 pandemic and the way forward. Professor Brown’s work is emblematic of that anticolonial turn, or might we say anticolonial return, that has taken place in Africana Studies. This anticolonial return has been directly impacted by the spread of African Internation…

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Episode #92: Project Black Ankh continues leadership in the fight against Covid-19 56:11

2+ y ago56:11

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On today’s episode of Black Power Talks, we discuss the Covid-19 Omicron Variant surge and a recent trip to Cuba with Dr. Aisha Fields. Dr. Fields is a physicist who has dedicated her skills for the development and empowerment of African people. She is the International Director of the All African People’s Development and Empowerment Project (AAPDE…

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Episode #91:The Role of Black Students and Intellectuals in the African Revolution 55:26

2+ y ago55:26

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On this episode of Black Power Talks, we discussed the role of the African Intellectual in the world. African students and teachers everywhere are entering into their spring semesters. Spring semesters are often filled with academic conferences and graduations. On campuses, African students are organizing summits where they tackle some of the press…

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Episode #90:The Colonial Origins of Santa Claus 58:50

2+ y ago58:50

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On this episode of Black Power Talks, we learn about the colonial origins of Santa Claus, also known as Sinter Klaas or St. Nick, the patron saint of shipping. Colonial ideology purports the Christmas holiday to be a celebration of the birth of Jesus. In fact, the Christmas holiday season is centered around the obsessive pursuit and aspiration to p…

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Episode #89: Keep the Spear Burning! The Oldest Black Power Newspaper Turns 53 Years Old! 56:09

2+ y ago56:09

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On December 22, 2021, The Burning Spear Newspaper turned 53 years old. The Burning Spear Newspaper is the oldest Black Power Newspaper in continuous print. The Burning Spear Newspaper was founded by Chairman Omali Yeshitela, then named Joseph Waller, in 1968, in St. Petersburg, Florida. First established as a newsletter produced on a mimeograph mac…

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Episode #88: Touch One! Touch All! Denzel Draughn acquitted for pepper spraying San Diego cops 55:02

2+ y ago55:02

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On December 9, 2021, Denzel Draughn, an organizer with the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement in San Diego, California was found not guilty on all charges after a highly-profiled case of resistance to police terror. Denzel faced eight felonies, two counts of pepper spraying a group of San Diego cops and six counts of preventing an arr…

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Episode #87: Africans in St. Petersburg Florida Demands Reparations! Take Back the Dome! 58:37

2+ y ago58:37

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In this episode, we talk about the current surge in the movement for reparations to African people in the United States and elsewhere. In St. Petersburg, Florida, organizers with the Reparations Now Committee of the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement are leading the Take Back the Dome Campaign in response to the decades of economic de…

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Episode #86: From Protest to Power: Kyle Rittenhouse, Ahmaud Arbery and the Black People‘s Court 57:43

2+ y ago57:43

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On November 19, 2021, 18-year old Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges. Rittenhouse had been charged with two counts of homicide, one count of attempted homicide, two counts of reckless endangerment, one count of unlawful possession of a firearm, and one count of curfew violation following an incident August 25, 2020. In a seeming contrast…

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Episode #85: NoThanks to Colonialism--African and Indigenous Solidarity and Anticolonial Resistance 58:45

2+ y ago58:45

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In this episode, we say NO THANKS TO COLONIALISM. We expose the colonial mythology of Thanksgiving as the ideological support for Manifest Destiny and European/White North American colonial-capitalist domination; namely but not only the project of settler-colonialism. We speak with two activists and educators about the long history of anticolonial …

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The People’s War Radio Show, Episode #84: Deepening the Resistance to Police Terror--The 13th Annual Black People‘s March on the White House 58:01

2+ y ago58:01

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On November 6th and 7th, the Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations held its 13th Annual Black People’s March on the White House followed by its annual Conference in Washington DC. Africans, other colonized people and white people in solidarity gathered at Malcolm X Park and marched to Lafayette Park where they held a ral…

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The People’s War Radio Show, Episode #83: Live like Huey!--The African Working Class Defends the Legacy of Huey Newton 58:23

2+ y ago58:23

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On October 24, 2021, Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, was honored with the unveiling of a bronze bust at the intersection of Mandela Parkway and Dr. Huey P. Newton Way (formerly 9th street) in West Oakland, California. Ninth Street was changed to Dr. Huey P. Newton Way on what would have been Newton’s 79th Bir…

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The People’s War Radio Show, Episode #82: ”Stop stealing our babies”–African Women organize against CPS 55:57

2+ y ago55:57

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On October 24, 2021, the African National Women's Organization held the Arrest CPS organizing conference to bring together parents, organizers and lawyers as a strategy to strengthen parents’ defense of their children and offer a network of support that is rooted in empowering African families. The organizing conference featured panel discussions f…

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The People’s War Radio Show, Episode #81: ”Water more poisoned than Flint‘s”--Activists on the Benton Harbor Water Crisis 58:25

2+ y ago58:25

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Today on The People’s War Radio Show, we are looking at the water crisis in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Benton Harbor is 85 percent Black and more than 45 percent of the residents live below the poverty line. As far back as 2015, residents began to notice high amounts of lead in their water. Residents began to raise the alarm but local and state offic…

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The People’s War Radio Show, Episode #80: 55th Anniversary of ”The Battle of Algiers”: Anticolonialism, Revolutionary Film, and Afro-Asian Solidarity 59:08

2+ y ago59:08

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'Battle of Algiers' - Gillo Pontecorvo by kndynt2099 - Creative Commons At the height of the African Revolution of the 1960s, Italian Communist Filmmaker Gilo Pontecorvo released what is possibly his magnum opus, the greatest work of his career, The Battle of Algiers. The Battle of Algiers was shot in the streets of Algiers in a documentary style, …

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The People’s War Radio Show, Episode #79: The Road to Socialism is Painted Black! 54:10

2+ y ago54:10

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There is a growing interest in socialism amongst Black people in the United States. A recent poll by Axios/Momentive found that a growing sector of the US public favors socialism and a decreasing number of people favor capitalism. While the poll found that 41 percent of people in the US favored socialism and 49 percent favored capitalism, a number …

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