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What are our lives worth? 32:30

9d ago32:30

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Cruising home from the dentist, had to get three teeth pulled yesterday. Went back to get ‘em checked and felt like recording. Excuse my weird mumbling voice, mouth is so sore can’t open it all the way! But, nevertheless, we have a pretty good discussion about some of the issues I’ve been dealing with personally around whether I’ve dedicated my sel…

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Sunday Thoughts 32:36

12d ago32:36

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Peace y’all I recorded this episode just to get some things that I’ve been on my mind out on the table for discussion. Any thoughts please respond to indefenseofliberation@gmail.com

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Lessons I’ve Learned (so far) from Sis Safiya Bukhari 46:53

22d ago46:53

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In this episode, I speak about some things I have been learning thanks to the elders and organizers, who have been in the movement for a while now; former Panthers, Black Liberation Army folks, MOVE and other collectives too, who have taught me much, and introduced me too many people who otherwise I may have never heard of. Sister Bukhari is one of…

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A Call to the “Movement” 42:05

1M ago42:05

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I recorded this to bring some questions and contradictions up that I and Others have experienced while trying to organize in different so-called movements. I gave a brief introduction to start us out about Black August, and go into a discussion of my own failures criticisms of myself, criticisms of this notion of so-called movements, in the form of…

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The Right of Humanity to Struggle and Life 50:17

1M ago50:17

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In this episode, I again engaged the idea that revolution and resistance are the most natural characteristics of any living organism, and any human being, who faces oppression and exploitation. If we do not struggle to build a world based on the needs of the masses of people who are illiterate, who go hungry, who are homeless and who are made to su…

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Colonialism + Imperialism in Our Lifetime: How They’ve Sustained Themselves + How to Stop Them 10:13

2M ago10:13

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A reading of my most recent blog post which can be read at https://defenseofliberation.wixsite.com/website/post/colonialism-and-imperialism-in-our-lifetime-how-they-ve-sustained-themselves-and-how-to-stop-them

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What Has the Global South Given to Us? 59:58

2M ago59:58

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In day to day life we’re taught and expected to believe that the Global South is inevitably poor and will remain that way forever - but is that true? What has the global South done for humanity? Have they always just been subjected to slavery, colonialism and imperialism? Have they had other histories? And what did/do they do as they resist oppress…

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Free Pedro Castillo! Down with Boularte Regime! All Power to the People of Peru! (With Clau O'Brien Mosocoso) 1:18:05

2M ago1:18:05

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Peace everyone! Sorry for the delay, but finally here goes the episode with Clau O'Brien Moscoso! We discuss the issues happening in Peru right now surrounding the illegal detainment and abuse of Pedro Castillo, the democratically elected president of Peru, and the subsequent coup by Dina Boularte, the reactionary Congress, and the US-backed forces…

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Intro to Socialism (One of many!) 10:29

2M ago10:29

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In this episode, I discuss some of the different key characteristics of the process of Socialism, without getting much in depth, and hope to discuss more on this soon

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Connections, Collaboration, and Freedom Fighting 34:41

2M ago34:41

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In this episode, I talk about some of the reflections from an episode of activist news network that aired a couple days ago with comrades Dequi, Kalonji, Haki, Frank and Ryan. They spoke, not only about the recent passing of Dr. Mutulu Shakur and the importance of his, his work, his revolutionary struggles and his comrades/loved ones; about the imp…

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What can we do to overcome the difficulties in organizing, and among people? 9:22

3M ago9:22

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What sort of tactics, strategies, organizations, movements, or things can we be doing, learning, trying, and moving with to overcome the issues in organizing and the difficulties we have in connecting w folks on the ground and building power? This is an open ended invitation to anyone to come on the show and discuss this w me - would love to hear y…

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Where is the seriousness in organizing? 25:58

3M ago25:58

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Name says it all - we’re talking about some frustrations, fears, hesitation and lack of clarity when it comes to organizing

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“Freedom” in the Land of the Cell on Fourth of You-Lie! 13:13

3M ago13:13

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What is freedom to an “American” today? Let’s get a conversation started. Can someone be free while being imprisoned? Poor? Oppressed? Racially discriminated? Disabled?

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Spirit of Mandela - International Tribunal - People’s Senate 10:28

3M ago10:28

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In this episode, we talk about the 2021 international tribunal on the human rights, abuses against black, brown, and indigenous peoples. Its history and its importance must be understood. We then talk about the spirit of Mandela briefly and the people senate initiate which more info on both can be found at Spiritofmandela.org…

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Morning Commute 6/25/2023 9:32

3M ago9:32

9:32

What’s up folks, little check in episode a bit more laid back, talking about some workplace stuffs and some general organizing ideas

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Why is Mass Organizing so important? 10:11

3M ago10:11

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In this we discuss in brief some examples and ideas of what organizing is and can look like among people everywhere, and why it is so important !

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Expansion of Human Rights vs Rights of Humanity 11:33

3M ago11:33

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More on the discussion of importance of focusing on the needs of human beings not vague ideals of “Human Rights” in a world full of oppression, violence and poverty

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“Human rights” vs the Rights of Humanity 11:31

3M ago11:31

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In this episode, we talk about how frequent it is conveyed that the most important thing to humankind are these vague notions of human rights. Yet as Dr. Fidel Castro told us many times, there is a difference between human rights and the rights of humanity. There can be no discussion of human rights in the name of billions who live without so much …

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Updates! 10:10

3M ago10:10

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Updates on some of the organizing I’ve been doing, calls for support, and mentions of struggles such as the Hands off Uhuru movement and the stop cop city movement

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Introduction to “Power” 11:59

3M ago11:59

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What is power? Is it simply military force? Is it the ability to persuade, to control, to dictate? Or is it more, less, why is power important, why do we care? Some questions we go over and cover in today’s episode.

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Relationships and Organizing 42:21

3M ago42:21

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In this episode we talk about the lack of true connection and humanity within organizing, and the need for developing true relations with the most oppressed and organizing towards their political, social, and economic control to be vested in their own hands!

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Basta las palabras; necesitamos acción! 1:14:36

3M ago1:14:36

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In this episode, we read from the October 12, 1979 UN General assembly speech given by Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz, on the necessity to end the suffering of the poor, the sick, and the ignorant, not through bombs, not through words, but through Liberation, Struggle, Unity, internationalism, and revolution. We then talk a little bit more about this and I h…

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Environmentalism, and the Struggle for Long-Term, Strong Organization 1:33:38

4M ago1:33:38

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In this episode we speak about the Nova Scotia fires that are going on now, past practices of forest burning by indigenous nations/people, environmentalism, and the issues of spontaneity, disorganization, and a lack of cohesion among the different movements, parties, groups, etc. in the US and internationally.…

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What is “Pride” without Organization and Political Power? 1:20:03

4M ago1:20:03

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In this episode I interrogate the capture of “pride month” and the uselessness of the commodification or “representation” or LGBTQIA+ folks if they do NOT have FIRST political power. We talk about what organizing is and what it isn’t, and how to get involved, plus some examples of how reactionism and fat right ideology seeps in even to the progress…

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Democracy Under Capitalism - What is it? 1:30:30

4M ago1:30:30

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Does democracy exist? What is it? What isn’t it? What are we told about it? Where do these ideas come from? Can capitalism, a system based on exploitation, profit, and oppression, truly be “liberal”, “free” or “Democratic”? For more on this and maybe an answer or to, give this episode a listen!

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Claudia Jones, Walter Rodney and Caribbean/African Struggles 59:39

4M ago59:39

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In this episode I discuss some recent books that I’ve finished and been reading about Walter Rodney, Fidel Castro, Claudia Jones, and the struggles for liberation in the Caribbean, Africa and the domestic colonies of and owned by the United States

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Expanded Intro: Capitalism, Commodity Production and Imperialism 46:25

4M ago46:25

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In this episode, we expand on two previous episodes, one on capitalist exploitation, and the other on imperialism. In this episode, we talk about commodity production under capitalism, and especially, the shift from production for the use and needs of society to the production, for the sake of exchange and profit from exchange solely for the owning…

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An introduction to Imperialism 9:47

4M ago9:47

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In this episode, similarly to other reason, short introductory episodes, we go over the topic of imperialism in nine minutes. Of course, this doesn’t come close to covering every aspect or the historical development of the phenomenon known as Capitalism imperialism, however, it does bring us into a bit better have an understanding that the majority…

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Intro into Capitalist Exploitation 15:03

4M ago15:03

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New segment alert! Since my drives are now less than 10 mins to work morning commutes will be very hard to record, so it will be becoming a much shorter episode - usually from 10-25 minutes - on the introduction to common, complex, or complicated ideas, histories, figures, theories, etc. in order to try to create and provide intro sources for folks…

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Afternoon commute: 5/18/2023 1:21:02

4M ago1:21:02

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In this episode, we talk about the Cuban revolution, Claudia Jones, Walter Rodney, the importance of social relations, the necessity to focus on the most oppressed in the most exploited, as well as introducing, some of the ways in which western leftists, have tended to make mistakes on the question of legitimate revolution, and what it takes…

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On the Eve of “Mother’s Day” We Demand Liberation for All! 58:57

4M ago58:57

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Tomorrow is Mother’s Day, but what does that mean in a capitalist society? What does it mean to get your mom a card and a box of chocolates when she literally brought you to life? In this episode, we talk about the oppression of women generally, and especially the particular oppression of those who give birth, who are not women, the struggle of LGB…

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Interview with John Perry - Living in Nicaragua - In Defense of the Sandinista Revolution! 33:59

4M ago33:59

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I want to thank John for coming on the program to speak about his experience having lived in Nicaragua for the last 20 or so years, meeting his lovely partner there, doing solidarity work with folks in Nicaragua, in the UK, the US Empire, and around the world. John is also an author and journalist who has written and spoken about his experiences, e…

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Episode with Sina from East is a Podcast 1:10:39

4M ago1:10:39

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In this episode me and Sina speak about a range of topics beginning with Sina's feelings waking up every morning to check his phone and see "what unspeakable crimes the Empire has committed today", along with growing up as he called himself, "a citizen subject" of the US Empire, as many immigrants or simply non-white people have to deal with. We al…

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ALL Support for the African People’s Socialist Party and the Black Liberation Movement! 26:48

5M ago26:48

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For folks who don’t know the APSP (African People’s Socialist Party) leadership has been indicted under trumped up charges alleging that the APSP leadership “spread malign influence” on behalf of “foreign governments” without properly “registering” with FARA, as well as including an undertone accusation off inciting racial or national-based hatred …

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Interview with Rookery Press - Publishers of Volume One of the "Collected Works of the Black Liberation Army" 1:12:59

5M ago1:12:59

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I am so excited to share this episode with you folks, big shoutout to Rookery Press for coming on the program to discuss the first volume of the "Collected Works of the Black Liberation Army" We discuss the history of the BLA, why the comrades at Rookery Press chose to produce the works they did, how they were able to access these files and republi…

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Intro to the Discussion on Terrorism and Mass Shootings 23:20

5M ago23:20

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This episode, I briefly discuss some of what was brought up in a fantastic discussion within the black alliance for peace solidarity network on mass shootings, terrorism, and acts of systematized violence. As I mentioned, this is only an introduction, so do not expect groundbreaking analysis however, I believe some of the points which Ayeh and othe…

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Rising Tide of Reaction and Resistance 1:48:33

6M ago1:48:33

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In this episode we discuss a bunch of countries and movements happening around the world, but first we begin by reading a section from the "Collected Works of the Black Liberation Army" by Rookery Press on Capitalist exploitation, profits, and monopolies. This introduces us to the discussion of resistance struggles happening in India, Peru, Haiti, …

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What the fuck is “Democracy”? 48:33

6M ago48:33

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In this episode, I begin our discussion on democracy, by investigating some of the main stream philosophers’ quotes - from ancient Greek and Roman societies, the enlightenment, and colonial times to today - to get us started. this leads us into a discussion about whether this “Democracy” is a lie, a mythology, or a real-material description of a sy…

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Interview with Dr. Gerald Horne 1:10:26

6M ago1:10:26

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We are so thankful to have had Dr. Horne on to talk with us about a wide-range of topics. Thank you again Dr. Horne! We began by speaking about some of the early experiences of Dr. Horne's life, growing up in Apartheid, Jim Crow USA as a young black man, being a paperboy, listening to the radio and the news at home, his parents love of the Brooklyn…

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Global War: The 101s of US Empire - the USA is a WAR MACHINE! 42:13

6M ago42:13

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Welcome to a (possible) new series - Global War - where we will focus on the developing conflicts, events, wars and regime change efforts of the US Empire and its NATO and other allies. In this episode we discuss, very very briefly, how the US came into existence, Spanish, English, Dutch and other European “exploration”, corporations, and colonizat…

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Why We’re All Poor 35:48

6M ago35:48

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In this episode I talk about the necessity for oppressed people/nations, workers, and unemployed people to be forced into impoverishment and dependency, degradation and oppression. I also talk some more about the documents in the recently published Collected Works of the Black Liberation Army, especially on class, subjectivism, and dialectics/diale…

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Interpersonal Relations in Organizing and in Life 40:21

6M ago40:21

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In this episode we talk about how institutions and practices of slavery, colonization, and imperialism lead to the necessity for racism, sexism, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Transphobia, and therein effect all interpersonal human relations. Whether you are a socialist, communist, etc. you should, I should, we should, all work on investigating ourselve…

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Real Revolution is not just Ideas, Critiques and Criticism but Practice, Study, Action and Relations 1:27:27

6M ago1:27:27

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This episode goes all over the place talking about the confusion of “Socialism”, and how a real revolution will never be perfect or pure, but real, built on the mistakes, practices, struggles, failures histories and ideas of those who’ve come before us, who have both failed and succeeded themselves. We must understand also that these lessons and hi…

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Censorship, Left/Right Alliances and the Confusion of the Western Left 1:06:53

6M ago1:06:53

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In this episode we begin by discussing some of the international news stories of the week, such as Saudi Arabia and Iran committing to a path towards re-establishing diplomatic ties through the negotiations held in Beijing with the help of China; the 10 year anniversary of the passing of Hugo Chavez, who took on the mantle of leading the Bolivarian…

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Morning Commute - 3/6/2023 33:30

7M ago33:30

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In this episode we discuss the National Day of Action on March 9th, and the DC rally on March 18th among other events coming up; we chat about international capitalism’s and imperialism’s need for control, exploitation, wealth accumulation, etc. and how our struggles around the world must find ways to unite and struggle for our shared and independe…

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The Psychology and Reality of Colonialism, Capitalism and Imperialism 1:09:13

7M ago1:09:13

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In this episode we begin by sharing our explicit support and solidarity with the revolutionary masses, parties and governments of Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Vietnam, China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Iran, Palestine and elsewhere. We then speak about oppression, class society, colonialism and its consequences psychologically, socially,…

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International Women’s Month and the importance of study and revolution 40:54

7M ago40:54

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In this episode, we talk about the sham holiday known as women’s month or whatever bullshit it is called in the states, and the difference between this and international working women’s day that was established in the Soviet union. We also talk about the importance of study and understanding history as an active force in our daily struggle, as well…

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Oppressed People’s Liberation and the Class Struggle 41:18

7M ago41:18

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In this episode we talk about a bunch of shit and how different struggles are interrelated, and require inter-organizing, such as tenant orgs with food pantries or clothing aid, or community gardens with self defense and political education classes. But we must also recognize that the struggles in Peru, Mali, Burkina Faso, Russia China and North Am…

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Intro into Groundings with my Brothers by Walter Rodney 35:58

7M ago35:58

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Who is Walter Rodney? We go over his famous work, “Groundings with my Brothers” and some of his history, the different chapters and what they discuss and why this work is so important. This is ONLY an intro, please check out other content, YouTube videos, Rodney’s speeches and writings, and the Walter Rodney Foundation!…

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African Liberation NOT simply “Black History” 38:59

7M ago38:59

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In this episode we discuss how February and “Black History Month” distracts from the ongoing African liberation struggles, their revolutionary character, action, and ideology, and enforces individualism, wealth accumulation, private property, capitalism and imperialism.

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