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26. 2020 Democratic Primary Debates - Round 1 - w/Anoa Changa -Left POCket Project Podcast Jun 28, 2019

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...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/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

25. The Colonizer & The Colonized Pt2 - Left POCket Project Podcast Jun 21, 2019

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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/podcast/leftp…d1329313097?mt=2 or search "LeftPOC" in podcasts

The Colonizer & The Colonized Pt1 - #ReadingRevolution- Left POCket Project Podcast Ep 24 (@LeftPOC) Jun 03, 2019

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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

From the Bullet to the Ballot:Black Organizing in Chicago w/Jakobi Williams - @LeftPOC Podcast Ep 23 Mar 22, 2019

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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=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmrnull Jeffrey Haas - The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther https://www.amazon.com/Assassination-Fred-Hampton-Chicago-Murdered/dp/1569767092/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=The+assassination+of+Fred+Hampton+%3A+how+the+FBI+and+the+Chicago+police+murdered+a+Black+Panther&qid=1553292441&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmrnull Joshua Bloom - Black against Empire: The History of Politics of the Black Panther Party https://www.amazon.com/Black-against-Empire-Politics-Foundation/dp/0520293282/ref=sxbs_sxwds-stvp?keywords=black+panthers+chicago&pd_rd_i=0520293282&pd_rd_r=58cd0e1a-b13a-4807-91f2-e8517fade348&pd_rd_w=I4Z37&pd_rd_wg=MfSmd&pf_rd_p=5c5ea0d7-2437-4d8a-88a7-ea6f32aeac11&pf_rd_r=X0J9HNE1YYJXWNAK8MKJ&qid=1553292465&s=gateway Robyn C. Spencer - The Revolution Has Come: Black Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party in Oakland https://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Has-Come-Panther-Oakland/dp/0822362864/ref=pd_sim_14_4/145-7285454-7271234?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0822362864&pd_rd_r=0212ec40-4cef-11e9-889b-8de6206c1d4a&pd_rd_w=86PET&pd_rd_wg=LTn69&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=071FSN36JB6G6JG6NQKN&psc=1&refRID=071FSN36JB6G6JG6NQKN Davarian L. Baldwin - Chicago's New Negroes: Modernity, the Great Migration, and Black Urban Life https://www.amazon.com/Chicagos-New-Negroes-Modernity-Migration/dp/0807857998/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=black+chicago&qid=1553292916&rnid=2941120011&s=books&sr=1-7 Poor People’s Campaign https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/ -- 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 iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/leftp…d1329313097?mt=2 or search "LeftPOC" in podcasts Support: Patreon: patreon.com/leftpoc

Pedagogy of the Oppressed Pt 3-#ReadingRevolution w/Richard - Left POCket Project Podcast - Ep 22 Mar 08, 2019

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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  --  Interact:  Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC  Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc  Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc  Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc Curious Cat: www.curiouscat.me/leftpoc  Soundcloud: soundcloud[dot]com/leftpoc  Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc  iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/leftp…d1329313097?mt=2 or search "LeftPOC" in podcasts Support:  Patreon: patreon.com/leftpoc

Pedagogy of the Oppressed - Pt2 - #ReadingRevolution w.Richard- Left POCket Project Podcast - Ep 21 Feb 14, 2019

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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 Failure to Protect School Girls in Liberia" https://africasacountry.com/2018/10/a-terrible-failure-to-protect-school-girls-in-liberia "Teach for America: The Hidden Curriculum of Liberal Do-Gooders" https://jacobinmag.com/2011/12/teach-for-america -- 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 Curious Cat: www.curiouscat.me/leftpoc  Soundcloud: soundcloud[dot]com/leftpoc  Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc  iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/leftp…d1329313097?mt=2 or search "LeftPOC" in podcasts Support:  Patreon: patreon.com/leftpoc

Pedagogy of the Oppressed - Pt1 - #ReadingRevolution w.Richard- Left POCket Project Podcast - Ep 20 Jan 20, 2019

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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  --  Interact:  Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC  Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc  Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc  Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc Curious Cat: www.curiouscat.me/leftpoc  Soundcloud: soundcloud[dot]com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/leftp…d1329313097?mt=2 or search "LeftPOC" in podcasts Support:  Patreon: patreon.com/leftpoc

"Year in Review" (w/Richard) - Episode 19 - Left POCket Project Podcast Dec 22, 2018

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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.democracynow.org/2017/9/28/french_activist_emmanuel_macron_is_younger -- Environmental Issues Billionaires Are the Leading Cause of Climate Change https://www.gq.com/story/billionaires-climate-change Corporations Grabbing Land and Water Overseas https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/corporations-grabbing-land-and-water-overseas/ The Problem with "Overpopulation" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYuo2QdNu88 Link to Pedagogy of the Oppressed for our upcoming discussion: https://www.patreon.com/posts/readingrevolutio-23145180 -- 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/ Curious Cat: www.curiouscat.me/leftpoc Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud[dot]com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/leftp…d1329313097?mt=2 or search "LeftPOC" in podcasts Support: Patreon: patreon.com/leftpoc

"It's Like the Country's on Fire" - Left POCket Project Podcast- Episode 18 (w/ Richard) - @LeftPOC Aug 22, 2018

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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/world/2018/aug/06/brazil-shuts-border-venezuelan-migrants (Related update: “Brazil rules out closing border to Venezuelan immigrants” https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/brazil-rules-closing-border-venezuelan-immigrants-57293537) Ataques a venezuelanos são açulados por fake news brasileiras (“Attacks against Venezuelans are spurred by Brazilian fake news”) https://nocaute.blog.br/2018/08/19/ataque-a-venezuelanos/ "Tell Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: stand by your principles — stand with Palestine!" https://mondoweiss.net/2018/07/alexandria-principles-palestine/ “Twenty Years On: The War on Terror in East Africa” https://items.ssrc.org/twenty-years-on-the-war-on-terror-in-east-africa/ --- 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 Curious Cat: www.curiouscat.me/leftpoc  Soundcloud: soundcloud[dot]com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/leftp…d1329313097?mt=2 or search "LeftPOC" in podcasts  Support:  Patreon: patreon.com/leftpoc

Left POCket Project Podcast (@LeftPOC) - JULY UPDATE Jul 17, 2018

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

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