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#103 What is happening in Congo? - Kambale Musavuli Jan 10, 2024

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An in-depth look into what is currently taking place in DRC.

Kambale Musavuli, a native of the Democratic Republic of Congo and one of the leading political and cultural Congolese voices, is a social entrepreneur and an international human rights advocate working with youth groups across the African continent. He writes on issues affecting the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and has served for the past decade as the national spokesperson for the Friends of the Congo, a group that raises global consciousness about the situation in Congo and provides support to local institutions in Congo. He is currently an analyst at the Center for Research on Congo with a focus on Kwame Nkrumah’s legacy in the development of Ghana through a Pan-African lens.

My current organization’s website is https://www.cereck.org

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#102 ’Love’ in James Baldwin’s archive - Quincy Diallo Jan 02, 2024

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Starting the new year with a special episode on 'Love' in James Baldwin's archive.

Quincy Diallo is a double major in African-American studies and English at Yale University.

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#101 Organizing for Palestine in our contemporary moment - Arun Kundnani Dec 20, 2023

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Palestine remains the litmus test. As our movements continue to gain momentum, Arun and I discuss what are the stakes when organizing for Palestine in the west.

Arun Kundnani has been active in antiracist movements in Britain and the United States for three decades. He is a former editor of the journal Race & Class and was a scholar-in-residence at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library.

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#100 Israel, Zionism and Settler Colonialism - Professor Ronit Lentin Dec 03, 2023

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A historical overview of the creation of the Zionist state of Israel.

Professor Lentin's bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronit_Lentin

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#99 The Palestinian Condition - Yara Shoufani Nov 21, 2023

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In this episode, Yara Shoufani details what this current iteration of the Palestinian resistance represents for Palestinians specifically and the world more broadly.

Yara Shoufani is an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement in Toronto. She holds a master's in political science, with a research focus on colonisation and gentrification in Occupied Palestine.

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#98 Zionism, Antisemitism and The Western Left - Barnaby Raine Nov 11, 2023

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In this episode, Barnaby Raine succinctly details a history of Zionism whilst speaking to our current moment.

Barnaby Raine is an intellectual historian writing his PhD at Columbia University. His doctoral research seeks to explain the decline of thinking about the end of capitalism from Marx through to debates in twentieth century Britain, amid the end of formal empire. He holds a Masters in History from Columbia and a BA in History and Politics from Oxford. He has broad interests in the history of social theory and modern political thought, the history of the political left and methodological questions in intellectual history, as well as theories of contemporary antisemitism. His writing has appeared in The Guardian, n+1, and numerous other venues.

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[Call to action] Professor Russell Rickford’s address on Palestine Oct 19, 2023

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Professor Russell Rickford, whom I have had the fortunate experience of studying with, is under malicious attack from Zionists. His commitment to justice has been unwavering and there is a vicious campaign calling for his resignation. This baseless campaign is based on a 2 minuted doctored audio without context. Please find attached a petition that seeks to protect Professor Rickford and those who have the courage to affirm the basic humanity of Palestinians. Please share with others.

This audio is his speech in full, any well-meaning person listening will be able to understand how they have twisted his words.

Transcript to full speech found here

Petition: https://www.change.org/p/save-professor-russell-rickford-a-stand-for-academic-freedom-and-free-speech?recruiter=1319666233&recruited_by_id=c7672730-6ebb-11ee-ba2a-bfb0a48ef6e9&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_content=cl_sharecopy_37702492_en-US%3Acv_489296

#97 Coups in West Africa - Professor Siba Grovogui Sep 19, 2023

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Listen in to this important analysis of the recent coups in the West. Professor Siba Grovogui situates today's events in history

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Professor Grovogui is a professor of international relations theory and law at Cornell University.

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#96 The Life of Omar Blondin Diop - Florian Bobin Sep 18, 2023

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This episode is in honour of Omar Blondin Diop, as today marks his birthday. Listen in as we talk about this inspiring radical figure

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Florian Bobin is a Dakar-based researcher in history who studies liberation struggles and state violence in 1960s-1970s Senegal, author of a forthcoming biography of revolutionary philosopher Omar Blondin Dio.

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#95 History of the word ’woke’ and the modern war on it - Dr. Alana Lentin Sep 06, 2023

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In this episode, Deej and I discuss with Professor Alana Lentin the current war on "wokeism"

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Alana Lentin is Professor of Cultural and Social Analysis at Western Sydney University. She is a Jewish European woman who is a settler on Gadigal land (Sydney, Australia). She works on the critical theorization of race, racism and antiracism. Her latest book is Why Race Still Matters (Polity 2020) and she previously published The Crises of Multiculturalism: Racism in a neoliberal age with Gavan Titley (Zed, 2011). She co-edits the Rowman & Littlefield ‘Challenging Migration Studies’ books series and the ‘Decolonization and Social Worlds’ series at Bristol University Press. She is an editorial board member of Ethnic and Racial Studies and Identities among other journals. Her academic and media articles as well as videos, podcasts, and teaching materials can be found at www.alanalentin.net

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