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Learning Economics As Anarchist W/ Brooke From Strangers In A Tangled Wilderness13 juin 202601:32:09

What can economics teach anarchists, organizers, and people trying to build a different world?

Jordan sits down with Brooke of Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness and Live Like the World Is Dying for a conversation on economics, anarchism, and building alternatives to capitalism. Brooke shares her journey from journalism student to economist, bookkeeper, and organizer while breaking down economic concepts in accessible terms. Together, they explore how economic systems shape our lives, why understanding them matters for social change, and what cooperative, participatory, and anarchist approaches to economics might look like in practice.

From central banking and inflation to co-ops, buying clubs, and collective ownership, this episode is an invitation to think critically about how we organize resources

Mentioned Media:

together or not at all: TangledWilderness.org/zines/together-or-not-at-all-digital



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(ENG) The Anarchist Group In Sudan On Why We Need Anarchism23 mai 202600:26:57

In this episode, Fawaz and Dr. Mohamed Abdou continue their conversation on anarchism, authoritarianism, and the future of resistance in Sudan and beyond. Beginning with the question ā€œDo we need anarchism?ā€, the discussion explores anarchism not as a rigid ideology or replacement religion, but as a living culture of freedom, mutual aid, and resistance to domination. Together, they examine how authoritarianism reproduces itself through the modern state, capitalism, propaganda, nationalism, and even within revolutionary movements themselves.

The episode dives into the limits of armed struggle in Sudan, the failures of nationalist and Marxist movements, and the dangers of revolutionary groups becoming authoritarian structures of their own. Fawaz reflects on the Sudanese revolution, the collapse of resistance committees, the rise of militias like the RSF, and why many armed movements ultimately become absorbed into the systems they claim to fight. The conversation also explores spirituality, Islamic anarchism, anti-colonial struggle, and the importance of building counter-propaganda and grassroots systems rooted in solidarity rather than hierarchy.

From the Zapatistas to Palestine, from the Makhnovists to Sudan’s local mutual aid networks, this episode asks what real liberation could look like in a world shaped by empire, war, and centralized power. Rather than offering easy answers, the conversation challenges listeners to think critically about revolution, culture, violence, and how communities can build alternatives beyond the state.


English Transcript: substack.com/pub/tdugout/p/eng-the-anarchist-group-in-sudan


CHAPTERS

00:00 Episode Intro and Links

01:22 Why We Need Anarchism

05:16 Belonging and Practice

06:31 Martyrdom and Organization

09:01 Islamic Anarchism and State Power

12:54 Counter Propaganda in Revolution

17:00 Goals of Anarchism

18:22 Armed Struggle in Sudan

20:48 Janjaweed and Brutalization

23:25 Global Struggles and Identity

25:57 Closing Thanks and Farewell


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(ENG) The Anarchist Group In Sudan On Building A Third Line18 mai 202600:27:46

In this episode, Sudanese anarchist organizer Fawaz joins Dr. Mohamed Abdou for a wide-ranging conversation on the war in Sudan, authoritarianism, colonialism, and the struggle for liberation beyond the state. Together, they unpack the roots of the conflict between the Sudanese army and the RSF, tracing how colonial borders, militarized tribal divisions, resource extraction, and regional powers have shaped decades of violence and displacement. The discussion explores how authoritarian systems manufacture chaos in order to sustain control, while ordinary people are left to survive genocide, war economies, and social fragmentation.

The episode also examines the relationship between spirituality, anarchism, and resistance, questioning how religion, nationalism, and identity are weaponized by both colonial and post-colonial states. Fawaz and Dr. Abdou reflect on the construction of violence, the manipulation of children and communities through fear, and the failures of both capitalist and authoritarian leftist projects across the world. At the same time, they highlight traditions of mutual aid, self-organization, and local survival networks already emerging in Sudan through community-run schools, hospitals, and grassroots support systems.

Rather than offering simple answers, this conversation challenges dominant narratives around ā€œstability,ā€ international law, and liberation politics, while arguing for a ā€œthird lineā€ independent of both military factions and foreign powers. From Darfur to Gaza, from the Arab Spring to anarchist organizing in Sudan, this episode is a deep discussion on resistance, dignity, pluralism, and what it means to build genuinely liberatory movements in the shadow of empire.

TRANSCRIPT: https://tdugout.substack.com/p/eng-the-anarchist-group-in-sudan

CHAPTERS

00:00Ā Show Intro And Links

00:41Ā Meet Kandake

01:34Ā Episode Setup Third Line

02:42Ā Sudan War Overview

04:17Ā Darfur Roots And RSF

06:02Ā Chaos Economy And Genocide

07:47Ā Modern State And Colonialism

11:02Ā Authoritarianism And Spirituality

15:10Ā Children Violence And Identity

19:11Ā Pluralism Against Centralization

22:45Ā Movement Status And Support

24:06Ā Anarchist Vision Third Line

26:58Ā Closing Call For Coalition


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MOVE Through A Black Anarchist Perspective09 mai 202601:08:13

Before the city of Philadelphia dropped a bomb on a Black neighborhood, MOVE spent over a decade building one of the most uncompromising radical organizations in American history. Founded by John Africa in the early 1970s, MOVE combined Black liberation politics with a sweeping critique of modern civilization — technology, education, government, and "the system" itself. In this episode, we trace MOVE's arc from their communal house in Powelton Village to the 1978 standoff that sent nine members to prison, to the catastrophic 1985 bombing that killed 11 people and burned down 61 homes. Along the way, we wrestle with hard questions: What made MOVE so compelling — and so controversial? What does the state's response tell us about the limits of Black radical organizing? And what do we do with organizations that cause harm while also facing tremendous repression?

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro & How did you first learn about MOVE?

11:17 MOVE's origins: John Africa, *The Guidelines*, and life in Powelton Village

23:20 The 1978 Powelton Village standoff, the MOVE 9, and the road to the 1985 bombing

29:08 The complicated history: internal conflict, harm allegations, and neighbor relations

29:35 MOVE's beliefs, the GUIDELINES, and how they organized day-to-day

37:15 Discussion: Is being disruptive or playing the "vanguard" actually useful in revolutionary movements?

40:20 Hierarchy, accountability, and how power worked (and didn't) inside MOVE

46:45 Allegations of harm within MOVE and Mike Africa Jr.'s role in the organization's legacy today

51:30 When is Black separatism a useful political strategy?

01:00:00 Outro

(ARABIC) The Anarchist Group In Sudan On Why We Need Anarchism07 mai 202601:22:21


In this episode, Fawaz and Dr. Mohamed Abdou continue their conversation on anarchism, authoritarianism, and the future of resistance in Sudan and beyond. Beginning with the question ā€œDo we need anarchism?ā€, the discussion explores anarchism not as a rigid ideology or replacement religion, but as a living culture of freedom, mutual aid, and resistance to domination. Together, they examine how authoritarianism reproduces itself through the modern state, capitalism, propaganda, nationalism, and even within revolutionary movements themselves.

The episode dives into the limits of armed struggle in Sudan, the failures of nationalist and Marxist movements, and the dangers of revolutionary groups becoming authoritarian structures of their own. Fawaz reflects on the Sudanese revolution, the collapse of resistance committees, the rise of militias like the RSF, and why many armed movements ultimately become absorbed into the systems they claim to fight. The conversation also explores spirituality, Islamic anarchism, anti-colonial struggle, and the importance of building counter-propaganda and grassroots systems rooted in solidarity rather than hierarchy.

From the Zapatistas to Palestine, from the Makhnovists to Sudan’s local mutual aid networks, this episode asks what real liberation could look like in a world shaped by empire, war, and centralized power. Rather than offering easy answers, the conversation challenges listeners to think critically about revolution, culture, violence, and how communities can build alternatives beyond the state.

Read English transcript on Substack: substack.com/home/post/p-196826773

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(ARABIC) The Anarchist Group In Sudan On Building A Third Line07 mai 202601:32:37


In this debut episode, Sudanese anarchist organizer Fawaz joins Dr. Mohamed Abdou for a wide-ranging conversation on the war in Sudan, authoritarianism, colonialism, and the struggle for liberation beyond the state. Together, they unpack the roots of the conflict between the Sudanese army and the RSF, tracing how colonial borders, militarized tribal divisions, resource extraction, and regional powers have shaped decades of violence and displacement. The discussion explores how authoritarian systems manufacture chaos in order to sustain control, while ordinary people are left to survive genocide, war economies, and social fragmentation.

The episode also examines the relationship between spirituality, anarchism, and resistance, questioning how religion, nationalism, and identity are weaponized by both colonial and post-colonial states. Fawaz and Dr. Abdou reflect on the construction of violence, the manipulation of children and communities through fear, and the failures of both capitalist and authoritarian leftist projects across the world. At the same time, they highlight traditions of mutual aid, self-organization, and local survival networks already emerging in Sudan through community-run schools, hospitals, and grassroots support systems.

Rather than offering simple answers, this conversation challenges dominant narratives around ā€œstability,ā€ international law, and liberation politics, while arguing for a ā€œthird lineā€ independent of both military factions and foreign powers. From Darfur to Gaza, from the Arab Spring to anarchist organizing in Sudan, this episode is a deep discussion on resistance, dignity, pluralism, and what it means to build genuinely liberatory movements in the shadow of empire.


Read English transcript on our Substack: open.substack.com/pub/tdugout/p/arabic-the-anarchist-group-in-sudan


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Rafales: Black Autonomy & Prefigurative Politics (In Conversation in Montreal)05 mai 202601:40:52

Recorded live at Rafales (the anarchist learning camp hosted by ORA (Organisation RƩvolutionnaire Anarchiste) in Montreal).

We sat down with Zoya, one of the organizers, to dig into what Black autonomy actually looks like in practice: as theory, as daily organizing, and as a framework that refuses to wait for someone else's revolution to be finished first. From prefigurative politics to Afro-pessimism, from the Black Liberation Army to Cooperation Jackson, from Standing Rock to the Anarchist Group in Sudan, this conversation traces the lineage of Black radical struggle across generations and geographies. We also get into what it means to show up as Black folks in a diaspora full of contradictions; navigating immigrant families, queer identity, settler land, and the ever-present question of who solidarity is actually for.

Edited by Badger

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About Rafales: https://ora-rao.org/rafales-en/

Organisation RƩvolutionnaire Anarchiste: https://www.instagram.com/ora.rao.rev/

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Media Mentioned

Books

  • Lose Your Mother — Saidiya Hartman
  • Afropessimism — Frank B. Wilderson III
  • Tip of the Spear — Orisanmi Burton
  • The Autobiography of Malcolm X — Malcolm X & Alex Haley
  • Assata: An Autobiography — Assata Shakur
  • In Defense of Looting — Vicky Osterweil
  • Fear of the Black Nation — David Austin
  • An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States — Kyle T. Mays
  • Seven Fallen Feathers — Tanya Talaga
  • How Europe Underdeveloped Africa — Walter Rodney

Documentaries

  • Dope Is Death — dir. Mia Donovan (Young Lords & acupuncture in North America)
  • The Takeover — on the Young Lords' hospital occupation

Thinkers & Figures Referenced

  • Kuwasi Balagoon (New Afrikan anarchist, BLA, Panther 21)
  • Saidiya Hartman & Sylvia Wynter
  • Ruth Wilson Gilmore
  • James Baldwin
  • AmĆ­lcar Cabral
  • W.E.B. Du Bois & Marcus Garvey
  • Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael)
  • C.L.R. James

Organizations & Projects

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EPISODE CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro

09:33 – What Does Black Autonomy Actually Mean to You?

19:29 – How Does Black Autonomy Push Beyond Liberal Inclusion Politics?

30:01 – What Are Prefigurative Politics and Why Do They Matter?

35:30 – What Does Prefigurative Organizing Look Like in Real Life?

40:53 – How Do Black Autonomy and Indigenous Sovereignty Connect?

47:48 – What Does Real Solidarity Look Like Beyond Symbolic Support?

52:06 – Which Political Thinkers Shape Your Vision of Black Liberation?

56:43 – What Does Afro-Pessimism Get Right—and Where Does It Fall Short?

01:00:54 – How Do Gender, Queerness, and Disability Shape Liberation Struggles?

A Constellation Of Revolutions: An Interview with JAMES STOUT 25 avr. 202601:49:01

In this episode, we sit down with James Stout, a conflict reporter and author of Against the State: Anarchists and Comrades at War in Spain, Myanmar, and Rojava, to talk about solidarity, journalism, and what it means to document struggle without reproducing the logic of the state.

We begin with solidarity with Sudan and trace James’s path from growing up rural to finding anarchism and becoming a conflict reporter. From Venezuela to the DariĆ©n Gap, we explore what it looks like to practice kindness in conflict zones and why mainstream media so often misses the role of love, care, and mutual aid in struggle.

The conversation moves through communes, gardens, and the small everyday ways people resist, before digging into solidarity journalism and rejecting the myth of objectivity.

From there, we get into the core ideas behind his book, including lessons from Myanmar’s decentralized resistance, debates around anarchist military formations, and what history teaches us from Spain to today. We unpack questions of violence, accountability, dual power, alongside reflections on internationalism and unity under pressure.

We close with advice for ethical journalists, thoughts on revolutionary strategy, and a reminder that even in the harshest conditions, kindness and solidarity remain central to building a different world.

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jamesstout.net

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01:00 Meet James Stout

02:10 Growing Up Rural

04:32 Finding Anarchism

11:54 Kindness in Conflict Zones

14:38 Venezuela Lessons

19:31 Communes and Gardens

23:23 Small Ways of Saying No

27:53 Solidarity Journalism

34:28 Rejecting Objectivity Myths

36:58 Darien Gap Reporting

37:44 Solidarity In The Darien

38:30 Why Media Misses Love

40:24 Becoming A Conflict Reporter

41:54 Decolonizing Outdoor Journalism

43:47 Cool Zone Origin Story

44:48 Myanmar 3D Printed Revolution

46:55 Editors Miss The Context

48:43 Podcasting Into Mutual Aid

53:37 What The Book Covers

53:51 Gen Z Army Consensus

56:48 Against The State Explained

01:02:44 Tech Mill And Critique

01:12:51 Internationalism And Unity

01:14:18 No Monopoly on Violence

01:15:43 Revolution Under Pressure

01:18:29 Mushroom Organizing and Dual Power

01:22:22 Why Anarcho Syndicalism Declined

01:27:08 Spain Timing and Counterfactuals

01:30:16 Afterlives of the Revolution

01:35:49 Accountable Armed Formations

01:39:21 Advice for Ethical Journalists

01:42:19 Anarchist Military Innovations

01:47:22 Closing Kindness and Where to Find

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Mentioned Media:

BOOKSĀ 

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How We Make THE DUGOUT (step by step guide to making a Black radical podcast)20 avr. 202600:36:51

Ever wondered how an episode of The Dugout comes together?
We take you behind the scenes of how we make The Dugout: from how the podcast started, to researching topics, booking guests, recording, editing, and posting episodes online. We break down our full process, talk about the challenges of building independent media, and share what goes into making a Black anarchist podcast with limited resources.
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00:00 Intro

02:21 How We Started THE DUGOUT

06:35 How we PLAN podcast episodes

10:13 Behind The Scenes - How We Interview

15:04 How we RECORD the podcast

21:01 On POST PRODUCTION (editing audio, programs, etc)

30:24 Uploading our podcast to platforms

35:04 Outro

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The Movement Is Not Stagnant: Interview With ZOLO AZANIA | BLACK PANTHER SPEAKS12 avr. 202601:34:38

This episode traces a powerful political and personal journey, from early childhood memories and family roots in Missouri to a deep engagement with Black radical politics, incarceration, and revolutionary thought. Beginning with formative lessons from family and life on the land, the conversation moves through experiences of schooling, racial identity, and the impact of media in shaping self image and political awareness.

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A turning point emerges during Black History Week, opening the door to a broader understanding of history, resistance, and imagination. From there, we explore the influence of civil rights struggles, the demographic and political landscape of Gary, Indiana, and the role of figures like Malcolm X in shaping a generation’s consciousness. The episode dives into the rise of the Black Panther Party, why it resonated so deeply, and how state repression, especially through COINTELPRO, targeted radical movements.

We also examine the role of prison as a site of political education, the importance of reading and self reeducation, and the challenges of confronting propaganda and internalized narratives. The conversation expands outward to connect Black liberation struggles with global movements, including the Spanish Civil War and broader communist traditions.

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EPISODE CHAPTERS

01:03 Early Childhood Memories
01:59 Grandfather Finger Lesson
04:10 Family Roots in Missouri
05:59 New Madrid and the Earthquake
07:14 Moving to Gary Indiana
07:32 School Testing and Fear
12:03 Black History Week Awakening
13:54 Imagination Einstein and Daydreaming
16:48 Farm Life and Learning Nature
18:19 First Politics and Civil Rights TV
18:59 Race Language and Identity
22:34 Parents Work and Numbers Racket
24:31 Racist Books and Colorism
25:49 Freedom Riders and Gary Demographics
29:11 Malcolm X Guns and Media
32:20 Cartoons and Stereotypes
38:29 Trouble Draft and Panthers
44:02 Why the Panthers Resonated
46:11 Panthers on the News
48:25 Citizen Arrests and Armed Patrols
50:47 Prison Mentors and Fred Hampton
52:53 COINTELPRO Exposed
54:49 Reeducation Through Reading
55:24 TV, Propaganda, and Self Image
01:06:33 Teaching Youth Behind Bars
01:09:07 Writing in Plain Language
01:12:21 Schooling and Hidden History
01:20:38 Republic of New Africa Roots
01:21:56 Spanish Civil War and Communism
01:30:23 People Senate Call to Action

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"Run to Death or Walk to Life" - A Conversation with Black Panther Party and BLA Veterans, JAMAL JOSEPH & ASHANTI ALSTON | BLACK PANTHER SPEAKS04 avr. 202601:43:36

What does it mean to become a revolutionary as a teenager—and live long enough to reflect on it?

In this episode of The Dugout, we sit down with Panther veterans Jamal Joseph and Ashanti Alston for a rare, intergenerational conversation on struggle, survival, and political transformation. Both joined the Black Panther Party as teenagers—15 and 17—shaped by the political urgency of their time: rebellion in the streets, the assassination of Malcolm X, and the global fight for Black liberation.

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Guests

Ashanti Omowali AlstonĀ is a writer, speaker, and member of the steering committee of the Jericho Movement, which advocates for U.S. political prisoners. Born in Plainfield, NJ in 1954, he joined the BPP at 17 before moving into the Black Liberation Army. His years in prison sparked a deep political evolution away from hierarchical organization and toward Black Anarchism — a philosophy he has spent decades developing and teaching. His forthcoming book,Ā Anarchist Panther, is out August 2026.

Jamal JosephĀ grew up in the Bronx and joined the Panthers at 15. He was one of the Panther 21 — activists arrested in 1969 on conspiracy charges and ultimately acquitted. After serving time in Leavenworth, he transformed prison time into education and creative work, earning two degrees and writing plays. He is now a Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University and the first Black chair of its Graduate Film Division, as well as founder of IMPACT Repertory Theatre in Harlem. He has been nominated for both an Oscar and an Emmy.

Books Discussed

Anarchist PantherĀ by Ashanti Omowali Alston (August 2026)

Panther BabyĀ by Jamal Joseph

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Honoring Political Ghosts With Elia Ayoub15 mars 202601:46:38

In this episode of The Dugout, we’re joined by Lebanese writer, researcher, and podcast host Elia Ayoub, founder of The Fire These Times. Together we unpack Lebanon’s sectarian political system, the long shadow of the Lebanese Civil War, and the global political frameworks that shape how people interpret struggles in SWANA today.


Elia reflects on growing up in post–civil war Lebanon and how events like the 2006 Israeli invasion and the 2019 October uprising shaped his political thinking. The conversation explores how sectarian governance, regional geopolitics, and foreign intervention—from the United States to Iran—intersect with grassroots organizing and everyday survival.


We also dive into campism, a political tendency that reduces global politics to simplistic ā€œsides,ā€ often erasing local movements and struggles. Elia explains why this framework has distorted how many Western audiences understand conflicts in Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine.


Throughout the conversation, we discuss memory, nostalgia, and political ā€œhauntingsā€ in post-conflict societies—drawing on thinkers like James Baldwin and the concept of hauntology to understand how nations shape identity through the stories they tell about the past.


Finally, we explore the possibilities of international solidarity, asking how Black radical traditions, abolitionist politics, and anti-imperialist movement

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Check out Elia's work

https://eliaayoub.com/about-2/

https://thefirethesetimes.com/

https://thefirethesetimes.com/lebanonclass/

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Chapters

00:43 What is a Young Elia like

01:17 what were some formative experiences for you?

02:16 What is writing like for you

03:39 What languages were the book you were reading in?

04:26 what did expanding your writing and The Fire These Times into a media ecosystem look like? James Baldwin influence

06:08 how has your relationship to Baldwin changed over the years?

07:47 Back ground on Lebanese political order

10:38 Perspective of Lebanese grassroots

11:45 a breakdown of Hauntology's and nostalgia

23:18 How do you see memory being used in different communities when self identifying with or beyond oppressors?

37:47 What of Baldwin's pieces does Elia have an affinity for?

40:59 What about campism limits solidarity and engagement in international struggles

53:51 how do you engage with the "Axis of Resistance" labeling?

1:00:08 Has grassroots formations begun challenging Hezbollah's monopoly on resistance

1:02:50 how should people imagine organized armed actors in local civil society?

1:05:39 How do you root you anti-imperialism and what other frameworks has that led you to?

1:12:51 what are some roles of the diaspora in local struggles. what ways to they show up

1:20:17 What is the state of ecological conditions Lebanon is facing? especially with Israel ecocidal tendencies

1:24:26 Context on southern Lebanon

1:30:18 What is the impart of the war on migrant workers?

1:33:10 Some ways migrant workers are organizing themselves

1:36:10 What are the characteristic of the ruling classes and authorities?

1:40:15 How does non sectarian thought show up in resistance movement spaces

1:43:31 Elia's masterclasses on Lebanon

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Mentioned Media:

BOOKSĀ 

šŸ“šImagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism – Benedict Anderson

šŸ“šInterlopers of Empire: The Lebanese Diaspora in Colonial French West Africa – Andrew Arsan

šŸ“šAnarchist Modernity: Cooperatism and Japanese-Russian Intellectual Relations in Modern Japan – Sho Konishi

šŸ“šThe Mnemonic Imagination: Remembering as Creative Practice – Emily Keightley & Michael Pickering

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NEWS ARTICLES

šŸ”—The Holocaust, the Nakba and Reparative Memory

šŸ”—Condemned to Be an Optimist: Celebrating James Baldwin

OTHER MEDIA MEDIA

Sleepless Nights (2012)


Iran, Lebanon, the Failure of Campist ā€œAnti-Imperialismā€, and the Need for Solidarity12 mars 202601:05:33

We spend some time unpacking the recent US/Israel strike on Iran and Lebanon.

With tensions rising between the U.S., Israel, and Iran, many are getting pulled into spewing out takes that delegitimize the complexity of diaspora and the struggles of folks on the ground opposing authoritarian regimes . In this episode, we slow things down and ask some questions: what's happening in this moment? What are the dangers of campism and how can it be reaction to imperial guilt? And what does international solidarity look like?

00:00 Intro
02:15 Why we waited to record this episode
05:40 The escalation around Iran and U.S. aggression
11:10 Feeling powerless under empire
17:30 Naming powerlessness and reclaiming collective power
25:50 Internationalist solidarity and accountability
34:20 Why this conversation requires long-term thinking
42:00 Closing reflections

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Folks we follow to get more info rn...

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Read from this episode…

How Campism Mirrors the Fascist Geopolitics by Hein Htet Kyaw

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/hein-htet-kyaw-how-campism-mirrors-the-fascist-geopolitics

Iran:Ā  Campism and the Erasure of Theocracy

https://anticapitalistresistance.org/iran-campism-and-the-erasure-of-theocracy/

Why the Left Is Failing Iranians: Against Campism, by Paria Rahimi – 15 January 2026

https://leftrenewal.org/articles-en/why-the-left-is-failing-iranians/

Places to Support

https://linkin.bio/migrantworkersaction/

www.instagram.com/p/DVb6iULCXKl/

https://www.patreon.com/qmalebanon

An Interview with Peyman Vahabzadeh: Revolution, Shuras, and the Politics of Self-Rule07 mars 202601:56:03

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Peyman Vahabzadeh, Iranian-born sociologist, theorist of radical phenomenology, and author of For Land and Culture, about the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the largely erased Turkmen Council (Shura) movement that briefly flourished in its wake. Having participated in the revolution at age 17, Vahabzadeh reflects on the intoxicating rupture of revolutionary time—when the state’s grip loosens and new possibilities emerge—and asks whether freedom can exist outside such moments of upheaval.

We center the Turkmen Shuras: nearly 300 grassroots councils that organized land redistribution, education, women’s participation, and self-defense during a fleeting dual-power moment before being crushed by converging forces of the nascent Islamic Republic, vanguardist leftists, and counter-revolutionary actors. The conversation bridges revolutionary Iran, Kurdish autonomy in Rojava, Black self-defense traditions, and global anti-imperialist struggles—offering a meditation on nonviolence, violence, autonomy, and what a truly free society might look like.

At a time when nationalist rhetoric once again disguises authoritarian consolidation across the globe, this episode reminds us: anti-imperialism without autonomy can reproduce tyranny at home.

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READ HIS HOOK - For Land and Culture: The Grassroots Council Movement of Turkmens in Iran, 1979-1980

https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9781773636658

ā€œInternationalism, Anti-Imperialism, and the Origins of Campismā€ — Dan La Botz

https://anticapitalistresistance.org/internationalism-anti-imperialism-and-the-origins-of-campism/

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Iran politics, Iran protests, Iran authoritarianism, US imperialism, US–Iran relations, Israel Iran conflict, Israel Hezbollah conflict, Lebanon politics, Middle East geopolitics, campism explained, anti-imperialism, international solidarity, global left politics, authoritarian regimes, grassroots resistance movements, Middle East history, radical political analysis, anti-authoritarian politics, Black internationalism, The Dugout podcast

Sudan From Below: Women, Revolution, and the Anarchist Group in Sudan28 fƩvr. 202601:33:04

ABOUT THIS EPISODE | Sudan’s current way is the latest chapter in a decades-long fight between grassroots revolution and military power. In this episode, we break down how women, workers, and resistance committees built a movement from below — and how it was pushed into counter-revolution.

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Watch our ON SUDAN playlist on Youtube to learn more:

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What's Happening In Sudan | Watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL0nz1ZeX_k

The Role of Women in the Struggle for Sudan: Activists and Leaders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkqF9-TqOD4

Sudan: the women at the heart of the revolution | FIFDH 2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRhotPnNofU

Understanding Antisemitism in Black America (from James Baldwin to Kanye West)14 fƩvr. 202600:45:16

This episode we examine antisemitism in the black community. What is antisemitism, how does it function, and how does it show up within Black communities?

We begin with a reading and reaction to James Baldwin’s essay ā€œNegroes Are Anti-Semitic Because They’re Anti-White.ā€ Baldwin challenges us to think about proximity to power, resentment, and how racial hierarchy shapes perception. His analysis helps clarify how anger at structural oppression can become misdirected toward visible groups rather than systems.

We then turn to contemporary controversies, including recent comments from Kanye West and narratives about ā€œJewish media.ā€ We discuss how conspiracy thinking simplifies complex systems of power into ethnic blame and how this connects to certain strands of Black conservatism

0:00 – Opening / Cold Open
0:49 – Introduction
2:24 – What Is Your Relationship to Antisemitism?
9:37 – Reading & Reaction: ā€œNegroes Are Anti-Semitic Because They’re Anti-Whiteā€ By James Baldwin
15:26 – How Do We Approach Standing Up to Antisemitism in Our Communities?
16:26 – More Reflection on the Baldwin Piece
21:57 – Kanye Interview
27:11 – Reflection on Clip
30:49 – Kanye’s Point on BLM and Where It Misses
32:18 – Prince’s Party Story
36:34 – Black Antisemitism and Black Conservatism
43:39 – Outro

Mentioned Media:

James Baldwin Essay
ā€œNegroes Are Anti-Semitic Because They’re Anti-Whiteā€
https://nykolami.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/12/James-Baldwin-Article.pdf

Kanye West Interview Clip

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Chapters

Mini Ep: Intro to Zolo Azania11 fƩvr. 202600:08:06

This episode centers on Zolo Agona Azania, a former political prisoner, artist, and organizer who spent more than three decades incarcerated before his release in 2017. Drawing from an interview published as a zine, the episode follows Zolo’s account of his early life, imprisonment, political study, and the challenges of reentry.

Support Zolo at https://www.patreon.com/zoloazania/

Cahshapp: $ZoloAzania

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How Communities Are Resisting I.C.E. Terror With Rapid Response07 fƩvr. 202601:02:52

In this episode, we reflect on recent rapid response movements, what it's felt like to process the rising state violence (especially the threats of more I.C.E. raids in Springfield, OH). Then we move on to unpack community defense and rapid response movements in Twin Cities area and beyond with the following pieces...

Rapid Response Networks in the Twin Cities (CrimethInc) – How organizers built decentralized, trust-based networks to respond quickly to ICE raids and police escalation.

https://crimethinc.com/2026/01/15/rapid-response-networks-in-the-twin-cities-a-guide-to-an-updated-model

From Minneapolis: I’ve Never Seen Unity Like This (Margaret Killjoy) – A firsthand account of collective refusal and mutual aid under federal repression.

https://margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/from-minneapolis-ive-never-seen-unity

Crossing the Line: It Really Is Safer in the Front (CrimethInc) – On crowd defense, solidarity, and confronting ICE and federal agents together.

https://crimethinc.com/2026/01/29/crossing-the-line-it-really-is-safer-in-the-front-surrounding-the-portland-ice-facility

The Noise: Demonstrations Keeping ICE Awake (CrimethInc) – Why unpredictability and escalation matter in confronting federal power.

https://crimethinc.com/2026/01/27/the-noise-demonstrations-keeping-ice-agents-awake-at-their-hotels-a-model-from-the-twin-cities

Eight Things You Can Do to Stop ICE / Seven Steps to Stop ICE (CrimethInc) – Practical guides for resisting deportation and building collective defense.

https://crimethinc.com/zines/8-things-you-can-do-to-stop-ice

https://crimethinc.com/zines/seven-steps-to-stop-ice

When the Feds Come to Your City (CrimethInc) – Lessons from Chicago organizers on preparing for federal escalation.

https://crimethinc.com/2025/12/03/when-the-feds-come-to-your-city-standing-up-to-ice-a-guide-from-chicago-organizers

Our Neighbors in Minneapolis (Margaret Killjoy)

https://margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/our-neighbors-in-minneapolis

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EPISODE CHAPTERS


07:50 READING & REFLECTIONS onRapid Response Networks in the Twin Cities (Crimethinc)

30:49 READING & REFLECTIONS on Crossing the Line: It Really Is Safer in the Front (Crimethinc)

39:08 READING & REFLECTIONS on The Noise: Demonstrations Keeping ICE Awake (CrimethInc)

50:00 READING & REFLECTIONS on From Minneapolis: I’ve Never Seen Unity Like This (Margaret Killjoy)

55:30 READING & REFLECTIONS on Our Neighbors in Minneapolis (Margaret Killjoy)

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Topics include:

ICE surges and repression • TPS and immigration enforcement • Rapid response networks • Protest tactics and escalation • Solidarity under state violence • Organizing in moments of crisis

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Rojava Today: Reflections on Existential Moments in an Enduring Movement30 janv. 202601:08:15


In this episode, we’re joined by Isabella, an internationalist who has been involved in multiple institutions of the Rojavan Revolution and is currently on the ground in Syria. Together, we trace her personal journey into the revolution and explore the political, social, and feminist structures that have sustained Rojava through years of war, pressure, and transformation.

We discuss the foundations of the Rojavan Revolution and DAANES, the role of Mala Jin, Jinwar, and Jineology, and the development of Kongra Star as the vanguard of the women’s revolution. Isabella shares insights into how revolutionary structures endure, how patriarchal attitudes are challenged in practice, and what strategies have proven effective over time.

The conversation also turns to the present moment: the media ecosystem in Rojava, the role of democratic confederalism, current conditions on the ground, and the evolving political landscape involving the Syrian Transitional Government, DAANES, and the SDF. We close with reflections on lessons from the Kurdish Freedom Movement and where listeners can go to stay informed.

02:59 — Who Is Isabella
04:04 — What Was Isabella’s Youth Like
04:54 — What Is the Rojavan Revolution & DAANES
10:25 — Mala Jin Introduced
11:35 — Jinwar Introduced
14:38 — Introduction to Jineology
19:53 — Jineology as Structure & Publication
23:24 — Kongra Star as the Vanguard of the Women’s Revolution
27:11 — How Kongra Star Started
27:22 — What Structures Have Helped the Revolution Survive / How Do You Get Men to Listen?
31:54 — Strategies for Shifting Patriarchal Attitudes
35:05 — The Media Ecosystem in Rojava
38:00 — How Independent Media Is Being Received
40:32 — Democratic Confederalism in the Region
48:22 — Current Conditions in Rojava
55:56 — The Syrian Transitional Government & Its Relation to Syria and Kurdistan
60:00 — DAANES / SDF Narratives & Conditions Under the Assad Regime
01:03:09 — Response to STG Decree on Kurdish Rights & Political Demands of DAANES/SDF
01:04:23 — Final Reflections & Lessons from the Kurdish Freedom Movement
01:07:00 — Where to Stay Informed


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One War, Many Fronts25 janv. 202601:08:56


In this episode of The Dugout, we start with a mental health check-in and reflections on our goals for 2026, then move straight into the chaos of the moment: ICE activity in Central Ohio, shifting global conflicts, and what non-campist solidarity actually looks like when empires, states, and militias all claim to be the answer.

We talk about Venezuela, Iran, Kurdistan, Greenland, and Sudan — including scenes from El Fasher — to make sense of how one system of domination shows up across many places and in many forms. We dig into new developments in repressive technology, the rumored DEA–ATF merger, and what it means to organize under expanding surveillance and policing.

Finally, we sit with the psychological weight of living inside constant crisis: how to process endless media, how to stay grounded, and why ā€œretreatā€ is different from surrender. We close with reflections on Diane di Prima’s Revolutionary Letter #18 and what it offers those trying to remain human while resisting empire.

One war. Many fronts. The same fight for dignity, survival, and freedom

Time Codes

01:20 Intro and mental health check-in

10:33 Goals for 2026 and The Dugout

14:05 What the fuck has been going on

14:32 ICE in Central Ohio

16:00 International non-campist news: Venezuela, Greenland, Iran, and Kurdistan

33:02 Why non-campist solidarity matters and how

36:39 Scenes from El Fasher, Sudan

37:45 Repressive tech updates

49:51 DEA and ATF merger??

51:31 How do we process so much media and stay sane

54:49 What we’re seeing right now that’s making us concerned

59:19 Do not flee America — retreat

1:05:48 Closing: Revolutionary Letter #18 (Diane di Prima)


Mentioned Media

CrimethInc – Rapid Response Networks in the Twin Cities (2026)
https://crimethinc.com/2026/01/15/rapid-response-networks-in-the-twin-cities-a-guide-to-an-updated-model

ā€œBeing ready for the incoming surge of ICE enforcement in your city… means studying the terrain… Start studying, planning, connecting, and experimenting now.ā€

404 Media – ICE contracts company making ā€œbounty hunterā€ AI agents
https://www.404media.co/ice-contracts-company-making-bounty-hunter-ai-agents/

ACLU – DHS is circumventing the Constitution by buying location data
https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/dhs-is-circumventing-constitution-by-buying-data-it-would-normally-need-a-warrant-to-access

FOIA documents page:
https://www.aclu.org/cases/aclu-v-department-homeland-security-commercial-location-data-foia#legal-documents

404 Media – Inside ICE’s tool to monitor phones in entire neighborhoods (geofencing)
https://www.404media.co/inside-ices-tool-to-monitor-phones-in-entire-neighborhoods/

Texas Observer – Texas police invest in Tangles surveillance software
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-police-invest-tangles-sheriff-surveillance/

Texas Observer – Texas DPS $5.3 million Tangles contract
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-tangle-cobwebs/

LA Times – ICE / Border Patrol operations (Dodger Stadium example)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-04/ice-border-patrol-dodger-stadium-parking-lot

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Anti-ICE organizing / MinneapolisICE, AI, and surveillance techICE operations context

GermƔn Gonzalez of The Stanford 11 on Pro-Palestine Protests, Felony Charges, and Campus Repression 17 janv. 202601:22:10

In this episode of The Dugout, we talk to GermĆ”n Gonzalez, one of the Stanford 11 and one of five students facing felony charges after intense repression during the pro-Palestine encampment movement at Stanford University. We break down how Gonzalez’s family background in El Salvador radicalized them to be in solidarity with Palestine, the rising tide of 2023/2024 student encampment movements, the university and local repression leading to trumped up charges, and what it means to hold your ground in the face of genocide, war profiting, and censorship.

To stay up to date on Stanford 11 case….

To support the Stanford 11 and folks going on trial, there is a support/action tool-kit:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRlHj6fh3wc7nmMaaXppZetvYG4A0gqCH8IIlht8XuPs8yTMtc39zPOw-MXXn3ndgON9_Id6zhceblx/pub

Stanford Students for Justice in Palestine: https://www.instagram.com/stanfordsjp/

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To learn more about resources mentioned in the episode:

Bay Area for Gaza Mutual Aid Linktree: https://linktr.ee/bayarea4gaza

Trial begins for Stanford students for occupying offices in pro-Palestinian protest:

https://apnews.com/article/propalestinian-stanford-protesters-trial-c62bba681be05a52cc50b5bd78f8ec58

Pro-Israel Advocates Are Weaponizing ā€œSafetyā€ on College Campuses

https://theintercept.com/2024/03/28/safety-college-columbia-stanford-antisemitism-israel-palestine/

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against

This is a 2025 non-fiction book by Omar El Akkad that serves as a memoir and manifesto, exploring Western hypocrisy, imperialism, and the disillusionment of marginalized communities, particularly in the context of the Gaza genocide.

https://www.nationalbook.org/books/one-day-everyone-will-have-always-been-against-this/

The Battle of Algiers (dir. Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966) A searing, semi-documentary account of Algeria’s anti-colonial struggle against French occupation, showing how urban insurgency and state repression feed each other. Long treated as a manual by both revolutionaries and counterinsurgents, it exposes how ā€œsecurityā€ becomes a language of colonial control.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpn4Htfrv88&pp=ygUVVGhlIEJhdHRsZSBvZiBBbGdpZXJz0gcJCU0KAYcqIYzv

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi (2020) [affiliate link]

Ā A sweeping political history of Palestine told through lived experience, tracing a century of settler colonialism, dispossession, and resistance from 1917 to the present. Khalidi frames Palestine not as a ā€œconflict,ā€ but as an ongoing colonial war backed by Western power.

https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9781250787651

Morning in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa (2010) A multigenerational novel following a Palestinian family displaced by the Nakba, capturing how loss, memory, and love survive under occupation. The book humanizes Palestinian life beyond headlines, showing how violence reverberates across decades.

https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9781608190461

Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (ā€œThe Little Red Book,ā€ 1964) A collection of Mao’s writings on revolution, discipline, and mass struggle that shaped 20th-century liberation movements worldwide. Widely read by anti-imperialist and Black radical organizers, it emphasized political education, collective discipline, and resistance to imperial domination.

https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9781088280515


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Reflecting On Season 2 Of The Dugout 14 dƩc. 202500:55:29

This year, we've put out over 50 episodes, almost double what we did in Season 1, and we learned a lot.

From interviews with Ohio organizers/farmers to political thinkers online to former Black Panther Party and Black Liberation army members; to breakdowns of 101 topics like PROPERTY, CAPITALISM, and beyond.

Now we want to reflect and thank you all for listening!

Season 2 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3op9939LV5uWX3tYSkISfs?si=1cc2f360135b42b1

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Defending Dissent In Texas: An Interview with DFW Prairieland Defense Committee08 dƩc. 202500:47:14

In this episode, we sit down with members of the DFW Defense Committee to break down the state and federal repression facing local organizers and community members. We begin with who the defendants are and their relationship to the defense work, then move into what’s happening on the ground beyond the state’s narrative.

Our guests reflect on the lives and commitments of the defendants before their arrests and trace how state repression has materially shaped their lives and the broader community. They outline major takeaways from this moment, including how the state is revealing its hand, and explain the differences between state and federal charges.

We also explore how prosecutors, the DOJ, ICE, and the media have misled the public, what defense committee work actually looks like, and the moments of clarity that have emerged throughout this process. As the episode closes, our guests share what support is most needed for the defendants and the committee, followed by final reflections from Hannah and Xavier.

This conversation offers a grounded, first-hand look at criminalization, solidarity, and the work required to hold each other through targeted repression.

Chapters

00:00 Intro

01:33 Who are you and what is your relation to the DFW defense work?

02:43 How would you describe what is happening beyond the states narrative?

05:03 What kind of community members and organizers were some of the defendants before their arrest?

12:09 How has the repression from the state played out materially?

16:05 What are important takeaways form this moment and how they state is paying their hand?

18:37 What is the difference in the state and federal charge

20:51 What are thing that the prosecution, doj, ice, and media have been doing to mislead people in this case?

29:23 What has the defense committee work been like?

36:15 Have you found any moments of clarity in this process that you want to share?

38:44 What forms of support do the defendants and defense committee need currently?

42:22 Hannah's last thoughts

45:01 Xavier's last thoughts

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When War Becomes a Brand: How Tech/Zionism Turned Conflict Into Content01 dƩc. 202500:38:46

What happens when war becomes something you can ā€˜like’ on Instagram? When war becomes a brand? We live in a world where violence is curated aesthetically in more ways than we can imagine. INSPIRED BY Ā @uncivilized_mediaĀ - "how israel uses sex to sell Zionism"...https://youtu.be/OHJEpnCL5nE?si=zugNnzR6kx540lpd

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LEARN MORE FROM THIS VIDEO ESSAY1. ā€œThe Naked Faces of Israelā€ — (Book Chapter / Academic)

Analyzes the Brand Israel campaign and how the state used sexuality, tech aesthetics, and Western liberalism to reframe Zionism.

https://artistsforpalestine.org.uk/2017/09/04/the-naked-face-of-israel-ilan-pappe-on-rebranding-zionism/

Explores the erotic imagery and sexual politics embedded within Zionist ideology, and how it shaped modern Israeli nationalism.

https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520221499/eros-and-the-jews

2. ā€œZionism as an Erotic Revolutionā€ by David Biale
Explores the erotic imagery and sexual politics embedded within Zionist ideology, and how it shaped modern Israeli nationalism.

https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520221499/eros-and-the-jews

3. Sam Biddle — ā€œTrump’s Big Beautiful Gift to Andurilā€ (The Intercept)

https://theintercept.com/2025/07/09/trump-big-beautiful-bill-anduril/


4. BelĆ©n FernĆ”ndez — ā€œHollywood’s Israel Problemā€ (Al Jazeera / Analysis)

Examines how the U.S. entertainment machine collaborates with Zionist branding strategies.

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/12/7/hollywoods-israel-problem

Breakdown of Israel’s propaganda strategy, its failures, and how it adjusts narratives for Western audiences.

https://jcfa.org/article/why-are-israels-public-relations-so-poor/

5. ā€œWhy Israel’s Public Relations Are So Poor?ā€ by Dr. Dan Diker

Breakdown of Israel’s propaganda strategy, its failures, and how it adjusts narratives for Western audiences.

https://jcfa.org/article/why-are-israels-public-relations-so-poor/

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro02:12 The Sinister Marketing of BRAND ISRAEL07:27 Bikini Diplomacy, Gal Gadot, and Maxim11:19 MEANSTV Announcement12:45 The Mifgash during Birthright and Zionism as Sex Tourism?19:25 Having a Black friend move to Israel 21:29 How ANDRUIL Markets War With Language and Aesthetics27:10 Trump, Andruil, Palmer, Lucky, and The Illusion of Language29:10 How To Become a WAR BRAND33:57 On JUST WAR theory36:49 The Internetification of Violence and War

The Weapons We Make Ourselves W/ Prince Shakur23 nov. 202501:03:15


In this expansive conversation, writer and creator Prince Shakur traces the evolution of his political, creative, and personal journeys from being a precocious kid entering college early to becoming a sharp, imaginative voice on YouTube and in contemporary literature. Prince reflects on the early days of his channel, how experimenting online shaped his storytelling, and how technical growth allowed him to more fully realize his creative vision.

Across the episode, we examine the pressures of the attention economy, the shifting terrain of journalism and truth-telling, and the responsibilities that come with documenting one’s own life. Prince breaks down the framework and goals behind his memoir, the role primary sources played in shaping his archive, and what he is exploring in his new essay collection. He outlines how hope, discipline, and political intuition shape his decisions, what he looks for in liberatory or emergent spaces, and how he navigates communities that fall short of the futures he imagines.

BOOKSĀ 

šŸ“šWhen they tell You To Be Good by Prince Shakur https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9781953534934

šŸ“šBlack Reader I: On Searching for Radical Connections by Prince Shakur www.amazon.com/Black-Reader-Searching-Radical-Connections/dp/B0D7JPVXN9/

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Chapters

00:00 Intro

03:43 Who are you?

05:04 what was a young you like?

06:14 How was going into college younger than your classmates?

09:45 what was your early YouTube career like?

11:54 what has your been your journey crafting your channel?

14:56 What made you focus on YouTube as an outlet for your creative vision?

17:01 How has your technical growth impacted implementing your vision for your work?

18:34 How do you feel attention economy side effect are impacting the writing and blogging scene

21:29 what is your read on the Journalistic and truth telling part of the world right now for creators and consumers

24:30 Prince's memoir goals and framework

26:37 When doing memoir research, what primary resources did you find useful and how does that impact the archive you leave for yourself now?

29:02 With your new essay collection, what are two major themes or questions your exploring

30:02 What are you hoping to be surprised by or encounter in this writing process?

31:58 Role of Hope in your decision making

34:30 How do you approach discipline

36:48 What structures and dynamics do you look for in new political and social spaces?

38:41 How do you move through a space that doesn't have what you like to see

40:06 What kind of media scenes do you see The Dugout existing within and in community with?

44:05 What does being a revolutionary mean to you and what impact does that have on your planning?

45:55 What does rising up mean to you?

48:12 what question do you want answered before you pass?

48:23 What do you envision for your late years?

52:15 What infrastructure is needed to make the life you want to happen?

53:44 If you could time travel but only one way when are you going?

1:00:05 Bank Heist Roster: Celebrity & Fictional Character Edition

1:02:08 Last Thoughts

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An Interview with Jordan of THE DUGOUT: On Grief, Defiance, and the Long Revolution 15 nov. 202500:54:48

I (Prince) sat down with my co-host, Jordan, to talk about how they came into politics — not as theory first, but through life, loss, and the chaos of 2020.

We talked about what it means to get assigned Marx by a professor, their upbringing and early anti-authoritarianism. About being radicalized by police violence during the George Floyd protests. Jordan opens up about the moments that shaped him: studying revolutionary texts for the first time, organizing on the ground, and trying to make sense of what martyrdom means.

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I Mapped Trump's REAL Base. Here's What I Found...13 nov. 202500:44:35

I decided to sit down after hours of research to map out the elite puppets behind Trump's base. Here's what I learned.

Available on Youtube: https://youtu.be/kbuDui_Y4qg

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Inside the White House ā€œAnti-Faā€ Roundtable: Repression, Resistance, and the Road Ahead08 nov. 202501:06:35

We sit down to break down what actually happened at the White House’s recent ā€œanti-fa roundtableā€ — what was discussed, what it reveals about government priorities, and what it could mean for activists and organizers on the ground.

We talk through how this moment fits into a longer history of surveillance and repression on Turtle Island. The conversation looks at both the risks ahead and how movements can prepare, stay grounded, and keep building power.

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Show Notes

Trump takes aim at Antifa — and the press — in White House roundtable | READ

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/politics/antifa-white-house-roundtable

Trump Holds a Roundtable on Antifa, but There Is Little Legal Ground for the Terrorist Designation | READ

https://www.cato.org/blog/trumps-anti-antifa-executive-order

As Trump talks of designating antifa a foreign terrorist group, experts see danger | READ

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/28/nx-s1-5587726/trump-antifa-terrorist-group

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Aung Ya Mie: Women's Struggle & Internationalism In The Free Chin Hills W/ AIF's Rachel Ram Len Mawi02 nov. 202501:02:44

In this conversation, we sit down with an organizer and fighter from the internationalist front in Myanmar to explore the lived realities of the Spring Revolution and the autonomous women’s struggle rising from within it. Moving from poetry to political analysis, we discuss what it means to take up internationalism in practice, not as an idea, but as a commitment carved through shared danger, discipline, and deep love for the people.

We trace the formation of the AIF (Anti-Fascist Internationalist Front), the roots of women’s autonomous power in the hills, and the political and cultural contradictions that shape collective life under war. We talk about comradeship, grief, and joy as the emotional infrastructure of revolution, the role of art and memory, and how different cultural understandings of gender and liberation collide, transform, and re-form through struggle.

This episode is a meditation on building political consciousness in motion, forging international solidarity without romanticization, and creating structures capable of holding not only power, but freedom itself

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01:33 Intro

02:24 Poem

05:59 What does being an internationalist mean to you?

08:42 What is context did the AIF come from within the Spring Revolution?

15:15 Context cont. Spring Revolution

17:22 Context cont. AIF

18:22 Q: What is the context of the Women's Revolution as you've been able to participate?

24:01 Q: How does the AIF participate in this Women's struggle

27:29 Q: How does cultural differences within the Internationalist bring their own patriarchal tensions around collective development

30:29 Q: What kind of autonomous structure are you coming into contact with or seeing created?

32:16 Q: Organization's in Myanmar with positions on Women and Queer struggle

34:25 Q: Are there any intentional spaces or structures for political development, education and knowledge sharing?

38:28 Q: What does building comradery look like for you?

41:44 Q: How does the struggle in Myanmar teach you to navigate cultures of choosing commitment to struggle or to your comrades?

47:07 Q: How is grief addressed in the struggle? How does grief influence the martyr culture and vice versa

54:02 Q: What audience did you have in mind when writing Lessons From The Hills

56:15 Q: Are there lots of artist in the revolution? How does that influence the culture?

50:01 Q: Were there any lesson you left out of the text

59:57 How to Support and last thoughts

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A Statement from The Anarchist Group in Sudan & How To Help30 oct. 202500:12:47
The Re-Biography of Harriet Tubman Reading P. 225 oct. 202500:25:38


In this reading of Jailbreak Out of History: The Re-Biography of Harriet Tubman By Butch Lee, we trace the revolutionary roots of one of the most misrepresented figures in U.S. history. From the violent backdrop of slavery and colonial war to the specific burdens—and power—carried by New Afrikan women, we explore the formation of Harriet Tubman’s militant spirit.

Chapters

00:53Ā Introduction to the Episode

01:32Ā Harriet Tubman's Early Life and Escape

04:20Ā The Underground Railroad and Harriet's Role

05:25Ā The Revolutionary War and African Resistance

11:43Ā Harriet Tubman's Guerrilla Warfare

18:51Ā The Battle of Troy and Harriet's Leadership

24:33Ā Conclusion

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⁠⁠Jailbreak Out of History: The Re-Biography of Harriet Tubman By Butch Lee⁠

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ASHANTI ALSTON: An Anarchist Panther | PART 2 | BLACK PANTHER SPEAKS20 oct. 202500:57:22

In this in-depth conversation with Ashanti Alston — former Black Panther, political prisoner, and life long learner — we explore the radical meaning of life, death, and liberation. Ashanti reflects on the personal and collective sacrifices demanded by struggle, the weight of ā€œsocial death,ā€ and the spiritual grounding found in honoring ancestors.

Drawing from his years in the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army, Ashanti discusses the challenges of underground life, the lessons of past resistance movements, and the ongoing need for ideological diversity within revolutionary spaces. He shares insights on embracing anarchism through an Indigenous and communal lens, doing the internal work necessary for healing, and building movements rooted in love, accountability, and inclusion.

This episode offers both historical depth and practical wisdom — a reflection on what it means to live, resist, and build freedom together in the face of empire.


Listen to ASHANTI ALAGON INTERVIEW | Part 1... https://open.spotify.com/show/15CpGdYF2IyVBHe3GCt2Lc

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro

08:30 What Does It Mean to Be a ā€œDoomedā€ Revolutionary?

10:56 Family, Duty, and the Cost of Going Underground

18:49 The Concept of Social Death

21:39 Honoring the Dead: The BLA, Camus, and Continuity

29:16 Life Underground & Lessons from Prison

33:28 Exploring Historical Resistance Movements

34:22 The Importance of Diverse Ideologies

36:48 Embracing Anarchism and Indigenous Perspectives

39:37 Internal Work and Healing in Activism

45:40 Building Inclusive and Diverse Communities

38:04 Reflections on Revolutionary Structures

53:46 Future Projects and Community Engagement

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ASHANTI ALSTON: An Anarchist Panther | PART 1 | BLACK PANTHER SPEAKS11 oct. 202500:58:07

In this in-depth conversation with revolutionary organizer Ashanti Alston, former member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army, we trace a life committed to struggle, freedom, and community. From his early experiences during the Civil Rights era and the 1967 Plainfield Rebellion to his radicalization through Black Power and anti-imperialist movements, Ashanti reflects on the lessons, tensions, and commitments that defined a generation of liberation fighters. He discusses the work of building Panther chapters, community defense, and the realities of underground struggle—offering powerful reflections on discipline, solidarity, and the meaning of revolutionary love. Through personal stories and political insight, this episode captures both the historical and ongoing spirit of Black liberation and anarchist resistance.

Listen to PART 2: https://open.spotify.com/show/15CpGdYF2IyVBHe3GCt2Lc

šŸ“š Dive deeper into Ashanti Alston’s journey — full show notes, history, and resources are up now on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/140939055

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BOOKS, READING, AND MEDIA MENTIONED [some affiliate links]

  • šŸ”— The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (1848) – Introduced Alston to class analysis. | ⁠https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9780140447576⁠
    šŸ”— Revolutionary Catechism by Sergey Nechayev (1869) – Text on revolutionary commitment that influenced Alston’s thinking when transitioning underground. | ⁠http://marxists.org/subject/anarchism/nechayev/catechism.htm⁠

    šŸ”— The Battle of Algiers (film, 1966) – A revolutionary film required viewing for Panthers, showing urban anti-colonial warfare.

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    EPISODE CHAPTERS

    01:48Ā Introduction and Welcoming Ashanti

    02:11Ā Ashanti's Early Life and Family Background

    03:23Ā Experiencing the Civil Rights Movement

    04:13Ā The 1967 Plainfield Rebellion

    06:53Ā Influence of Black Power and Revolutionary Ideologies

    12:23Ā Joining the Black Panther Party

    16:25Ā Organizing and Community Support

    21:55Ā Challenges and Pushback

    31:15Ā Creating the Black Panther Chapter

    30:18Ā Daily Life and Responsibilities of Panthers

    32:36Ā Weapons Training and Discipline

    35:18Ā Community Engagement and Support

    39:14Ā Frame-Up Charges and Legal Battles

    49:18Ā Life in Jail and Continued Activism

    53:34Ā Transition to Underground Work

    56:21Ā Reflections on Sacrifice and Commitment

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    Remembering Assata Shakur: Her Autobiography and Radical Legacy08 oct. 202500:41:27

    In this video, we delve into the life, legacy, and impact of Assata Shakur. We start with a gripping excerpt from her autobiography, exploring her childhood, the influences of her family, her radicalization, and her involvement with the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army. We also discuss her experiences with systemic oppression, her imprisonment, and her eventual escape to Cuba. Join us as we honor and celebrate the life of this revolutionary figure.
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    The Fire Still Burns: Malcolm X and Our Modern Struggle04 oct. 202501:35:23

    What can Malcolm X’s journey teach us about freedom today?

    In this collaboration episode, host israa’ is joined with Jordan and Prince from The Dugout Podcast and Dr. Mohamed Abdou. We got together to talk about Malcolm X, his evolution over time, his commitment to the below, and the role and impact of Islam on his journey towards collective liberation. Along the way, we talk about Malcolm’s impact on our lives and our politics and share insights on how we think Malcolm would be showing up today.

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    Episode Summary

    01:27 Introduction and Host Introductions

    03:13 Personal Connections to Malcolm X

    06:19 Malcolm X’s Influence and Evolution

    10:15 Reflections on Malcolm X’s Teachings

    12:58 Malcolm X’s Legacy and Modern Relevance

    21:06 Organizational Structures and Revolutionary Responsibility

    30:46 Global Impact and Pan-Africanism

    47:44 Evolving Governance and Lessons from the Zapatistas

    49:34 Exploring Malcolm X’s Intersectional Analysis

    50:14 Malcolm X and James Baldwin: A Shared Journey

    52:12 Decolonization and Internationalism

    53:57 Contextualizing Malcolm X’s Strategies

    56:01 Malcolm X’s Methodology and Ethics

    01:00:05 Malcolm X’s Legacy and Modern Implications

    01:19:36 The Role of Spirituality and Self-Critique

    01:30:47 Final Reflections on Malcolm X’s Influence

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    Mohamed Bio:

    Dr. Mohamed Abdou is a Muslim anarchist scholar and organizer. He’s a student of the muqawama (the resistance) and author of Islam and Anarchism: Relationships and Resonances (Pluto Press, 2022). His work centers on Palestinian, Indigenous, Black, and people of colour liberation, and draws on the Indigenous Zapatista movement in Chiapas, Mexico, as well as his participation in the Egyptian uprisings of 2011.

    substack: ⁠End TimesWritings and CommuniquĆ©s in the End-TimesBy Dr. Mohamed Abdou Ł…ŁŲ­ŁŽŁ…ŁŽŁ‘ŲÆā 

    website: ⁠mabdou.net⁠.

    Twitter: @minuetinGmajor

    Instagram: @slightlydrifting

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    israa’ is on Bluesky and IG

    The Fire These Times is a podcast created by Lebanese writer and researcher Elia Ayoub and friends connecting academics, writers, artists and activists from around the world to ā€œbuild the new in the shell of the old.ā€

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    ANARCHISM ON FILM: Black Power Mixtape, The East, Selma, The Dreamers, Malcolm X27 sept. 202500:22:17

    I’ve always loved movies—not just for the storytelling, but for the way they’ve shaped how I see the world. In this video, I break down a few films that radicalized me and pushed me to think differently about history, power, and resistance: Malcolm X, The East, Selma, and The Black Power Mixtape.

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    CHAPTERS00:00 ANARCHISM ON FILM Intro02:00 The Black Power Mixtape11:00 The Dreamers14:36 The East 16:58 Malcom X19:28 Selma

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    Why I Identify As A Black Anarchist... 20 sept. 202500:21:10

    Why do I identify as an anarchist—specifically, a Black anarchist? I share my journey from early organizing and labor work to international protest. From the Black Panther Party’s survival programs to my time at Standing Rock, in France during Nuit Debout, and traveling through the Philippines, I’ve seen how mutual aid, decolonization, and direct action can transform our understanding of freedom.āœļø What radical moment shaped your politics? Drop it in the comments. Let’s build together.MOVIE CLIPS FEATURED: Better Mus Come, Malcolm X, The DreamersšŸ“š Recommended if you’re curious (affiliate links and more) šŸ“š šŸ“š As Black As Resistance by ZoĆ© Samudzi & William C. Anderson: šŸ”— https://bookshop.org/a/23229/9781849353168šŸ“š Black Seed Journal – anti-colonial anarchist thought: šŸ”— https://blackseed.anarchyplanet.org/šŸ“š The Belly of the Beast by Da’Shaun L. Harrison: šŸ”— https://bookshop.org/a/23229/9781623175979šŸ“š Anything by or about Ashanti Alston, the ā€œAnarchist Pantherā€; Let Freedom Ring: šŸ”— https://bookshop.org/a/23229/9781604860351

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    Personal Struggles, Collective Freedom: Remembering Martin Sostre20 sept. 202501:07:40

    In this reupload of a collaboration between The Dugout Podcast and In the Mix Prisoner Podcast, we sit down with historian and organizer Garrett Felber to explore the life, politics, and legacy of Martin Sostre. From defense committees and anarchist theory to gender politics and prison abolition, this conversation traces Sostre’s journey through incarceration, radicalization, and post-release activism. We reflect on the lessons his struggles offer for today’s movements—on prefigurative politics, horizontal organizing, and the fight for liberation inside and outside prison walls.

    00:50 Introduction and Host Introductions

    02:11 Garrett Felber's Journey with Martin

    03:34 Historical Context and Defense Committees

    06:56 Decentralization and Horizontalism

    11:48 Prefigurative Politics and Anarchist Theory

    16:43 Martin's Legal Struggles and Organizing

    29:44 Debates on Prisoner Rights and Martyrdom

    36:19 Linking Personal Struggles to Broader Movements

    36:33 Reevaluating the Attica Rebellion

    37:18 Prefigurative Politics and Individual Liberation

    39:15 Martin's Journey to Anarchism

    41:33 Gender Politics and Bodily Autonomy

    42:24 Influences and Radicalization

    52:37 Martin's Post-Incarceration Activism

    56:38 Reflections on Prefigurative Politics

    59:34 Personal Stories and Political Awakening

    01:02:00 Current Struggles and Historical Lessons

    01:05:31 Concluding Thoughts and Future Directions

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    Reflecting On 1 Year Of Trump 2.0 - A Black Anarchist Reflection13 sept. 202500:53:54

    It’s been a year since Trump’s return to the White House. We look at the chaos of his second term—from attacks on birthright citizenship to sweeping emergency powers and foreign policy shocks. We break down the fallout at home: labor pushback, a fractured left, and the rise of fascist movements. Most of all, we ask what resilience, solidarity, and new forms of anti-fascist organizing look like in this moment.

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    What To Read To Learn More...

    Peter Thiel is delivering 4 private sold-out lectures at a club in San Francisco—about the Antichrist

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/peter-thiel-is-hosting-4-private-sold-out-lectures-about-the-antichrist-at-a-club-in-san-francisco/ar-AA1LJgzu?ocid=UP97DHP

    Chaotic showdown over Guatemalan children exposes fault lines in Trump’s deportation push

    https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/chaotic-showdown-over-guatemalan-children-exposes-fault-lines-in-trumps-deportation-push/

    Army extends orders for DC National Guard through Nov. 30: Officials

    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/army-extends-orders-dc-national-guard-nov-30/story?id=125266247

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    Charles Kirk Was Shot...11 sept. 202500:15:28
    SECURITY CULTURE 101: How The State Infiltrates - From COINTELPRO To Today09 sept. 202500:32:11

    In this Security Culture 101 episode, we uncover COINTELPRO’s ongoing tactics—from the Black Panthers to recent cases like the Cleveland 5—showing how the state uses infiltration, entrapment, and surveillance to disrupt activism. We highlight why Black, queer, Indigenous, and abolitionist organizers are targeted and share strategies to protect each other without fear. Essential listening for anyone resisting state repression.

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    šŸ“– War at Home – Brian Glick | A must-read guide to COINTELPRO’s history and tactics—and how movements can respond.

    āž”ļø PDF included for Patrons: https://we.riseup.net/assets/77713/hambone10001.pdf

    šŸ“– Undercover: The True Story of Britain’s Secret Police. | Journalists who exposed the Mark Kennedy case and UK undercover spying. Their work became the book Undercover: The True Story of Britain’s Secret Police.

    āž”ļø https://www.abebooks.com/9780571302178/Undercover-True-Story-Britains-Secret-0571302173/plp

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    Interview With Jewish Anarchist Anastasia bat Lilith06 sept. 202501:12:53

    In this episode, we sit down with Anastasia bat Lilith to explore the intersections of Jewish anarchism, spirituality, and organizing. From the roots and lineages that shaped her text Teshuva to the ways Jewish ritual, decolonial thought, and anarchist praxis inform her daily life, Anastasia offers a deep and vulnerable conversation on building liberatory community.

    Together we dig into themes of teshuva as both practice and zine, the dangers of ā€œunityā€ rhetoric, the struggle against hierarchy and piety, and how dysphoric and decolonial anarchist lineages guide organizing beyond settler secularism. We also journey through the history of the Jewish Zine Fest—its origins, intentions, and role as ritual space—while grounding in questions of family, antizionist study, and collective transformation.

    This episode is a call to rethink what grounds us, what questions we hold, and what it means to organize spiritually, politically, and communally in the face of empire.

    TIMESTAMPS

    00:58 Who are you?

    03:11 What lineage of Jewish anarchism are you drawing from for you text Teshuva and your active praxis?

    06:30 How does the blending of Jewish and anarchist spiritual and political life show up for you

    10:31 The past get a vote note a veto

    14:17 What does teshuva mean to you and how is it explore din the zine

    20:18 What sort of intervention is this zine having in the discourse

    25:36 The abuse of unity in political rhetoric

    29:47 Relationship with hierarchy and piety

    33:38 How does dysphoric and decolonial anarchist lineages inform you current organizing

    42:25 How do you approach building outside settler secularism with an anarchist spiritual ethic

    45:53 what guides and grounds you when you in more mass organizing spaces

    47:48 what sparked the organizing for the Jewish zine fest and how was the first one?

    51:26 Anti-zionist Talmud history lesson

    56:10 How has zine making and the culture you organizing around become a space for ritual or a ritual itself?

    1:00:38 What intention are going into this years Jewish Zine Fest

    1:03:36 After the zine fest can people still get merch or get involved in your efforts

    1:04:37 How has this journey in organizing community impacted your thoughts on family

    1:06:40 What do you want the readers of teshuva to carry with them after reading it?

    1:07:51 What question are you sitting with after writng Teshuva?

    1:09:34 Last thoughts for our listeners

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    Is It Time To Leave America?02 sept. 202500:52:52

    What does survival look like under fascism? History tells us that people resist in different ways — some fight, some flee, some freeze. From Hitler’s Germany to Cold War Latin America to Trump’s America, we’ll examine the lessons of democratic collapse. Drawing on Jason Stanley and Black radical thinkers, this video explores how to recognize authoritarian creep, how solidarity can keep us alive, and the haunting question: Is it time to leave?

    CHAPTERS

    00:00 Intro

    02:14 Case Study: FLEEING VENEZUELA by Carlos Hernandez

    10:29 HOW FASCISM WORKS by Jason Stanley

    19:09 Will you FIGHT, FLIGHT, OR FLEE?

    33:40 Outro

    35:54 TikToks on WHEN TO LEAVE

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    šŸ“° SHOW NOTES1.

    What the PSL (and the Campist Left) Gets Wrong about Venezuela – Left Voice

    šŸ”— https://www.leftvoice.org/what-the-psl-and-the-campist-left-gets-wrong-about-venezuela/

    2. The History – and Hypocrisy – of US Meddling in Venezuela – Venezuelanalysis

    šŸ”— https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14263/

    3. Fleeing Venezuela – Persuasion

    šŸ”— https://www.persuasion.community/p/fleeing-venezuela?r=3s62s&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

    4. Anduril Drone Company Plans Ohio Factory – The Columbus Dispatch

    šŸ”— https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2025/01/16/anduril-drone-company-defense-tech-contractor-peter-thiel-plans-ohio-factory/77717316007/

    5. How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley [affliate]

    šŸ”— https://bookshop.org/a/23229/9780525511854

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    Black August Spotlight: Kwame Ture’s Legacy and the Birth of Black Power31 aoĆ»t 202500:48:36

    What is Black August? And why does it matter? In this episode, we're diving deep into the history and spirit of a month dedicated to resistance. It's a time to honor the freedom fighters and political prisoners who sacrificed everything for our liberation.

    Our main focus is on the incredible legacy of Kwame Ture, formerly known as Stokely Carmichael. We'll follow his journey from a young, charismatic student leader in the Civil Rights Movement , the Freedom Rides, the infamous ⁠Parchman Penitentiary⁠ in ⁠Sunflower County⁠, Mississippi, and Black Power.

    And readings from Ready for the Revolution (affiliate link):⁠https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9780684850047⁠

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    Black August Reading & Reflection of In The Belly: An Abolitionist Zine30 aoƻt 202500:32:33


    This episode of The Dugout Jordan takes listeners through a series of powerful readings and reflections on learning, resistance, and survival inside and outside the walls of prison. We begin with Brian Fuller’s Lifelong Learning, considering how education remains a liberatory practice even in confinement. Next, we turn to Boukman Ptah’s The New Solja: A Black Manifesto, digging into its radical call to arms for self-determination and freedom. Finally, we share Beto "Sharky" Garcia’s On Organizing Within Prison Walls, a testimony to the power of collective struggle!

    00:00 intro what is In The Belly

    02:02 Lifelong Learning by Brian Fuller

    06:40 Reflection on Lifelong Learning

    08:31 Reading The New Solja: A Black A Manifesto by Boukman Ptah

    16:28 Reflecting on The New Solja: A Black Manifesto

    23:03 On Organizing Within Prison Walls By Beto "Sharky" Garcia

    28:52 Reflecting On "On Organizing Within Prison Walls"

    31:05 Outro

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    How FASCISM Became Monetized27 aoƻt 202500:32:33

    From televangelism to Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, and today’s internet trolls, this video essay unpacks how alt-right media and the internet age have monetized fascism—often in more ways than one. And what does it mean when edgelords are in office and Trump fascism means that internet fascism is institutionalized?

    A P.S. NETWORK PRODUCTION

    VIDEO CHAPTERS00:00 Intro - Jubilee Debates and Alt Right Media03:12 Alt-right media history – Messengers of the Right book breakdown06:47 Televangelism’s influence – Kenneth Copeland and faith-based political power12:59 Rush Limbaugh era – How talk radio mainstreamed far-right politics21:23 Internet age – Edgelord culture, online fascism, and monetizing extremism25:27 Outro thought on Trump, fascism, and monetized hate--------------------------------------------------šŸ“š Research Mentioned BOOK - Messengers of The Right by Nicole Hemmer : https://bookshop.org/a/23229/9780812224306 [affiliate link] šŸ”— Kenneth Copeland Ministries revenue & assets — Zippia: https://www.zippia.com/kenneth-copeland-ministries-careers-1342148/revenue/šŸ”— Kenneth Copeland’s $7M estate & private jet — New York Post: https://nypost.com/2021/12/17/kenneth-copeland-wealthiest-us-pastor-lives-on-7m-tax-free-estate/šŸ”— ā€œBlowing awayā€ COVID claim — The Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/kenneth-copeland-blow-coronavirus-pray-sermon-trump-televangelist-a9448561.htmlšŸ”— ā€œTubes full of demonsā€ private jet defense — WVLT News: https://www.wvlt.tv/content/news/TV-evangelist-Kenneth-Copeland--510809861.htmlšŸ”— How Trump used YouTube ads for 2020 campaign — Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/06/trumpyoutube-election-comeback-408576šŸ”— Trump’s homepage ads on YouTube — Vox: https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/11/3/21545053/trump-youtube-campaign-homepage-advertisementsšŸ”— YouTube & election misinformation — The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/technology/youtube-election-conspiracy-theories-misinformation.htmlšŸ”— Substack hosting Nazi and extremist newsletters — The Atlantic:

    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/substack-extremism-nazi-white-supremacy-newsletters/676156/?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharešŸ”— Pressure on Substack to stop paying Nazi writers — NBC News: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/pressure-builds-newsletter-company-substack-stop-paying-nazi-writers-rcna132593

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    The U.S. Police State Is Expanding — And D.C. Just Proved It21 aoĆ»t 202500:48:52

    Trump police state. National Guard in D.C. Arresting activists, like Afeni, protecting Black youth. This video breaks down how Trump’s deployment of the National Guard into Washington, D.C. isn’t about crime reduction — it’s about expanding the police state that has always been here.

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    Articles & Reports

    šŸ”— National Guard Deployed in D.C. (TIME): https://time.com/7310189/republican-national-guard-dc-deployed/

  • šŸ”— ICE Plans to Double Immigrant Detention Space (Washington Post): https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/08/15/ice-documents-reveal-plan-double-immigrant-detention-space-this-year/

  • šŸ”— Henry Green, the Columbus Police, and the Jumpout Boys: How Racism Becomes Institutionalized in Police Departments: https://psmag.com/social-justice/racism-institutionalized-cpd/Inside ICE Recruitment Tactics (Wall Street Journal)

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    The Dugout Website is Live! 15 aoƻt 202500:14:05

    The Dugout is expanding beyond the mic. We’re building a new website as a hub for political education, resource-sharing, and collective study. It will feature accessible learning modules—on Black anarchism, the Black Panther Party, mutual aid, and more—alongside a growing archive of books, films, and zines that have shaped our politics. Visitors will also be able to explore The Dugout’s own catalog of episodes and series in a curated way. More than a site, this is a political home for study, imagination, and solidarity—whether you’re new to radical thought or a longtime organizer.

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    SECURITY CULTURE 101: The Tools of State Surveillance and How to Resist 13 aoƻt 202501:26:09

    In Direct Action 101: Episode 10, we expose how modern policing relies on surveillance—not just force—to control, intimidate, and punish. From facial recognition and drones to door knocks and license plate readers, this episode unpacks the digital and physical tools the state uses to monitor dissent. We trace the roots of policing from slave patrols to AI-driven surveillance, showing how pain compliance and repression are embedded in law enforcement’s logic. Learn how activists resist this infrastructure through security culture, anonymity, and collective care.

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    Want to learn more from the resources in the episode?

    šŸ“š BOOKS TO READ

    FBI Raids Pro-Palestine Student Organizers – Truthout
    šŸ”— https://truthout.org/articles/fbi-and-police-raid-homes-of-pro-palestine-student-activists-in-michigan/

  • Pain Compliance Tactics Explained
    šŸ”— https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRyqyzZFjpw&pp=ygUhUGFpbiBDb21wbGlhbmNlIFRhY3RpY3MgRXhwbGFpbmVk

  • Line 3 Protest Surveillance (Documentary)
    šŸ”— https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5hDJddQ6nM

  • Stingray Surveillance Tech

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1E3r2USd8I

  • Facial Recognition Explained
    šŸ”— https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aHub80AHFk

  • Police and Doorbell Camera Surveillance
    šŸ”— https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utZGjEMTTx4&t=88s

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    šŸŽ„ VIDEOS MENTIONED OR CITED

    RESISTING SURVEILLANCE: STOP COPS CAMPAIGN - TALK
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    Cages, Courts, & Collectives: Eric King on Building Power09 aoƻt 202501:06:39

    In this conversation, former political prisoner and anarchist Eric King shares the emotional depth of his journey—through solitary confinement, court battles, and spiritual struggle—to the slow and ongoing work of healing. From tattooing as therapy to fighting patriarchal power in prisons and families, Eric explores how trauma, solidarity, and resistance intersect. We discuss paralegal activism, building an abolitionist legal strategy, the challenges of unity across tactical lines, and the danger of romanticizing suffering.

    Whether it’s organizing with inside comrades, challenging the state through lawsuits, or building care-based relationships, this is a vital portrait of survival and struggle in the belly of the beast.

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    Bread and Roses Law - breadandroseslaw.org/

    Eric King instagram.com/supportericking

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    Chapters

    00:00 INTRO

    01:18 What was a young Eric like

    03:15 What is you healing journey been like? with a focus on your spiritual health both incarcerated and now on the outs?

    04:52 "I am hurting, some one is doing this to me and I don't deserve this... this is not a choice im making to suffer"

    06:52 "getting free had the same disappointment, expectation let down that going in did."

    07:28 Tattooing as apart of the healing journey

    08:56 Role of world building

    12:52 - What does family mean to you

    14:27 Machismo in family dynamics and fighting patriarchy in a family unit

    16:20 Being jaded by the world and time incarcerated

    19:21 What was the support from other incarcerated folks like during your sentence

    21:54 List of People to support

    22:48 What has been the importance of traveling around and engaging in critical dialogue

    26:43 The TEA pm press book management and Sean Swainn Using the courts for patriarchy and control

    37:68 - How are you seeing the carceral state expand under trump and people response to it

    41:00 How does organizing by and with incarcerated comrades effect this conversation

    42:31 Tactics for change and the sacrifice of the incarcerated bodies with tactical rigidity

    43:53 How are we doing on a united front what are some steps you feel can be taken

    45:20 How do militants find unity in above and bellow tactics and even strategies

    49:14 Eric King's paralegal work at Bread & Roses

    51:15 What other books, people, collectives should people be keeping an eye on?

    54:35 What power is there to build as anarchist in the legal arena?

    57:30 Fighting to decrease suffering of being incarcerated is not being soft on the state?

    59:03 Eric's Pathway to becoming a paralegal

    59:54 Organizing with lawyers

    01:02:53 Doing local court support and court watch

    01:03:43 Final thoughts

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    Mentioned Media:

    BOOKSĀ 

    šŸ“šRattling The Cages Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners - https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9781849355216

    šŸ“šA Clean Hell by Eric King - https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9798887441597

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