Centering on Gaza, we talk about the nature of not knowing, of the inexpressible, and the ways certain poems can give us the strength, energy, and commitment to persist in working for the liberation of all peoples, even when dwelling in grief. #FreePalestine.

The beginnings of elite art collection coincided with the rise of the robber barons and the suppression of the labor movement. Kin connects this to Taylorism and the idea of scientific management, that further extenuated the rift between the mind and the body, intellectual activity and labor.

Always great to chat with @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social and @doughenwood.bsky.social Great episode on #Zohran #Mamdani

While showing how when romance is brought into activist spaces it can cause great harm, Dean Spade also shows that, if converted into a form which includes patience, kindness, and generosity, romance can complement and strengthen our activism at a time when it is needed the most.

Maynard details the numerous failures of police reform, and her vision for abolition is bold, and expansive, reaching beyond Canada to examine both transnational apparatuses of surveillance, policing, and punishment, and vital global forms of resistance and solidarity.

In the midst of forced famine and war, we find the efforts of mutual aid groups and resistance organizations in civil society that have made life possible. We talk about the Sudanese Solidarity Collective, which provides a vital conduit of aid to Sudan from its diasporic communities and others.

Mampilly explains how rural and urban spaces have seen a complex transit of peoples and funds that complicate politics, and emergent forms of radical activism have taken root and spread in many African countries. These forms display important re-imaginings of power sharing and revolutionary praxis.

Mary Anne Franks explains what Fearless Speech is, and why we need to practice it more than ever. @maryannefranks.bsky.social

Fearless Speech: Breaking Free from the First Amendment shows how the First Amendment has been interpreted in ways that protect and extend racism, misogyny, religious fundamentalism, and corporate self-interest. It champions fearless speech and counter-publics to fight the status quo.

Christine Webb explains how this myth has devastating political, cultural, and environmental consequences. Combining scientific and humanistic studies, we go into some detail about what this arrogance produces, and why we desperately need a much more humble sense of ourselves.

In “Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition,” Shah provides a critical discussion about the intersection between detention, the prison industrial complex, and anti-immigrant racism

We talk about the continuity of storytelling forms and techniques that bridge generations and support and convey values and beliefs that resist western appropriation and distortion. These stories continue and advance the struggle for Palestinian rights and the celebration of Palestinian life.

We talk about the continuity of storytelling forms and techniques that bridge generations and support and convey values and beliefs that resist western appropriation and distortion. These stories continue and advance the struggle for Palestinian rights and the celebration of Palestinian life.

In a discussion with poet Maya Salameh we talk about technology and poetry, language and story-telling, the challenges and joys of representing life in the diaspora. In a time of war and genocide, Salameh’s poetry shows how patterns of life and reproduction and desire persist.

International human rights scholars discuss Israel’s violations of international law, the complicity of the US, the responsibility of states to immediately halt their direct and indirect support for the genocide. International civil society must protect the rights and lives of Palestinians.

OpenAI is anything but “open”—very early on, it left behind that marketing tag to become increasingly closed, elitist, and inherently anti-democratic. Empire of AI had a rather different subtitle in its UK edition: “Inside the reckless race of total domination.”

What are the challenges of teaching Arabic literature, especially Palestinian literature, in the time of genocide. Huda speaks of the freedom found in living in Arabic, and explains what that means to her.  #FreePalestine

Savonick shows how Bambara, Jordan, Lorde and Rich each came to find radical teaching methods in collaboration with newly admitted Black and Puerto Rican students, and how their experiences with this new pedagogy affected their creative and other writing in profound and lasting manners.

We take a deep dive into the genesis of a weird and powerful merging of two seemingly different groups the Far Right and neoliberals. We talk about how this meshing is driven by a primitive desire to ward off egalitarianism, difference, democracy, and government that services the common good.