We discuss the radical life of Claudia Jones, her life and theories as a Black female Communist, her repression by the FBI, and much more, with the author of Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones by Professor Carole Boyce Davies.  Check out Prof CBD's work here: https://caroleboycedavies.com/left-of-karl-marx/Other Claudia Jones texts here: https://caribbeananti-colonialthoughtarchive.domains.trincoll.edu/claudia-jones-2/ https://archives.nypl.org/scm/20876

On what would have been his 98th Birthday, had he not been assassinated, Amílcar Cabral is introduced as a radical anti-colonial theorist and National Liberation Marxist revolutionary. We discuss his early life and education, his formation of the PAIGC (African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde), and his writings. Specifically, we discuss "The Nationalist Movements of the Portuguese Colonies" and "The Weapon of Theory".  

For more on Cabral's biography, see here: https://globalsocialtheory.org/thinkers/cabral-amilcar/ For his writings, see here: https://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/cabral/index.htm https://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/cabral/1965/tnmpc.htm https://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/cabral/1966/weapon-theory.htm

We read Che Guevara's "The Cadres, Backbone of the Revolution".

We read the speech "Sowing the Seeds of Revolution" by Samora Machel, leader of FRELIMO in Mozambique.

We interview Calla Walsh (@CallaWalsh), Co-Chair of the National Network and youth anti-imperialist activist. Thanks to Calla for this great interview!

We discuss Taiwan's imperialism in Swaziland through weapons shipments and super-exploitation of Swazi labor, as well as the need for international solidarity with the Communist Party of Swaziland, with Cde. Pius.   Check out CPS: @CPSwaziland https://cp-swa.orgCheck out Pius: https://twitter.com/PiusmyRinto

We discuss recent events in the Swazi Revolution with Cde. Pius, such as the targeting of students by the regime.  

Check out CPS: @CPSwaziland https://cp-swa.org Check out Pius: https://twitter.com/PiusmyRinto

We interview Fadiah Nadwa Fikri on her review of Chin Peng/Ong Boon Hua's autobiography "My Side of History" detailing the Malayan Communist Uprising and the British violence against it.   

Check out the article here: https://liberatedtexts.com/reviews/unveiling-the-violence-of-the-british-imperialist-war-in-malaya-chin-peng-my-side-of-history/

We interview David Martinez, who is in the process of making a film about Immanuel Wallerstein, about Wallerstein's life and thought, and some of the events in his life that made way for World Systems Analysis.  

PLEASE contribute to the fundraiser if you can so we can see this film get made! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-eagle-has-crash-landed#/

We interview Andy Higginbottom on his article "Enslaved African labour in the Americas: from primitive accumulation to manufacture with racial violence" and the issue of Eurocentric Marxism, the Brenner Thesis, and theorizing racial capitalism.   Check out the article here:  https://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/id/eprint/43047/