In this episode we interview Sónia Vaz Borges to discuss her book Militant Education, Liberation Struggle, Consciousness: The PAIGC Education In Guinea Bissau 1963-1978.  This book brings to light the educational project developed by the PAIGC during the period of the armed liberation struggle against the Portuguese colonial regime in Guinea Bissau and in the immediate period after independence until 1978. This work includes an extended analysis of reports and printed material produced by the PAIGC, and expands its sources to oral testimonies, exploring militants’ individual and collective experiences in education under the colonial regime, that finally led the Party militants to develop their concept, practices, and materials for the militant education project.   We talk to Sónia about several critical elements of her study of liberation struggle and educational praxis in Guinea Bissau. We hope that this discussion serves to further all of our investigations into how we create truly liberatory political & militant education by illuminating the amazing, rarely studied efforts of the PAIGC, which are part of an under explored, but rich tradition of revolutionary political education projects.

In this episode we interview Sónia Vaz Borges to discuss her book Militant Education, Liberation Struggle, Consciousness: The PAIGC Education In Guinea Bissau 1963-1978. This book brings to light the educational project developed by the PAIGC during the period of the armed liberation struggle against the Portuguese colonial regime in Guinea Bissau and in the immediate period after independence until 1978. This work includes an extended analysis of reports and printed material produced by the PAIGC, and expands its sources to oral testimonies, exploring militants’ individual and collective experiences in education under the colonial regime, that finally led the Party militants to develop their concept, practices, and materials for the militant education project. We talk to Sónia about several critical elements of her study of liberation struggle and educational praxis in Guinea Bissau. We hope that this discussion serves to further all of our investigations into how we create truly liberatory political & militant education by illuminating the amazing, rarely studied efforts of the PAIGC, which are part of an under explored, but rich tradition of revolutionary political education projects.

In this episode we interview Sónia Vaz Borges to discuss her book Militant Education, Liberation Struggle, Consciousness: The PAIGC Education In Guinea Bissau 1963-1978.&nbsp; This book brings to light the educational project developed by the PAIGC during the period of the armed liberation struggle against the Portuguese colonial regime in Guinea Bissau and in the immediate period after independence until 1978. This work includes an extended analysis of reports and printed material produced by the PAIGC, and expands&nbsp;its sources to oral testimonies, exploring&nbsp;militants’ individual and&nbsp;collective experiences in education under the colonial regime, that finally led the Party militants to develop their concept,&nbsp;practices, and materials for the militant education project.&nbsp;&nbsp; We talk to Sónia about several critical elements of her study of liberation struggle and educational praxis in Guinea Bissau. We hope that this discussion serves to further all of our investigations into how we create truly liberatory political &amp; militant education by illuminating the amazing, rarely studied efforts of the PAIGC, which are part of an under explored, but rich tradition of revolutionary political education projects.

Episode 50 - Militant Education, Liberation Struggle, Consciousness - PAIGC Education with Sónia Vaz Borges

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Too often within the imperial core we focus on our own struggles without taking the time to understand those fighting for freedom from beneath the empire’s thumb. It is important to highlight these struggles, learn what we can from them, offer solidarity, and support with action when we can. It is not enough to Fight For $15 an hour and Single-Payer within the core, while the US actively fights against the self-determination of the people of the global economically and militarily.

We recognize that except for the extremely wealthy and privileged, our fates and struggles are intrinsically connected. We hope that our podcast becomes a meaningful platform for organizers and activists fighting for social change to connect their local movements to broader movements centered around the fight to end imperialism, capitalism, racism, discrimination based on gender identity or sexuality, sexism, and ableism. 

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We created this podcast in recognition that there are a number of podcasts for the American “left,” but many of them focus heavily on the organizing of social democrats, progressives, and liberal democrats. Aside from that, on the left we are always fighting a war of ideas and if we do not continue to build platforms to share those ideas and the stories of their implementation from a leftist perspective, they will continue to be ignored, misrepresented, and dismissed by the capitalist media and as a result by the general public. Our goal is to provide a platform for communists, anti-imperialists, Black Liberation movements, ancoms, left libertarians, LBGTQ activists, feminists, immigration activists, and abolitionists to discuss radical politics, radical organizing and share their visions for a better world. Our goal is to center organizers who represent and work with marginalized communities building survival programs, defense programs, political education, and counterpower. We also plan to bring in perspectives on and from the global south to highlight anti-capitalist struggles outside the imperial core. We view solidarity with decolonization, indigenous, anti-imperialist, environmentalist, socialist, and anarchist movements across the world as necessary steps toward meaningful liberation for all people. Too often within the imperial core we focus on our own struggles without taking the time to understand those fighting for freedom from beneath the empire’s thumb. It is important to highlight these struggles, learn what we can from them, offer solidarity, and support with action when we can. It is not enough to Fight For $15 an hour and Single-Payer within the core, while the US actively fights against the self-determination of the people of the global economically and militarily. We recognize that except for the extremely wealthy and privileged, our fates and struggles are intrinsically connected. We hope that our podcast becomes a meaningful platform for organizers and activists fighting for social change to connect their local movements to broader movements centered around the fight to end imperialism, capitalism, racism, discrimination based on gender identity or sexuality, sexism, and ableism. If you like our work please support us at www.patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism

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