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Interdependent Study
By Interdependent StudySociety & Culture
Interdependent Study episodes
- SCOTUS Guts the VRA Again
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais has essentially reversed the profound progress that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 helped to usher into this country. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “The Supreme Court Blesses the Destruction of Black Electoral Power” by Vincent M. Southerland in Hammer & Hope, which analyzes the Supreme Court’s recent Louisiana v. Callais decision and its impact on the gutting of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and reversal of Black electoral power in this country, and what we learn and take away from this incredible piece in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.
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25 min - Resisting Corporate & Monopoly Power
The role and impact of corporate power and monopoly power in this country on the economy and on marginalized communities has been significant. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “How We Beat Corporate Power Before”, featuring a conversation between Adem Sengal, Ron Knox, and Candace Milner in The Forge (in collaboration with Liberation in a Generation), which explores and analyzes the history of corporate power and monopoly power and how marginalized communities have resisted and organized against corporate power and for economic and social justice in various ways, and what we learn and take away from this incredible piece and conversation in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation. (This is our third episode this year discussing The Forge’s Corporate Power series. Check out our “Challenging Corporate Power” and “Disastrous Housing Policy” episodes wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.)
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29 min - Mutual Aid: Solidarity Beyond Crises
There is power in community-based organizing and mutual aid to care for each other and fight for the world we all need and deserve. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the book Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade (and published by Verso Books), which outlines and analyzes mutual aid as an organizing tactic and strategy for building solidarity and addressing the needs of our communities in response to the wide array of crises we are and will collectively face, and what we learn and take away from this incredible book in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.
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30 min - Whose Independence? Aspirations & Contradictions
The language in and about the Declaration of Independence is telling of the current state of the United States today. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “Do You Understand Your Own Language?” by Robin D. G. Kelley in Hammer & Hope, which explores the language in and about the Declaration of Independence and critiques and analysis of the document by Black radicals, thinkers, and abolitionists throughout history, as well as the implications and impact of this language on the United States today, and what we learn and take away from this incredible piece in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.
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31 min - Anti-Blackness In This Economy
There is a clear connection between anti-Blackness and racism to the state of the political economy of the United States. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “Over 160 Years After Abolition, Anti-Black Racism Still Structures US Economy” by CJ Polychroniou in Truthout, which is a conversation between CJ Polychroniou and economic scholars Michelle Holder and Jeannette Wicks-Lim about how anti-Blackness and racism have developed in the contemporary United States and their role on our political economy, and what we learn and take away from this incredible piece in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.
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25 min - Carceral AI & Precrime
The role and impact of carceral AI technologies in our criminal punishment system and on our society is significant, outrageous, and dangerous. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “Precrime Is No Longer Science Fiction” by Sarah Fathallah in Inquest, which highlights and analyzes the dangerous impact of biometric technologies to predict the likelihood of crime and criminality and expand the reach of the carceral state and criminal punishment system, and what we learn and take away from this incredible piece in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation. (This is our second episode this year discussing Inquest’s Carceral AI series. Check out our first episode “Carceral AI and the Police State” wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.)
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26 min - Dr. King & Gangs in Chicago
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s work with Black and Latino gang members in Chicago in the 1960s shows his commitment to engaging young people in the Black freedom struggle. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “The Martin Luther King Jr. We Don’t Know” by Jeanne Theoharis in Hammer & Hope, which highlights and analyzes the history of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s lesser known work with Black and Latino gang members in Chicago in the 1960s to support their organizing work, develop their power and leadership potential, and engage them in the broader Black freedom struggle, and what we learn and take away from this incredible piece in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.
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25 min - Sportswashing & the World Cup
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is here, but it is fueled by an undercurrent and history of sportswashing and corruption. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the book Red Card: The 2026 World Cup, Sportswashing, and the FIFA Greed Machine by Jules Boykoff (and published by OR Books), which analyzes and critiques the history and impact of sportswashing, politics, corruption, and authoritarianism on FIFA and the global sport of soccer as the 2026 FIFA World Cup is in full swing, and what we learn and take away from this incredible book in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.
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31 min - Carceral AI and the Police State
The role and impact of carceral AI technologies in our criminal punishment system and on our society is significant, outrageous, and dangerous. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “Carceral AI is here. It’s time to fight back” by Dasha Pruss in Inquest, which highlights and analyzes the harmful effects of carceral AI technologies in our criminal punishment system across the country and how abolitionist activism and organizing can work to fight and resist the carceral state, and what we learn and take away from this incredible piece in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.
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24 min - Disastrous Housing Policy
The organizing work to curb runaway corporate power in the United States in the fight for housing justice is critically important and necessary. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “When Disaster Strikes: Housing Inequality and The Rising Threat of Disaster Capitalism” featuring a conversation between Andrea Portillo, Iris Craige, Stella Adams, and Audrey Aradanas in The Forge (in collaboration with Liberation in a Generation), which highlights how corporate power, long-term disinvestment policies, and disaster capitalism have impacted and shaped housing, neighborhoods, and communities across the country, as well as the organizing work to fight against corporate greed and disaster capitalism and fight for housing justice, and what we learn and take away from this incredible piece in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.
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About Interdependent Study
From the publisher's feed
Class is in session. Interdependent Study is about the learning and unlearning work for social justice and collective liberation.
Interdependent Study is hosted by Damien Franze, an angry Black man from Baltimore who wears his heart on his sleeve, and Aaron Hood, an angry white man from Florida who is always thinking. We’re two friends who work in education and share a commitment to social justice.
We believe that we are always learning; always arriving. People constantly learn and unlearn by reflecting on their experiences. Interdependent Study is designed to be a community for this work.
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