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Interdependent Study
By Interdependent StudySociety & Culture
Interdependent Study episodes
- Hope Beyond a Moment
The hope for real change in America after the election of President Obama was stifled in the wake of racism, vigilante violence, and police brutality. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the sixth and final episode of the docuseries “Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest” titled “What Comes After Hope? (2008-2015)” (directed by Leslie Asako Gladsjo), which chronicles the years during Barack Obama’s presidency when hope soared for real change in America but racism, vigilante violence, and police brutality surged and sparked the #BlackLivesMatter movement, and what we learn and take away from this incredible episode in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.
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31 min - The Movement for Resegregation
Affirmative action is about righting some of the wrongs of our society and our history. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the fifth episode of the docuseries “Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest” titled “We Don’t See Color (1996-2013)” (directed by Smriti Mundhra), which explores the complexities and impact of affirmative action policies in places like California, Michigan, and North Carolina on our schools and society at large, and what we learn and take away from this incredible episode in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.
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24 min - Spineless Politicians Refuse to Acknowledge Genocide
Despite the inaction of the Democratic Party leadership, the consensus among the base of the Democratic Party is for the U.S. government to end its support of Israel’s efforts to commit genocide in Palestine. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “Democratic Leadership Still Hasn’t Caught Up to the Party’s Base on Gaza” by Stephen Zunes in In These Times, which explores and analyzes the growing calls for the end of U.S. support for Israel among Democratic voters in the face of the inaction and ineffectiveness of the Democratic Party leadership to force changes in the government’s position, and what we learn and take away from this piece in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.
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22 min - Wisdom & Connection Through Water
What might it mean to truly listen to, know, and exist with water in our lives and in our fight for collective liberation? Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the book Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (and published by Haymarket Books), which explores Nishnaabeg origin stories to offer a radical reimagining of our collective relationship with water in order to spark resistance, transformation, and the work for a just future, 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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29 min - Organizing for the World Beyond Trump
The need for local and regional networks in our mass movements and organizing efforts is huge in order to meet the fascist and authoritarian moment we are in. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece "Building an Opposition to Survive the Trump Era” by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor in Hammer & Hope, which analyzes the scale, scope, and impact of mass protests and organizing work during both of Trump’s presidential terms, and the need for a more sustained mass resistance rooted in local and regional networks, 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 - Bringing Environmental Justice & Abolition Together
It is important that abolitionists and environmental justice organizers fight a common purpose in their work and fight for justice. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the second piece in a six-part series titled “Abolitionist Lessons from the Prison Belt” in Inquest called “Abolition and Environmental Justice”, which features a conversation between Lydia Pelot-Hobbs, Judah Schept, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, and Craig Gilmore about how organizers, abolitionists, and organizations have forged a common purpose in the work and fight for environmental justice across the country, and how important this coalition work is in addressing disposability, land use, organized abandonment, harm, and climate justice issues, 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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21 min - Toxic Spills & Organized Resistance
The presence and impact of environmental racism is real and has been a long-standing issue in our society. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the fourth episode of the docuseries “Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest” titled “Spoil the Vine (1982-2011)” (directed by Rudy Valdez), which chronicles the organizing, growth, and fight for environmental justice in the United States in the aftermath of chemical leaks and toxic exposures in predominately Black communities in states across the country, and what we learn and take away from this incredible episode in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.
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29 min - Resist the Debt, Death, and Deportation Machine
It could not be more clear that we need a new united front against fascism. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “Where Was the Resistance to Trump’s Megabill of Debt, Death, and Deportation?” by Shamell Bell in Hammer & Hope, which utilizes the resistance to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act as a case study to highlight the importance of building an intentional and united coalition of organizers, activists, and organizations in the work and fight against fascism and the Trump administration’s efforts, 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 - Recalibrations of White Supremacism
There are countless examples throughout history and around the world of how racial capitalism reproduces and protects itself and white supremacy. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the book The New Racial Regime: Recalibrations of White Supremacy by Alana Lentin (and published by Pluto Press), which outlines and analyzes the attacks on anticolonial, Black, Indigenous thought, life, and praxis throughout history and around the world, as well as their impact on how racial capitalism has been able to reproduce itself as a recalibrated version of the racial regime in our present day, 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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32 min - Permutations of Prison Expansion
It’s important to consider the need for different strategies in the fight for prison abolition based on the specific region of the country. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the first of a six-part series titled “Abolitionist Lessons from the Prison Belt” in Inquest called “Uneven Expansions”, which features a conversation between Lydia Pelot-Hobbs, Judah Schept, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, and Craig Gilmore about what abolitionists can gain strategically from the complexities of the prison industrial complex in different regions of the country, as well as how different parts of the United States have taken on the project of mass incarceration can inform how abolitionists respond to the carceral system at large, 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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