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Interdependent Study
By Interdependent StudySociety & Culture
Interdependent Study episodes
- Building Informational Power
There is real power in building and utilizing informational power as a strategy within our abolitionist movements to resist authoritarianism and fight for collective liberation. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the report “Shaping Reality: Building Informational Power to Resist Authoritarianism” by Lewis Raven Wallace (and produced by Interrupting Criminalization), which analyzes recent movements to defund and abolish the police in the United States and the relationships between information, narrative, media, and movement-building power, how movement-building organizations use information production and dissemination to build power, and what lessons can be learned more broadly from this work and the report’s analysis moving forward, and what we learn and take away from this incredible report in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.
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27 min - Big Egregious Wealth Transfer
It is important for all of us to know and understand everything that is in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to know what provisions are coming during the next few years. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “10 Egregious Things You May Not Know About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act” by Colin Seeberger, Andrea Ducas, and Natasha Murphy and published by the Center for American Progress, which outlines some of the lesser-known provisions of the recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act and their potential impact on Americans and the country, and what we learn and take away from this article in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.
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30 min - Fascists Attack Dissent Because They're Afraid
We are witnessing the current administration’s outrageous and harmful efforts to silence dissent and curtail our freedoms on a daily basis. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “‘I Am Not Afraid’” by Adam Federman in In These Times, which analyzes some of the troubling and dangerous efforts by the Trump administration and its far-right loyalists to attack activists, organizers, and protestors, silence dissent, and curtail our individual and collective freedoms, and what we learn and take away from this incredible article in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.
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22 min - Centuries of Witch Hunting
The influence and impact of capitalism across the globe on violence against women, especially with witch hunts, cannot be understated. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the book Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women by Silvia Federici (and published by PM Press), which outlines and analyzes the root causes and impact of interpersonal and institutional violence against witches and women across the globe throughout history and into our present day, as well as the necessary work to resist and combat this violence, and what we learn and take away from this book in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.
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23 min - Talking about the Million Man March
Our learning from the stories of people and communities that have worked tirelessly throughout history for racial and social justice in this country continues. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the third episode of the docuseries “Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest” titled “Million Man March 1995” (directed by Muta'Ali), which chronicles the history, challenges, aftermath, and transformative impact of the 1995 Million Man March in Washington, D.C. on the Black community and in the fight for racial and social justice, 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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25 min - Ban Tear Gas
The history of police use of tear gas in the United States is a history worth learning. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the zine “A [short] History of U.S. Police & Tear Gas” by Mariame Kaba (and published as a resource by Interrupting Criminalization), which outlines and analyzes the history and use of tear gas by the police in the United States (and across the globe) and the inhumane and dangerous impact of it on individuals and on our social movements, and what we learn and take away from this incredible resource in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.
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25 min - Remaking the World with Reparations Pt. 2
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò argues that one of the biggest struggles facing our generation is the climate crisis, and we must act now. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the second half of the book Reconsidering Reparations: Why Climate Justice and Constructive Politics Are Needed in the Wake of Slavery and Colonialism by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò (and published by Haymarket Books), which analyzes the history and impact of colonialism, capitalism, transatlantic slavery, and the climate crisis in the creation of the global racial empire, and the potential for the constructive approach of reparations to transform the world and create a just future for all of us, and what we learn and take away from the second half of this incredible book in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.
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27 min - Remaking the World with Reparations
There is no doubt about the impact of colonialism, capitalism, transatlantic slavery, and the climate crisis on the creation of the global racial empire. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the first half of the book Reconsidering Reparations: Why Climate Justice and Constructive Politics Are Needed in the Wake of Slavery and Colonialism by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò (and published by Haymarket Books), which analyzes the history and impact of colonialism, capitalism, transatlantic slavery, and the climate crisis in the creation of the global racial empire, and the potential for the constructive approach of reparations to transform the world and create a just future for all of us, and what we learn and take away from the first half of this incredible book in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.
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27 min - Literal and Metaphorical Fires
The impact of the 2025 Southern California wildfires has been devastating, but the revitalization and regeneration efforts by communities in Altadena is a true inspiration. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “Between Fires in Los Angeles and Fascism in America” by Robin D.G. Kelley in Hammer & Hope, which chronicles the impact of and response to the 2025 Southern California wildfires, as well as analyzes the history and present day impacts of racism and fascism in the aftermath of the wildfires, and what we learn and take away from this incredible article in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.
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29 min - Authoritarians at Home and Abroad
Fascism, authoritarianism, and the far-right insurgency here in the United States and in Europe are on the rise and undoubtedly devastating for all of us. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “Donald Trump and the Far-Right Insurgency in Europe” by Gary Younge in Hammer & Hope, which outlines and analyzes the history, rise, leaders, and manifestations of fascism and the far-right insurgency that has taken place in the United States and Europe, and what we learn and take away from this great article 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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