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Bayard Rustin was a key figure and leader of the Civil Rights Movement, but because he was a gay man, he was mostly relegated to the background and cast as an outsider. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the documentary “Brother Outsider: The Life of Freedom Fighter Bayard Rustin” (co-produced and co-directed by Nancy Kates and Bennett Singer), which chronicles the life, work, and legacy of the great civil rights leader and activist Bayard Rustin, including his successes and contributions to the movement and the challenges he faced, and what we learn and take away from this incredible film in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.
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The fight against fascism across the globe is necessary for the survival of Black people. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the book The Black Antifascist Tradition: Fighting Back From Anti-Lynching to Abolition by Jeanelle K. Hope and Bill V. Mullen (published by Haymarket Books), which chronicles the history of the fight against fascism and anti-Blackness across the globe by Black activists and scholars who have stood within the tradition of Black antifascism, and what we learn and take away from this brilliant book in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.
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We must resist the government takeover by the billionaire Right and fascists at all costs. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “In the Face of Overwhelm” by Asha Ransby-Sporn in In These Times, which analyzes the ongoing government takeover by fascists and the billionaire Right and highlights what we can and must do to resist being overwhelmed and complacent in the face of it all, 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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Despite the flurry and onslaught of anti-trans legislation and actions by the new administration, we must stand committed to defending the humanity of trans people and fight this fascist, anti-trans agenda at all costs. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “Trump’s Latest Anti-Trans Actions and How We Can Fight Back” by Kelly Hayes in her newsletter Organizing My Thoughts, which outlines and analyzes the anti-trans actions of the new administration and offers a strong call to action for health care professionals and all of us, 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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There is still much work to be done regarding the future of the struggle to disrupt the distribution of United States weaponry and support to Israel in the ultimate hope to dismantle Zionism and imperialism. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “Our Fight Doesn’t End at Cease-Fire” by Nashwa Bawab in In These Times, which features parts of a panel conversation moderated by Bawab between several pro-Palestinian antiwar organizers analyzing and sharing their perspectives on the importance of organizing around logistics and weapons distribution during the genocide in Palestine, 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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We've got a solo episode today. Aaron revisits and reads Toni Morrison's 1995 essay Racism and Fascism. We explored and appreciated this essay in October 2024 thanks to In These Times decision to republish it. We felt a sense of truth-telling that continues to reverberate 30 years later.
The inauguration of Donald Trump on the same day as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday highlights the fact that we are witnessing and living through a significant clash of opposing visions. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “MLK’s Legacy Is One of Class Struggle. To Fight Trump, We Must Carry His Torch.” by Nicholas Powers in Truthout, which explores and outlines how Project 2025 and this new administration are working to impose state-sanctioned discrimination and inequality in every aspect of our society, and how that stands in direct opposition to the work and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 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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Nuclear colonialism and racism are at the core of the Indigenous struggle for healthy and viable sacred land in the American Southwest. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the documentary Demon Mineral (directed by Hadley Austin), which chronicles the ongoing Indigenous struggle to reclaim healthy and sacred land among the uranium mines and radioactive desert of the American Southwest, and what we learn and take away from this incredible film in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.
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With the 2024 election behind us, it is important to figure out where we go from here. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “Donald Trump’s Victory, the Elitism of Democrats, and the Need to Build a Hospitable Left” in Hammer & Hope, which features a conversation between Daniel Denvir and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor analyzing the 2024 presidential election results, the concept and effects of a multiracial working class dealignment from the Democratic Party, and where the left needs to go from here, and what we learn from this incredible conversation in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.
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