We share updates on planning for our April 4th Year of Baldwin event and report back on the “Philly Reads Baldwin” reading groups. We also discuss Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, and Martin Luther King, the father of the new American people. Lastly, we discuss Judith Butler, fourth wave feminism, and James Baldwin.

We discuss preparations for our upcoming April 4th and 6th event commemorating Martin Luther King's "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech, as part of the Year of James Baldwin.

We discuss the revolutionary historical chronology and James Baldwin’s place in it. We also prepare for framing the reading groups of the Year of James Baldwin.

We assess the inauguration of Year of James Baldwin and the first podcast episode, as well as discuss how we’re preparing for the reading groups. We also discuss the press conference announcing the Abandon Biden movement in Philly and the 2024 election.

We talk about our final preparations for the inauguration of Year of James Baldwin. We also explore our thinking about the reading groups as part of the People of Philadelphia Read James Baldwin.

We discuss the crisis of the U.S. two party system, and whether there is a way to reform the system. Also, we examine the prospects for new radical revolutionary parties. Lastly, we report on where we are in the inaugural event for the Year of James Baldwin as well as the status of Issue II of Avant Garde Journal.

We discuss what’s happening in the 2024 election in light of Trump’s Iowa and New Hampshire victories, and what is happening among young voters, Black people, Hispanics, and the working class. Will Biden be the Democratic candidate in 2024? We also discuss what is the fate of the delusional left, including CPUSA, PSL, DSA, and the liberal left like Bernie Sanders and others. Lastly, we discuss Cornel West’s candidacy.

We assess the March on Washington for Gaza that happened last Saturday. We also report on where we are for the inauguration of the Year of James Baldwin.

This Saturday, we discuss the ideological history of the modern world and the crisis of American empire.

We discuss 2024: A year of war, economic uncertainty, the most consequential presidential election in U.S. history, and the 100th anniversary of the birth of James Arthur Baldwin.