In this episode, we delve into the portrayals of the Black Panther Party in the TV miniseries The Big Cigar and the 1995 film Panther. We critically examine the depiction of the party's politics, the representation of co-founder Huey P. Newton, and the broader narrative of revolution, and whether or not revolution on screen is viable.

Media Discussed:

The Big Cigar: This biographical drama thriller miniseries, developed by Jim Hecht, is based on the 2012 Playboy article by Joshuah Bearman. It follows Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton as he escapes an FBI manhunt to Cuba with the help of Hollywood producer Bert Schneider.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0t0QL7ba1U⁠

Panther (1995): Directed by Mario Van Peebles, this film offers a dramatized account of the Black Panther Party's origins and activities. It spans the years 1966 to 1968, highlighting the party's rise and the challenges it faced.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0LKF0cNNSY

Relevant Books:

Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton by Bobby Seale

Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton

They say we have free speech—but history proves otherwise. From COINTELPRO to the Kent State massacre to today’s pro-Palestinian crackdowns, the state has always silenced dissent. This video breaks down how language is weaponized to criminalize protest, dehumanize activists, and justify state violence. How does the U.S. decide who gets free speech and who gets suppressed? And what does that mean for the future of resistance?

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EPISODE CHAPTERS

00:00 INTRO

03:21 THE KENT STATE MASSACRE - a case study in state violence against anti-war protestors

10:58 THE FIRST TELEVISED WAR - How the Vietnam War changed wartime journalism and censorship

14:41 On MEDIA and the Dehumanization of Palestinians

20:39 From the LA 8 Case to Mahmoud Khalil - when the state tries to deport dissent

29:16 What does the DEHUMANIZATION OF DISSENT teach us FASCISM

33:27 OUTRO

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 by Rhashis Kalihi:

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What is mutual aid? It’s not charity — it’s how communities survive when the state fails. In this video, I break down its history, its politics, and how you can get involved today. From the Black Panther Party’s free breakfast programs to today’s disaster relief networks, mutual aid has always been a tool for survival pending revolution.

Episode 4 of the DIRECT ACTION 101 series

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CHAPTERS

00:00 INTRO

01:25 What is MUTUAL AID?

04:20 Collective Economies and the democratic nature of Mutual Aid

06:27 The necessity of STATE VIOLENCE vs the power of MUTUAL AID

08:21 on FOOD COLLECTIVISM as a form of MUTUAL AID

11:29 The Black Panther Party FREE BREAKFAST PROGRAM as Mutual Aid

14:24 COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE as Mutual Aid and Young Lords Lincoln Hospital Takeover

19:34 HOTLINE AND CHATSERVICES as a form of HARM REDUCTION

21:47 MEANS TV - Support my channel by signing up with my code

22:40 On EDUCATIONAL MUTUAL AID w/ BPP Liberation Schools and Jamal Joseph

34:50 On building community trust through MUTUAL AID

36:09 HOUSING MUTUAL AID - camp sweeps, squatting, etc

37:35 Interview w SAM a mutual aid organizer

44:59 On SQUATTING and my time in Spain

49:09 On LEGAL AND JAIL SUPPORT and the FREE HUEY campaign

52:06 The Panther 21 Trial and Jamal Joseph's experience

01:00:45 My story - Doing legal support work with THE BOEING 5

01:02:48 On DISASTER RELIEF MUTUAL AID and Hurricane Katrina

01:08:38 On ABOLITIONARY MUTUAL AID and the Attica Uprising

01:14:39 OUTRO

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Books to Read on Mutual Aid

Disaster Anarchy: Mutual Aid and Radical Action
Rhiannon Firth examines how mutual aid networks have emerged in response to crises like Hurricane Sandy and COVID-19, highlighting their effectiveness and challenges.

https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9781839762123

Disaster Anarchy: Mutual Aid and Radical Action
Rhiannon Firth examines how mutual aid networks have emerged in response to crises like Hurricane Sandy and COVID-19, highlighting their effectiveness and challenges.

https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9780745340456

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Other Resources

• It’s Going Down: What Is Mutual Aid? (short explainer)
  https://itsgoingdown.org/what-is-mutual-aid/

• The Laura Flanders Show: Mutual Aid — Not Charity but Solidarity
  https://lauraflanders.org/2020/05/mutual-aid-not-charity-but-solidarity/

• Vera Institute: Mutual Aid in Action During COVID-19
  https://www.vera.org/news/covid-19-1

  Unicorn Riot: Frontline Mutual Aid at Standing Rock
  https://unicornriot.ninja/tag/standing-rock/

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They tell us that "free speech" is a foundational right, but history tells a different story. From COINTELPRO targeting Black radicals to the brutal crackdowns on anti-war protests, the U.S. has always drawn the line at speech that challenges power. This video unpacks the long history of silencing dissent, exposing how governments and corporations weaponize "freedom" to maintain control. #FreeSpeech

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00:00 INTRO

01:22 STORYTIME: Zionist doxing during my senior year

04:31 Mohamad Khalil's Kidnapped by DHS and Columbia Censorship

09:48 A Case Study in Criminalizing Indigenous Resistance - STANDING ROCK and TigerSwan

17:54 Cleveland, OH: From FBI door knocks during 2016 RNC to Entrapment of the Cleveland 4

29:20 How FREE SPEECH is manipulated by the US today

34:00 OUTRO

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Today, we break down the state—its role, its violence, and why anarchists reject it. We examine Max Weber’s idea of the state as a monopoly on legitimate violence and connect it to Black anarchist critiques from Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin and William C. Anderson. How does the state uphold racial and economic hierarchies? Why does seizing state power recreate oppression? And how is the state tied to capitalism? Tune in for a deep dive into power, coercion, and resistance!

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Mentioned Media and Books

📚 Politics As a Vocation by Max Weber https://archive.org/details/weber_max_1864_1920_politics_as_a_vocation

📚Anarchism and the Black Revolution by Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin - https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lorenzo-kom-boa-ervin-anarchism-and-the-black-revolution [affiliate link]

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In this episode of The Dugout, Jordan explores the book Rojava In Focus co-edited by Cihad Hammy and Thomas Jeffrey Miley, exploring a critical dialogue about Democratic Confederalism, communes, and leadership. Most the episode is reading as we believe it is very important to have On the ground voices lifted,especially in times of crisis so that those affected cannot be ignored and their experience in the revolutionary process is learned from. If you enjoy this text we highly recommend using the link below to purchase the book and hopefully more accessible copies make their way to you. Till then hope you enjoy the reading and analysis.

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Podcast Chapters:

00:00 - Intro: Welcome and episode overview.

06:45 - Reading 1:

10:11 - Introduction by Cihad Hammy: Revolutionary contradiction

13:38 - Voices From Rojava

15:20 - On The Function Of Communes and Radical Democracy

28:22 - On Leadership

31:01 - On Education

36:20 - On Economic Challenges

43: 30 - On Ecology

45:12 - Dugout Reflection

47:30 - Excerpt from Forward by John Holloway

52:43 Outro Reflection Rant

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Mentioned Media:

BOOKS 

📚Rojava in Focus: Critical Dialogues Edited by Cihad Hammy And Thomas Jeffery Miley bookshop.org/a/109212/9781849355728

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NEWS ARTICLES

🔗Lessons From Rojava for the Paradigm of Social Ecology By Cihad Hammy and Thomas Jeffrey Miley - www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/bitstreams/4ab50074-5628-4cb9-a285-edb9b00c3e34/download

Podcast For Further Study

🔗The Womens War - By Robert Evans and Jake Hanrahan www.thewomenswar.com

🔗 From The Periphery Media Collective fromtheperiphery.com

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"The Dugout Podcast just launched The Dugout Newsletter! Get radical news, abolitionist analysis, and updates straight to your inbox.

LAUNCHING ON MARCH 15, 2025

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Prison Justice Updates: Legal battles, strikes, and climate impacts on incarceration, exposing systemic abuse and resistance.

Radical Resources: Must-read texts, mutual aid tools, and digital security essentials.

Amplified Voices: Incarcerated abolitionists speak through platforms like In the Mix Prisoner Podcast.

Movement Inspiration: News, workshops, and skill-shares to fuel learning and action.

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00:00 Why a newsletter?

02:00 What's inside? NEWS: MVP Trial results, Murders in Prisons, and Leonard Peltier released afer 50 years

10:00 What we're reading, watching & OUTRO

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Clips Featured in This Episode:

• The Life Sentence of Leonard Peltier - Native American Stories - One Minute History
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• New York Corrections Officers, Sergeants Continue to Strike - 13WHAM TV News
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In this episode of The Dugout, we sit down with ASL PRINCESS, a visionary artist, organizer, and founding member of CLASS WAR COLLECTIVE, to talk about the power of queer anger, the necessity of being antagonistic to trans misogynoir, and the radical act of building community on our own terms.

ASL PRINCESS shares stories about growing up in a family with mixed political values, navigating rage as a Black trans person in a violently anti-Black world, and why we don’t waste time arguing with bigots to prove our existence. We explore the horror of defining ourselves through the lens of the state, decolonizing our love and intimacy, and what it means to show up in community—not just for others, but for the past versions of ourselves who needed that space, too.

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00:00 - Intro: Meet ASL PRINCESS and explore the roots of her political journey.

03:30 - Early Years: What was young ASL PRINCESS like?

12:40 - Finding Freedom: Black trans and queer liberation in music, DIY, and punk spaces.

14:50 - Hood Communalism: Hip-hop, gang culture, and collective survival.

18:00 - Afropessimism & Afropunk: Racism in punk spaces and the contradictions of Afropunk.

23:05 - Checking Out & Black Queer Anger: How we feel when Black people disengage from politics + anger as a tool.

26:03 - Sharing a clip from MOONLIGHT (2016)

31:13 - How ANGER can liberate us

33:33 - Ready to give up being American? and Blackness as Anarchy

40:05 - Not arguing with bigots: Why we don’t prove our existence.

49:20 - Beyond Language: “The freedom we need, we don’t have the phonetics for it.”

53:25 - Radicalization: The moment that shifted ASL PRINCESS’ worldview.

57:45 - Support The Dugout: Join us on Patreon.

58:18 - Intergenerational Organizing: How to show up for community across generations.

01:10:03 - Loving Black Trans Women: What does it mean in practice?

01:18:00 - AI & Subjugation: Why material change matters more than tech solutions.

01:24:45 - The spirituality of Black revolution

01:40:50 - Class War Collective: What it is & how to support ASL PRINCESS.

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📖 Articles & Essays
🔗 "Laundering Black Rage" (Black Agenda Report):

https://www.blackagendareport.com/laundering-black-rage

🎥 Books & Films
📚 The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study – Stefano Harney & Fred Moten:
🎬 Afropunk documentary – Directed by James Spooner:

https://www.spoonersnofun.com/afropunk

✊🏾 Movements & Organizations
🔗 The Black Panther Party & the Republic of New Afrika
🔗 Taala Hooghan Infoshop (Arizona)

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🔗 Bandcamp

💰 Support ASL PRINCESS:
💵 CashApp: $ASLPRINCESS

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Ever wondered what everyday resistance actually looks like? In this video, I share how I’ve practiced anarchist calisthenics throughout my life— from QUEERNESS AS RESISTANCE to HOW LABOR IS A SITE OF COMPLIANCE TO OPPOSE —and how you can do the same. If you’re looking for ways to push back against oppressive systems in your daily life, or just curious about what this all means, this video breaks it down with real-life examples and practical steps.

Want to dig deeper? Check out⁠ Scott’s work here⁠:

⁠https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/james-c-scott-two-cheers-for-anarchism

OR Prince's memoir, WHEN THEY TELL YOU TO BE GOOD: https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9781953534934

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00:00 INTRO

02:26 I. QUEERNESS AS RESISTANCE - how questioning gender and sexuality liberates us

05:01 II. SCHOOL AS A SITE OF COMPLIANCE OR RESISTANCE

09:24 III. LABOR AS ANOTHER SITE OF COERCION

16:40 How Anarchist Calisthenics Should Move From Individual to Collective Liberation

18:30 OUTRO and Preview of MUTUAL AID IS SURVIVAL

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