In this DIRECT ACTION 101 episode, I talk through some lessons that can help any organizer be better at doing work in their community. Stay tuned for more in this series in 2026.

I've spent a while researching, scripting, and reshooting this video on Baldwin, who he dated, and the undercurrents of grooming. An important topic to unpack about historical figures, what we learn about them, and power dynamics in relationships

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VIDEO CHAPTERS00:00 Intro02:01 Defining Grooming and Statutory Rape03:10 I... WHERE THE TRAUMA BEGAN: Baldwin, A Father's Rage05:35 Baldwin and Childhood in GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN07:25 Power Imbalance with Billy the Harlem Racketeer and Beauford Delaney16:54 II. HOW THE TRAUMA LIVED - Paris, Lucien, Happersberger and a pattern of younger men21:20 Baldwin and Arnold, the younger musician30:38 III. WHAT WAS LEARNED 31:07 Reflections on Baldwin's Legacy37:48 Outro & Getting Help

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I've been thinking a lot about this question. I made a video about last year - Is it time to leave America? Let's revisit it in 2026.
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VIDEO CHAPTERS

00:00 INTRO

03:19 ICE and USA repression updates

07:25 Robin. F. Williams, Negroes With Guns, and Fleeing to China, Cuba

11:15 Fighting a legal system created to be a WEAPON

14:14 On centralized and decentralized state violence

17:35 On leaving to help struggles here

19:21 On Radio Free Dixie & Radical Self Defense

25:23 Considerations for leaving America (planning, etc)

33:32 Outro

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LEARN MORE FROM THIS SPISODE...

ICE Stops Medical Care

🔗 https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/ice-stopped-paying-for-detainee-medical-care-as-population-surged/

Politician arrested over visit to ICE jail🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/01/26/lamonica-mciver-congress-ice-jail-visit-felony-charges

DFW Prairieland Defendant Updates🔗 https://prairielanddefendants.com/updates/dfw-support-committee-statement-on-recent-action-by-federal-judge/

From the Minneapolis protests to increased immigration raids around the country, and the rise of state violence in the U.S., it's time to talk about where we're at and how to process. Here we go... The world is on fire, do we watch? Or do we act?

To watch on YouTube... https://youtu.be/lgeSOx2HYnA

🔗 10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them.https://theintercept.com/2025/12/23/ice-bounty-hunters-track-immigrant-surveillance/🔗 ICE’s use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatmenthttps://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2025/ices-use-of-full-body-restraints-during-deportations-raises-concerns-over-inhumane-treatment/🔗 ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouseshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/24/ice-immigrants-detention-warehouses-deportation-trump/🔗 ICE detained more than 280 people in the central Ohio area during one week in Decemberhttps://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/12/ice-detained-more-than-280-people-in-the-central-ohio-area-during-one-week-in-december/

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In this video, I break down a very important topic, often overlooked by many black men, and that has been written about extensively by countless black women - James Baldwin's gender, politics and treatment of black women in his literature. We break down this topic through looking at the pivotal conversation between James Baldwin, and.Nikki Giovanni in 1971, where they talk Black life, love, and family. Was Jim Baldwin sexist? Was he misogynistic? Did he align with misogynoir?

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