Waiting on Reparations

This week, DK & LF talk briefly discuss how not to be white, as recently illustrated by Joe Rogan. LF also speaks with Joan Mulholland, a white Freedom Rider and steadfast civil rights icon, and Loki Mulloholand, her son, about the role of art in movement-making and the lessons of the civil rights struggle-- in essence, the best way to be white.

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This week, the hosts chat with Walter English, aka Former Love Poet, about the power of discovering one's genealogy and how he's giving that power to the people. 

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"This week, Linqua Franqa dishes about the decennial redistricting process, all the local political dirt in their unsent tweet folder, and their implications for politics of various scales and contexts. 

Check out LF's new music video for WURK & preorder the album here: bit.ly/LFBELLRINGER"

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This week, Dope KNife and Linqua Franqa examine all kind of wildness happening in our musicopolitical landscape: Young Dolph's alleged killer dropping a music video on the day of his arrest; Kanye meeting with Putin, and liberal Russiagate hysteria; and a police officer choking a fellow officer in the line of duty in Sunrise, Florida. 

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This week, Myke C-Town of Dead End Hip Hop joins LF and DK to discuss the infamous Young Lords, a Puerto Rican street gang-turned-human rights organization that started a nationwide movement in the 1960s. In chatting about the group's tactics, philosophy, and successes, they consider the revolutionary potential of modern gangs and if the work of the Young Lords could be replicated today.

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This week, Dope KNife chats with antifascist Iraq War veteran Kristopher Goldsmith about his experiences infiltrating and sabotaging right-wing extremist groups. As well, he and Linqua speak their thoughts on how to prevent the collapse of democracy.

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This week, hosts Dope KNife and Linqua Franqa kiss 2021 goodbye with a look back at the year's wins and losses, from the suckerpunches of the faux-end of the pandemic in early summer, the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moise, and the electoral defeats of Nina Turner and India Walton, to the uplifting victories Senators Warnock and Ossoff and Minneapolis city councilperson Robin Wonsley Worlobah, as well as fire albums from Little Simz, Mach-Hommy and Goldlink.

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This week, hosts Dope KNife and Linqua Franqa are joined by ex-army ranger John Hanna to discuss the week's happenings, from Obama's 2021 playlist and Chile's presidential election to the latest wackiness over at Fox News and Drakeo the Ruler's tragic passing. 

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This week, hosts Dope KNife and Linqua Franqa discuss the illustrious life of comedian and activist Dick Gregory, from the incisive racial commentary in his stand up and ensuing legal struggles to his runs for office, relationship with Medgar Evers, opposition to the Vietnam War, and his allyship with the feminist movement.

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This week, hosts Dope KNife and Linqua Franqa recap the results of last week's municipal elections across Georgia, from the trouncings of pro-cop candidates all across Atlanta, to the election of a Democratic Socalist mayor on its outskirts; and what all this might mean for next year's midterm elections-- with a hat tip to Ludacris at the end, of course.

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