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#92 Sex, Gender & Biology - Micah Valentine

You’d be hard-pressed to scroll through social media without seeing a discussion on gender. Listen in as I discuss with Micah Valentine.

Micah Valentine is a stem cell researcher who has an interest in Radical Black politics and labour history. 

 

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#91 What is Afropessimism? - Professor Frank Wilderson

Listen in as Deej, Christian, and I discuss AfroPessimism with Professor Frank Wilderson

 

Frank B. Wilderson III is an American writer, dramatist, filmmaker, and critic. He is a Professor of African American Studies at the University of California, Irvine.

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#90 The Little Known Radical History of The Gambia - Uncle Bai-Mass Taal

In this episode, I sat with my Uncle as we discussed the radical history of The Gambia and its connection to movements beyond its borders.

 

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#89 Sexuality & The Making of Race - Sita Balani

Listen in as Sita, Deej and I discuss Sita's book "Deadly and Slick:Sexual Modernity and the Making of Race"

 

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#88 Gender Troubles Today - Judith Butler

Listen in as we discuss with Judith Butler on their assessment of discussions surrounding gender today.

 

Judith Pamela Butler^[3] (born February 24, 1956) is an American philosopher and gender studies writer whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics, and the fields of third-wave feminism,^[4] queer theory,^[5] and literary theory.^[6] In 1993, Butler began teaching at the University of California, Berkeley, where they^[a] have served, beginning in 1998, as the Maxine Elliot Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Critical Theory. They are also the Hannah Arendt Chair at the European Graduate School (EGS).^[9]

 

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#87 Pan African activism in the US - Obi Egbuna jr

Listen in as Obi Egbuna jr, Deej and I discuss what Pan African organising in the US should focus on today.

 

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#86 Sanctions, U.S Imperialism and The case of Libya - Dr. Matteo Capasso

In this episode, we discuss with Dr. Matteo Campasso the history and mechanism of sanctions. 

 

Matteo Capasso is @mscactions research fellow at @cafoscari and @columbia, whose work focuses on imperialism and the Global South.  He is the author of 'Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya' and co-editor of @mideastcritique. His work has appeared in @ripe, @roap and @journalPolitics.  He is also a rapporteur at in the International Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions Blockades, and Unilateral Coercive Measures @sanctionstrib

 

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#85 Liberal identity politics & The class struggle today - Dr. Norman Finkelstein

In this episode Dr. Norman Finkelstein talk to Annie, Christian, and Momodou about how he sees the class struggle today.

 

Norman Gary Finkelstein is an American political scientist, activist, former professor, and author. His primary fields of research are the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust. He is a graduate of Binghamton University and received his Ph.D. in political science at Princeton University.

#84 Imperialism, Multipolarity & De-dollarisation - Radhika Desai

In this episode, Professor Radhika Desai gives us a masterclass on our geopolitical situation. 

 

Dr. Radhika Desai is Professor at the Department of Political Studies, and Director, Geopolitical Economy Research Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. She is the author of Geopolitical Economy: After US Hegemony, Globalization and Empire (2013), Slouching Towards Ayodhya: From Congress to Hindutva in Indian Politics (2nd rev ed, 2004) and Intellectuals and Socialism: ‘Social Democrats’ and the Labour Party (1994), a New Statesman and Society Book of the Month, and editor or co-editor of Russia, Ukraine and Contemporary Imperialism, a special issue of International Critical Thought (2016), Theoretical Engagements in Geopolitical Economy (2015), Analytical Gains from Geopolitical Economy (2015), Revitalizing Marxist Theory for Today’s Capitalism (2010) and Developmental and Cultural Nationalisms (2009).

She is also the author of numerous articles in Economic and Political Weekly, International Critical Thought, New Left Review, Third World Quarterly, World Review of Political Economy and other journals and in edited collections on parties, political economy, culture and nationalism.

With Alan Freeman, she co-edits the Geopolitical Economy book series with Manchester University Press and the Future of Capitalism book series with Pluto Press.

She serves on the Editorial Boards of many journals including Canadian Political Science Review, Critique of Political Economy, E-Social Sciences, Pacific Affairs, Global Faultlines, Research in Political Economy, Revista de Economía Crítica, World Review of Political Economy and International Critical Thought

 

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#83 Let’s talk about Borders - Harsha Walia

Borders are not just lines on a map. Listen in as Harsha Walia, Deej and I discuss bordering regimes

 

Harsha Walia is a Canadian activist and writer based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has been involved with No one is illegal, the February 14 Women's Memorial March Committee, the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre, and several Downtown Eastside housing justice coalitions.^[2][3] Walia has been active in migrant justice, Indigenous solidarity, feminist, anti-racist, and anti-capitalist movements for over a decade.^[4]

Walia is the author of Undoing Border Imperialism (2013) and Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism (2021), co-author of Never Home: Legislating Discrimination in Canadian Immigration (2015), and Red Women Rising: Indigenous Women Survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (2019).^[9] She has also contributed to over thirty academic journals, anthologies, magazines, and newspapers.^[4] She is a frequent guest speaker at campuses and conferences across North America.^[10]

 

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