The organizing work to curb runaway corporate power in the United States is critically important and necessary. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss two pieces in The Forge, including “The Corporate Power of It All” by Adem Sengal and Emanuel Nieves and “The Contours of Corporate Power” featuring an interview between Katherine Diaz, Sofia Lopez, and Corrine Hendrickson, which highlight and analyze the harm and impact of this oppression economy on marginalized communities (and all of us), the influence of the oppression economy on the rise of corporate power and political elitism, and the organizing work to fight against and resist corporate greed in communities across the country, and what we learn and take away from these incredible pieces in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation. Follow us on social media and visit our website! Patreon, Website, Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok, Threads, Facebook, YouTube, Leave us a voice message, Merch store
May 13
23 min
The organizing work and fight against authoritarianism is taking place across the globe. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss a zine from Interrupting Criminalization titled “Transformative Justice Under Authoritarianism – Volume 1: A Conversation with the YoNoFui Collective of Argentina” by Melanie Brazzell and Andrea J. Ritchie (in collaboration with YoNoFui), which summarizes a conversation between Interrupting Criminalization and the Argentina-based abolitionist and antifascist collective YoNoFui at a Transformative Justice Under Authoritarianism webinar and the lessons learned from and application of their transformative justice work against authoritarian regimes, and what we learn and take away from this incredible zine in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation. Follow us on social media and visit our website! Patreon, Website, Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok, Threads, Facebook, YouTube, Leave us a voice message, Merch store
May 6
23 min
The implementation of a “millionaire tax” on the ultra-wealthy in states around the country could have a powerful impact on our economy and on people’s lives. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “More Than A Slogan: Labor’s New Gambit to Tax the Rich” by Rebecca Burns in In These Times, which highlights and analyzes recent efforts to organize around and implement new taxes on corporations and the ultra-wealthy in states across the country and the potential impact of these taxes on addressing extreme wealth inequality and on people’s lives, and what we learn and take away from this incredible piece in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation. Follow us on social media and visit our website! Patreon, Website, Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok, Threads, Facebook, YouTube, Leave us a voice message, Merch store
Apr 29
20 min
The need for cross race, cross class organizing and solidarity is more important now than ever. Listen as Aaron and Damien AND special guest Beth Howard discuss the book Song for a Hard-Hit People: A Memoir of Antiracist Solidarity from a Coal Miner’s Daughter by Beth Howard (and published by Haymarket Books), which shares an Appalachian organizer’s personal and professional experiences from childhood to adulthood, critical lessons about solidarity, justice, organizing, strategy, and collective liberation, and the importance and impact of the fight and freedom struggle in the Appalachian region for all of us, and what we learn and take away from this incredible book in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation. A huge thank you to Beth Howard (bethhowardky.com) from Showing Up for Racial Justice for joining us in this conversation! Follow us on social media and visit our website! Patreon, Website, Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok, Threads, Facebook, YouTube, Leave us a voice message, Merch store
Apr 22
54 min
The United States’ immigration and deportation machine is brutal, dangerous, and hurts all of us. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “The Democrats Will Not Save Us” by Spencer Piston in Inquest, which highlights and analyzes how the immigration and deportation machine in the United States is a bipartisan creation, and as such, has evolved into a deadly apparatus of the government and major element of our carceral system, and what we learn and take away from this incredible piece in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.Follow us on social media and visit our website! Patreon, Website, Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok, Threads, Facebook, YouTube, Leave us a voice message, Merch store
Apr 15
25 min
There is a lot to learn from Minnesota’s response to and take down of ICE earlier this year. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “Why Was Minnesota’s Resistance to ICE the Strongest Yet?” in Hammer & Hope, which is a collection of articles from local organizers on the ground in Minneapolis highlighting and analyzing what made the resistance to ICE there so effective and the lessons that can be learned and applied from those efforts. The articles include “People Got to Know Their Neighbors” by Doran Schrantz, “They Hate Us Because We Don’t Hate One Another” by Marcia Howard, “The People Who Can Do the Most to Protect Us Are Within the Sound of a Whistle” by Lex Horan, “We Woke Up ICE and the Hotels That Supported Them” by Aru Shiney-Ajay, and “We Somalis Have Always Been a Community That Responded to One Another” by Amina Adan. Check out our episode to hear what we learn and take away from these incredible pieces in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.Follow us on social media and visit our website! Patreon, Website, Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok, Threads, Facebook, YouTube, Leave us a voice message, Merch store
Apr 8
25 min
Racism has played a central role in the Trump administration and its agenda, and it is having a dangerous effect on our country. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “White Supremacy in Donald Trump’s White House” by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor in Hammer & Hope, which highlights and analyzes how the Trump administration has weaponized racism and DEI initiatives to distract from the shared economic uncertainty and insecurity for all Americans—including white people—and the significant impact of these actions on our society, and what we learn and take away from this incredible piece in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation. Follow us on social media and visit our website! Patreon, Website, Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok, Threads, Facebook, YouTube, Leave us a voice message, Merch store
Apr 1
25 min
The migrant, refugee, and immigration crises around the world are the direct outcome of capitalist, imperialist globalization and climate change. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the book Border & Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism by Harsha Walia (and published by Haymarket Books), which examines and analyzes the impact of border policies, globalization, health crises, war, climate change, capitalism, and state violence on historical and present day migrant and refugee crises worldwide, and what we learn and take away from this incredible book in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.Follow us on social media and visit our website! Patreon, Website, Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok, Threads, Facebook, YouTube, Leave us a voice message, Merch store
Mar 25
29 min
It is critical that we remain cautious about and question how U.S. capitalism will function and evolve with the advent and influence of AI. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “Capitalism Without Humans” by Sarah Jaffe in In These Times, which analyzes the role of and reaction to how new technology like AI and autonomous systems are increasingly replacing human labor and are evolving the dangerous impact of U.S. capitalism and the criminal punishment system on our society, and what we learn and take away from this incredible piece in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.Follow us on social media and visit our website! Patreon, Website, Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok, Threads, Facebook, YouTube, Leave us a voice message, Merch store
Mar 18
28 min
The United States and Israel have launched an illegal war on Iran. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the pieces “US and Israel Launch Illegal War on Iran, Call for Regime Change” by Sharon Zhang and “As Trump Bombs Iran, We Need to Reckon With the American War Machine” by Negin Owliaei in Truthout, which report and analyze the current, ongoing war that the United States and Israel have waged on Iran, as well as the influence, role, and impact of the global military industrial complex on our humanity, and what we learn and take away from these pieces in our continued learning and unlearning work and fight for collective liberation.Follow us on social media and visit our website! Patreon, Website, Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok, Threads, Facebook, YouTube, Leave us a voice message, Merch store
Mar 11
24 min
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