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A Tender Riot
by A Tender Riot
A Tender Riot is a podcast about abolition, socialism, and relating to each other as whole human beings.
Episodes
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After Accountability
In this episode, Denée and Sean explore a new book by the Pinko Collective, After Accountability: A Critical Genealogy of a Concept. We discuss the older lineages of accountability in socialist organizations (including criticism/self-criticism), as well as more recent efforts like INCITE or...
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Third Spaces (Pilsen Community Books)
In this episode, we’re joined by Mandy Medley of Pilsen Community Books (PCB) in Chicago to talk about Third Spaces, worker cooperatives, and radical community-building. We discuss how PCB has come to be a beloved radical book store and an important hub of many activist communities in Chicago...
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Fissures in MAGA, Uniting on the Left
In this episode, Denée and Sean discuss the composition of Trump’s ruling class coalition, what binds the America First crowd with the Silicon Valley far right, and the importance of bursting the bubble of their fear campaign. They also talk about the need for unity on the left, the practical...
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Nervous Systems and Le Guin
In this episode, Denée and Sean talk about the experience under the new Trump administration, do some nervous system exercises, and talk about Ursula Le Guin’s short story, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.” Link to Le Guin’s short story: https://shsdavisapes.pbworks.com/f/Omelas.pdf Write to…
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Loving Corrections
In this episode, Denée and Sean discuss what moment it is on the clock of the world, and delve into adrienne maree brown’s new book “Loving Corrections.” Some of the themes we cover are externalized vs. internalized accountability, living with the knowledge of death and wonder for life as...
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Birth Politics
In this episode, Denée and Sean talk about birth: birth rates, anxieties about having children, supports for parents (or lack thereof), and how the medical industrial complex has turned birthing into something it never should have been. We also talk about having kids as a material bet on the...
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Carceral Higher Ed
We talk to Joshua Hamilton about being an abolitionist and socialist working within carceral universities, the attack on DEI policies, and the contradictions of building community in these spaces. Read Joshua’s article at Tempestmag.org:...
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Octavia Butler & Patterns of Change
Denée and Sean talk about Octavia Butler’s visionary science fiction and the larger political ideas invoke: What kind of future are we creating? Are we ready for the change? What does it mean to shed cynicism, break patterns, and commit to building a liberated future? Write to us with your…
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Abolitionist Antifascism
In this episode, Denée and Sean talk about sitting with grief in these very difficult times. They also dive into a new book, “The Black Antifascist Tradition,” to discuss fascism, neoliberalism, and abolition from a historical and contemporary perspective. “The Black Antifascist Tradition…
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The “Lesser Evil” and the Nonprofit Industrial Complex
Denée and Sean discuss the more sophisticated argument for pouring our energy into the Democratic Party electoral campaign, namely, the idea that fighting to get the “lesser evil” elected now will provide time and space for the left to build something beyond the Democratic Party trap. We also...
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Strike for Palestine at UCLA
A Tender Riot’s first guest, Benjamin Kersten (he/they), talks about his organizing experience with the UAW and JVP as a graduate student at UCLA. We explore the dynamics of worker action on campuses, community-building through mobilization, and the role of unions in larger social movements. This...
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Palestine Solidarity Organizing & Affinity Groups
In this episode, Denée and Sean discuss an article in The Forge about “how the movement for a free Palestine has adopted and transformed the affinity group model of mass movement organizing.” You can read Arielle Klagsbrun’s article, “How The Fight for Free Palestine is Changing Organizing,”…
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Beyoncé, Worldbuilding, and the Politics of Culture
How do we shape and develop our worldviews? Denée and Sean talked about the politics of country music, Beyoncé’s new album, and different forms of political knowledge. Our provocation this week is a passage on political education, organizing, and radical imagination from “Let This Radicalize…
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Welcome to A Tender Riot!
Denée and Sean introduce themselves, the podcast, and its themes of political education, activism, and attentiveness to relationships in our everyday interactions. Our provocation for discussion this week is Mariame Kaba’s essay, “Moving Past Punishment,” which you can find here in audio form:...
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A Tender Riot is a podcast about abolition, socialism, and relating to each other as whole human beings.
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