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In this episode, Fawaz and Dr. Mohamed Abdou continue their conversation on anarchism, authoritarianism, and the future of resistance in Sudan and beyond. Beginning with the question “Do we need anarchism?”, the discussion explores anarchism not as a rigid ideology or replacement religion, but as a living culture of freedom, mutual aid, and resistance to domination. Together, they examine how authoritarianism reproduces itself through the modern state, capitalism, propaganda, nationalism, and even within revolutionary movements themselves.The episode dives into the limits of armed struggle in Sudan, the failures of nationalist and Marxist movements, and the dangers of revolutionary groups becoming authoritarian structures of their own. Fawaz reflects on the Sudanese revolution, the collapse of resistance committees, the rise of militias like the RSF, and why many armed movements ultimately become absorbed into the systems they claim to fight. The conversation also explores spirituality, Islamic anarchism, anti-colonial struggle, and the importance of building counter-propaganda and grassroots systems rooted in solidarity rather than hierarchy.From the Zapatistas to Palestine, from the Makhnovists to Sudan’s local mutual aid networks, this episode asks what real liberation could look like in a world shaped by empire, war, and centralized power. Rather than offering easy answers, the conversation challenges listeners to think critically about revolution, culture, violence, and how communities can build alternatives beyond the state.English Transcript: substack.com/pub/tdugout/p/eng-the-anarchist-group-in-sudanCHAPTERS00:00 Episode Intro and Links01:22 Why We Need Anarchism05:16 Belonging and Practice06:31 Martyrdom and Organization09:01 Islamic Anarchism and State Power12:54 Counter Propaganda in Revolution17:00 Goals of Anarchism18:22 Armed Struggle in Sudan20:48 Janjaweed and Brutalization23:25 Global Struggles and Identity25:57 Closing Thanks and FarewellStay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

In this episode, Sudanese anarchist organizer Fawaz joins Dr. Mohamed Abdou for a wide-ranging conversation on the war in Sudan, authoritarianism, colonialism, and the struggle for liberation beyond the state. Together, they unpack the roots of the conflict between the Sudanese army and the RSF, tracing how colonial borders, militarized tribal divisions, resource extraction, and regional powers have shaped decades of violence and displacement. The discussion explores how authoritarian systems manufacture chaos in order to sustain control, while ordinary people are left to survive genocide, war economies, and social fragmentation.The episode also examines the relationship between spirituality, anarchism, and resistance, questioning how religion, nationalism, and identity are weaponized by both colonial and post-colonial states. Fawaz and Dr. Abdou reflect on the construction of violence, the manipulation of children and communities through fear, and the failures of both capitalist and authoritarian leftist projects across the world. At the same time, they highlight traditions of mutual aid, self-organization, and local survival networks already emerging in Sudan through community-run schools, hospitals, and grassroots support systems.Rather than offering simple answers, this conversation challenges dominant narratives around “stability,” international law, and liberation politics, while arguing for a “third line” independent of both military factions and foreign powers. From Darfur to Gaza, from the Arab Spring to anarchist organizing in Sudan, this episode is a deep discussion on resistance, dignity, pluralism, and what it means to build genuinely liberatory movements in the shadow of empire.TRANSCRIPT: https://tdugout.substack.com/p/eng-the-anarchist-group-in-sudanCHAPTERS00:00 Show Intro And Links00:41 Meet Kandake01:34 Episode Setup Third Line02:42 Sudan War Overview04:17 Darfur Roots And RSF06:02 Chaos Economy And Genocide07:47 Modern State And Colonialism11:02 Authoritarianism And Spirituality15:10 Children Violence And Identity19:11 Pluralism Against Centralization22:45 Movement Status And Support24:06 Anarchist Vision Third Line26:58 Closing Call For Coalition—---------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur on Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

In this episode, Fawaz and Dr. Mohamed Abdou continue their conversation on anarchism, authoritarianism, and the future of resistance in Sudan and beyond. Beginning with the question “Do we need anarchism?”, the discussion explores anarchism not as a rigid ideology or replacement religion, but as a living culture of freedom, mutual aid, and resistance to domination. Together, they examine how authoritarianism reproduces itself through the modern state, capitalism, propaganda, nationalism, and even within revolutionary movements themselves.The episode dives into the limits of armed struggle in Sudan, the failures of nationalist and Marxist movements, and the dangers of revolutionary groups becoming authoritarian structures of their own. Fawaz reflects on the Sudanese revolution, the collapse of resistance committees, the rise of militias like the RSF, and why many armed movements ultimately become absorbed into the systems they claim to fight. The conversation also explores spirituality, Islamic anarchism, anti-colonial struggle, and the importance of building counter-propaganda and grassroots systems rooted in solidarity rather than hierarchy.From the Zapatistas to Palestine, from the Makhnovists to Sudan’s local mutual aid networks, this episode asks what real liberation could look like in a world shaped by empire, war, and centralized power. Rather than offering easy answers, the conversation challenges listeners to think critically about revolution, culture, violence, and how communities can build alternatives beyond the state.Read English transcript on Substack: substack.com/home/post/p-196826773Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

In this debut episode, Sudanese anarchist organizer Fawaz joins Dr. Mohamed Abdou for a wide-ranging conversation on the war in Sudan, authoritarianism, colonialism, and the struggle for liberation beyond the state. Together, they unpack the roots of the conflict between the Sudanese army and the RSF, tracing how colonial borders, militarized tribal divisions, resource extraction, and regional powers have shaped decades of violence and displacement. The discussion explores how authoritarian systems manufacture chaos in order to sustain control, while ordinary people are left to survive genocide, war economies, and social fragmentation.The episode also examines the relationship between spirituality, anarchism, and resistance, questioning how religion, nationalism, and identity are weaponized by both colonial and post-colonial states. Fawaz and Dr. Abdou reflect on the construction of violence, the manipulation of children and communities through fear, and the failures of both capitalist and authoritarian leftist projects across the world. At the same time, they highlight traditions of mutual aid, self-organization, and local survival networks already emerging in Sudan through community-run schools, hospitals, and grassroots support systems.Rather than offering simple answers, this conversation challenges dominant narratives around “stability,” international law, and liberation politics, while arguing for a “third line” independent of both military factions and foreign powers. From Darfur to Gaza, from the Arab Spring to anarchist organizing in Sudan, this episode is a deep discussion on resistance, dignity, pluralism, and what it means to build genuinely liberatory movements in the shadow of empire.Read English transcript on our Substack: open.substack.com/pub/tdugout/p/arabic-the-anarchist-group-in-sudan—---------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

Recorded live at Rafales (the anarchist learning camp hosted by ORA (Organisation Révolutionnaire Anarchiste) in Montreal).We sat down with Zoya, one of the organizers, to dig into what Black autonomy actually looks like in practice: as theory, as daily organizing, and as a framework that refuses to wait for someone else's revolution to be finished first. From prefigurative politics to Afro-pessimism, from the Black Liberation Army to Cooperation Jackson, from Standing Rock to the Anarchist Group in Sudan, this conversation traces the lineage of Black radical struggle across generations and geographies. We also get into what it means to show up as Black folks in a diaspora full of contradictions; navigating immigrant families, queer identity, settler land, and the ever-present question of who solidarity is actually for.Edited by BadgerWant extended show notes? Check out our Patreon post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/rafales-black-in-157439680About Rafales: https://ora-rao.org/rafales-en/Organisation Révolutionnaire Anarchiste: https://www.instagram.com/ora.rao.rev/Support independent bookstores by purchasing with our affiliate link on through Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/lists/what-we-re-reading-at-the-dugout Media MentionedBooksLose Your Mother — Saidiya HartmanAfropessimism — Frank B. Wilderson IIITip of the Spear — Orisanmi BurtonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X — Malcolm X & Alex HaleyAssata: An Autobiography — Assata ShakurIn Defense of Looting — Vicky OsterweilFear of the Black Nation — David AustinAn Afro-Indigenous History of the United States — Kyle T. MaysSeven Fallen Feathers — Tanya TalagaHow Europe Underdeveloped Africa — Walter RodneyDocumentariesDope Is Death — dir. Mia Donovan (Young Lords & acupuncture in North America)The Takeover — on the Young Lords' hospital occupationThinkers & Figures ReferencedKuwasi Balagoon (New Afrikan anarchist, BLA, Panther 21)Saidiya Hartman & Sylvia WynterRuth Wilson GilmoreJames BaldwinAmílcar CabralW.E.B. Du Bois & Marcus GarveyKwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael)C.L.R. JamesOrganizations & ProjectsRafales / ORA — the conferenceCooperation Jackson: https://cooperationjackson.org/Malcolm X Grassroots Movement: https://freethelandmxgm.org/Anarchist Group in Sudan (fundraiser at opencollective.com/support-sudanese-comrades)In the Belly — abolitionist prison media publication: https://transformharm.org/ab_resource/in-the-belly/Black Queer and Intersectional Collective (Columbus, OH): https://bqic.net/-------------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug--------------------------------------EPISODE CHAPTERS00:00 Intro09:33 – What Does Black Autonomy Actually Mean to You?19:29 – How Does Black Autonomy Push Beyond Liberal Inclusion Politics?30:01 – What Are Prefigurative Politics and Why Do They Matter?35:30 – What Does Prefigurative Organizing Look Like in Real Life?40:53 – How Do Black Autonomy and Indigenous Sovereignty Connect?47:48 – What Does Real Solidarity Look Like Beyond Symbolic Support?52:06 – Which Political Thinkers Shape Your Vision of Black Liberation?56:43 – What Does Afro-Pessimism Get Right—and Where Does It Fall Short?01:00:54 – How Do Gender, Queerness, and Disability Shape Liberation Struggles?

In this episode, we sit down with James Stout, a conflict reporter and author of Against the State: Anarchists and Comrades at War in Spain, Myanmar, and Rojava, to talk about solidarity, journalism, and what it means to document struggle without reproducing the logic of the state.We begin with solidarity with Sudan and trace James’s path from growing up rural to finding anarchism and becoming a conflict reporter. From Venezuela to the Darién Gap, we explore what it looks like to practice kindness in conflict zones and why mainstream media so often misses the role of love, care, and mutual aid in struggle.The conversation moves through communes, gardens, and the small everyday ways people resist, before digging into solidarity journalism and rejecting the myth of objectivity. From there, we get into the core ideas behind his book, including lessons from Myanmar’s decentralized resistance, debates around anarchist military formations, and what history teaches us from Spain to today. We unpack questions of violence, accountability, dual power, alongside reflections on internationalism and unity under pressure.We close with advice for ethical journalists, thoughts on revolutionary strategy, and a reminder that even in the harshest conditions, kindness and solidarity remain central to building a different world.-------------------------------------------------------Read more of James Stout's work....📚Against The State By James Stoutpatreon.com/Jamesstoutjamesstout.net-------------------------------------------------------01:00 Meet James Stout02:10 Growing Up Rural04:32 Finding Anarchism11:54 Kindness in Conflict Zones14:38 Venezuela Lessons19:31 Communes and Gardens23:23 Small Ways of Saying No27:53 Solidarity Journalism34:28 Rejecting Objectivity Myths36:58 Darien Gap Reporting37:44 Solidarity In The Darien38:30 Why Media Misses Love40:24 Becoming A Conflict Reporter41:54 Decolonizing Outdoor Journalism43:47 Cool Zone Origin Story44:48 Myanmar 3D Printed Revolution46:55 Editors Miss The Context48:43 Podcasting Into Mutual Aid53:37 What The Book Covers53:51 Gen Z Army Consensus56:48 Against The State Explained01:02:44 Tech Mill And Critique01:12:51 Internationalism And Unity01:14:18 No Monopoly on Violence01:15:43 Revolution Under Pressure01:18:29 Mushroom Organizing and Dual Power01:22:22 Why Anarcho Syndicalism Declined01:27:08 Spain Timing and Counterfactuals01:30:16 Afterlives of the Revolution01:35:49 Accountable Armed Formations01:39:21 Advice for Ethical Journalists01:42:19 Anarchist Military Innovations01:47:22 Closing Kindness and Where to Find—-------------------------------Mentioned Media:BOOKS 📚Against The State By James StoutSupport independent bookstores by purchasing with our affiliate link on through Bookshop.org.—---------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

Ever wondered how an episode of The Dugout comes together?We take you behind the scenes of how we make The Dugout: from how the podcast started, to researching topics, booking guests, recording, editing, and posting episodes online. We break down our full process, talk about the challenges of building independent media, and share what goes into making a Black anarchist podcast with limited resources.Like, comment, and subscribe for more behind-the-scenes content from The Dugout.-----------------------00:00 Intro02:21 How We Started THE DUGOUT06:35 How we PLAN podcast episodes10:13 Behind The Scenes - How We Interview 15:04 How we RECORD the podcast21:01 On POST PRODUCTION (editing audio, programs, etc)30:24 Uploading our podcast to platforms35:04 Outro---------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

This episode traces a powerful political and personal journey, from early childhood memories and family roots in Missouri to a deep engagement with Black radical politics, incarceration, and revolutionary thought. Beginning with formative lessons from family and life on the land, the conversation moves through experiences of schooling, racial identity, and the impact of media in shaping self image and political awareness.Support Zolo! https://www.patreon.com/zoloazaniaA turning point emerges during Black History Week, opening the door to a broader understanding of history, resistance, and imagination. From there, we explore the influence of civil rights struggles, the demographic and political landscape of Gary, Indiana, and the role of figures like Malcolm X in shaping a generation’s consciousness. The episode dives into the rise of the Black Panther Party, why it resonated so deeply, and how state repression, especially through COINTELPRO, targeted radical movements.We also examine the role of prison as a site of political education, the importance of reading and self reeducation, and the challenges of confronting propaganda and internalized narratives. The conversation expands outward to connect Black liberation struggles with global movements, including the Spanish Civil War and broader communist traditions.Support Zolo! https://www.patreon.com/zoloazania-----------------------------------------------------EPISODE CHAPTERS01:03 Early Childhood Memories 01:59 Grandfather Finger Lesson 04:10 Family Roots in Missouri 05:59 New Madrid and the Earthquake 07:14 Moving to Gary Indiana 07:32 School Testing and Fear 12:03 Black History Week Awakening 13:54 Imagination Einstein and Daydreaming 16:48 Farm Life and Learning Nature 18:19 First Politics and Civil Rights TV 18:59 Race Language and Identity 22:34 Parents Work and Numbers Racket 24:31 Racist Books and Colorism 25:49 Freedom Riders and Gary Demographics 29:11 Malcolm X Guns and Media 32:20 Cartoons and Stereotypes 38:29 Trouble Draft and Panthers 44:02 Why the Panthers Resonated 46:11 Panthers on the News 48:25 Citizen Arrests and Armed Patrols 50:47 Prison Mentors and Fred Hampton 52:53 COINTELPRO Exposed 54:49 Reeducation Through Reading 55:24 TV, Propaganda, and Self Image 01:06:33 Teaching Youth Behind Bars 01:09:07 Writing in Plain Language 01:12:21 Schooling and Hidden History 01:20:38 Republic of New Africa Roots 01:21:56 Spanish Civil War and Communism 01:30:23 People Senate Call to ActionSupport Zolo! https://www.patreon.com/zoloazania----------------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

What does it mean to become a revolutionary as a teenager—and live long enough to reflect on it?In this episode of The Dugout, we sit down with Panther veterans Jamal Joseph and Ashanti Alston for a rare, intergenerational conversation on struggle, survival, and political transformation. Both joined the Black Panther Party as teenagers—15 and 17—shaped by the political urgency of their time: rebellion in the streets, the assassination of Malcolm X, and the global fight for Black liberation.-------------------------------------GuestsAshanti Omowali Alston is a writer, speaker, and member of the steering committee of the Jericho Movement, which advocates for U.S. political prisoners. Born in Plainfield, NJ in 1954, he joined the BPP at 17 before moving into the Black Liberation Army. His years in prison sparked a deep political evolution away from hierarchical organization and toward Black Anarchism — a philosophy he has spent decades developing and teaching. His forthcoming book, Anarchist Panther, is out August 2026.Jamal Joseph grew up in the Bronx and joined the Panthers at 15. He was one of the Panther 21 — activists arrested in 1969 on conspiracy charges and ultimately acquitted. After serving time in Leavenworth, he transformed prison time into education and creative work, earning two degrees and writing plays. He is now a Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University and the first Black chair of its Graduate Film Division, as well as founder of IMPACT Repertory Theatre in Harlem. He has been nominated for both an Oscar and an Emmy.Books DiscussedAnarchist Panther by Ashanti Omowali Alston (August 2026)Panther Baby by Jamal JosephFind these books on our affiliate Bookshop list for THE DUGOUT: https://bookshop.org/lists/what-we-re-reading-at-the-dugout----------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

In this episode of The Dugout, we’re joined by Lebanese writer, researcher, and podcast host Elia Ayoub, founder of The Fire These Times. Together we unpack Lebanon’s sectarian political system, the long shadow of the Lebanese Civil War, and the global political frameworks that shape how people interpret struggles in SWANA today.Elia reflects on growing up in post–civil war Lebanon and how events like the 2006 Israeli invasion and the 2019 October uprising shaped his political thinking. The conversation explores how sectarian governance, regional geopolitics, and foreign intervention—from the United States to Iran—intersect with grassroots organizing and everyday survival.We also dive into campism, a political tendency that reduces global politics to simplistic “sides,” often erasing local movements and struggles. Elia explains why this framework has distorted how many Western audiences understand conflicts in Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine.Throughout the conversation, we discuss memory, nostalgia, and political “hauntings” in post-conflict societies—drawing on thinkers like James Baldwin and the concept of hauntology to understand how nations shape identity through the stories they tell about the past.Finally, we explore the possibilities of international solidarity, asking how Black radical traditions, abolitionist politics, and anti-imperialist movement--------------------------Check out Elia's workhttps://eliaayoub.com/about-2/https://thefirethesetimes.com/https://thefirethesetimes.com/lebanonclass/--------------------------Chapters00:43 What is a Young Elia like01:17 what were some formative experiences for you?02:16 What is writing like for you03:39 What languages were the book you were reading in?04:26 what did expanding your writing and The Fire These Times into a media ecosystem look like? James Baldwin influence06:08 how has your relationship to Baldwin changed over the years?07:47 Back ground on Lebanese political order10:38 Perspective of Lebanese grassroots11:45 a breakdown of Hauntology's and nostalgia23:18 How do you see memory being used in different communities when self identifying with or beyond oppressors?37:47 What of Baldwin's pieces does Elia have an affinity for?40:59 What about campism limits solidarity and engagement in international struggles53:51 how do you engage with the "Axis of Resistance" labeling?1:00:08 Has grassroots formations begun challenging Hezbollah's monopoly on resistance 1:02:50 how should people imagine organized armed actors in local civil society?1:05:39 How do you root you anti-imperialism and what other frameworks has that led you to?1:12:51 what are some roles of the diaspora in local struggles. what ways to they show up1:20:17 What is the state of ecological conditions Lebanon is facing? especially with Israel ecocidal tendencies1:24:26 Context on southern Lebanon1:30:18 What is the impart of the war on migrant workers?1:33:10 Some ways migrant workers are organizing themselves1:36:10 What are the characteristic of the ruling classes and authorities?1:40:15 How does non sectarian thought show up in resistance movement spaces1:43:31 Elia's masterclasses on Lebanon--------------------------Mentioned Media:BOOKS 📚Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism – Benedict Anderson📚Interlopers of Empire: The Lebanese Diaspora in Colonial French West Africa – Andrew Arsan 📚Anarchist Modernity: Cooperatism and Japanese-Russian Intellectual Relations in Modern Japan – Sho Konishi📚The Mnemonic Imagination: Remembering as Creative Practice – Emily Keightley & Michael Pickering Support independent bookstores by purchasing with our affiliate link on through Bookshop.org.--------------------------NEWS ARTICLES🔗The Holocaust, the Nakba and Reparative Memory🔗Condemned to Be an Optimist: Celebrating James BaldwinOTHER MEDIA MEDIASleepless Nights (2012)

We spend some time unpacking the recent US/Israel strike on Iran and Lebanon.With tensions rising between the U.S., Israel, and Iran, many are getting pulled into spewing out takes that delegitimize the complexity of diaspora and the struggles of folks on the ground opposing authoritarian regimes . In this episode, we slow things down and ask some questions: what's happening in this moment? What are the dangers of campism and how can it be reaction to imperial guilt? And what does international solidarity look like?00:00 Intro02:15 Why we waited to record this episode05:40 The escalation around Iran and U.S. aggression11:10 Feeling powerless under empire17:30 Naming powerlessness and reclaiming collective power25:50 Internationalist solidarity and accountability34:20 Why this conversation requires long-term thinking42:00 Closing reflections------------------------------------------------------------------Folks we follow to get more info rn...https://www.instagram.com/anarchofggt/https://www.instagram.com/decolonize_anarchism/https://www.instagram.com/eliajayoub/Read from this episode…How Campism Mirrors the Fascist Geopolitics by Hein Htet Kyawhttps://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/hein-htet-kyaw-how-campism-mirrors-the-fascist-geopoliticsIran:  Campism and the Erasure of Theocracyhttps://anticapitalistresistance.org/iran-campism-and-the-erasure-of-theocracy/Why the Left Is Failing Iranians: Against Campism, by Paria Rahimi – 15 January 2026https://leftrenewal.org/articles-en/why-the-left-is-failing-iranians/Places to Supporthttps://linkin.bio/migrantworkersaction/www.instagram.com/p/DVb6iULCXKl/https://www.patreon.com/qmalebanon

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Peyman Vahabzadeh, Iranian-born sociologist, theorist of radical phenomenology, and author of For Land and Culture, about the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the largely erased Turkmen Council (Shura) movement that briefly flourished in its wake. Having participated in the revolution at age 17, Vahabzadeh reflects on the intoxicating rupture of revolutionary time—when the state’s grip loosens and new possibilities emerge—and asks whether freedom can exist outside such moments of upheaval.We center the Turkmen Shuras: nearly 300 grassroots councils that organized land redistribution, education, women’s participation, and self-defense during a fleeting dual-power moment before being crushed by converging forces of the nascent Islamic Republic, vanguardist leftists, and counter-revolutionary actors. The conversation bridges revolutionary Iran, Kurdish autonomy in Rojava, Black self-defense traditions, and global anti-imperialist struggles—offering a meditation on nonviolence, violence, autonomy, and what a truly free society might look like.At a time when nationalist rhetoric once again disguises authoritarian consolidation across the globe, this episode reminds us: anti-imperialism without autonomy can reproduce tyranny at home.-------------------------------------------------------------READ HIS HOOK - For Land and Culture: The Grassroots Council Movement of Turkmens in Iran, 1979-1980https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9781773636658“Internationalism, Anti-Imperialism, and the Origins of Campism” — Dan La Botzhttps://anticapitalistresistance.org/internationalism-anti-imperialism-and-the-origins-of-campism/-------------------------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug----------------------------------------------------------------Keywords:Iran politics, Iran protests, Iran authoritarianism, US imperialism, US–Iran relations, Israel Iran conflict, Israel Hezbollah conflict, Lebanon politics, Middle East geopolitics, campism explained, anti-imperialism, international solidarity, global left politics, authoritarian regimes, grassroots resistance movements, Middle East history, radical political analysis, anti-authoritarian politics, Black internationalism, The Dugout podcast

ABOUT THIS EPISODE | Sudan’s current way is the latest chapter in a decades-long fight between grassroots revolution and military power. In this episode, we break down how women, workers, and resistance committees built a movement from below — and how it was pushed into counter-revolution.-----------------------To donate to comrades in Sudan...https://opencollective.com/support-sudanese-comradesWatch our ON SUDAN playlist on Youtube to learn more: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTSf-b7rj7Kierq08hactDYbqI6qTDiPy&si=f8kc15xiBPvdq_9yWhat's Happening In Sudan | Watchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL0nz1ZeX_kThe Role of Women in the Struggle for Sudan: Activists and Leadershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkqF9-TqOD4Sudan: the women at the heart of the revolution | FIFDH 2020:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRhotPnNofU

This episode we examine antisemitism in the black community. What is antisemitism, how does it function, and how does it show up within Black communities?We begin with a reading and reaction to James Baldwin’s essay “Negroes Are Anti-Semitic Because They’re Anti-White.” Baldwin challenges us to think about proximity to power, resentment, and how racial hierarchy shapes perception. His analysis helps clarify how anger at structural oppression can become misdirected toward visible groups rather than systems.We then turn to contemporary controversies, including recent comments from Kanye West and narratives about “Jewish media.” We discuss how conspiracy thinking simplifies complex systems of power into ethnic blame and how this connects to certain strands of Black conservatism0:00 – Opening / Cold Open0:49 – Introduction2:24 – What Is Your Relationship to Antisemitism?9:37 – Reading & Reaction: “Negroes Are Anti-Semitic Because They’re Anti-White” By James Baldwin15:26 – How Do We Approach Standing Up to Antisemitism in Our Communities?16:26 – More Reflection on the Baldwin Piece21:57 – Kanye Interview27:11 – Reflection on Clip30:49 – Kanye’s Point on BLM and Where It Misses32:18 – Prince’s Party Story36:34 – Black Antisemitism and Black Conservatism43:39 – OutroMentioned Media:James Baldwin Essay“Negroes Are Anti-Semitic Because They’re Anti-White”https://nykolami.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/12/James-Baldwin-Article.pdfKanye West Interview ClipStay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10UgChapters

This episode centers on Zolo Agona Azania, a former political prisoner, artist, and organizer who spent more than three decades incarcerated before his release in 2017. Drawing from an interview published as a zine, the episode follows Zolo’s account of his early life, imprisonment, political study, and the challenges of reentry.Support Zolo at https://www.patreon.com/zoloazania/Cahshapp: $ZoloAzaniaStay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

In this episode, we reflect on recent rapid response movements, what it's felt like to process the rising state violence (especially the threats of more I.C.E. raids in Springfield, OH). Then we move on to unpack community defense and rapid response movements in Twin Cities area and beyond with the following pieces...Rapid Response Networks in the Twin Cities (CrimethInc) – How organizers built decentralized, trust-based networks to respond quickly to ICE raids and police escalation.https://crimethinc.com/2026/01/15/rapid-response-networks-in-the-twin-cities-a-guide-to-an-updated-modelFrom Minneapolis: I’ve Never Seen Unity Like This (Margaret Killjoy) – A firsthand account of collective refusal and mutual aid under federal repression.https://margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/from-minneapolis-ive-never-seen-unityCrossing the Line: It Really Is Safer in the Front (CrimethInc) – On crowd defense, solidarity, and confronting ICE and federal agents together.https://crimethinc.com/2026/01/29/crossing-the-line-it-really-is-safer-in-the-front-surrounding-the-portland-ice-facilityThe Noise: Demonstrations Keeping ICE Awake (CrimethInc) – Why unpredictability and escalation matter in confronting federal power.https://crimethinc.com/2026/01/27/the-noise-demonstrations-keeping-ice-agents-awake-at-their-hotels-a-model-from-the-twin-citiesEight Things You Can Do to Stop ICE / Seven Steps to Stop ICE (CrimethInc) – Practical guides for resisting deportation and building collective defense.https://crimethinc.com/zines/8-things-you-can-do-to-stop-icehttps://crimethinc.com/zines/seven-steps-to-stop-iceWhen the Feds Come to Your City (CrimethInc) – Lessons from Chicago organizers on preparing for federal escalation.https://crimethinc.com/2025/12/03/when-the-feds-come-to-your-city-standing-up-to-ice-a-guide-from-chicago-organizersOur Neighbors in Minneapolis (Margaret Killjoy) https://margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/our-neighbors-in-minneapolis------------------------------------------EPISODE CHAPTERS07:50 READING & REFLECTIONS onRapid Response Networks in the Twin Cities (Crimethinc)30:49 READING & REFLECTIONS on Crossing the Line: It Really Is Safer in the Front (Crimethinc)39:08 READING & REFLECTIONS on The Noise: Demonstrations Keeping ICE Awake (CrimethInc) 50:00 READING & REFLECTIONS on From Minneapolis: I’ve Never Seen Unity Like This (Margaret Killjoy)55:30 READING & REFLECTIONS on Our Neighbors in Minneapolis (Margaret Killjoy)--------------------------------------------Topics include:ICE surges and repression • TPS and immigration enforcement • Rapid response networks • Protest tactics and escalation • Solidarity under state violence • Organizing in moments of crisis--------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

In this episode, we’re joined by Isabella, an internationalist who has been involved in multiple institutions of the Rojavan Revolution and is currently on the ground in Syria. Together, we trace her personal journey into the revolution and explore the political, social, and feminist structures that have sustained Rojava through years of war, pressure, and transformation.We discuss the foundations of the Rojavan Revolution and DAANES, the role of Mala Jin, Jinwar, and Jineology, and the development of Kongra Star as the vanguard of the women’s revolution. Isabella shares insights into how revolutionary structures endure, how patriarchal attitudes are challenged in practice, and what strategies have proven effective over time.The conversation also turns to the present moment: the media ecosystem in Rojava, the role of democratic confederalism, current conditions on the ground, and the evolving political landscape involving the Syrian Transitional Government, DAANES, and the SDF. We close with reflections on lessons from the Kurdish Freedom Movement and where listeners can go to stay informed.02:59 — Who Is Isabella04:04 — What Was Isabella’s Youth Like04:54 — What Is the Rojavan Revolution & DAANES10:25 — Mala Jin Introduced11:35 — Jinwar Introduced14:38 — Introduction to Jineology19:53 — Jineology as Structure & Publication23:24 — Kongra Star as the Vanguard of the Women’s Revolution27:11 — How Kongra Star Started27:22 — What Structures Have Helped the Revolution Survive / How Do You Get Men to Listen?31:54 — Strategies for Shifting Patriarchal Attitudes35:05 — The Media Ecosystem in Rojava38:00 — How Independent Media Is Being Received40:32 — Democratic Confederalism in the Region48:22 — Current Conditions in Rojava55:56 — The Syrian Transitional Government & Its Relation to Syria and Kurdistan60:00 — DAANES / SDF Narratives & Conditions Under the Assad Regime01:03:09 — Response to STG Decree on Kurdish Rights & Political Demands of DAANES/SDF01:04:23 — Final Reflections & Lessons from the Kurdish Freedom Movement01:07:00 — Where to Stay InformedThe Women’s War (iHeartRadio)https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-the-womens-war-59464911/(Includes reporting on Jinwar and the women’s revolution in Rojava)Kongra Star (Women’s Movement)https://kongra-star.org/eng/homepage/Mala Jin (Women’s Houses)https://kongra-star.org/eng/mala-jin/Jinwar – Women’s Villagehttps://mesopotamia.coop/coops/jinwar/ https://jinwar.net/Kurdish Red Crescent (Heyva Sor a Kurd)https://heyvasor.com/en/Rojava Information Centerhttps://rojavainformationcenter.org/Revolution in Rojava: Democratic Autonomy and Women’s Liberationhttps://www.plutobooks.com/product/revolution-in-rojava/Rojava: Revolution, War and the Future of Syria’s Kurdshttps://pmpress.org.uk/product/rojava-revolution-war-and-the-future-of-syrias-kurds/Rojava in Focus (AK Press)https://www.akpress.org/rojava-in-focus.htmlSyrian Democratic Forces (SDF) – Twitter/Xhttps://twitter.com/SDF_SyriaStay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10UgChaptersResources & Further ReadingPodcastsOrganizations & ProjectsMedia & InformationBooks Social / Updates

In this episode of The Dugout, we start with a mental health check-in and reflections on our goals for 2026, then move straight into the chaos of the moment: ICE activity in Central Ohio, shifting global conflicts, and what non-campist solidarity actually looks like when empires, states, and militias all claim to be the answer.We talk about Venezuela, Iran, Kurdistan, Greenland, and Sudan — including scenes from El Fasher — to make sense of how one system of domination shows up across many places and in many forms. We dig into new developments in repressive technology, the rumored DEA–ATF merger, and what it means to organize under expanding surveillance and policing.Finally, we sit with the psychological weight of living inside constant crisis: how to process endless media, how to stay grounded, and why “retreat” is different from surrender. We close with reflections on Diane di Prima’s Revolutionary Letter #18 and what it offers those trying to remain human while resisting empire.One war. Many fronts. The same fight for dignity, survival, and freedomTime Codes01:20 Intro and mental health check-in 10:33 Goals for 2026 and The Dugout 14:05 What the fuck has been going on 14:32 ICE in Central Ohio 16:00 International non-campist news: Venezuela, Greenland, Iran, and Kurdistan 33:02 Why non-campist solidarity matters and how 36:39 Scenes from El Fasher, Sudan 37:45 Repressive tech updates 49:51 DEA and ATF merger?? 51:31 How do we process so much media and stay sane 54:49 What we’re seeing right now that’s making us concerned 59:19 Do not flee America — retreat 1:05:48 Closing: Revolutionary Letter #18 (Diane di Prima)Mentioned MediaCrimethInc – Rapid Response Networks in the Twin Cities (2026)https://crimethinc.com/2026/01/15/rapid-response-networks-in-the-twin-cities-a-guide-to-an-updated-model“Being ready for the incoming surge of ICE enforcement in your city… means studying the terrain… Start studying, planning, connecting, and experimenting now.”404 Media – ICE contracts company making “bounty hunter” AI agentshttps://www.404media.co/ice-contracts-company-making-bounty-hunter-ai-agents/ACLU – DHS is circumventing the Constitution by buying location datahttps://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/dhs-is-circumventing-constitution-by-buying-data-it-would-normally-need-a-warrant-to-accessFOIA documents page:https://www.aclu.org/cases/aclu-v-department-homeland-security-commercial-location-data-foia#legal-documents404 Media – Inside ICE’s tool to monitor phones in entire neighborhoods (geofencing)https://www.404media.co/inside-ices-tool-to-monitor-phones-in-entire-neighborhoods/Texas Observer – Texas police invest in Tangles surveillance softwarehttps://www.texasobserver.org/texas-police-invest-tangles-sheriff-surveillance/Texas Observer – Texas DPS $5.3 million Tangles contracthttps://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-tangle-cobwebs/LA Times – ICE / Border Patrol operations (Dodger Stadium example)https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-04/ice-border-patrol-dodger-stadium-parking-lotStay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10UgAnti-ICE organizing / MinneapolisICE, AI, and surveillance techICE operations context

In this episode of The Dugout, we talk to Germán Gonzalez, one of the Stanford 11 and one of five students facing felony charges after intense repression during the pro-Palestine encampment movement at Stanford University. We break down how Gonzalez’s family background in El Salvador radicalized them to be in solidarity with Palestine, the rising tide of 2023/2024 student encampment movements, the university and local repression leading to trumped up charges, and what it means to hold your ground in the face of genocide, war profiting, and censorship.To stay up to date on Stanford 11 case….To support the Stanford 11 and folks going on trial, there is a support/action tool-kit:https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRlHj6fh3wc7nmMaaXppZetvYG4A0gqCH8IIlht8XuPs8yTMtc39zPOw-MXXn3ndgON9_Id6zhceblx/pubStanford Students for Justice in Palestine: https://www.instagram.com/stanfordsjp/-----------------------------------------To learn more about resources mentioned in the episode:Bay Area for Gaza Mutual Aid Linktree: https://linktr.ee/bayarea4gazaTrial begins for Stanford students for occupying offices in pro-Palestinian protest:https://apnews.com/article/propalestinian-stanford-protesters-trial-c62bba681be05a52cc50b5bd78f8ec58Pro-Israel Advocates Are Weaponizing “Safety” on College Campuseshttps://theintercept.com/2024/03/28/safety-college-columbia-stanford-antisemitism-israel-palestine/One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El AkkadOne Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This is a 2025 non-fiction book by Omar El Akkad that serves as a memoir and manifesto, exploring Western hypocrisy, imperialism, and the disillusionment of marginalized communities, particularly in the context of the Gaza genocide.https://www.nationalbook.org/books/one-day-everyone-will-have-always-been-against-this/The Battle of Algiers (dir. Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966) A searing, semi-documentary account of Algeria’s anti-colonial struggle against French occupation, showing how urban insurgency and state repression feed each other. Long treated as a manual by both revolutionaries and counterinsurgents, it exposes how “security” becomes a language of colonial control.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpn4Htfrv88&pp=ygUVVGhlIEJhdHRsZSBvZiBBbGdpZXJz0gcJCU0KAYcqIYzvThe Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi (2020) [affiliate link] A sweeping political history of Palestine told through lived experience, tracing a century of settler colonialism, dispossession, and resistance from 1917 to the present. Khalidi frames Palestine not as a “conflict,” but as an ongoing colonial war backed by Western power.https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9781250787651Morning in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa (2010) A multigenerational novel following a Palestinian family displaced by the Nakba, capturing how loss, memory, and love survive under occupation. The book humanizes Palestinian life beyond headlines, showing how violence reverberates across decades.https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9781608190461Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (“The Little Red Book,” 1964) A collection of Mao’s writings on revolution, discipline, and mass struggle that shaped 20th-century liberation movements worldwide. Widely read by anti-imperialist and Black radical organizers, it emphasized political education, collective discipline, and resistance to imperial domination.https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9781088280515Want to read books we’ve covered or have been talked about on THE DUGOUT? Check out our affiliate link Reading List to support the podcast: https://bookshop.org/lists/what-we-re-reading-at-the-dugout

This year, we've put out over 50 episodes, almost double what we did in Season 1, and we learned a lot. From interviews with Ohio organizers/farmers to political thinkers online to former Black Panther Party and Black Liberation army members; to breakdowns of 101 topics like PROPERTY, CAPITALISM, and beyond.Now we want to reflect and thank you all for listening! Season 2 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3op9939LV5uWX3tYSkISfs?si=1cc2f360135b42b1-----------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

In this episode, we sit down with members of the DFW Defense Committee to break down the state and federal repression facing local organizers and community members. We begin with who the defendants are and their relationship to the defense work, then move into what’s happening on the ground beyond the state’s narrative.Our guests reflect on the lives and commitments of the defendants before their arrests and trace how state repression has materially shaped their lives and the broader community. They outline major takeaways from this moment, including how the state is revealing its hand, and explain the differences between state and federal charges.We also explore how prosecutors, the DOJ, ICE, and the media have misled the public, what defense committee work actually looks like, and the moments of clarity that have emerged throughout this process. As the episode closes, our guests share what support is most needed for the defendants and the committee, followed by final reflections from Hannah and Xavier.This conversation offers a grounded, first-hand look at criminalization, solidarity, and the work required to hold each other through targeted repression.Chapters00:00 Intro01:33 Who are you and what is your relation to the DFW defense work?02:43 How would you describe what is happening beyond the states narrative?05:03 What kind of community members and organizers were some of the defendants before their arrest?12:09 How has the repression from the state played out materially?16:05 What are important takeaways form this moment and how they state is paying their hand?18:37 What is the difference in the state and federal charge20:51 What are thing that the prosecution, doj, ice, and media have been doing to mislead people in this case?29:23 What has the defense committee work been like?36:15 Have you found any moments of clarity in this process that you want to share?38:44 What forms of support do the defendants and defense committee need currently?42:22 Hannah's last thoughts45:01 Xavier's last thoughts-----------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

What happens when war becomes something you can ‘like’ on Instagram? When war becomes a brand? We live in a world where violence is curated aesthetically in more ways than we can imagine. INSPIRED BY  @uncivilized_media - "how israel uses sex to sell Zionism"...https://youtu.be/OHJEpnCL5nE?si=zugNnzR6kx540lpdWATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/Wo4e3SnKkjg------------------LEARN MORE FROM THIS VIDEO ESSAY1. “The Naked Faces of Israel” — (Book Chapter / Academic)Analyzes the Brand Israel campaign and how the state used sexuality, tech aesthetics, and Western liberalism to reframe Zionism.https://artistsforpalestine.org.uk/2017/09/04/the-naked-face-of-israel-ilan-pappe-on-rebranding-zionism/Explores the erotic imagery and sexual politics embedded within Zionist ideology, and how it shaped modern Israeli nationalism.https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520221499/eros-and-the-jews2. “Zionism as an Erotic Revolution” by David BialeExplores the erotic imagery and sexual politics embedded within Zionist ideology, and how it shaped modern Israeli nationalism.https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520221499/eros-and-the-jews3. Sam Biddle — “Trump’s Big Beautiful Gift to Anduril” (The Intercept)https://theintercept.com/2025/07/09/trump-big-beautiful-bill-anduril/4. Belén Fernández — “Hollywood’s Israel Problem” (Al Jazeera / Analysis)Examines how the U.S. entertainment machine collaborates with Zionist branding strategies.https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/12/7/hollywoods-israel-problemBreakdown of Israel’s propaganda strategy, its failures, and how it adjusts narratives for Western audiences.https://jcfa.org/article/why-are-israels-public-relations-so-poor/5. “Why Israel’s Public Relations Are So Poor?” by Dr. Dan DikerBreakdown of Israel’s propaganda strategy, its failures, and how it adjusts narratives for Western audiences.https://jcfa.org/article/why-are-israels-public-relations-so-poor/---------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug---------------CHAPTERS00:00 Intro02:12 The Sinister Marketing of BRAND ISRAEL07:27 Bikini Diplomacy, Gal Gadot, and Maxim11:19 MEANSTV Announcement12:45 The Mifgash during Birthright and Zionism as Sex Tourism?19:25 Having a Black friend move to Israel 21:29 How ANDRUIL Markets War With Language and Aesthetics27:10 Trump, Andruil, Palmer, Lucky, and The Illusion of Language29:10 How To Become a WAR BRAND33:57 On JUST WAR theory36:49 The Internetification of Violence and War

In this expansive conversation, writer and creator Prince Shakur traces the evolution of his political, creative, and personal journeys from being a precocious kid entering college early to becoming a sharp, imaginative voice on YouTube and in contemporary literature. Prince reflects on the early days of his channel, how experimenting online shaped his storytelling, and how technical growth allowed him to more fully realize his creative vision.Across the episode, we examine the pressures of the attention economy, the shifting terrain of journalism and truth-telling, and the responsibilities that come with documenting one’s own life. Prince breaks down the framework and goals behind his memoir, the role primary sources played in shaping his archive, and what he is exploring in his new essay collection. He outlines how hope, discipline, and political intuition shape his decisions, what he looks for in liberatory or emergent spaces, and how he navigates communities that fall short of the futures he imagines.BOOKS 📚When they tell You To Be Good by Prince Shakur https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9781953534934📚Black Reader I: On Searching for Radical Connections by Prince Shakur www.amazon.com/Black-Reader-Searching-Radical-Connections/dp/B0D7JPVXN9/Support independent bookstores by purchasing with our affiliate link on through Bookshop.org.Chapters00:00 Intro03:43 Who are you?05:04 what was a young you like?06:14 How was going into college younger than your classmates?09:45 what was your early YouTube career like?11:54 what has your been your journey crafting your channel?14:56 What made you focus on YouTube as an outlet for your creative vision?17:01 How has your technical growth impacted implementing your vision for your work?18:34 How do you feel attention economy side effect are impacting the writing and blogging scene21:29 what is your read on the Journalistic and truth telling part of the world right now for creators and consumers24:30 Prince's memoir goals and framework26:37 When doing memoir research, what primary resources did you find useful and how does that impact the archive you leave for yourself now?29:02 With your new essay collection, what are two major themes or questions your exploring30:02 What are you hoping to be surprised by or encounter in this writing process?31:58 Role of Hope in your decision making34:30 How do you approach discipline36:48 What structures and dynamics do you look for in new political and social spaces?38:41 How do you move through a space that doesn't have what you like to see40:06 What kind of media scenes do you see The Dugout existing within and in community with?44:05 What does being a revolutionary mean to you and what impact does that have on your planning?45:55 What does rising up mean to you?48:12 what question do you want answered before you pass?48:23 What do you envision for your late years?52:15 What infrastructure is needed to make the life you want to happen?53:44 If you could time travel but only one way when are you going?1:00:05 Bank Heist Roster: Celebrity & Fictional Character Edition1:02:08 Last Thoughts—---------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

I (Prince) sat down with my co-host, Jordan, to talk about how they came into politics — not as theory first, but through life, loss, and the chaos of 2020.We talked about what it means to get assigned Marx by a professor, their upbringing and early anti-authoritarianism. About being radicalized by police violence during the George Floyd protests. Jordan opens up about the moments that shaped him: studying revolutionary texts for the first time, organizing on the ground, and trying to make sense of what martyrdom means.------------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

I decided to sit down after hours of research to map out the elite puppets behind Trump's base. Here's what I learned.Available on Youtube: https://youtu.be/kbuDui_Y4qg---------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

We sit down to break down what actually happened at the White House’s recent “anti-fa roundtable” — what was discussed, what it reveals about government priorities, and what it could mean for activists and organizers on the ground.We talk through how this moment fits into a longer history of surveillance and repression on Turtle Island. The conversation looks at both the risks ahead and how movements can prepare, stay grounded, and keep building power.------------------Show NotesTrump takes aim at Antifa — and the press — in White House roundtable | READhttps://www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/politics/antifa-white-house-roundtableTrump Holds a Roundtable on Antifa, but There Is Little Legal Ground for the Terrorist Designation | READhttps://www.cato.org/blog/trumps-anti-antifa-executive-orderAs Trump talks of designating antifa a foreign terrorist group, experts see danger | READhttps://www.npr.org/2025/10/28/nx-s1-5587726/trump-antifa-terrorist-group--------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

In this conversation, we sit down with an organizer and fighter from the internationalist front in Myanmar to explore the lived realities of the Spring Revolution and the autonomous women’s struggle rising from within it. Moving from poetry to political analysis, we discuss what it means to take up internationalism in practice, not as an idea, but as a commitment carved through shared danger, discipline, and deep love for the people.We trace the formation of the AIF (Anti-Fascist Internationalist Front), the roots of women’s autonomous power in the hills, and the political and cultural contradictions that shape collective life under war. We talk about comradeship, grief, and joy as the emotional infrastructure of revolution, the role of art and memory, and how different cultural understandings of gender and liberation collide, transform, and re-form through struggle.This episode is a meditation on building political consciousness in motion, forging international solidarity without romanticization, and creating structures capable of holding not only power, but freedom itself-----------------------------------------01:33 Intro02:24 Poem05:59 What does being an internationalist mean to you?08:42 What is context did the AIF come from within the Spring Revolution?15:15 Context cont. Spring Revolution17:22 Context cont. AIF18:22 Q: What is the context of the Women's Revolution as you've been able to participate?24:01 Q: How does the AIF participate in this Women's struggle27:29 Q: How does cultural differences within the Internationalist bring their own patriarchal tensions around collective development30:29 Q: What kind of autonomous structure are you coming into contact with or seeing created?32:16 Q: Organization's in Myanmar with positions on Women and Queer struggle34:25 Q: Are there any intentional spaces or structures for political development, education and knowledge sharing?38:28 Q: What does building comradery look like for you?41:44 Q: How does the struggle in Myanmar teach you to navigate cultures of choosing commitment to struggle or to your comrades?47:07 Q: How is grief addressed in the struggle? How does grief influence the martyr culture and vice versa 54:02 Q: What audience did you have in mind when writing Lessons From The Hills56:15 Q: Are there lots of artist in the revolution? How does that influence the culture?50:01 Q: Were there any lesson you left out of the text59:57 How to Support and last thoughts-----------------------------------Support The AIFhttps://aifmyanmar.noblogs.org/https://ko-fi.com/aifmyanmarInstagram@AIFMyanmar@RachelRamLenMawi@Azad_afa —---------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

Do what you can to support Sudanese comrades!!HOW TO DONATE: https://opencollective.com/support-sudanese-comradesTo read the statement in full...On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/statement-from-142419034On Substack: https://tdugout.substack.com/p/statement-from-the-anarchist-groupOn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQcH4VAjlAz/?img_index=1

In this reading of Jailbreak Out of History: The Re-Biography of Harriet Tubman By Butch Lee, we trace the revolutionary roots of one of the most misrepresented figures in U.S. history. From the violent backdrop of slavery and colonial war to the specific burdens—and power—carried by New Afrikan women, we explore the formation of Harriet Tubman’s militant spirit. Chapters00:53 Introduction to the Episode01:32 Harriet Tubman's Early Life and Escape04:20 The Underground Railroad and Harriet's Role05:25 The Revolutionary War and African Resistance11:43 Harriet Tubman's Guerrilla Warfare18:51 The Battle of Troy and Harriet's Leadership24:33 Conclusion Buy Book⁠⁠Jailbreak Out of History: The Re-Biography of Harriet Tubman By Butch Lee⁠—---------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

In this in-depth conversation with Ashanti Alston — former Black Panther, political prisoner, and life long learner — we explore the radical meaning of life, death, and liberation. Ashanti reflects on the personal and collective sacrifices demanded by struggle, the weight of “social death,” and the spiritual grounding found in honoring ancestors.Drawing from his years in the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army, Ashanti discusses the challenges of underground life, the lessons of past resistance movements, and the ongoing need for ideological diversity within revolutionary spaces. He shares insights on embracing anarchism through an Indigenous and communal lens, doing the internal work necessary for healing, and building movements rooted in love, accountability, and inclusion.This episode offers both historical depth and practical wisdom — a reflection on what it means to live, resist, and build freedom together in the face of empire.Listen to ASHANTI ALAGON INTERVIEW | Part 1... https://open.spotify.com/show/15CpGdYF2IyVBHe3GCt2Lc----------------------------------------CHAPTERS00:00 Intro08:30 What Does It Mean to Be a “Doomed” Revolutionary?10:56 Family, Duty, and the Cost of Going Underground18:49 The Concept of Social Death21:39 Honoring the Dead: The BLA, Camus, and Continuity29:16 Life Underground & Lessons from Prison33:28 Exploring Historical Resistance Movements34:22 The Importance of Diverse Ideologies36:48 Embracing Anarchism and Indigenous Perspectives39:37 Internal Work and Healing in Activism45:40 Building Inclusive and Diverse Communities38:04 Reflections on Revolutionary Structures53:46 Future Projects and Community Engagement—---------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

In this in-depth conversation with revolutionary organizer Ashanti Alston, former member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army, we trace a life committed to struggle, freedom, and community. From his early experiences during the Civil Rights era and the 1967 Plainfield Rebellion to his radicalization through Black Power and anti-imperialist movements, Ashanti reflects on the lessons, tensions, and commitments that defined a generation of liberation fighters. He discusses the work of building Panther chapters, community defense, and the realities of underground struggle—offering powerful reflections on discipline, solidarity, and the meaning of revolutionary love. Through personal stories and political insight, this episode captures both the historical and ongoing spirit of Black liberation and anarchist resistance.Listen to PART 2: https://open.spotify.com/show/15CpGdYF2IyVBHe3GCt2Lc📚 Dive deeper into Ashanti Alston’s journey — full show notes, history, and resources are up now on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/140939055----------------------------------BOOKS, READING, AND MEDIA MENTIONED [some affiliate links]🔗 The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (1848) – Introduced Alston to class analysis. | ⁠https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9780140447576⁠🔗 Revolutionary Catechism by Sergey Nechayev (1869) – Text on revolutionary commitment that influenced Alston’s thinking when transitioning underground. | ⁠http://marxists.org/subject/anarchism/nechayev/catechism.htm⁠🔗 The Battle of Algiers (film, 1966) – A revolutionary film required viewing for Panthers, showing urban anti-colonial warfare.----------------EPISODE CHAPTERS01:48 Introduction and Welcoming Ashanti02:11 Ashanti's Early Life and Family Background03:23 Experiencing the Civil Rights Movement04:13 The 1967 Plainfield Rebellion06:53 Influence of Black Power and Revolutionary Ideologies12:23 Joining the Black Panther Party16:25 Organizing and Community Support21:55 Challenges and Pushback31:15 Creating the Black Panther Chapter30:18 Daily Life and Responsibilities of Panthers32:36 Weapons Training and Discipline35:18 Community Engagement and Support39:14 Frame-Up Charges and Legal Battles49:18 Life in Jail and Continued Activism53:34 Transition to Underground Work56:21 Reflections on Sacrifice and Commitment---------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

In this video, we delve into the life, legacy, and impact of Assata Shakur. We start with a gripping excerpt from her autobiography, exploring her childhood, the influences of her family, her radicalization, and her involvement with the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army. We also discuss her experiences with systemic oppression, her imprisonment, and her eventual escape to Cuba. Join us as we honor and celebrate the life of this revolutionary figure.—---------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

What can Malcolm X’s journey teach us about freedom today?In this collaboration episode, host israa’ is joined with Jordan and Prince from The Dugout Podcast and Dr. Mohamed Abdou. We got together to talk about Malcolm X, his evolution over time, his commitment to the below, and the role and impact of Islam on his journey towards collective liberation. Along the way, we talk about Malcolm’s impact on our lives and our politics and share insights on how we think Malcolm would be showing up today.------------------------------------------Episode Summary01:27 Introduction and Host Introductions03:13 Personal Connections to Malcolm X06:19 Malcolm X’s Influence and Evolution10:15 Reflections on Malcolm X’s Teachings12:58 Malcolm X’s Legacy and Modern Relevance21:06 Organizational Structures and Revolutionary Responsibility30:46 Global Impact and Pan-Africanism47:44 Evolving Governance and Lessons from the Zapatistas49:34 Exploring Malcolm X’s Intersectional Analysis50:14 Malcolm X and James Baldwin: A Shared Journey52:12 Decolonization and Internationalism53:57 Contextualizing Malcolm X’s Strategies56:01 Malcolm X’s Methodology and Ethics01:00:05 Malcolm X’s Legacy and Modern Implications01:19:36 The Role of Spirituality and Self-Critique01:30:47 Final Reflections on Malcolm X’s Influence------------------------------------------Mohamed Bio:Dr. Mohamed Abdou is a Muslim anarchist scholar and organizer. He’s a student of the muqawama (the resistance) and author of Islam and Anarchism: Relationships and Resonances (Pluto Press, 2022). His work centers on Palestinian, Indigenous, Black, and people of colour liberation, and draws on the Indigenous Zapatista movement in Chiapas, Mexico, as well as his participation in the Egyptian uprisings of 2011.substack: ⁠End TimesWritings and Communiqués in the End-TimesBy Dr. Mohamed Abdou مُحَمَّد⁠website: ⁠mabdou.net⁠.Twitter: @minuetinGmajorInstagram: @slightlydrifting------------------------------------------israa’ bio:israa’ (they/them) is an activist scholar in a committed relationship with collective liberation. They are part of From the Periphery Media collective where they are hosts of The Mutual Aid Podcast, The Fire of these Times, and From the Periphery Podcast. They’re working towards building a world where all worlds fit through their activism and scholarship.israa’ is on Bluesky and IGThe Fire These Times is a podcast created by Lebanese writer and researcher Elia Ayoub and friends connecting academics, writers, artists and activists from around the world to “build the new in the shell of the old.”From The Periphery is on ⁠Patreon⁠, YouTube⁠, Instagram, and has a website⁠------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10UgHow to Support Our Work:Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠: You’ll get early access to all podcasts, exclusive audio and video episodes, an invitation to join ⁠⁠⁠⁠our monthly hangouts⁠⁠⁠⁠, and more.Donations: https://fromtheperiphery.com/donate/Check out our merch: https://fromtheperiphery.com/shop/

I’ve always loved movies—not just for the storytelling, but for the way they’ve shaped how I see the world. In this video, I break down a few films that radicalized me and pushed me to think differently about history, power, and resistance: Malcolm X, The East, Selma, and The Black Power Mixtape.Watch more RADICAL MOVIES on the ANARCHISM ON FILM list.. https://letterboxd.com/thedugoutpod/list/anarchism-on-film-w-the-dugout-a-black-anarchist/---------------------CHAPTERS00:00 ANARCHISM ON FILM Intro02:00 The Black Power Mixtape11:00 The Dreamers14:36 The East 16:58 Malcom X19:28 Selma---------------------TO WATCH... Black Power Mixtape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLSnAheeqO4&t=1s&pp=ygUTYmxhY2sgcG93ZXIgbWl4dGFwZQ%3D%3D—---------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

Why do I identify as an anarchist—specifically, a Black anarchist? I share my journey from early organizing and labor work to international protest. From the Black Panther Party’s survival programs to my time at Standing Rock, in France during Nuit Debout, and traveling through the Philippines, I’ve seen how mutual aid, decolonization, and direct action can transform our understanding of freedom.✏️ What radical moment shaped your politics? Drop it in the comments. Let’s build together.MOVIE CLIPS FEATURED: Better Mus Come, Malcolm X, The Dreamers📚 Recommended if you’re curious (affiliate links and more) 📚 📚 As Black As Resistance by Zoé Samudzi & William C. Anderson: 🔗 https://bookshop.org/a/23229/9781849353168📚 Black Seed Journal – anti-colonial anarchist thought: 🔗 https://blackseed.anarchyplanet.org/📚 The Belly of the Beast by Da’Shaun L. Harrison: 🔗 https://bookshop.org/a/23229/9781623175979📚 Anything by or about Ashanti Alston, the “Anarchist Panther”; Let Freedom Ring: 🔗 https://bookshop.org/a/23229/9781604860351—---------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

In this reupload of a collaboration between The Dugout Podcast and In the Mix Prisoner Podcast, we sit down with historian and organizer Garrett Felber to explore the life, politics, and legacy of Martin Sostre. From defense committees and anarchist theory to gender politics and prison abolition, this conversation traces Sostre’s journey through incarceration, radicalization, and post-release activism. We reflect on the lessons his struggles offer for today’s movements—on prefigurative politics, horizontal organizing, and the fight for liberation inside and outside prison walls.00:50 Introduction and Host Introductions02:11 Garrett Felber's Journey with Martin03:34 Historical Context and Defense Committees06:56 Decentralization and Horizontalism11:48 Prefigurative Politics and Anarchist Theory16:43 Martin's Legal Struggles and Organizing29:44 Debates on Prisoner Rights and Martyrdom36:19 Linking Personal Struggles to Broader Movements36:33 Reevaluating the Attica Rebellion37:18 Prefigurative Politics and Individual Liberation39:15 Martin's Journey to Anarchism41:33 Gender Politics and Bodily Autonomy42:24 Influences and Radicalization52:37 Martin's Post-Incarceration Activism56:38 Reflections on Prefigurative Politics59:34 Personal Stories and Political Awakening01:02:00 Current Struggles and Historical Lessons01:05:31 Concluding Thoughts and Future DirectionsMentioned Media:BOOKS 📚 A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre by Garret Felber - Buy Here -https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9781849355902Support independent bookstores by purchasing with our affiliate link on through Bookshop.org.—---------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

It’s been a year since Trump’s return to the White House. We look at the chaos of his second term—from attacks on birthright citizenship to sweeping emergency powers and foreign policy shocks. We break down the fallout at home: labor pushback, a fractured left, and the rise of fascist movements. Most of all, we ask what resilience, solidarity, and new forms of anti-fascist organizing look like in this moment.---------------------------------What To Read To Learn More...Peter Thiel is delivering 4 private sold-out lectures at a club in San Francisco—about the Antichristhttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/peter-thiel-is-hosting-4-private-sold-out-lectures-about-the-antichrist-at-a-club-in-san-francisco/ar-AA1LJgzu?ocid=UP97DHPChaotic showdown over Guatemalan children exposes fault lines in Trump’s deportation pushhttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/chaotic-showdown-over-guatemalan-children-exposes-fault-lines-in-trumps-deportation-push/Army extends orders for DC National Guard through Nov. 30: Officialshttps://abcnews.go.com/Politics/army-extends-orders-dc-national-guard-nov-30/story?id=125266247—---------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

Let's unpack the recent happenings with the assassination of Charles Kirk, and what this means for this moment of rising fascism.What is Turning Point USA? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/us/turning-point-usa-charlie-kirk.htmlHow Kirk Earned Trump’s Admiration? https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/politics/relationship-charlie-kirk-donald-trumpKirk Build The MAGA Youth Movement | https://nypost.com/2025/09/11/us-news/charlie-kirk-shot-dead-in-utah-trump-granddaughter-kai-trump-mourns-close-family-friend/—---------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

In this Security Culture 101 episode, we uncover COINTELPRO’s ongoing tactics—from the Black Panthers to recent cases like the Cleveland 5—showing how the state uses infiltration, entrapment, and surveillance to disrupt activism. We highlight why Black, queer, Indigenous, and abolitionist organizers are targeted and share strategies to protect each other without fear. Essential listening for anyone resisting state repression.-----------------------------------------------📚 RESOURCES & READING LIST📖 War at Home – Brian Glick | A must-read guide to COINTELPRO’s history and tactics—and how movements can respond.➡️ PDF included for Patrons: https://we.riseup.net/assets/77713/hambone10001.pdf📖 Undercover: The True Story of Britain’s Secret Police. | Journalists who exposed the Mark Kennedy case and UK undercover spying. Their work became the book Undercover: The True Story of Britain’s Secret Police.➡️ https://www.abebooks.com/9780571302178/Undercover-True-Story-Britains-Secret-0571302173/plp—---------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠Website⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

In this episode, we sit down with Anastasia bat Lilith to explore the intersections of Jewish anarchism, spirituality, and organizing. From the roots and lineages that shaped her text Teshuva to the ways Jewish ritual, decolonial thought, and anarchist praxis inform her daily life, Anastasia offers a deep and vulnerable conversation on building liberatory community.Together we dig into themes of teshuva as both practice and zine, the dangers of “unity” rhetoric, the struggle against hierarchy and piety, and how dysphoric and decolonial anarchist lineages guide organizing beyond settler secularism. We also journey through the history of the Jewish Zine Fest—its origins, intentions, and role as ritual space—while grounding in questions of family, antizionist study, and collective transformation.This episode is a call to rethink what grounds us, what questions we hold, and what it means to organize spiritually, politically, and communally in the face of empire.TIMESTAMPS00:58 Who are you?03:11 What lineage of Jewish anarchism are you drawing from for you text Teshuva and your active praxis?06:30 How does the blending of Jewish and anarchist spiritual and political life show up for you10:31 The past get a vote note a veto14:17 What does teshuva mean to you and how is it explore din the zine20:18 What sort of intervention is this zine having in the discourse25:36 The abuse of unity in political rhetoric29:47 Relationship with hierarchy and piety33:38 How does dysphoric and decolonial anarchist lineages inform you current organizing42:25 How do you approach building outside settler secularism with an anarchist spiritual ethic45:53 what guides and grounds you when you in more mass organizing spaces47:48 what sparked the organizing for the Jewish zine fest and how was the first one?51:26 Anti-zionist Talmud history lesson56:10 How has zine making and the culture you organizing around become a space for ritual or a ritual itself?1:00:38 What intention are going into this years Jewish Zine Fest1:03:36 After the zine fest can people still get merch or get involved in your efforts1:04:37 How has this journey in organizing community impacted your thoughts on family1:06:40 What do you want the readers of teshuva to carry with them after reading it?1:07:51 What question are you sitting with after writng Teshuva?1:09:34 Last thoughts for our listenersFUNDRAISER For Sudanese Comradeshttps://opencollective.com/support-sudanese-comradesStay up to date with our guest!Stormbringer press - @Stormbringer_press on InstagramJewish Zine Fest - @pgh_jzf on Instagram Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

What does survival look like under fascism? History tells us that people resist in different ways — some fight, some flee, some freeze. From Hitler’s Germany to Cold War Latin America to Trump’s America, we’ll examine the lessons of democratic collapse. Drawing on Jason Stanley and Black radical thinkers, this video explores how to recognize authoritarian creep, how solidarity can keep us alive, and the haunting question: Is it time to leave?CHAPTERS00:00 Intro02:14 Case Study: FLEEING VENEZUELA by Carlos Hernandez10:29 HOW FASCISM WORKS by Jason Stanley19:09 Will you FIGHT, FLIGHT, OR FLEE?33:40 Outro35:54 TikToks on WHEN TO LEAVE----------------------------------📰 SHOW NOTES1. What the PSL (and the Campist Left) Gets Wrong about Venezuela – Left Voice🔗 https://www.leftvoice.org/what-the-psl-and-the-campist-left-gets-wrong-about-venezuela/2. The History – and Hypocrisy – of US Meddling in Venezuela – Venezuelanalysis🔗 https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14263/3. Fleeing Venezuela – Persuasion🔗 https://www.persuasion.community/p/fleeing-venezuela?r=3s62s&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false4. Anduril Drone Company Plans Ohio Factory – The Columbus Dispatch🔗 https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2025/01/16/anduril-drone-company-defense-tech-contractor-peter-thiel-plans-ohio-factory/77717316007/5. How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley [affliate]🔗 https://bookshop.org/a/23229/9780525511854-----------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

What is Black August? And why does it matter? In this episode, we're diving deep into the history and spirit of a month dedicated to resistance. It's a time to honor the freedom fighters and political prisoners who sacrificed everything for our liberation.Our main focus is on the incredible legacy of Kwame Ture, formerly known as Stokely Carmichael. We'll follow his journey from a young, charismatic student leader in the Civil Rights Movement , the Freedom Rides, the infamous ⁠Parchman Penitentiary⁠ in ⁠Sunflower County⁠, Mississippi, and Black Power.And readings from Ready for the Revolution (affiliate link):⁠https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9780684850047⁠—---------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

This episode of The Dugout Jordan takes listeners through a series of powerful readings and reflections on learning, resistance, and survival inside and outside the walls of prison. We begin with Brian Fuller’s Lifelong Learning, considering how education remains a liberatory practice even in confinement. Next, we turn to Boukman Ptah’s The New Solja: A Black Manifesto, digging into its radical call to arms for self-determination and freedom. Finally, we share Beto "Sharky" Garcia’s On Organizing Within Prison Walls, a testimony to the power of collective struggle!00:00 intro what is In The Belly02:02 Lifelong Learning by Brian Fuller 06:40 Reflection on Lifelong Learning 08:31 Reading The New Solja: A Black A Manifesto by Boukman Ptah 16:28 Reflecting on The New Solja: A Black Manifesto23:03 On Organizing Within Prison Walls By Beto "Sharky" Garcia28:52 Reflecting On "On Organizing Within Prison Walls"31:05 OutroListen to In the MIx hereLibsynSpotifyCheck out BellyZine.netStay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

From televangelism to Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, and today’s internet trolls, this video essay unpacks how alt-right media and the internet age have monetized fascism—often in more ways than one. And what does it mean when edgelords are in office and Trump fascism means that internet fascism is institutionalized? A P.S. NETWORK PRODUCTIONVIDEO CHAPTERS00:00 Intro - Jubilee Debates and Alt Right Media03:12 Alt-right media history – Messengers of the Right book breakdown06:47 Televangelism’s influence – Kenneth Copeland and faith-based political power12:59 Rush Limbaugh era – How talk radio mainstreamed far-right politics21:23 Internet age – Edgelord culture, online fascism, and monetizing extremism25:27 Outro thought on Trump, fascism, and monetized hate--------------------------------------------------📚 Research Mentioned BOOK - Messengers of The Right by Nicole Hemmer : https://bookshop.org/a/23229/9780812224306 [affiliate link] 🔗 Kenneth Copeland Ministries revenue & assets — Zippia: https://www.zippia.com/kenneth-copeland-ministries-careers-1342148/revenue/🔗 Kenneth Copeland’s $7M estate & private jet — New York Post: https://nypost.com/2021/12/17/kenneth-copeland-wealthiest-us-pastor-lives-on-7m-tax-free-estate/🔗 “Blowing away” COVID claim — The Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/kenneth-copeland-blow-coronavirus-pray-sermon-trump-televangelist-a9448561.html🔗 “Tubes full of demons” private jet defense — WVLT News: https://www.wvlt.tv/content/news/TV-evangelist-Kenneth-Copeland--510809861.html🔗 How Trump used YouTube ads for 2020 campaign — Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/06/trumpyoutube-election-comeback-408576🔗 Trump’s homepage ads on YouTube — Vox: https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/11/3/21545053/trump-youtube-campaign-homepage-advertisements🔗 YouTube & election misinformation — The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/technology/youtube-election-conspiracy-theories-misinformation.html🔗 Substack hosting Nazi and extremist newsletters — The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/substack-extremism-nazi-white-supremacy-newsletters/676156/?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share🔗 Pressure on Substack to stop paying Nazi writers — NBC News: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/pressure-builds-newsletter-company-substack-stop-paying-nazi-writers-rcna132593—---------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

Trump police state. National Guard in D.C. Arresting activists, like Afeni, protecting Black youth. This video breaks down how Trump’s deployment of the National Guard into Washington, D.C. isn’t about crime reduction — it’s about expanding the police state that has always been here.---------------------------------------------📚 Resources & Links from the Episode Articles & Reports🔗 National Guard Deployed in D.C. (TIME): https://time.com/7310189/republican-national-guard-dc-deployed/🔗 ICE Plans to Double Immigrant Detention Space (Washington Post): https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/08/15/ice-documents-reveal-plan-double-immigrant-detention-space-this-year/🔗 Henry Green, the Columbus Police, and the Jumpout Boys: How Racism Becomes Institutionalized in Police Departments: https://psmag.com/social-justice/racism-institutionalized-cpd/Inside ICE Recruitment Tactics (Wall Street Journal)-------------------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗 OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠OUR LINKS⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

The Dugout is expanding beyond the mic. We’re building a new website as a hub for political education, resource-sharing, and collective study. It will feature accessible learning modules—on Black anarchism, the Black Panther Party, mutual aid, and more—alongside a growing archive of books, films, and zines that have shaped our politics. Visitors will also be able to explore The Dugout’s own catalog of episodes and series in a curated way. More than a site, this is a political home for study, imagination, and solidarity—whether you’re new to radical thought or a longtime organizer.Check us out at TheDugoutPodcast.com-------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠Website⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

In Direct Action 101: Episode 10, we expose how modern policing relies on surveillance—not just force—to control, intimidate, and punish. From facial recognition and drones to door knocks and license plate readers, this episode unpacks the digital and physical tools the state uses to monitor dissent. We trace the roots of policing from slave patrols to AI-driven surveillance, showing how pain compliance and repression are embedded in law enforcement’s logic. Learn how activists resist this infrastructure through security culture, anonymity, and collective care. —---------------------------------------------Want to learn more from the resources in the episode?📚 BOOKS TO READPolitics as a Vocation – Max Weber➤ Explains how the state monopolizes violence.🔗 Read hereThe End of Policing – Alex S. Vitale➤ An in-depth critique of the policing system in the U.S.🔗 Read here (affiliate link)📚 Ready for Revolution The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) 🔗 https://bookshop.org/a/23229/9780684850047📚 Police: A Field Guide Revised Edition By David Correia , Tyler Wall , Craig Gilmore  🔗 https://bookshop.org/a/23229/9781015317260The New Jim Crow – Michelle Alexander➤ On mass incarceration as a racial caste system.🔗 https://bookshop.org/a/23229/9781620971932War at Home – Brian Glick➤ Classic resource on infiltration & government suppression of movements.🔗 Free PDF Download: https://we.riseup.net/assets/77713/hambone10001.pdfHow to Push Back on License Plate Surveillance – ACLU🔗 https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/how-to-pump-the-brakes-on-your-police-departments-use-of-flocks-mass-surveillance-license-plate-readersWatch Where You Walk: Protester Surveillance – California Law Review🔗 https://www.californialawreview.org/online/watch-where-you-walk-law-enforcement-surveillance-and-protester-privacyIf an Agent Knocks – Center for Constitutional Rights🔗 https://ccrjustice.org/if-agent-knocks-resourceEnd No-Knock Warrants – NAACP Legal Defense Fund🔗 https://www.naacpldf.org/end-no-knock-warrants/FBI Raids Pro-Palestine Student Organizers – Truthout🔗 https://truthout.org/articles/fbi-and-police-raid-homes-of-pro-palestine-student-activists-in-michigan/Pain Compliance Tactics Explained🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRyqyzZFjpw&pp=ygUhUGFpbiBDb21wbGlhbmNlIFRhY3RpY3MgRXhwbGFpbmVkLine 3 Protest Surveillance (Documentary)🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5hDJddQ6nMStingray Surveillance Techhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1E3r2USd8IFacial Recognition Explained🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aHub80AHFkPolice and Doorbell Camera Surveillance🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utZGjEMTTx4&t=88s—---------------------------------------------🎥 VIDEOS MENTIONED OR CITEDRESISTING SURVEILLANCE: STOP COPS CAMPAIGN - TALK🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i9zbzNH4Z4—---------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠Website⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

In this conversation, former political prisoner and anarchist Eric King shares the emotional depth of his journey—through solitary confinement, court battles, and spiritual struggle—to the slow and ongoing work of healing. From tattooing as therapy to fighting patriarchal power in prisons and families, Eric explores how trauma, solidarity, and resistance intersect. We discuss paralegal activism, building an abolitionist legal strategy, the challenges of unity across tactical lines, and the danger of romanticizing suffering.Whether it’s organizing with inside comrades, challenging the state through lawsuits, or building care-based relationships, this is a vital portrait of survival and struggle in the belly of the beast.--------------------------------------------------Support anarchist in DFW Texas - Fundrasier and updatesBread and Roses Law - breadandroseslaw.org/Eric King instagram.com/supportericking--------------------------------------------------Chapters 00:00 INTRO01:18 What was a young Eric like03:15 What is you healing journey been like? with a focus on your spiritual health both incarcerated and now on the outs?04:52 "I am hurting, some one is doing this to me and I don't deserve this... this is not a choice im making to suffer"06:52 "getting free had the same disappointment, expectation let down that going in did."07:28 Tattooing as apart of the healing journey08:56 Role of world building12:52 - What does family mean to you14:27 Machismo in family dynamics and fighting patriarchy in a family unit16:20 Being jaded by the world and time incarcerated19:21 What was the support from other incarcerated folks like during your sentence21:54 List of People to support22:48 What has been the importance of traveling around and engaging in critical dialogue26:43 The TEA pm press book management and Sean Swainn Using the courts for patriarchy and control37:68 - How are you seeing the carceral state expand under trump and people response to it41:00 How does organizing by and with incarcerated comrades effect this conversation 42:31 Tactics for change and the sacrifice of the incarcerated bodies with tactical rigidity43:53 How are we doing on a united front what are some steps you feel can be taken45:20 How do militants find unity in above and bellow tactics and even strategies49:14 Eric King's paralegal work at Bread & Roses 51:15 What other books, people, collectives should people be keeping an eye on?54:35 What power is there to build as anarchist in the legal arena?57:30 Fighting to decrease suffering of being incarcerated is not being soft on the state?59:03 Eric's Pathway to becoming a paralegal59:54 Organizing with lawyers01:02:53 Doing local court support and court watch01:03:43 Final thoughts--------------------------------------------------Mentioned Media:BOOKS 📚Rattling The Cages Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners - https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9781849355216📚A Clean Hell by Eric King - https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9798887441597Support independent bookstores by purchasing with our affiliate link on through Bookshop.org.--------------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠Website⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

Originally hosted by the Organic Filaments Network, this conversation with Jordan from The Dugout traces the roots of political commitment and collective endurance. From environmental organizing post-2020 to lessons drawn from the Zapatistas, Rojava, and Black anarchist tradition, this dialogue is a deep dive into memory, infrastructure, and the emotional and strategic realities of building resistance.Topics include: Gaza solidarity, tech in organizing, political alienation, labor as survival, the betrayal of electoral politics, and what it means to sustain community under siege. A reflection on rage, love, and clarity in the long war for liberation.Follow Organic Filament NetworkYoutubeSpotifyInstagram - @organicfilamentsnetwork01:24 Welcome to the Organic Filaments Network 03:27 Entering organizing through environmental work post 2020 05:56 Political memory and the archive as grounding 08:22 Looking to Zapatistas MST Soviets for strategic models 11:08 Those are my comrades dying — solidarity and Gaza 13:18 Strategy security culture and organizing behind enemy lines 14:54 Tech Bluetooth and tactical communication 17:21 Limits of Afro pessimism and what people actually live 19:35 Building Judas and the Black Messiah under pressure 21:43 What we lose when protest replaces infrastructure23:48 Anarchist labor and economic tradition as base for survival 24:36 Occupations communes and federated alternatives 28:10 Rojava militancy and organizing before the war comes 30:03 Caste debt and racial capitalism as layered dispossession31:43 Political alienation and clarity in survival work 34:01 Neighborhood defense as long term organizing 35:34 Rage love and the method of building36:01 What sustains organizers in moments of isolation37:00 Zoran Mamdani electoral contradiction and betrayal37:25 Post Occupy politics and movement capture 44:24 Why The Dugout was created memory clarity education 47:36 Internationalism diaspora and anti colonial solidarity 51:36 Podcast as political diary and anarchist experiment52:35 Healing grief and the political necessity of stepping back 54:44 Martyrdom and memory across generations59:22 Authoritarians out organizing us and what to do about it 1:03:25 The next phase of The Dugout archives modules infrastructure—---------------------------------------------Stay connected with The Dugout! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:🔗 ⁠Instagram⁠: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠🔗 ⁠Substack⁠: ⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠ 🔗⁠YouTube⁠: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod⁠🔗 ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/TheDugoutPod⁠🔗 ⁠Website⁠: ⁠https://bio.site/thedugoutpodcast⁠🔗 Watch Prince Shakur  on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMgrSHWLLU4U_FnJ1u10Ug

What does it mean to be Afro-Indigenous in a settler colonial state like the so called U.S.? In this conversation, we speak with author Kyle T. Mays, whose book An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States challenges conventional narratives and asks us to reckon with both anti-Blackness and Indigenous erasure.From his early experiences navigating poverty in Michigan to finding political consciousness through texts like Black Indians by William Loren Katz, Mays takes us through his personal and political journey toward becoming a leading thinker on Afro-Indigenous identity, solidarity, and futurism.This episode is a rich primer on thinking beyond the U.S. nation-state, confronting the contradictions of capitalism, and imagining Black and Indigenous freedom through mutual care and shared land.🎧 Read the book: An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States by Kyle T. Mays:https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9780807006993📚 Mentioned thinkers: Frantz Fanon, Walter Rodney, James Yaki Sayles, Huey P. Newton📍 Grounded in: California reparations debates, Black Panther/AIM alliances, and co-op experiments in Chicago-----------------------------------------------📚 Books & Readings Mentioned in This Episode📖 Black Indians by William Loren KatzA foundational text for many Black and Afro-Indigenous readers, this book explores the long and complex history of African and Native American resistance — from maroon communities to shared struggles against colonialism.👉 https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9781442446373📝 Meditations on Frantz Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth by James Yaki SaylesA powerful political study guide from a Black Liberation Army educator, breaking down Fanon's revolutionary theory and its relevance for Black freedom struggle.👉 https://redyouthnwa.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/meditations-on-frantz-fanons-wretched-of-the-earth-sayles.pdf🌍 Out of Oakland: Black Panther Party Internationalism During the Cold War by Sean L. MalloyThis book explores how the Black Panther Party built global alliances, challenged U.S. imperialism, and imagined Black freedom beyond borders.👉 https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9781501713422-----------------------------------------------