Radicals for Good

“To me, the Beloved Community is a realistic vision of an achievable society, one in which problems and conflict exist, but are resolved peacefully and without bitterness.”-Coretta Scott KingIn this episode of Radicals for Good, we discuss different tactics, like boycotting and strikes, we can use to build solidarity in the working class with Loren Branch (Nyerere Omowale), an organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), writer, street drummer and popular political educator.Loren Branch (aka Nyerere Omawale) is a New Afrikan Revolutionary Socialist from the westside of Detroit, Joy Road to be exact. From Chicago to Detroit, Loren has been building independent working class power across liberation struggles including Black liberation, Palestine Solidarity movement, queer liberation, immigrant rights, police murder, anti-war, and more. Rooted in Marxism, the Black Radical tradition, and Pan-Africanism—Loren is a product of UAW Local 600 and the Republic of New Afrika. His ultimate life goals are to become a father and to build the world dignity and self-determination we need and deserve. To play a role in advancing the unfinished revolution of his ancestors and elders—ending capitalism and building a new socialist system run for and by The People. To see Detroit and the global working class liberated in our lifetime.Sourceshttps://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgementSocialist Reconstruction: A Better Future: https://1804books.com/products/socialist-reconstruction-a-better-future Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880: https://1804books.com/products/black-reconstruction-in-america-1860-1880Assata: https://www.commabookstore.com/shop/p/assata-an-autobiographyMotown and the Making of Working-Class Revolutionaries: The Story of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers: https://www.ugapress.org/9780820374307/motown-and-the-making-of-working-class-revolutionariesThe Civil Rights Revolution & Montgomery Bus Boycott: https://liberationschool.org/civil-rights-and-the-u-s-revolution/Debunking the myth that “we’re not ready” for a general strike in the U.S.: https://liberationnews.org/debunking-the-myth-that-were-not-ready-for-a-general-strike-in-the-u-s/Alkebu-lan Village & Inner City Sub Center: https://liberationnews.org/dc-to-detroit-30-years-later-million-man-march-black-liberation/ The Republic of New Afrika: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/521c580a15244ad0bee5e33f121c2bffPeaches Anderson (my grandmother): https://www.congress.gov/114/crec/2016/06/09/162/91/CREC-2016-06-09-pt1-PgE867.pdfLearn more about PSL and get involved in the socialist movement: https://www2.pslweb.org/actionPSL Detroit: https://www.instagram.com/psldetroithttps://liberationnews.org/07-11-20-revolutionary-optimism-socialist-html/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGn-xR0Yw1QZiLgUtZJiAghqwsCjPObvdLxZMWzgAZBQoG1fTgdmf_SJcL_qe0_aem_EaFPq1Uqvl0IhHdwIw9A8ghttps://radicalreads.com/black-panthers-favorite-books/ Photo by Claudio Schwarz on Unsplash Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe

“It’s not our fault but it is our fight.”-Monica Lewis PatrickIn this episode of Radicals for Good, we discuss utilizing technology in movement spaces and what digital justice could look like in Detroit with Tawana Petty, a mother, digital justice organizer, poet, and author.Tawana Petty, also known by her poetry stage name Honeycomb, is a mother, social justice organizer, poet, author, facilitator and keynote lecturer. Her work focuses on racial justice, equity, privacy, and consent. She is the founding Executive Director of Petty Propolis, Inc., an artist incubator, which leverages poetry, policy literacy and advocacy, anti-racism facilitation, political education and community-centered initiatives in pursuit of data and digital justice and racial and environmental justice. In 2024, Petty was named on Business Insider’s AI Power List for Policy and Ethics.Sources:https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgementhttps://unsplash.com/photos/text-zO7VVw7Hxikhttps://www.bridgedetroit.com/detroiters-get-oversight-of-surveillance-technology-but-is-it-enough/https://www.bridgedetroit.com/michigan-central-is-collecting-a-lot-of-data-can-we-trust-it/https://open.substack.com/pub/tawanapetty/p/defending-detroit?r=7g7rur&utm_medium=ioshttps://tawanapetty.org/selected-media/f/defending-black-lives-means-banning-facial-recognitionhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/11/tsa-airport-security-facial-recognition/https://stoplapdspying.org/https://voicesfromthegrassroots.org/lewis-patrick-monica/https://www.detroitk12.org/about-dpscd/initiatives/one-to-one-student-technology-iniiativehttps://www.wxyz.com/news/coronavirus/detroit-police-to-enforce-ticket-people-not-following-stay-at-home-orderhttps://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/detroitcitymichigan/PST045224https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/14dd97b35cbb4a4298786c75855f8080https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2024/08/28/detroit-police-department-celebrates-1k-project-green-light-partners/https://www.weforum.org/stories/2021/09/detroit-bridges-internet-access-digital-divide/https://connectyourcommunity.org/cleveland-and-detroit-lead-worst-connected-large-cities-of-2023/https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2025/10/07/grim-reality-more-than-half-of-detroit-children-are-now-living-in-poverty-census-bureau-data-shows/https://poverty.umich.edu/projects/detroit-partnership-on-economic-mobility/https://www.epa.gov/mo/town-flood-and-superfund-looking-back-times-beach-disaster-nearly-40-years-laterAI and Assembly: Coming Together and Apart in a Datafied World by Toussaint Nothias and Lucy BernholzResisting Borders and Technologies of Violence by Mizue Aizeki, Matt Mahmoudi, and Colin Schupfer Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe

Please donate to Alia's founding nonprofit, FORCE Detroit! Sources:https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement https://www.nokidhungry.org/blog/100-years-black-history-origins-anti-hunger-movement https://www.freep.com/picture-gallery/news/local/michigan/2025/07/24/violence-intervention-leaders-gather-in-lansing-to-advocate-for-funding/85327767007/https://detroitmi.gov/news/mayor-sheffield-launches-mayors-office-neighborhood-and-community-safety-strengthen-violencehttps://www.history.com/articles/free-school-breakfast-black-panther-partyhttps://www.nokidhungry.org/blog/black-history-month-celebrating-origins-free-breakfast-and-food-justice-movementhttps://www.blkhlth.com/resources/racial-gaps-in-colorectal-cancer-tnt2y-9pegthttps://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/black-panther-party-challenging-police-and-promoting-social-change  The Next American Revolution by Grace Lee BoggsLiving Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day by Kaitlin B. Curtice Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe

Please donate to Namira's neighborhood nonprofit, Dream of Detroit! https://dreamofdetroit.org/donate/Sources:https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement https://medium.com/@niawrites/16-questions-i-wish-i-had-asked-my-immigrant-father-214570fe1e44 (please email [email protected] for a friend link)  https://planetdetroit.org/2021/10/its-all-waawiyaatanong/ https://pixabay.com/photos/skyline-river-water-detroit-8061846/ https://medium.com/dsa-detroit-newspaper/waawiyatanong-resists-43f4d7806c1chttps://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2018/12/19/how-britain-stole-45-trillion-from-indiahttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8814474/https://planetdetroit.org/2021/01/detroits-battle-with-climate-change-flooding-asthma-and-infrastructure/https://www.mindful.org/a-6-minute-loving-kindness-meditation-to-expand-your-awareness/https://www.nqa.org/what-is-qigonghttps://www.monarchwatch.org/waystations/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/scientists-use-new-technology-to-track-individual-monarch-butterfly-migrations Video by SimplyArt4794: https://www.pexels.com/video/close-up-video-of-butterflies-7787029/https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/seventh-generation-principle https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zx8sf82#zcyq2v4Becoming Good Ancestors by David EhrenfeldWe Do This Until We Free Us by Mariame KabaLove and Rage by Lama Rod OwensThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe

On our very first episode of Radicals for Good, we give a radical introduction to our podcast and host. We discuss the history and current moment of Detroit and why we believe hosting this podcast in the most radical city in the United States is timely and necessary. And why we believe it’s important to share this podcast in this moment ‘on the clock of the world’.Sources:https://unsplash.com/photos/a-statue-of-a-fist-is-suspended-by-a-crane-xs1W9DoYEVs https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgementhttps://againstthecurrent.org/atc168/p4071/https://www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online-research/encyclopedia-of-detroit/parks-rosahttps://the-spark.net/o_ford1941.html?utm_source=chatgpt.comhttps://www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online-research/encyclopedia-of-detroit/race-riot-1943https://urbanhistory.willmackintosh.org/project/madelines-project/https://time.com/4879062/detroit-1967-real-history/https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/1963-march-washingtonhttps://conversationsthatyouwillneverfinish.wordpress.com/2014/09/06/what-time-is-it-on-the-clock-of-the-world-by-grace-lee-boggs/Freedom is a constant Struggle by Angela Davishttps://www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online-research/blog/remembering-mlks-influence-detroithttps://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/362782#slide=gs-200036https://unsplash.com/photos/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-and-mathew-ahmann-in-a-crowd-of-demonstrators-at-the-march-on-washington-bTF3gkd2L28 Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe