Interdependent Study

The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais has essentially reversed the profound progress that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 helped to usher into this country. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “The Supreme Court Blesses the Destruction of Black Electoral Power” by Vincent M. Southerland in Hammer & Hope, which analyzes the Supreme Court’s rece...

The role and impact of corporate power and monopoly power in this country on the economy and on marginalized communities has been significant. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “How We Beat Corporate Power Before”, featuring a conversation between Adem Sengal, Ron Knox, and Candace Milner in The Forge (in collaboration with Liberation in a Generation), which explor...

There is power in community-based organizing and mutual aid to care for each other and fight for the world we all need and deserve. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the book Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade (and published by Verso Books), which outlines and analyzes mutual aid as an organizing tactic and strategy for building s...

The language in and about the Declaration of Independence is telling of the current state of the United States today. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “Do You Understand Your Own Language?” by Robin D. G. Kelley in Hammer & Hope, which explores the language in and about the Declaration of Independence and critiques and analysis of the document by Black radical...

There is a clear connection between anti-Blackness and racism to the state of the political economy of the United States. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the piece “Over 160 Years After Abolition, Anti-Black Racism Still Structures US Economy” by CJ Polychroniou in Truthout, which is a conversation between CJ Polychroniou and economic scholars Michelle Holder and Jeannette...