Bedste In Defense Of Liberation-podcasts (2024)

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Media, Resistance, Islam and Revolutionary Optimism with Laith Marouf 1:06:38

8d ago1:06:38

1:06:38

I am honored to have been able to speak with Laith Marouf, co-founder of Free Palestine TV, and weekly guest on Activist News Network, to discuss a wide variety of topics such as his early life in a revolutionary household; immigration; student organizing and contradictions within so-called "Canada"; the media as it exists vs. potential options peo…

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Reflections on the Martyr Yahya Sinwar 0:13

1M ago0:13

0:13

In this episode, I discuss why I have been gone briefly, and speak on the recent assassination of Yahya Sinwar who was the Military and Political Leader of HAMAS, and an integral figure in the resistance movement. In his death, even after his martyrdom, we see he is still inspiring millions to fight and resist.…

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Checking Back In - Impacts of Capitalism-Imperialism, and Genocide 24:28

4M ago24:28

24:28

Asaalamu Alaykum, Peace and Love, All Power to the People! Checking back in after a while of not posting regularly, here goes a bit of an explanation and some updates! Be on the look out for more regular posting coming from me again! Contact me at indefenseofliberation@gmail.com or reach out to me on Instagram!…

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Interview with Sophia Williams - On Kwame "Beans" Shakur, Continuing the Legacy, Spirit of Mandela, People's Senate, About the People 30:18

4M ago30:18

30:18

In this episode I and another member of the Spirit of Mandela Coalition ( more on spiritofmandela.org ), the People's Senate, About the People and a member of many more such groups and organizations, Sophia, to speak with me on the upcoming event happening at Maysles Documentary Center On August 10th, this Saturday, from 5-7pm there will be a scree…

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A brief response to the lies about Nyah Mway 39:43

5M ago39:43

39:43

Nyah Mway a 13 year old boy was walking home at 10:20pm on June 29th, 2024- he was stopped by Utica police for allegedly fitting a description. Not 22 seconds (!!!) after being stopped by police, Nyah was dead. He will never see high school, or 14. He won’t see graduation, or college, or his first “real job”- Nyah is dead because he was murdered by…

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Grief, Trauma and Resistance 35:16

6M ago35:16

35:16

Peace everyone, wishing you all well! I wanted to take a moment to read some poetry from our friend and Comrade sister, Mother, Julia Wright- daughter of Richard Wright, friend of Kwame and Kuma, and freedom fighters all over the globe! So I drawn to speak a bit about something some comrades of mine - and shout out to them, you know who you are - h…

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Organize, Organize, Organize! With Activist News Network 1:02:29

6M ago1:02:29

1:02:29

In this episode, we go into a discussion of a recent interview, which activist news network recently put out with Jihad Abdulmumit, diagnosing the movements of today in the so called US, and specifically the student encampments. We also discuss the importance of internationalizing our struggles and what that means, the importance of centering Polit…

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Revolutionary Optimism 25:26

6M ago25:26

25:26

Where have I been lately? Who cares! Go out and struggle for liberation! What is “Revolutionary Optimism” ? And some other related points

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The Lines Have Been Drawn 7:51

7M ago7:51

7:51

We are a part of an international struggle against imperialism, colonialism, capitalism and exploitation. The resistance in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, and elsewhere has proven that this system can only be defeated by direct confrontation between forces towards the objective of completely eliminating all forms and all systems of oppre…

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“What’s in a Mass Grave” 10:29

7M ago10:29

10:29

A reading of my poem, “What’s in a Mass Grave”

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Internationalize the Fight, Raise the Contradictions, Heighten the Struggle! 52:55

7M ago52:55

52:55

With the expansion of student lead university encampments, resistance operations, mass demonstrations worldwide, deterioration of the imperialist system, in-fighting, policing and terror tactics by the state and fascism on the rise, it is time to ask ourselves seriously: Is liberalism or social democracy, peace-activism, single issue fights, reacti…

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The Victories of the Resistance Show Us Bourgeois Rule, Law and Electoralism Have Failed 21:53

8M ago21:53

21:53

We are coming up on the elections in occupied turtle Island, what does this mean? A brief commentary on what to do if you are voting, and what to do in addition to voting, how elections take momentum from real organization, and why we should not focus on elections as a meaningful tool for change, and of course along with that a brief analysis about…

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Difficult Posting During a Genocide 32:28

8M ago32:28

32:28

Explaining why I haven’t posted while updating on situation in West Asia, connecting to trends worldwide and in Turtle Island - re: Militarization, Cop Cities, Hyper-Repression, Inequality, etc.

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Driving w In Defense of Liberation - 3/8/2024 30:37

9M ago30:37

30:37

Where are the real revolutionary organizations? Where is the real drive to organize the masses?

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The Resistance Proves What True Organizing Is 31:55

9M ago31:55

31:55

In the case of Palestine, but not only there. In Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, and elsewhere we are seeing that a people organized can never be defeated. Revolution is more than armed struggle but building a new society from an old one. The people of Palestine and the world know this clearer than ever before - all power to the people!…

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Support Leonard Peltier and Mumia Abu Jamal! 21:33

9M ago21:33

21:33

Today I took the time to read two letters both from Mumia Abu Jamal, and then two letters from Leonard Peltier about/to each other. Both these freedom fighters need our support, please reach out for more information!

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Questions for the so-called “Movement” 1:10:32

10M ago1:10:32

1:10:32

A bit repetitious, but I wanted to put more of my thoughts into an episode and ask directly for responses questions and answers, we also must lift up in this moment Mumia Abu Jamal who is ailing from his imposed sicknesses cause by incarceration and attacks by the state; Leonard Peltier, who’s vision is quickly degenerating due to abuses in concent…

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Determination in the Face of Struggle - Learning from the Palestinians, Congolese, and others! 59:39

10M ago59:39

59:39

It was hard to come up with the title for this episode because I spoke about a lot of different things. Brief synopsis though would be that we start with some discussion of the apathy, and in action of many of us, including myself, and transition to discussing why we especially in imperialist nations have come to be so willing and able to normalize…

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Colonial Connections Part 4: Psychological Warfare 1:46:39

10M ago1:46:39

1:46:39

This is in no way a history or in-depth analysis of the history of psychological warfare. This is my attempt to cover the way in which colonialism and imperialism use psychology in many ways more often than military might, in order to manipulate and control a population. I want to follow up on this episode so if anyone would like to suggest someone…

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Colonial Connections: the Attack on Children 57:21

10M ago57:21

57:21

In this episode I added a bit of an additional layer to our discussion of Colonialism and Genocide. Historically, children have along with folks who are disabled, and Elderly folks, been disproportionately affected by war and especially by genocide, displacement, starvation, lack of medical care, hospitals, schools, jobs, etc. They are forced to le…

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Driving Thoughts on Revolutionary History and Contradictions Today 48:50

10M ago48:50

48:50

I took the time driving today as an opportunity to discuss some expanded thoughts on the relevance and significance of the passing of Sekou Odinga, Ruchelle Magee, Wadiya, Mutulu, and plenty of other revolutionary heroes and legends now ancestors, the impact of their loss on the struggle, and how we must bridge the gap between those who sacrificed …

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Honoring Our Fallen Revolutionary Heroes (Brief) 10:58

10M ago10:58

10:58

In this short episode, we take the time to comment on the recent passing of Mutulu Shakur, Ralph Poynter, Ruchelle Magee, Sekou Odinga, Russel “Maroon” Shoatz, Sis Wadiya, and plenty of others, their struggles, their sacrifices, and our need to double and triple the efforts to build relationships w these elders while they’re here on earth!…

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“Organizing” - Get out there and do it! 13:08

11M ago13:08

13:08

No matter what little time, skills, capacity, capabilities, or experience, you feel you may, or may not have - it’s all helpful in the struggle. Many of us feel bad because we can’t give our all, or can’t do all of the things that others can do, that we shouldn’t organize. We also believe that until we get things sorted out in our individual, that …

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Strength and Resilience in the Face of Genocide 25:09

11M ago25:09

25:09

This is me sharing some thoughts in my car that I have been having for a while - after driving back from a family party that sparked it in me

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Colonial Connections Part Three: Fascism, Neocolonialism and Reform 1:42:29

11M ago1:42:29

1:42:29

This episode is a continuation of the colonial connection series, where we speak more in depth about the origins and functions of fascism, as it relates to both Zionism today, the occupation of Palestine, and colonialism throughout history. We also talk about how reform is intrinsic to new developments of fascism that do not look exactly like what …

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This Dread and Depression is on Purpose! Don’t Fall Victim! Don’t Blame Yourselves! 1:08:41

12M ago1:08:41

1:08:41

In this episode, I talk about some of the difficulties with remaining positive through a very dehumanizing, morbid, draining, and existential moment that we are all living through today. Whether we are Palestinian, Congolese, Nicaraguan, Cuban, Jamaican, Chinese, indigenous, or so-called American, we are all dealing with the extremes of capitalist,…

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Colonial Connections Part Two: Economic Foundations of Colonialism 1:29:49

12M ago1:29:49

1:29:49

In this episode we dive deeper into the fundamental practices and logic that are used to justify colonialism, along with a broad overview of Europes destruction of the rest of the world, and itself, time and time again. Resist, fight, struggle to win!

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Little teaser with some feels 11:56

12M ago11:56

11:56

Doing as much research as I can to try to prepare for the upcoming episode, has taken me more time than I expected. Hopefully that means a good quality episode will come out of it and remember, you are never alone! Never struggle by yourself.

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Struggling to Find Humanity in Hell 47:09

1y ago47:09

47:09

I talk about my feelings of hypocrisy, inaction, and the frustration I am finding in the apathy, ignorance and lack of concern about the genocides (!!!) happening all over the world.

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Struggle! Fight! Win! From Palestine to the Rest of the World! 46:07

1y ago46:07

46:07

The call is unity. The time is now. Understand your role, know your path ahead, organize your community- do not hesitate, do not compromise with oppression.

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A Poem by Ghassan Kanafani - Palestinian Revolutionary 2:03

1y ago2:03

2:03

“ I wish children didn’t die - I wish they would be temporarily uplifted - to the skies until the wars end - and when their parents ask them - ‘where have you been?’ - they would say ‘we’ve been playing among the clouds’”

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Colonial Connections: An Intro to the Relations of Colonialism, Capitalism, Fascism and Zionism 1:37:08

1y ago1:37:08

1:37:08

If the title wasn’t long enough, wait till you hear how much information I packed into this one episode! This is my best attempt to try to put onto the table, all of the different historical connections and points of origin between colonial and imperial powers from Britain to the United States to Nazi Germany and to the state of Israel. Through dis…

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All Power to the Palestinian People 40:12

1y ago40:12

40:12

Some updates regarding local actions here in upstate New York, as well as some thoughts on tactics and strategies to organize around this, thoughts rather, and the importance of centering Genocide by Israel on Palestine, and the right to self defense for all Palestinian people for their liberation in this fight…

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Free free Palestine! 20:19

1y ago20:19

20:19

Alls there in the title. A discussion on some of my feelings towards the importance of the liberation of the people of Palestine

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Sunday Drive 9/24/2022 48:27

1y ago48:27

48:27

Talking queer liberation and LGBTQIA+ experiences and the need to fight for true freedom!

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What are our lives worth? 32:30

1y ago32:30

32:30

Cruising home from the dentist, had to get three teeth pulled yesterday. Went back to get ‘em checked and felt like recording. Excuse my weird mumbling voice, mouth is so sore can’t open it all the way! But, nevertheless, we have a pretty good discussion about some of the issues I’ve been dealing with personally around whether I’ve dedicated my sel…

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Sunday Thoughts 32:36

1y ago32:36

32:36

Peace y’all I recorded this episode just to get some things that I’ve been on my mind out on the table for discussion. Any thoughts please respond to indefenseofliberation@gmail.com

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Lessons I’ve Learned (so far) from Sis Safiya Bukhari 46:53

1+ y ago46:53

46:53

In this episode, I speak about some things I have been learning thanks to the elders and organizers, who have been in the movement for a while now; former Panthers, Black Liberation Army folks, MOVE and other collectives too, who have taught me much, and introduced me too many people who otherwise I may have never heard of. Sister Bukhari is one of…

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A Call to the “Movement” 42:05

1+ y ago42:05

42:05

I recorded this to bring some questions and contradictions up that I and Others have experienced while trying to organize in different so-called movements. I gave a brief introduction to start us out about Black August, and go into a discussion of my own failures criticisms of myself, criticisms of this notion of so-called movements, in the form of…

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The Right of Humanity to Struggle and Life 50:17

1+ y ago50:17

50:17

In this episode, I again engaged the idea that revolution and resistance are the most natural characteristics of any living organism, and any human being, who faces oppression and exploitation. If we do not struggle to build a world based on the needs of the masses of people who are illiterate, who go hungry, who are homeless and who are made to su…

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Colonialism + Imperialism in Our Lifetime: How They’ve Sustained Themselves + How to Stop Them 10:13

1+ y ago10:13

10:13

A reading of my most recent blog post which can be read at https://defenseofliberation.wixsite.com/website/post/colonialism-and-imperialism-in-our-lifetime-how-they-ve-sustained-themselves-and-how-to-stop-them

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What Has the Global South Given to Us? 59:58

1+ y ago59:58

59:58

In day to day life we’re taught and expected to believe that the Global South is inevitably poor and will remain that way forever - but is that true? What has the global South done for humanity? Have they always just been subjected to slavery, colonialism and imperialism? Have they had other histories? And what did/do they do as they resist oppress…

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Free Pedro Castillo! Down with Boularte Regime! All Power to the People of Peru! (With Clau O'Brien Mosocoso) 1:18:05

1+ y ago1:18:05

1:18:05

Peace everyone! Sorry for the delay, but finally here goes the episode with Clau O'Brien Moscoso! We discuss the issues happening in Peru right now surrounding the illegal detainment and abuse of Pedro Castillo, the democratically elected president of Peru, and the subsequent coup by Dina Boularte, the reactionary Congress, and the US-backed forces…

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Intro to Socialism (One of many!) 10:29

1+ y ago10:29

10:29

In this episode, I discuss some of the different key characteristics of the process of Socialism, without getting much in depth, and hope to discuss more on this soon

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Connections, Collaboration, and Freedom Fighting 34:41

1+ y ago34:41

34:41

In this episode, I talk about some of the reflections from an episode of activist news network that aired a couple days ago with comrades Dequi, Kalonji, Haki, Frank and Ryan. They spoke, not only about the recent passing of Dr. Mutulu Shakur and the importance of his, his work, his revolutionary struggles and his comrades/loved ones; about the imp…

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What can we do to overcome the difficulties in organizing, and among people? 9:22

1+ y ago9:22

9:22

What sort of tactics, strategies, organizations, movements, or things can we be doing, learning, trying, and moving with to overcome the issues in organizing and the difficulties we have in connecting w folks on the ground and building power? This is an open ended invitation to anyone to come on the show and discuss this w me - would love to hear y…

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Where is the seriousness in organizing? 25:58

1+ y ago25:58

25:58

Name says it all - we’re talking about some frustrations, fears, hesitation and lack of clarity when it comes to organizing

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“Freedom” in the Land of the Cell on Fourth of You-Lie! 13:13

1+ y ago13:13

13:13

What is freedom to an “American” today? Let’s get a conversation started. Can someone be free while being imprisoned? Poor? Oppressed? Racially discriminated? Disabled?

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Spirit of Mandela - International Tribunal - People’s Senate 10:28

1+ y ago10:28

10:28

In this episode, we talk about the 2021 international tribunal on the human rights, abuses against black, brown, and indigenous peoples. Its history and its importance must be understood. We then talk about the spirit of Mandela briefly and the people senate initiate which more info on both can be found at Spiritofmandela.org…

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Morning Commute 6/25/2023 9:32

1+ y ago9:32

9:32

What’s up folks, little check in episode a bit more laid back, talking about some workplace stuffs and some general organizing ideas

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