Incentivising wealthy nations to participate in the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX): a game theory perspective (https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/11/e003627.full)

Pulling Down the World’s Walls: A Conversation With Harsha Walia (https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/pulling-down-the-worlds-walls-a-conversation-with-harsha-walia/)

Harsha Walia's Border & Rule on Racial Capitalism, Border Imperialism and Global Migration on Millennials are Killing Capitalism (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/harsha-walias-border-rule-on-racial-capitalism-border/id1292638162?i=1000513788267&l=da)

Op-ed: Our civil liberties matter during crises by Harsha Walia (https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/harsha-walia-our-civil-liberties-matter-during-crises)

Jul 27, 202101:16:35

Was the legalization of gay marriage bad for gays? with Ismene Vedder

We talk about marriage

Obergefell v. Hodges

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-556_3204.pdf

Lawrence v. Texas

https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/02-102.ZO.html

"Untying the Knot: Toward a Liberal Theory of Marriage and the State" by Tamara Metz

https://humanumreview.com/articles/untying-the-knot

Jul 19, 202101:22:22

Radio Radio Radio with David Exume

Radio from a perspective of world building and race, with radio producer, artist, and writer David Exume. Check out his SoundCloud @Umamifunk here: https://soundcloud.com/umami_funk/tracks

This week's readings include:

"When the “Blank Slate” is a White One: White Institutional Isomorphism in the Birth of National Public Radio" by Laura Garbes

https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/tj5cs/

"Broadcasting Empire: The BBC and the British World, 1922-1970" by Simon J. Potter

https://oxford-universitypressscholarship-com.ezproxy.princeton.edu/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199568963.001.0001/acprof-9780199568963-chapter-1

"The Political Economy of Communications in Colonial India: Mass Communication and the Empire" by Pradip Ninan Thomas

http://sk.sagepub.com.ezproxy.princeton.edu/books/download/political-economy-of-communications-in-india/n2.pdf

Theories of Broadcast Media by David Holmes

https://uk.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-assets/9468_book_item_9468.pdf

Jun 25, 202101:26:57

Literary Criticism with Rasheeda Saka

Follow Rasheeda's work at @RasheedaSaka on Twitter

`Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination` by Toni Morrison:

https://engl104aucsb.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/playing_in_the_dark_morrison.pdf

Magic Actions: Looking back on the George Floyd rebellion by Tobi Haslett: https://nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/magic-actions/

`Marxist Literary Criticism` Today by Barbara Foley: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745338835/marxist-literary-criticism-today/

‘Workshops of Empire,’ by Eric Bennett: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/books/review/workshops-of-empire-by-eric-bennett.html

How the CIA Helped Shape the Creative Writing Scene in America: https://www.openculture.com/2018/12/cia-helped-shaped-american-creative-writing-famous-iowa-writers-workshop.html

Carolin Benack and Sanjena Sathian on the Fiction of the Economy and the Dangerous Appeal of Excess: https://lithub.com/carolin-benack-and-sanjena-sathian-on-the-fiction-of-the-economy-and-the-dangerous-appeal-of-excess/

Jun 06, 202101:33:05

Skin Bleaching, Cosmetic Surgery, Imperialism

This episode, we discuss the politics of beauty, the "Anglicization" of beauty standards, and the cosmetics corporations role in enforcing these ideals. We're also in WPRB's Spring Drive, where we're raising funds to keep the radio we call home going! It's been a long pandemic, and every bit helps. For the drive, we also included some snippets from Noam Chomsky's and Edward Herman's "Manufacturing Consent" to discuss the importance of independent media.

Reading List:

"Skin Bleaching and Global White Supremacy: By Way of Introduction" by Yaba Amgborale Blay

"Buying Racial Capital: Skin-Bleaching and Cosmetic Surgery in a Globalized World" by Margaret L. Hunter

"Manufacturing Consent" by Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman - http://torontoforumoncuba.weebly.com/uploads/5/1/8/5/5185218/manufacturing_consent_-_the_political_economy_of_the_mass_media.pdf

"Global Skin Lightening Products Market is Expected to Reach $8011.17 Million by 2026" by Statistics Market Research Consulting Pvt Ltd - https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/global-skin-lightening-products-market-is-expected-to-reach-8011-17-million-by-2026--300906859.html

Apr 13, 202101:10:04

CJ Kim, Edward Said, and Cyberpunk: Orientalism and Yellow Peril

"Slavery, the “robot,” and Orientalism in science fiction" by Ibrahim Al Marashi: https://www.trtworld.com/opinion/slavery-the-robot-and-orientalism-in-science-fiction-37635

The Racial Triangulation of Asian Americans by CJ Kim: http://www.lawrenceblum.net/uploads/2/7/5/8/27583233/clairekim.pdf

Orientalism by Edward Said: https://www.eaford.org/site/assets/files/1631/said_edward1977_orientalism.pdf

"Orientalism, Cyberpunk 2077, and Yellow Peril in Science Fiction" by George Yang: https://www.wired.com/story/orientalism-cyberpunk-2077-yellow-peril-science-fiction/?code=JK0PPXs1XV7p6ZKxC1p54qyLJR19FNbeCR1KurB337b&state=%7B%22redirectURL%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2Fstory%2Forientalism-cyberpunk-2077-yellow-peril-science-fiction%2F%3Futm_source%3DWIR_REG_GATE%22%7D&utm_source=WIR_REG_GATE

"The cyberpunk genre has been Orientalist for decades — but it doesn’t have to be" by Kazuma Hashimoto: https://www.polygon.com/2021/1/30/22255318/cyberpunk-2077-genre-xenophobia-orientalism

"Why has there been a spike in anti-asian hate?": https://twitter.com/isgoodrum/status/1372203410297032716

Mar 26, 202101:15:44

Kropotkin's The Conquest of Bread

Mahishan joins us for a reading on anarcho-communism.

Reading List:

The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-the-conquest-of-bread
What is Property? by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/pierre-joseph-proudhon-what-is-property-an-inquiry-into-the-principle-of-right-and-of-governmen
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot: https://www.ginatxsboe1.com/uploads/1/2/5/5/12552697/the_immortal_life_of_henrietta_lacks___pdfdrive.com__.pdf
WEBINAR: How do we use restorative justice to transform a culture of sexual harm? https://zehr-institute.org/webinars/rj-and-sexual-harm/
Building ‘A World Where Many Worlds Fit’: Indigenous Autonomy, Mutual Aid, and an (Anti-Capitalist) Moral Economy of the (Rebel) Peasant by Levi Gahman: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3031522/1/Gahman%20-%20An%20Anti-Capitalist%20Moral%20Economy%20of%20the%20Rebel%20Peasant.pdf

Mar 12, 202101:05:30

[SPANISH] Evo Morales, Día Del Estado Plurinacional De Bolívia, 01/2020

Evo Morales, desde Argentina, discursa en el Día del Estado Plurinacional De Bolívia (22/01/2020)

Oct 25, 202059:44

Assata Shakur's Autobiography p. 3

MC & Sharon delve into education, career, the legal system, colorism and more in part 3/3 of our reading of selections from Assata Shakur's Assata: An Autobiography, published in 1987

Assata Shakur's Autobiography p. 2

MC & Sharon delve into education, career, the legal system, colorism and more in part 2/3 of our reading of selections from Assata Shakur's Assata: An Autobiography, published in 1987

Jun 26, 202038:24

Assata Shakur's Autobiography p. 1

MC & Sharon delve into education, career, the legal system, colorism and more in part 1/3 of our reading of selections from Assata Shakur's Assata: An Autobiography, published in 1987

Excerpts from Fanon's Wretched of the Earth

We sit down to read and discuss the decolonial struggle, as described in Fanon's Wretched of the Earth. Links:

Economic Lessons for 2020 with Michael Hudson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nluLNA30e8k

Fanon on Violence and the Person: https://criticallegalthinking.com/2016/01/20/fanon-on-violence-and-the-person/

Free PDF for Wretched of the Earth: http://abahlali.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Frantz-Fanon-The-Wretched-of-the-Earth-1965.pdf

Jun 08, 202043:11