What Radicalized You?
By Push Left Media
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
What Radicalized You?Apr 22, 2024
“We are the Bearers of Our Struggle,” with Yasmine
“The More I Learned About the Evils of the United States, The More Convinced I Became That It is Entirely Irredeemable," with Alex
Episode 72 featuring Alex
On electoral politics, imperialism, organizing with Cincinnati Socialists, and the importance of political education You can read Alex's latest article published by Hampton Institute here: https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/from-atlanta-to-palestine-liberation-by-any-means-necessary?rq=atlanta
"When Thinking of Safety I Think of Community and Collective Liberation," with Lyric
“I Am Perpetually Radicalized By My People On the Ground," with Tara
Episode 70 featuring Tara
On Palestine, mutual aid, joint struggle, resistance, and liberation.
You can tap into the Gaza Mutual Aid Collective here: https://www.instagram.com/gazamutualaid/
and become a reoccurring donor on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/Gazamutualaidcollective
“The Evil is Overwhelming for Both Parties,” with Matthew
“The Root of the Problem: It Clearly Wasn't Just Who was In Charge at the White House, But Something Called Capitalism,” with Hadas Thier
Episode 68 featuring Hadas Thier
On the left response to inflation, the labor market, unionizing, and understanding the system in order to change it.
You can read Hadas's latest article "A Left Answer to Inflation" here: https://inthesetimes.com/article/inflation-federal-reserve-policy-recession-class-war
You can find Hadas's book, "A People's Guide to Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxist Economics," available here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1481-a-people-s-guide-to-capitalism
“The Amount of Consequence in Response for Teaching the Truth...Will Always Be Nothing in Comparison to People Living on the Ground in Palestine" with Thuraya Zeidan
Episode 67 featuring Thuraya Zeidan
On the risk of speaking about Palestine, on being falsely accused and attacked for speaking the truth, the obligation to be vocal, performative activism and normalization of settler colonialism, comparison of the Palestinian struggle, and what non-Palestinians can do to support a free Palestine
You can follow Thuraya's work at https://www.instagram.com/decolonize_the_classroom/
"Being Disabled Shapes Everything that I Do," with K
Episode 66 featuring K
On organizing, 8 to abolition, free Ashley, and disability justice.
You can support Ashley here at https://www.freeashleydiamond.com/
You can connect with K here at https://twitter.com/sheabutterfemme?lang=en
“I, Like my Sister, Live and Breathe Palestine," with Maysa and Anais
Episode 65 featuring Maysa and Anais
On Palestine, censorship, the murder of Shireen Abu-Akleh, hope as a discipline, Black-Palestinian solidarity, the impact of their fathers politics, and revolutionary love
Please be sure to MATERIALLY support Palestinians living in Palestine here:
https://www.instagram.com/gaza.mutual.aid.collective/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D
https://www.instagram.com/for.amal.xx/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D
https://www.instagram.com/amal_for_palestine/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D
"We Do Not Have a Revolutionary Culture," with Natalia
Episode 64 featuring Natalia
On the solidarity economy, the billionaire culture of the music industry, Eric Garner, the La Isla Bonita Festival and Staten Island.
Find more about the New Economy Coalition here
"I Can't Therapy Away Some of These Problems," with Sara Bawany
Episode 63 featuring Sara Bawany
On the dynamics of power and money, radical compassion, decolonizing therapy and social work, accountability and transformative justice within the Muslim community, and more.
Learn more about Facing Abuse in Community Environments (FACE) here at www.facetogether.org
Find more of Sara on her website here at www.sarabawany.com
“I Don’t Know How I Could Read Assata, We Want Freedom, Blood in My Eye, and Not Feel a Sense of Responsibility," with Darius Simpson
Episode 62 featuring Darius Simpson
On Darius’s mother’s influence on poetry and politics, the murder of Trayvon Martin, organizing around police violence and experiencing police brutalization, two influential professors and analysis of the condition of Black people globally, and People’s Programs.
You can find more about Darius here and connect on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/_dariussimpson
Tap in with People's Programs on Twitter here, IG, and visit peoplesprograms.com
"Free the Land Became the Rallying Cry," with Kings
Episode 61 featuring Kings
On the murder of Trayvon Martin and the murder of Michael Brown, the New Afrikan movement, repatriation under Pan-Africanism, dialectical materialism, the role of the state, and the problem with anarchy.
Find out more about AAPRP here: https://aaprp-intl.org/
Make sure you check out and donate to People's Programs here: https://www.peoplesprograms.com/ as well as Neighbor Program here: https://www.neighborprogram.org/ and @feedtheblock_ie: https://www.instagram.com/feedtheblock_ie/
"I Reached a Realization Years Ago That This is Not a System that Can Be Reformed," with Thuraya Zeidan
Episode 60 featuring Thuraya Zeidan
On growing up in Occupied Palestine, electoral politics, awareness vs action, and building and cultivating empathy in the teaching profession.
Find more of Thuraya's work here: https://www.instagram.com/decolonize_the_classroom/
"China's Example is an Inspiration to the World," with Danny Haiphong
Episode 59 featuring Danny Haiphong
Growing up in a working class family, class and the Labor movement, Occupy, Black Agenda Report, the new Cold War on China, traveling to China and Cuba, anti-Asian racism, the Western left, and anti-imperialism.
Subscribe to Danny’s Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/dannyhaiphong
Find his writing in Black Agenda Report here: https://www.blackagendareport.com/author/Danny%20Haiphong
Read some of Danny's writing below:
https://chroniclesofhaiphong.substack.com/p/10-achievements-of-socialism-worth
https://chroniclesofhaiphong.substack.com/p/tucker-carlson-and-trevor-noah-exploit
https://blackagendareport.com/anti-asian-racism-never-stopped-being-outgrowth-us-imperialism
https://www.blackagendareport.com/my-trip-china-exposed-shameful-lies-peddled-american-empire
"We're Going to Demand True Freedom by Any Means Necessary," with Aniyah Vines
Episode 58 featuring Aniyah Vines
On the experience of being a Black woman in America, the murder of Aniyah’s cousin by a police officer, founding the LIVE movement, Tent City, learning through direct action and the Blackburn protest.
Find more of the LIVE movement here: https://www.instagram.com/_thelivemovement/
and here: https://www.thelivemovement.live/joinus-thelivemovement
Read more about Aniyah’s organizing around the Blackburn protest here: https://www.npr.org/local/305/2021/11/16/1056116964/howard-university-students-end-one-of-the-longest-protests-in-school-s-history
Read more about Aniyah's organizing around Tent City here:
https://dcist.com/story/20/10/22/dc-activists-at-tent-city-protest-talk-education-gather-resources-for-winter/
"We Have an Obligation to Fight Imperialism," with Dante
Episode 57 featuring Dante
Content warning for mentions of sexual assault, mention of suicide.
On climate justice, Obama and liberalism, student debt, Occupy, the academic industrial complex and white supremacy, power imbalance and anti-Blackness in academia, and the Claudia Jones School.
Find more about the Claudia Jones School on the platforms below:
claudiajonesschool.org
Instagram: @claudiajonesschool
Twitter: @claudiajonesedu
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClz1ThQo9zvCYFvHuwn83WQ
You can find some of Dante's writing here:
https://blog.ucsusa.org/science-blogger/the-myth-of-diversity-and-inclusion-in-science/
Below are some Book Recommendations from Dante:
- Tragedy of American Science: From Truman to Trump - Clifford Connor
- Race for Profit - KY Taylor
- Can’t Pay Won’t Pay - Debt Collective
- Left of Karl Marx - Carol Boyce-Davies
- Anything (literally) by Gerald Horne
In Conversation with Millennials Are Killing Capitalism
In Conversation with Millennials Are Killing Capitalism
Featuring:
- Joshua
- read more of Joshua 's work here
- find more of them on twitter here
- follow Millennials Are Killing Capitalism on twitter here and support on Patreon here
- Monica
- find more of Monica here and here
- find more of PSL Atlanta here
- find more about Housing Justice League ATL here
- Mason
- find more of Mason here and here
- find more about Spirit of Mandela here
- find more of Neighbor Program here and here
- Kamaal
- read more of Kam's writing here
- find him on twitter here and instagram here
- find more about People's Freedom Assembly here
- Kenny
- find more of Kenny here and here
- find more about Cincinatti Socialists here
You can find more about the All-African People's Revolutionary Party (A-APRP) here and the Black Alliance for Peace here
Become a supporter of Millennials Are Killing Capitalism HERE
"I Realized All of these People Were Socialists," with Matt
Episode 56 featuring Matt
On influential Black radical figures, the importance of reading, and starting a reading club/mutual aid organization.
Find more of Matt here and more of his org mutualaid4thehomies here, Check out Matt's writing here, "Looking Back at the Young Lords Occupation of Lincoln Hospital 51 Years Later.""A Better World is Possible," with Bayano
Episode 55 featuring Comrade Bayano
On censorship in high school, unlearning propaganda, revolution, and fighting for a better future.
You can find more of Bayano here: https://twitter.com/panafrikanpapi
And find more about Ayokunle book club here:
https://instagram.com/ayokunlebookclub
"What’s Going to Cause All of Us to Have a Radical Awakening?" with Saira Rao
Episode 54 featuring Saira Rao
On the fated dinner with the Jans, white feminism, white saviorism, and where we are now.
White people can learn more about Race2Dinner here (www.race2dinner.com)
BIWOC can learn more about HAVEN at (www.havenmedia.org)⠀
You can find more of Saira on twitter at @sairasameerarao
"If I Knew I Was Going Through This, How Many Other Students Were Going Through This?" with Skye Webster
Episode 53 featuring Skye Webster
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On gentrification, facing temporary homelessness, emergency housing, and affordable housing in the District of Columbia.
find more of Skye here: https://www.instagram.com/kelaiepi/
and more of her org CCDC here: https://www.instagram.com/concernedcitizensdc/
"When People Call You Radical, to Me it's Your Commitment to Humanity," with Tristan Graham
Episode 52 featuring Tristan Graham
On Pan-Africanism, Kwame Ture, internationalism, socialism, and more.
Tristan Graham is Pan Africanist author from Jamaica. His debut book "The Thoughts Of An Unchained Mind" details his various areas of study. Tristan is also a member of AAPRP and the Left Alliance for National Democracy and Socialism (Jamaica).
You can find more of Tristan here: https://www.instagram.com/tristandc4l/
and here: https://twitter.com/tristang300
and find his book "The Thoughts Of An Unchained Mind," here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096TN8QPL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_DY1N9BTTY2KX6NM7X5WN
"Capitalism is a Death Cult," with Erica and Ryan of Soapbox
Episode 51 featuring Erica and Ryan of Soapbox
On homelessness, propaganda, anti-imperialism, Palestine, and the importance of independent media.
Find Soapbox on Instagram here:
https://www.instagram.com/soapboxstand/
and Twitter here:
https://twitter.com/soapbox_soapbox
You can also connect with Erica on twitter here: https://twitter.com/marableerica
and Ryan on twitter here:
https://twitter.com/queeralamode
Support Left Bitches and Soapbox anti-imperialist content creation on Patreon here
https://www.patreon.com/leftbitches
You can find the Party of One Podcast here
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-of-one/id1571174758
You can find Left Bitches on Spotify here:
https://open.spotify.com/show/6ghDLavmpyWlGzgzmad2HP?si=TQXRVbrHQvmYA5K7C5jqJw&nd=1
"Food Production in the United States Gave Me Cancer," with Hen
Episode 49 featuring Hen
On their experience with having thyroid cancer, the medical-industrial complex, pilocarpine, cancer-causing environmental agents, and beyond universal healthcare to an anti-imperialist lens.
You can find more of Hen here and check out their book club here:
https://www.instagram.com/connollysghost/
https://www.instagram.com/thelittleredbookclub/
"I Don't Want Multiculturalism, I Want an End To White Supremacy," with Nashwa Lina Khan
Episode 48 featuring Nashwa Lina Khan
On growing up in poverty, access to healthcare, identity as a Muslim, and little micro moments of radicalization.
You can find more of Nashwa here and here and check out her Podcast habibti please on Substack and Apple below:
https://habibtiplease.substack.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/habibti-please/id1531935387
https://nashwakhan.contently.com/
"I Started to Realize How Much We Are Being Lied To," with Kei Pritsker
"Being Embedded in Movement is What Radicalized Me," with Evan Casper-Futterman
Episode 46 featuring Evan Casper-Futterman
On journey from a liberal to a leftist, from living in Nicaragua to moving to New Orleans, and anti-racist work as a white person.
Find more about the Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative here:
https://bcdi.nyc/
"Love is What Has Really Radicalized Me," with Judy
Episode 45 featuring Judy
On identity as an Asian person growing up in Kansas, living in San Francisco, and organizing with Hotels Not Hospitals.
Find out more about Hotels Not Hospitals here:
https://www.hotelsnothospitals.org/
"Queens Radicalized Me," with Sharmin Hossain
"Two Words: Iraq War," with Ron Placone
Episode 43 featuring Ron Placone
On the Iraq War, the role of the media, and net neutrality.
You can find more of Ron here:
http://www.twitter.com/RonPlacone
http://www.ronplacone.com
"What Radicalized Me is What Continues to Radicalize Me," with Victor
Episode 42 featuring Victor
On identity as a Queer, Black Puerto Rican, Anti-Blackness externally and internally within communities, and Puerto Rican independence.
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
"Capitalism is Not Sustainable," with Erika from Cocktails and Capitalism
Episode 41 featuring Erika from Cocktails and Capitalism
On growing up in Jakarta, praxis vs. theory, and sustainability.
Connect with Cocktails and Capitalism at any of the links below:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cocktails-capitalism/id1531047656?uo=4
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0DGYssR9X8l7ird1SzbN9i?si=soiq1vyiQEWzL6JF9mr2-w
Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xMzIzMTc1LnJzcw?ep=14
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cocktailsandcapitalism/?hl=en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ApocalypseAndOr?s=20
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
"We Can't Continue to Pretend That Police Intervention is Help," with Mel
Episode 40 featuring Mel
Content warning: this episode contains mentions of sexual abuse and suicidal feelings. Listener discretion is advised.
On disability, ableism, and lived experience as a person with a psychotic disorder.
You can find more of Mel here:
https://www.instagram.com/acutepsychotic/?hl=en
"How Might The Systems We Are Part of Contribute to Your Pain and Suffering?" with Della Z. Duncan
Episode 39 featuring Della Z. Duncan
On McMindfulness, alternative economic systems, and the connection between our own mental health/therapy and systems of oppression.
You can find more of Della and about her work here:
https://www.dellazduncan.com/
And check out Upstream Podcast here:
https://open.spotify.com/show/4KwWOMp24P9cVVR6d0i7Zq?si=3prJW-8UTHq7xeaaSFNFBA&nd=1
"Black Women Are Naturally Born Radical," with Emani
Episode 38 featuring Emani
On the passing of a best friend in 2020, to leading protests over the summer, radical love and the Golden Rule, and Intersectionality.
You can find more of Emani here:
https://www.instagram.com/maniifaith/
And more about her organization Until Freedom Organizing here:
https://www.instagram.com/untilfreedomorganizing/
"My History is African and My Fate is With Africa," with Salifu Sesay
Episode 37 featuring Salifu Sesay
On the passing of a friend from COVID that spurred a series of moments through 2020, leading through Assata's biography, Kwame Ture speeches, protests resembling warzones, and ultimately finding Pan-Africanism.
You can find more about Hood Communist here:
https://hoodcommunist.org/
And more about the Black Alliance for Peace here:
https://blackallianceforpeace.com/
"I Could No Longer Have Them Be at the Center of My Own Black Story," with Kayla Kelly
On growing up in a predominately Black neighborhood, white supremacy, neoliberalism, white "activists" and performance activism, and founding their mutual aid organization "Heal Da Homies"
You can find more of Kayla here:
www.instagram.com/kayismagical/
and more of their organization, Heal da Homies here:
www.instagram.com/heal_da_homies/
"We Can Find Home in Each Other." with Hasan
Episode 34 featuring Hasan Bhatti
On split and shared identity, experiences as a child in India and Jerusalem and returning as an adult, finding connections between our stories and moving through conflict with one another.
You can find more of Hasan here:
https://www.instagram.com/snapsomebhatti/
and find out more about their work in conflict transformation here:
https://www.jaramok.org/
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
"It Wasn't the Circumstances of My Students, It Was the Color of Their Skin," with Kayla Moore
Episode 33 featuring Kayla Moore
On education, police in schools, and the school to prison pipeline.
You can find more of Kayla here:
https://www.instagram.com/kay.lavon/
and follow Moore4Education here:
https://www.instagram.com/moore4education/
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
"There is a Strength that Comes with Carrying the Strength of Our Ancestors," with Ysa
Episode 32 featuring Ysa
On the displacement of her family at a young age during the US sponsored military coup in Chile, the effects of US imperialism in her home country, white feminism, and political education.
You can find more of Ysa here: https://www.instagram.com/yourfavoritechilenita/
and more about Florida Rising here: https://floridarising.org/
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
"If There's So Many Resources Here, Why Are There So Many People Who Are Struggling?" with Jacque Patton
Episode 31 featuring Eviction Defense Attorney Jacque Patton
On growing up in Kansas, organizing with the Fight for 15, law school, and wealth inequality.
You can find more of Jacque here:
https://www.instagram.com/jacquepatton/
https://twitter.com/jacquepatton
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
"They Used to Lynch Us from Trees but Now They're Lynching Us with Bullets and Needles," with Amar X
Episode 30 featuring Amar X.
Content warning: this episode contains descriptions of police violence. Listener discretion is advised.
On experiences with the police, prison system, and our system of injustice.
You can find more of Amar here: https://instagram.com/realamarx?igshid=1u7q2id3ys2ng and check out Amar's music below: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/amar-x/1488576317
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7euwJQlvTvQiPN4dxVU0ZE?si=ROgzuLWoRseqyHFqqsVFdA
http://RealAmarX.Com https://youtube.com/c/AmarXTV
"It's Hard Not to be Radical," with Rahim
Episode 29 featuring Rahim
On the American propaganda system, learning Black international history, gun violence, leading protests in DC, and revolution.
You can find more of Rahim here: www.instagram.com/hecticheem/
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
"We Have this Intuitive Nudge that Tells Us this System is Not Okay," with Sameen Affaf
Episode 28 featuring abolitionist Sameen Affaf
On growing up in Toronto, teaching, moving to the US during the Trump Administration, individualism, and the label of 'radical' as Muslim.
You can find more of Sameen here: www.instagram.com/sameen.affaf/
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
"I Just Want the Freedom to Create and Explore," with Vira
"There is a Very Strategic and Deliberate Destruction Happening," with Ayisha Siddiqa
Episode 25 featuring climate activist Ayisha
On growing up in Pakistan, the fossil fuel industry, and the climate crisis.
You can find more of Ayisha here and link up with her organizations, Polluters Out and Climate Justice league.
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
"I Feel Like I Was Lied to in K-12," with Julia
Episode 24 featuring Julia
On growing up in a small town, joining Sunrise Movement, environmental racism, and people power.
You can find more of Julia here.
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
"We Can't Save the Planet and Capitalism," with Jamie
Episode 23 featuring Climate Activist Jamie K
On an experience in elementary school that stayed with them, becoming a climate activist, and understanding the link between social justice and climate justice.
You can find more of Jamie here.
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com
"America was Never the Land of Opportunity for My People," with Aeleen Henderson-Fiestas
Episode 22 featuring street photographer Aeleen Henderson-Fiestas
On coming to the United States as a child, George Zimmerman, police brutality, and the importance of street journalism.
You can find more of Stonie here.
Connect with us at @whatradicalizedyou on Instagram or email us at whatradicalizedyou@gmail.com