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Groundings

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Groundings is a place where organizing, theory, and history come in contact with dialogue, experience, and storytelling. It's where the past meets the present, and political education happens. The title "Groundings" is in honor of the revolutionary educator Walter Rodney, whose concept of "groundings" as a form of radical, political, and communal education inspires the conversations on this podcast. Groundings: we sit, we listen, we talk, we share, and we learn.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Groundings episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Groundings for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Groundings episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Groundings - The White Comrades and Anti-Racism
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03/30/18 • 65 min

Anti-racist activist Tommy DiMassimo, known for rushing Trump's stage during the 2016 elections, discusses why he decided to charge at Trump and the repression against him which followed, the role of a white comrade in the anti-racism struggle, and moving beyond white guilt and liberalism.

In the interview, Tommy shares that the moment he ran after Trump on stage was not a random or unplanned event, rather the culmination of years of anti-racist activism. Then, he describes the political repression against him, enacted by the Feds, in the year following the event. Along with this, we talk about the role of white people who want to aid in the anti-racist struggle, specifically how to move beyond self-gratifying liberalism, inaction, and comfortability.

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Groundings - The Canadian Police State
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10/06/20 • 74 min

Writer, educator, and author of Policing Black Lives: State violence in Canada from slavery to the present, Robyn Maynard joins me to discuss policing, state violence, and prisons in Canada, as well as the connections between Indigenous and Black struggles against state violence. We also talk about the 'post-racial' mythmaking which is synonymous to Canada, despite its centuries-long history of enacting structural and systemic violence on colonized communities globally.

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Groundings - The Revolution Can't Be Quarantined
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04/19/20 • 60 min

Philadelphia based community organizer and writer Steven Powers helps run a community based, free, socialist gym, the People Power Gym, and is involved in a number of other community survival projects. In this episode we discuss how his organization was able to turn these survival programs into a Covid-19 mutual aid grocery program, delivering free groceries throughout their neighborhood. We also discuss how capitalism has exacerbated this pandemic into a crisis with blood on its hands, the need for community organizing, a cautious understanding of 'mutual aid', and Sock'em Boppers.

Support their fundraiser here. You can read Safiyah Bukhari's The War Before here, and George Jackson's Soledad Brother here.

Audio samples used:

  1. Assata Shakur, Eyes of the Rainbow
  2. Mumia Abu-Jamal, Safiyah Bukhari: Lioness for Liberation
  3. Fred Hampton, On the Importance of Education
  4. Ericka Huggins, On Meditation
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The goat 🐐 himself Dr. Gerald Horne joined me for a special bonus episode of the groundings podcast. We discuss the current state of global politics, imperialism in crisis, the potential for a new multipolar world,,growing contradictions and splits among European colonizers,,and the rising fascism across the west.

He also answers some questions submitted by Patreon subscribers! If you enjoyed this 'bonus' episode, consider checking out our Patreon at Patreon.com/Halfatlanta, where more of these special episodes are posted every month, and where subscribers can submit questions to podcast episodes.

Tune in, let me know you're thoughts, and share + rate the episode 5 stars if you enjoyed it.

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Groundings - The Jericho Movement for Political Prisoners
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06/21/24 • 87 min

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Groundings - The Anti-Black, Anti-Communist Academia
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09/08/20 • 80 min

Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly discusses the history and institutionalization of Black Studies, the often overlapping relationship between anti-communism and anti-Blackness, and the 'elision' of political economy in capitalist academia.

Moreover, she also talks about 'academic McCarthyism', academic celebrities, ideological battles, and the current state of Black Studies.

[cover image: student activist Don McAllister beaten bloodied and arrested by pigs during San Francisco State College protests, 1968]

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Groundings - The Young Lords: A Radical History
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04/10/20 • 93 min

Professor Johanna Fernandez introduces listeners to the Young Lords, a revolutionary Puerto Rican organization that radically shifted international discourse on Puerto Rican politics.

Fernandez recently publish The Young Lords: A Radical History, a groundbreaking and foundational new book which compiles 20 years of research to create the authoritative history of the Young Lords. In our conversation we discuss the roots of the Young Lords organization, how they transformed from a street gang to revolutionary socialist organization, the political and ideological motivations of the group, why they took a specific, relevant focus on health issues, and much more.

The poem you hear recited throughout the episode is titled "Puerto Rican Obituary", written and performed by the late Pedro Pietri, poet, activist, former Young Lord, and one of the founding members of the Nuyorican Movement.

If you enjoyed this episode, consider purchasing Johanna's book and support her work, and you can also support the host on Patreon as well.

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Groundings - The Philosophy of Amílcar Cabral's Actions
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09/23/19 • 70 min

We explore the philosophy and theoretical work behind the actions of Amílcar Cabral, African revolutionary from Guinea-Bissau who helped lead a succesful anti-colonial movement against the Portugese in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde.

Reasearcher, writer, and organizer Zeyad El Nabolsy discusses Cabral's approach to culture and cultural liberation, dispels some eurocentric and racist myth surrounding Cabral's legacy, and looks at Cabral's relationship to Marxism.

You can find Zeyad's essays we reference here, as well as the essay by Blaut here which he mentions towards the end.

Intro/outro audio: Angela Davis on Amilcar Cabral, 1973

You can support me at Patreon.com/HalfAtlanta, and follow me on Twitter @halfatlanta.

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Groundings - The Black Arts Movement
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02/08/18 • 74 min

Revolutionary Pan-Africanist writer, artist, and organizer Sobukwe Shakur gives a first-hand account of the history of the Black Art Movement, a movement which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and ran parallel to the Black Power Movement.

Sobukwe Shukur is a multi-media cultural worker, the host of the Revolutionary African Perspectives radio show on Georgia's independent WRFG station, a cadre and organizer in Nkrumah’s brainchild, the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (A-APRP) and a former chair of the National Network On Cuba (NNOC).

The conversation begins with Sobukwe setting the context for the Black Arts Movement, one of global Black political consciousness at its height, before diving into first-hand experiences as a school student during the early 1960s before transforming into an organizer and cultural worker within the movement itself. In discussing the politics of the Black Arts Movement, he discusses how various ideologies existed simultaneously, at times in conflict, and how this was embraced and seen through the act of a multi-plural cultural revolution that took place. In the final third of the interview we discuss the legacy of the Black Arts Movement; how it has influenced us today compared to the Harlem Renaissance, and how Black arts of today reflect a deeply different dominant ideology being reflected in the art.

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FAQ

How many episodes does Groundings have?

Groundings currently has 57 episodes available.

What topics does Groundings cover?

The podcast is about News, History, Storytelling, Podcasts, Organizing and Politics.

What is the most popular episode on Groundings?

The episode title 'The White Comrades and Anti-Racism' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Groundings?

The average episode length on Groundings is 65 minutes.

How often are episodes of Groundings released?

Episodes of Groundings are typically released every 32 days, 1 hour.

When was the first episode of Groundings?

The first episode of Groundings was released on Feb 8, 2018.

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