Avatar The Last Airbender and Rioting

07/29/20 • 26 min

Avatar: The Last Airbender covers a lot of topics, from genocide and imperialism, to love and restorative justice. This episode will discuss how it handles property destruction and looting. I know it is a little risky, but it is timely and I hope you can give me a chance, even if you don't agree with my analysis.
I've also written an article on this topic that can be found here.

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Recess and How to Escalate Protests

Learn some of the basic concepts behind protests with the 90s cartoon "Recess". TJ and Gang show us what it means to escalate and win as they occupy their favorite jungle gym in hopes of protecting it from destruction by a school principal more interested in shiny new objects than the feelings and concerns of the students he rules over.
Thank you to Noname, Monte Booker, and ItsMochaJones for the sound and music.
References:
This is An Uprising
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Hey Arnold, Dilemma Actions, and Nonviolent Protest

This episode we check out Hey Arnold and how our football shaped comrade uses the concept of the "Dilemma Action" to outmaneuver a more powerful adversary.
Also check out the Dream Defenders (https://dreamdefenders.org/) and some criticisms of Gandhi (https://www.marxist.com/gandhi-the-myths-behind-the-mahatma.htm) that I didn't have a chance to talk about during the episode.

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