Episodes for the #ReadingRevolution series, in which we read and discuss works written by and/or that inspired leftists of color throughout history. All texts we discuss are available for free on our patreon page: https://patreon.com/leftpoc

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#ReadingRevolution - Angela Davis's Abolition Democracy

In this episode of the Left POCket Project Podcast, I speak with Richard (@ProgressvGreen) about his thoughts on making leftist discourse more easily accessible for a broad audience and we reveal a surprise I’ve had up my sleeve for some time. Have a listen to find out what it is!

Suggested Resources: 

“The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther”
https://www.democracynow.org/2009/12/4/the_assassination_of_fred_hampton_how

Decolonizing Methodologies by Linda Tuhiwai Smith 
https://www.amazon.com/Decolonizing-Methodologies-Research-Indigenous-1999-03-15/dp/B01FIWTGMW/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1518078430&sr=1-2&keywords=linda+tuhiwai+smith%2C+decolonizing+methodologies

Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
https://www.amazon.com/Pedagogy-Oppressed-Anniversary-Paulo-Freire/dp/0826412769/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1518078494&sr=1-1&keywords=paulo+freire
 
The episode of The Discourse that Richard mentions on the ties between science fiction and politics: https://soundcloud.com/expandthediscourse/the-time-after-time-ep
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Pictured: Fred Hampton, Chicago-based Black Panthers leader, holding a book
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Episode 9 - "Reading Revolution" A conversation w/ @ProgressvGreen - Left POCket Project Podcast

In this episode, Richard (@ProgressivGreen) and I have our first #ReadingRevolution with a discussion of Fidel Castro’s 1953 speech “History Will Absolve Me”

Suggested Readings/Resources:

Fidel Castro – “History Will Absolve Me” (1953)
Ful text: https://www.marxists.org/history/cuba/archive/castro/1953/10/16.htm


History Will Absolve Me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_Will_Absolve_Me

Louis A. Pérez,Jr. – “Chapter 3: c. 1930 – 1959,” Cuba a Short History (Leslie Bethell, editor)
https://www.amazon.com/Cuba-Short-History-Cambridge-America/dp/0521436826

The Moncada Barracks Attack:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moncada_Barracks

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/castro-failed-coup-moncada-barracks/
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Pictured: Fidel Castro
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Episode 12 - "History Will Absolve Me" #ReadingRevolution - Left POCket Project Podcast

In Episode 20 of the Left POCket Project Podcast, Richard & I have a #ReadingRevolution discussion of Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed. 

You can read along with us by visiting patreon.com/leftpoc to download a free PDF of the entire book. You can also send us questions and comments for us to discuss on the next episode on patreon or via any of our social media accounts. 
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Instituto Paulo Freire
www.paulofreire.org/ (note: sometimes the site has an issue with pop-ups. Either put your pop-up blocker on beforehand and/or be prepared to close pop-up windows when visiting the site for the first time)
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed - Pt1 - #ReadingRevolution w.Richard- Left POCket Project Podcast - Ep 20

In Episode 21 of the Left POCket Project Podcast, Richard & I continue our #ReadingRevolution discussion of Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed AND touch on some related current events.

You can read along with us by visiting patreon.com/leftpoc to download a free PDF of the entire book. You can also send us questions and comments for us to discuss on the next episode on patreon or via any of our social media accounts. 
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Instituto Paulo Freire
www.paulofreire.org/ (note: sometimes the site has an issue with pop-ups. Either put your pop-up blocker on beforehand and/or be prepared to close pop-up windows when visiting the site for the first time)
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Related Readings & Resources:

"Behind the Scenes in Venezuela"
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/world-report/articles/2018-03-03/new-evidence-the-trump-administration-is-meddling-in-venezuelas-elections

"Ralph Northam and the History of Blackface"
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/ralph-northam-and-the-history-of-blackface

"A Terrible Failure to Protect School Girls in Liberia"
https://africasacountry.com/2018/10/a-terrible-failure-to-protect-school-girls-in-liberia

"Teach for America: The Hidden Curriculum of Liberal Do-Gooders"
https://jacobinmag.com/2011/12/teach-for-america
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed - Pt2 - #ReadingRevolution w.Richard- Left POCket Project Podcast - Ep 21

In Episode 22 of the Left POCket Project Podcast, Richard & I have our last #ReadingRevolution discussion of Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed AND touch on some related current events.

You can read along with us by visiting patreon.com/leftpoc to download a free PDF of the entire book. You can also send us questions and comments for us to discuss on the next episode on patreon or via any of our social media accounts. 
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Instituto Paulo Freire
www.paulofreire.org/ (note: sometimes the site has an issue with pop-ups. Either put your pop-up blocker on beforehand and/or be prepared to close pop-up windows when visiting the site for the first time)
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed Pt 3-#ReadingRevolution w/Richard - Left POCket Project Podcast - Ep 22

In this episode, we have a #ReadingRevolution discussion of the book Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture, a set of interviews with Angela Davis. 
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Reading/Resources

Eduardo Mendieta (interviewing Angela Davis) - Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture (full text)
https://www.patreon.com/posts/readingrevolutio-29344345 

Angela Davis Discusses Her Book Abolition Democracy
https://www.c-span.org/video/?191553-1/abolition-democracy-prisons-torture-empire

Angela Davis: An Autobiography
https://www.amazon.com/Angela-Davis-Autobiography-Y/dp/0717806677

“Free Angela Davis!” (interactive page)
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=d93da4b2e4fa47fcbc999b1006fe51d6

Interview w/ Angela Davis from prison for Vibrations (1972)
https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/190044

Michelle Alexander - The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
http://newjimcrow.com/

Douglas Blackmon - Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II (book)
https://www.amazon.com/Slavery-Another-Name-Re-Enslavement-Americans/dp/0385722702

Slavery by Another Name (documentary)
http://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/home/

Elizabeth Hinton - From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674979826

“Nixon official: real reason for the drug war was to criminalize black people and hippies”
https://www.vox.com/2016/3/22/11278760/war-on-drugs-racism-nixon

The Tuskegee Experiment
https://www.history.com/news/the-infamous-40-year-tuskegee-study

“Torture at Abu Grahib”
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/05/10/torture-at-abu-ghraib
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29. Angela Davis's Abolition Democracy Pt1 - Reading Revolution - Left POCket Project Podcast

In this episode, we continue our #ReadingRevolution discussion of the book Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture, a set of interviews with Angela Davis.
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Reading/Resources

Eduardo Mendieta (interviewing Angela Davis) - Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture (full text)
www.patreon.com/posts/readingrevolutio-29344345

Angela Davis Discusses Her Book Abolition Democracy
www.c-span.org/video/?191553-1/a…ns-torture-empire

Margaret Kimberly - "Ignoring Angela Davis"
https://www.blackagendareport.com/ignoring_angela_davis
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31. Angela Davis's Abolition Democracy Pt. 2 - Reading Revolution - Left POCket Project Podcast

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