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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In this episode - a Reading Revolution installment - we discuss the essay "Love as the Practice of Freedom" by bell hooks and how it can apply to our contemporary leftist formations and debates on revolution. 
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Readings & Resources

bell hooks - "Love as the Practice of Freedom" (essay)
https://uucsj.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bell-hooks-Love-as-the-Practice-of-Freedom.pdf

"Love as the Practice of Freedom" (audio)
https://soundcloud.com/leftpoc/77-love-as-the-practice-of-freedom-readingrevolution-left-pocket-project-podcast

Remembering bell hooks & Her Critique of "Imperialist White Supremacist Heteropatriarchy"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkJKJZU7xXU&t=532s

bell hooks on Freire
https://t.co/vIrwItLrO4

The Revolutionary Writing of bell hooks
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/the-revolutionary-writing-of-bell-hooks

Ain't I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism
https://www.routledge.com/Aint-I-a-Woman-Black-Women-and-Feminism/hooks/p/book/9781138821514
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Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone
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81. Love as the Practice of Freedom (discussion) - #ReadingRevolution - Left POCket Project Podcast

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. 

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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
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed Pt 3-#ReadingRevolution w/Richard - Left POCket Project Podcast - Ep 22

Bringing you the history of leftists of color one swipe at a time.

This podcast is hosted by Left POCket Project creator Wendi Muse & her co-host Richard.

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