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Resistant Communiqués Podcast is a multidisciplinary knowledge hub and digital repository of People's History and resistance in the wake of political attacks on education. Learn More: ResistantCommPod.substack.com/ Find more Resistant Communiqués across all social media platforms: @ResistantCommPod resistantcommpod.substack.com

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  1. "Resistant Communiqués: Alana Lentin on the Racial Regime: Race, Fascism, and the Limits of Liberal Anti-Racism.” (S2, E3)

    May 31

    "Resistant Communiqués: Alana Lentin on the Racial Regime: Race, Fascism, and the Limits of Liberal Anti-Racism.” (S2, E3)

    We are pleased to return after a brief spring break as we transition to bring on more Co-Collaborators and Collective Members as we continue to grow. We appreciate our co-learners’ patience as we continue to architect the critical, sustainable infrastructure to maintain the analysis of the Resistant Communiqués Collective and Podcast, ensuring rich and robust decolonial interviewing, research, and practice. Due to our brief April absence, we are pleased to bring you an extended May episode. The Resistant Communiqués Collective is incredibly honored to present Season II, Episode III, with teacher and writer Alana Lentin, and the author of The New Racial Regime: Recalibrations of White Supremacy (Pluto, 2025). In the wake of George Floyd’s murder in 2020, there was a short-lived boom in highly visible corporate DEI. But as soon as it entered public awareness, it sparked a vicious backlash from conservatives, including Christopher Rufo. What was DEI “worth” in a real sense, and how did attacks on critical race theory prefigure the Trump Administration’s current behavior? Our guest this month, Alana Lentin, has studied this phenomenon and discusses a global perspective on racism, white supremacy, zionism, and the direction that settler-colonial states are headed in. Teacher and writer, Alana Lentin, is a Jewish anti-Zionist European woman who is a settler on Gadigal-Wangal land. She works on the critical theorization of race, racial capitalism, and antiracism and is Professor of Cultural and Social Analysis at Western Sydney University. She is the author of The New Racial Regime: Recalibrations of White Supremacy (Pluto 2025) and Why Race Still Matters (Polity 2020). Previously, she published The Crises of Multiculturalism: Racism in a neoliberal age with Gavan Titley (Zed, 2011), Racism: A beginner’s guide (2008), and Racism and Antiracism in Europe (Pluto, 2004). She co-edits the Lexington Books ‘Challenging Migration Studies’ books series and the ‘Decolonization and Social Worlds’ series at Bristol University Press. She is a member of the Founding Collective of the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism (ICSZ). Her academic and media articles, as well as videos, podcasts, and teaching materials, are free to be used and available at www.alanalentin.net Here is our interview with Alana… Listen, share, and study with us using the multimedia syllabus below. Luta,Resistant Communiqués Collective Want more Resistant Communiqués? Follow us (@ResistantCommPod) across all social media platforms: Instagram | Bluesky | Mastodon | Threads | Facebook Learn More about the Resistant Communiqués Collective and the Podcast’s Creative Commons Licensing in the Terms of Service. The Resistant Communiqués Podcast is a grassroots project, self-funded by the Resistant Communiqués Collective and funded by our co-learners/listeners, like you. Your support helps foster an accessible, independent podcast focusing on People’s and Resistance History. You can help support and sustain this grassroots project by becoming a paid subscriber today. The Multimedia Syllabus below is not an exhaustive bibliography; it serves as a starting point for further research. Please note: Due to Substack’s interface, some of the bibliography items below are linked directly rather than correctly formatted with hyperlinks. We apologize for the inconvenience. The War on Critical Race Theory 99 ZU EINS. (2021, September 19). [ENG] The War on Anti-Semitism with Anna-Esther Younes—99 ZU EINS - Ep. 54 [Video]. YouTube. Rodríguez, D. (2024, April 10). How the Stop Asian Hate Movement Became Entwined with Zionism, Policing, and Counterinsurgency. University of Minnesota Press. Critical Ethnic Studies. http://www.criticalethnicstudiesjournal.org/blog/2024/4/10/how-the-stop-asian-hate-movement-became-entwined-with-zionism-policing-and-counterinsurgency Millennials Are Killing Capitalism Live! (2025, June 13). Dylan Rodríguez on Lexical Warfare & Counterinsurgency [Video]. YouTube. Foundations: History, Race, White Supremacy & the Black Radical Tradition Morse, C. (2014, June 20). Capitalism, Marxism, and the Black Radical Tradition: An Interview with Cedric Robinson | Chuck Morse. https://www.cwmorse.org/capitalism-marxism-and-the-black-radical-tradition-an-interview-with-cedric-robinson/ Myers, J., & McNeil, A. (Hosts). (2022, March 9). Joshua Myers, “Cedric Robinson: The Time of the Black Radical Tradition” (Polity, 2021) - New Book Network [Broadcast]. New Books Network. https://newbooksnetwork.com/cedric-robinson Pluto Press. (2025, May 19). Democratic Living in Times of Fascism [Video]. YouTube. Millennials Are Killing Capitalism Live! (2024, June 4). Cedric J. Robinson & Elizabeth P. Robinson’s Archives Unbound: Initial Reflections [Video]. YouTube. Trinity Social Justice Institute. (2022, August 22). Conjuncture: Against Pessimism | S2 Ep 1 [Conjuncture]. [Video]. YouTube. Globalization of white supremacy Lentin, A. (2026, January 13). Understanding the relationship between Zionism and Fascism. Alana Lentin. https://www.alanalentin.net/2026/01/13/understanding-the-relationship-between-zionism-and-fascism/ Zionism and the WEB Du Bois “Color line” Seriff-Cullick, M. (2025, December 29). How White Folks Became Jews: The War on Black Antisemitism and the Recalibration of Racial Regimes - Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism [Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism]. https://criticalzionismstudies.org/jcsz-how-white-folks-became-jews/ Zionist cooptation of Indigeneity Brager, S. (2021, October 13). When Settler Becomes Native. Jewish Currents. Jewish Currents. https://jewishcurrents.org/when-settler-becomes-native Ali, S. (2026, January 29). Weaponizing Indigeneity: Zionist Media Discourse on Possessing Palestine. Contending Modernities.https://contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-modernities/weaponizing-indigeneity-palestine/ Resisting liberal formations of anti-racism Lentin, A. (2021, November 2). Introduction to Racial Capitalism. Alana Lentin. https://www.alanalentin.net/2021/11/02/introduction-to-racial-capitalism/ Burden-Stelly, C. (2020). Modern U.S. Racial Capitalism: Some Theoretical Insights. Monthly Review, Vol. 72(No. 03 (July-August 2020). https://monthlyreview.org/articles/modern-u-s-racial-capitalism/ Yancy, G. (2021, February 1). Reaching Beyond “Black Faces in High Places”: An Interview With Joy James. Truthout. Truthout. https://truthout.org/articles/reaching-beyond-black-faces-in-high-places-an-interview-with-joy-james/ Briond, J. (2021, June 19). Rock-A-Bye Baby: On the State’s Legitimation of Juneteenth and Liberal Concessions as Political Anesthetization In Slavery’s Afterlives. Hampton Institute.https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/rock-a-bye-baby-on-the-states-legitimation-of-juneteenth-and-liberal-concessions-as-political-anesthetization-in-slaverys-afterlives Liberal Anti-Racism and Fascism Millennials Are Killing Capitalism (Host). (2023, September 9). Millennials Are Killing Capitalism: “Attica Is an Ongoing Structure of Revolt” - Orisanmi Burton on Tip of the Spear, Black Radicalism, Prison Rebellion, and the Long Attica Revolt [Broadcast]. Millennials Are Killing Capitalism. https://millennialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/attica-is-an-ongoing-structure-of-revolt-orisanmi-burton-on-tip-of-the-spear-black-radicalism-prison-rebellion-and-the-long-attica-revolt Additional Topics, Themes, and Works Discussed: Anderson, S. E. (with Holley, V.). (1995). The Black Holocaust for Beginners. Writers and Readers. Equal Justice Initiative. (2022). The Transatlantic Slave Trade. Equal Justice Initiative Reports. https://eji.org/report/transatlantic-slave-trade/ Jackson, G. (1996). Blood in My Eye. Black Classic Press. (Original work published 1971) Kadi, A. (2016, September 10). Palestinians back Standing Rock Sioux in “struggle for all humanity” [Text]. The Electronic Intifada. https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/andrew-kadi/palestinians-back-standing-rock-sioux-struggle-all-humanity Parrish, W. (2019, August 25). The U.S. Border Patrol and an Israeli Military Contractor Are Putting a Native American Reservation Under “Persistent Surveillance.” The Intercept. https://theintercept.com/2019/08/25/border-patrol-israel-elbit-surveillance/ Listen to the Music of the Movement. Collaborator’s Choices: kooriland4eva. (2009, January 15). Aboriginal Land by Nadine Dixon [Video]. [YouTube]. Gil Scott-Heron - Topic. (2015, October 24). Black History/ The World [Video}. [Youtube]. In this episode of the Resistant Communiqués Podcast: Podcast Coordinators: Jamila Hammami Project Co-Coordinators: Jamila Hammami Production * Production Coordinator: Jamila Hammami * Co-Producers: Jamila Hammami * Recording: Jamila Hammami * Post-Production: Jamila Hammami * Editing: Jamila Hammami * Sound Design/Mixing: Jamila Hammami * Mastering: Jamila Hammami * Transcript Cleaning: Jamila Hammami * Writers: Jamila Hammami * Script Development: Jamila Hammami * Researchers: Jamila Hammami * Fact-Check: Jamila Hammami Podcast Multimedia Syllabus Development: * Alana Lentin and Jamila Hammami Episode Featuring: * Resistant Communiqués Podcast Collaborator (“Guest”): Alana Lentin * Resistant Communiqués Podcast Host: Jamila Hammami * Resistant Communiqués Podcast Introduction: Jamila Hammami * Resistant Communiqués Podcast Episode Introduction: Jamila Hammami * Resistant Communiqués Podcast Outro: Jamila Hammami Communications: * Communications Coordinator: Jamila Hammami * Designer: Jamila Hammami * Video & Content Clipping: Jamila Hammami * Video Editing: Jamila Hammami * Content Creation: Jamila Hammami * Content Copy: Jamila Hammami MUSIC CREDITS Royalty-Free Music for the Podcast and Episode: * Music Clipping: Jamila Hammami * Music Editing & Mixing: Jamila Hammami Royalty-Free Music Artists/ Composers: * Podcast Intro Music: Cheel - Soft Feeling * Episode Intro Music: Wa

    1h 19m

  2. Mar 31

    "Resistant Communiqués: Ijeoma Oluo on General Strikes, Abolition & Building Community Power to Resist State Repression" (S2, E2)

    The Resistant Communiqués Collective is incredibly honored to present Season II, Episode II, with Award-Winning New York Times Best-Selling Author and movement worker, Ijeoma Oluo, entitled, “Resistant Communiqués: General Strikes, Abolition & Building Community Power to Resist State Repression with Ijeoma Oluo”. The term “General strike” has surged in prominence in 2026, particularly in the wake of the ICE occupation of Minneapolis and the general strike and walkout on January 23 this year. But it’s also a widely misused term because of the difficulty of organizing and coordinating such a widespread labor action. How do you coordinate among so many different groups? It’s not something that you can immediately leap into, especially when people are often so disconnected even from their neighbors. Our guest this month, Ijeoma Oluo, offers valuable insights into the history of labor actions and strategies for making a General Strike feasible. To make mass labor activism possible, we must effectively organize multiracial coalitions in a society where systemic racism, patriarchy, ableism, queerphobia, and more are the norm. This means learning about solidarity and how to practice it. It also necessitates adopting a truly abolitionist perspective: encouraging communities to move beyond carceral approaches, behaviors, and logics. It ensures communities can move beyond relying on carceral entities, while also offering grace, support, and understanding to people as they learn and grow. SUBSCRIBE ON SUBSTACK NOW Ijeoma Oluo is a Seattle-based Writer, Speaker, and Internet Yeller. Her work on social issues such as race and gender has been published in The Guardian, Esquire, Washington Post, ELLE Magazine, New York Times, and more. She has been featured on programs like The Daily Show, All Things Considered, and BBC News. She is the author of three bestselling books: So You Want To Talk About Race, MEDIOCRE: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America, and Be A Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World - and How You Can Too. Ijeoma was named one of The Root’s 100 Most Influential African Americans in 2017 & 2018, and is the recipient of the Feminist Humanist Award 2018 by the American Humanist Association, the Harvard Humanist of the year 2020, the Media Justice Award by the Gender Justice League, the 2018 Aubrey Davis Visionary Leadership Award by the Equal Opportunity Institute and was named to the TIME100 Next list in 2020. Resistant Communiqués is a grassroots project, self-funded by the Resistant Communiqués Collective and funded in part by our listeners and co-learners, like you. Your support helps foster an accessible, independent podcast focusing on People’s and Resistance History. You can help support and sustain this grassroots project by becoming a paid subscriber today. Here is our interview with Ijeoma Oluo… Listen, share, and study with us using the multimedia syllabus below. Luta, Resistant Communiqués Collective Want more Resistant Communiqués? Follow us (@ResistantCommPod) across all social media platforms: Instagram | Bluesky | Mastodon | Threads | Facebook Share Resistant Communiqués Podcast Resistant Communiqués Podcast © 2025- 2026 by Resistant Communiqués Collective is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 Learn More about Resistant Communiqués Collective and Podcast’s Creative Commons Licensing in Terms of Service. Resistant Commuiqués is a grassroots project, self-funded by the Resistant Communiqués Collective and funded in part by our listeners and co-learners, like you. Your support helps foster an accessible, independent podcast focusing on People’s and Resistance History. You can help support and sustain this grassroots project by becoming a paid subscriber today. BECOME A PAID SUBSCRIBER TO SUPPORT THIS GRASSROOTS WORK ON SUBSTACK NOW ------ Multimedia Syllabus Note: This is not an exhaustive bibliography; it serves as a starting point for further research. Please note: Due to Substack’s interface, some of the bibliography items below are directly linked to the items instead of being correctly formatted with a hyperlink. We apologize for the inconvenience. Abolitionist Organizing Critical Resistance. (2025, August 13). Critical Resistance. Critical Resistance. https://criticalresistance.org Davis, A. Y., Dent, G., Meiners, E. R., & Richie, B. E. (2022). Abolition. Feminism. Now. Haymarket Books. Hayes, K., & Kaba, M. (2023). Let this radicalize you: Organizing and the revolution of reciprocal care. Haymarket Books. Kaba, M., & Nopper, T. K. (2021). We do this ’til we free us: Abolitionist organizing and transforming justice. Haymarket Books. Anti-ICE & Community Defense Organizing Defend and Recruit (D&R). (n.d.). ✊ D&R Community Defense Resource Hub. Google Docs. Retrieved from https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ov-O3EGMmaBh-SELgtmYopVCo1mfJUZFWNOHfLa5ADc/edit?tab=t.0&usp=embed_facebook Lekas Miller, A. (2026, February 9). A Guide to Meaningful Action Against ICE. Truthdig. https://www.truthdig.com/articles/a-guide-to-taking-meaningful-action/ Mutual Aid Disaster Relief. (2022). Beginner’s Guide & Interactive Workbook. Mutual Aid Disaster Relief. https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Community-Defense.pdf Newman, L. H., Varner, M., & Burgess, M. (2026, January 13). What to Do if ICE Invades Your Neighborhood. Wired. https://www.wired.com/story/what-to-do-if-ice-invades-your-neighborhood/ Red-Winged Blackbird collective. (2026). “Dispatch, Please Advise!” Tactics for fighting the federal occupation of Minnesota by ICE: “Let the world know that when the fascists come to town, we will run them out.” [Zine]. Antidote Zine. https://antidotezine.com/2026/01/27/dispatch-please-advise/ Building to General Strikes Demby, et al. (Host). (2024, January 17). The women who masterminded the Montgomery Bus Boycott. [Audio podcast episode]. In CodeSwitch. National Public Radio (NPR). https://www.npr.org/2024/01/17/1197954608/the-women-who-masterminded-the-montgomery-bus-boycott Shvangiradze, T. (2023, November 7). Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968. The Collector. https://www.thecollector.com/may-1968-french-student-protests/ Winslow, C. (2019, July 3). When Workers Stopped Seattle. Jacobin. Jacobin. https://jacobin.com/2019/07/seattle-general-strike-1919-union-organizing Mapping Seattle General Strike Project. (2009). Mapping the General Strike. Civil Rights and Labor History Consortium, University of Washington. Seattle General Strike Project. https://depts.washington.edu/labhist/strike/map.shtml Multiracial Coalitions & Organizing Fowler, R. (2017, January 26). My Time at Standing Rock Taught Me What We Need to Do to Resist | Dame Magazine. https://www.damemagazine.com/2017/01/26/my-time-standing-rock-taught-me-what-we-need-do-resist/ Isaacs, E. (2018, August 5). THE BATTLE OF BLAIR MOUNTAIN: LABOR STRUGGLES AND THE BOSSES’ STATE. The Multiracial Unity Blog. https://multiracialunity.org/2018/08/05/the-battle-of-blair-mountain-labor-struggles-and-the-bosses-state/ The Valley Labor Report. (2024, March 1). How Black and White Alabama Coal Miners Organized in the Depths of Jim Crow [Video]. YouTube. ZinnEdProject. (2024, February 8). Everyday Solidarity Interracial Organizing Stories from “The Sum of Us” [Video]. YouTube. U.S. Union Solidarity Models Cole, P. (2024, November 24). How American Dockworkers Fought Apartheid in South Africa. Jacobin. Jacobin. https://jacobin.com/2024/11/ilwu-apartheid-south-africa-boycott Prescod, P. (2023, October 23). How the UAW Broke Ford’s Stranglehold Over Black Detroit. Jacobin. Jacobin. https://jacobin.com/2023/10/united-autoworker-ford-black-detroit-race-labor Press, A. N. (2024, July 8). We’re in a Class War. Jane McAlevey Actually Acted Like It. Jacobin. Jacobin. https://jacobin.com/2024/07/jane-mcalevey-labor-movement-obituary Additional Works and Themes Discussed in the Episode Civil Rights and Labor History Consortium. (2009). Segregated Seattle: Home—Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project. University of Washington. Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project, University of Washington. Retrieved https://depts.washington.edu/civilr/segregated.htm Horton, K. (2022, March 14). A look back at how white supremacists sowed seeds of hate in Oregon in the 20th century—OPB. Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB). Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB). https://www.opb.org/article/2022/03/14/rise-of-klan-white-nationalism-hate-racism-oregon/ Kelley, R. D. G. (1996). Race Rebels: Culture, Politics, and the Black Working Class. Free Press. Oluo, I. (2019). So you want to talk about race (First trade paperback edition). Seal Press. Oluo, I. (2020). Mediocre: The dangerous legacy of white male power. Basic Books. Oluo, I. (2024). Be a Revolution: How everyday people are fighting oppression and changing the world - and how you can, too (First edition). HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Listen to the Music of the movement, Guest's choice: POW from POW by Gabriel Teodros ------ Episode Credits In this episode of the Resistant Communiqués Podcast: Podcast Coordinators: Jamila Hammami & Zeb Larson Project Co-Coordinators: Jamila Hammami & Zeb Larson Production Production Coordinator: Jamila Hammami Co-Producers: Jamila Hammami & Zeb Larson Recording: Zeb Larson Post-Production: Jamila Hammami Editing: Jamila Hammami Sound Design/Mixing: Jamila Hammami Mastering: Jamila Hammami Transcript Cleaning: Justin Fowler Writers: Jamila Hammami & Zeb Larson Script Development: Jamila Hammami & Zeb Larson Researchers: Jamila Hammami & Zeb Larson Fact-Check: Jamila Hammami & Zeb Larson Podcast Multimedia Syllabus Development: Jamila Hammami & Zeb Larson Episode Featuring: Resistant Communiqués Podcast Guest: Ijeoma Oluo Resistant Communiqués Podcast Co-Hosts: Jamila Hammami & Justin Fowler Resistant Communiqués Podcast Int

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  3. Feb 28

    Resistant Communiqués: Journalism, Social Media, and the Age of Disinformation with Anna Lekas Miller

    Welcome to Season 2 of Resistant Communiqués! First, we want to thank our incredible listeners and co-learners. The Resistant Communiqués Podcast hit Substack’s top 100 Rising in Education the first week of January 2026! Thank you. We are forever grateful to our listeners for their support. Now, onto our first episode of our second season… As we end February, the Resistant Communiqués Collective is honored to present Season II, Episode I of the Resistant Communiqués Podcast, “Resistant Communiqués: Journalism, Social Media, and the Age of Disinformation with Anna Lekas Miller”, featuring Anna Lekas Miller, an award-winning author and journalist who tells intimate stories of love, migration, and resistance across borders. Our first episode of the second season comes at a critical time. The information ecosystem of the 21st century is overwhelming. The internet makes it possible to receive more information than ever before, but it also amplifies sources of disinformation and rumor. Social media makes connections easier, but it also rewards inflammatory content and creates feedback loops that can distort audiences’ grasp of reality. Even as it boosts the reach of traditional journalism and news, those sources have been undermined by the Internet’s business model and other socioeconomic forces. The result is akin to trying to drink from a fire hose. Our incredible guest this month is Journalist and award-winning author of Love Across Borders, Anna Lekas Miller. Anna discusses the historical and contemporary impact of disinformation and misinformation in today’s political landscape, the impact on the ICE occupation of Minneapolis, and the state of journalism and social media. We will learn about some of the limitations placed on journalists in this environment, the sometimes-toxic role of social media and artificial intelligence (AI), the possibilities inherent in new forms of citizen journalism, and how we can build better, more ethical information ecosystems. Anna Lekas Miller is an award-winning author and journalist who tells intimate stories of love, migration, and resistance across borders. As a journalist, she has lived in and reported from Palestine, Lebanon, Turkey, and Iraq, where she covered the stories of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation and Syrians fleeing Assad’s regime. She chronicled the fall of ISIS in Iraq and the great migration of refugees to Europe. While conflict reporters often report from a distance from their stories, Anna’s life was shaped by it--her partner, Syrian journalist Salem Rizk, was kicked out of Turkey and needed to seek asylum in the United Kingdom. This journey inspired Anna to explore how people’s love lives are shaped by borders and migration, culminating in her first book, Love Across Borders, which weaves together the real-life love stories of refugees and immigrants who have stood up to border regimes to be together. The book won the 2024 Arab American Book Award and has galvanized countless discussions about border policies and their impact on ordinary people across the United States. Since October 7th, Anna has returned to her roots, reporting on Palestine and drawing on her Middle East reporting to dispel disinformation while developing a novel that satirizes Western media coverage of the Middle East. At this moment, she is focused on dispelling the Trump administration’s narratives on migrant communities and giving people the tools they need to resist ICE and advocate for their neighbors. Resistant Communiqués is a grassroots project, self-funded by the Resistant Communiqués Collective and funded in part by our listeners and co-learners, like you. Your support helps foster an accessible, independent podcast focusing on People’s and Resistance History. You can help support and sustain this grassroots project by becoming a paid subscriber today. Here is our interview with Anna Lekas Miller. Listen, share, and study with us using the multimedia syllabus below. Luta,Resistant Communiqués Collective Want more Resistant Communiqués? Follow us (@ResistantCommPod) across all social media platforms: Instagram | Bluesky | Mastodon | Threads | Facebook Learn More about Resistant Communiqués Collective and Podcast’s Creative Commons Licensing in Terms of Service. Note: This is not an exhaustive bibliography; it serves as a starting point for further research. Please note: Due to Substack’s interface, some of the bibliography items below are directly linked to the items instead of being correctly formatted with a hyperlink. We apologize for the inconvenience. Media Literacy Ayala Rios, A. J. (2024, November 22). The Decline of Media Literacy and How to Navigate the Ocean of Information. The Student Movement, 109(9). https://www.andrews.edu/life/student-movement/issues/2024-11-22/id_medialiteracy.html Disinformation and Immigrant Communities Butcher, A.-H. N. and P. (2022, August 29). Disinformation on Migration: How Lies, Half-Truths, and Mischaracterizations Spread. Migrationpolicy.Org. https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/how-disinformation-fake-news-migration-spreads Capodice, N. (2021, June 29). Japanese American Internment. Civics 101: A Podcast. https://www.civics101podcast.org/civics-101-episodes/japaneseamericaninternment McKanders, K., & Harvard Law Review. (2024, November 18). Politics of Belonging: Anti-Black Racism, Xenophobia, and Disinformation. Harvard Law Review. https://harvardlawreview.org/blog/2024/11/politics-of-belonging-anti-black-racism-xenophobia-and-disinformation/ The State of Journalism in the 21st Century Northwestern University-Medill. (2024, October 23). Medill report shows local news deserts expanding—Medill—Northwestern University. Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism. https://www.medill.northwestern.edu/news/2024/medill-report-shows-local-news-deserts-expanding.html Setty, R. (2026, February 3). The Fog of Content. Columbia Journalism Review. https://www.cjr.org/analysis/the-fog-of-content-georgia-fort-don-lemon-arrests-streamers-minnesota-minneapolis-ice-trump.php Tameez, H. (2026, February 13). Washington Post layoffs disproportionately affected union members of color, preliminary Guild data shows. Nieman Lab.https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/washington-post-layoffs-disproportionately-affected-union-members-of-color-preliminary-guild-data-shows/ Social Media and Disinformation Miller, A. L. (2025, May 13). Countering the Zionist disinformation campaign. Prism. https://prismreports.org/2025/05/13/canary-mission-zionist-disinformation/ Oladipo, G. (2024, September 18). ‘Racism is embedded in our society’: How attacks on immigrants in Ohio highlight US disinformation crisis. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/18/trump-republicans-springfield-aurora-political-disinformation Thuy Vo, L. (2025, August 4). Guide to Investigating Social Media Algorithms. Global Investigative Journalism Network. Global Investigative Journalism Network. https://gijn.org/resource/guide-investigating-social-media-algorithms/ van Ess, H. (2025, September 1). Reporter’s Guide to Detecting AI-Generated Content. Global Investigative Journalism Network. Global Investigative Journalism Network. https://gijn.org/resource/guide-detecting-ai-generated-content/ Citizen-Journalism Eaton, K. (2021, January 22). A citizen journalist’s legacy lives on: Telling Tulsa’s hidden secrets. International Journalists’ Network, International Center for Journalists. International Journalists’ Network. https://ijnet.org/en/story/citizen-journalists-legacy-lives-telling-tulsas-hidden-secrets Traub, L. (n.d.). Citizen Journalism is Not Yet Credible Enough to Carry Out Its Goals | Department of English. Interpolations, University of Maryland, (Fall 2013/Spring 2014). https://english.umd.edu/research-innovation/journals/interpolations/interpolations-fall-2013spring-2014/citizen-journalism Additional Works and Themes Discussed in the Episode Lekas Miller, A. (2023). Love Across Borders: Passports, Papers, and Romance in a Divided World (First Edition). Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. Miller, A. L. (2026, February 9). A Guide to Meaningful Action Against ICE. Truthdig. https://www.truthdig.com/articles/a-guide-to-taking-meaningful-action/ Additional Research Resources Mentioned in the Episode 404 Media. (2026, February 26). 404 Media. 404 Media. 404 Media. https://www.404media.co/ Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). (n.d.). Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Electronic Frontier Foundation. https://www.eff.org/ Sahan Journal. (2026). Minnesota News for Immigrants and Communities of Color. Sahan Journal. Sahan Journal. https://sahanjournal.com/ WIRED. (2026). WIRED. WIRED. WIRED. https://www.wired.com/ Listen to the Music of the Movement Cain Culto. (2025, July 2). Cain Culto—KFC Santería feat. Sudan Archives (Official Music Video) [Video]. YouTube. In this episode of the Resistant Communiqués Podcast: Podcast Coordinators: Jamila Hammami & Zeb Larson Project Co-Coordinators: Jamila Hammami & Zeb Larson Production * Production Coordinator: Jamila Hammami * Co-Producers: Jamila Hammami & Zeb Larson * Recording: Zeb Larson * Post-Production: Jamila Hammami * Editing: Jamila Hammami * Sound Design/Mixing: Jamila Hammami * Mastering: Jamila Hammami * Writers: Jamila Hammami & Zeb Larson * Script Development: Jamila Hammami & Zeb Larson * Researchers: Jamila Hammami & Zeb Larson * Fact-Check: Jamila Hammami & Zeb Larson Podcast Multimedia Syllabus Development: * Anna Lekas Miller, Jamila Hammami, & Zeb Larson Episode Featuring: * Resistant Communiqués Podcast Guest: Anna Lekas Miller * Resistant Communiqués Podcast Co-Hosts: Jamila Hammami & Zeb Larson * Resistant Communiqués Podcast Introduction: Jamila Hammami * Resistant Communiqués Podcast Episode Introduction: Jamila Hammami * Resistant Communiqués Podcast Outro: Zeb Larson Communications:

    47 min

  4. 12/28/2025

    “Resistant Communiqués: Prexy Nesbitt on Bringing Liberation Activism Home By Working Abroad”

    As we conclude our first season of the Resistant Communiqués Podcast, the Resistant Communiqués Collective wants to thank you for your listenership and learning with us. Along with you, we have learned a great deal from a set of incredible guests. And as a Collective, behind the scenes, we also learned a lot about making a podcast, from episode concept development, production, post-production, and communications, to every other piece that goes into producing a People’s and Resistance History podcast. We learned a lot as a collective this season, and we appreciate having our audience as participants in this process. We are so fortunate to have received incredible feedback individually from many of our co-learners and listeners. If you have enjoyed the podcast this season, one of the easiest ways to support our work is to rate the podcast on whatever platform you use to listen and to rate the individual episodes you loved. Like the Substack post and repost, if so desired. Leaving a rating or review signals that our content is worth recommending and helps new listeners find us. Ratings, reviews, downloads, and subscriptions all play a role in how platforms amplify podcasts, so every small action makes a real difference in expanding our reach and sustaining this work. If you are interested in supporting this grassroots project more directly, we invite you to join our community of paid subscribers. We now have a full season of content, so you can hear the quality, care, and depth we bring to each episode. A contribution of just $5 a month (or an annual subscription of $80) goes directly towards improving the podcast, supporting future episodes, and helping us keep this work accessible and independent. Resistant Communiqués is a grassroots project, self-funded by the Resistant Communiqués Collective and funded in part by our listeners and co-learners, like you. Your support helps foster an accessible, independent podcast focusing on People’s and Resistance History. You can help support and sustain this grassroots project by becoming a paid subscriber today. Now, onto our Special End-of-Season December episode. The Resistant Communiqués Collective is incredibly honored to present our first special end-of-season episode, “Special End-of-Season Episode! Resistant Communiqués: Bringing Liberation Activism Home By Working Abroad with Prexy Nesbitt” (Season I, Episode VII), featuring Prexy Nesbitt, an activist and teacher who has spent his life involved in Transnational Liberation struggles. December is a vitally important month in the history of people of African descent. In the United States, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to yield her bus seat on December 1, 1955; Martin Luther King, Jr. inaugurated the Poor People’s Campaign on December 4, 1967; and the 13th Amendment that ended chattel slavery was ratified on December 6, 1865. In Africa, the Ivory Coast, Tanzania, and Kenya all received their independence in December, and December 16 is South Africa’s National Day of Reconciliation. This significance runs right up to the present: the Jasmine Revolution began in Tunisia on December 17, 2010, when Tunisian street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, self-immolated outside a government building, in an act of despair in protest against widespread unemployment and poverty, government corruption, and state repression. The Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia was the first, sparking a series of revolutions culminating in the Arab Spring against authoritarian regimes across the region. SUBSCRIBE Today, we are witnessing a global reactionary movement in support of white supremacy, from North America to Europe. Donald Trump’s naked, crude racism has come to dominate both domestic and foreign policy, with Trump suggesting that Somalis in this country should be denaturalized and deported, and on the other hand, engaging in violence against people of color. On Christmas Day, the U.S. military carried out strikes in Nigeria, allegedly to support Christians being attacked by Nigerian Muslims. Our guest this month is Prexy Nesbitt, a longtime Chicago activist who spent decades working to support the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa and the fight for freedom in Namibia, Mozambique, Angola, Guinea-Bissau, and Zimbabwe. Nesbitt’s history and experience illustrate that the struggles for liberation and dignity cannot be separated, and that, moreover, we strengthen our own movement by supporting others. Prexy Nesbitt grew up on Chicago’s West Side. After graduating from Francis Parker School, he went to Antioch College in Ohio and earned his degree in 1967. He then continued his studies at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, Northwestern University, and Columbia University. Nesbitt was highly active in labor and equality movements. In 1976, he became national coordinator and field organizer for the Bank Withdrawal Campaign of the American Committee on Africa. In 1978, he was named director of the Africa Project at the Institute of Policy Studies in Washington, D.C. The following year, he was appointed program director and secretary for research at the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1986, Mayor Harold Washington appointed him a special assistant. The following year, Mozambique’s government chose him as a consultant to represent its interests in the United States, Canada, and Europe, a role he held until 1992. In 1993, he was appointed senior program officer for the Program on Peace and International Cooperation at the MacArthur Foundation, where he remained until 1996, when he was named dean of community engagement and diversity. During this time, Nesbitt also taught African and American history at Francis W. Parker School and African history at Columbia College. He continued to teach until 2023. Here is our interview with Prexy Nesbitt… Listen, share, and study with us using the multimedia syllabus below. Luta,Resistant Communiqués CollectiveLearn more about Resistant Communiqués on the About page (here).Accessibility: The transcript for this episode is available. Want more Resistant Communiqués?Follow us (@ResistantCommPod) across all social media platforms: Instagram | TikTok | Mastodon | Bluesky | Threads | Facebook Resistant Communiqués Podcast © 2025 by Resistant Communiqués Collective is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 Learn More about our Creative Commons Licensing in Terms of Service. Resistant Communiqués is a grassroots project, self-funded by the Resistant Communiqués Collective and funded in part by our listeners and co-learners, like you. Your support helps foster an accessible, independent podcast focusing on People’s and Resistance History. You can help support and sustain this grassroots project by becoming a paid subscriber today. Multimedia Syllabus Note: This is not an exhaustive bibliography; it serves as a starting point for further research. African & U.S. Perspectives: Race, Racism & Capitalism Aiken, J. (2022, August 9). What the Panthers Meant By Self-Defense: Race, Violence, and Gun Control. Duke Center for Firearms Law. https://firearmslaw.duke.edu/2022/08/what-the-panthers-meant-by-self-defense-race-violence-and-gun-control Books & Books (Director). (2020, August 6). Charlie Cobb This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed, How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible [Video]. YouTube. Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center (Director). (2021, March 12). Degrees of Separation: Working Toward Racial Justice in the U.S. and South Africa – In Conversation with Rozell “Prexy” Nesbitt and Marissa Moorman [Video]. Youtube. Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE). (2018, September 13). Black Consciousness and Anti-Capitalism: The Legacy of Steve Biko. Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) Publications. https://roape.net/2018/09/13/black-consciousness-and-anti-capitalism-the-legacy-of-steve-biko/ Robinson, C. J. (2000). Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition. University of North Carolina Press. Schmidt, E. (2024, September 12). The dangers of white totalitarianism. Africa Is a Country. https://africasacountry.com/2024/09/the-dangers-of-white-totalitarianism Colonialism, Neocolonialism, & Resistance African National Congress (ANC). (1955, June 26). The Freedom Charter – ANC. African National Congress (ANC). https://www.anc1912.org.za/the-freedom-charter-2/ Apata, G. O. (2022, September 29). Review: Walter Rodney, ‘How Europe Underdeveloped Africa.’ Theory, Culture & Society | Global Public Life. https://www.theoryculturesociety.org/blog/review-walter-rodney-how-europe-underdeveloped-africa Hammami, J. (2019, January 31). Austerity Measures in Tunisia Result in Nationwide Strike of Public Sector Workers. Left Voice. https://www.leftvoice.org/austerity-measures-in-tunisia-result-in-nationwide-strike-of-public-sector-workers/ Harsch, E. (2014). Thomas Sankara: An African revolutionary. Ohio University Press. HistoryVille (Director). (2022, May 30). 1884 Berlin Conference: How Europe Shared Africa Like a Piece of Cake [Video]. YouTube. Middle East Eye (Director). (2020, December 20). Tunisia’s Revolution: How Mohammed Bouazizi sparked the Arab Spring—YouTube [Video]. YouTube. Rodney, W. (with Davis, A. Y.). (2018). How Europe underdeveloped Africa. Verso. Sankara, T. (1987). Thomas Sankara: A United Front Against Debt. Progressive International. https://progressive.international/wire/2021-02-26-thomas-sankara-a-united-front-against-debt/en ​​Visionary Africans (Director). (2020, December 31). What is Neo-Colonialism? [Video]. YouTube. Settler Colonialism Horne, G. (2021, May 17). ‘The White Republic’: Response by Gerald Horne. Convergence Magazine, The White Republic. https://convergencemag.com/articles/the-white-republic-response-by-gerald-horne/ Letters and Politics, & KPFA.org (Directors). (2021, September 13). A History of Settler Colonialism with Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz [Video]. Youtube. Wills, M.

    57 min

  5. 11/30/2025

    "Resistant Communiqués: Indigenous Geographies and A More Just Future with Dr. Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles"

    As we end November, the Resistant Communiqués Collective is honored to present Season I, Episode VI of the Resistant Communiqués Podcast, “Resistant Communiqués: Indigenous Geographies and A More Just Future with Dr. Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles”, featuring Dr. Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles, an Indigenous geographer whose current work focuses on Indigenous land relations and Indigenous cultural resurgence in an era of climate crisis. November is Native American Heritage Month in the United States, and it comes at a particularly critical time for Indigenous communities globally. The Trump Administration is no supporter of Native Americans: its policies thus far are a mix of heavy budget cuts to health services and education, and attempts to open up land for resource extraction. This is in conjunction with an assault on climate policies and renewed support for fossil fuels. Taken to their logical ends, these policies disproportionately threaten Indigenous communities. However, doomerism is not the path forward. Dr. Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles is a professor of geography at the University of British Columbia who studies geography with the benefit of Indigenous knowledge systems and perspectives. He works to decolonize a perspective and a science that were very much products of an imperialist worldview, and in so doing showcases how, collectively, we can break out of the cycles of destruction and harm we inhabit by studying indigenous ways of understanding the world. Our phenomenal guest, Dr. Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe), is an adjunct professor in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia. Smiles is an Indigenous geographer whose current work focuses on Indigenous land relations and Indigenous cultural resurgence in an era of climate crisis. They direct the Geographic Indigenous Futures Collaboratory, one of Western Canada’s first Indigenous geographies-focused research groups. You can learn more about Dr. Smiles’ work at his website deondresmiles.com and the Geographic Indigenous Futures Collaboratory at geographicindigenousfutures.ca. Here is our interview with Dr. Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles. Listen, share, and study with us using the multimedia syllabus below. Luta, Resistant Communiqués Collective Learn more about Resistant Communiqués on the About page (here).Accessibility: The transcript for this episode is available. Want more Resistant Communiqués? Follow @ResistantCommPod across all social media platforms: Instagram | TikTok | Mastodon | Bluesky | Threads | Facebook Resistant Communiqués is a grassroots project, self-funded by the Resistant Communiqués collective and funded in part by our listeners. Your support helps foster an independent, creator-owned podcast of People’s and Resistance History. You can help support the grassroots project and keep the episodes coming by becoming a paid subscriber. Multimedia Syllabus: “Resistant Communiqués: Indigenous Geographies and A More Just Future with Dr. Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles” Note: This is not an exhaustive bibliography; it serves as a starting point for further research. Please note: Due to Substack’s interface, some of the bibliography items below are directly linked to the items instead of being correctly formatted with a hyperlink. We apologize for the inconvenience. Indigeneity Gomez, A. (2023, January 3). Indigeneity [Critical Theory for Political Theology 2.0]. Political Theology Network. https://politicaltheology.com/indigeneity/ Nowell, C. (2020, September 25). In the Navajo Nation, Anarchism Has Indigenous Roots. https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/anarchism-navajo-aid/ United Nations. (n.d.). Factsheet: Who are Indigenous peoples?. Indigenous People, Indigenous Voices. https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/5session_factsheet1.pdf Land Back Movements Abou-Ghalioum, V. (2022, December 30). The Land Back Movement Takes Root in Ohio | Sierra Club. Sierra Club. https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/land-back-movement-takes-root-ohio Diaz, J. (2021, October 5). A historic rainforest and other lands have been returned to Indigenous Australians. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2021/10/05/1043256101/indigenous-australians-get-land-back-queensland Yesno, R., & Maher Lopez, X. (2020, September 10). Four Case Studies of Land Back in Action. Briarpatch Magazine. https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/four-case-studies-land-back-in-action Geography and Land Fradin, L. (2015, October 15). Colonial legacies in geography. The McGill Daily. https://www.mcgilldaily.com/2015/10/colonial-legacies-in-geography/ Singleton, S. (2008). ‘Not our borders’: Indigenous people and the struggle to maintain shared cultures and polities in the post‐9/11 united states. Journal of Borderlands Studies, 23(3), 39–54. https://doi.org/10.1080/08865655.2008.9695707 https://cedar.wwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1105&context=bpri_publications Smiles, N. D. (2023). Reflections on the (continued and future) importance of Indigenous geographies. Dialogues in Human Geography, 14(2), 217-220. https://doi.org/10.1177/20438206231179229 (Original work published 2024) Indigenous rights in the U.S Baer, S. (Director). (1992). WARRIOR The Life of Leonard Peltier—YouTube [Video recording]. BackStory. (2019, September 6). Standing Rock and the History of Indigenous Resistance in the United States (No. 293) [Broadcast]. Helmore, E. (2025, November 28). Native American actor says she was detained by ICE officers who said tribal ID ‘looked fake.’ The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/28/elaine-miles-actor-ice-detained-id-fake This Day. (2023, May 6). Wounded Knee ’73 (1973) [Broadcast]. Wilson, B., & MNopedia. (2025, November 3). How the American Indian Movement Patrol combated police brutality in Minneapolis. MinnPost. https://www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/2025/11/american-indian-movement-patrol-minneapolis-against-police-brutality/ Indigenous rights in Canada Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada. (n.d.). Communities: Atlas / Métis. Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada. Retrieved November 30, 2025, from https://indigenouspeoplesatlasofcanada.ca/article/communities/ Michael and Us, & Jacobin Radio. (2021, December 13). Michael and Us: The Kanehsatake Resistance [Broadcast]. Morin, B. (2021, November 29). ‘Hunted’: How Indigenous women are disappearing in Canada. Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2021/11/29/hunted-how-indigenous-women-are-disappearing-in-canada Mosby, I., & Millions, E. (2021, August 1). Canada’s Residential Schools Were a Horror. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/canadas-residential-schools-were-a-horror/ Mapping Native Land Digital. (n.d.). Native-Land.ca | Our home on native land: Reciprocity. Native Land Digital. Retrieved November 30, 2025, from https://native-land.ca/maps/reciprocity Listen to the Music of the movement. The Halluci Nation (Director). (2011, January 2). Electric Pow Wow Drum (Official Video)—YouTube [Video recording]. The Halluci Nation (Director). (2016, July 12). The Halluci Nation—We Are The Halluci Nation Ft. John Trudell & Northern Voice (Official video) —YouTube [Video recording]. Guest’s Choice System Of A Down (Director). (2009, October 3). System Of A Down—B.Y.O.B. (Official HD Video) —YouTube [Video recording]. [CREDITS] Resistant Communiqués Podcast Season I, Episode V - Resistance at Home and Abroad: Palestinian Solidarity with Dr. Eman Abdelhadi. This episode of the Resistant Communiqués Podcast: * Podcast Episode Writers: Jamila Hammami & Zeb Larson * Podcast Episode Question and Script Development: Jamila Hammami & Zeb Larson * Podcast Episode Researcher: Jamila Hammami & Zeb Larson * Podcast Episode Fact-Checking: Jamila Hammami, Zeb Larson, & Justin Fowler * Podcast Episode Recording: Zeb Larson * Podcast Episode Production: Jamila Hammami * Podcast Episode Editing: Jamila Hammami Podcast Multimedia Syllabus Development: Jamila Hammami & Zeb Larson Episode Featuring: * Resistant Communiqués Podcast Introduction: Jamila Hammami * Resistant Communiqués Podcast episode Host: Jamila Hammami & Zeb Larson * Resistant Communiqués Podcast episode Guest: Dr. Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles * Resistant Communiqués Podcast episode outro: Zeb Larson [MUSIC] Royalty-Free Music Artists/ Composers: * Podcast Intro Music: Cheel - Soft Feeling * Episode Intro Music: Wayne Jones - Connection * Episode Music: Karl Casey - New Dawn * Episode Outro Music: Cheel - Soft Feeling Royalty-Free Music for the Podcast and Episode: * Music Editing: Zeb Larson * Music Mixing: Jamila Hammami This is a public episode. 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    43 min

  6. 10/31/2025

    “Resistance at Home and Abroad: Dr. Eman Abdelhadi on Palestinian Solidarity”

    As we wrap up October, the Resistant Communiqués Collective is honored to present Season I, Episode V of the Resistant Communiqués Podcast, “Resistance at Home and Abroad: Palestinian Solidarity with Dr. Eman Abdelhadi”, featuring Dr. Eman Abdelhadi, a leader in the Palestinian Liberation movement. In our timely discussion, we discuss the history of Palestine, resistance, the contemporary Red Scare, solidarity, and movement steps forward. We are incredibly grateful to our guest, Dr. Eman Abdelhadi, for her time discussing these critical issues and for her insights on how to build our movement. Our incredible guest, Eman Abdelhadi, is a scholar, organizer, and writer based in Chicago. She is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago. Her research focuses on Arab and Muslim communities in the United States, and has been cited by NPR, The Washington Post, the Associated Press, and other outlets. She co-wrote the revolutionary sci-fi novel Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072 (Common Notions Press, 2022), and co-edited a “Queer Palestine” issue of Pinko magazine published in 2024. She also writes a regular column on Palestine and politics for In These Times magazine, and her essays have appeared in Jacobin, Truthout, Zeteo, and other publications. Abdelhadi is the subject of Coming Around, a feature-length documentary. A long-time organizer in the movement for Palestinian liberation, she is active in Scholars for Justice, Faculty & Staff for Justice in Palestine, and the AAUP at the University of Chicago. The ongoing genocide in Palestine has led to a seismic shift in how many Americans see Israel: across age, ethnicity, and even political affiliation, there has been a marked turn against the Israeli government. And yet, party leaders on both sides of the aisle are fighting to try to tamp down on any dissent over support for Israel while maintaining armed and economic support for the Netanyahu government. While the recently announced ceasefire was met with initial relief, it has already been violated multiple times by the IDF -- and food continues to be scarce in Gaza. To discuss the long history of global solidarity with Palestine, we sat down with Dr. Eman Abdelhadi to discuss the history of Palestinian activism around the globe, what this ceasefire really amounts to, the connection between the ongoing persecution of Palestinians abroad and repression at home, and the future directions and orientations needed for effective activism to resist authoritarianism. Here is our interview with Dr. Eman Abdelhadi. Listen, share, and study with us using the multimedia syllabus below. Luta,Resistant Communiqués CollectiveLearn more about Resistant Communiqués on the About page (here).Accessibility: The transcript for this episode is available. Want more Resistant Communiqués? Follow @ResistantCommPod across all social media platforms: Instagram | TikTok | Mastodon | Bluesky | Threads | Facebook Multimedia Syllabus: “Resistance at Home and Abroad: Palestinian Solidarity with Dr. Eman Abdelhadi” Note: This is not an exhaustive bibliography; it serves as a starting point for further research. Movement for Palestinian Liberation NOTE: This section is in order of timeline, not alphabetical. Council on Foreign Relations. (2025, June 24). Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Timeline. CFR Education from the Council on Foreign Relations. https://education.cfr.org/learn/timeline/israeli-palestinian-conflict-timeline Al Jazeera English (Director). (2013, May 29). Al-Nakba: The Palestinian catastrophe - Episode 4 | Featured Documentary [Video recording]. Kalam. (2024, April 4). The First Intifada with Islah Jad (No. 4) | Podcast on Spotify [Broadcast]. Adam, A. (2020, September 28). Palestinian Intifada: How Israel orchestrated a bloody takeover. Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/9/28/palestinian-intifada-20-years-later-israeli-occupation-continues American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). (2005). Palestinian Nonviolent Resistance to Occupation Since 1967. https://afsc.org/sites/default/files/documents/Palestinian%20Nonviolent%20Resistance%20to%20occupaltion%20since%201967.pdf Ceasefires The Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU). (2012, May 15). Fact Sheet: Israel’s History of Breaking Ceasefires. The Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU). https://imeu.org/resources/resources/fact-sheet-israels-history-of-breaking-ceasefires/410 Quillen, S., & News Agencies. (2025, October 29). Israeli military kills two in new Gaza attack despite ‘resuming’ ceasefire. Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/29/israeli-military-kills-two-in-new-gaza-attack-despite-resuming Boycotts & The Economics of Genocide Albanese, F. (2025, July 2). A/HRC/59/23: From economy of occupation to economy of genocide - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. OHCHR. https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/country-reports/ahrc5923-economy-occupation-economy-genocide-report-special-rapporteur Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement. (2025, October 10). BDS Movement | BDS MOVEMENT. https://bdsmovement.net/node/3 Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement. (2015, August 31). CAMPAIGNS | BDS Movement. https://bdsmovement.net/campaigns Glickman, L. B. (n.d.). OAH | The American Tradition of Consumer Politics. Retrieved from https://www.oah.org/tah/may-3/the-american-tradition-of-consumer-politics/ Larson, Z. (2022, February 13). Op-Ed: Anti-apartheid divestment built a movement of people. That’s what the climate crisis needs. Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-02-13/climate-divestment-fossil-fuels-anti-apartheid-movement MEMO, & Middle East Monitor. (n.d.). Timeline: International attempts to boycott BDS – Middle East Monitor. Retrieved from https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170316-timeline-international-attempts-to-boycott-bds/ Imperial Boomerang Democracy Now! (2008, April 21). Aime Cesaire, 1913-2008: Remembering the Life and Legacy of the Black Pride Poet and Anti-Colonial Activist. Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/21/aime_cesaire_1913_2008_remembering_the Erakat, N. (2025, February 5). The Boomerang Comes Back. Boston Review. https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-boomerang-comes-back/ Jokic, D. (2025). Césaire and Fanon on Fascism: The “Boomerang Effect” Beyond the Metropole. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-8675.12809 Red Scare Democracy Now! (Director). (2025, September 29). Hear Black Liberation Activist Assata Shakur Read Her 1998 Letter to Pope [Video recording]. Hayes, K. (2025, October 2). Holding the Line Through Tear Gas and Censorship—Movement Memos | Podcast on Spotify [Broadcast]. Hayssen, S. (2021, June 9). How McCarthy’s Anti-Communist ‘Red Scare’ Is Still Relevant Today. Teen Vogue. https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-was-the-red-scare-anti-communist-mccarthy History that Doesn’t Suck. (2024, March 11). The First Red Scare—Bombings, The Palmer Raids, Eugene Debs, and J. Edgar Hoover (No. 151) | Podcast on Apple Podcasts [Broadcast]. Liberalism & Neoliberalism C-Span. (1986, June 5). User Clip: Joe Biden- USA would have to invent an Israel | Video | C-SPAN.org. https://www.c-span.org/clip/senate-highlight/user-clip-joe-biden-usa-would-have-to-invent-an-israel/4964168 Fraser, N. (2019). The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born: From Progressive Neoliberalism to Trump and Beyond. Verso. Scahill, J. (2021, April 27). Introduction: Joe Biden’s Long War. The Intercept. https://theintercept.com/2021/04/27/joe-biden-long-war/ Mapping Haddad, M., & Chughtai, A. (2023, November 27). A brief history of Israel-Palestine conflict in 10 maps. Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/27/palestine-and-israel-brief-history-maps-and-charts Listen to the Music of the movement El-Funoun Palestinian Dance Troupe (Director). (2024, March 6). خدني ع فلسطين- فرقة الفنون الشعبية الفلسطينية / El-Funoun Dance Troupe—Take me To Palestine [Video recording]. [CREDITS] Resistant Communiqués Podcast Season I, Episode V - Resistance at Home and Abroad: Palestinian Solidarity with Dr. Eman Abdelhadi. This episode of the Resistant Communiqués Podcast: * Podcast Episode Writers: Jamila Hammami * Podcast Episode Question and Script Development: Jamila Hammami * Podcast Episode Researcher: Jamila Hammami * Podcast Episode Fact-Checking: Jamila Hammami * Podcast Episode Recording: Jamila Hammami * Podcast Episode Production: Jamila Hammami * Podcast Episode Editing: Jamila Hammami * Podcast Episode Transcript: Jamila Hammami Podcast Multimedia Syllabus Development: Jamila Hammami Featuring: * Resistant Communiqués Podcast Introduction: Jamila Hammami * Resistant Communiqués Podcast episode Host: Jamila Hammami * Resistant Communiqués Podcast episode Guest: Eman Abdelhadi * Resistant Communiqués Podcast episode outro: Jamila Hammami [MUSIC] Royalty-Free Music Artists/ Composers: * Podcast Intro Music: Cheel - Soft Feeling * Episode Intro Music: Wayne Jones - Connection * Episode Music: Karl Casey - New Dawn * Episode Outro Music: Cheel - Soft Feeling Royalty-Free Music for the Podcast and Episode: * Music Editing: Jamila Hammami * Music Mixing: Jamila Hammami This is a public episode. 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    38 min

  7. 09/30/2025

    Race, Foreign Policy, and Africa: A Conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Schmidt

    We are pleased to return from a brief summer break with a new episode of Resistant Communiqués Podcast with Dr. Elizabeth Schmidt, “Race, Foreign Policy, and Africa: A Conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Schmidt.” Dr. Elizabeth Schmidt is professor emeritus of history at Loyola University Maryland and president of the African Studies Association. She received her PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A scholar-activist, she has written six books about Africa, covering US involvement in apartheid South Africa, women under colonialism in Zimbabwe, the nationalist movement in Guinea, and foreign intervention in Africa from the Cold War to the war on terror. Her current book project focuses on US and UK support for the white minority regime in Southern Rhodesia in the context of decolonization and the Cold War. Based on recently declassified documents in the US National Archives, it makes a plea for public historians to introduce the population at large to the lessons of history. For most Americans, Africa is a misunderstood and largely ignored part of the world. The continent is flattened into one homogenous entity: its historical experiences are erased, and the common perception is that the whole continent is dysfunctional. Dated racist tropes and beliefs are still commonplace. The U.S. government has followed suit: apart from intervention as part of the Global War on Terror, Africa is given little attention. Under the Trump Administration, foreign aid commitments have been slashed. Dr. Elizabeth Schmidt is a historian of Africa and U.S. diplomacy who first became an academic at the height of the movement to oppose apartheid in South Africa. Her activism began with research opposing U.S. business involvement in the South African economy. Still, she went on to write multiple books on Southern Africa, decolonization, and foreign intervention on the continent. She spoke with us to discuss her work, the Trump Administration’s views on race and its impact on foreign policy, current U.S. foreign policy towards the continent, and both the challenges and opportunities available to university educators today. Here is our interview with Dr. Schmidt. Listen, share, and study with us using the multimedia syllabus below. Luta,Resistant Communiqués CollectiveLearn more about Resistant Communiqués on the About page (here).Accessibility: The transcript for this episode is available. Find more Resistant Communiqués @ResistantCommPod across all social media platforms:Instagram | Threads | Bluesky | TikTok | Mastodon | Facebook The Resistant Communiqués Podcast is a listener- and reader-supported educational podcast and publication. To receive the new Resistant Communiqués Podcast episodes and Multimedia Syllabi in your inbox, become a free subscriber. To support this grassroots work and receive special Behind-The-Scenes long-form videos of our interviews and other exciting benefits, consider becoming a paid subscriber today. Multimedia Syllabus Race Elizabeth Schmidt. “The Dangers of White Totalitarianism.” Africa is a Country. https://africasacountry.com/2024/09/the-dangers-of-white-totalitarianism William Minter and Sylvia Hill. “Anti-apartheid solidarity in United States–South Africa relations: From the margins to the mainstream.” In The Road to Democracy in South Africa, Volume 3, International Solidarity, Part II. http://www.noeasyvictories.org/research/sadet_usa.pdf William Minter and Zeb Larson. “Make Apartheid Great Again?” Foreign Policy in Focus. https://fpif.org/make-apartheid-great-again/ “The National Party Victory and the Implementation of Apartheid, 1948-1960.” https://antiapartheidlegacy.org.uk/national-party-victory-implementation-apartheid/ Foreign Policy Inkstick Media. “America’s Forever Wars Have Yielded a 75,000% Increase in Terror Attacks in Africa.” https://inkstickmedia.com/americas-forever-wars-have-yielded-a-75000-increase-in-terror-attacks-in-africa/ Elizabeth Schmidt. Foreign Intervention in Africa after the Cold War: Sovereignty, Responsibility, and the War on Terror. Ohio University Press. Open Access: https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/13/. NPR. “Study: 14 million lives could be lost due to Trump aid cuts.” https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/07/01/nx-s1-5452513/trump-usaid-foreign-aid-deaths Post-Independence Africa BBC. “Sudan war: A Simple Guide to what is happening.” https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjel2nn22z9o Global Public Life. “Review: Walter Rodney’s How Europe Underdeveloped Africa.” https://www.theoryculturesociety.org/blog/review-walter-rodney-how-europe-underdeveloped-africa Talking Politics. “Fanon on Colonialism.” Elizabeth Schmidt. “The Global Exploitation of Congo Must End.” https://jacobin.com/2023/02/democratic-republic-of-the-congo-war-colonialism-exploitation-resources-intervention-history Education The Texas Tribune. “Texas Tech’s limits on gender identity discussion deepen fears of politics breaching academic freedom.” https://www.texastribune.org/2025/09/26/texas-tech-university-system-transgender-identity-restrictions/ Elizabeth Schmidt. “Learning the Scholar’s Craft.” https://issforum.org/essays/formation-essay/204-schmidt Philosophize This! “Episode #210: Pedagogy of the Oppressed.” Listen to the Music Stand By Me (Playing for Change) Stand By Me | Playing For Change | Song Around The World Resistant Communiqués Podcast Credits The Resistant Communiqués Collective co-hosts and collaborates on the development of the Resistant Communiqués Podcast. This episode of the Resistant Communiqués Podcast: * Podcast Episode Writers: Zeb Larson * Podcast Episode Question and Script Development: Jamila Hammami & Zeb Larson * Podcast Episode Script Development: Jamila Hammami & Zeb Larson * Podcast Episode Researcher: Justin Fowler, Jamila Hammami, & Zeb Larson * Podcast Episode Fact-Checking: Justin Fowler & Jamila Hammami * Podcast Episode Production: Jamila Hammami * Podcast Episode Editing: Jamila Hammami * Podcast Multimedia Syllabus Development: Jamila Hammami and Zeb Larson Featuring: * Resistant Communiqués Podcast Introduction: Jamila Hammami * Resistant Communiqués Podcast episode Co-Hosts: Jamila Hammami and Zeb Larson * Resistant Communiqués Podcast episode guest: Dr. Elizabeth Schmidt * Resistant Communiqués Podcast episode outro: Zeb Larson Royalty-Free Music: * Music Editing: Zeb Larson * Music Mixing: Jamila Hammami Royalty-Free Music: * Podcast Intro Music: Cheel - Soft Feeling * Episode Intro Music: Wayne Jones - Connection * Episode Music: Karl Casey - New Dawn * Episode Outro Music: Cheel - Soft Feeling This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit resistantcommpod.substack.com/subscribe

    38 min

  8. 07/26/2025 ·  Bonus

    [Behind-The-Scenes] ICE Resistance & The Struggle for Human Rights in LA: Liberation, Black Resistance, & the Legacy of the Haitian Revolution with Guerline Jozef, Founder, & Executive Director of HBA

    The Resistant Communiqués Collective is ecstatic to present Season I, Episode III of the Resistant Communiqués Podcast this July, featuring an insightful discussion on the national protests resisting ICE, particularly in Los Angeles, California, with Ms. Guerline M. Jozef: "ICE Resistance & The Struggle for Human Rights in L.A.: Liberation, Black Resistance, & the Legacy of the Haitian Revolution with Guerline Jozef, Founder, & Executive Director of the Haitian Bridge Alliance". In it, we discuss national protests against ICE, the Haitian community in the United States, and the history of Haiti. The Trump Administration, flush with cash from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, has transformed ICE into the most significant and best-funded policing force in history—the Imperial Boomerang returned home. As we finished this episode, news broke that the Trump Administration was going to begin deporting Haitian green-card holders and those with TPS status under the guise of fighting Viv Ansanm, a Haitian gang and "terrorist" organization. As with Venezuelans, while those who will be facing deportation allegedly have criminal ties, in practice, most of those who will experience targeting have no criminal history and have no links to Viv Ansanm. What they're preparing for is a massive anti-immigrant purge that will happen nationwide, with the summer's LA protests an opening salvo in what's to come. The recent news from the Trump Administration and the U.S. State Department makes our discussion with Ms. Guerline M. Jozef all the more critical. Ms. Guerline M. Jozef, a Haitian-American, serves as the Executive Director of the Haitian Bridge Alliance and is a human rights advocate. In our conversation, Guerline explains the effect that this immigration crackdown has had on the Haitian community and contextualizes it within the long history of U.S.-Haitian relations, as well as the Haitian Revolution. The Haitian Revolution was an early blow struck for human rights: Haitians led the vanguard in fighting for the essential dignity of all people and an end to chattel slavery. Today, Haiti is spoken of disparagingly, but it was a potent symbol of freedom throughout the 19th century. Abolitionist Frederick Douglass said in 1893 that: "We should not forget that the freedom you and I enjoy to-day; that the freedom that eight hundred thousand colored people enjoy in the British West Indies; the freedom that has come to the colored race the world over, is largely due to the brave stand taken by the black sons, of Haiti ninety years ago". SUBSCRIBE ON SUBSTACK Our incredible guest, Ms. Guerline M. Jozef (she/her), is a prominent human rights advocate and strategist, best known as the Founder and Executive Director of the Haitian Bridge Alliance—the only Black womynx-Haitian-American-led organization supporting migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, with a focus on people of African descent. She co-founded the Black Immigrants Bail Fund and the Cameroon Advocacy Network and created Tales from the Borderlands and Beyond. Recognized globally, Jozef was named one of POLITICO's most influential ppl on race and police in the U.S, the BBC's 100 Women of 2024, WASHINGTONIANS' 500 People changing policies in the U.S., and has received numerous honors, including the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award and the AFL-CIO's 2024 GMLK Human Rights Award. She has testified at the United Nations, the U.S. Congress, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. She has been featured in prominent media outlets, including CNN, BBC, MSNBC, ABC, Forbes, The New York Times, Al Jazeera, Politico, The Griot, and Democracy Now! She is a powerful voice for racial and social justice, human rights, and the rights of immigrants. Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA), also known as "the Bridge", is a grassroots community organization that advocates for fair and humane immigration policies and provides migrants and immigrants with humanitarian, legal, and social services, with a particular focus on Black migrants, the Haitian community, women and girls, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and survivors of torture and other human rights abuses. HBA also seeks to elevate the issues unique to Black migrants and build solidarity and a collective movement toward policy change. Anpil men, chay pa lou ("Many hands lighten the load"). Follow HBA at HaitianBridge.org and on social media on X, Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Bluesky, LinkedIn, YouTube, and TikTok: @haitianbridge. HBA is grateful for all donations. SHARE THIS POST ON SUBSTACK Lastly, we are proud to offer our dedicated paid subscribers full, behind-the-scenes, longer-form videos of our interviews. As a sneak peek for our subscribers, we are offering the full-length video of this episode, paywall-free! The Resistant Communiqués Podcast was created as a grassroots project to record important People's and Resistance History. We would like to sincerely thank our paid subscribers. Your contributions are vital in helping cover high overhead costs, such as purchasing podcasting software for producing higher-quality recordings and using advanced design tools for vibrant promotional materials. These investments help us continue to engage and educate our audience, especially younger generations eager for radical People's and Resistance History interviews and insights. Your support allows our grassroots project to continue and grow, documenting and sharing essential People's and Resistance History with everyone. Thank you so much for your support. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive the new Resistant Communiqués Podcast episodes and Multimedia Syllabi in your inbox, consider becoming a free subscriber. To support this grassroots work and receive special Behind-The-Scenes long-form videos of our interviews and other exciting benefits, consider becoming a paid subscriber today.SUBSCRIBE ON SUBSTACK TODAYListen, watch, share, and study with us using the multimedia syllabus below (here). Luta,Resistant Communiqués CollectiveLearn more about Resistant Communiqués on the About page (here).Accessibility: The transcript for this episode is available. Find more Resistant Communiqués @ResistantCommPod across all social media platforms: Instagram | Threads | Bluesky | TikTok | Mastodon | Facebook SUBSCRIBE ON SUBSTACK Resistant Communiqués Podcast Credits The Resistant Communiqués Collective co-hosts and collaborates on the development of the Resistant Communiqués Podcast. This episode of the Resistant Communiqués Podcast: * Podcast Episode Writers: Jamila Hammami and Zeb Larson * Podcast Episode Question and Script Development: Jamila Hammami & Zeb LarsonPodcast Episode Script Development: Zeb Larson * Podcast Episode Researcher: Jamila Hammami * Podcast Episode Fact-Checking: Zeb Larson * Podcast Episode Recording: Jamila Hammami * Podcast Episode Production: Jamila Hammami * Podcast Episode Editing: Jamila Hammami * Podcast Episode Transcript: Zeb Larson * Podcast Video Recording: Jamila Hammami * Podcast Video Production: Zeb Larson * Podcast Video Editing: Zeb Larson * Podcast Video Transcript: Zeb Larson * Podcast Multimedia Syllabus Development: Ms. Guerline M. Jozef, Jamila Hammami, and Zeb Larson Featuring: * Resistant Communiqués Podcast Introduction: Jamila Hammami * Resistant Communiqués Podcast episode Co-Hosts: Jamila Hammami and Zeb Larson * Resistant Communiqués Podcast episode guest: Ms. Guerline M. Jozef * Resistant Communiqués Podcast episode outro: Zeb Larson Royalty-Free Music: * Music Editing: Zeb Larson * Music Mixing: Jamila Hammami Royalty-Free Music: * Podcast Intro Music: Cheel - Soft Feeling * Episode Intro Music: Wayne Jones - Connection * Episode Music: Karl Casey - New Dawn * Episode Outro Music: Cheel - Soft Feeling The Resistant Communiqués Podcast is a listener- and reader-supported educational podcast and publication. To receive the new Resistant Communiqués Podcast episodes and Multimedia Syllabi in your inbox, become a free subscriber. To support this grassroots work and receive special Behind-The-Scenes long-form videos of our interviews and other exciting benefits, consider becoming a paid subscriber today. SUBSCRIBE ON SUBSTACK TODAY This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit resistantcommpod.substack.com/subscribe

    42 min

  9. 07/26/2025

    ICE Resistance & The Struggle for Human Rights in L.A.: Liberation, Black Resistance, & the Legacy of the Haitian Revolution with Guerline Jozef, Founder, & Executive Director of Haitian Bridge Allian

    The Resistant Communiqués Collective is ecstatic to present Season I, Episode III of the Resistant Communiqués Podcast this July, featuring an insightful discussion on the national protests resisting ICE, particularly in Los Angeles, California, with Ms. Guerline M. Jozef: "ICE Resistance & The Struggle for Human Rights in L.A.: Liberation, Black Resistance, & the Legacy of the Haitian Revolution with Guerline Jozef, Founder, & Executive Director of the Haitian Bridge Alliance". In it, we discuss national protests against ICE, the Haitian community in the United States, and the history of Haiti. The Trump Administration, flush with cash from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, has transformed ICE into the most significant and best-funded policing force in history. As we finished this episode, news broke that the Trump Administration was going to begin deporting Haitian green-card holders and those with TPS status under the guise of fighting Viv Ansanm, a Haitian gang and "terrorist" organization. As with Venezuelans, while those who will be facing deportation allegedly have criminal ties, in practice, most of those who will experience targeting have no criminal history and have no links to Viv Ansanm. What they're preparing for is a massive anti-immigrant purge that will happen nationwide, with the summer's LA protests an opening salvo in what's to come. The recent news from the Trump Administration and the U.S. State Department makes our discussion with Ms. Guerline M. Jozef all the more critical. Ms. Guerline M. Jozef, a Haitian-American, serves as the Executive Director of the Haitian Bridge Alliance and is a human rights advocate. In our conversation, Guerline explains the effect that this immigration crackdown has had on the Haitian community and contextualizes it within the long history of U.S.-Haitian relations, as well as the Haitian Revolution. The Haitian Revolution was an early blow struck for human rights: Haitians led the vanguard in fighting for the essential dignity of all people and an end to chattel slavery. Today, Haiti is spoken of disparagingly, but it was a potent symbol of freedom throughout the 19th century. Abolitionist Frederick Douglass said in 1893 that: "We should not forget that the freedom you and I enjoy to-day; that the freedom that eight hundred thousand colored people enjoy in the British West Indies; the freedom that has come to the colored race the world over, is largely due to the brave stand taken by the black sons, of Haiti ninety years ago". SUBSCRIBE ON SUBSTACK Our incredible guest, Ms. Guerline M. Jozef (she/her), is a prominent human rights advocate and strategist, best known as the Founder and Executive Director of the Haitian Bridge Alliance—the only Black womynx-Haitian-American-led organization supporting migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, with a focus on people of African descent. She co-founded the Black Immigrants Bail Fund and the Cameroon Advocacy Network and created Tales from the Borderlands and Beyond. Recognized globally, Jozef was named one of POLITICO's most influential ppl on race and police in the U.S, the BBC's 100 Women of 2024, WASHINGTONIANS' 500 People changing policies in the U.S., and has received numerous honors, including the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award and the AFL-CIO's 2024 GMLK Human Rights Award. She has testified at the United Nations, the U.S. Congress, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. She has been featured in prominent media outlets, including CNN, BBC, MSNBC, ABC, Forbes, The New York Times, Al Jazeera, Politico, The Griot, and Democracy Now! She is a powerful voice for racial and social justice, human rights, and the rights of immigrants. Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA), also known as "the Bridge", is a grassroots community organization that advocates for fair and humane immigration policies and provides migrants and immigrants with humanitarian, legal, and social services, with a particular focus on Black migrants, the Haitian community, women and girls, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and survivors of torture and other human rights abuses. HBA also seeks to elevate the issues unique to Black migrants and build solidarity and a collective movement toward policy change. Anpil men, chay pa lou ("Many hands lighten the load"). Follow HBA at HaitianBridge.org and on social media on X, Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Bluesky, LinkedIn, YouTube, and TikTok: @haitianbridge. HBA is grateful for all donations. SHARE Lastly, we are proud to offer our dedicated paid subscribers full, behind-the-scenes, longer-form videos of our interviews. As a sneak peek for our subscribers, we are offering the full-length video of this episode, paywall-free, here. The Resistant Communiqués Podcast was created as a grassroots project to record important People's and Resistance History. We would like to sincerely thank our paid subscribers. Your contributions are vital in helping cover high overhead costs, such as purchasing podcasting software for producing higher-quality recordings and using advanced design tools for vibrant promotional materials. These investments help us continue to engage and educate our audience, especially younger generations eager for radical People's and Resistance History interviews and insights. Your support allows our grassroots project to continue and grow, documenting and sharing essential People's and Resistance History with everyone. Thank you so much for your support. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive the new Resistant Communiqués Podcast episodes and Multimedia Syllabi in your inbox, consider becoming a free subscriber. To support this grassroots work and receive special Behind-The-Scenes long-form videos of our interviews and other exciting benefits, consider becoming a paid subscriber today.SUBSCRIBE ON SUBSTACK TODAYListen, watch, share, and study with us using the multimedia syllabus below (here). Luta,Resistant Communiqués CollectiveLearn more about Resistant Communiqués on the About page (here).Accessibility: The transcript for this episode is available. Find more Resistant Communiqués @ResistantCommPod across all social media platforms: Instagram | Threads | Bluesky | TikTok | Mastodon | Facebook ----- Resistant Communiqués Podcast Credits The Resistant Communiqués Collective co-hosts and collaborates on the development of the Resistant Communiqués Podcast. This episode of the Resistant Communiqués Podcast: Podcast Episode Writers: Jamila Hammami and Zeb Larson Podcast Episode Question and Script Development: Jamila Hammami and Zeb Larson Podcast Episode Script Development: Zeb Larson Podcast Episode Researcher: Jamila Hammami Podcast Episode Fact-Checking: Zeb Larson Podcast Episode Recording: Jamila Hammami Podcast Episode Production: Jamila Hammami Podcast Episode Editing: Jamila Hammami Podcast Episode Transcript: Zeb Larson Podcast Video Recording: Jamila Hammami Podcast Video Production: Zeb Larson Podcast Video Editing: Zeb Larson Podcast Video Transcript: Zeb Larson Podcast Graphic Design: Jamila Hammami Podcast Multimedia Syllabus Development: Ms. Guerline M. Jozef, Jamila Hammami, and Zeb Larson Featuring: Resistant Communiqués Podcast Introduction: Jamila Hammami Resistant Communiqués Podcast episode Co-Hosts: Jamila Hammami and Zeb Larson Resistant Communiqués Podcast episode guest: Ms. Guerline M. Jozef Resistant Communiqués Podcast episode outro: Zeb Larson Royalty-Free Music: Music Editing: Zeb Larson Music Mixing: Jamila Hammami Royalty-Free Music: Podcast Intro Music: Cheel - Soft Feeling Episode Intro Music: Wayne Jones - Connection Episode Music: Karl Casey - New Dawn Episode Outro Music: Cheel - Soft Feeling ---- This Substack is reader-supported. To receive the new Resistant Communiqués Podcast episodes and Multimedia Syllabi in your inbox, consider becoming a free subscriber. To support this grassroots work and receive special Behind-The-Scenes long-form videos of our interviews and other exciting benefits, consider becoming a paid subscriber today.SUBSCRIBE ON SUBSTACK TODAY This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit resistantcommpod.substack.com/subscribe

    40 min

  10. 06/29/2025

    From Stonewall to the Repeal of "Rights": Reexamining the Queer Political Imagination & Resistance with Activist, Social Movement Historian, & Co-Founder & Editor of Against Equality, Ryan Conrad

    Happy Pride from the Resistant Communiqués Collective! The Resistant Communiqués Collective is thrilled to present Season I, Episode II of the Resistant Communiqués Podcast this June in recognition of Pride Month, featuring an incredibly enlightening and thought-provoking episode, "From Stonewall to the Repeal of "Rights": Reexamining the Queer Political Imagination & Resistance with Activist, Social Movement Historian, & Co-Founder & Editor of Against Equality, Ryan Conrad". Our extraordinary guest, Ryan Conrad (he/him), is an activist and social movement historian based in West Quebec with roots in Maine. Ryan currently teaches part-time at Carleton University in Human Rights and Sexuality Studies, and he is also president of his academic labour union, Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4600. Ryan, alongside friend and frequent collaborator Yasmin Nair, founded Against Equality, an online archive, publishing, and arts collective focused on critiquing mainstream gay and lesbian politics. You can learn more about Ryan's work on his website: faggotz.org. SUBSCRIBE ON SUBSTACK In 2025, we are living during a period of rising authoritarianism in the United States. The fact that mainstream or "Beltway" LGBTQ+ politics are collapsing amid rising far-right movements demonstrates that there are lessons to be learned about queer radical history, particularly in light of experiencing a bankruptcy of queer politics. Moreover, the application of this history can illuminate lessons that aid all of society: the harm inflicted by heteronormative and cis-gendered politics is not solely limited to the LGBTQ+ community, and reimagining these politics can and will materially benefit everyone. In this critical Pride episode, Ryan Conrad offers an opportunity to explore what we can learn by examining an earlier era of queer activism, a more radical queer politic, and resisting LGBTQ+ Beltway politics of heteronormative assimilation. Further, in light of the recent HIV research, vaccine, and prevention program cuts in the U.S., Ryan delves into the complex interplay between the HIV Pandemic, AIDS Crisis, and Pandemic Politics. Ryan provides a fascinating analysis of the Trump administration's cuts while unearthing the critical history of the Reagan administration's negligence during the early years of the AIDS Crisis and how it amounted to genocide through state inaction, underscoring the historical and ongoing impact of biopolitical control and state abandonment. The Against Equality digital archive is a vital and unique digital repository that critiques mainstream gay and lesbian politics, seeking to "seize the means of production of knowledge" and rejuvenate the "queer political imagination" by questioning the status quo and offering visions of transformative justice. Complementing the archive, Ryan's book (Ed.) Against Equality: Not Mere Inclusion is a must-read for anyone invested in radical queer politics. The Against Equality: Not Mere Inclusion collection of essays challenges the mainstream LGBTQ+ movement's push for inclusion in traditional systems like marriage, the military, and prisons, arguing that such inclusion often masks systemic injustices rather than addressing them. Conrad and his fellow contributors advocate for a queer revolution that is not content with mere assimilation but seeks to restructure the societal norms at their core that perpetuate inequality and oppression. Together, these works urge readers to reexamine the goals of queer activism and movements, moving beyond the rhetoric of "equality" and towards genuine liberation and systemic change for everyone. SUBSCRIBE ON SUBSTACK The Resistant Communiqués Collective chose to utilize this Pride episode of the Resistant Communiqués Podcast to reexplore the radical roots and history of Pride and the necessity of radical queer movements engaged in resistance that focus on more than just "mere inclusion" into heteronormative and cisnormative society and instead on the material needs of LGBTQ+ communities and critiques of Beltway LGBTQ+ politics in the United States and to reflect on what that legacy means today. Pride falls on June 28 each year, as June 28, 1969, marks the beginning of the Stonewall Uprising. However, the Pride Parade in Manhattan, New York City, the largest (and most corporatized) Pride Parade in the U.S., takes place on the last Sunday of June. So, instead of publishing this special, extended episode for Pride on our usual last Saturday of the month, we opted to publish it today, Sunday, June 30, 2025. We hope you enjoy and learn from this episode as much as we do. SUBSCRIBE ON SUBSTACK We want to thank our new paid subscribers. Your contributions are vital in helping cover high overhead costs, such as purchasing podcasting software for producing higher-quality recordings and equipment, as well as utilizing advanced design tools for creating vibrant promotional materials. The investments we have made, as well as those made by others, into the Resistant Communiqués Podcast, help us continue to engage and educate our audience, especially younger generations eager for radical People's and Resistance History interviews and insights. The Resistant Communiqués Collective will share more details about subscriptions to support this work, along with the benefits subscribers will receive, in a future non-podcast episode. Nevertheless, please know that your support enables our grassroots project to continue growing, documenting, archiving, and sharing essential People's and Resistance History with everyone. Thank you so much for your support. SUBSCRIBE ON SUBSTACK Listen, share, and study with us using the multimedia syllabus. Luta, Resistant Communiqués Collective Learn more about Resistant Communiqués on the About page (here). Accessibility: The transcript for this episode is available. Want more Resistant Communiqués? Follow @ResistantCommPod across all social media platforms: Instagram | TikTok | Mastodon | Bluesky | Threads | Facebook ------ [CREDITS] Resistant Communiqués Podcast Season 1, Episode 2 - From Stonewall to the Repeal of "Rights": Reexamining the Queer Political Imagination and a Politic of Resistance with Activist, Social Movement Historian, and Co-Founder and Editor of Against Equality, Ryan Conrad The Resistant Communiqués Collective co-hosts and collaborates on the development of the Resistant Communiqués Podcast. This episode of the Resistant Communiqués Podcast: Podcast Episode Writers: Jamila Hammami and Zeb Larson Podcast Episode Question and Script Development: Jamila Hammami Podcast Episode Researcher: Jamila Hammami Podcast Episode Fact-Checking: Zeb Larson Podcast Episode Recording: Zeb Larson Podcast Episode Production: Jamila Hammami Podcast Episode Editing: Jamila Hammami Podcast Episode Transcript: Zeb Larson Podcast Multimedia Syllabus Development: Ryan Conrad, Jamila Hammami, and Zeb Larson Featuring: Resistant Communiqués Podcast Introduction: Jamila Hammami Resistant Communiqués Podcast episode Co-Hosts: Jamila Hammami and Zeb Larson Resistant Communiqués Podcast episode guest: Ryan Conrad Resistant Communiqués Podcast episode outro: Zeb Larson [MUSIC] Royalty-Free Music Artists/ Composers: Podcast Intro Music: Cheel - Soft Feeling Episode Intro Music: Wayne Jones - Connection Episode Music: Karl Casey - New Dawn Episode Outro Music: Cheel - Soft Feeling Royalty-Free Music for the Podcast and Episode: Music Editing: Zeb Larson Music Mixing: Jamila Hammami This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit resistantcommpod.substack.com/subscribe

    58 min

  11. 05/31/2025

    Dr. S.E. Anderson, The Black Holocaust for Beginners, and a Culture of Solidarity and Resistance in Practice

    The Resistant Communiqués Collective is thrilled to launch the Resistant Communiqués Podcast this May in honor of May Day, International Workers' Day, with a powerful episode featuring Dr. S.E. Anderson. In 2025, we are living through an era of book bans in the United States, one that rivals the era of McCarthyism. Florida has led the charge nationally with legislation allowing any school district member to challenge books held by a school library. Florida alone has challenged more than 4,000 books in the past few years, and other states are working on passing similar legislation. These political acts are part of an organized strategy to attack civil rights history, LGBTQ history, and women's history. However, it is vitally important that we produce these stories and make them accessible to all, particularly young people. Dr. Anderson, an author, educator, founding member of the Harlem Black Panther Party and the NYC Coalition to Finally End Mayoral Control, a former member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (or SNCC), and a lifelong organizer, published a visual primer on the Atlantic Slave Trade entitled The Black Holocaust for Beginners. In The Black Holocaust for Beginners docu-comic, Dr. Anderson lays bare the understudied and enduring violence that people of African descent experienced for centuries, written to teach younger generations and non-readers. In February 2023, while one of our collective members, Jamila, was watching a video by The Conscious Lee about book bans, Dr. Anderson's docu-comic, The Black Holocaust for Beginners, flashed onto the screen as one of the banned books. Jamila reached out and recorded this episode with Dr. Anderson to discuss his critical text. The Resistant Communiqués Collective chose to launch the Resistant Communiqués Podcast here to honor the foundational yet violently coerced labor of Africans who were enslaved and built the wealth of the United States and to reflect on what that legacy means today. This episode is a tribute to Dr. Anderson's life’s work, the power of memory as a form of resistance, and a culture of solidarity and resistance in practice. Listen, share, and study with us using the syllabus below. In Solidarity and Struggle,Resistant Communiqués CollectiveLearn more about Resistant Communiqués on the About page.Accessibility: The transcript for this episode is available on Substack. Find more Resistant Communiqués @ResistantCommPod across all platforms:Instagram | Threads | Bluesky | TikTok | Mastodon ----- Multimedia Syllabus Dr. S.E. Anderson, The Black Holocaust for Beginners, & a Culture of Solidarity and Resistance in Practice Note: This is not an exhaustive bibliography; it serves as a starting point. SNCC Visual/ Cultural Organizing AFL-CIO. (2017, January 4). A Brief History of Labor, Race and Solidarity. Labor Commission on Racial and Economic Justice. https://racial-justice.aflcio.org/blog/est-aliquid-se-ipsum-flagitiosum-etiamsi-nulla Ganeva, T. (2019, July 25). Black Panther Fred Hampton Created a “Rainbow Coalition” to Support Poor Americans | Teen Vogue. https://www.teenvogue.com/story/fred-hampton-black-panthers-rainbow-coalition-poor-americans Thornton, J. K., & Thornton, J. K. (1998). Africa and Africans in the making of the Atlantic world, 1400-1800 (Second edition). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511800276 Culture of Resistance Getz, T. (2024, February 1). A Serious History of Black Comics Creators—OER Project Blog—OER Project Teacher Community—OER Project Community. https://community.oerproject.com/b/blog/posts/a-serious-history-of-black-comics-creator Howell, P. A. (2020, August 17). On the Flourishing of Black Literary Arts, Old and New. Literary Hub. https://lithub.com/on-the-flourishing-of-black-literary-arts-old-and-new/ Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators (Director). (2020, June 2). Tom Feelings discusses The Middle Passage [Video recording]. Ukweli, E., & The 19th. (2024, February 27). Black Writers Share Their Favorite Books to Honor Black History Month. Teen Vogue. https://www.teenvogue.com/story/black-writers-share-favorite-books-to-honor-black-history-month Capitalism & the History of the Enslavement of Africans Anderson, S. E. (with Holley, V. & Cro-maat Collective). (1995). The Black Holocaust for Beginners. For Beginners LLC. Feelings, T. (with Nelson, K., Feelings, K., & Diouf, S. A.). (2018). 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