The Revolution Televised

Prince Shakur

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THE REVOLUTION TELEVISED (hosted by Prince Shakur) explores Black history, culture, and politics from a radical, queer perspective. Each episode dives into Black radical movements, the rise of online and offline fascism, and how media shapes resistance. Insightful, critical, and unapologetically honest, this podcast breaks down power, activism, and culture for listeners seeking clarity beyond mainstream narratives.

2d ago

I LOVE BOOSTERS: The Best Radical Satire of the Year?

I recently watched I LOVE BOOSTERS and had to talk about it. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/CTVSHMwpISE ABOUT THE FILM | I Love Boosters is a surreal, anti-capitalist sci-fi comedy written and directed by Boots Riley (the filmmaker behind Sorry to Bother You). The film follows a fearless trio of friends and professional shoplifters ("boosters") who steal high-end fashion and resell it to their community at deep discounts --------------------------------- SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/59H4yFdHs22SLs2iza2h0k APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-revolution-televised/id1869130913 RSS FEED: https://anchor.fm/s/fda5258c/podcast/rss

20 min
5d ago

Why Everyone Should Know About The Praireland Case & Trial

→ Learn more in the Patreon free post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/repression-of-in-158787913ABOUT REPRESSION WATCH EP 03 | Federal prosecutors secured convictions against nine Texas activists in March 2026, including one man charged not for attending a protest, but for transporting anarchist literature afterward. His sentencing is scheduled for June 18. At the same time, a ProPublica and Frontline investigation documented over 300 anti-ICE protest arrests nationwide, finding that more than a third have since been dropped or dismissed. This episode examines the Prairieland convictions and the broader crackdown on anti-ICE protests.Want to learn more about how you can support the Priareland defendants? Check out their defense support page:https://prairielanddefendants.com/

44 min
May 17

When Baldwin Tried To Write The Revolution

A review of TELL ME HOW LONG THE TRAIN'S BEEN GONE by James Baldwin. I explore Leo Proudhammer’s relationships with the people around him, especially the emotional and political tensions between Leo and Caleb. I also discuss how the novel reflects Baldwin’s shifting worldview in the late 1960s and 70s, as Black radical life, liberation movements, and America itself were rapidly changing. TELL ME HOW LONG THE TRAIN'S BEEN GONE (Bookshop affiliate): https://bookshop.org/a/23229/9780375701894 ----------

31 min
May 7

Baldwin, Black Men, and The Hard Truth About Masking

What does it mean to be Black, a man, someone in the world known for what you can offer? In this video, I unpack my affinity for James Baldwin, how Black men mask to survive the pitfalls of patriarchy, and how I've navigated this in my own life. 🎬 Documentaries Featured Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris (1971) | Directed by Terence Dixon, this documentary captures Baldwin in conversation and at ease in his adopted city of Paris. Intimate and unguarded, it offers a rare window into the man offstage — his humor, his complexity, his refusal to simplify himself for any audience. A time capsule of Baldwin in his prime. A Stranger in the Village (2022) | Inspired by Baldwin's landmark 1953 essay of the same name — written after his stay in the remote Swiss village of Leukerbad — this documentary returns to that village and asks what has changed. It bridges Baldwin's original meditation on race, Blackness, and Western civilization with the present moment, letting his words echo across seven decades. -------------------------------------------------- 🔗 Where to Find These Baldwin: A Love Story — available at major booksellers and librariesJames Baldwin: A Biography — available at major booksellers and librariesMeeting the Man — searchable on YouTube and streaming archivesA Stranger in the Village — check your local streaming platformsTo support, buy via my Bookshop affiliate link list: https://bookshop.org/lists/books-mentioned-on-youtube-prince-shakur -------------------------------------------------- SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/59H4yFdHs22SLs2iza2h0k APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-revolution-televised/id1869130913 RSS FEED: https://anchor.fm/s/fda5258c/podcast/rss ------------------------------ Find PRINCE elsewhere... 🔗 ALL MY LINKS... https://bio.site/princeshakur🔗 INSTAGRAM... https://www.instagram.com/sweetblackprince/🔗 TIKTOK - https://www.tiktok.com/@prshakur🎙️ Listen to The Dugout — Black anarchist podcast with Prince Shakur & Jordan → - https://bit.ly/40sSFxe

33 min
Mar 20

Call Me By Your Name, Grooming & What We Don't Talk About

Art vs. ethics. Desire vs. responsibility. We’re unpacking Call Me by Your Name—the grooming, the queer taboos, and the questions the film leaves us with about love, consent, and art. What Should We Make of Call Me by Your Name’s Age-Gap Relationship? | READ 🔗 Call Me by Your Name: Not Pedophilia, Still Problematic | READ

35 min
Mar 12

The Repression Case of Jack & Stop Cop City

In this episode of Repression Watch, we dive into Jack’s story: facing politically motivated charges after Atlanta’s Cop City protests, navigating an Alford plea to avoid a 20-year sentence, and surviving two years under intense state surveillance. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmUg6RYnbwQ-------------------------------------------------------- 🔗 Check out FREEJACK.CO: ⁠https://www.freejack.co/ 🔗 Stop Cop City (Instagram): ⁠https://www.instagram.com/stopcopcity/ 🔗 Save Weelaunee (Instagram): ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/saveweelaunee/⁠--------------------------------------------------------

17 min
Mar 5

How To Be A (Better) Organizer

In this DIRECT ACTION 101 episode, I talk through some lessons that can help any organizer be better at doing work in their community. Stay tuned for more in this series in 2026.

24 min
Feb 5

James Baldwin, Grooming, and What We Don’t Talk About

I've spent a while researching, scripting, and reshooting this video on Baldwin, who he dated, and the undercurrents of grooming. An important topic to unpack about historical figures, what we learn about them, and power dynamics in relationships If you’re looking for the books I reference in this video (and across the channel), I keep an updated affiliate reading list here:https://bookshop.org/lists/books-mentioned-on-youtube-prince-shakurAlso—if this video brings anything up for you and you need support, you don’t have to sit with that alone. RAINN runs a free, confidential hotline for survivors of sexual violence:https://rainn.org/help-and-healing/hotline/ VIDEO CHAPTERS00:00 Intro02:01 Defining Grooming and Statutory Rape03:10 I... WHERE THE TRAUMA BEGAN: Baldwin, A Father's Rage05:35 Baldwin and Childhood in GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN07:25 Power Imbalance with Billy the Harlem Racketeer and Beauford Delaney16:54 II. HOW THE TRAUMA LIVED - Paris, Lucien, Happersberger and a pattern of younger men21:20 Baldwin and Arnold, the younger musician30:38 III. WHAT WAS LEARNED 31:07 Reflections on Baldwin's Legacy37:48 Outro & Getting Help SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/59H4yFdHs22SLs2iza2h0k APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-revolution-televised/id1869130913 RSS FEED: https://anchor.fm/s/fda5258c/podcast/rss

44 min
Jan 27

Is It Time To (Really) Leave America?

I've been thinking a lot about this question. I made a video about last year - Is it time to leave America? Let's revisit it in 2026.------------------------------------------ VIDEO CHAPTERS 00:00 INTRO 03:19 ICE and USA repression updates 07:25 Robin. F. Williams, Negroes With Guns, and Fleeing to China, Cuba 11:15 Fighting a legal system created to be a WEAPON 14:14 On centralized and decentralized state violence 17:35 On leaving to help struggles here 19:21 On Radio Free Dixie & Radical Self Defense 25:23 Considerations for leaving America (planning, etc) 33:32 Outro ------------------------------------------ LEARN MORE FROM THIS SPISODE... ICE Stops Medical Care 🔗 https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/ice-stopped-paying-for-detainee-medical-care-as-population-surged/ Politician arrested over visit to ICE jail🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/01/26/lamonica-mciver-congress-ice-jail-visit-felony-charges DFW Prairieland Defendant Updates🔗 https://prairielanddefendants.com/updates/dfw-support-committee-statement-on-recent-action-by-federal-judge/

36 min
Jan 16

The World Is On Fire. What Are You Going To Do About It?

From the Minneapolis protests to increased immigration raids around the country, and the rise of state violence in the U.S., it's time to talk about where we're at and how to process. Here we go... The world is on fire, do we watch? Or do we act? To watch on YouTube... https://youtu.be/lgeSOx2HYnA 🔗 10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them.https://theintercept.com/2025/12/23/ice-bounty-hunters-track-immigrant-surveillance/🔗 ICE’s use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatmenthttps://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2025/ices-use-of-full-body-restraints-during-deportations-raises-concerns-over-inhumane-treatment/🔗 ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouseshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/24/ice-immigrants-detention-warehouses-deportation-trump/🔗 ICE detained more than 280 people in the central Ohio area during one week in Decemberhttps://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/12/ice-detained-more-than-280-people-in-the-central-ohio-area-during-one-week-in-december/ ----------------------- → Become a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/prshakur 🔗 ALL MY LINKS... https://bio.site/princeshakur 🔗 INSTAGRAM... https://www.instagram.com/sweetblackprince/ 🔗 TIKTOK - https://www.tiktok.com/@prshakur 🎙️ Listen to The Dugout — Black anarchist podcast with Prince Shakur & Jordan → - https://bit.ly/40sSFxe

34 min
11/23/2024

James Baldwin, Nikkii Giovanni and the Erasure of Black Women

In this video, I break down a very important topic, often overlooked by many black men, and that has been written about extensively by countless black women - James Baldwin's gender, politics and treatment of black women in his literature. We break down this topic through looking at the pivotal conversation between James Baldwin, and.Nikki Giovanni in 1971, where they talk Black life, love, and family. Was Jim Baldwin sexist? Was he misogynistic? Did he align with misogynoir? - ESSAY CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 01:00 James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni Conversation in 1971 03:18 What is MISOGYNY and MISOGYNOIR? 05:48 Misogynoir and Black Gender in the 1960s 07:46 Baldwin and Giovanni Talk in 1971 10:22 Black Men As Protectors and Enactors of Violence 11:44 How Black Men Excuse Violence In Favor of the Patriarchy 15;55 Black Women in the Black Panther Party 17:08 On Baldwin, Heterocentrism, and Sexuality 18:24 Audre Lorde talks to James Baldwin in 1984 22:56 Joseph Beam on James Baldwin and Black Gender 24:11 My experiences with Black gender expectations and DV in family

27 min

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THE REVOLUTION TELEVISED (hosted by Prince Shakur) explores Black history, culture, and politics from a radical, queer perspective. Each episode dives into Black radical movements, the rise of online and offline fascism, and how media shapes resistance. Insightful, critical, and unapologetically honest, this podcast breaks down power, activism, and culture for listeners seeking clarity beyond mainstream narratives.

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Prince Shakur
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