• Audre Lorde and June Jordan's Black Feminism and Palestine, with Marina Magloire
    Aug 27 2024

    In this episode, Niki interviews Marina Magloire, Atlanta-based Black Feminism scholar, professor, and author of We Pursue Our Magic: A Spiritual History of Black Feminism. In this conversation, the two discuss the complicated relationship between two iconic queer Black feminist poets, Audre Lorde and June Jordan, and their opposing views on Zionism for the majority of their lives.

    You can read Marina's essay, Moving Towards Life: Exploring the correspondence of June Jordan and Audre Lorde, Marina Magloire assembles an archive of a Black feminist falling-out over Zionism here.

    Audre Lorde's Uses of the Erotic
    June Jordan's I Must Become a Menace to My Enemies

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    49 mins
  • US Out of Korea, with Jamie Tyberg of Nodutdol
    Jul 26 2024

    In this episode, Niki interviews Jamie Tyberg, organizer with Nodutdol to discuss why the Korean War is so unknown amongst Americans, why there are "two" Koreas, the US' continued and increasing aggression against the Korean peninsula and what that means for the region and the rest of the world, why a ceasefire is not enough, and the fight for reunification of Korean families.

    Nodutdol's latest campaign, US Out of Korea launches all over the US on July 27th.

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    39 mins
  • Why Is The US Calling China Imperialist Towards Africa? with Mikaela Nhondo Erskog
    May 31 2024

    In this episode, Niki interviews Mika Erskog, South African researcher with Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and host of the podcast The Crane: An Africa-China Podcast Dongsheng Collective. They discuss the relationship between China and the African continent, while dispelling the accusations that China is "imperialist," and what young progressive people in Africa are looking towards in this historical moment of self-determination.

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    50 mins
  • Why Is The US Smearing Mexico's President, with Kurt Hackbarth
    May 6 2024

    In this episode, Niki interviews journalist Kurt Hackbarth, the two discuss Mexico's upcoming historic election, why the US insists on smearing the Mexican president with media lies, and how the future of Mexico has major impacts across the Latin America and the globe.

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    55 mins
  • Why Mass Protests Don't Equate to Revolution, with Vincent Bevins
    Apr 19 2024

    In this episode, Niki interviews acclaimed journalist and author, Vincent Bevins. In this conversation, the two discuss the trend of mass protests across the globe often resulting in the opposite of what people were demanding in the streets in the first place. They weave the history of anti-communism, US-backed right-wing coups, the weaking and demobilization of leftist organizations and parties, and the role of media.

    Vincent Bevins is the author of The Jakarta Method and If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution

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    57 mins
  • The Legacy of Cuban Medical and Healthcare Solidarity, with Dr. Samira Addrey
    Apr 8 2024

    In this episode, Niki interviews Ghanian-American doctor, Dr. Samira Addrey, Graduate of the Latin American School of Medicine in Cuba. In this conversation, the two discuss the legacy of not only the Latin American School of Medicine, but how Cuba has managed to develop some of the world's best doctors, biotech innovations, and their commitment to medical solidarity, despite the US blockade and all the crises it creates for Cuba and its people.

    Additional note regarding the situation in Cuba:
    "Right now the U.S. government is deliberately starving the Cuban people 90 miles to our South. We all must act now. A food crisis is unfolding on the island of an unprecedented scale. A country where hunger had been made a thing of the past is now running out of bread and other essential food items. We are launching an emergency campaign — Let Cuba Live: Bread for Our Neighbors. Our goal is to send 800 tons of wheat flour to Cuba as legal humanitarian aid, so that millions of people have bread for a month."

    Donate at: LetCubaLive.info/bread

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Organized Labor, Unions, Strikes and Palestine, with Zaina Alsous
    Feb 28 2024

    In this episode, Niki interviews Palestinian labor organizer and author, Zaina Alsous, where the two discuss the history of Palestinian and Arab worker-led revolts, the significance of the largest US labor unions calling for an immediate ceasefire, and the limitations of our current ability to hold general strikes in the US and what is required to make this more possible.

    You can read more editorial work by Zaina here.

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    51 mins
  • On Palestinian Resistance and Why the US Can't Win Wars, with Vijay Prashad
    Jan 22 2024

    In this interview, Niki interviews historian and journalist Vijay Prashad, where the two discuss the history of Palestinian resistance throughout Zionist occupation, why the US may have the power to destroy countries but cannot win wars, and where the seeds of hope lie in this revolutionary moment.

    Vijay Prashad is the Executive Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, the Chief Editor of Leftword Books, and the author of forty books.

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    49 mins