Podcast appearances and mentions of Barbara Smith

Today on Hudson Mohawk Magazine, we share part of the recording of Bill Ayers and Barbara Smith in conversation on Dec. 5, 2024 at The Sanctuary for Independent Media. They spoke about the themes in Ayers' latest book, "When Freedom is the Question, Abolition is the Answer: Reflections on Collective Liberation." Hear the full recording here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDsA0jBE3V0&t=1673s

Barbara Smith is a scholar and activist who resides in the Capital District. She is the author of books such as The Truth That Never Hurts and Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around. She recently spoke with Hudson Mohawk Magazine's Moses Nagel about a range of topics including the Trump administrations list of forbidden books, the conversation about the male loneliness epidemic and the recent national meeting of Jewish Voice for Peace.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, Mark Dunlea brings us part of the EcoAction Committee of the Green Party's presentation on Zero Waste by Chris Burger who is Chair of both NY State and National Sierra Club Zero Waste Committees. Then, Moses Nagel speaks with Barbara Smith about the Trump administration's list of forbidden books (which she is on with one of her books), the conversation about the male loneliness epidemic and the recent national meeting of Jewish Voice for Peace. Later on, Aundrea Cunliffe speaks with protesters at an event hosted by the Albany County Republican Committee with keynote speaker Elise Stefanik After that, Twon Wood is in the studio to Promote his 3rd installment of Hill Bomber, a Comic book art series consisting of Twon's illustrations inspired by his experiences in Skateboarding, Comedy and life. Finally, for the 100th Poetry Segment, Thom Francis goes all the way to the beginning to his very first interview with Dan wilcox. Co-hosts: Caelan McPherson & Vinny DamaPoleto Engineer: Jalaya Reid

In this featured episode from Let's Talk About It—hosted by Pastors Roland and Barbara Smith of Kingdom Life Center in Campti, Louisiana—author and Kingdom entrepreneur Martin A. Briggs shares the heart and revelation behind his new book, Radical Passover.Now featured on IGNITE Birmingham, this powerful conversation explores how Passover is more than tradition—it's a sacred pathway for Kingdom inheritance, leadership transfer, and covenant renewal.This interview is the perfect first step for anyone curious about the deeper meaning of Passover and ready to activate their spiritual birthrights.

Barbara Smith, the editor of Urgent Care for Schools: Situating Responsibility as an Engaging Way for Students to Transform School Cultures, explores providing meaningful, memorable, and fulfilling learning experiences by situating responsibilities with learners. From her experiences in public, independent, charter, and international schools, Barbara explores expanding the student identity to include that of becoming service providers, injustice responders, action researchers, designers, apprentices and teachers. Visit the ZPD website and connect with Barbara here.  Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!

The contemporary era of black intellectual thought 1975 to the present is characterized by a growth in black feminist thought, an expansion of rainbow coalitions by prominent black leaders, an explosion of the black middle class and a black bourgeoisie, and an extension of black political, social, and cultural ideas by influential scholars and academics. In opposition to the New Left Movement, there was a significant rise in conservatism not just in America but throughout the globe. This led to a drastic decrease in liberal welfare programs as well as a decrease in the practical reliance on socialism: Booker T. Washington's ideology specifically concerning education became the norm in the contemporary era. This period also witnessed the rise of the New Jim Crow: a system of mass incarceration and control of millions of primarily poor black and brown people as evidenced by millions of dollars governmental investment in for-profit prisons throughout America. The eventual election of President Barack Obama was not only a call to transcend the partisan bickering of Washington, but his presidency stood as a symbol of black excellence against traditional social hierarchies of white supremacy. The feminist Barbara Smith at the 1980 Combahee River Collective argues that world changing revolution don't have to just redistribute resources, but they also must be pro-feminist and antiracist to be comprehensive enough to include the most historically marginalized people in the modern era, black women. Many feminist and male freedom fighters such as the black panthers, were political prisoners who have garnered immense support for freedom in the modern era. Furthermore, the seminal first black mayor of Chicago Harold Washington through his reform of the segregated city revealed its racist structure and sought to undermine it. Intellectual feminists such as Audre Lorde indicated the necessity of identifying the elements of the oppressor in the oppressed, while Dr. Bell Hooks sought to illustrate the hierarchies of race, class, and gender and how we can overcome them. This era also saw massive opposition to the South African Apartheid state that lasted for four decades by such black icons such as Randall Robinson and Reverend Jesse Jackson. Jesse Jackson's rainbow coalition from his run for presidency in the mid 1980s would foreshadow the rise of Barack Obama to the presidency in 2008, 20 years later. However, education perspectives would transform more than politics. Academic scholars would shift the consciousness of minority student towards a greater appreciation of education by moving away from Eurocentric models of learning. What scholars like Dr. West and politicians like President Obama would recognize is that political advancement is more seated in understanding the need for hope, meaning, and purpose rather than identifying elements of subjugation against black America. These ideas would be drawn from many black figures of the past such as academics like W.E.B. Du Bois and social reformers like Dr. King and President Abraham Lincoln.

From her career as a teacher and school leader in public, independent, and international schools and having opened three new schools, Barbara Smith proposes the importance of situating responsibility with students and teachers.  She describes why change is urgent and needs to be transformative. Just as teachers need to be facilitators of student responsibility to create their learning, school leaders need to be facilitators of teachers' responsibility. Time and space for teacher collaboration and learning is a key. Connect with Barbara & visit the ZPD website here.  Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!

In this higher education administrators panel, Barbara Smith from The University of Texas at San Antonio and Jill Geisler Wheeler from the University of Arkansas highlight the need for professional development and support for advisors, while advocating for student and staff well-being. Both discuss the challenges of balancing technology's benefits with maintaining personal connections. Dr. Todd Chambers and Ryan Scheckel from Texas Tech University discuss innovative practices, such as breaking down silos and using AI in advising, while also focusing on the importance of collaboration across higher education.Subscribe to the podcast on your favorite podcast platform!The X, Instagram, and Facebook handle for the podcast is @AdvisingPodcastAlso, subscribe to our Adventures in Advising YouTube Channel!You can find Matt on Linkedin.

Barbara Smith is a Movement legend— the kind of courageous activist, powerful thinker, persistent organizer and whole-hearted doer who keeps the Movement moving. She is co-founder of the Combahee River Collective and co-author of the acclaimed 1977 statement that has been one of the most influential Black feminist documents of the twentieth century—“Our politics evolve from a healthy love for ourselves, our sisters, and our community, which allows us to continue our struggle and work.” She's been a freedom fighter for over half a century—a long time in the life of a person, but, as she knows, the blink of an eye in the life of a struggle, and so she is neither nostalgic for a ship that's already left the shore nor interested in burnishing a legacy. Rather, she is leaning forward—on the move and in the mix—still fighting for peace and freedom and joy and justice, still asking the most insistent and burning questions: How do we name this political moment? Where do we go from here? What does the known demand of us now? Here is Barbara Smith in conversation with Bill Ayers on December 5, 2024 at the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, New York.

Barbara Smith is an award winning author, scholar, and activist. She is most well-known for co-authoring the Combahee River Collective Statement with two other queer Black women - her twin sister Beverly, and friend Demita Frazier. Barbara joins us to unpack the personal history that informed her groundbreaking Black Feminist politics. We discuss her multi-generational upbringing, growing up in Cleveland during the Civil Rights Movement, lesbian nightmares, and what she really meant when coining the phrase "identity politics." Thank you for listening to Cruising Podcast! -Reviews help other listeners find Cruising! If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave us a 5-star review! -For more Cruising adventures, follow us @cruisingpod on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook Follow Barbara on instagram @thebarbarasmith46 on Instagram Learn more about her work at her website. -Support Cruising here! Cruising is an independent podcast. That means we're entirely funded by sponsors and listeners like you! -Cruising is reported and produced by a small but mighty team of three: Sarah Gabrielli (host/story producer/audio engineer), Rachel Karp (story producer/social media manager), and Jen McGinity (line producer/resident road-trip driver). Theme song is by Joey Freeman. Cover art is by Nikki Ligos. Logo is by Finley Martin. Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Barbara J. Smith - Urgent Care for Educators: Situating Responsibility as a Way to Transform School Cultures. This is episode 744 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Barbara Smith is a passionate educator who challenges the boundaries of "sameness" in schools. Smith's background includes over forty years in public, charter, independent and international schools.  Barbara has started three schools and has been a teacher, principal, consultant, trustee, and teacher educator at OISE, McGill and the University of Saskatchewan teaching faculties and graduate schools.  She has published books about school values and economies, teacher retention, assessment tools for learning, her charter school principal story and most recently with Hope Blecher, a book about engaging students as writers. Her next book is called: Students in Responsible Roles: A Powerful Way to Learn and Transform School Culture.  Barbara supports schools committed to improving engaging and purpose-based teaching and learning for all. Our focus today is the book - Urgent Care for Educators: Situating Responsibility as a Way to Transform School Cultures. Awesome discussion! Excellent ideas from so many educators! Please share. Before you go... You could help support this podcast by Buying Me A Coffee. Not really buying me something to drink but clicking on the link on my home page at https://stevenmiletto.com for Buy Me a Coffee or by going to this link Buy Me a Coffee. This would allow you to donate to help the show address the costs associated with producing the podcast from upgrading gear to the fees associated with producing the show. That would be cool. Thanks for thinking about it.  Hey, I've got another favor...could you share the podcast with one of your friends, colleagues, and family members? Hmmm? What do you think? Thank you! You are AWESOME! Connect & Learn More: Urgent Care for Schools - Amazon https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-smith-ab042b3b/ https://www.zpdschoolsandcurriculumdesign.com/free-curriculum Barbaraj.smithzpd@gmail.com Length - 51:31

After Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election, one narrative was that white women had failed people of color in the struggle against racism. While it is true that a majority of white women voted for Trump in 2024, there is a long tradition of white women fighting racism in solidarity with people of color. Moses Nagel talked with Barbara Smith about a new video that tries to put this history in context.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, First, Mark Dunlea starts us off with an overview of Tuesday's State of the State address by NY Governor Hochul. Then, we hear from some of the many protestors at the event. Later on, we talk with Rosemary Armao about the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration. After that, Moses Nagel speaks with activist, feminist, scholar and civil rights leader Barbara Smith about Trump's second term. Finally, Sina Basila Hickey gets the scoop on what's happening at Albany Center Gallery.

With questions and concerns swirling around the upcoming inauguration of a second term for President Donald Trump, Hudson Mohawk Magazine's Moses Nagel turned to Barbara Smith, a long time activist, feminist, scholar and civil rights leader who formerly served on the Albany Common Council. She was a member of the Combahee River Collective, which is credited with coining the term ‘intersectionality' as well of the author of books including ‘Home Girls' and ‘The Truth Never Hurts'.

When Freedom is the Question… was published on September 10, and we had a book launch that night at our home-away-from-home, Pilsen Community Books, in conversation with Eve Ewing. We traveled to Women and Children First, Seminary Coop, The Wooden Shoe in Philadelphia, Book and Puppet in Easton, PA, Riff Raff in Providence, Firestorm in Asheville, NC, Red Emma's in Baltimore, Busboys and Poets in DC, the PIT (Property is Theft!!) in Brooklyn, and more. I read at public libraries, coffee shops, and Movement venues like Haymarket House, Hasta Muerte, and The James Connelly Social Club. A couple of the events were taped, one at the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY where I was in conversation with the legendary thinker and activist Barbara Smith, co-author of the Combahee River Collective statement, and one at La Pena in Oakland where I was in conversation with Cat Brooks, organizer, activist, and KPFA radio host---Under the Tree will drop those spicy conversations in the future. I was honored and often awed to be in conversation with several other powerful comrades and dazzling friends: Lisa Lee, Danaka Katovich, Alice Kim, Damon Williams, Jacqui Lyden, Daniel Kisslinger, Martha Biondi, Adam Bush, James Michael MacDonald, Jeff Jones, Martha Swan, and more.

Today on Hudson Mohawk Magazine, we share part of the recording of Bill Ayers and Barbara Smith in conversation on Dec. 5, 2024 at The Sanctuary for Independent Media. They spoke about the themes in Ayers' latest book, "When Freedom is the Question, Abolition is the Answer: Reflections on Collective Liberation." Hear the full recording here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDsA0jBE3V0&t=1673s

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, First, we hear about the Good Food NY bill that is awaiting Governor Hochul's signature. Then, we hear about a December 9th protest in the federal building in Syracuse about the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Later on, we hear an interview with Barbara Smith, who will be joining Bill Ayers at the Sanctuary this Thursday. After that, Val Feldman of Stable Gate Winery joins us to talk about the 5th Christkindlemarkt that will be taking place the next two weekends at the winery. Finally, we hear from a former Guilderland School German teacher to learn a bit more about German traditions and why the German markets are so special.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, First, Mark Dunlea talks with activist and scholar Bill Ayers who will be in conversation with Black feminist pioneer Barbara Smith at the Sanctuary this Thursday, Dec 5, about the themes in Ayers' latest book, “When Freedom is the Question, Abolition is the Answer.” Then, Moses Nagel reports on the recent Albany Common Council meeting. Later on, Sina Basila Hickey speaks with the artists and curators of the current “Job Security” exhibition at the University Art Museum at the University at Albany. After that, Juan Panteleon talks with local comedian Twon Wood for this week's Albany Comedy interview Corner. Finally, Thom Francis shares poetry excerpts from D.Colin.

Bill Ayers will be at The Sanctuary for Independent Media on Thu., Dec. 5 from 7-9pm to discuss his new book "When Freedom is the Question, Abolition Is the Answer: Reflections on Collective Liberation." Leading the discussion will be Barbara Smith. Bill talks about his book and the push for freedom with Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

In this episode we're exploring the role of voting in our movements through an intergenerational conversation between elder and younger organizers based in Georgia and New York. In this conversation National Council of Elders members and younger organizers dig into questions such as: Where do elections fit in our concept of real democracy? How important is our vote? How close are we to tyranny in this country, as most clearly outlined in Donald Trump's Project 2025 vision, and how much is that tyranny already here?  What are the paradoxes that we must grapple with as we face another election cycle in the U.S.?  This episode is hosted by Frances Reid (she/her) based in Oakland, California.  Frances is a member of the National Council of Elders and a veteran of 40 years of activist documentary filmmaking. Joining Frances in this conversation are: Loretta Ross (she/her) based in Northampton, Massachussetts and Atlanta, Georgia. Loretta is a long time activist and scholar who teaches at Smith College, was a Director at the first rape crisis center in the country in the 1970s, and whose latest book is Calling in the Calling Out Culture.  Barbara Smith (she/her) based in Albany, New York. Barbara is an activist and author, who played a groundbreaking role in opening up the dialogue about the intersections of race, class, sexuality and gender. She's a co-founder of the Combahee River Collective and of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press and served two terms as a member of the Albany Common Council from 2006 to 2013. Nautica Jenkins (she/her) based in Atlanta, Georgia. Nautica is an organizer and Youth Programs MultiMedia Specialist at Project South. Her role is to assist young people in creatively communicating their stories and messages through various forms of media. Hannah Krull (she/any) based in Buffalo, New York. Hannah has been in the streets and engaging in popular education in her home region of Northern Appalachia for nearly a decade. She has worked on a number of local and national campaigns, and in recent years has organized on her university campus against sexist oppression, queerphobia, and for a Free Palestine. Hannah is a knowledge worker who grounds her work in hyperlocality and pushing back against structures of power and dominance.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine: First, Troy resident and Compassion & Choices Senior Campaign Director Corinne Carey is at the Democratic National Convention and shares her observations with Blaise Bryant. Then, Moses Nagel speaks with Barbara Smith, who attended the protests at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Il in 1968, about how the DNC compares then and now. Later on, Mark Dunlea spoke with the Hoosick Falls Mayor Rob Allen about the status of the PFOA water contamination cleanup when the village is expected to receive $3million from a national class action settlement. After that, H Bosh Jr interviews Gina Torres of Torres Social about building a social media company. Finally, Willie Terry speaks with Mark Emanatian about why people should celebrate Labor Day in the Capital District.

Feminist, civil rights activist, and scholar Barbara Smith attended the protests of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968. She wrote about that historic anti-Vietnam War protest in an essay in her book, "The Truth That Never Hurts" which was reissued in a 25th anniversary edition last year along with the 40th anniversary edition of her book "Homegirls." She spoke with Moses Nagel about her experience in Chicago then and how it compares to this week as the Democratic Convention returns to Chicago 56 years later.

We actually are just trying to get you home to your family…Yes, it's about making money, but also it's about your family who's sitting at home hoping you get back safely.” These powerful words from our guest today reflect well upon one of the most important cogs in the wheel of the trucking industry - the Safety Coordinators. On this episode, we welcome a superstar of safety and a longtime member of the Norton Transport family, Barbara Smith. Having grown up in a trucking family and having experienced life on the road as a driver herself, there may not be a better person to lead in the safety space. Look, no driver likes having someone looking over their shoulder to make sure they're following certain rules or protocols. Barbara knows that, but she also knows something else. She knows that behind every driver, there is a host of people who love him or her. So, for Barbara, it's not just about getting trucks delivered; it's about getting drivers home. We're so pleased to welcome one of trucking's finest, Barbara Smith, on this edition of the #SixFigureTrucker.Show Notes:Welcoming one of the OG's of the Norton family, Barbara Smith! (1:05)Before working in safety, Barbara took her turn behind the wheel (4:14)Barbara shares her passion for her Drivers' Safety (9:38)In her trucking life, Galveston, TX was one of her favorite stops (16:55)Keep Trucking, Barbara! The Six-Figure Trucker is a weekly podcast about driveaway trucking brought to you by Norton Transport. For more information or to subscribe, please visit Six-FigureTrucker.com.

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This is the first of our two-part finale to our Season of Pleasure, a season throughout which we have sought to understand our relationship with pleasure while simultaneously witnessing and confronting genocide across our world. With poet and activist June Jordan's words, “What shall we do, we who did not die?” in our minds and spirits, we hear from Zeina and Fatma, two mothers living in London who organize with Parents for Palestine, a group of parents who organize marches, actions, and teach-ins that include young children calling for the end of the genocide and occupation in Palestine. How do we talk about genocide with our youngest children? How do our personal rest and pleasure principles sustain collective liberation and education as the practice of freedom?   Share your thoughts with us at us@dancingondesks.org, leave an audio message, or slide into our DMs on IG @dancingondesks. Transcript Available Aug. 2 INTELLECTUAL INHERITANCE -Follow Parents for Palestine on Instagram @parentsforpalestine - Ghassan Kanafani, The Land of Sad Oranges (1962) -adrienne maree brown, Pleasure Activism (2019) -Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Abolition Geography: Essays Toward Liberation (2022) -June Jordan, “Some of Us Did Not Die” (2001) -The Combahee River Collective Statement (1977) -”50 Years of Combahee”, Black Women Radicals (2024) — A special thank you to Jaimee Smith, founder and executive director of Black Women Radicals, for allowing us to use an excerpt from her May 22, conversation with Combahee River Collective co-founders Barbara Smith and Demita Frazier.  -bell hooks, Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope (2003) -“Lineages of Deviant Caretaking”, Dancing on Desks (2024) MUSIC -Our Dancing on Desks Theme Song is composed and arranged by Mara Johnson and Elliott Wilkes -“Arabic Oud” prod. @aldisjaminii_  -“Jamila” prod. @montymusic311 -"I'll Be Free" prod. @Rhamzandays -“Joyful & Upbeat Background Nasheed” vocal only prod. Quran Lofi -"Calming Background Nasheed" vocal only prod. Quran Lofi -“Soulful Nasheed” without music promoted by @ncnasheeds -“Small Talk” prod. yogic beats -“Relaxing & Calming Nasheed” vocals only provided by NoCopyrightNasheeds -“Haven” prod. rémdolla -“Stunt” prod. rémdolla -“Burst” prod. rémdolla-“Don't Save Me” prod. sadcg --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dancingondesks/message

A new research brief was released this week that details the 11 Major Challenges Utah Women Face. Thousands of Utah women responded to questions and told the researchers that their greatest challenge was lack of recognition. These respondents spoke to gender expectations and work-related inequities. KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests about this study. Her guests this week include Dr. Susan Madsen, founder/director of the Utah Women and Leadership Project and the Karen Haight Huntsman endowed professor of leadership in the Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University and Barbara Smith, Director of Communications for Sandy City. 

We saw the ranking from US News and World Report that put Utah as the #1 state in the nation. A number of different issues were measured, including economy, education and infrastructure. KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests about the ranking on A Woman's View. Her guests this week include Dr. Susan Madsen, founder/director of the Utah Women and Leadership Project and the Karen Haight Huntsman endowed professor of leadership in the Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University and Barbara Smith, Director of Communications for Sandy City. 

The prosecutor in Idaho made the decision to not charge the man who yelled racist and misogynistic slurs at the Univeristy of Utah women's basketball team. Was that the right call? KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests on A Woman's View. Her guests include Dr. Susan Madsen, founder/director of the Utah Women and Leadership Project and the Karen Haight Huntsman endowed professor of leadership in the Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University and Barbara Smith, Director of Communications for Sandy City. 

The state of Utah is mourning the murder of Santaquin police officer Bill Hooser. This tragedy feels like an attack on everything we hold dear. KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests about this tragedy on A Woman's View. Her guests include Dr. Susan Madsen, founder/director of the Utah Women and Leadership Project and the Karen Haight Huntsman endowed professor of leadership in the Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University and Barbara Smith, Director of Communications for Sandy City. 

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, First, Moses Nagel reports on the Pro-Palestinian rallies happening at colleges and universities and speaks with Barbara Smith for some context. Then, Elizabeth “EP” Press reports on the traffic conditions once the new Chick-filet goes in on Hoosik st. Later on, Willie Terry interviewed Author Teryn Roberts about her children's book "I Deserve Better” and coloring bk, “Color Repeat Believe." After that, we will be talking with local comedian Bri Morrison. Finally, Thom Francis introduces us to poet Rachel Baum who tells how she began writing poetry during the pandemic, collecting funeral poems and starting an open mic.

The protest and encampment at Colombia University in solidarity with Gaza has spread in just 2 weeks to universities across the country and has become what students are calling the popular university for Palestine movement. On Monday, students at UAlbany held a rally in solidarity with the movement. Moses Nagel reports on the rally and speaks with Barbara Smith for some context.

Barbara Smith, President of Cincinnati based Journey Steel, joins Jack and Randy to discuss her Cincinnati Reds fandom. The youngest of eight children, Barb was a young girl who watched her father play in minor league Negro baseball, and became a Reds fan in the early 1970s when she attended a game at Riverfront Stadium and wanted her own "flag"! (pennant)Barbs recalls her years as a Rosie Red, her favorite players George Foster, Eddie Milner, Bronson Arroyo,  and most recently Nick Castellanos, chasing down autographs and a foul ball, and catching a ball thrown into the right field stands. Barb also recounts her memories as a season ticket holder and her Opening Day attendance.  One of her highlights was a head nod from Ken Griffey, Jr., while Brandon Phillips was chasing the 30-30 Club.As Secretary of the Reds Community Fund, Barb describes her pride at the dedication of Cleveland Parker Field in Avondale as well as her years of involvement with Knothole Baseball in the inner city.Win a $50 Gift Card from Prime Cincinnati by emailing us at freepete14@gmail.com! Cincinnati's finest steakhouse and seafood restaurant!

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We learned this week that there is a new charter school in Utah that is set entirely in virtual reality. This isn't putting a headset on for an hour to study Europe. This is living as your avatar all day long in school. What will the effect be on the students, especially students 4th-8th grades? KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests what they think on A Woman's View. Her guests this week include Lisa Walker, Certified Athletic Trainer and teacher at Springville High School, Trish Hatch, Coordinator of the CASA program (Court Appointed Special Advocate) and Barbara Smith, Director of Communications for Sandy City. 

A recent poll in USA Today showed that 59% of Americans would take a 20% pay cut in order to gain work life balance. Would you? Does that sound like a good deal? KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests on A Woman's View. Her guests this week include Lisa Walker, Certified Athletic Trainer and teacher at Springville High School, Trish Hatch, Coordinator of the CASA program (Court Appointed Special Advocate) and Barbara Smith, Director of Communications for Sandy City. 

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas may become the second cabinet member to ever be impeached in our nation's history. The first one was 150 years ago. KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson asked her guests on A Woman's View - is impeachment the right response to a cabinet member when you don't like the way he's doing his job? Her guests this week include Lisa Walker, Certified Athletic Trainer and teacher at Springville High School, Trish Hatch, Coordinator of the CASA program (Court Appointed Special Advocate) and Barbara Smith, Director of Communications for Sandy City. 

Senate Minority Whip Kathleen Riebe is asking the Utah legislature to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. She said she is listening to her constituents in doing so. KSL Newsradio's Amanda Dickson hasn't thought about the ERA in quite some time and wondered what her guests think on A Woman's View. Her guests this week include Lisa Walker, Certified Athletic Trainer and teacher at Springville High School, Trish Hatch, Coordinator of the CASA program (Court Appointed Special Advocate) and Barbara Smith, Director of Communications for Sandy City. 

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine: We begin with Mark Dunlea talking with Lisa Marshall of the Renewable Heat Now campaign about the NY Heat Act. Then, Willie Terry will let us know about the Martin Luther King Jr celebrations around the Capital Region. Later on, Moses Nagel speaks with Barbara Smith and Layla Khafaga about The Albany Common Council passing a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. After that, Brea Barthel chats with “Batman” himself, Paul Collins-Hackett, director of the RED Bookshelf. Finally, Taína Asili will be interviewing DJ Johnny Juice in The Rhythm of Rebellion.

The Albany Common Council passed a resolution on January 4th calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. The resolution is the first of its kind in New York State and came about through the organizing of a large and diverse coalition of community members. Moses Nagel spoke with Barbara Smith, who is a member of Jewish Voices for Peace and Black4Palestine and Layla Khafaga, a local Palestinian American advocate and business owner about the process.

Join Barbara Smith,Tamika Middleton, Haley Pessin and Jaimee A. Swift as they discuss historical & contemporary issues Black feminists face. This event took place on October 18, 2023. To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology Barbara Smith, Tamika Middleton, Haley Pessin, and Jaimee A. Swift will discuss the historical impact of Home Girls and contemporary issues that Black feminist activists face today. Home Girls, 40th Anniversary Edition published by Rutgers University Press, is available at Bookshop.org. Speakers: Tamika Middleton is Managing Director of Women's March. She is an organizer, doula, writer, and unschooling mama who is passionate about and active in struggles that affect Black women's lives. Tamika has organized for abolition, reproductive justice, and for domestic workers' rights. She is a consultant with Winds of Change Consulting, and a founding member of the Metro Atlanta Mutual Aid (MAMA) Fund and JustGeorgia. She serves as a Community Advisory Board member of Critical Resistance, a Leadership Team member of the Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective and an advisory board member of Cypress Fund x The Grove. Haley Pessin is a socialist activist living in Queens, New York and is a member of the Tempest Collective. They co-edited the book Voices of a People's History of the United States in the 21st Century: Documents of Hope published by Seven Stories Press. Jaimee A. Swift (she/her) is the executive director and founder of Black Women Radicals, a Black feminist advocacy organization dedicated to uplifting and centering Black women and gender expansive people's radical activism in Africa and in the African Diaspora. She is also the creator and founder of The School for Black Feminist Politics (SBFP), the Black feminist political education arm of Black Women Radicals. The mission of the SBFP is to empower Black feminisms in Black Politics by expanding the field from transnational, intersectional, and multidisciplinary perspectives. She is the co-author, with Joseph R. Fitzgerald, of the forthcoming biography of Black feminist icon, Barbara Smith. Barbara Smith is an independent scholar and was co-founder and publisher of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press. She has been writer in residence and taught at numerous colleges and universities for over twenty-five years. The author of many books, articles, and essays, including The Truth That Never Hurts ———————————— This event is sponsored by Haymarket Books, and Rutgers University Press. Watch the live event recording: https://youtube.com/live/oAg8nCQV83A Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

As wars rage from Ukraine to Gaza, the plight of women and LGBTQ+ people caught in the crossfire all too often goes unremarked. Panelists from Ukraine, Palestine, Israel, Iran, and the US share intersectional feminist perspectives for building solidarity, ending racial, economic, and gender violence, and stopping colonial and imperialist wars.Oksana Dutchak is co-editor of Ukrainian Spilne/Commons: Journal for Social Criticism. Dutchak holds a Ph.D. in social sciences. Oksana is devoted to engaged and public research, which contributes to public discussion and policies, trying to give voice to women, workers and other structurally underprivileged groups.Dr. Anwar Mhajne is a Palestinian political scientist specializing in international relations and comparative politics, focusing on cybersecurity, disinformation, gender, religion, and Middle Eastern Politics. She is the co-editor of Critical Perspective on Cybersecurity: Feminist and Postcolonial Interventions Forthcoming with Oxford University Press (March 2024).Yali Hashash is a Mizrahi queer feminist academic. She has a Ph.D. in Jewish history (Haifa University, 2011). Her research interests include social history of the 19th and 20th-century Palestine and the Middle East, poverty, gender, nationalism, ethnicity and religion. She is the author of Whose Daughter Are You? Ways of Speaking Mizrahi Feminism. (2022).Tova Benski is a sociologist and lecturer at various universities in Israel. She is a co-editor of the Palgrave Handbook of Social Movements, Revolution and Social Transformation (2013).Barbara Smith is a US Black feminist scholar and activist and co-author of the Combahee River Collective Statement. She is the editor of Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology (1983/2023) and author of The Truth That Never Hurts: Writings on Race, Gender and Freedom (1998/2023).Frieda Afary is an Iranian American public librarian, translator, activist and author of Socialist Feminism: A New Approach (2022). She is the producer of Iranian Progressives in Translation and socialistfeminism.org.Editor's Note (12/13/23): At multiple points in the conversation, the panelists refer to the accusations that Hamas fighters committed acts of mass sexual violence during the Oct. 7 attacks. While Israeli officials and media outlets have repeatedly affirmed the veracity of these accusations, Israel has not provided requested information to journalists and even to officials at the United Nations attempting to independently investigate and verify the accusations. As Mondoweiss reported on Dec. 8, 2023, “Lurid stories of gang rape, mutilation, and even necrophilia, have been disseminated by the media. This has occurred despite there being no substantive developments in evidence of sexual assaults from the Israeli occupation forces. Israel has repeatedly failed to provide forensic evidence, concrete photographic evidence, or victim testimonies to news organizations beyond inferences made by Israel's forensic teams. Indeed, the Times of Israel alleges that the IOF will never provide forensic evidence because ‘physical evidence of sexual assault was not collected from corpses by Israel's overtaxed morgue facilities,' and it is now, reportedly, too late to collect conclusive evidence… Israel's secrecy remains deafening; the IOF exclusively screened a 47-minute compilation of ‘raw footage' to invited journalists, as opposed to sharing the footage with news agencies to report on and verify independently (Al Jazeera journalists, notably, were not invited to attend). Amongst those invited, journalist Owen Jones saw no ‘conclusive evidence' for torture, sexual violence, rape, or beheadings. Furthermore, despite calling on the UN to condemn Hamas's acts of sexual violence, Israel refuses to cooperate with a UN commission of inquiry into sexual violence committed by Hamas on the ludicrous basis that the UN has ‘an anti-Israel bias.'” Due to the dearth of such evidence provided to journalists by Israeli officials, TRNN can neither confirm nor deny the substance of these allegations.Studio / Post-Production: David HebdenHelp us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer:Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-podSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/newsletter-podLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

On Monday, December 4,a number of residents spoke in favor of a resolution pending before the Albany Common Council to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Israel. The council will vote on at their next meeting. We hear from four speakers: former City Council member Barbara Smith; two members of Jewish Voice for Peace, Mark Mishler and Eva; and Ms. Jamil, an immigrant from India. By Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine: We begin with an interview about the upcoming celebration for asylum. Then, Mark Dunlea chats with Tom Morrissey of Lights Out Norlite. Later on, Willie Terry hosts a Round Table discussion entitled “The Struggle Continues.” After that, Moses Nagel sits down with Barbara Smith and Bill Fletcher ahead of their event “How to Talk About Ukraine.” Finally, Andrea Cunliffe interviews David Graham of the Albany County District Attorneys' Office.

On Saturday, November 18 at 11am, The Albany Public Library is hosting a talk at the Washington Avenue branch. The talk features labor activist and civil rights leader Bill Fletcher Jr. in conversation with black feminist author and activist Barbara Smith. The event will focus on how to talk about the conflict in the Ukraine now that it has been pushed aside in the news by the bombing and killing in Gaza and Israel. Moses Nagel spoke with them both to preview the event.

For more on U.S. policy in Ukraine and Israel, we host a discussion with CodePink's Medea Benjamin and the Ukraine Solidarity Network's Barbara Smith.

For more on U.S. policy in Ukraine and Israel, we host a discussion with CodePink's Medea Benjamin and the Ukraine Solidarity Network's Barbara Smith.

Get your flannels, ciders, and s'mores ready for this week's discussion of Campfire Stories of Western Canada by Barbara Smith! Paris's friend Kristina recommended this for the show 6 years ago and we finally found a nice spot for it on the schedule. Thanks for sending us on this silly autumnal adventure, Kristina! Today's show includes our usual barnyard language plus cartoon-level “spooky” stuff like a beheaded ghost, sasquatch, and spectral french fries.

The Executive Director at National Vote at Home Institute, Barbara Smith Warner, explains why national voting by mail is imperative and will make a better Democracy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/politicsdoneright/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/politicsdoneright/support

Helen speaks to the legendary Black lesbian feminist scholar Barbara Smith and Meg Onli, co-curator of the 2024 Whitney Biennial, about identity politics in the art world today, the role of criticism, and questions of cultural appropriation. Barbara Smith is the 2022-23 Robert L. Hess Scholar-in-Residence at Brooklyn College, and you can donate to her work at The Smith Caring Circle. Meg Onli is the curator of Carolyn Lazard: Long Take, on view at the ICA Philadelphia until July 9th, and the co-curator of Ulysses Jenkins: Without Your Interpretation, on view at the Julia Stoschek Foundation in Berlin through July 30th.

To hear the rest of the conversation, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Direct link to the Patreon portion of this broadcast's discussion - https://www.patreon.com/posts/norman-barbara-d-80188734 Norman Finkelstein, Barbara Smith and Robin D.G. Kelley debate identity politics. First Barbara and Robin go over the College Board's revision of its curriculum for its Advanced Placement African American Studies course. These revisions happened just weeks after Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis threatened to ban the class in Florida schools. Then Norman joins the discussion. Norman G. Finkelstein received his PhD from the Princeton University Politics Department in 1987. He is the author of many books that have been translated into 60 foreign editions, including THE HOLOCAUST INDUSTRY: Reflections on the exploitation of Jewish suffering, and GAZA: An inquest into its martyrdom. In the year 2020, Norman Finkelstein was named the fifth most influential political scientist in the world. Link to purchase Norman's book: https://www.sublationmedia.com/books/i'll-burn-that-bridge-when-i-get-to-it Barbara Smith is an author, activist, and independent scholar who has played a groundbreaking role in opening up a national cultural and political dialogue about the intersections of race, class, sexuality, and gender. She was among the first to define an African American women's literary tradition and to build Black women's studies and Black feminism in the United States. She has been politically active in many movements for social justice since the 1960s. She has edited three major collections about Black women: Conditions: Five, The Black Women's Issue (with Lorraine Bethel, 1979); All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women's Studies (with Gloria T. Hull and Patricia Bell Scott, 1982); and Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology, 1983 She was cofounder and publisher until 1995 of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, the first U. S. publisher for women of color to reach a wide national audience. She is the 2022-23—Hess Scholar-in-Residence, Brooklyn College. Link to "There's a Lot More That Needs to Be Done" an interview with Barbara Smith: https://www.thedriftmag.com/theres-a-lot-more-that-needs-to-be-done/ Robin D. G. Kelley is the Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA. His books include, Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original; Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression; Race Rebels: Culture Politics and the Black Working Class; Yo' Mama's DisFunktional!: Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America; Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times and Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination. His essays have appeared in several publications, including The Nation, Monthly Review, New York Times, American Historical Review, American Quarterly, Social Text, Metropolis, Black Music Research Journal, and The Boston Review, for which he also serves as Contributing Editor. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media and to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/tWby973p Follow Katie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kthalps