Podcasts about popular education

Breaking Media Bubbles: Join Journalist Laura Flanders and her Guests in Discussing Movement Journalism, Climate Crisis, and Advocacy. While our weekly shows are edited to time for broadcast on Public TV and community radio, we offer to our members and podcast subscribers the full uncut conversation.  The following is an episode from our monthly meet the biopic media series titled "BIPOC Press for the People: Bursting the Corporate Media Bubble," where we discussed the crisis in journalism and what journalists are doing to take matters into their own hands.    These audio exclusives are made possible thanks to our member supporters.  Become a member at https://LauraFlanders.org/donate.  Description: It is a cliché to say that the richest corporate media operate inside a bubble of their own making, but it's largely true. Today's guests are breathing new life into the world of journalism by covering people, places and perspectives beyond the conventional enclaves of power. On this month's Meet the BIPOC Press, Laura Flanders is joined by Chenjerai Kumanyika, a professor at NYU and prolific audio journalist, host of podcasts including “Empire City” and “Uncivil”. Neesha Powell-Ingabire is Director of Popular Education at Press On, a Southern media collective dedicated to movement journalism, and the author of a new memoir, “Come By Here”. And Mary Annaïse Heglar is an essayist covering climate, podcaster, and author of the novel “Troubled Waters” and a book for children, “The World Is Ours To Cherish”. Together they discuss the campus encampments in solidarity with Palestine, intergenerational work to stop the climate crisis, the question of objectivity and context, and how movement journalism is — or isn't — traditional journalism. How do we break media bubbles? Join us for that conversation.“Movement journalism is journalism that is in service of liberation . . . We are very intentional about historically oppressed communities. Folks from those communities should be doing reporting on those communities and building relationships with community members and organizers on the ground.” - Neesha Powell-Ingabire“. . . Look at the history of the Black press. We didn't have the luxury to report and somehow separate that from advocacy. When you have people reporting while slavery is still legal, all kinds of Black people are being targeted in various kinds of violence. We have a long tradition of advocacy journalism.” - Chenjerai Kumanyika“Nothing has made me feel less optimistic about climate change and our ability to stop it, to mitigate it, to deal with it than the genocide and Gaza. If we cannot come together to say that is wrong and that should stop, then I have so little faith in our ability to stop ecocide.” - Mary Annaïse Heglar Guests:•. Mary Annaïse Heglar: Author, Troubled Waters; Podcaster, Spill•. Chenjerai Kumanyika: Audio Journalist, Empire City, Uncivil & Seeing White; Assistant Professor Journalism, NYU•. Neesha Powell-Ingabire: Author, COME BY HERE: A Memoir in Essays from Georgia's Geechee Coast; Director Popular Education, Press On Full Episode Notes are located HERE.  They include related episodes, articles, and more. Laura Flanders and Friends Crew: Laura Flanders, Sabrina Artel, David Neuman, Nat Needham, Rory O'Conner, Janet Hernandez, Sarah Miller, Jeannie Hopper, Nady Pina, Miracle Gatling, and Jordan Flaherty FOLLOW Laura Flanders and FriendsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauraflandersandfriends/Twitter: https://twitter.com/LFAndFriendsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/LauraFlandersAndFriends/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lauraflandersandfriendsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFLRxVeYcB1H7DbuYZQG-lgLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lauraflandersandfriendsPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/lauraflandersandfriendsACCESSIBILITY - The broadcast edition of this episode is available with closed captioned by clicking here for our YouTube Channel

If you believe in big-picture media like ours, help us stay on-air through the year. People rely on our reporting and we are committed to keep going. Are you committed too? Make a contribution at our website today and do your part to give voters the news they need.  We're in the midst of our May Day to Memorial Day membership drive.  We're asking you to join us in raising $25,000. Thanks for listening and thanks for your continued support. It is a cliché to say that the richest corporate media operate inside a bubble of their own making, but it's largely true. Today's guests are breathing new life into the world of journalism by covering people, places and perspectives beyond the conventional enclaves of power. On this month's Meet the BIPOC Press, Laura Flanders is joined by Chenjerai Kumanyika, a professor at NYU and prolific audio journalist, host of podcasts including “Empire City” and “Uncivil”. Neesha Powell-Ingabire is Director of Popular Education at Press On, a Southern media collective dedicated to movement journalism, and the author of a new memoir, “Come By Here”. And Mary Annaïse Heglar is an essayist covering climate, podcaster, and author of the novel “Troubled Waters” and a book for children, “The World Is Ours To Cherish”. Together they discuss the campus encampments in solidarity with Palestine, intergenerational work to stop the climate crisis, the question of objectivity and context, and how movement journalism is — or isn't — traditional journalism. How do we break media bubbles? Join us for that conversation.“Movement journalism is journalism that is in service of liberation . . . We are very intentional about historically oppressed communities. Folks from those communities should be doing reporting on those communities and building relationships with community members and organizers on the ground.” - Neesha Powell-Ingabire“. . . Look at the history of the Black press. We didn't have the luxury to report and somehow separate that from advocacy. When you have people reporting while slavery is still legal, all kinds of Black people are being targeted in various kinds of violence. We have a long tradition of advocacy journalism.” - Chenjerai Kumanyika“Nothing has made me feel less optimistic about climate change and our ability to stop it, to mitigate it, to deal with it than the genocide and Gaza. If we cannot come together to say that is wrong and that should stop, then I have so little faith in our ability to stop ecocide.” - Mary Annaïse HeglarGuests:•. Mary Annaïse Heglar: Author, Troubled Waters; Podcaster, Spill•. Chenjerai Kumanyika: Audio Journalist, Empire City, Uncivil & Seeing White; Assistant Professor Journalism, NYU•. Neesha Powell-Ingabire: Author, COME BY HERE: A Memoir in Essays from Georgia's Geechee Coast; Director Popular Education, Press On Full Episode Notes are located HERE.  They include related episodes, articles, and more.Music In the Middle:  Be The Change by Nation Beat from their latest album Archaic Humans released on Rope a Dope Records..  "Steppin" and "The Gall" by Podington Bear. Laura Flanders and Friends Crew: Laura Flanders, Sabrina Artel, David Neuman, Nat Needham, Rory O'Conner, Janet Hernandez, Sarah Miller, Jeannie Hopper, Nady Pina, and Jordan Flaherty FOLLOW Laura Flanders and FriendsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauraflandersandfriends/Twitter: https://twitter.com/LFAndFriendsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/LauraFlandersAndFriends/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lauraflandersandfriendsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFLRxVeYcB1H7DbuYZQG-lgLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lauraflandersandfriendsPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/lauraflandersandfriendsACCESSIBILITY - The broadcast edition of this episode is available with closed captioned by clicking here for our YouTube Channel

Marcos Arruda is an economist, professor and author. He is an associate and co-founder of the PACS Institute – Alternative Policies for the Southern Cone, Rio de Janeiro since 1986 and an associate of the Transnational Institute, in Amsterdam, since 1975. Arruda is the co-founder and former director of IBASE – Brazilian Institute of Social and Economic Analysis, Rio de Janeiro, a former member of the Institute of Cultural Action, in Geneva and a consultant in youth and adult education and development for the Ministries of Education of Guine Bissau and Nicarágua. He is also a former professor of Philosophy of Popular Education at IESAE – Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, Getúlio Vargas Foundation, Rio de Janeiro (1983-1992), as well as a professor and lecturer at universities in Brazil and abroad. Arruda is a member and collaborator of several organizations linked to human rights and environmental issues. He is the author and co-author of more than 10 books and hundreds of articules, published in Brazil and abroad, including A Mother's Cry: A Memoir of Politics, Prison, and Torture under the Brazilian Military Dictatorship.Brazil is going through challenging times. There's never been a more important moment to understand Brazil's politics, society, and culture. To go beyond the headlines, and to ask questions that aren't easy to answer. 'Brazil Unfiltered,' does just that. This podcast is hosted by James N. Green, Professor of Brazilian History and Culture at Brown University and the National Co-Coordinator of the U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil.Brazil Unfiltered is part of the Democracy Observatory, supported by the Washington Brazil Office. This podcast is edited and produced by Camilo Rocha in São Paulo.https://www.braziloffice.org/en/observatory#activities

-- Recorded July 2023 -- Amrita Wassan is the Senior Director Programs at Center for Economic Democracy (CED), and they are an educator, organizer and solidarity economy practitioner. Francisco Perez is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Utah and he's director of the Center for Popular Economics. They are both part of the team that teaches Economics for Emancipation, which is “A Course on Capitalism, Solidarity and How We Get Free”. Find out more at https://economics4emancipation.net/ Subscribe to Half Past Capitalism on the podcast service of your choice. Find out more about the Solidarity Economy Incubator for Zero Emissions (SEIZE) at solidarityeconomy.ca

Today on Sojourner Truth we discuss the wrongful killing of Tyre Nichols, a 29 year old black man who was beaten up and tased by five black police officers and later died in the hospital. According to the family attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci, an independent autopsy was done by a forensic pathologist, which determined that Nichols died of “excessive bleeding caused by a severe beating.” Police claim to have stopped Nichols for a traffic violation and that he became aggressive and tried to reach for one of the officers' guns, however video footage showed that police lied in their report. Videos of the beating that involved five black officers who at one point laid on top of Nichols all at once, was released Friday January 27th, leading to widespread national protests and putting a national spotlight on Memphis,TN police and the wider conversation around systemic failures and racism in policing. A 6th police officer, Preston Hemphill, who is white, has been let go from the police force as the investigation on the killing of Tyree Nichols continues. Hemphill's attorney confirmed he was the 3rd officer at the initial stop and the body cam footage was from his body cam. Hemphill's body camera captures part of the initial confrontation with Nichols. In the video, Hemphill can be seen using a Taser on him. Later, a voice on the body cam that seems to be Hemphill's says, “I hope they stomp his a--” after Nichols escaped. The sheriff in Shelby County, Tenn., which includes Memphis, said two of his deputies were relieved of duty amid an internal investigation, citing “concerns” after they “appeared on the scene following the physical confrontation between police and Tyre Nichols.” The Memphis Fire Department has also said it pulled two personnel from duty in response to the case and launched an internal investigation. Days before Tyre Nichols passed three men were killed by the Los Angeles Police Department within 48 hours. Our guests joining us for the hour to unpack the aftermath of the death of Tyre Nichols as well as the recent killing of three men by Los Angeles Police include: Ash-Lee Henderson, the first Black woman to serve as the co-executive director of the Highlander Research and Education Center. Ash-Lee is an active participant in the Movement for Black Lives. Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History and African-American Studies at the University of Houston, and organizer Mic Crenshaw. Mic Crenshaw is an independent hip hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator and activist and the lead U.S. Organizer for the Afrikan Hip-Hop Caravan who uses Cultural Activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to Human Rights and Justice through Hip Hop and Popular Education.

Today on Sojourner Truth we discuss the wrongful killing of Tyre Nichols, a 29 year old black man who was beaten up and tased by five black police officers and later died in the hospital. According to the family attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci, an independent autopsy was done by a forensic pathologist, which determined that Nichols died of “excessive bleeding caused by a severe beating.” Police claim to have stopped Nichols for a traffic violation and that he became aggressive and tried to reach for one of the officers' guns, however video footage showed that police lied in their report. Videos of the beating that involved five black officers who at one point laid on top of Nichols all at once, was released Friday January 27th, leading to widespread national protests and putting a national spotlight on Memphis,TN police and the wider conversation around systemic failures and racism in policing. A 6th police officer, Preston Hemphill, who is white, has been let go from the police force as the investigation on the killing of Tyree Nichols continues. Hemphill's attorney confirmed he was the 3rd officer at the initial stop and the body cam footage was from his body cam. Hemphill's body camera captures part of the initial confrontation with Nichols. In the video, Hemphill can be seen using a Taser on him. Later, a voice on the body cam that seems to be Hemphill's says, “I hope they stomp his a--” after Nichols escaped. The sheriff in Shelby County, Tenn., which includes Memphis, said two of his deputies were relieved of duty amid an internal investigation, citing “concerns” after they “appeared on the scene following the physical confrontation between police and Tyre Nichols.” The Memphis Fire Department has also said it pulled two personnel from duty in response to the case and launched an internal investigation. Days before Tyre Nichols passed three men were killed by the Los Angeles Police Department within 48 hours. Our guests joining us for the hour to unpack the aftermath of the death of Tyre Nichols as well as the recent killing of three men by Los Angeles Police include: Ash-Lee Henderson, the first Black woman to serve as the co-executive director of the Highlander Research and Education Center. Ash-Lee is an active participant in the Movement for Black Lives. Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History and African-American Studies at the University of Houston, and organizer Mic Crenshaw. Mic Crenshaw is an independent hip hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator and activist and the lead U.S. Organizer for the Afrikan Hip-Hop Caravan who uses Cultural Activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to Human Rights and Justice through Hip Hop and Popular Education.

✦ ABOUT ✦The Valley Labor Report is the only union talk radio show in Alabama, elevating struggles for justice and fairness on the job, educating folks about how they can do the same, and bringing relevant news to workers in Alabama and beyond.Our single largest source of revenue *is our listeners* so your support really matters and helps us stay on the air!Make a one time donation or become a monthly donor on our website or patreon:TVLR.FMPatreon.com/thevalleylaborreportVisit our official website for more info on the show, membership, our sponsors, merch, and more: https://www.tvlr.fmFollow TVLR on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheValleyLab...Follow TVLR on Twitter: @LaborReportersFollow Jacob on Twitter: @JacobM_ALFollow TVLR Co-Creator David Story on Twitter: @RadiclUnionist✦ CONTACT US ✦Our phone number is 844-899-TVLR (8857), call or text us live on air, or leave us a voicemail and we might play it during the show!✦ OUR ADVERTISERS KEEP US ON THE AIR! ✦Support them if you can.The attorneys at MAPLES, TUCKER, AND JACOB fight for working people. Let them represent you in your workplace injury claim. Mtandj.com; (855) 617-9333The MACHINISTS UNION represents workers in several industries including healthcare, the defense industry, woodworking, and more. iamaw44.org (256) 286-3704 / organize@iamaw44.orgDo you need good union laborers on your construction site, or do you want a union construction job? Reach out to the IRONWORKERS LOCAL 477. Ironworkers477.org  256-383-3334 (Jeb Miles) / local477@bellsouth.netThe NORTH ALABAMA DSA is looking for folks to work for a better North Alabama, fighting for liberty and justice for all. Contact / Join: DSANorthAlabama@gmail.comIBEW LOCAL 136 is a group of over 900 electricians and electrical workers providing our area with the finest workforce in the construction industry. You belong here. ibew136.org Contact: (205) 833-0909IFPTE - We are engineers, scientists, nonprofit employees, technicians, lawyers, and many other professions who have joined together to have a greater voice in our careers. With over 80,000 members spread across the U.S. and Canada, we invite you and your colleagues to consider the benefits of engaging in collective bargaining. IFPTE.org Contact: (202) 239-4880THE HUNTSVILLE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD is a union open to any and all working people. Call or email them today to begin organizing your workplace - wherever it is. On the Web: https://hsviww.org/ Contact: (256) 651-6707 / organize@hsviww.orgENERGY ALABAMA is accelerating Alabama's transition to sustainable energy. We are a nonprofit membership-based organization that has advocated for clean energy in Alabama since 2014. Our work is based on three pillars: education, advocacy, and technical assistance. Energy Alabama on the Web: https://alcse.org/ Contact: (256) 812-1431 / dtait@energyalabama.orgThe Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union represents in a wide range of industries, including but not limited to retail, grocery stores, poultry processing, dairy processing, cereal processing, soda bottlers, bakeries, health care, hotels, manufacturing, public sector workers like crossing guards, sanitation, and highway workers, warehouses, building services,  and distribution. Learn more at RWDSU.infoThe American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal employee union proudly representing 700,000 federal and D.C. government workers nationwide and overseas. Learn more at AFGE.orgAre you looking for a better future, a career that can have you set for life, and to be a part of something that's bigger than yourself?   Consider a skilled trades apprenticeship with the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades. Learn more at IUPAT.orgUnionly is a union-focused company created specifically to support organized labor. We believe that providing online payments should be simple, safe, and secure.  Visit https://unionly.io/ to learn more. Hometown Action envisions inclusive, revitalized, and sustainable communities built through multiracial working class organizing and leadership development at the local and state level to create opportunities for all people to thrive. Learn more at hometownaction.orgMembers of IBEW have some of the best wages and benefits in North Alabama. Find out more and join their team at ibew558.org ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this second part of the episode on Ella Baker, I talk to Gerald Taylor. We discuss the influence Baker's approach and vision had on him as an organizer, how he sees her understanding of organizing play out on the ground, and his own involvement in myriad grassroots democratic initiatives. Along the way, he recounts a compelling set of stories and reflections on what it means to do organizing in the spirit of Ella Baker. GuestGerald Taylor was a national senior organizer with the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) for  nearly 35 years, and for much of this time he was the IAF's Southeast Regional Director. In 2015, he co-founded Advance Carolina, the first state-wide Black led 501c (4) in North Carolina focused on building Black political power. His organizing career began as a teenager through involvement in the civil rights movement, with him eventually being elected as New York State President of the NAACP Youth and College Division at 17 years old. He then organized with the National Democratic Party of Alabama, an interracial third political party, in their historic election victories of 1970. He went to be involved in numerous organizing initiatives in the US, most notably in New York City, Baltimore, Memphis, Nashville, Atlanta, and Jackson, Mississippi. Immediately after Hurricane Katrina, he spent four years organizing African American communities along the Mississippi Gulf Coast to receive disaster relieve leading to the formation of a coalition that negotiated nearly one billion dollars in disaster relieve funding for these communities. He has trained thousands of leaders, including clergy, over the past forty years in community organizing and congregational development. He has also lectured at colleges and universities, including Shaw Divinity School, Hood Divinity School, North Carolina Central Law School, Duke Divinity School, Vanderbilt Divinity School, Garrett Evangelical Methodist Seminary, and UNC Chapel-Hill on theories of social change, community organizing, and leadership. He has also worked internationally with organizations such as Bread for the World, the Sidney Alliance in Australia, and been a consultant to democratization initiatives in Swaziland, Zimbabwe, and South Africa.Resources for Going DeeperSee the show notes for the previous episode

This episode discusses the work of Ella Baker and the different traditions and influences that shaped her organizing and her understanding of democracy. Baker didn't write much and what she did write is not widely available. Instead, her approach is taught through accounts of it by historians of the civil rights movement and her biographers. So it is her life and practice that I focus on in this two part episode. In part 1 of the episode I discuss Baker's biography, her vision of democracy, and her legacy with my colleague, Wesley Hogan. Wesley is Research Professor at the Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke. She has researched and written extensively on the civil rights movement, particularly the work of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (or SNCC) which Baker helped organize and within which Baker was a key figure. And in her most recent book, Wesley examines contemporary movements influenced by Baker such as the Movement for Black Lives and the International Indigenous Youth Council, which is involved in the struggle to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline and protect sovereign control of Indigenous lands. GuestWesley Hogan is Research Professor at the Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University. She writes and teaches the history of youth social movements, human rights, documentary studies, and oral history. Her book books include, On the Freedom Side, which draws a portrait of young people organizing in the spirit of Ella Baker since 1960; Many Minds, One Heart: SNCC's Dream for a New America (2009) and a volume co-edited with Paul Ortiz entitled, People Power: History, Organizing, and Larry Goodwyn's Democratic Vision in the Twenty-First Century. Between 2003-2013, she taught at Virginia State University, where she worked with the Algebra Project and the Young People's Project. From 2013-2021, she served as Director of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke. She co-facilitates a partnership between the SNCC Legacy Project and Duke,The SNCC Digital Gateway, the purpose of which is to bring the grassroots stories of the civil rights movement to a much wider public through a web portal, K12 initiative, and set of critical oral histories.Resources for Going DeeperCharles Payne, “Slow and Respectful Work” & “Mrs Hamer is No Longer Relevant,” I've Got the Light of Freedom: The Organizing Tradition and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996), Ch.'s 8 & 13.Barbara Ransby, Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2003).J. Todd Moye, Ella Baker: Community Organizer of the Civil Rights Movement (London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2013).Mie Inouye, “Starting with People Where They Are: Ella Baker's Theory of Political Organizing,” American Political Science Review 116:2 (2022), 533–546.Interview with Ella Baker (1968) https://abolitionnotes.org/ella-baker/interview1968Speech to the SNCC Conference (1963) https://abolitionnotes.org/ella-baker/sncc1963Address at the Hattiesburg Freedom Day Rally (1964) 

This two-part episode discusses the work of Saul Alinsky, the “dean of community organizing,” and the different traditions and influences that shaped his democratic vision. The key texts discussed are his two books: “Reveille for Radicals” published in 1946, and his more well known later book, “Rules for Radicals,” written in 1971. In this first part of this two part episode I discuss Alinsky, his writings, and his legacy with Amanda Tattersall. Amanda currently directs the Policy Lab at Sydney University. With a background in social movements as well as union organizing, she was inspired by reading Alinsky to set up Sydney Alliance, a community organizing coalition in her hometown. Since doing that, she has helped develop a number of other initiatives to craft creative, democratic responses to endemic problems.Guest:Amanda Tattersall is an Associate Professor at Sydney University and a community organiser. She established community organising in Australia founding the Sydney Alliance, and also co-founded GetUp Australia's largest digital campaigning organisation. She currently uses her community organising experience to lead relationship-driven research with the Sydney Policy Lab on issues like climate change and mental illness. She also hosts the ChangeMakers Podcast.  

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Popular education in Sweden: much more than you wanted to know, published by Henrik Karlsson on May 17, 2022 on LessWrong. Growing up on the Swedish seaside, I had a five-minute walk to four open learning facilities – not counting the library and the youth center. It was very Christopher Alexander. One of the premises was an abandoned church that my friends and I used as a recording studio; we'd renovated it ourselves with funding from a study association. There we played distorted pop. In another, I learned French from an émigré of Montpellier. We arranged public lectures – once, to our great surprise, we even managed to book then general secretary of the United Nations Ban-Ki Moon for a lecture in Uppsala. I analyzed Soviet cinema with a group of whom an unsettling number sang Sång för Stalin before the screenings. Since leaving Sweden, I have realized that not everyone grows up like this. And I miss it. In fact, if the whole of Sweden was about to burn down and I could only save one thing, I might grab just folkbildningsrörelsen. Folkbildningsrörelsen: that is the name we have for this movement of self-organized study groups, resource centers, maker spaces, public lectures, and free retreats for personal development. These types of things exist in other countries too – but not at the same scale. Or even close. To get a sense of how comprehensive folkbildningsrörelsen is, it helps to remember that Sweden has a population roughly comparable to New York City. If NYC had as many free resource centers per inhabitant as the municipality where I grew up, Manhattan would look like this: I was going to do all of New York but my hand started hurting from making all these dots, so I only managed the tip of Manhattan. At every other intersection, there would be a few rooms where you could go in and get some money to buy literature or access tools you needed. (In practice, the resource centers in cities tend to be lumped together in larger units, but the map still captures a lived reality for the 7.5 percent of Sweden's population who regularly take part in study associations.) Experientially, the spaces I have been part of have felt more like niche internet forums than schools. There were plenty of trolls, witches, and freaks – but we were also able to sustain a depth of conversation which was out of scope at school. When I entered university, seminars often felt like play-acting in comparison. In our often quite dilapidated buildings (as in internet communities), we hadn't thought about what we were doing as learning. We were just obsessing about things. How did this all come about? In the 19th century, when these houses and the financing that enables them began to be built out, the main impetus came from the German Bildung tradition. Bildung etymologically refers to shaping yourself in the image (das Bild) of God. God in this context should be imagined as a highly self-possessed spectral being – in control of its emotions, with mind and heart in harmony, and willing to take individual moral responsibility. Think Bertrand Russell but less atheist, and sitting on a cloud. This is the look. In its original formulation, Bildung had a somewhat bourgeois flavor. It smelled of tweed and leather elbow patches. But in the early 1800s, thinkers such as Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, N.F.S. Grundtvig, and Johann Friedrich Herbart figured out how to sell Bildung to farmers and day laborers – a folk Bildung, or folkbildning in Swedish. This was the tradition that took root in Sweden: the popular movement to shape yourself in the image of Bertrand Russell. The English language version of folkbildning's Wikipedia page refers to it as popular education. This translation is not entirely correct. The term "popular education" has a strong political connotation – the Wikipedia page talks about "c...

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Popular education in Sweden: much more than you wanted to know, published by Henrik Karlsson on May 17, 2022 on LessWrong. Growing up on the Swedish seaside, I had a five-minute walk to four open learning facilities – not counting the library and the youth center. It was very Christopher Alexander. One of the premises was an abandoned church that my friends and I used as a recording studio; we'd renovated it ourselves with funding from a study association. There we played distorted pop. In another, I learned French from an émigré of Montpellier. We arranged public lectures – once, to our great surprise, we even managed to book then general secretary of the United Nations Ban-Ki Moon for a lecture in Uppsala. I analyzed Soviet cinema with a group of whom an unsettling number sang Sång för Stalin before the screenings. Since leaving Sweden, I have realized that not everyone grows up like this. And I miss it. In fact, if the whole of Sweden was about to burn down and I could only save one thing, I might grab just folkbildningsrörelsen. Folkbildningsrörelsen: that is the name we have for this movement of self-organized study groups, resource centers, maker spaces, public lectures, and free retreats for personal development. These types of things exist in other countries too – but not at the same scale. Or even close. To get a sense of how comprehensive folkbildningsrörelsen is, it helps to remember that Sweden has a population roughly comparable to New York City. If NYC had as many free resource centers per inhabitant as the municipality where I grew up, Manhattan would look like this: I was going to do all of New York but my hand started hurting from making all these dots, so I only managed the tip of Manhattan. At every other intersection, there would be a few rooms where you could go in and get some money to buy literature or access tools you needed. (In practice, the resource centers in cities tend to be lumped together in larger units, but the map still captures a lived reality for the 7.5 percent of Sweden's population who regularly take part in study associations.) Experientially, the spaces I have been part of have felt more like niche internet forums than schools. There were plenty of trolls, witches, and freaks – but we were also able to sustain a depth of conversation which was out of scope at school. When I entered university, seminars often felt like play-acting in comparison. In our often quite dilapidated buildings (as in internet communities), we hadn't thought about what we were doing as learning. We were just obsessing about things. How did this all come about? In the 19th century, when these houses and the financing that enables them began to be built out, the main impetus came from the German Bildung tradition. Bildung etymologically refers to shaping yourself in the image (das Bild) of God. God in this context should be imagined as a highly self-possessed spectral being – in control of its emotions, with mind and heart in harmony, and willing to take individual moral responsibility. Think Bertrand Russell but less atheist, and sitting on a cloud. This is the look. In its original formulation, Bildung had a somewhat bourgeois flavor. It smelled of tweed and leather elbow patches. But in the early 1800s, thinkers such as Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, N.F.S. Grundtvig, and Johann Friedrich Herbart figured out how to sell Bildung to farmers and day laborers – a folk Bildung, or folkbildning in Swedish. This was the tradition that took root in Sweden: the popular movement to shape yourself in the image of Bertrand Russell. The English language version of folkbildning's Wikipedia page refers to it as popular education. This translation is not entirely correct. The term "popular education" has a strong political connotation – the Wikipedia page talks about "c...

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Popular education in Sweden: much more than you wanted to know, published by Henrik Karlsson on May 17, 2022 on LessWrong. Growing up on the Swedish seaside, I had a five-minute walk to four open learning facilities – not counting the library and the youth center. It was very Christopher Alexander. One of the premises was an abandoned church that my friends and I used as a recording studio; we'd renovated it ourselves with funding from a study association. There we played distorted pop. In another, I learned French from an émigré of Montpellier. We arranged public lectures – once, to our great surprise, we even managed to book then general secretary of the United Nations Ban-Ki Moon for a lecture in Uppsala. I analyzed Soviet cinema with a group of whom an unsettling number sang Sång för Stalin before the screenings. Since leaving Sweden, I have realized that not everyone grows up like this. And I miss it. In fact, if the whole of Sweden was about to burn down and I could only save one thing, I might grab just folkbildningsrörelsen. Folkbildningsrörelsen: that is the name we have for this movement of self-organized study groups, resource centers, maker spaces, public lectures, and free retreats for personal development. These types of things exist in other countries too – but not at the same scale. Or even close. To get a sense of how comprehensive folkbildningsrörelsen is, it helps to remember that Sweden has a population roughly comparable to New York City. If NYC had as many free resource centers per inhabitant as the municipality where I grew up, Manhattan would look like this: I was going to do all of New York but my hand started hurting from making all these dots, so I only managed the tip of Manhattan. At every other intersection, there would be a few rooms where you could go in and get some money to buy literature or access tools you needed. (In practice, the resource centers in cities tend to be lumped together in larger units, but the map still captures a lived reality for the 7.5 percent of Sweden's population who regularly take part in study associations.) Experientially, the spaces I have been part of have felt more like niche internet forums than schools. There were plenty of trolls, witches, and freaks – but we were also able to sustain a depth of conversation which was out of scope at school. When I entered university, seminars often felt like play-acting in comparison. In our often quite dilapidated buildings (as in internet communities), we hadn't thought about what we were doing as learning. We were just obsessing about things. How did this all come about? In the 19th century, when these houses and the financing that enables them began to be built out, the main impetus came from the German Bildung tradition. Bildung etymologically refers to shaping yourself in the image (das Bild) of God. God in this context should be imagined as a highly self-possessed spectral being – in control of its emotions, with mind and heart in harmony, and willing to take individual moral responsibility. Think Bertrand Russell but less atheist, and sitting on a cloud. This is the look. In its original formulation, Bildung had a somewhat bourgeois flavor. It smelled of tweed and leather elbow patches. But in the early 1800s, thinkers such as Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, N.F.S. Grundtvig, and Johann Friedrich Herbart figured out how to sell Bildung to farmers and day laborers – a folk Bildung, or folkbildning in Swedish. This was the tradition that took root in Sweden: the popular movement to shape yourself in the image of Bertrand Russell. The English language version of folkbildning's Wikipedia page refers to it as popular education. This translation is not entirely correct. The term "popular education" has a strong political connotation – the Wikipedia page talks about "c...

Eric Dirnbach joins the show to discuss his experience as an advanced organizer with EWOC, the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee, a joint partnership of the DSA and UE. Dirnbach challenges organized labor to train one million workers for unionizing the masses, and we discuss whether popular education models such as EWOC are suited for the task. Also discussed are the prospects for syndicalism to meet the task of organizing one million workers, and the role mainstream unions can or should have in popular education for organizing workers. Read the articles written by Dirnbach on EWOC at https://workerorganizing.org/millions-of-workers-want-a-union-ewoc-shows-how-to-help-2382/ Please support Laborwave Radio by subscribing to our patreon at patreon.com/laborwave We have gifts depending on the tier you join, and exclusive access to our archives and Discord server. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, it helps our content reach new listeners. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/laborwave-radio/id1536697871

Dr. Jane Vella and Val Uccellani talk with Ellen Turgasen RN about the axiom “Don't do for the learners what they can do for themselves.” Ellen met Jane in 1985 when she took the Popular Education ‘bootcamp' prior to flying off to Peru to work as a nurse for Maryknoll. From then on, Ellen was hungry to learn more about how to live the principles and practices of Dialogue Education. This particular axiom gained new meaning for Ellen in her work as a massage therapist – where doing for the learner has tangible consequences. Read the transcript on our website. This show is produced by Global Learning Partners and Greg Tilton JR, with theme music by Kyle Donald. Follow us on Twitter (@GLPconsultants), Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn (@GlobalLearningPartners) for the latest updates about the show. Find out more about GLP at www.globallearningpartners.com. Like what you hear? Consider leaving us a review! Check out our sister series – Shift the Power: A Learning-Centered Podcast.

We're talking with Jessica Suarez-Nieto, an elementary teacher in Chicago. You'll hear her challenge us to think about our work in a more collective sense, building strong relationships with our students and between our students. Jessica is wise and has sharp ideas of how to pose problems to our students so they address social ills and think about how to build a different world together. Jessica challenges us to think about how to transform schools to be safe places to foster student agency and collectivized learning. Take a listen…

Jane and Val – Owner and Senior Partner at GLP – talk with Alex Ciconello from International Budget Partnership (IBP) about the axiom “Less is More”. Alex was introduced to GLP through his work with IBP in Brazil – his roots with Paolo Freire's Popular Education made him eager to embrace a learning-centered approach. Together, Jane and Alex explore the depth of this axiom using poignant metaphors for learning and dialogue. Read the transcripts for the episode here. This show is produced by Global Learning Partners and Greg Tilton JR, with theme music by Kyle Donald. Follow us on Twitter (@GLPconsultants), Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn (@GlobalLearningPartners) for the latest updates about the show. Find out more about GLP at www.globallearningpartners.com. Like what you hear? Consider leaving us a review! Check out our sister series – Shift the Power: A Learning-Centered Podcast.

Join brilliant educators and practitioners Nwamaka Agbo (Kataly Fund) and Francisco Perez (Center for Popular Education) as they (re)define "economic democracy," and draw from their own cultures and pasts to think about the future of our movement!

In episode #406 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Andrew Winchur. He is the director of the Parkdale Free School, a grassroots educational initiative for residents of the Parkdale neighbourhood in Toronto to share their knowledge and lived experience in a safe, inclusive, and anti-oppressive setting. They talk about popular education, radical pedagogy, and the Parkdale Free School. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: https://talkingradical.ca/2021/06/01/radio-grassroots-popular-education-in-a-toronto-neighbourhood/

Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage of the fallout from the police shooting of yet another Black man. This time 20-year-old Daunte Wright. He leaves behind a two-year-old son. He was killed in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Kim Potter, a cop of 26 years who shot Daunte, resigned as well as police chief Tim Gannon. Ten miles away from where Daunte was killed, the trial of Derek Chauvin took place. The police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd continues with the defense beginning to make their case on behalf of Chauvin. Our guest is Mic Crenshaw, the NW Regional Director of Hip Hop Congress. Mic was born and raised in Chicago and Minneapolis and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Mic is an independent hip hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator and activist. Crenshaw is the Lead U.S. Organizer for the Afrikan HipHop Caravan and uses Cultural Activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to Human Rights and Justice through Hip Hop and Popular Education. A victory for environmentalists up against big business in Malaysia. We speak with Charles Hector, a human rights attorney who is being legally harassed for his work on behalf of eight villagers who are protectors of the environment. Also joining us is Nina Lopez of the UK-based Legal Action for Women, who garnered international support for Hector's case. The California Poor People's Campaign is hosting an event entitled, "The Power to Heal: End Inequalities in Healthcare." Our guest is Betty Doumas-Toto, an activist, organizer, facilitator and campaigner for Healthcare for All and Medicare for All.

Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage of the fallout from the police shooting of yet another Black man. This time 20-year-old Daunte Wright. He leaves behind a two-year-old son. He was killed in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Kim Potter, a cop of 26 years who shot Daunte, resigned as well as police chief Tim Gannon. Ten miles away from where Daunte was killed, the trial of Derek Chauvin took place. The police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd continues with the defense beginning to make their case on behalf of Chauvin. Our guest is Mic Crenshaw, the NW Regional Director of Hip Hop Congress. Mic was born and raised in Chicago and Minneapolis and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Mic is an independent hip hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator and activist. Crenshaw is the Lead U.S. Organizer for the Afrikan HipHop Caravan and uses Cultural Activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to Human Rights and Justice through Hip Hop and Popular Education. A victory for environmentalists up against big business in Malaysia. We speak with Charles Hector, a human rights attorney who is being legally harassed for his work on behalf of eight villagers who are protectors of the environment. Also joining us is Nina Lopez of the UK-based Legal Action for Women, who garnered international support for Hector's case. The California Poor People's Campaign is hosting an event entitled, "The Power to Heal: End Inequalities in Healthcare." Our guest is Betty Doumas-Toto, an activist, organizer, facilitator and campaigner for Healthcare for All and Medicare for All.

Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage of the fallout from the police shooting of yet another Black man. This time 20-year-old Daunte Wright. He leaves behind a two-year-old son. He was killed in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Kim Potter, a cop of 26 years who shot Daunte, resigned as well as police chief Tim Gannon. Ten miles away from where Daunte was killed, the trial of Derek Chauvin took place. The police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd continues with the defense beginning to make their case on behalf of Chauvin. Our guest is Mic Crenshaw, the NW Regional Director of Hip Hop Congress. Mic was born and raised in Chicago and Minneapolis and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Mic is an independent hip hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator and activist. Crenshaw is the Lead U.S. Organizer for the Afrikan HipHop Caravan and uses Cultural Activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to Human Rights and Justice through Hip Hop and Popular Education. A victory for environmentalists up against big business in Malaysia. We speak with Charles Hector, a human rights attorney who is being legally harassed for his work on behalf of eight villagers who are protectors of the environment. Also joining us is Nina Lopez of the UK-based Legal Action for Women, who garnered international support for Hector's case. The California Poor People's Campaign is hosting an event entitled, "The Power to Heal: End Inequalities in Healthcare." Our guest is Betty Doumas-Toto, an activist, organizer, facilitator and campaigner for Healthcare for All and Medicare for All.

Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage of the fallout from the police shooting of yet another Black man. This time 20-year-old Daunte Wright. He leaves behind a two-year-old son. He was killed in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Kim Potter, a cop of 26 years who shot Daunte, resigned as well as police chief Tim Gannon. Ten miles away from where Daunte was killed, the trial of Derek Chauvin took place. The police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd continues with the defense beginning to make their case on behalf of Chauvin. Our guest is Mic Crenshaw, the NW Regional Director of Hip Hop Congress. Mic was born and raised in Chicago and Minneapolis and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Mic is an independent hip hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator and activist. Crenshaw is the Lead U.S. Organizer for the Afrikan HipHop Caravan and uses Cultural Activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to Human Rights and Justice through Hip Hop and Popular Education. A victory for environmentalists up against big business in Malaysia. We speak with Charles Hector, a human rights attorney who is being legally harassed for his work on behalf of eight villagers who are protectors of the environment. Also joining us is Nina Lopez of the UK-based Legal Action for Women, who garnered international support for Hector's case. The California Poor People's Campaign is hosting an event entitled, "The Power to Heal: End Inequalities in Healthcare." Our guest is Betty Doumas-Toto, an activist, organizer, facilitator and campaigner for Healthcare for All and Medicare for All.

Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage of the fallout from the police shooting of yet another Black man. This time 20-year-old Daunte Wright. He leaves behind a two-year-old son. He was killed in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Kim Potter, a cop of 26 years who shot Daunte, resigned as well as police chief Tim Gannon. Ten miles away from where Daunte was killed, the trial of Derek Chauvin took place. The police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd continues with the defense beginning to make their case on behalf of Chauvin. Our guest is Mic Crenshaw, the NW Regional Director of Hip Hop Congress. Mic was born and raised in Chicago and Minneapolis and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Mic is an independent hip hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator and activist. Crenshaw is the Lead U.S. Organizer for the Afrikan HipHop Caravan and uses Cultural Activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to Human Rights and Justice through Hip Hop and Popular Education. A victory for environmentalists up against big business in Malaysia. We speak with Charles Hector, a human rights attorney who is being legally harassed for his work on behalf of eight villagers who are protectors of the environment. Also joining us is Nina Lopez of the UK-based Legal Action for Women, who garnered international support for Hector's case. The California Poor People's Campaign is hosting an event entitled, "The Power to Heal: End Inequalities in Healthcare." Our guest is Betty Doumas-Toto, an activist, organizer, facilitator and campaigner for Healthcare for All and Medicare for All.

Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage of the fallout from the police shooting of yet another Black man. This time 20-year-old Daunte Wright. He leaves behind a two-year-old son. He was killed in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Kim Potter, a cop of 26 years who shot Daunte, resigned as well as police chief Tim Gannon. Ten miles away from where Daunte was killed, the trial of Derek Chauvin took place. The police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd continues with the defense beginning to make their case on behalf of Chauvin. Our guest is Mic Crenshaw, the NW Regional Director of Hip Hop Congress. Mic was born and raised in Chicago and Minneapolis and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Mic is an independent hip hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator and activist. Crenshaw is the Lead U.S. Organizer for the Afrikan HipHop Caravan and uses Cultural Activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to Human Rights and Justice through Hip Hop and Popular Education. A victory for environmentalists up against big business in Malaysia. We speak with Charles Hector, a human rights attorney who is being legally harassed for his work on behalf of eight villagers who are protectors of the environment. Also joining us is Nina Lopez of the UK-based Legal Action for Women, who garnered international support for Hector's case. The California Poor People's Campaign is hosting an event entitled, "The Power to Heal: End Inequalities in Healthcare." Our guest is Betty Doumas-Toto, an activist, organizer, facilitator and campaigner for Healthcare for All and Medicare for All.

Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage of the fallout from the police shooting of yet another Black man. This time 20-year-old Daunte Wright. He leaves behind a two-year-old son. He was killed in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Kim Potter, a cop of 26 years who shot Daunte, resigned as well as police chief Tim Gannon. Ten miles away from where Daunte was killed, the trial of Derek Chauvin took place. The police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd continues with the defense beginning to make their case on behalf of Chauvin. Our guest is Mic Crenshaw, the NW Regional Director of Hip Hop Congress. Mic was born and raised in Chicago and Minneapolis and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Mic is an independent hip hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator and activist. Crenshaw is the Lead U.S. Organizer for the Afrikan HipHop Caravan and uses Cultural Activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to Human Rights and Justice through Hip Hop and Popular Education. A victory for environmentalists up against big business in Malaysia. We speak with Charles Hector, a human rights attorney who is being legally harassed for his work on behalf of eight villagers who are protectors of the environment. Also joining us is Nina Lopez of the UK-based Legal Action for Women, who garnered international support for Hector's case. The California Poor People's Campaign is hosting an event entitled, "The Power to Heal: End Inequalities in Healthcare." Our guest is Betty Doumas-Toto, an activist, organizer, facilitator and campaigner for Healthcare for All and Medicare for All.

Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage of the fallout from the police shooting of yet another Black man. This time 20-year-old Daunte Wright. He leaves behind a two-year-old son. He was killed in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Kim Potter, a cop of 26 years who shot Daunte, resigned as well as police chief Tim Gannon. Ten miles away from where Daunte was killed, the trial of Derek Chauvin took place. The police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd continues with the defense beginning to make their case on behalf of Chauvin. Our guest is Mic Crenshaw, the NW Regional Director of Hip Hop Congress. Mic was born and raised in Chicago and Minneapolis and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Mic is an independent hip hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator and activist. Crenshaw is the Lead U.S. Organizer for the Afrikan HipHop Caravan and uses Cultural Activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to Human Rights and Justice through Hip Hop and Popular Education. A victory for environmentalists up against big business in Malaysia. We speak with Charles Hector, a human rights attorney who is being legally harassed for his work on behalf of eight villagers who are protectors of the environment. Also joining us is Nina Lopez of the UK-based Legal Action for Women, who garnered international support for Hector's case. The California Poor People's Campaign is hosting an event entitled, "The Power to Heal: End Inequalities in Healthcare." Our guest is Betty Doumas-Toto, an activist, organizer, facilitator and campaigner for Healthcare for All and Medicare for All.

Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage of the fallout from the police shooting of yet another Black man. This time 20-year-old Daunte Wright. He leaves behind a two-year-old son. He was killed in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Kim Potter, a cop of 26 years who shot Daunte, resigned as well as police chief Tim Gannon. Ten miles away from where Daunte was killed, the trial of Derek Chauvin took place. The police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd continues with the defense beginning to make their case on behalf of Chauvin. Our guest is Mic Crenshaw, the NW Regional Director of Hip Hop Congress. Mic was born and raised in Chicago and Minneapolis and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Mic is an independent hip hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator and activist. Crenshaw is the Lead U.S. Organizer for the Afrikan HipHop Caravan and uses Cultural Activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to Human Rights and Justice through Hip Hop and Popular Education. A victory for environmentalists up against big business in Malaysia. We speak with Charles Hector, a human rights attorney who is being legally harassed for his work on behalf of eight villagers who are protectors of the environment. Also joining us is Nina Lopez of the UK-based Legal Action for Women, who garnered international support for Hector's case. The California Poor People's Campaign is hosting an event entitled, "The Power to Heal: End Inequalities in Healthcare." Our guest is Betty Doumas-Toto, an activist, organizer, facilitator and campaigner for Healthcare for All and Medicare for All.

Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage of the fallout from the police shooting of yet another Black man. This time 20-year-old Daunte Wright. He leaves behind a two-year-old son. He was killed in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Kim Potter, a cop of 26 years who shot Daunte, resigned as well as police chief Tim Gannon. Ten miles away from where Daunte was killed, the trial of Derek Chauvin took place. The police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd continues with the defense beginning to make their case on behalf of Chauvin. Our guest is Mic Crenshaw, the NW Regional Director of Hip Hop Congress. Mic was born and raised in Chicago and Minneapolis and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Mic is an independent hip hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator and activist. Crenshaw is the Lead U.S. Organizer for the Afrikan HipHop Caravan and uses Cultural Activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to Human Rights and Justice through Hip Hop and Popular Education. A victory for environmentalists up against big business in Malaysia. We speak with Charles Hector, a human rights attorney who is being legally harassed for his work on behalf of eight villagers who are protectors of the environment. Also joining us is Nina Lopez of the UK-based Legal Action for Women, who garnered international support for Hector's case. The California Poor People's Campaign is hosting an event entitled, "The Power to Heal: End Inequalities in Healthcare." Our guest is Betty Doumas-Toto, an activist, organizer, facilitator and campaigner for Healthcare for All and Medicare for All.

Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage of the fallout from the police shooting of yet another Black man. This time 20-year-old Daunte Wright. He leaves behind a two-year-old son. He was killed in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Kim Potter, a cop of 26 years who shot Daunte, resigned as well as police chief Tim Gannon. Ten miles away from where Daunte was killed, the trial of Derek Chauvin took place. The police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd continues with the defense beginning to make their case on behalf of Chauvin. Our guest is Mic Crenshaw, the NW Regional Director of Hip Hop Congress. Mic was born and raised in Chicago and Minneapolis and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Mic is an independent hip hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator and activist. Crenshaw is the Lead U.S. Organizer for the Afrikan HipHop Caravan and uses Cultural Activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to Human Rights and Justice through Hip Hop and Popular Education. A victory for environmentalists up against big business in Malaysia. We speak with Charles Hector, a human rights attorney who is being legally harassed for his work on behalf of eight villagers who are protectors of the environment. Also joining us is Nina Lopez of the UK-based Legal Action for Women, who garnered international support for Hector's case. The California Poor People's Campaign is hosting an event entitled, "The Power to Heal: End Inequalities in Healthcare." Our guest is Betty Doumas-Toto, an activist, organizer, facilitator and campaigner for Healthcare for All and Medicare for All.

Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage of the fallout from the police shooting of yet another Black man. This time 20-year-old Daunte Wright. He leaves behind a two-year-old son. He was killed in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Kim Potter, a cop of 26 years who shot Daunte, resigned as well as police chief Tim Gannon. Ten miles away from where Daunte was killed, the trial of Derek Chauvin took place. The police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd continues with the defense beginning to make their case on behalf of Chauvin. Our guest is Mic Crenshaw, the NW Regional Director of Hip Hop Congress. Mic was born and raised in Chicago and Minneapolis and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Mic is an independent hip hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator and activist. Crenshaw is the Lead U.S. Organizer for the Afrikan HipHop Caravan and uses Cultural Activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to Human Rights and Justice through Hip Hop and Popular Education. A victory for environmentalists up against big business in Malaysia. We speak with Charles Hector, a human rights attorney who is being legally harassed for his work on behalf of eight villagers who are protectors of the environment. Also joining us is Nina Lopez of the UK-based Legal Action for Women, who garnered international support for Hector's case. The California Poor People's Campaign is hosting an event entitled, "The Power to Heal: End Inequalities in Healthcare." Our guest is Betty Doumas-Toto, an activist, organizer, facilitator and campaigner for Healthcare for All and Medicare for All.

This episode focuses on popular education, discussing what it is and why it's key to good democratic organizing with Ernesto Cortes, Jr. Alongside organized money, organized people, and organized action, building power to effect change requires organized knowledge. Organized knowledge generates the frameworks of analysis and understanding through which to re-narrate and reimagine the world, destabilizing the dominant scripts and ideas that legitimate oppression. But rather than be driven by ideological concerns, popular education as an approach to organizing knowledge begins with addressing and seeking to solve real problems people face where they live and work. This entails informal, self-organized forms of learning.  Another way to frame popular education is as a grounded approach to addressing the epistemic or knowledge-based dimensions of injustice and creating policies that put people before top-down programs of social engineering (whether of the left or the right).GuestErnesto Cortes, Jr. is currently National Co-Director of the Industrial Areas Foundation and executive director of its West / Southwest regional network. Beginning in the United Farmworker Movement, he has been organizing in one form or another for nearly half a century, helping to organize or initiate innumerable organizing efforts and campaigns. The organizing work he did in San Antonia in the 1970s in many ways set the template for community organizing coalitions in the IAF thereafter. The fruits of his work have been much studied and he has been recognized with numerous awards and academic fellowships, including a MacArther Fellowship in 1984, a Heinz Award in public policy in 1999, and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Princeton University in 2009.Resources for Going DeeperSaul Alinsky, “Popular Education,” Reveille for Radicals (various editions), Ch. 9; Charles Payne, I've Got the Light of Freedom: the Organizing Tradition and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle(University of California Press, 1995), Ch. 3. Details the organizing and popular educational work of Septima Clark, Ella Baker, and Myles Horton in the formation of the civil rights movement; Myles Horton and Paulo Freire, We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change (Temple University Press, 1990); Stephen Brookfield and Stephen Presskill, Learning as a Way of Leading: Lessons from the Struggle for Social Justice (Jossey-Bass, 2008), see especially Chapters 4 & 5;Michael Oakshott, “Political Education,” The Voice of Liberal Learning (Yale University Press, 1989), 159-188. 

Today on Sojourner Truth, we discuss the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white police officer who murdered George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020. Chauvin's murder trial began on March 8, 2021, with opening statements beginning on Monday, March 29. This has become one of the most closely watched court cases in decades. Floyd, a Black father of three and a grandfather of two, was killed during an arrest after a store clerk claimed he used a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin, one of the four police officers who arrived on the scene, handcuffed him and slammed him face-down on the street. Three other officers - Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng - restrained Floyd and another prevented passersby from defending Floyd. They have also been charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. Chauvin proceeded to kneel on Floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, preventing him from breathing. As he was pinned under Chauvin's knee, Floyd repeatedly cried out for help and said that he couldn't breathe. During the final two minutes of him being pinned down, Floyd was motionless and had no pulse. The Minneapolis police took no immediate action to directly treat him and Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck until medics arrived. Following Floyd's murder, Chauvin was fired and charged with second-degree murder. In the following weeks, protests against systemic racism and in solidarity with Black lives erupted in cities across the United States and around the world. Protests began in Minneapolis, but quickly spread to over 2,000 cities and towns in over 60 countries, according to The Guardian. Some polls have estimated that as many as 26 million people participated in the demonstrations. Our guests are Mic Crenshaw, Kieran Knutson and Nana Gyamfi. Mic Crenshaw was born and raised in Chicago and Minneapolis and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Crenshaw is an independent hip hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator and activist. Crenshaw is the Lead U.S. Organizer for the Afrikan HipHop Caravan and uses Cultural Activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to Human Rights and Justice through Hip Hop and Popular Education. Mic is the NW Regional Director of Hip Hop Congress. Kieran is President of CWA Local 7250 and has been active in protests in solidarity with George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement. Kieran is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Nana Gyamfi is an attorney, consultant, educator, activist, the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and the President of the National Conference of Black Lawyers.

Today on Sojourner Truth, we discuss the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white police officer who murdered George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020. Chauvin's murder trial began on March 8, 2021, with opening statements beginning on Monday, March 29. This has become one of the most closely watched court cases in decades. Floyd, a Black father of three and a grandfather of two, was killed during an arrest after a store clerk claimed he used a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin, one of the four police officers who arrived on the scene, handcuffed him and slammed him face-down on the street. Three other officers - Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng - restrained Floyd and another prevented passersby from defending Floyd. They have also been charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. Chauvin proceeded to kneel on Floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, preventing him from breathing. As he was pinned under Chauvin's knee, Floyd repeatedly cried out for help and said that he couldn't breathe. During the final two minutes of him being pinned down, Floyd was motionless and had no pulse. The Minneapolis police took no immediate action to directly treat him and Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck until medics arrived. Following Floyd's murder, Chauvin was fired and charged with second-degree murder. In the following weeks, protests against systemic racism and in solidarity with Black lives erupted in cities across the United States and around the world. Protests began in Minneapolis, but quickly spread to over 2,000 cities and towns in over 60 countries, according to The Guardian. Some polls have estimated that as many as 26 million people participated in the demonstrations. Our guests are Mic Crenshaw, Kieran Knutson and Nana Gyamfi. Mic Crenshaw was born and raised in Chicago and Minneapolis and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Crenshaw is an independent hip hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator and activist. Crenshaw is the Lead U.S. Organizer for the Afrikan HipHop Caravan and uses Cultural Activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to Human Rights and Justice through Hip Hop and Popular Education. Mic is the NW Regional Director of Hip Hop Congress. Kieran is President of CWA Local 7250 and has been active in protests in solidarity with George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement. Kieran is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Nana Gyamfi is an attorney, consultant, educator, activist, the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and the President of the National Conference of Black Lawyers.

Today on Sojourner Truth, we discuss the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white police officer who murdered George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020. Chauvin's murder trial began on March 8, 2021, with opening statements beginning on Monday, March 29. This has become one of the most closely watched court cases in decades. Floyd, a Black father of three and a grandfather of two, was killed during an arrest after a store clerk claimed he used a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin, one of the four police officers who arrived on the scene, handcuffed him and slammed him face-down on the street. Three other officers - Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng - restrained Floyd and another prevented passersby from defending Floyd. They have also been charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. Chauvin proceeded to kneel on Floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, preventing him from breathing. As he was pinned under Chauvin's knee, Floyd repeatedly cried out for help and said that he couldn't breathe. During the final two minutes of him being pinned down, Floyd was motionless and had no pulse. The Minneapolis police took no immediate action to directly treat him and Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck until medics arrived. Following Floyd's murder, Chauvin was fired and charged with second-degree murder. In the following weeks, protests against systemic racism and in solidarity with Black lives erupted in cities across the United States and around the world. Protests began in Minneapolis, but quickly spread to over 2,000 cities and towns in over 60 countries, according to The Guardian. Some polls have estimated that as many as 26 million people participated in the demonstrations. Our guests are Mic Crenshaw, Kieran Knutson and Nana Gyamfi. Mic Crenshaw was born and raised in Chicago and Minneapolis and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Crenshaw is an independent hip hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator and activist. Crenshaw is the Lead U.S. Organizer for the Afrikan HipHop Caravan and uses Cultural Activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to Human Rights and Justice through Hip Hop and Popular Education. Mic is the NW Regional Director of Hip Hop Congress. Kieran is President of CWA Local 7250 and has been active in protests in solidarity with George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement. Kieran is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Nana Gyamfi is an attorney, consultant, educator, activist, the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and the President of the National Conference of Black Lawyers.

Today on Sojourner Truth, we discuss the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white police officer who murdered George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020. Chauvin's murder trial began on March 8, 2021, with opening statements beginning on Monday, March 29. This has become one of the most closely watched court cases in decades. Floyd, a Black father of three and a grandfather of two, was killed during an arrest after a store clerk claimed he used a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin, one of the four police officers who arrived on the scene, handcuffed him and slammed him face-down on the street. Three other officers - Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng - restrained Floyd and another prevented passersby from defending Floyd. They have also been charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. Chauvin proceeded to kneel on Floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, preventing him from breathing. As he was pinned under Chauvin's knee, Floyd repeatedly cried out for help and said that he couldn't breathe. During the final two minutes of him being pinned down, Floyd was motionless and had no pulse. The Minneapolis police took no immediate action to directly treat him and Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck until medics arrived. Following Floyd's murder, Chauvin was fired and charged with second-degree murder. In the following weeks, protests against systemic racism and in solidarity with Black lives erupted in cities across the United States and around the world. Protests began in Minneapolis, but quickly spread to over 2,000 cities and towns in over 60 countries, according to The Guardian. Some polls have estimated that as many as 26 million people participated in the demonstrations. Our guests are Mic Crenshaw, Kieran Knutson and Nana Gyamfi. Mic Crenshaw was born and raised in Chicago and Minneapolis and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Crenshaw is an independent hip hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator and activist. Crenshaw is the Lead U.S. Organizer for the Afrikan HipHop Caravan and uses Cultural Activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to Human Rights and Justice through Hip Hop and Popular Education. Mic is the NW Regional Director of Hip Hop Congress. Kieran is President of CWA Local 7250 and has been active in protests in solidarity with George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement. Kieran is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Nana Gyamfi is an attorney, consultant, educator, activist, the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and the President of the National Conference of Black Lawyers.

Today on Sojourner Truth, we discuss the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white police officer who murdered George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020. Chauvin's murder trial began on March 8, 2021, with opening statements beginning on Monday, March 29. This has become one of the most closely watched court cases in decades. Floyd, a Black father of three and a grandfather of two, was killed during an arrest after a store clerk claimed he used a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin, one of the four police officers who arrived on the scene, handcuffed him and slammed him face-down on the street. Three other officers - Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng - restrained Floyd and another prevented passersby from defending Floyd. They have also been charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. Chauvin proceeded to kneel on Floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, preventing him from breathing. As he was pinned under Chauvin's knee, Floyd repeatedly cried out for help and said that he couldn't breathe. During the final two minutes of him being pinned down, Floyd was motionless and had no pulse. The Minneapolis police took no immediate action to directly treat him and Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck until medics arrived. Following Floyd's murder, Chauvin was fired and charged with second-degree murder. In the following weeks, protests against systemic racism and in solidarity with Black lives erupted in cities across the United States and around the world. Protests began in Minneapolis, but quickly spread to over 2,000 cities and towns in over 60 countries, according to The Guardian. Some polls have estimated that as many as 26 million people participated in the demonstrations. Our guests are Mic Crenshaw, Kieran Knutson and Nana Gyamfi. Mic Crenshaw was born and raised in Chicago and Minneapolis and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Crenshaw is an independent hip hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator and activist. Crenshaw is the Lead U.S. Organizer for the Afrikan HipHop Caravan and uses Cultural Activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to Human Rights and Justice through Hip Hop and Popular Education. Mic is the NW Regional Director of Hip Hop Congress. Kieran is President of CWA Local 7250 and has been active in protests in solidarity with George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement. Kieran is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Nana Gyamfi is an attorney, consultant, educator, activist, the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and the President of the National Conference of Black Lawyers.

Today on Sojourner Truth, we discuss the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white police officer who murdered George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020. Chauvin's murder trial began on March 8, 2021, with opening statements beginning on Monday, March 29. This has become one of the most closely watched court cases in decades. Floyd, a Black father of three and a grandfather of two, was killed during an arrest after a store clerk claimed he used a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin, one of the four police officers who arrived on the scene, handcuffed him and slammed him face-down on the street. Three other officers - Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng - restrained Floyd and another prevented passersby from defending Floyd. They have also been charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. Chauvin proceeded to kneel on Floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, preventing him from breathing. As he was pinned under Chauvin's knee, Floyd repeatedly cried out for help and said that he couldn't breathe. During the final two minutes of him being pinned down, Floyd was motionless and had no pulse. The Minneapolis police took no immediate action to directly treat him and Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck until medics arrived. Following Floyd's murder, Chauvin was fired and charged with second-degree murder. In the following weeks, protests against systemic racism and in solidarity with Black lives erupted in cities across the United States and around the world. Protests began in Minneapolis, but quickly spread to over 2,000 cities and towns in over 60 countries, according to The Guardian. Some polls have estimated that as many as 26 million people participated in the demonstrations. Our guests are Mic Crenshaw, Kieran Knutson and Nana Gyamfi. Mic Crenshaw was born and raised in Chicago and Minneapolis and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Crenshaw is an independent hip hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator and activist. Crenshaw is the Lead U.S. Organizer for the Afrikan HipHop Caravan and uses Cultural Activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to Human Rights and Justice through Hip Hop and Popular Education. Mic is the NW Regional Director of Hip Hop Congress. Kieran is President of CWA Local 7250 and has been active in protests in solidarity with George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement. Kieran is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Nana Gyamfi is an attorney, consultant, educator, activist, the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and the President of the National Conference of Black Lawyers.

Today on Sojourner Truth, we discuss the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white police officer who murdered George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020. Chauvin's murder trial began on March 8, 2021, with opening statements beginning on Monday, March 29. This has become one of the most closely watched court cases in decades. Floyd, a Black father of three and a grandfather of two, was killed during an arrest after a store clerk claimed he used a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin, one of the four police officers who arrived on the scene, handcuffed him and slammed him face-down on the street. Three other officers - Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng - restrained Floyd and another prevented passersby from defending Floyd. They have also been charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. Chauvin proceeded to kneel on Floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, preventing him from breathing. As he was pinned under Chauvin's knee, Floyd repeatedly cried out for help and said that he couldn't breathe. During the final two minutes of him being pinned down, Floyd was motionless and had no pulse. The Minneapolis police took no immediate action to directly treat him and Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck until medics arrived. Following Floyd's murder, Chauvin was fired and charged with second-degree murder. In the following weeks, protests against systemic racism and in solidarity with Black lives erupted in cities across the United States and around the world. Protests began in Minneapolis, but quickly spread to over 2,000 cities and towns in over 60 countries, according to The Guardian. Some polls have estimated that as many as 26 million people participated in the demonstrations. Our guests are Mic Crenshaw, Kieran Knutson and Nana Gyamfi. Mic Crenshaw was born and raised in Chicago and Minneapolis and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Crenshaw is an independent hip hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator and activist. Crenshaw is the Lead U.S. Organizer for the Afrikan HipHop Caravan and uses Cultural Activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to Human Rights and Justice through Hip Hop and Popular Education. Mic is the NW Regional Director of Hip Hop Congress. Kieran is President of CWA Local 7250 and has been active in protests in solidarity with George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement. Kieran is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Nana Gyamfi is an attorney, consultant, educator, activist, the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and the President of the National Conference of Black Lawyers.

Today on Sojourner Truth, we discuss the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white police officer who murdered George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020. Chauvin's murder trial began on March 8, 2021, with opening statements beginning on Monday, March 29. This has become one of the most closely watched court cases in decades. Floyd, a Black father of three and a grandfather of two, was killed during an arrest after a store clerk claimed he used a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin, one of the four police officers who arrived on the scene, handcuffed him and slammed him face-down on the street. Three other officers - Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng - restrained Floyd and another prevented passersby from defending Floyd. They have also been charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. Chauvin proceeded to kneel on Floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, preventing him from breathing. As he was pinned under Chauvin's knee, Floyd repeatedly cried out for help and said that he couldn't breathe. During the final two minutes of him being pinned down, Floyd was motionless and had no pulse. The Minneapolis police took no immediate action to directly treat him and Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck until medics arrived. Following Floyd's murder, Chauvin was fired and charged with second-degree murder. In the following weeks, protests against systemic racism and in solidarity with Black lives erupted in cities across the United States and around the world. Protests began in Minneapolis, but quickly spread to over 2,000 cities and towns in over 60 countries, according to The Guardian. Some polls have estimated that as many as 26 million people participated in the demonstrations. Our guests are Mic Crenshaw, Kieran Knutson and Nana Gyamfi. Mic Crenshaw was born and raised in Chicago and Minneapolis and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Crenshaw is an independent hip hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator and activist. Crenshaw is the Lead U.S. Organizer for the Afrikan HipHop Caravan and uses Cultural Activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to Human Rights and Justice through Hip Hop and Popular Education. Mic is the NW Regional Director of Hip Hop Congress. Kieran is President of CWA Local 7250 and has been active in protests in solidarity with George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement. Kieran is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Nana Gyamfi is an attorney, consultant, educator, activist, the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and the President of the National Conference of Black Lawyers.

To celebrate Hawa Y. Mire's nomination as the federal NDP candidate representative of York South—Weston, we're unlocking her previously paywalled episode! Not only that, but we have a small companion piece to go with it—a brief bonus episode where Hawa returns to the show to talk about the YSW region and the various factors which have motivated her to run for the position. Be sure to check it out here after this episode!In this newly unlocked episode, Nashwa and Ryan are joined by Hawa Y. Mire to extensively discuss Me to We in Canada and its history in Canadian highschools. Hawa's work regarding the subject can be found here.  Hawa also graciously explains her evergreen The Anti-Somali Feedback Loop with Briarpatch Magazine, a piece everyone should read, providing a foundation for understanding the Somalis in the “Canadian” cultural landscape. Mutual Aid & Community Support:For those who live in Toronto: if you would like to stand in solidarity with the thousands of unhoused Torontonians, you can participate in a protest outside of John Tory's condominium this Sunday, February 28th from 10am-5pm at 248 Bloor Street West ~ Bloor Bedford Parkette. For more information, please visit this post detailing the event being held by the Encampment Support Network.As mentioned before, the City of Toronto has filed legal action against Khaleel Seivwright, the Toronto tiny shelter builder. It is vital people push back by writing to their city councillors and showing solidarity with Khaleel as the City attempts to charge him for implementing a temporary measure to keep people alive this winter. You can see a statement from Khaleel here. If you live in Toronto please call, email, or tweet your elected officials to drop the charges against Khaleel for his tiny shelters, stop gap measures to keep unhoused people alive this winter. Every year, unhoused people die in the city and nothing changes, things seem to get worse. Khaleel not only helped give people tiny homes, he demonstrated the ways the community steps up and cares for each other in times of rising austerity and organized abandonment by elected officials. We hope more Toronto citizens call for charges to be dropped and are in solidarity with those who are fighting for housing in the city. Additionally, here are further resources for communities within Toronto facing the results of increased austerity:Encampment Support Network (ESN) is an ad-hoc, volunteer-run network supporting people living in encampments in 6 locations throughout Toronto. This includes ESN Parkdale, ESN Trinity Bellwoods, ESN Scadding Court, ESN Moss Park, ESN LNP and ESN Cherry Beach.RenovictionsTO is a volunteer-run organization that gives tenants the tools they need to organize and fight back against their landlords who are partaking in a renoviction. Keep Your Rent is another vital organization that offers Toronto residents a litany of resources to combat rent evictions.Evictions Ontario is yet another great resource for evictions—it also specifically offers a tracker to see where evictions are taking place across the province.Disability Justice Network of Ontario is a collective that aims to build a just and accessible Ontario through the dissemination of knowledge regarding issues that people with disabilities face—they promote change through legislative action; also, they support community members through a community caremongering program.Guest Information:Guest of the week: Hawa Y. MireHawa recently won the nomination to become the Federal NDP Candidate for York South-Weston. She is an amazing multi-talented individual who is presently the newest Executive Director of The Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA). Hawa is a critical writer and commentator who has been featured in Macleans, Briarpatch Magazine, Metro Morning, CBC, CTV, and Rabble among others. She is the co-editor of MAANDEEQ, a collective of young Somali-demics from diverse fields who write and podcast about the Somali territories and the Somali diaspora. In April 2015, she co-edited a special issue journal for the Canadian Council for Policy Alternatives' Our Schools, Our Selves titled Constellations of Black Radical Imagining: Black Arts and Popular Education. As mentioned within the episode, she has published The Anti-Somali Feedback Loop with Briarpatch Magazine (2017) which provides extensive documentation of Somali experience in Canada over the past 25 years.You can visit her website at https://www.hymire.ca,  you can find her on twitter @HYMire and follow the campaign online through #HawaForYSWProduction Credits:Hosted by Nashwa Lina Khan and Ryan DeshpandeShow Music by Johnny Zapras and postXamericaArt for Habibti Please by postXamericaProduction by Nashwa Lina Khan and Johnny ZaprasProduction Assistance by Raymond Khanano and Ali McKnightSocial Media & Support:Follow us on Twitter @habibtipleaseSupport us on PatreonSubscribe to us on Substack This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit habibtiplease.substack.com/subscribe

In this bonus episode, Nashwa sits down with Hawa Y. Mire to discuss her decision to run for the position of NDP candidate for York South—Weston. The two talk about the York South—Weston community, the conditions affecting the region that inspired Hawa to run for a position as a party representative for YSW (and why she chose the NDP specifically), the lack of black and muslim women in Canadian politics, and how a background in organizing has informed her platform.This episode is a companion piece to the recently unlocked Episode 4, wherein Hawa, Ryan and Nashwa talk about Canada's complicated relationship with Somalis, the disastrous Me to We scandal, and so much more. Be sure to take a listen if you haven't already!Mutual Aid & Community Support:For those who live in Toronto: if you would like to stand in solidarity with the thousands of unhoused Torontonians, you can participate in a protest outside of John Tory's condominium this Sunday, February 28th from 10am-5pm at 248 Bloor Street West ~ Bloor Bedford Parkette. For more information, please visit this post detailing the event being held by the Encampment Support Network.As mentioned before, the City of Toronto has filed legal action against Khaleel Seivwright, the Toronto tiny shelter builder. It is vital people push back by writing to their city councillors and showing solidarity with Khaleel as the City attempts to charge him for implementing a temporary measure to keep people alive this winter. You can see a statement from Khaleel here. If you live in Toronto please call, email, or tweet your elected officials to drop the charges against Khaleel for his tiny shelters, stop gap measures to keep unhoused people alive this winter. Every year, unhoused people die in the city and nothing changes, things seem to get worse. Khaleel not only helped give people tiny homes, he demonstrated the ways the community steps up and cares for each other in times of rising austerity and organized abandonment by elected officials. We hope more Toronto citizens call for charges to be dropped and are in solidarity with those who are fighting for housing in the city. Additionally, here are further resources for communities within Toronto facing the results of increased austerity:Encampment Support Network (ESN) is an ad-hoc, volunteer-run network supporting people living in encampments in 6 locations throughout Toronto. This includes ESN Parkdale, ESN Trinity Bellwoods, ESN Scadding Court, ESN Moss Park, ESN LNP and ESN Cherry Beach.RenovictionsTO is a volunteer-run organization that gives tenants the tools they need to organize and fight back against their landlords who are partaking in a renoviction. Keep Your Rent is another vital organization that offers Toronto residents a litany of resources to combat rent evictions.Evictions Ontario is yet another great resource for evictions—it also specifically offers a tracker to see where evictions are taking place across the province.Disability Justice Network of Ontario is a collective that aims to build a just and accessible Ontario through the dissemination of knowledge regarding issues that people with disabilities face—they promote change through legislative action; also, they support community members through a community caremongering program.Guest Information:Guest of the week: Hawa Y. MireHawa recently won the nomination to become the Federal NDP Candidate for York South-Weston. She is an amazing multi-talented individual who is presently the newest Executive Director of The Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA). Hawa is a critical writer and commentator who has been featured in Macleans, Briarpatch Magazine, Metro Morning, CBC, CTV, and Rabble among others. She is the co-editor of MAANDEEQ, a collective of young Somali-demics from diverse fields who write and podcast about the Somali territories and the Somali diaspora. In April 2015, she co-edited a special issue journal for the Canadian Council for Policy Alternatives' Our Schools, Our Selves titled Constellations of Black Radical Imagining: Black Arts and Popular Education. As mentioned within the episode, she has published The Anti-Somali Feedback Loop with Briarpatch Magazine (2017) which provides extensive documentation of Somali experience in Canada over the past 25 years.You can visit her website at https://www.hymire.ca,  you can find her on twitter @HYMire and follow the campaign online through #HawaForYSWProduction Credits:Hosted by Nashwa Lina Khan Show Music by Johnny Zapras and postXamericaArt for Habibti Please by postXamericaProduction by Nashwa Lina Khan and Johnny ZaprasProduction Assistance by Raymond Khanano and Ali McKnightSocial Media & Support:Follow us on Twitter @habibtipleaseSupport us on PatreonSubscribe to us on Substack This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit habibtiplease.substack.com/subscribe

Part 2 of this special crossover event is hosted on Linnea's podcast: https://anchor.fm/linnea-rademaker (Action Research: Global Conversations). Hit the link to continue listening to this important conversation on action research. Here's the URL in case you want to copy and paste: https://anchor.fm/linnea-rademaker References Rademaker, L. L. (2019). Action Research and Popular Education: Implications for Twenty-First Century Leadership and Research Practices. In C. A. Mertler (Ed.), The Wiley Handbook of Action Research in Education (pp. 343–369). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119399490.ch16 Baldwin, J. (n.d.). The blind men and the elephant. Retrieved February 08, 2021, from https://americanliterature.com/author/james-baldwin/short-story/the-blind-men-and-the-elephant **If you have your own questions about Action Research or want to share any feedback, contact us on Twitter @The_ARpod or write to us at ActionResearchPod@gmail.com.**

What do Action Research Leadership and Population Education have in common? Tune in to find out! In this episode, Adam and Joe have a conversation with Dr. Linnea Rademaker, a professor at Abilene Christian University in the Department of Educational Leadership. She is the chair of the America Educational Research Association (AREA) Special Interest Group on action research, as well as the host of two podcasts- DOC 101 and Action Research: Global Conversations. Words of wisdom- knowledge creation is done collaboratively- is the essence of this episode. Our hosts, Adam and Joe, discuss Linnea's chapter- Action Research and Popular Education: Implication for Twenty-first Century Leadership and Research Practices and explore facets of Action Research. They discuss questions such as: Do you see popular education and action research as a foundation for leadership? (2:43) Do you think that popular education is a grassroots effort to solve a problem (10:20)? Do you agree that collaborative efforts are going to lead us to sustainable change? (13:12) Tune-in to listen! Our conversation does not end here. In a special “crossover event, part 2 of this podcast is hosted on Linnea's podcast: --Action Research: Global Conversations--https://anchor.fm/linnea-rademaker. Hit this link to continue listening to this important conversation on action research.   References Rademaker, L. L. (2019). Action Research and Popular Education: Implications for Twenty-First Century Leadership and Research Practices. In C. A. Mertler (Ed.), The Wiley Handbook of Action Research in Education (pp. 343–369). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119399490.ch16 Baldwin, J. (n.d.). The blind men and the elephant. Retrieved February 08, 2021, from https://americanliterature.com/author/james-baldwin/short-story/the-blind-men-and-the-elephant **If you have your own questions about Action Research or want to share any feedback, contact us on Twitter @The_ARpod or write to us at ActionResearchPod@gmail.com.**

This episode is the fourth installment of our Cornerstone Series, Racial Justice. The cornerstones are the pedagogy that guide the work we do. The Cornerstones are Emergence, Popular Education, Design Justice and Racial Justice/Cultural Equity. Artist, professor, curator and activist Wesley Taylor shares with us how to recognize when spaces are racist, the role of racialized capitalism in equity and how to navigate one's positionality and power to move towards justice.

This episode is the third installment in our cornerstone series. LANE (Leveraging a Network for Equity) uses the cornerstones to guide our work and operationalize the concept on equity. The four cornerstones are Emergence, Racial Justice/Cultural Equity, Popular Education and Design Justice. Marquez Rhyne is founder and principal consultant at Inventive Interventions LLC. Marquez coaches leaders in arts, social justice, formal and popular education institutions by curating experiences and creating materials to improve their effectiveness. He is also program manager at The Narrative Initiative. He works at the Nexus of Art and Culture, Policies and Practices, Wellness and Transformation.

Four years ago on (12/12/2015) at a summit in Paris, 174 countries gathered with the objective of achieving, for the first time in over 20 years of UN negotiations, a binding and universal agreement on climate. In this episode, on the four year anniversary of the summit, I’ll be joined by Jana Gastellum, the Deputy Director of Programs at the Oregon Environmental Council, to discuss the international efforts of the 2015 COP, the Green New Deal and what it all means for our future!

Immortal Technique is an indigenous hip hop artist and revolutionary, known for his raw, highly-political lyrics. I spoke with Immortal Technique about his life, work and perspective on this activist moment in Portland and the world. From Anti fascism to Neoliberalism.. He talks about his early days growing up in Harlem and the School in Afghanistan he helped build with Omeid International. Currently on the MIDDLE PASSAGE TOUR check out: https://www.viperrecords.com/the-middle-passage-tour/ for dates near you Thank you Viper Records and Immortal Technique! Thank you listeners world wide!! In solidarity, Tammy

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: This November Popular Education will be showcasing people and who've used music to educate, enlighten, and liberate humanity. This week I'm starting off with a live interview with Anti Folk hero (is that a thing? I'm gonna make it a thing), comic book maker, guitarist and New Yorker, Mr. Jeffrey Lewis!!!!  culture, music industry, comics, we talk about it all! Jeffrey Lewis and The Voltage are ON TOUR!! CHECK OUT https://www.thejeffreylewissite.com/Upcoming-Shows.html for more info about tour dates in your town!! For questions, comments or concerns hit me up on IG:@populareducationradio or e-mail populareducationradio@gmail.com In Solidarity, Tammy

12 years ago today Lady Bird Johnson passes away in Texas at the age of 94. her family legacy and beautification project throughout the states is still felt long after her death. Tonight on POPULAR EDUCATION, author Betty Caroli will share her findings about Lady Bird’s life before and during her tenure as the country’s 36th First Lady! Join me from 7-8pm as Betty Caroli and I talk about her book: Lady Bird and Lyndon. The real LBJ that made America

This episode is the second installment in our cornerstone series. LANE ( Leveraging a Network for Equity) uses the cornerstones to operationalize the concept of equity. The four cornerstones are Emergence, Racial Justice/Cultural Equity, Popular Education and Design Justice. Una Lee, principal at andalsotoo and Director of Design at Allied Media Projects, talks with us about design justice. She discusses the needs that gave birth to this idea, core tenets and it applicability to everything we do. Enjoy.

This episode of TACtile introduces our series on the LANE’s cornerstones. The cornerstones include Emergence, Popular Education, Design Justice, and Racial Justice. LANE embodies these core values as a way to practice equity. This episode Sage talks with adrienne maree brown, facilitator for liberation movements and author of the book “Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds” and the newly released “Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good”, about LANE’s cornerstone, Emergence and how changing the internal impacts the external.

Today we’re going to run through the very first implementation of Communism on a mass scale. Our last few Furious Friday episodes are a lead up to this. If you didn’t catch those episodes, it’s not the end of the world but if you did manage to have a listen it will provide a bit of context to this episode.   Russia – 1917 under Vladimir Lenin & the Bolsheviks (Spoiler alert! It didn’t end well!) Firstly, it’s important to understand Russian History, pre-1917, as a prelude to the events that occurred. 1861 - Tsar Alexander II passes the Emancipation Edict, ending serfdom in Russia Alexander II was a pretty good guy (as far as leaders through history go) Sold Alaska to the USA 1867 for $200m in today’s dollars. Favoured an economic system similar to that in other European countries; Capitalism and free trade. Promote development and to encourage the ownership of private property, free competition, entrepreneurship, and hired labour Most Serfs were free (a third of the Russian population) They had rights (marriage, ownership of property, freedom) 80% of the population were peasants, substance farmers. Peasants were to receive land from landlords (though they had to pay for this eventually with money, or working it off through labour obligations) Landlords were paid 75% from the government upfront, and the peasants paid it off over time. This was abolished later on, so the full payments never really came through to the land owners. Changing the system so significantly is a very complex problem to solve. However, by all metrics it seemed to be working well as far as increasing the prosperity of the population. The land ownership changed hands significantly Previously there were the Gentry class – A social class whose land ownership provided their incomes (Mr Darcy from Pride and Prejudice). Land ownership by the Gentry class fell from 80% to 50% as the mobility of wealth under a freer society increased. Serf land ownership rose - 5% to 20% Substantial rise in the amount of production of grain Surprise, surprise! When people are allowed to keep what they produce, and are incentivized, there is an increase in goods produced. Rise in the number of hired laborers Rise in technology needs - machinery Remember: This was set up to be a free market economy – Efficiencies started to happen! Those who were more entrepreneurial could do more than just farm land as well 1890s - Industrial development A large increase in the size of the urban middle classand of the working class. This saw the emergence of the Kulaks, who were essentially the wealthy peasants By this time the second generation were entering adulthood. There was a 35% chance that their parents had been slaves. This gave rise to a more dynamic political atmosphere - the one downside of freedom Previously there was no hope of rising up, peasants were peasants. But, with freedom comes choice, and with choice comes wealth… You either chose to own something/keep what you earn, chose to work where you want Inequality is created. But this is then used as a tool to mobilise the masses – to create an equal outcome – where everything was utopia and everyone has the same amount of wealth During this period is when Vladimir Lenin was born – 1870 to be exact Wealthy middle-class family. His father was a serf who was freed, did well and became wealthy I’ll skip forward through Lenin’s life to 1917 when things pick back up – Spent most of time between being expelled from University, exiled in Siberia, then living in Munich, Geneva and London, or holidaying in French or Italian Villas WW1 was going on around this time Unrest is growing. The First Revolution: Disaffected soldiers from the city's garrison joined bread rioters and industrial strikers on the streets. More and more troops deserted the front lines and with loyal troops away at the front things fell into chaos, leading to the overthrow of the Tsar. In all, over 1,300 people were killed during the protests of February 1917 Didn’t solve the fight for power Enter, The Bolsheviks – A second revolution Bolsheviks - majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which seized power in the October revolution of 1917 Lenin came back to Russia in October 1917 – From Finland (wasn’t even there until the end)   1918 - Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic  Lenin gets to work on the new Government The first was a Decree on Land, which declared that the landed estates of the aristocracy and the Orthodox Church should be nationalised and redistributed to peasants by local governments. Decree on the Press that closed many opposition media outlets deemed counter-revolutionary The courts were replaced by a two-tier system: Revolutionary Tribunals to deal with counter-revolutionary crimes, and People's Courts to deal with civil and other criminal offences. They were instructed to ignore pre-existing laws, and base their rulings on the Sovnarkom decrees and a "socialist sense of justice" Decree limiting work for everyone in Russia to 8 hours per day. Issued the Decree on Popular Education that stipulated that the government would guarantee free, secular education for all children in Russia Embracing the equality of the sexes, laws were introduced that helped to emancipate women, by giving them economic autonomy from their husbands and removing restrictions on divorce Decree on Workers' Control, which called on the workers of each enterprise to establish an elected committee to monitor their enterprise's management (gangs of workers controlling the company they were working for) Issued an order requisitioning the country's gold, and nationalised the banks, which Lenin saw as a major step toward socialism Nationalised foreign trade, establishing a state monopoly on imports and exports It decreed nationalisation of public utilities, railways, engineering, textiles, metallurgy, and mining, although often these were state-owned in name only   1918 - Many cities in western Russia faced chronic food shortages and famine. What happens to a controlled economy? Price controls, for one. Things that are price pegged below cost fall into shortage To supplement - A booming “black market” supplemented the official state-sanctioned economy Lenin called on speculators, black marketeers and looters to be shot. (So, the food shortage gets worse) Lenin blamed this on the Kulaks - wealthier peasants (his father’s class) - allegedly ‘hoarded the grain’ Armed detachments were ordered to be established to confiscate grain from Kulaks for distribution in the cities Resulted in vast social disorder and violence - armed detachments clashed with peasant groups – Roaming gangs Bolsheviks’ Red Terror policy - a system of repression - sometimes described as an attempt to eliminate the entire bourgeoisie – 50,000 to 140,000 range of those who died (mass murder)   Mass murder doesn’t look good, plus there needs to be workers 1919 - Establishment of concentration camps, later the government agency, Gulag.  AleksandrSolzhenitsyn (Gulag Archipelago)… we’ll come back to this in the next episode. By the end of 1920, 84 camps, 50,000 prisoners; 1923, 315 camps, 70,000 inmates.  This was the early days for these slave labour From July 1922, all intellectuals deemed to be opposing the Bolshevik government were exiled to inhospitable regions or deported from Russia altogether; Lenin personally scrutinised the lists of those to be dealt with in this manner. In May 1922, Lenin issued a decree calling for the execution of anti-Bolshevik priests, causing between 14,000 and 20,000 deaths Common pattern – Anyone who has differing opinions or offer alternative hierarchy of beliefs In 1920, the government brought in universal labour conscription, ensuring that all citizens aged between 16 and 50 had to work. This is in a time when life expectancy was around 35 years old WW1 – Diseases and famine – most people didn’t know anything but work and a short life Infighting within – few civil rebellions which were quickly crushed by the Red Army By 1921 – Lenin got sick and went to the Gorki Mansion to spend his final years. In Lenin's absence, Stalin had begun consolidating his power both by appointing his supporters to prominent positions. 1922 – Stalin took over: Formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics – USSR That was the short summary of the life and policies of Lenin. From 1918 -1922, a body count of 3,284,000 (not including the 6.2m killed in the civil wars in this time). We’ll leave it here for now, next week we can run through the later part of the USSR where things really ramp up under Stalin The price of free is freedom – A government that provide equality and free everything has complete control over everything Thanks for listening!

At the fiftieth anniversary of the Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike, the Poor People’s Movement, and the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I invited two activist-scholars involved in the New Poor People’s Movement to talk about popular education and movement building for social change. In Part 1, Willie and Colleen talk about … Continue reading "Popular Education for Social Change: The New Poor People’s Campaign" The post Popular Education for Social Change: The New Poor People’s Campaign appeared first on Nothing Never Happens.

In Part 2 Colleen and Willie bring us to the challenges of our current time with specific strategies for educating about systemic poverty. They show us an intersectional approach and offer tools for meeting people where they are. An engaged scholarship is at the root of their activist work. They end on a note of … Continue reading "Popular Education for Social Change: The New Poor People’s Campaign, Part 2" The post Popular Education for Social Change: The New Poor People’s Campaign, Part 2 appeared first on Nothing Never Happens.

This audio podcast is a concrete example of popular education for movement building and social change. As defined by the Highlander Research and Education Center: “Popular Education is a participatory process that combines people’s experiences to develop collective analysis and strategies for action for positive social change.”   This campaign has been “a long haul”, … Continue reading "Popular Education for Social Change: An Economic Justice Teach-In at Agnes Scott College" The post Popular Education for Social Change: An Economic Justice Teach-In at Agnes Scott College appeared first on Nothing Never Happens.

In this week's episode of Fortification: Spiritual Sustenance for Movement Leadership, Caitlin Breedlove, Vice President of Movement Leadership at Auburn Seminary is joined by Pancho Argüelles. Francisco (Pancho) Argüelles Pancho is a co-founder of Colectivo Flatlander for Popular Education, based in Houston Texas and current Executive Director of Living Hope Wheelchair Association. He has been instrumental in the establishment of the BRIDGE Project at the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR), the Institute for Development of Leadership (INDELI) at the Highlander Research and Education Center, and the Immigrant Rights working group at the National Organizers Alliance. Before moving to the United States Pancho worked as a popular educator in Chiapas, Nicaragua, and other places. He is principal of Paz y Puente, LLC and father to Maria and Antonio.

We'll start with our newest columnist. Thomas Ponniah is an affiliate of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University. In his first audio column for rabble radio, he takes us on a journey from war into love. If you're a person who spends time online, you've almost certainly thought about the possibility of cyberattacks. But creating fear of cyber attacks may just serve another agenda. That's what Conn Halliman believes. He's a columnist with Foreign Policy in Focus. The rabble.ca podcast Redeye spoke to Halliman earlier this month. Here's what he had say: Many people in the non-profit world have been noticing a trend over the last 3 years. They say there are a number of ways that organizations are being punished for openly voicing criticisms of the Canadian government. Darren Shore is the communication co-ordinator for Voice-Voix, a coalition of Canadian organizations that want to stop the governent from attacking those who practice dissent in Canada. Shore sat down for an interview with rabble.ca's Journalists for Human Rights podcast. Here's what he had to say. As I told you at the beginning of our show, it's donation drive time again here at rabble.ca. Our volunteers have been hard at work finding new ways to tell you all about it. Here's one of them. Arts and education are a powerful combination. A new book, edited by Debra Barndt, shows how one inspires the other. Barndt is a popular educator and a professor at the University of Toronto. The book is called Viva! Community Arts and Popular Education in the Americas. Matthew Adams recently sat down with Barndt to talk about her book and the role community arts play in education.

What is Food Security and how is it defined globally? Food Security is often perceived as the ability of a community to respond to poverty by feeding the hungry. But Food Security is far more than just the number of food banks operating within a community. This perception has additionally fostered the belief that the remainder of the population is "food-secure". This broadcast will look to define Food Security and Food Sovereignty. To do so, the causes of hunger will be discussed and how nations and communities respond; we will look at examples of citizen movements taking action to defend their right to food; and ultimately, we will attempt to connect the struggles and efforts of others to our North American relationship to food. Are those of us who readily have access to food really food-secure? Are the food struggles and solidarity of others a glimpse into where our own food system has gone wrong? Can we look to these struggles as an illustration of how we as North Americans have lost our connection to food? Voices Anuradha Mittal - Executive Director, The Oakland Institute. A native of India, Anuradha is an internationally renowned expert on trade, development, human rights and agriculture issues. She worked for ten years as the policy director and then the co-director at the Institute for Food and Development Policy (Food First). In 2004, she established The Oakland Institute - a policy think tank located in Oakland, California. This footage is courtesy of RadioActive at WERU Community Radio in Blue Hill/Bangor, Maine. Refugio Gregorio - Mixteca Elder, Representative of the Indigenous Women's Cooperative - Margarita Magón (Oaxaca, Mexico). In 2002 protests succeeded in keeping a McDonald's out of the central square of Oaxaca. McDonald's was seen as a threat to the cultural heritage of the indigenous people in and around Oaxaca. Refugio participated in this protest and continues to found her resistance in the celebration of food and tradition. Antonio Villanueva Feliciano - Zapotec Migrant Indigenous Leader, Youth Representative, Popular Indigenous Council of Oaxaca (CIPO-RFM) - CIPO-RFM is an organization representing 24 indigenous communities. They use non-violent resistance to exercise autonomy and direct action, and defend their human, territorial, economic, social, political and cultural rights, as communities and as individuals. Emilie Smith - The Ecumenical Task Force for Justice in the Americas (Vancouver) - Emilie worked for 22 years in Mexico and Guatemala helping to improve conditions of indigenous people. She represents the Popular Indigenous Council of Oaxaca (CIPO-RFM), and is currently supporting CIPO-RFM leader, Raul Gatica Bautista, who is now a refugee in exile in Vancouver. Emilie acted as the translator in the studio for Antonio Feliciano and Refugio Gregorio. Charles Levkoe - SunRoot Farm (Nova Scotia). Charles was most recently the Urban Agriculture Coordinator at The Stop Community Food Centre in Toronto. Charles received a Masters degree in Food Security and Popular Education from the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University. He sits on the board of the American Community Gardening Association. As of July 2006, Charles is now part of SunRoot Farm - a community-supported agriculture co-operative in Kennetcook, Nova Scotia. South Central Farmers (Los Angeles) - Since 1992, 14 acres of property located in the middle of Los Angeles has been used as a community garden or farm. The land has been divided into 360 plots and is believed to be one of the largest urban gardens in the country. On June 14, 2006, an eviction notice was carried out by hundreds of LA riot police.

Our food system has been built on a foundation of oil (gasoline, pesticides, fertilizers). As we reach the highest use of oil-dependent practices ever, we are also reaching a critical point in the availability of this finite resource. Peak Oil has been the term used to describe the point in time when extraction of oil from the earth reaches its highest point and then begins to decline. We won't be able to say with certainty when we have reached peak oil until after the fact. Many experts say we have already reached the peak. How can the world's population be fed without the extensive use of fossil fuels in the production, processing and distribution of food? What changes can we make to implement food security at the local level, while promoting popular education, public health and community control? Guests/Pre-Recorded Presentation Wayne Roberts - Project Coordinator for the Toronto Food Policy Council, and regular contributor to Toronto's NOW Magazine. In a recent presentation hosted by the Vancouver Public Library and the Necessary Voices Society, Dr. Wayne Roberts helped tackle the question, "What will we eat when the oil runs out?" We hear clips from this presentation Charles Levkoe - Urban Agriculture Coordinator The Stop Community Food Centre. The Stop Community Food Centre in Toronto, strives to increase access to healthy food in a manner that maintains dignity, builds community and challenges inequality. A fixture in Toronto for over 30 years, The Stop believes that food access and security are basic human rights. Charles received a Masters degree in Food Security and Popular Education from the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University. Charles is also on the board of the American Community Gardening Association.