The B.R.A.I.D. Podcast

Abolition is Community Healing with Queen-Cheyenne Wade & Leighsandra Sheppard

Join J.J., Ashley, and Tyrell in conversation with Boston organizers and abolitionists Queen-Cheyenne Wade and Leighsandra Sheppard! They discuss the misconceptions of abolition, the weaponization of RJ/TJ language to avoid accountability, experiences of the liberal pushback towards organizing centered on abolitionist practices, the Black Death economy, the differences between public safety and community care, and more!  Greater Boston Marxist Association Info: https://linktr.ee/GreaterBosMarxists   Cambridge HEART Program: https://linktr.ee/CambridgeHEARTProgram   The Black Response Cambridge: https://www.theblackresponsecambridge.com/  Unity Circles: https://unitycircles.org/  Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective: https://batjc.wordpress.com/  Transformative Justice Practionners Program: https://unitycircles.org/programs   Generation Five: http://www.generationfive.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/G5_Toward_Transformative_Justice-Document.pdf  Project Nia: https://project-nia.org/  Cara: https://carapage.co/  Dr. Joy James: The Architects of Abolitionism: https://youtu.be/z9rvRsWKDx0

Off the Pig & Patriarch in your Head with Michael Tee & Vincent Gonzalez

Join J.J., Ashley, Ayden, & Tyrell as they sit down with former Black Panther Michael Tee and former founding member of BLM Louisville, former member of Board of Directors at the Kentucky Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression and candidate for the Party of Socialism & Liberation (PSL) Vincent Gonzalez. We discuss Tee’s political journey and his involvement with the BPP + other socialist/communist organizations, the gender dynamics of the BPP, and his literary & artistic works, specifically on addressing patriarchy & sex trafficking (CW: references to the suicide of John Geddert & Jeffery Epstein). We also discussed the gender, political and social contradictions in party organizations & capitalism & ways to address them in today’s context. We dive into the co-optation of the BPP & the importance of political education in light of the film Judas & the Black Messiah. We discuss Michael & Vincent’s work in community control of the police, & how that ties into the scope of abolition. Michael & Vincent’s Radio Show on SoundCloud & Forward Radio: https://soundcloud.com/wfmp-forward-radio/access-hour-community-control-now-black-panther-party-police-accountability-2-17-21

Revolutions Are Always About Land

Join J.J., Ashley, Tyrell, & Ayden as they discuss the Farmer’s Protests in India and the world agribusiness, Venezuela’s National Assembly Elections, Black Death & the Death Penalty, COVID-19 Updates pertaining to the “stimulus bill” & vaccines, Biden’s Cabinet picks, & our reflections on the podcast & 2020 as we move forward to 2021.

Abolition is Within Our Lifetimes

Join J.J., Ashley, Ayden, and Tyrell as they discuss the US Election & its ramifications, the revolting world and abolition, the Biden-Harris transition team, and police violence and disability.

There’s No Such Thing as Accountability in a Settler State

Join J.J., Ashley, and Ayden as they discuss “democracy” and dissent, Breonna Taylor & Abolition, Kenosha & whiteness, Caster Semenya & transphobia and misogynoir, ICE & the US’s History on Eugenics, RBG & White Feminism, Blackfishing in Academia & Activist Spaces, The CIA & MI6’s Secret War in Kenya and AFRICOM, The US Ban on Wechat & TikTok and Sinophobia, abolishing the infograpic industrial complex, Chadwick Boseman and Disability Justice NYT Article on sex testing in the Olympics: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/magazine/the-humiliating-practice-of-sex-testing-female-athletes.amp.html BlackIndyLive article on Jennifer Benton: https://www.blackindylive.com/shocking-details-emerge-on-indy-activist-who-faked-life-as-a-black-woman/ The CIA & MI6 Secret War in Kenya article: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-08-28-revealed-the-cia-and-mi6s-secret-war-in-kenya/amp/?__twitter_impression=true Wear Your Voice article on Chadwick Boseman and Disability Justice: https://wearyourvoicemag.com/inspiration-mourning-ableism-chadwick-boseman/