Hegemonicon - An Investigation Into the Workings of Power

What We’ve Learned. Where We Go Next.

In this solo season finale, William makes his case for his approach to voting in this year's presidential election. Looking ahead, he lays out his vision for where left movements need to start building infrastructure next, regardless of the election outcomes, based on what he learned from his guests this season about international solidarity. Support this show and others like it by becoming a subscriber at convergencemag.com/donate [http://convergencemag.com/donate]

Protecting Our Migrant Neighbors, with Jacinta González

Mijente [https://mijente.net] Policy Director Jacinta González joins William for this episode. Jacinta is an expert in organizing against immigration enforcement and criminalization of Latinx and immigrant communities. Their conversation explores how local, in-person community organizing is key to defending migrants threatened by increasingly violent, aggressive, and isolationist US border and immigration policy. Support this show and others like it by becoming a subscriber at convergencemag.com/donate [http://convergencemag.com/donate]

Hawaiian Sovereignty and Resistance, with Ikaika Hussey

On this episode of Hegemonicon, Will talks with Ikaika Hussey, an organizer and a candidate for Hawaii State House District 29. They delve into Hawaii's often-ignored pre-colonial history and its current struggles as a state in the American empire. Support this show and others like it by becoming a subscriber at convergencemag.com/donate [http://convergencemag.com/donate]

Intermission for ‘Hegemonicon’

Hegemonicon will be taking an intermission to record a few more episodes and wrap up this present series on internationalism. We're very much looking forward to bringing you more important and necessary discussions to tie together what we're learning about internationalism, the global role of the United States, and what that means for organizers in the belly of the beast. Thank you so much for listening to this podcast. William does this show on top of his daily organizing and other political work because he believes in the value of open-ended, rigorous, non-dogmatic dialogue about strategy and organizing on the Left. If you find that in this show and enjoy it, please share it with your friends and collaborators. And while you're at it, rate the show and leave a review on your podcast app. We'll be back in October. Support this show and others like it by becoming a subscriber at convergencemag.com/donate [http://convergencemag.com/donate]

Black Internationalism, with Khury Petersen-Smith

Khury Petersen-Smith joins the show to discuss internationalist organizing and ideologies among Black communities in the US. Khury Petersen-Smith is the Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. He researches US empire, borders, and migration and strategizes with activists to work against the violence that the US carries out and supports around the world. Khury's work focuses especially on US militarism in the Middle East and in the Pacific, and movements that resist it. He is one of the co-authors and organizers of the 2023 Black Voices for Ceasefire statement, which was signed by over 6,000 Black activists, artists, and scholars, and he is the co-founder of Black 4 Palestine [https://www.blackforpalestine.com]. Support this show and others like it by becoming a subscribing member of Convergence at convergencemag.com/donate [https://convergencemag.com/donate/]