"Give Light and People Will Find the Way" -Ella Baker

The Pitfalls of Liberalism

The underlying theme of this season of Revolutionary Baddies is to articulate what makes a revolution. This analysis must include what destroys a revolution. Liberalism is the ideology that carries history of negotiating, obliging, coddling, pacifying, and coercing with imperialism. Liberalism is also the default political ideology of most Black people in this country. This essay, “The Pitfalls of Liberalism” by Kwame Ture was written in 1969 and carries lessons for all of us today. Building organization and unity towards freedom becomes impossible with liberalism unchecked. In the episode, Brittany and Dee Dee provide a relevant discussion of the ways we see liberalism play out today and how we can combat it.  Question for our listeners: How are you combatting liberalism? Links for the show: Season 2. Episode 19 Over 100 Campus Police Departments Got Military Equipment Through This Federal Program [https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15107343/over-100-campus-police-departments-got-military-equipment-through-this-federal-program] Stokley Speaks: From Black Power to Pan-Africanism by Stokely Carmichael/Kwame Ture [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211858.Stokely_Speaks] Combat Liberalism. by Mao Zedong [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25431690-combat-liberalism] The Founding Fathers Feared Political Faction Would Tear The Nation Apart [https://www.history.com/articles/founding-fathers-political-parties-opinion] Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2467282/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink] Instagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddies Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddies Patreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

"Give Light and People Will Find the Way" -Ella Baker

As Ella Baker gave her class valedictorian speech at Shaw University, she left these words and these words led her life. Arguably, one of the most effective and committed grassroots organizer of the 20th century. Ella Baker was an architect behind the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, and a leader that believed in the power of everyday people doing extraordinary things. In this episode, Revolutionary Baddies attempt to capture this hero and how she navigated the decades of powerful change. From her time as a student at Shaw University, the oldest HBCU in the South, to her founding of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Mrs. Baker brought tenacity, resilience, clarity, and resourcefulness to her vision of freedom. Her life and legacy deserves celebration, study, and praise. Hope you enjoy! Links for the show: Season 2. Episode 18 The Love Songs of W.E.B. Dubois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51183428-the-love-songs-of-w-e-b-du-bois] The Slave Market by Ella Baker and Marvel Cooke, NAACP [https://www.crmvet.org/info/slavemkt.htm] Young Negroes Cooperative League [https://youtu.be/E_DB5lu5w_g?si=O2Y8_2aXHpbuCAXw] In Friendship, a fundraising organization founded by Ella Baker, Bayard Rustin, and others [https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/friendship] Ella Baker and the Radical Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision by Barbara Ransby [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200217.Ella_Baker_and_the_Black_Freedom_Movement?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10] Black Scare/Red Scare by Charisse Burden-Stelly [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123227063-black-scare-red-scare] Ella Baker Organizes NAACP Chapters in the South [https://snccdigital.org/events/ella-baker-organizes-naacp-chapters/] Royal Ice Cream Parlour Sit-In [https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/royal-ice-cream-sit-in-1957/] Southern Christian Leadership Conference, S.C.L.C. [https://snccdigital.org/inside-sncc/alliances-relationships/sclc/] Ella Baker’s Impact On Civil Rights Movement [https://sncclegacyproject.org/sncc-40th-anniversary-vol-02/] Congress of Racial Equality, C.O.R.E. [https://snccdigital.org/inside-sncc/alliances-relationships/core/] Robert F. Williams [https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/williams-robert-f-1925-1996/] Want To Start A Revolution? By Dayo F. Gore, Jeanne Theoharis, Komozi Woodard [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7157574-want-to-start-a-revolution] Freedom Summer by Doug McAdam [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310386.Freedom_Summer] Black Visions: The Roots of African-American Contemporary Ideologies by Michael C. Dawson [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2293314.Black_Visions] Brother Hollis: The Sankofa of A Movement Man by Hollis Watkins [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34687627-brother-hollis] This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible by Charles E. Cobb Jr [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18210783-this-nonviolent-stuff-ll-get-you-killed] On The Freedom Side: How Five Decades of Youth Activists Have Remixed American History by Wesley Hogan [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44601334-on-the-freedom-side] Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2467282/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink] Instagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddies Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddies Patreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

FREE THEM ALL and Other Abolitionist Thoughts

First things first. Free All Political Prisoners!! Secondly, this episode grants permission for all of us to dream and vision a world beyond policing and prisons. Prisons are American history, and we are yet to a place to recognize and dismantle that reality. Revolutionary Baddies hold a discussion surrounding the many many ways our capitalist determines who is punished and who are not. Through the decades of brainwashing propaganda regarding the benefits of police and prisons, combined with the capitalist opportunities of the private prison industry, plus our malapportioned government system has led to a recipe of injustice. Slavery still exists legally in the United States- which means our society should know and learn more about the many ways slavery still exists. At the same time, prison abolition is about visioning and implementing new systems and institutions that prioritize humanity. We deserve so much more. Questions for our listeners What  is a world without prisons? Links for the show: Season 2. Episode 17 Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66933.The_Wretched_of_the_Earth] FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS [https://www.thejerichomovement.com/prisoners] Why Crime Rates Are Falling Across The U.S. [https://time.com/7357500/crime-homicide-rate-violent-property-decline-trump-covid-19/] The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35403039-the-end-of-policing] They Lied About “Black on Black Crime”. Here’s The REAL Cause and Solution [https://youtu.be/7jiPWVxRjIo?si=x1sA_tcAnWKGYwP1] We Were Eight Years In Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehesi Coates [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33916061-we-were-eight-years-in-power] The Experiment (2001) [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250258/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_he%20xperiment] Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson by George Jackson [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/962568.Soledad_Brother] How the Attica Prison Uprising Started- And Why It Still Resonates Today [https://www.npr.org/2021/10/27/1049295683/attica-prison-documentary-stanley-nelson] The 1994 Crime Bill and Beyond: How Federal Funding Shapes The Criminal Justice System [https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/1994-crime-bill-and-beyond-how-federal-funding-shapes-criminal-justice] Durham Beyond Policing [https://www.instagram.com/durhambeyondpolicing/reels/] Critical Resistance [https://criticalresistance.org/] A Soldier’s Story: Revolutionary Writings of a New Afrikan Amarchist [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34734162-a-soldier-s-story] The Fertile Prison: Fidel Castro in Batista’s Jails by Mario Mencia [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1669587.The_Fertile_Prison] Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protest, and the Pursuit of Rachle by Derecka Purnell [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56626177-becoming-abolitionists] WARTIME, Fall 2025 by Black Men Build [https://www.blackmen.build/wartime-2025-build-with-us/] The US states with more places for incarceration than higher education [https://studee.com/discover/usa-prison-v-college] Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2467282/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink] Instagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddies Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddies Patreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

Dear Mama: The Power of Black Motherhood

Happy Mother’s Day! The Baddies dedicate this episode to some of the greatest contributors to society- Black mothers. In this episode, Brittany and Dee Dee dive into their lived experiences of the mothers that raised them and  how dynamic and expansive our family structures could be. And just like everything else- Motherhood is political and worth our understanding. Hope you enjoy this episode.  All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17607.All_About_Love] We Live For The We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood by Dani McClain [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41190344-we-live-for-the-we] Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, China Martens, Mai’a Williams [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25363234-revolutionary-mothering] Black. Single. Mothering: Real Life Tales of Longing and Belonging by Jamilah Lemieux [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/205436019-black-single-mother]  The Negro Family: The Case For National Action [https://www.dol.gov/general/aboutdol/history/webid-moynihan] Kahlil Gurban [https://poets.org/poem/children-1] Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2467282/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink] Instagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddies Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddies Patreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

My Body, My Choice? Domestic Violence and Reproductive Justice

TRIGGER WARNING. Over the past couple of months, there have been several alarming and saddening cases of Black women being murdered by their husbands, fiances, boyfriends, and exes. We cannot shy away from uplifting the names and stories of these Black women and how pervasive  and insidious patriarchal violence is. In order to see a revolution forward, we must address how patriarchy suffocates the Black community and our society at large. That discussion leads to an intentional discussion regarding reproductive justice. Reproductive Justice(RJ) is a framework developed by Black women and strengthened by Black Queer people over time. It is a framework that goes beyond reproductive rights and pro-choice. RJ covers all of those things plus the principle of having safe and sustainable communities. Having safe and sustainable communities guarantees a better future for our children and everyone else. Reproductive Justice is not just a “women’s issue” it is a guide for a more equitable future. Patriarchy is antithetical to all justice. This episode is dedicated to Dr. Cerina Fairfax, Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer, Pastor Tammy McCollum, Qualeshia “Saditty” Barnes, Ashlee Jenae, Davonte Curtis, Ashanti Allen, Victoria Alexander, Gabryel Ayers, Raven Edwards, Teonia Stokes, Gladys Johnson, Daneshia Heller, Imani Dia Smith, Bianca Huntley, and Barbara Deer. Questions for our listeners: How are you processing the headlines of patriarchial violence against Black women? Links for the episode: Season 2. Episode 15 “Who Will Revere The Black Woman?” Remembering Nancy, Cerina, and So Many More  [https://msmagazine.com/2026/04/22/nancy-metayer-cerina-fairfax-pastor-tammy-mccollum-ashly-robinson-qualeisha-barnes-davonta-curtis-barbara-deer/] Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation by Beth Richie [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14964005-arrested-justice] The Origin of Family, Private Property, and the State by Friedrich Engels [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52198.The_Origin_of_the_Family_Private_Property_and_the_State] SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective [https://www.sistersong.net/] Republicans Are Mad Teen Pregnancies Are Down [https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/republicans-mad-teen-pregnancies-down-174827943.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALbQWuOHxbGVVRVZgsELXKrKDWPwRS8ebn2FYjwWvNV2pBCclm4_4mUzGGNO6h4aaxcy3f_alh5RTJWzdkLwnK-OjDKlDBEk4nM3oa3m7lJyt5oiyKNnvyZ-z0uX8WzJO2oMO57-kMwGDoJhu6y8yl-pBJ1kvmlDI9oJVd27gDmm] Black Mamas Matter Alliance [https://blackmamasmatter.org/] Black Maternal Health Week [https://blkmaternalhealthweek.com/] Black Midwives Sue Georgia Over Birth Laws That Harm Black Mothers [https://atlanta.capitalbnews.org/georgia-midwives-lawsuit-maternal-health-crisis/] Duke Charitable Care [https://www.dukehealth.org/paying-for-care/financial-assistance] The Momnibus Act: The Solution to America’s Maternal Health Crisis  [https://blackmaternalhealthcaucus-underwood.house.gov/Momnibus] Anti-Shackling Pregnant Women [https://arrwip.org/anti-shackling-laws/] Black Girls’ Guide to Menopause [https://blackgirlsguidetosurvivingmenopause.com/] Race, Religion, and Reproductive Rights: Understanding the Conservative Anti- Abortion Movement in America [https://imagine.sa.ucsb.edu/issue/54/2025/race-religion-and-reproductive-rights-understanding-conservative-anti-abortion] Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32951.Sister_Outsider]