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  • Ep. 17: What We Mean by “The System” and Why it Matters

    Ep. 17: What We Mean by “The System” and Why it Matters

    Season 2
    May 9, 2026

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, IMPD Terror, Independent Media, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, International Workers’ Day, Naptown People’s Radio, Party for Socialism and Liberation, PSL Indianapolis, Robyn Frazier, youth curfew

    Instead of a youth curfew, we need a permanent curfew for the IMPD.

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  • Ep. 16: The Resurgence of International Workers’ Day in the U.S.

    Ep. 16: The Resurgence of International Workers’ Day in the U.S.

    Season 2
    April 30, 2026

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Independent Media, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, International Workers’ Day, Jamar Thomas, Lamonte Thomas, May Day, Miami Correctional Facility, Naptown People’s Radio, Party for Socialism and Liberation, PSL Indianapolis, Voice of the Predator, VOP Osili

    How and why did May Day, which originated in the U.S. in the late 19th century, only reappear in popular U.S. consciousness 20 years ago?

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  • Ep. 15: The Recent, Hidden History of Labor Struggles in the Region

    Ep. 15: The Recent, Hidden History of Labor Struggles in the Region

    Season 2
    April 24, 2026

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    Battle of Wisconsin, Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis podcast, International Workers’ Day, Jose “Danny” Ortiz, May Day, Naptown People’s Radio, PSL Indianapolis

    Producer Dakota Fronterhouse joins the show to discuss a recent incident in which his union defended several of his fundamental rights.

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  • Ep. 14: Elkhart Community Outraged after Cops Kill 17-Year-Old

    Ep. 14: Elkhart Community Outraged after Cops Kill 17-Year-Old

    Season 2
    April 17, 2026

    Naptown People’s Radio

    anti-imperialism, August 3rd Collective, Bryan Ramirez Gomez, Circle City Shout Out, Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Haki Kweli Shakur, ICE, immigrant rights, Indiana State Prison, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis news outlet, Indianapolis podcast, internationalism, Iran, Kayla Cowels, Naptown People’s Radio, New Afrikan Independence Movement, New Afrikan Liberation Collective, Nicholas Ragsdale, Party for Socialism and Liberation, police terror, PSL Indianapolis, Thomas Breneman

    Organizer Kayla Cowels joins the show to discuss the Feb. 8 police killing of Bryan Ramirez Gomez by Elkhart police and the community’s response.

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  • Ep. 11: Revolutionary Motherhood and Medical Crisis at Miami “Correctional” Facility

    Ep. 11: Revolutionary Motherhood and Medical Crisis at Miami “Correctional” Facility

    Season 2
    March 28, 2026

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Black Liberation Struggle, Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Dispatches from Behind the Wire, generational continuity, HB 1343, human rights violations, IDOC, IMPD Terror, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Jose “Danny” Ortiz, MaskOff12.com, medical neglect, Miami CF, Miami Correctional Facility, Mike Braun, Naptown Breakdown, Naptown People’s Radio, national oppression, New Northwest Correctional Facility, Nguyễn Thị Bình, Party for Socialism and Liberation, prison abuse, PSL Indianapolis, Queen Mother Audley Moore, Republic of New Afrika, revolutionary motherhood, Trevion Taylor

    An urgent segment of ”Dispatches from Behind the Wire” where we hear from an inmate at Miami Correctional Facility about the horrendous and routine medical neglect he and his fellow inmates–including ICE detainees–face on a daily basis.

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  • Ep. 10: Women Revolutionaries to Inspire a New Generation

    Ep. 10: Women Revolutionaries to Inspire a New Generation

    Season 2
    March 21, 2026

    Naptown People’s Radio

    anti-capitalism, anti-imperialism, anti-national chauvinism, Arte Mexicano en Indiana, Asian colonialism, Black Belt Thesis, Claudia Jones, CPUSA, Dani Abdullah, Decatur Township Data Center, Derek Ford, Fonseca-Du Bois Gallery, history, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Indy Indie Book Crawl, internationalism, intersectionality v. super-exploitation, Korean War, Naptown Breakdown, Naptown People’s Radio, national liberation, No War on Iran, Party for Socialism and Liberation, PSL Indianapolis, Shirley Graham, Shirley Graham Du Bois, super-exploitation, W.E.B. Du Bois, Women and the Anti-Imperialist Movement, Women Negro Women

    In our 2nd episode for Women’s History Month, Dani and Derek bring one of the women revolutionaries they study and admire to the table, informing and, hopefully, inspiring listeners to learn from our rich legacy of united struggle.

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  • Ep. 9: Beyond Mutual Aid with Rissa Wilson

    Ep. 9: Beyond Mutual Aid with Rissa Wilson

    Season 2
    March 13, 2026

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Black Panther Party, community programming, Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Indy Hope Packages, International Women’s Day, mutual aid, Naptown People’s Radio, Party for Socialism and Liberation, political direct-aid, PSL Indianapolis, Rissa Wilson, Women’s History Month

    Our first episode in celebration of Women’s History Month features social worker and Indy Hope Packages coordinator Rissa Wilson.

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  • Ep. 8: What’s Iran’s Real Crime? Indy Hits the Streets

    Ep. 8: What’s Iran’s Real Crime? Indy Hits the Streets

    Season 2
    March 5, 2026

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    Ali Hosseini Khamenei, anti-imperialism, anti-war, Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Dispatches from Behind the Wire, IDOC, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Iranian Revolution, Naptown People’s Radio, national liberation, Party for Socialism and Liberation, prison activism, PSL Indianapolis, self-determination, Shaka A. Shakur

    On this special episode, Dani Abdullah and Derek Ford discuss the roots of the U.S.’s hostility against Iran, while Shaka A. Shakur is back for another segment of “Dispatches from Behind the Wire.”

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  • Ep. 5: Minneapolis: The People are Too Big to Fail

    Ep. 5: Minneapolis: The People are Too Big to Fail

    Season 2
    February 12, 2026

    Naptown People’s Radio

    anti-ICE protests, Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Free Speech, immigrant rights, IMPD Terror, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Jay Grillo, Minneapolis Uprising, Naptown People’s Radio, No Business as Usual, Party for Socialism and Liberation, PSL Indianapolis, Shaka A. Shakur, Shaka Shakur Freedom Campaign, Trevion Taylor, Turning Point USA

    This week, Jay Grillo gives a first-hand account of the sustained anti-ICE uprising in Minneapolis.

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