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Ep. 5: Minneapolis: The People are Too Big to Fail
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 USAThis week, Jay Grillo gives a first-hand account of the sustained anti-ICE uprising in Minneapolis.
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Ep. 4: Indiana Admits Sending Vernon Bateman to Prison with No Evidence
Naptown People’s Radio
Vernon T. Bateman joins the show to discuss the latest developments in his fight for exoneration.
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Ep. 31: Starbucks Workers and Teachers Show Who Has the Power
Naptown People’s Radio
Central Indiana DSA, Dakota Fronterhouse, Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Emancipatory Motions, Independent Media, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis Local Education Alliance, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Indianapolis Public Schools, Lucas Lee, Naptown People’s Radio, organizing, Party for Socialism and Liberation, PSL Indianapolis, race and education, radical reconstruction, Sena Kürk, Starbucks Mass Ave, Starbucks Workers United, Türkiye, unionizationOrganizers with Starbucks Workers United remind us of the reason for the season: living wages, dignity, and justice.
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Ep. 29: Is Indy Experiencing a Housing Crisis or a Capitalist Crisis?
Naptown People’s Radio
2008 recession, Amanda Jones, ANSWER Coalition, ANSWER Indiana, anti-imperialism, Bolivarian Revolution, Brittany Kavanaugh, capitalist crisis, contradictions of capitalism, Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Family First Workplace, Great Housing Mission of Venezuela, homelessness, Hot Lamb Indy, housing crisis, Hugo Chávez, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis podcast, Jamil Campbell, Liberation Center Store, Mike Braun, Naptown People’s Radio, Nicolás Maduro, Party for Socialism and Liberation, patriarchy, PSL Indianapolis, redistricting, The Renewal, Venezuela, wages, Wayne Kidd, We the People: Indiana United, Yessal GuiDani Abdullah and Derek Ford dive into the housing crisis in Indianapolis, detailing how unnecessary and absurd it is by comparing it with how a socialist government could not only easily fix the problem but prevent its occurrence in the first place.
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Ep. 28: Finishing the Fight for Freedom: Making “Across Enemy Lines”
Naptown People’s Radio
Across Enemy Lines: Shaka A. Shakur, Akili Shakur, Derek Ford, documentary, film screenings, Free Them All, Haki Kweli Shakur, IDOC, Indianapolis Liberation Center, New Afrikan Freedom Campaign, New Afrikan Independence Movement, New Afrikan Political Prisoner, political documentaries, political prisoners, Re-Build Collective, Shaka Shakur Documentary, Shaka Shakur Freedom Campaign, THEKINGTRILL, VADOCCecilia Gomez discusses the new Shaka Shakur documentary with the film’s co-director.
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Ep. 27: The Looming AI Bubble and the Roots of Redistricting
Naptown People’s Radio
About Face, Adam Sykes, AI bubble, Bryce Gustafson, Circle City Sangha, Citizens Action Coalition, Dani Abdullah, data centers, Derek Ford, Emancipatory Motions, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Lucas Lee, Naptown People’s Radio, National Guard, Nikki Shumpert, Party for Socialism and Liberation, PSL Indianapolis, redistricting, Right to Refuse, swattingBryce Gustafson, an organizer with Citizens Action Coalition since 2009, joins this week’s show.
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Ep. 24: Honoring Naptown’s Shirley Graham Du Bois
Naptown People’s Radio
anti-imperialism, Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Fonseca-Du Bois Gallery, free speech Indiana University, IMPD, Indiana Black Librarians Network, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis podcast, internationalism, Le’Deanna Brown, Midwest Leak Magazine, Naptown People’s Radio, Party for Socialism and Liberation, PSL Indianapolis, Shirley Graham, SNAP, W.E.B. Du BoisThe legacy of Naptown’s revolutionary artist, organizer, theorist, and teacher.
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Ep. 22: Is Indy Ready for a General Strike?
Naptown People’s Radio
1919 Seattle General Strike, Arte Mexicano en Indiana, Bill Redman, Brandon Johnson, Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Eduardo Luna, Fairness Act, Fonseca-Du Bois Gallery, General Strike, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Joe Hogsett, Metrobloks, Naptown People’s Radio, No Kings, Operation Midway Blitz, Party for Socialism and Liberation, PSL Indianapolis, Thomas Cook, Todd RokitaChicago Mayor Brandon Johnson called for a General Strike. General Strikes are routinely called for, but what do they entail? There’s a lot of work to be prepare for one but, as Dani Abdullah reminds us by recounting the historic 1919 Seattle General Strike, our ancestors made sure we aren’t starting over from scratch.
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Ep. 19: What Assata Teaches Us
Naptown People’s Radio
Co-hosts Dani Abdullah and Derek Ford focus on one development completely omitted by all major local news outlets: the passing of Black internationalist revolutionary Assata Shakur.
