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  • Ep. 24: Honoring Naptown’s Shirley Graham Du Bois

    Ep. 24: Honoring Naptown’s Shirley Graham Du Bois

    Season 1
    November 5, 2025

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    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 Bois

    The legacy of Naptown’s revolutionary artist, organizer, theorist, and teacher.

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  • Ep. 22: Is Indy Ready for a General Strike?

    Ep. 22: Is Indy Ready for a General Strike?

    Season 1
    October 22, 2025

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    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 Rokita

    Chicago 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

    Ep. 19: What Assata Teaches Us

    Season 1
    October 1, 2025

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    Assata Shakur, Black Panther Party, Black Revolutionary Woman Communists, Cuba, Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Independent Media, Indianapolis Development Inc., Indianapolis podcasts, Joe Hogsett, Naptown People’s Radio, The Weather Underground

    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.

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  • Ep. 18: Indy Beats Big Tech, Struggles against Prisons feat. Akili Shakur

    Ep. 18: Indy Beats Big Tech, Struggles against Prisons feat. Akili Shakur

    Season 1
    September 24, 2025

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    Akili Shakur, data centers, Derek Ford, Dispatches from Behind the Wire, Gina Lee Robbins, history, independent left media, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Naptown People’s Radio, national liberation, New Afrikan Independence Movement, Party for Socialism and Liberation, people power, political prisoners, Prison Reimagined, Republic of New Afrika, revolutionary nationalism, Shaka A. Shakur, Shaka Shakur Freedom Campaign, Soul in Exile, Vernon T. Bateman

    Dr. Akili Shakur, an organizer, retired professor, and wife of Shaka A. Shakur joins the show this week.

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  • Ep. 17: The New Afrikan Independence Movement

    Ep. 17: The New Afrikan Independence Movement

    Season 1
    September 16, 2025

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    Dakota Fronterhouse, Derek Ford, Dispatches from Behind the Wire, Gina Lee Robbins, history, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Naptown People’s Radio, national liberation, New Afrikan Independence Movement, Party for Socialism and Liberation, political prisoners, Prison Reimagined, Republic of New Afrika, revolutionary nationalism, Shaka A. Shakur, Shaka Shakur Freedom Campaign, Soul in Exile

    New Afrikan Political Prisoner Shaka A. Shakur breaks down the New Afrikan Independence Movement.

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  • Ep. 16: Indy vs. Google: If We Unite, We Win

    Season 1
    September 10, 2025

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    About Face, Black August, Camp Atterbury, Dani Abdullah, Denell Howard, Derek Ford, Edith Conchas, Good Job Signs, Guru Nanak Sikh Society, Hovey Street Church of Christ, ICE, immigrant rights, IMPD, Indiana FTF KD, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Joe Hogsett, Kristopher Nelson, Mike Braun, Naptown People’s Radio, National Guard, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Touch Grass Indy, Umeed-Hope

    Kristopher Nelson, aka FTF KD, joins this week’s show to share the reality of life in a city with a data center.

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  • Ep. 15: Facing the Moment with the Joy of Resistance

    Ep. 15: Facing the Moment with the Joy of Resistance

    Season 1
    September 4, 2025

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    Black August, Camp Atterbury, Dani Abdullah, Denell Howard, Derek Ford, Hovey Street Church of Christ, immigrant rights, IMPD, Indiana AID, Indiana Undocumented Youth Alliance, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Indivisible, Jefferson Shreve, Joe Hogsett, Live Free Indiana, Myron Howard, Naptown People’s Radio, Party for Socialism and Liberation, police terror, political prisoners, Stuart Mora

    Stuart Mora joins the show to highlight the joy of building together and resisting in community.

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  • Ep. 14: Building on George Jackon’s Legacy Today

    Ep. 14: Building on George Jackon’s Legacy Today

    Season 1
    September 2, 2025

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    Black August, Black Guerrilla Family, Black Liberation, Black Panther Party, Derek Ford, Eldridge Cleaver, George Jackson, Huey P. Newton, Indianapolis podcast, Jonathan Jackson, Kwame Ture, Liberation Forum, lumpenproletariat, Naptown People’s Radio, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Paul Robeson, prison activism, prison struggle, PSL Indianapolis, San Quentin, Soledad Brothers, Stokely Carmichael, W.E.B. DuBois, W.L. Nolan

    This special episode ensures we use the knowledge, discipline, and commitment we cultivated last month to advance the struggles ahead.

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  • Ep. 13: Black August and Multinational Unity

    Ep. 13: Black August and Multinational Unity

    Season 1
    August 27, 2025

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Black August, charter schools, Circle City Sangha, Dani Abdullah, DEI, Derek Ford, Hampton Institute, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis podcast, Iskra Books, Jericho Movement, multinational unity, Naptown People’s Radio, national liberation, New Afrikan Independence Movement, Nino Brown, Party for Socialism and Liberation, political prisoners, PSL Indianapolis, Todd Rokita

    Nino Brown of Jericho Chicago joins the show to discuss the prison movement and multinational unity.

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