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  • Ep. 33: Common Unity 3 with Leon Benson: The People Will Win

    Ep. 33: Common Unity 3 with Leon Benson: The People Will Win

    Season 2
    September 10, 2026

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Common Unity 3, Dalys Jett, Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, EL BENTLY 448, ICE Out, immigrant rights, IMPD Terror, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Indy Liberation Store, Iran, Leon Benson, Naptown People’s Radio, national chauvinism, Open Letter to Iran’s Political Prisoners, Party for Socialism and Liberation, prison activism, PSL Indianapolis, Solitary Justice Project, Vernon T. Bateman, Yemen, Zolo Azania

    This week, Leon Benson joined the show to discuss Common Unity 3 and why the yearly event is no longer a tradition but a mission.

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  • Ep. 32: ICE Floods Indy as Government Abandons Flood Victims

    Ep. 32: ICE Floods Indy as Government Abandons Flood Victims

    Season 2
    September 9, 2026

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    Dani Abdullah, flooding, ICE, immigrant rights, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Lucas Lee, Naptown People’s Radio, PSL Indianapolis, Rissa Wilson

    While the government is flush with cash for ICE’s recent campaign of terror, it seems there isn’t any money to help victims of recent flooding.

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  • Ep. 31: The Black Belt Thesis and the Socialist Struggle

    Ep. 31: The Black Belt Thesis and the Socialist Struggle

    Season 2
    August 28, 2026

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    Black Belt Thesis, Black National Question, Comintern, Common Unity 3, CPUSA, Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Harry Haywood, IMPD Terror, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis podcast, Indy Liberation Store, Leon Benson, marxism and oppressed nations, Naptown People’s Radio, national question, New Afrikan Self Determination, Party for Socialism and Liberation, PSL Indianapolis, Solitary Justice Project

    This week, we bring listeners a special episode explaining the history, significance, and importance of the Black national question and why socialists must have a firm stance on Black liberation.

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  • Ep. 30: Black August, The Politics of Berlesque, and Common Unity 3

    Ep. 30: Black August, The Politics of Berlesque, and Common Unity 3

    Season 2
    August 20, 2026

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Aquarius Moon, burlesque, chop from the top, Common Unity 3, Dailen Brewer, Dalys Jett, Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Derrick Jett, Every(body) Wants to be a Show Girl, Flock Cameras, Fonseca-Du Bois Gallery, IMPD Terror, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis podcast, Jamar Thomas, Lamonte Thomas, Leon Benson, Naptown People’s Radio, Party for Socialism and Liberation, PSL Indianapolis, Sgt. Robyn Frazier, Solitary Justice Project, wheel tax

    Aquarius Moon, the 6th most influential burlesque artist worldwide, joins the show to discuss the totality of the burlesque world.

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  • Ep. 29: Free Monsour Owolabi!

    Ep. 29: Free Monsour Owolabi!

    Season 2
    August 12, 2026

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Chris Veal, class struggle, Common Unity, Cultural Resistance, Dalys Jett, Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Hope Packages, ICE, immigrant rights, IMPD Terror, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis independent news, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Leon Benson, Mary Banks, mass incarceration, Miami Correctional Facility, Monsour Owolabi, Naptown People’s Radio, national liberation, national oppression, New Afrikan Independence Movement, New Afrikan Liberation Collective, Party for Socialism and Liberation, prison activism, Prison Lives Matter, PSL Indianapolis, Vernon T. Bateman

    Our first Black August episode features an interview with New Afrikan Political Prisoner, organizer, and poet Monsour Owolabi.

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  • Ep. 26: New Fiscal Year, New Reactionary Laws, New Battles Ahead

    Ep. 26: New Fiscal Year, New Reactionary Laws, New Battles Ahead

    Season 2
    July 20, 2026

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    Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, immigrant rights, Indiana laws, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Indy podcast, Iran, Lindsey Holtgrave, Mirror Indy, Naptown People’s Radio, PSL Indianapolis, revolutionary optimism, Shaka A. Shakur, Shaka Shakur Freedom Campaign, U.S. imperialism

    Activist Lindsey Holtgrave pulled up to tell us about new laws attacking the people of Indiana and our most basic democratic rights—and how we can fight back.

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  • Ep. 25: Celebrating and Building on 250 Years of Resistance

    Ep. 25: Celebrating and Building on 250 Years of Resistance

    Season 2
    July 2, 2026

    Naptown People’s Radio

    activity review, burnout, Counterrevolution of 1776, Dani Abdullah, Declaration of Independence, Derek Ford, Fourth of July, Frederick Douglass, Hosea Hudson, immigrant rights, Independence Day, Indiana Black Librarians Network, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Indy Liberation Center, Indy Liberation Store, Naptown People’s Radio, New Afrikan Independence Movement, Party for Socialism and Liberation, PSL Indianapolis, reform, reform vs. revolution, reformism, resistance, revolution, right of revolution, Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society, slavery

    A special episode analyzing the 250 years of oppression and resistance as we prepare for ”Independence Day” and discusses how we are and can strategize based on that legacy of resistance.

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  • Ep. 24: Dispatches from Behind the Wire

    Ep. 24: Dispatches from Behind the Wire

    Season 2
    June 25, 2026

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Across Enemy Lines: Shaka A. Shakur, Brandon Harper, Circle City Shout Out, Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Dispatches from Behind the Wire, Free Them All, Gregory Hill, Hovey St. Church of Christ, IDOC, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis Public Library Board of Trustees, IndyPL CEO, Joe Hogsett, law fraud, Naptown Breakdown, Naptown People’s Radio, New Afrikan Freedom Campaign, New Afrikan Independence Movement, New Afrikan Political Prisoner, political prisoners, Post-Conviction Relief Associates, privatization, Re-Build Collective, Shaka Shakur Documentary, Shaka Shakur Freedom Campaign, VADOC, Vernon T. Bateman

    Comrade Shaka A. Shakur joins the show, providing an in depth description of his case, current situation, and future prospects.

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  • Ep. 23: “Cutting the Umbilical Cord:” Kwame Beans Shakur on Practicing Theory

    Ep. 23: “Cutting the Umbilical Cord:” Kwame Beans Shakur on Practicing Theory

    Season 2
    June 18, 2026

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Dispatches from Behind the Wire, Gregory Hill, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, IndyPL Board of Trustees, Kwame Beans Shakur, Naptown People’s Radio, New Afrikan Independence Movement, New Afrikan Liberation Collective, Office of Public Health and Safety, Party for Socialism and Liberation, political prisoners, PSL Indianapolis, Shaka A. Shakur

    Hear New Afrikan Political Prisoner Kwame Beans Shakur provide concrete examples of putting theory into practice.

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