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  • Ep. 32: 2025 – Another Year of Struggle

    Ep. 32: 2025 – Another Year of Struggle

    Season 1
    December 31, 2025

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    ICE, immigrant rights, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Indy Pride, Jada Trainor, Naptown People’s Radio, Party for Socialism and Liberation, political prisoners, PSL Indianapolis, Shaka A. Shakur, Trump, Year in Review

    NPR’s producer, Dakota Fronterhouse, joins our co-hosts as they look back at the past year of struggle in Naptown.

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  • Ep. 31: Starbucks Workers and Teachers Show Who Has the Power

    Ep. 31: Starbucks Workers and Teachers Show Who Has the Power

    Season 1
    December 25, 2025

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    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, unionization

    Organizers 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?

    Ep. 29: Is Indy Experiencing a Housing Crisis or a Capitalist Crisis?

    Season 1
    December 11, 2025

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    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 Gui

    Dani 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. 27: The Looming AI Bubble and the Roots of Redistricting

    Ep. 27: The Looming AI Bubble and the Roots of Redistricting

    Season 1
    November 26, 2025

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    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, swatting

    Bryce Gustafson, an organizer with Citizens Action Coalition since 2009, joins this week’s show.

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  • Ep. 26: No to Metrofraud and Terror at River North!

    Ep. 26: No to Metrofraud and Terror at River North!

    Season 1
    November 20, 2025

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    Connie Thompson, Denell Howard, Dispatches from Behind the Wire, Faye Johnson, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis podcast, Metrobloks, Naptown People’s Radio, Party for Socialism and Liberation, political prisoners, PSL Indianapolis, River North Correctional Facility

    Pastor Denell Howard and Ms. Faye Johnson discuss the struggle against Metrobloks’ data center and who the real criminals are in U.S. prisons.

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  • Ep. 25: Unite for Trans Liberation: The Truth Never Dies!

    Ep. 25: Unite for Trans Liberation: The Truth Never Dies!

    Season 1
    November 16, 2025

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    Common Unity, EL BENTLY 448, ICE, immigrant rights, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Leon Benson, Naptown People’s Radio, Party for Socialism and Liberation, PSL Indianapolis, Todd Rokita, Trans Day of Remembrance

    On Thursday, the community will gather at the Liberation Center for the 26th Trans Day of Remembrance. To explain its significance, activist Brooke joins the show.

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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. 23: Indiana Veterans and Servicemen to Refuse Deployment

    Ep. 23: Indiana Veterans and Servicemen to Refuse Deployment

    Season 1
    October 30, 2025

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    About Face Veterans, ANSWER Coalition, ANSWER Indiana, ICE, immigrant rights, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Indy Gay Market, Joe Hogsett, Naptown People’s Radio, Party for Socialism and Liberation, PSL Indianapolis

    Military veteran Lucas Lee joins the show to discuss a new campaign organizing National Guardsmen to refuse any potential deployment orders.

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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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