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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. 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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  • Ep. 19: The Rights of the Earth and Bring Shaka Home!

    Ep. 19: The Rights of the Earth and Bring Shaka Home!

    Season 2
    May 23, 2026

    Naptown People’s Radio

    Alliance of Sahel States, Arte Mexicano en Indiana, CFAC, China, Community Food Access Coalition, Dani Abdullah, Derek Ford, Dispatches from Behind the Wire, Fonseca-Du Bois Gallery, FTF KD, In the YO!, independent left media, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, J Hefe, Julie Burns, Mali, Naptown People’s Radio, Nasreen Kahn, Office of Public Health and Safety, Party for Socialism and Liberation, PSL Indianapolis, Shaka A. Shakur

    FTF KD joins the show to discuss a new podcast, “In The YO!” that will also be coming to you from the Indy Liberation Center.

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  • Ep. 18: Why We’re Building a New, Genuine Communist Party

    Ep. 18: Why We’re Building a New, Genuine Communist Party

    Season 2
    May 14, 2026

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    Honesty Gleaves, independent left media, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Naptown People’s Radio, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Party for Socialism and Liberation – Indianapolis, PSL Indianapolis, Sam James

    Our 50th episode features two PSL organizers, one who founded the Indianapolis branch and another who joined two years ago.

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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

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    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

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    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. 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

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    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. 12: Dr. Meleeka Clary Keeps Up the Fight Against Court Corruption

    Ep. 12: Dr. Meleeka Clary Keeps Up the Fight Against Court Corruption

    Season 2
    April 3, 2026

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    ANSWER Indiana, Dr. Meleeka Clary, IMPD, Indianapolis activism, Indianapolis Liberation Center, Indianapolis news, Indianapolis podcast, Jane G. Cotton, Lamar Johnson, Lamonte Johnson, Manifestations of Thought, Meleeka Clary, Michael Gosh, Naptown People’s Radio, Party for Socialism and Liberation, police terror, PSL Indianapolis, Quills Coffee Shop, Ryan Mears, Shaka A. Shakur, Three Corners of Deception

    Director, clinical psychologist, actress, model, paralegal, and activist Dr. Meleeka Clary discusses her 16-year long battle against her ex-husband and the Indiana courts.

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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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