People Of Color Organize!

May Day Podcast: Black Agenda Report’s Margaret Kimberley(Posted May 3, Due To Technical Diffculties)

jefe@peopleofcolororganize.com (peopleofcolororganize.com) — Thu, 03 May 2012 10:30:00 +0000

BAR's Margaret Kimberley talks with us about Iran, class, the death of Black politics, and much more.

POCO Podcast: More Left Forum, Plus Social Media Love

jefe@peopleofcolororganize.com (peopleofcolororganize.com) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:06:11 +0000

People Of Color Organize! continues its recordings from the 2012 Left Forum, plus gives shoutouts to our many friends showing up love and solidarity via Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter. Left Forum 2012 speeches this edition feature M1 of Dead Prez, Tanzeem Shaneela of Take Back the Bronx and Jen Soriano of the Echo Project. Backdrops [...]

POCO Podcast: Ajamu Baraka on Trayvon Martin, Race, Class and Movements

jefe@peopleofcolororganize.com (peopleofcolororganize.com) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:59:27 +0000

With the recent arrest of George Zimmerman for the murder of Trayvon Martin, questions about movements, class, social media and criminal justice have become more prominent. Why did this struggle generate so much attention? What were the strategic successes and mistakes? And where does the pursuit of justice, especially for a campaign centered so squarely [...]

POCO Podcast: From the Blockade of the Sanford, Florida Police Department

jefe@peopleofcolororganize.com (peopleofcolororganize.com) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:28:38 +0000

On Monday, April 9, six Florida State University students made international headlines by conducting a bold act of civil disobedience: blocking the doors of the police department that failed to jail George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin. This edition of the podcast, we talk with one of the students who participated in the [...]

POCO PODCAST: Black Agenda Report On “The More Effective Evil!”

jefe@peopleofcolororganize.com (peopleofcolororganize.com) — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:11:14 +0000

On this episode of POCO’s podcast, we kickoff the first in a series of podcasts in our coverage of the 2012 Left Forum, that was held at Pace University in New York City. Today we play excerpts from Black Agenda Report’s Executive Editor Glen Ford and Black Agenda Report’s Senior Columnist & Editor, Margaret Kimberley. [...]

POCO! PODCAST-The Vengeance of Vertigo: Aphasia and Objection in the Political Trials of Black Insurgents- Dr. Frank B. Wilderson III

jefe@peopleofcolororganize.com (peopleofcolororganize.com) — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:00:01 +0000

On this episode of the People Of Color Organize! Podcast we present one of our most venerated radical scholars, Dr. Frank B. Wilderson III. Dr. Wilderson was the keynote speaker for the Abriendo Brecha Activist Scholarship Conference IX at The University of Texas at Austin Friday, February 17, 2012. Dr. Wilderson’s keynote address comes [...]

Podcast: Celebrating Women Organizers of Color

jefe@peopleofcolororganize.com (peopleofcolororganize.com) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 08:48:02 +0000

For Women’s History Month, People Of Color Organize! celebrates women organizers of color relating and making history. Interviews this episode are with student organizer of color Abby Sun, co-founder of Feminist Coming Out Day; and Alondra Nelson, whose new book, Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight against Medical Discrimination, chronicles the [...]

POCO Podcast: Remembering Kwame Ture In His Own Words

jefe@peopleofcolororganize.com (peopleofcolororganize.com) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:16 +0000

Kwame Ture speaks on POCO podcast.

Talking Political Movements with Left Forum’s Seth Adler

jefe@peopleofcolororganize.com (peopleofcolororganize.com) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:04:27 +0000

With the Left Forum closing its extended panel deadline on Jan. 31 and unveiling its agenda of sessions, the 2012 event looks to bring people together around the theme “Occupying the System: Confronting Global Capitalism.” The Left Forum’s coordinator, Seth Adler, drops in to discuss the Left Forum, its history and the political tendencies, social [...]

POCO Podcast Presents Greg Palast On His Latest Book!

jefe@peopleofcolororganize.com (peopleofcolororganize.com) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:02:39 +0000

We feature excerpts from a talk by investigative journalist Greg Palast and much more.