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When We Fight We Win! The PodcastIn The Spirit of Crazy Horse - #FreeLeonardPeltierIndigenous activists and allies have been on the frontlines to #FreeLeonardPeltier – for over 47 years. Leonard Peltier is a writer, activist, fine artist, humanitarian, and political prisoner, wrongfully convicted of a crime that he did not commit. We speak with the co-director of the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, Carol Gokee - who movingly uplifts the truth behind Leonard Peltier's case and encourages folks to actively engage in the fight for his freedom. Indigenous communities throughout the course of US history have been targets of government-sanctioned violence. In this heartfelt episode, we weave together what Leonard Peltier's freedom means to In...
2025-10-0453 min
When We Fight We Win! The PodcastPrison Radio & #LoveNotPhear: The Struggle to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal"Inside these prison walls, love is really the closest thing that you have to freedom." - Comrade Pitt Panther, Prison Radio Correspondent. This episode focuses on the work of Prison Radio and the #LoveNotPhear campaign to free journalist, author and activist Mumia Abu-Jamal. We hear from organizers and family members of incarcerated people, and incarcerated folks themselves, mobilizing movements for freedom. Founder and Legal Director #NoelleHanrahan shares the origins of Prison Radio and gives an update on Mumia's case; Jamal Hart Jr. speaks on his experience growing up seeing his grandfather, Mumia in prison; and Mike Africa Jr. articulates the p...
2025-10-0444 min
When We Fight We Win! The PodcastSounds of Resistance III. Part 1In this episode of Sounds of Resistance, we feature Lizbeth Román, an independent queer artist from Puerto Rico whose bohemian, spiritual, and poetic energy distinguishes her music. In this lively and honest conversation, we will hear more about her art, transfeminist politics, colonialism in Puerto Rico, and the role of music in the fight for social change. The episode was recorded LIVE on January 20th at Casa Taller Cangrejera, San Juan, PR.
2025-10-0340 min
When We Fight We Win! The PodcastPeople Over Profit$; The Future of Housing JusticeWhat does the future of housing organizing look like? There's an ongoing global housing crisis, exacerbated by the pandemic, disproportionately affecting the working class and communities of color. This episode features City Life | Vida Urbana (CLVU), a 49 year old organization fighting for housing justice and building peoples' power in Boston, statewide, and nationally. We first hear from the co-director Mike Leyba. Mike is a writer who co-builds counter-hegemonic narratives for the working class. And then we hear from a young organizer, Kim Landaverde. Kim is a City Life | Vida Urbana (CLVU) intern who helped her immigrant parents...
2025-10-0350 min
When We Fight We Win! The PodcastWe Are Relatives, The Struggle for Land and Water Despite the current climate change scenario, gas pipeline projects continue to move forward in the United States. Enbridge's Line 3 "replacement" pipeline in Anishinaabe territory is the latest development that has triggered a new struggle against fossil fuel dependency. The Indigenous-led camp resistance in Northern Minnesota is committed to protecting and honoring the land and water. In this episode, we interview Water Protector, #AmberMorningStarByars, who has been at the frontlines of Line 3 and the Dakota Access Pipeline (#DAPL). Amber shares her Indigenous cosmovision and how remembering our ancestral ways of being will protect the Earth from climate chaos and save us f...
2025-10-0341 min
When We Fight We Win! The PodcastHow Do You Shift Your Way Of Giving? What would you do if you inherited 27 million dollars at age 21? This episode is about Sam Jacobs and a network of donors who use lessons and inspiration from social movements to reclaim a new narrative around philanthropy. Traditionally funders hold onto power, hoard money in private foundations and donor-advised funds and control giving based on the funders own views and priorities. Because of Occupy Wall Street and the Movement for Black Lives, a new narrative about wealth and philanthropy is emerging. Radical philanthropists are changing the face of philanthropy and redistributing their wealth. They believe that 'those closest to the p...
2025-10-0357 min
When We Fight We Win! The PodcastSex Work Is Work!In this episode, we return to New Orleans to speak with #LakeeshaHarris of Women with a Vision, Inc. about sex worker organizing and the decriminalization of consensual sex work. We look at the history of prostitution and sex work in the US, recent victories in shifting culture and policies around sex work, the struggle against sex trafficking narratives, and decriminalization as a labor and abolitionist struggle. Throughout the episode, we hear from sex workers who testified in support of HB67 to decriminalize sex work in Louisiana, the first time such a bill has been heard by the...
2025-10-0353 min
2025-10-0302 min
When We Fight We Win! The PodcastFrontlines of Disaster Living less than ten years away from the severe effects of climate change, we look at the sea-level rise and what it means for coastal communities of color. From San Juan to Miami, we explore what is known as 'climate gentrification,' some of the events driving climate refugees from the Caribbean to the US, disaster policing, and mutual aid through an intersectional lens. This episode features Vanessa Uriarte, a Caribbean environmentalist + member of Amigxs del Mar, and Valencia Gunder, organizer of Smile Trust + the Red, Black, and Green New Deal. Subscribe to our podcast to get...
2025-10-0340 min
When We Fight We Win! The PodcastFrom Dante's Inferno to Gordon PlazaFollowing the dream of breaking the cycle of generational wealth, this Black working-class community of first-time homebuyers discovered that the City of New Orleans built the houses over a toxic landfill and never remediated the soil. The residents have contended all kinds of health issues and have the second-highest sustained rates of cancer in the entire state of Louisiana. For over 40 years, the community has been in the struggle against environmental racism. The organized residents, along with solidarity groups, demand a fully funded relocation NOW! It is urgent in the face of the global pandemic, a...
2025-09-0659 min
When We Fight We Win! The PodcastDebt Strike - The Fight to Cancel Student LoansIn this episode, we explore the US's student debt crisis and its intersections with class, race, and gender. Millions of college graduates have a debt burden, which takes on an emotional, mental, and physical toll. Every day, more and more adults can't improve their quality of life because going to college was an expense out of proportion. The Debt Collective is organizing to demand the cancellation of all student debt. We interviewed two Black university graduates: Armen Henderson, a physician with over $600,000 in debt, and Lauren Horner, organizer of the Debt Collective. Armen and Lauren a...
2025-09-0637 min
When We Fight We Win! The PodcastElizam Escobar, In the Minds and the Hearts of the PeopleElizam Escobar was an artist, painter, poet, and member of the FALN (Armed Forces for National Liberation). He was arrested with 10 other Puerto Rican freedom fighters in a van in Chicago, Illinois on April 4th, 1980. They were all charged with seditious conspiracy. In this episode, we interview his lawyer, longtime friend and one of the leaders in the campaign to Free All Puerto Rican Political Prisoners, Jan Susler. Jan shares with us the story of the struggle of Elizam and his comrades from their arrest to their liberation in 1999. This episode is the first that e...
2025-09-0659 min
When We Fight We Win! The PodcastPart 2: Abolishing The Police - A Feminist LensHow do we make this world safe for Black people? The US is inciting a war on poor and working-class communities -- through law enforcement -- that is deeply racialized and deeply gendered. Policing and mass control maintain the hegemony, while patriarchy plays out in how we respond to harm through violence and punishment. Abolition through a Black feminist lens offers a radical approach to address violence and harm in our communities. In this episode we listen to Gina Clayton-Johnson, Director of the Essie Justice Group and co-creator of The BREATHE Act. The BREATHE Act i...
2025-09-0645 min
When We Fight We Win! The PodcastPart 1: Abolishing the Police - Cops Off CampusIn this two part episode, we devote our conversation to the importance of Abolishing the Police in all of its forms. A world without cops is a step forward to live in a safe, inclusive, accountable, and thriving society. Part 1 focuses on the importance of abolishing the police inside campus, at the universities. We go to Los Angeles to interview student activist, Oceana Gilliam and UCLA professor Ananya Roy. Our story begins in June 2020, when the LAPD used the Jackie Robinson Stadium as a field jail to detain Black Lives Matter ac...
2025-09-0638 min
When We Fight We Win! The PodcastPart 2: Fund Us Like You Want Us To WinDo YOU want social movements to win? In this two-part episode we explore the problematic and controversial role of philanthropy inside social movements. Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson of the legendary Highlander Center guides us and philanthropy institutions to consider what will be required. When We Fight, We Win!: The Podcast is available across all major podcast platforms.
2025-09-0653 min
When We Fight We Win! The PodcastPart 1: Fund Us Like You Want Us to Win!In this two-part episode we explore the problematic and controversial role of philanthropy inside social movements. In this first part we feature Vini Bhansali, Executive Director of the Solidaire Network, a community of donor organizers mobilizing critical resources to the frontlines of intersectional movements for racial, gender and climate justice. This episode offers a critical view into how non- profits are funded, and explores ways to transcend from philanthropy to the redistribution of wealth. We question the insufficient response of philanthropy to "fund social movements so we can win", as Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson proclaims in Part 2. Woodard...
2025-09-0629 min
When We Fight We Win! The Podcast#EstadoDeEmergencia: Organizing to End Gender-based Violence in PRIn our second episode, we interview Black feminist lawyer and activist, Zoán Tanís Dávila Roldán of La Colectiva Feminista en Construcción about the #EstadoDeEmergencia campaign. As multi-pronged attacks and femicides have risen alarmingly after Hurricane María and most recently, during the Covid19 pandemic, women, Transgender women, and girls of color - especially from low-income, Black, immigrant, LGBTQ and Indigenous communities- Puerto Rican feminists have urged the government to declare Puerto Rico in a "state of emergency". In this patriarchal and heteronormative society, the majority of the cases of crimes driven...
2025-09-0646 min
When We Fight We Win! The PodcastColonial Elections in Puerto RicoWe delve deep into the most recent elections in Puerto Rico, in which progressive candidates gained historical support, and in which a referendum about the islands annexation to the US was held. Oscar López Rivera, shows us how the electoral system in Puerto Rico is built on a colonial system designed by and for the dominant elite and Washington. It is the U.S. Congress and a federally appointed Fiscal Control Board who have authority over Puerto Rican affairs. So, do elected politicians really have power? For decades the U.S. Government has gained no...
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When We Fight We Win! The PodcastDecolonizing the Land, Liberating the FarmerToday, 98% of farmland in the entire United States is white-owned. That is the lowest it has been in history. What does this mean for communities of color now? We talk to Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm, which heals ancestral wounds and works to end racism and injustice in the food system. Much of the formerly owned Black and brown land was stolen, and is still owned by the descendants of white families. Soul Fire teaches BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) folks how to farm and reconnect with the earth and their ancestors. Leah provides powerful insights on how w...
2025-09-0545 min
When We Fight We Win! The PodcastThe Sabotage of Black EducationAccording to Jitu Brown, the organizer's job is to create a space where people can begin to actually envision what they want to see, then create the experiences where people begin to win. The continued closures of our public schools and high-stakes testing illustrate the institutionalized racism that is embedded in our educational system. Jitu reflects on his work as National Director of Journey for Justice Alliance (J4J), which defends public education against school closings, turnarounds, phase-outs, and charter expansion. To combat institutionalized racism present in public schools, J4J has begun organizing campaigns at the local and fed...
2025-09-0558 min
When We Fight We Win! The PodcastQueer Freedom and Trans Delight - Trans Day of Resilience Art ProjectWe reflect on the role of art and cultural strategy in movement building, and how imagining creative processes outside the dominant narratives supports intersectional and vibrant social justice movements, which allow us to be free! The absence of headlines in mainstream media about violence against trans people, as well as their lived experiences, has challenged both Micah Bazant and Kemi Alabi to follow in the footsteps of their trailblazing elders, who remind us of our transcendent power and brilliance as Black, Indigenous, Queer, trans + gender non-conforming people. They have learned how to integrate a model of collaborative and solidarity p...
2025-09-051h 06
When We Fight We Win! The PodcastBlack and Brown Solidarity - The Struggle to Defend Public Education in Puerto Rico and the USHow can we stand together to ensure the educational future of the next generation? Listen to the voices of AgitArte, the Federation of Teachers of Puerto Rico, Journey for Justice Alliance, and the Alliance for Quality Education as they worked together to convene The Transnational Encounter to Defend Public Education. This forum was held to explore how solidarity between two nations is imperative in working towards creating a strong public education system.
2025-09-0533 min
When We Fight We Win! The PodcastFighting the Common Enemy of White SupremacyAre Jews white? Why would the Jewish community choose to stand up for immigrant communities? Stosh Cotler of Bend the Arc shares with us the lessons that she's learned as a leader in the modern Jewish resistance movement.
2025-09-0540 min
When We Fight We Win! The PodcastUnited We Dream and the Fight for Immigration JusticeContent warning: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), family separation, police brutality In this second episode of our podcast, Hosts Dey Hernández and Greg Jobin-Leeds interview Cristina Jiménez. Cristina is an Ecuadoran immigration activist who co-founded United We Dream in 2008. Cristina talks about the conditions that lead immigrants to leave their countries to seek a better future while delving into the deep-rooted issues and adversity that immigrants face in the USA. Cristina shares how United We Dream was born from the need for an organization to stand up and fight for the rights of imm...
2025-09-0544 min
When We Fight We Win! The PodcastResist and the Role of SolidarityIn the first episode of our podcast, Greg and Dey talk to musician and activist Rev. Osagyefo Sekou about his upbringing in Arkansas, his passion for music, and the role that we can all play in the movement. Jorge does a deep dive into our Word of the Day, Solidarity.
2025-08-2633 min
This Day in SportsSeptember 8 - 2x Stanley Cup champ Cory StillmanSend us a textThe final instalment of our episodes recorded live from the Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon! In front of a raucous live audience we've got lively discussions about Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa's race for the home run record in '98, Wilma Rudolph becoming the fastest woman alive Greg Maddux doing Greg Maddux things and Venus and Serena setting another precedent in pro tennis. We also talk about the '72 Summit Series in Vancouver, Fergie Jenkins' drug suspension and the Tonya Harding mockumentary movie (I, Tonya). On top of that, longtime NHL veteran Cory Stillman...
2024-09-081h 07This Day in SportsJuly 1 - actor Reed DiamondSend us a textHappy Canada Day, everybody (or Dominion Day, as some folks call it). Today's episode was recorded in front of a raucous live audience at the Globus Theatre in beautiful Bobcaygeon, Ontario. It features great, funny sports stories and discussions about Burt Reynolds' bad career decisions, MLB: The Show, Greg Norman playing from a parking lot, Derek Jeter being overrated and A League of Their Own. Plus 'quick hits about Joe DiMaggio, the first-ever Tour de France, Comiskey Park and Jaromir Jagr. On top of that, we're joined by actor Reed Diamond for our...
2024-07-011h 20
PWTorch DailycastWrestling Night in America - Lindberg, Cattani, and Little talk WWE Backlash incl. Cody vs. Styles, Cargill & Belair vs. Kabuki WarriorsNate Lindberg, Kevin Cattani, and Jobin Little fill in for Greg Parks, taking calls to talk about WWE Backlash including Cody Rhodes vs. A.J. Styles, Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair vs. Kabuki Warriors, Damian Priest vs. Jey Uso, Bayley vs. Naomi vs. Tiffany Stratton, and Kevin Owens & Randy Orton vs. Solo Sikoa and Tama Tonga.
2024-05-061h 56This Day in SportsAugust 7 - Olympic medallist Elvis StojkoSend us a textGood news! We've recovered this 'lost' episode, giving our fans an unexpected bonus from a recording session a few months back! This previously unearthed gem includes great stories about legends like Barry Bonds, Greg Maddux, Hal Sutton, Dominik Hasek, Ichiro Suzuki, Emmitt Smith, Jennifer Capriati and Roger Bannister. Plus, little-known nuggets about great sports personalities like Katie Ledecky, Alan Page, John Landy and Satchel Paige pitching for the Miami Marlins in the minor leagues. On top of all these great stories and laughs, we've got an incredible special guest - skating legend Elvis S...
2023-10-091h 22This Day in SportsDecember 25 - broadcaster Dan ShulmanSend us a textIn today's episode (our fourth!) we talk about two legendary but somehow also underrated NBA legends in Bernard King and Tiny Archibald and a couple of amazing feats they pulled off on Christmas Day. It's always a good show when we mention the California Golden Seals - plus there's goodies about Dick Allen, Marcus Trufant, Rickey Henderson - and you'll hear about someone named Ed Podolak - who had the game of his life while playing against about a dozen future Hall of Famers. Plus as a big holiday gift to o...
2022-12-251h 09
Small Beans339. BOLD: Questions from the MailbagProduction note: This episode was recorded before the election.
BOLD is a podcast about race and justice in America, and a collaboration between Small Beans and Showing Up For Racial Justice, produced by White People 4 Black Lives. In this special Mailbag Episode, co-hosts Dahlia Ferlito and Ivette Alé answer listener questions!
Main Theme by Rachael Cantu and Melantopia.
Art by Michael Vincent Bramley.
USEFUL LINKS
AWARE-LA (Alliance of White Anti-Racists Everywhere)
https://www.awarela.org/
Why a White Space?
https://witnessingwhiteness.wordpress.com/aware-la/why-a-white-space/
Initiate Justice
https://www.initiatejustice.org/
Prison Renaissance
https://www.prisonrenaissance.org/
CURB (Californians United f...
2020-11-231h 03
Talk About Talk - Communication Skills Training#34 LESSONS FROM THE IMPROV STAGE with Sandy Marshall & Sandy Jobin-Bevans
Lessons from the Improv comedy stage can help us improve our communication skills! Comedians Sandy Marshall and Sandy Jobin-Bevans share their expertise – and a few laughs – including playing the scene you’re in, the beauty of mistakes, knowing your audience, testing your audience, “YES-AND,” burning a suggestion, and more! Whether you’re pitching for business, interviewing for a new job, or talking to your kids, these improv lessons can make you a more effective communicator. Thank you Sandy & Sandy!
References & Links
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2019-10-1645 min
iRead Books RadioLive: Greg Jobin-Leeds Podcasts When We Fight, We WinSame-sex marriage, #BlackLivesMatter, the DREAM Act, the People’s Climate March, End the New Jim Crow, Occupy Wall Street, the fight for a $15 minimum wage – these are just a few of the remarkable movements that have blossomed in the past decade, a most fertile and productive era of activism. Now, in a visually rich and deeply inspiring book, the leaders and activists of these and other movements distill their wisdom, sharing lessons of what makes – and what hinders – transformative social change.
2016-03-0739 min
Authors On Tour – Live!AOT #518: Greg Jobin-Leeds Podcasts When We Fight, We WinLongtime social activist Greg Jobin-Leeds discusses the new collection When We Fight, We Win: Twenty-First-Century Social Movements and the Activists That Are Transforming Our World. Same-sex marriage, #BlackLivesMatter, the DREAM Act, the People’s Climate March, End the New Jim Crow, Occupy Wall Street, the fight for a $15 minimum wage – these are just a […]
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2016-03-0739 minAuthors On Tour – Live!AOT #518: Greg Jobin-Leeds Podcasts When We Fight, We Win
Longtime social activist Greg Jobin-Leeds discusses the new collection When We Fight, We Win: Twenty-First-Century Social Movements and the Activists That Are Transforming Our World. Same-sex marriage, #BlackLivesMatter, the DREAM Act, the People’s Climate March, End the New Jim Crow, Occupy Wall Street, the fight for a $15 minimum wage – these are just a few of the remarkable movements that have blossomed in the past decade, a most fertile and productive era of activism. Now, in a visually rich and deeply inspiring book, the leaders and activists of these and other movements distill their wisdom, sharing lessons of w...
2016-03-0739 min