Myth: Poor Caribbean Savages w/ Austin Cole & Erica Caines
Release Date: 04/02/2025
Myth: Poor Caribbean Savages Pt. 2 (w/ Austin Cole & Erica Caines)
The Black Myths Podcast
We return with for part 2 to discuss how Caribbean leadership bends to the rules of the west, the importance of Haiti, the BAP Zone of Peace Campaign and how imperialism in the Caribbean can teach us about Africans in the US. Austin Cole is co-coordinator of Black Alliance for Peace, and one of the co-coordinators of BAP’s Haiti/Americas Team, and I’m based in the Boston area. Erica Caines is a writer and organizer in Baltimore and the DMV. Caines is the Field Operations and Membership coordinator of The Black Alliance For Peace, an editor of Hood Communist Blog, and founder of...
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Myth: Poor Caribbean Savages Pt. 2 (w/ Austin Cole & Erica Caines)
The Black Myths Podcast
We return with for part 2 to discuss how Caribbean leadership bends to the rules of the west, the importance of Haiti, the BAP Zone of Peace Campaign and how imperialism in the Caribbean can teach us about Africans in the US. Austin Cole is co-coordinator of Black Alliance for Peace, and one of the co-coordinators of BAP’s Haiti/Americas Team, and I’m based in the Boston area. Erica Caines is a writer and organizer in Baltimore and the DMV. Caines is the Field Operations and Membership coordinator of The Black Alliance For Peace, an editor of Hood Communist Blog, and founder of...
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Myth: Poor Caribbean Savages w/ Austin Cole & Erica Caines
The Black Myths Podcast
We discuss how negative stereotypes about Africans in the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti, create a rationalization for US imperialism throughout the region. To help us discuss this topic we are joined by organizers Austin Cole & Erica Caines. Austin Cole is co-coordinator of Black Alliance for Peace, and one of the co-coordinators of BAP’s Haiti/Americas Team, and I’m based in the Boston area. Erica Caines is a writer and organizer in Baltimore and the DMV. Caines is the Field Operations and Membership coordinator of The Black Alliance For Peace, an editor...
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Myth: Hip Hop Birthday, Hip Hop Origins
The Black Myths Podcast
This episode will focus on how the city of New York created the conditions for Hip Hop. We also discussed the meeting between rival gangs in the South Bronx that helped create the conditions for what became Hip-Hop to operate. We end with how we should understand Hip Hop with these new reveals in history. Patreon https://www.patreon.com/blackmyths
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Myth: Hip Hop's Birthday (w/ Rasul A. Mowatt)
The Black Myths Podcast
Friend if the show Rasul Mowatt returns to discuss his new book "The City of Hip-Hop: New York City, The Bronx, and a Peace Meeting" and how the birth of Hip Hop needs to be reexamined. We explore the material conditions that produced Hip Hop (housing, public policy, city planning, etc) and how they don't correspond with the mainstream history Hip Hop's origins. Book Patreon https://www.amazon.com/City-Hip-Hop-Rob-Swift/dp/1032835516
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Myth: Body Cams Hold Police Accountable (w/ Alec Karakatsanis)
The Black Myths Podcast
We debunk the myth that body cams hold the police accountable. To help us break it down, we interview civil rights lawyer, and social justice advocate Alec Karakatsanis about his recent paper "The Body Camera: The Language of our Dreams." We explore the origins of body cams, how they help launder genuine outrage, and some of the alternatives to solving the issue of policing in the United States. https://campuspress.yale.edu/yjll/volume-4/3/ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/blackmyths
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Black Myths in Review 2024
The Black Myths Podcast
We review the Myths we explored in 2024.
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Myth: Easier to Organize Under Democrats Pt. 2 (w/ Max Rameau)
The Black Myths Podcast
We return for part 2 with organizer Max Rameau. We discuss his most recent piece, "Smash the Dupololy and Build Dual Power" and keys to organizing our movements structurally. Max Rameau is a Haitian born Pan-African theorist, campaign strategist, movement scientist and organizer. Max is the National Coordinator of Black Alliance for Peace and is an organizer with Pan-African Community Action. He travels the country facilitating workshops, engaging in campaign strategy sessions and developing models for community control over land and the human right to housing. Smash Duopoly and...
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Myth: "Easier to Organize Under Democrats"
The Black Myths Podcast
In this episode, we explore the faux phrase "It’s easier to organize under democrats" and all its complimenting lesser evil slogans. The phrase essentially argues that political organizing is better situated to take place under a democratic administration than a republican one. This is not a post-election episode but instead, a deep dive into the flaws of this framing, particularly how it relates to Black/Afrikan people. We discuss the proponents of the argument, radical community organizing, historical conditions for organizing in the US, and how better organizing conditions may be...
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Myth: All Politics is Local Pt. 2 (w/ Dr Felicia Denaud)
The Black Myths Podcast
We return for part 2 with Dr. Felicia Denaud to delve specifically into the history of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and what it can teach us about today. We explore how the MFDP came into fruition through local efforts, the challenges it faced nationally, and how these challenges impact the Democratic party and organizing more broadly in our current political moment. SNCC Legacy Project Patreon Study Guide
info_outlineWe discuss how negative stereotypes about Africans in the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti, create a rationalization for US imperialism throughout the region. To help us discuss this topic we are joined by organizers Austin Cole & Erica Caines.