by efc8d-admin | Jul 1, 2025 | Activism and Actions, Politics and Culture
In today’s episode we speak with Liza Featherstone and Doug Henwood about Zohran Mamdani’s upset victory in the recent primary for in New York mayor’s race. We first learn more about this 33-year-old socialist, and remarkable campaign he and his team put together to...
by efc8d-admin | Jun 21, 2025 | Activism and Actions, Human Rights, Race, Transnational Solidarities
Today I speak with Gabrielle Apollon and Pooja Bhatia about the histories behind the persecution of Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, and beyond. Targeted as exemplary “bad people” by demagogue Donald Trump, the stories of both the town and the people of...
by efc8d-admin | Jun 19, 2025 | Politics and Culture
Today on Speaking Out of Place I am joined by two of my favorite guests—Liza Featherstone and Doug Henwood. As always, this is a free-wheeling, unscripted conversation amongst friends and political allies. This time we talk about the New York City mayor’s race, Elon...
by efc8d-admin | Jun 17, 2025 | Activism and Actions, Anti-Zionism, Palestine
The academic year has just ended, but student activists for Palestinian liberation are already making plans for next year. On today’s show I talk with organizers from the University of Oregon (Cole Herman), from CUNY Graduate Center (Flora deTournay), and from...
by efc8d-admin | Jun 8, 2025 | Art and Cultural Resistance, Decolonization and Anti-Racism, Environment and Biosphere, Indigenous Rights, Palestine, The Arts, Transnational Solidarities
Today on Speaking Out of Place I talk with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson about her new book, Theory of Water. Theory of Water is a rich, complex, and deeply personal reflection on world-making and life-giving processes best captured in the fluidity of water as it...
