*Interview with Pluto Press (UK) What happens when the police become an army? Since 1997, the US Department of Defense has transferred more than $7.2bn in military equipment to law enforcement agencies. This militarization has, unsurprisingly, been shown to unjustly impact on Black communities and is associated with increased killings by police. The Police Public Safety Training Center in Atlanta – more commonly known as ‘Cop City’ – is just the latest manifestation of the militarization of policing. It is a costly and controversial endeavor, being forced through by the local Democrat-run administration, in the face of widespread opposition among local communities. Resistance to the project has been met with spurious legal roadblocks, activist intimidation and violent repression. But Cop City is far from being just a local issue; almost every US state now has a Cop City project of their own in some stage of development, and the logic, structures and ramifications of Cop Cities are truly international. In this episode we are joined by Liliana, Joy James and Kalonji Changa to discuss the history of Cop Cities, the parallels with the notorious School of the Americas, and the ways in which the tactics and logic of US imperialism abroad are being brought to bear on working class and racialized communities at home. — Liliana is an immigrant from Colombia based in Houston, Texas. She is an abolitionist and has worked directly with prisoners on death row and their families. She is the co-host of the radio show ‘Voz de La Tierra’ on KPFT Pacifica, discussing the geopolitical effects of militarism, policing, imperialism, and racism on Indigenous, Black, and immigrant colonized communities across the globe. Joy James is an organizer and author. Her recent books include In Pursuit of Revolutionary Love; New Bones Abolition: Captive Maternal Agency and the (After)Life of Erica Garner; and Contextualizing Angela Davis: The Agency and Identity of an Icon. She is the editor of Beyond Cop Cities: Dismantling State and Corporate-Funded Armies and Prisons, and the forthcoming ENGAGE: Indigenous, Black, and Afro-Indigenous Futures. Joy also works with the Guerrilla Intellectual University (GIU) podcast collective on Black Power Media (BPM). Kalonji Jama Changa is an organizer and founder of the FTP Movement. He is the author of How to Build a People’s Army and co-producer of the documentary Organizing Is the New Cool. Kalonji is founder of Black Power Media and serves as co-chair of the Urban Survival and Preparedness Institute.

Anti-Imperialist Feminists + Captive Maternal Agency Hosted by Dr. Joy James x Khadija Haynes x Marsha Hinds Myrie. Guest: Dennot Nyack Born in Grenada, Dennot Nyack moved to the UK in 1960 as part of the Great Windrush Migration. His family settled in North London. There he earned a law degree from the Polytechnic of Central London. He later became active in the Grenada Revolution, workers’ equalities, and trade unionism. **Revelation.** For a long time, I considered myself a righteous man. Recently, I’ve realized that I was merely a *fantasist*. No amount of support for International Women’s Day or championing the cause of Palestinian women can mask the uncomfortable truth: many men, including myself, who believe they are allies from afar, are often *oppressors* in their personal lives. This, I’d like to discuss.

Anti-Imperialist Feminists + Captive Maternal Agency Hosted by Dr. Joy James x Khadija Haynes x Marsha Hinds Myrie Guest: Ariana is a student of marxist-leninism and a student of revolution. They are a proud member of the December 12th Movement, a Pan-African human rights organization of Black/African revolutionaries fighting for the self-determination and liberation of the Black/African masses.”

Decolonizing Feminism: Burning at the Stake Hosted by Dr. Joy James x Khadija Haynes x Marsha Hinds Myrie LIVE at: YouTube.com/@blackpowermediareloaded Burning at the Stake: Fighting Embers that Immolate Black Women 4 Part Series: Sept 9 / 23 Oct 7 / 21 @ 9 - 10:30am EST

Hosted by Joy James, Jalessah Jackson , Khadija Haynes and Marsha Hinds Myrie. A new cadre to GIU, Decolonizing Feminism + Captive Maternal Agency commits revolutionary love. Studying war resistance, healing and spirituality, we theorize, organize and offer our gratitude to ancestral and contemporary liberators. Intro song: “Ancestors” by Sunni Patterson Outro song: “Real Revolution” by Sunni Patterson #JoyJames #JalessahJackson #KhadijaHaynes #MarshaHindsMyrie #DecolonizingFeminism #Blackpowermediareloaded #Blackpowermedia

Joy James is Ebenezer Fitch Professor of Humanities at Williams College. She is the author of Resisting State Violence; Shadowboxing: Representations of Black Feminist Politics, Transcending the Talented Tenth and Seeking the Beloved Community. James has published numerous articles on: political theory, police, prison and slavery abolition; radicalizing feminisms; diasporic anti-black racism; and US politics; and writes on the Captive Maternal through the lens of "The Womb of Western Theory." Da’Shaun Harrison is a Black trans theorist and storyteller in Atlanta, GA. Harrison has risen to national acclaim with the release of their debut title, Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness—published in August 2021. Jalessah Jackson is a Black queer mother and interdisciplinary cultural worker in Atlanta. They serve as the Interim Executive Director of ARC-Southeast, an abortion fund and reproductive justice organization serving six states in the South. This event was hosted in collaboration with Charis Books and More

On this HEAVY DUTY episode of RSTV Professors #JoyJames and #DylanRodriguez sets the record straight with #KalonjiChanga #Blackpowermedia #blackpowermediareloaded

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Baba Zak A. Kondo holds the rank of a Full Professor of History at Baltimore City Community College (BCCC). He has spent more than 31 years teaching History and Black Studies on the college level, full-time. This is his 18th year at BCCC. He also spent 15 years at Bowie State University in Maryland, where he also founded and coordinated the Pan African Studies program. At Bowie State, he was the youngest full-time faculty member in the school’s history, having been hired at the age of 25. He also won every teaching award possible during his tenure at the school. #ZakKondo #MalcolmX #BlackPowerMedia

Join Black Panther Party veteran Ashanti Alston, Columbia University Professor Mohamed Abdou, and hosts Dr. Joy James and Kalonji Changa in a conversation around everything from US imperialism and Cop Cities to the protests in support of Palestine. Tap in to this special episode of Guerrilla Intellectual University. #MohamedAbdou #BlackPantherParty #JoyJames #AshantiAlston #KalonjiChanga #BlackPowerMedia

To help with focus on guest and panel discussion we have disabled the live chat. For comments and questions for our guest(s)/panel please send an email to the address below and we will get to as many as possible during the live stream and forward what we are unable to address to our guest(s)/panel. Thank you! gintellectualsu@gmail.com Guest Info: Felicia Denaud is an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Cincinnati. She writes, in the words of Sylvia Wynter, toward the ends of empire, war, and accumulation by elimination.

BPM's latest program hosted by Professor Jared Ball, Professor Joy James, Kalonji Changa and Professor Janine Jones This week's installment centers around "Women of the Party". This episode's guest is Veteran Black Panther Party member Rosemari Mealy. #GuerrillaIntellectuals #GuerrillaIntellectualUniversity #BlackPowerMedia #RosemariMealy #JoyJames #JaredBall #KalonjiChanga Transcript