Happy Black August!! In the second episode of the very special Black August series, Revolutionary Baddies contend and bring to life a dialogue about political consciousness. A big, complex topic that spans across generations and often determines our future. In society, we often hear someone say, “I don't do politics.” or "I'm not the political type.”. In reality, what folks really mean is they are mentally and tangibly removed from politicians and what they do/don't do. However, this is only one way of navigating or engaging in politics. RB continues their Black August discussion focusing on notable writers, organizers, artists, and freedom fighters ideologies and how they practiced those ideologies. In the United States, McCarthyism and the “Red Scare” have systemically removed and villainized more progressive economic and social systems such as Socialism and Communism. Despite their best efforts, there are more young people supportive and in alignment with socialist values than in recent decades. In this episode, Brittany and Dee Dee manage to disrupt the stigma and propaganda surrounding these political frameworks and its very Black lineage. Check out our comprehensive resources and books to further our collective understanding.

Questions for our listeners:

What do you think is your current ideology?

How are you maturing your consciousness?

Links for the Show: Season 1. Episode 12

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels

Black Scare/Red Scare by Charisse Burden-Stelly

Life with Gracie: Why Black Babies in Cuba Have A Better Chance At Life Than Ours

Black Visions: The Roots of African-American Contemporary Ideologies

Why Im Not Voting by W.E.B. Dubois

The Master’s Tools by Audre Lorde

Left of Karl Marx by Carole Boyce Davis

African Blood Brother for African Liberation and Redemption

Fred Hampton and the Rainbow Coalition

Military Empires: A Visual Guide to Foreign Bases

Soundtrack to a Coup D’etat Documemtary

When W.E.B. Dubois was “Un-American” by Andrew Lanham

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Happy Black August!! Welcome to the beginning of Revolutionary Baddies Podcast Black August Series. This month, Brittany and Dee Dee have crafted a series of episodes dedicated to the Black August Tradition. Black August is an annual commemoration of Black radical resistance throughout our history. From the Nat Turner Rebellion to the attempted escape and assassination of political prisoner John Jackson. Black August is a necessary charge to the radical movement for more discipline, awareness, and education in the fight to free ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS and continue the struggle against colonialism. In this episode, RB makes the special announcement you’ve been waiting for but you gotta tap in. Black August is an opportunity for all of us to speak more clearly and learn more thoroughly what prison and police abolition could look like in this country and what our role is in it. Dee Dee shares some examples of abolition organizing happening and how the work of abolition is truly about building, not just destroying. The hope for the Black August is that the listeners walk away with a sense of pride in the traditions created by Black Americans for honoring our resistance, and a desire for building a more just future for all.

Questions for our listeners

For Black August:

• How are you fasting?
• What are you studying?
• How are you training?
• What are you fighting for?

Links for the Show: Season 1. Episode 11

Blood In My Eye by George Jackson

Soledad Brothers by George Jackson

Community Safety & Wellness Task Force

The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt

Shut Down “Alligator Alcatraz”

Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time Docuseries

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ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!! ALL POWER TO OPPRESSED PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD!! In this episode, Revolutionary Baddies enhances our collective understanding of The Black Panther Party. Much of our general information about the Black Panther Party is tainted by their rumored attachment to violence with an anti-white sentiment. However, the Black Panther Party is one of the most influential liberatory formations of our time. Built on October 15, 1966, with the will and determination to fight for and with oppressed people across the US and globally. The Panthers launched dozens of local chapters and built over 60 programs meeting the most immediate needs of the community. From food programs to pest control to sickle cell testing to drama clubs. The Panthers ran for local political positions and maintained authentic relationships with organizations and organizers across the Global South. An organization full of young, Black people committed to the struggle and continuing the vast movement against racial capitalism towards revolution. Brittany and Dee Dee break down the Ten Points of The Black Panther Party Ten Point Program, not only how it was executed but its influence today and how it forced this country to create social safety nets for its people. Many of the programs are being regressed but The Panthers hold the lessons of what our communities could look like if we engaged critically in the service of the people.

In this episode, RB mentions two significant organizations that are central to the history and culture of Durham. They are actively losing their funding and ability to sustain themselves due to our current authoritarian administration. Please consider donating to these two organizations as an act of sustaining our community. LINK BELOW!

Question for our listeners:

What programs do we need to have in our communities?

Links for the Show: Season 1. Episode 10

Black Panther Party 10 Point Program

Declaration of Independence

Muhammad Ali Gives His Stance on Vietnam War

The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America’s First Paramedics

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels

Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur

Afeni Shakur’s Impact on The Patient Bill of Rights

NorthStar Church of the Arts

Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice

Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party by Jetta Grace Martin, Joshua Bloom, Waldo E. Martin Jr.

A Taste of Power: A Black Woman’s Story by Elaine Brown

Marx in 90 minutes by Paul Strathern

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First of all, SPOILER ALERT (11:08-16:59)! Revolutionary Baddies start this episode with a little discussion of Sinners- the greatest movie of 2025. What was highlighted in Sinners serves the discussion of how we relate to each other and embody a sense of community despite the circumstances. It also highlights the need for organizing. Not closets and arranging wardrobes, but moving people into action with values and principles in the face of uncertainty. But how do you organize? What constitutes an organizer? Luckily, one of the host of this podcast is a community organizer with experience from the local, statewide, and national level. She discusses the difference between mobilizing and organizing while pulling examples and leaders from historical movements in the US. Dee Dee shares the story of what brought Durham Beyond Policing to life, and how the campaign met the moment in 2016 and brought in multiple fights for critical demands to win. This episode is an opportunity to hear directly from an organizer the beauty and challenge of transforming communities to change our conditions. We need power. We need community. But how?

Questions for our listeners:

If you were to build a new community, what would it look like? How would you act?

What is community?

Links for the Show: Season 1. Episode 9

Irish Republican Army(IRA)

Eyes On The Prize Docuseries

Royal Ice Cream Parlour Sit-In

US Campaign for Palestinian Rights

Mortal Man- Kendrick Lamar

Soweto Uprising

Children’s Crusades March

Student Nonviolent Coordinator Committee

Fred Hampton’s Assasination

Kwame Ture on Mobilization and Organization

Ella Baker Organizes NAACP Chapters in the South

Southerners On New Ground

Demanding Justice for Chuy

Durham Beyond Policing

I Write What I Like by Steve Biko

Organize, Fight, Win: Black Communist Women’s Political Writings by Charisse Burden-Stelly and Jodi Dean

Stokely Speaks: From Black Power to Pan Africanism by Stokely Carmichael(Kwame Ture)

Disarm: The Missing Movement for Gun Control in America by Kristin A. Goss

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White supremacy is the belief that white people are superior to those of other races. The belief favors the maintenance and defense of any power and privilege held by white people. White supremacy has roots in the now-discredited doctrine of scientific racism and was a key justification for European colonialism. In this episode, Revolutionary Baddies break down the many layered and contradictory ways white supremacy is embedded into our psyche and society. It's the water we drink and the air we breathe, but how do we know? What aspects of our society are consistently shaped and evolved through white supremacy? How do we identify and shift our own thinking from a white supremacy mindset? These are questions worth reckoning and discussing, if we are serious about change. There is no way to cover all of the ways in one episode. Brittany and Dee Dee attempt to bring to life real examples and real experiences of white supremacist culture, and what they’re doing to shift it. Hopefully, you’ll leave this episode with more ideas and reflection on “The Man” that lives inside of you.

Special Announcement!!! Revolutionary Baddies is now on PATREON!!! RB wants to provide an opportunity for our community to sustain the work. With your support, Revolutionary Baddies can continue providing quality podcasts episodes, sustained engagement through social media, and possibly in person events and opportunities to grow. Revolutionary Baddies Podcast Patreon can be found here: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies

Question for our listeners:

What’s an idea or way of being you thought you would never evolve passed?

Links for the Show Notes: Season 1. Episode 8

All About Love by bell hooks

My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Dubois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

“Bigger In Texas”- Megan Thee Stallion

Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire

Teaching to Transgress by bell hooks

Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon

The Souls of White Folk by W.E.B. Dubois

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What do you know about hurricanes? When you’re in the eye of the storm, everything around you seems calm. The moment that you step outside of that radius, you are in the chaos, destruction, and flooding hurricanes cause. Due to the ongoing executive orders led by Trump, increased ICE raids, threats to healthcare and education, and media illiteracy we are in a wild whirlwind moment in history. This is the time for solidarity. Unfortunately, there is a divisive and reactionary discourse online claiming Black women need to “sit this one out”. Revolutionary Baddies discusses the notion of Black political participation, dependency on voting, and the ways right wing propaganda gets in our way. As the ICE raids increase with more militarized force, we cannot fall for the trap of denying our participation based on voting statistics. Immigration is a Black Issue. Always has been! So why do we continue to fall for the propaganda of inaction and divisiveness? Brittany and Dee Dee spend time unpacking this question and the idea of necessary mass direct action. In order to transform society, we must become skillful in identifying right wing propaganda and challenging our thinking on who deserves to be fought for. Big love to everyone taking the streets and taking risks right now.

Questions for our Listeners:

If you have decided to “sit this one out”, what exactly are you sitting out?

What would encourage you to go to a protest?

Links for the Show Notes- Season 1 Episode 7

“Inside a Trump ICE Raid”, The Daily

“Americans Trust Local News. That Belief Is Being Exploited, New York Times

NC GOP sends Immigration Crackdown Bills to Gov. Stein, ABC11

Blood In My Eye by George Jackson

We Refuse by Kelly Carter Jackson

Guerrilla Warfare by Che Guevara

Discourse on Colonialism by Aimé Césaire

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Episode 6 covers Revolutionary Baddies's favorite topic: Revolution! In this episode, Dee Dee and Brittany grounds the discussion of rebellion with the historic triumph of the Haitian Revolution of 1791.Throughout history, resistance led by oppressed people has been understudied, delegitimized, and white washed for the sake of maintaining control of the narrative. The Haitian Revolution is the most successful and transformative revolution in the history of the western world. RB believes it is our collective duty to know as much as possible about uprisings and resistance led by oppressed people in order to dream of the future we deserve. Dee Dee and Brittany discuss the propaganda against revolutions and how much the world has shifted since 1791. Having “that dawg” in you speaks to the personification of fight, resilience, and ungovernability that is necessary to achieve freedom and liberation. In the Revolutionary Baddies Manifesto, it states, “The reality is that revolution is a notion as old as civilization, and a requirement for those that intend to survive as societies evolve.” Society is evolving everyday which requires us to get serious about what we want our society to transform into.

Questions for our Listeners:

What is most important about becoming organized?

What hinders us from becoming more organized?

If there are pieces of rebellion you want to practice, what are they?

Links for the show- Season 1. Episode 6

Haitian Revolution, PBS Documentary

Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Dubois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Wretched of the Earth by Franz Fanon

Race to Revolution by Gerald Horne

Bay of Pigs Invasion

We Refuse by Kelly Carter Jackson

Stokely Speaks

Guerilla Warfare by Che Guevera

To Die For the People by Huey P. Newton

Blood In My Eye by George Jackson

Two Revolutions in the Atlantic World: Connections Between the American Revolution and the Haitian Revolution

Firing Federal Workers

James Baldwin quote on “Give Me Liberty”

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Where would we be without radical Black feminism? One obvious answer is, Revolutionary Baddies would not exist. They stand on the shoulders and move with the urgency and examples of ICONIC Black feminists that shaped history in spite of this country. In this episode, Brittany and Dee Dee give light to the necessary struggle waged against patriarchy and misogyny, as we fight white supremacy and imperialism. Our future depends on our ability to come together for these changes and make space for new ways of being. However, Black Feminism has been co-opted by mainstream US media and neoliberalism focusing on “girl bosses” and “Black excellence”. This must be examined, challenged, and developed by us for the sake of future generations. This isn't just about challenging men, although we need to. This isn't just about being well represented in industries and film, although we need that too. We dont need an all women space tour performing progress. We need the power to transform society.

Question for our listeners:

Who are some Black feminist icons that inspire you? Why?

Do you identify as a Black feminist?

Links for the show- Season 1. Episode 5

• Gayle King’s Interview Post Space Travel
• Whitey On The Moon by Gil Scott-Heron
• Fact Check: NASA scrubbed its websites to remove mentions of minorities and inclusion
• Titanic Expedition
• Definition of Womanism
• Assata, An Autobiography
• Ella Baker and the Radical Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision by Barbara Ransby
• Ella Baker’s Impact On Civil Rights Movement
• Young Negroes Cooperative League
• In Friendship, a fundraising organization founded by Ella Baker, Bayard Rustin, and others
• Combahee River Collective Statement
• Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence by Kristen R. Ghodsee
• Proverbs 31
• Third World Women’s Alliance
• Women Only Village
• Khia- Dont Trust

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