Unruly Subjects

What can you do right where you are, with the people you already know? Organizer and educator Mariame Kaba joins Chenjerai to talk about finding your role in a movement. You might be the person who brings people together, teaches a skill, or keeps track of who needs help. Kaba tells the story of Communiversity, a community education initiative in New York City that brings people together to learn how to care for one another. Kaba shares what that looks like in practice, from workshops on firs...

What does it mean to build an independent media platform, and what responsibilities come with it? Recorded before a live audience in New York City, Chenjerai talks with political commentator and streamer Hasan Piker about his path from The Young Turks to Twitch, playing Fortnite while discussing Israel and Palestine, and why telling the truth requires more than claiming neutrality. They also discuss holding Zohran Mamdani accountable, why movements must remain bigger than their leaders, and w...

What does it take to move from being right about the world to actually having the power to change it? What happens within our movements and organizations and in our hearts when we stop believing that we can actually win? Organizer, facilitator, and writer Yotam Marom joins Chenjerai to talk about what our movements can sometimes get wrong about power, leadership, conflict, strategy, and winning. They also discuss what it might take to build movements big and strong enough to meet this mom...

Unruly Subjects is back in the building and back in your feed! After a long, hot summer hiatus we’re returning with a very special episode recorded live at the Socialism Conference in Chicago, featuring a conversation with the legendary scholars and thinkers Ruth Wilson Gilmore and Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò. Chenjerai, Femi, and Ruth dig into these big questions: How do we reckon with this moment? And where do we go from here? (A huge thank you to our comrades at Haymarket Books for organizing ...

Before we relaunch our new season later this month, we wanted to share a special update! We just dropped an interview with journalist and media producer Natalie Bencivenga for our Patreon community. [ LISTEN HERE ] Natalie is also joining us at the Socialism Conference this weekend, where Chenjerai will be taking the stage across four live events alongside a lineup that includes Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Hasan Piker, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Demetrius Noble, Cat Salonek Schladt, Alex Hanna, Sarah ...