One of the most radical things you can do is live your life in direct opposition to the forces that control our society. Not just fighting for policies or organizing your community, although those are certainly important parts of it, but also living with values that oppose the values of our dominant society. And even more importantly, raising the next generation to embody those values—not in a coercive way, but through organic parenting and role modeling that make radicalism irresistible. This is how we raise revolutionaries: instilling community, love, egalitarianism, and a need for justice into children. And this is just what our guest in today's episode has devoted himself to doing. Breht O’Shea is an activist, organizer, political educator, and host of the podcast <a href= "https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/">Revolutionary Left Radio</a> and co-host of the podcasts <a href= "https://redmenace.libsyn.com/">Red Menace</a> and <a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/476973">Shoeless in South Dakota</a>. He is a father of three based out of Omaha Nebraska.  In this conversation, Part 3 of our Post Capitalist Parenting series, Breht shares with us insights about parenting that he's learned over the years as a father of three and what Marxism teaches us about parenting. We discuss the classic text by Engels, The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, which is a dialectical materialist analysis of patriarchy and the family, tracing the emergence of the patriarchal family and it took through various iterations of class society but also exploring what families have looked like under actually-existing socialism and also what it might look like under communism. We also explore the anti-natalist position which attempts to argue that having children is immoral, why this perspective is deeply flawed, what Buddhism can teach us about parenting, and much, much more. Further Resources <ul> <li style="font-style: italic;"><a href= "https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1884/origin-family/"> The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, Freidrich Engels</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kristen-r-ghodsee/why-women-have-better-sex-under-socialism/9781568588896/?lens=bold-type-books"> Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence</a>, by Kristen Ghodsee</li> </ul> Related Episodes: <ul> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/post-capitalist-parenting-pt-1-parenting-under-capitalism-w-toi-smith"> Post Capitalist Parenting Pt. 1: Parenting Under Capitalism w/ Toi Smith</a></li> <li class="MsoNormal">Post Capitalist Parenting Pt. 2: Reimagining the Family w/ Kristen Ghodsee</li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/revolutionary-leftism-with-breht-oshea-in-conversation"> Revolutionary Leftism with Breht O'Shea</a></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/buddhism-and-marxism-with-breht-oshea-in-conversation"> Buddhism and Marxism with Breht O'Shea</a></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/bonus-what-is-to-be-done-with-breht-oshea-and-alyson-escalante-in-conversation"> What is To Be Done? with Breht O'Shea and Alyson Escalante</a></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/imperialism-the-highest-stage-of-capitalism-w-breht-oshea-and-alyson-escalante"> Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism w/ Breht O'Shea and Alyson Escalante</a></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://redmenace.libsyn.com/the-origin-of-the-family">Red Menace: "The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and The State" by Friedrich Engels (Pt. 1)</a></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/why-women-have-better-sex-under-socialism-w-kristen-ghodsee"> Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism w/ Kristen Ghodsee</a></li> </ul> Intermission music: <a href= "https://clubcafe.bandcamp.com/album/cool-4-u">"Cool 4 U" by Club Cafe</a> Upstream is a labor of love—we couldn't keep this project going without the generosity of our listeners and fans. 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<description>&lt;p&gt;One of the most radical things you can do is live your life in direct opposition to the forces that control our society. Not just fighting for policies or organizing your community, although those are certainly important parts of it, but also living with values that oppose the values of our dominant society. And even more importantly, raising the next generation to embody those values—not in a coercive way, but through organic parenting and role modeling that make radicalism irresistible. This is how we raise revolutionaries: instilling community, love, egalitarianism, and a need for justice into children. And this is just what our guest in today's episode has devoted himself to doing.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Breht O’Shea is an activist, organizer, political educator, and host of the podcast &lt;a href= "https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/"&gt;Revolutionary Left Radio&lt;/a&gt; and co-host of the podcasts &lt;a href= "https://redmenace.libsyn.com/"&gt;Red Menace&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/476973"&gt;Shoeless in South Dakota&lt;/a&gt;. He is a father of three based out of Omaha Nebraska. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In this conversation, Part 3 of our Post Capitalist Parenting series, Breht shares with us insights about parenting that he's learned over the years as a father of three and what Marxism teaches us about parenting. We discuss the classic text by Engels, The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, which is a dialectical materialist analysis of patriarchy and the family, tracing the emergence of the patriarchal family and it took through various iterations of class society but also exploring what families have looked like under actually-existing socialism and also what it might look like under communism. We also explore the anti-natalist position which attempts to argue that having children is immoral, why this perspective is deeply flawed, what Buddhism can teach us about parenting, and much, much more.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Further Resources&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1884/origin-family/"&gt;&lt;em&gt; The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State&lt;/em&gt;, Freidrich Engels&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kristen-r-ghodsee/why-women-have-better-sex-under-socialism/9781568588896/?lens=bold-type-books"&gt; &lt;em&gt;Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, by Kristen Ghodsee&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related Episodes:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/post-capitalist-parenting-pt-1-parenting-under-capitalism-w-toi-smith"&gt; Post Capitalist Parenting Pt. 1: Parenting Under Capitalism w/ Toi Smith&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;Post Capitalist Parenting Pt. 2: Reimagining the Family w/ Kristen Ghodsee&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/revolutionary-leftism-with-breht-oshea-in-conversation"&gt; Revolutionary Leftism with Breht O'Shea&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/buddhism-and-marxism-with-breht-oshea-in-conversation"&gt; Buddhism and Marxism with Breht O'Shea&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/bonus-what-is-to-be-done-with-breht-oshea-and-alyson-escalante-in-conversation"&gt; What is To Be Done? with Breht O'Shea and Alyson Escalante&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/imperialism-the-highest-stage-of-capitalism-w-breht-oshea-and-alyson-escalante"&gt; Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism w/ Breht O'Shea and Alyson Escalante&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://redmenace.libsyn.com/the-origin-of-the-family"&gt;Red Menace: "The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and The State" by Friedrich Engels (Pt. 1)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/why-women-have-better-sex-under-socialism-w-kristen-ghodsee"&gt; Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism w/ Kristen Ghodsee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Intermission music:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href= "https://clubcafe.bandcamp.com/album/cool-4-u"&gt;"Cool 4 U" by Club Cafe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Upstream is a labor of love—we couldn't keep this project going without the generosity of our listeners and fans. 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One of the most radical things you can do is live your life in direct opposition to the forces that control our society. Not just fighting for policies or organizing your community, although those are certainly important parts of it, but also living...

Post Capitalist Parenting Pt. 3: A Dialectical Perspective w/ Breht O'Shea

This is a free preview of the episode "China Pt. 6: The Long Transition Towards Socialism w/ Gabriel Rockhill." You can listen to the full episode by subscribing to our Patreon here: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast">https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast</a> As a Patreon subscriber you'll get access to at least one bonus episode a month (usually two or three), our entire back catalog of Patreon episodes, early access to certain episodes, and other benefits like stickers and bumper stickers—depending on which tier you subscribe to. access to bi-weekly bonus episodes ranging from conversations to readings and more. Signing up for Patreon is a great way to make Upstream a weekly show, and it will also give you access to our entire back catalog of Patreon episodes along with stickers and bumper stickers at certain subscription tiers. You’ll also be helping to keep Upstream sustainable and allowing us to keep this project going. The transition to socialism is not going to be an overnight project—and no amount of willing it to be so can change that. No, the transition towards socialism is going to be a long and winding road, traveled with fits and starts, peppered with retreats and losses. But despite it not being an overnight project, it is still a project that is being undertaken with a degree of passion and discipline that should give us hope that its outcome, perhaps not guaranteed, is at least a real possibility worth fighting for. And China, despite what imperialist propaganda wants you to think, is on this path towards socialism. In fact, it's leading it. And our guest for today's episode, Part 6 of our series on China, makes a very compelling case to support this thesis.  <a href= "https://x.com/gabrielrockhill">Gabriel Rockhill</a> is a philosopher, cultural critic, and activist teaching Philosophy and Global Interdisciplinary Studies at Villanova University and he runs an educational nonprofit called the Critical Theory Workshop. He is the editor of multiple books, including Western Marxism: How it was Born, How it Died, How it can be Reborn, by the Italian Marxist Domenico Losurdo. Western Marxism was the focus of our conversation with Gabriel in October last year. Gabriel is also the author of the upcoming book, Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism? Volume I of The Intellectual World War: Marxism versus the Imperial Theory Industry, which is forthcoming in December, 2025 by <a href= "https://monthlyreview.org/press/">Monthly Review Press.</a> In this conversation, we talk about what Gabriel refers to as the intellectual world war waged by imperialists against the rest of us and how this pertains to anti-China propaganda, we discuss socialism as a process that unfolds over time versus a utopian vision that we can achieve instantly, what China learned from the socialist project of the USSR, the connections between China and the Alliance of Sahel States, the limits of liberal identity politics and China's strategy of spreading socialist economic development throughout the Global South. We dispel the myth that China is imperialist and reveal it as a propaganda by the imperialists themselves as an attempt to disparage and discredit China, the distinction between tactics and strategy in the context of the dialectics of socialism, and what the rising tensions between China and United States mean for the global world order in the coming decades and beyond. Further resources: <ul> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://gabrielrockhill.com/">Gabriel Rockhill</a></li> <li>Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism? Volume I of The Intellectual World War: Marxism versus the Imperial Theory Industry, by Gabriel Rockhill (forthcoming in 2025 by <a href= "https://monthlyreview.org/press/">Monthly Review Press</a>)</li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://monthlyreview.org/product/western-marxism/">Western Marxism: How it was Born, How it Died, How it can be Reborn, by Domenico Losurdo</a></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://worldmarxistreview.org/index.php/wmr/article/view/60/56">"Lenin & the Dialectics of Socialism," Gabriel Rockhill</a></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.workers.org/wp-content/uploads/LavenderRed_Cubabook.pdf"> Rainbow Solidarity in Defense of Cuba, Leslie Feinberg</a></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.instagram.com/p/DJd3FFBtwUd/?img_index=1">Climate Vanguard: Is China Imperialist?</a></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-dragons-gift-9780199550227?cc=us&lang=en&"> The Dragon's Gift :The Real Story of China in Africa, by Deborah Brautigam</a></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1922/feb/x01.htm">On Ascending a High Mountain, V. I. Lenin</a></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202505/1334148.shtml">Poll shows more countries hold a favorable view of China than US</a></li> </ul> Related episodes: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/113877813/edit">Western Marxism w/ Gabriel Rockhill</a></li> <li><a href="https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/category/China">Listen to our ongoing series on China</a></li> <li><a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/historical-materialism-w-torkil-lauesen"> Historical Materialism w/ Torkil Lauesen</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/117054157">Towards Socialism and the End of Capitalism: An Introduction</a></li> <li><a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/unlocked-the-alliance-of-sahel-states-pt-1-burkina-faso-an-anti-imperialist-introduction-w-prudence-iticka"> The Alliance of Sahel States Pt. 1: Burkina Faso – A Socialist Introduction w/ Prudence Iticka</a></li> <li><a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/walter-rodney-marxism-and-underdevelopment-with-d-musa-springer-charisse-burden-stelly"> Walter Rodney, Marxism, and Underdevelopment with D. Musa Springer & Charisse Burden-Stelly</a></li> </ul> Artwork: CPC Propaganda Poster titled “Unite and work hard to build the four modernizations.” Upstream is a labor of love — we couldn't keep this project going without the generosity of our listeners and fans. Subscribe to our Patreon at <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast">patreon.com/upstreampodcast</a> or please consider chipping in a one-time or recurring donation at <a href= "https://www.upstreampodcast.org/support">www.upstreampodcast.org/support</a> If your organization wants to sponsor one of our upcoming documentaries, we have a number of sponsorship packages available. Find out more at <a href= "https://gate.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Fupstreampodcast.org%2Fsponsorship&token=fb395-1-1663029755269">  upstreampodcast.org/sponsorship</a> For more from Upstream, visit <a href= "https://gate.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.upstreampodcast.org&token=efc9f5-1-1663029755269"> www.upstreampodcast.org</a> and follow us on <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/upstreampodcast/">Instagram</a> and <a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/upstreampodcast.bsky.social">Bluesky</a>. You can also subscribe to us on <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/upstream/id1082594532">Apple Podcasts,</a> <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/4KwWOMp24P9cVVR6d0i7Zq?si=ec90ca944bcb43cf&nd=1"> Spotify</a>, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.

<description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is a free preview of the episode "China Pt. 6: The Long Transition Towards Socialism w/ Gabriel Rockhill." You can listen to the full episode by subscribing to our Patreon here: &lt;a href= "https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast"&gt;https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;As a Patreon subscriber you'll get access to at least one bonus episode a month (usually two or three), our entire back catalog of Patreon episodes, early access to certain episodes, and other benefits like stickers and bumper stickers—depending on which tier you subscribe to. access to bi-weekly bonus episodes ranging from conversations to readings and more. Signing up for Patreon is a great way to make Upstream a weekly show, and it will also give you access to our entire back catalog of Patreon episodes along with stickers and bumper stickers at certain subscription tiers.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;You’ll also be helping to keep Upstream sustainable and allowing us to keep this project going.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The transition to socialism is not going to be an overnight project—and no amount of willing it to be so can change that. No, the transition towards socialism is going to be a long and winding road, traveled with fits and starts, peppered with retreats and losses. But despite it not being an overnight project, it is still a project that is being undertaken with a degree of passion and discipline that should give us hope that its outcome, perhaps not guaranteed, is at least a real possibility worth fighting for. And China, despite what imperialist propaganda wants you to think, is on this path towards socialism. In fact, it's leading it. And our guest for today's episode, Part 6 of our series on China, makes a very compelling case to support this thesis. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://x.com/gabrielrockhill"&gt;Gabriel Rockhill&lt;/a&gt; is a philosopher, cultural critic, and activist teaching Philosophy and Global Interdisciplinary Studies at Villanova University and he runs an educational nonprofit called the Critical Theory Workshop. He is the editor of multiple books, including &lt;em&gt;Western Marxism: How it was Born, How it Died, How it can be Reborn&lt;/em&gt;, by the Italian Marxist Domenico Losurdo. &lt;em&gt;Western Marxism&lt;/em&gt; was the focus of our conversation with Gabriel in October last year. Gabriel is also the author of the upcoming book, &lt;em&gt;Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism? Volume I of The Intellectual World War: Marxism versus the Imperial Theory Industry&lt;/em&gt;, which is forthcoming in December, 2025 by &lt;a href= "https://monthlyreview.org/press/"&gt;Monthly Review Press.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;In this conversation, we talk about what Gabriel refers to as the intellectual world war waged by imperialists against the rest of us and how this pertains to anti-China propaganda, we discuss socialism as a process that unfolds over time versus a utopian vision that we can achieve instantly, what China learned from the socialist project of the USSR, the connections between China and the Alliance of Sahel States, the limits of liberal identity politics and China's strategy of spreading socialist economic development throughout the Global South. We dispel the myth that China is imperialist and reveal it as a propaganda by the imperialists themselves as an attempt to disparage and discredit China, the distinction between tactics and strategy in the context of the dialectics of socialism, and what the rising tensions between China and United States mean for the global world order in the coming decades and beyond.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Further resources:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://gabrielrockhill.com/"&gt;Gabriel Rockhill&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism? Volume I of The Intellectual World War: Marxism versus the Imperial Theory Industry&lt;/em&gt;, by Gabriel Rockhill (forthcoming in 2025 by &lt;a href= "https://monthlyreview.org/press/"&gt;Monthly Review Press&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://monthlyreview.org/product/western-marxism/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Western Marxism: How it was Born, How it Died, How it can be Reborn&lt;/em&gt;, by Domenico Losurdo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://worldmarxistreview.org/index.php/wmr/article/view/60/56"&gt;"Lenin &amp; the Dialectics of Socialism," Gabriel Rockhill&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.workers.org/wp-content/uploads/LavenderRed_Cubabook.pdf"&gt; Rainbow Solidarity in Defense of Cuba, Leslie Feinberg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/p/DJd3FFBtwUd/?img_index=1"&gt;Climate Vanguard: Is China Imperialist?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-dragons-gift-9780199550227?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;"&gt; The Dragon's Gift :The Real Story of China in Africa, by Deborah Brautigam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1922/feb/x01.htm"&gt;On Ascending a High Mountain, V. I. Lenin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202505/1334148.shtml"&gt;Poll shows more countries hold a favorable view of China than US&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related episodes:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/113877813/edit"&gt;Western Marxism w/ Gabriel Rockhill&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/category/China"&gt;Listen to our ongoing series on China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/historical-materialism-w-torkil-lauesen"&gt; Historical Materialism w/ Torkil Lauesen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/117054157"&gt;Towards Socialism and the End of Capitalism: An Introduction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/unlocked-the-alliance-of-sahel-states-pt-1-burkina-faso-an-anti-imperialist-introduction-w-prudence-iticka"&gt; The Alliance of Sahel States Pt. 1: Burkina Faso – A Socialist Introduction w/ Prudence Iticka&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/walter-rodney-marxism-and-underdevelopment-with-d-musa-springer-charisse-burden-stelly"&gt; Walter Rodney, Marxism, and Underdevelopment with D. Musa Springer &amp; Charisse Burden-Stelly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Artwork:&lt;/strong&gt; CPC Propaganda Poster titled “Unite and work hard to build the four modernizations.”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Upstream is a labor of love — we couldn't keep this project going without the generosity of our listeners and fans. Subscribe to our Patreon at &lt;a href= "https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast"&gt;patreon.com/upstreampodcast&lt;/a&gt; or please consider chipping in a one-time or recurring donation at &lt;a href= "https://www.upstreampodcast.org/support"&gt;www.upstreampodcast.org/support&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;If your organization wants to sponsor one of our upcoming documentaries, we have a number of sponsorship packages available. 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Imperialism is the primary contradiction facing the globe—and the split of the world into two poles, the imperialists and the anti-imperialists, is going to continue to shape our revolutionary struggles moving forward. This anti-imperialist struggle is occurring all over the Global South, and perhaps nowhere quite as prominently as in Africa's Sahel region, where the countries of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have been waging a struggle against neocolonialism and building a movement towards pan-Africanism through the Alliance of Sahel States—an alliance that has received the praise of anti-imperialists across the globe, and which has also raised the ire of imperialists who are not happy to see Africans fight to take back control of their resources and their labor.  In this episode, we've brought on Prudence Iticka, a Camaroonian pan-Africanist and member of United African Diaspora and The Coalition for the Elimination of Imperialism in Africa, to tell us more about the AES and the struggle it's currently undertaking.  We begin with a brief history of Burkina Faso during the colonial period, and explore the rise of Thomas Sankara and the anti-imperialist movement he lead, his assassination and the neocolonial puppet that replaced him for three decades, and the recent rise of the revolutionary leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré. We talk about the Alliance of Sahel States (AES)—Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger—and how they are the seeds for a pan-African future and the leading spear in the fight against imperialism and neocolonialism. We explore imperialism as the primary contradiction in the world, how imperialist propaganda infiltrates Africa and what the AES are doing to combat it, and much, much more. Further resources: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/uadcalgary/">United African Diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/abasimperialism/">The Coalitioin for the Elimination of Imperialism in Africa (Instagram)</a></li> <li><a href= "https://abasimperialism.substack.com/p/the-coalition-for-the-elimination"> The Coalition for the Elimination of Imperialism (Substack)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/comitekinshasa/">Comité de Kinshasa</a></li> <li><a href= "https://abasimperialism.substack.com/p/defending-the-aes-report-back-from"> Defending the AES, report back from Africa’s liberated zones</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-raise-4500-to-send-3-comrades-to-the-aes?attribution_id=sl:3da6bf8f-bc53-403d-bee4-0a490d8fae6e&lang=en_US&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link"> Alliance of Sahel States (AES) Solidarity Fund</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.marxists.org/archive/sankara/1987/july/29.htm">A United Front Against Debt, speech by Thomas Sankara</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/burkinabooks/">The Thomas Sankara Library</a></li> </ul> Related episodes: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/113877813/edit">Western Marxism w/ Gabriel Rockhill</a></li> <li><a href="https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/category/China">Listen to our ongoing series on China</a></li> <li><a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/the-fight-for-the-congo-w-vijay-prashad"> The Fight for The Congo w/ Vijay Prashad</a></li> <li><a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/walter-rodney-marxism-and-underdevelopment-with-d-musa-springer-charisse-burden-stelly"> Walter Rodney, Marxism, and Underdevelopment with D. Musa Springer & Charisse Burden-Stelly</a></li> </ul> Upstream is a labor of love — we couldn't keep this project going without the generosity of our listeners and fans. Subscribe to our Patreon at <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast">patreon.com/upstreampodcast</a> or please consider chipping in a one-time or recurring donation at <a href= "https://www.upstreampodcast.org/support">www.upstreampodcast.org/support</a> If your organization wants to sponsor one of our upcoming documentaries, we have a number of sponsorship packages available. Find out more at <a href= "https://gate.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Fupstreampodcast.org%2Fsponsorship&token=fb395-1-1663029755269">  upstreampodcast.org/sponsorship</a> For more from Upstream, visit <a href= "https://gate.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.upstreampodcast.org&token=efc9f5-1-1663029755269"> www.upstreampodcast.org</a> and follow us on <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/upstreampodcast/">Instagram</a> and <a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/upstreampodcast.bsky.social">Bluesky</a>. You can also subscribe to us on <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/upstream/id1082594532">Apple Podcasts,</a> <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/4KwWOMp24P9cVVR6d0i7Zq?si=ec90ca944bcb43cf&nd=1"> Spotify</a>, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.

<description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I&lt;/strong&gt;mperialism is the primary contradiction facing the globe—and the split of the world into two poles, the imperialists and the anti-imperialists, is going to continue to shape our revolutionary struggles moving forward. This anti-imperialist struggle is occurring all over the Global South, and perhaps nowhere quite as prominently as in Africa's Sahel region, where the countries of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have been waging a struggle against neocolonialism and building a movement towards pan-Africanism through the Alliance of Sahel States—an alliance that has received the praise of anti-imperialists across the globe, and which has also raised the ire of imperialists who are not happy to see Africans fight to take back control of their resources and their labor. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;In this episode, we've brought on Prudence Iticka, a Camaroonian pan-Africanist and member of United African Diaspora and The Coalition for the Elimination of Imperialism in Africa, to tell us more about the AES and the struggle it's currently undertaking. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;We begin with a brief history of Burkina Faso during the colonial period, and explore the rise of Thomas Sankara and the anti-imperialist movement he lead, his assassination and the neocolonial puppet that replaced him for three decades, and the recent rise of the revolutionary leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré. We talk about the Alliance of Sahel States (AES)—Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger—and how they are the seeds for a pan-African future and the leading spear in the fight against imperialism and neocolonialism. We explore imperialism as the primary contradiction in the world, how imperialist propaganda infiltrates Africa and what the AES are doing to combat it, and much, much more.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Further resources:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/uadcalgary/"&gt;United African Diaspora&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/abasimperialism/"&gt;The Coalitioin for the Elimination of Imperialism in Africa (Instagram)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://abasimperialism.substack.com/p/the-coalition-for-the-elimination"&gt; The Coalition for the Elimination of Imperialism (Substack)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/comitekinshasa/"&gt;Comité de Kinshasa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://abasimperialism.substack.com/p/defending-the-aes-report-back-from"&gt; Defending the AES, report back from Africa’s liberated zones&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-raise-4500-to-send-3-comrades-to-the-aes?attribution_id=sl:3da6bf8f-bc53-403d-bee4-0a490d8fae6e&amp;lang=en_US&amp;utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=copy_link"&gt; Alliance of Sahel States (AES) Solidarity Fund&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.marxists.org/archive/sankara/1987/july/29.htm"&gt;A United Front Against Debt, speech by Thomas Sankara&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/burkinabooks/"&gt;The Thomas Sankara Library&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related episodes:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/113877813/edit"&gt;Western Marxism w/ Gabriel Rockhill&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/category/China"&gt;Listen to our ongoing series on China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/the-fight-for-the-congo-w-vijay-prashad"&gt; The Fight for The Congo w/ Vijay Prashad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/walter-rodney-marxism-and-underdevelopment-with-d-musa-springer-charisse-burden-stelly"&gt; Walter Rodney, Marxism, and Underdevelopment with D. Musa Springer &amp; Charisse Burden-Stelly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Upstream is a labor of love — we couldn't keep this project going without the generosity of our listeners and fans. Subscribe to our Patreon at &lt;a href= "https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast"&gt;patreon.com/upstreampodcast&lt;/a&gt; or please consider chipping in a one-time or recurring donation at &lt;a href= "https://www.upstreampodcast.org/support"&gt;www.upstreampodcast.org/support&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;If your organization wants to sponsor one of our upcoming documentaries, we have a number of sponsorship packages available. Find out more at &lt;a href= "https://gate.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Fupstreampodcast.org%2Fsponsorship&amp;token=fb395-1-1663029755269"&gt;  upstreampodcast.org/sponsorship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;For more from Upstream, visit &lt;a href= "https://gate.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.upstreampodcast.org&amp;token=efc9f5-1-1663029755269"&gt; www.upstreampodcast.org&lt;/a&gt; and follow us on &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/upstreampodcast/"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/upstreampodcast.bsky.social"&gt;Bluesky&lt;/a&gt;. You can also subscribe to us on &lt;a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/upstream/id1082594532"&gt;Apple Podcasts,&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/4KwWOMp24P9cVVR6d0i7Zq?si=ec90ca944bcb43cf&amp;nd=1"&gt; Spotify&lt;/a&gt;, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Imperialism is the primary contradiction facing the globe—and the split of the world into two poles, the imperialists and the anti-imperialists, is going to continue to shape our revolutionary struggles moving forward. This anti-imperialist struggle...

[UNLOCKED] The Alliance of Sahel States Pt. 1: Burkina Faso – An Anti-imperialist Introduction w/ Prudence Iticka

If you look around at the state of the world—and the despair that comes with the reality of climate change, fascism spreading its tentacles around the world, the ethnic cleansing of Gaza—it’s very difficult to feel hope. It begins to feel like the forces of destruction and death have colonized our futures, limiting our dreams and stifling our imaginations.  It’s in these times specifically that it’s essential we remember that the future, our dreams, our imagination—that these things are political. And that exercising our hope for a just and beautiful future is an important, in fact, crucial political act. Not on its own, of course, but imagining and dreaming fuels our actions and gives soul and spirit to our revolutionary movements. And as the poet Rainer Maria Rilke once wrote, "The future must enter into you long before it happens."  Rob Hopkins is the co-founder of <a href= "https://transitionnetwork.org/">Transition Network</a> and of <a href="https://www.transitiontowntotnes.org/">Transition Town Totnes</a>, and the author of several books including The Transition Handbook, From What is to What if, and most recently, <a href="https://www.robhopkins.net/the-book/">How to Fall in Love with the Future: A Time Traveller's Guide to Changing the World</a>. In this episode, we explore what it’s like to be a time traveler from Rob’s perspective, how dreams and imagination are powerful tools for driving change, and the role that art and music play in the fight for a better future. We explore examples of communities that have made a claim on the future, from the Afro-futurism and Black Utopianism of jazz musician Sun Ra to the occupation of Waterloo Bridge in London and the pop-up community that arose as a result. And finally, we look at how the future is not just an abstract concept, but something that can be felt, touched, heard, seen, and smelled.  Further resources: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.robhopkins.net/the-book/">How to Fall in Love with the Future: A Time Traveller's Guide to Changing the World</a>, by Rob Hopkins</li> <li><a href= "https://www.fieldrecordingsfromthefuture.co.uk/home">Field Recordings from the Future</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/field-recordings-from-the-future">Crowdfunder: Field Recordings From The Future Immersive Show</a></li> <li><a href= "https://Sun%20Ra%E2%80%99s%20Chicago%20Afrofuturism%20and%20the%20City%20%20William%20Sites"> Sun Ra’s Chicago: Afrofuturism and the City, by William Sites</a></li> <li><a href= "https://fromwhatiftowhatnext.libsyn.com/72-what-if-we-shifted-to-a-not-for-profit-economy"> From What If to What Next: 72 - What if we shifted to a not-for-profit economy?</a></li> </ul> Related episodes: <ul> <li><a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/rob-hopkins-transition-movement-in-conversation"> Transition Towns with Rob Hopkins</a></li> <li><a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/ep-6-beer-crafting-a-better-economy"> Beer: Crafiting a Better Economy (Documentary)</a></li> <li><a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/everyday-utopia-and-radical-imagination-with-kristen-ghodsee"> Everyday Utopia and Radical Imagination with Kristen Ghodsee</a></li> <li><a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/extinction-rebellions-gail-bradbrook-in-conversation"> Extinction Rebellion with Gail Bradbrook</a></li> <li><a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/joanna-macy-in-conversation">The Work that Reconnects with Joanna Macy</a></li> <li><a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/a-world-without-profit-with-jennifer-hinton-in-conversation"> A World Without Profit with Jennifer Hinton</a></li> <li><a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/kate-raworth-doughnut-economics-in-conversation"> Doughnut Economics with Kate Raworth</a></li> </ul> Intermission music: "A Car-Free Neighbourhood" by <a href= "https://www.robhopkins.net/field-recordings-from-the-future/">Field Recordings for the Future</a> Artwork: <a href= "https://agakubish.com/welcome">Aga Kubish</a> This episode was produced in collaboration with EcoGather, an experimental educational project focused on heterodox economics, collective action, and belonging in an enlivened world. EcoGather hosts gatherings to bring some Upstream episodes to life—this is one of those episodes. The EcoGathering for this episode will be held on Friday, June 27th. Find out more at ecogather.ing. This episode of Upstream was made possible with support from listeners like you. Upstream is a labor of love — we couldn't keep this project going without the generosity of our listeners and fans. Subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/upstreampodcast or please consider chipping in a one-time or recurring donation at <a href= "https://www.upstreampodcast.org/support">www.upstreampodcast.org/support</a> You can also subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.

<description>&lt;p&gt;If you look around at the state of the world—and the despair that comes with the reality of climate change, fascism spreading its tentacles around the world, the ethnic cleansing of Gaza—it’s very difficult to feel hope. It begins to feel like the forces of destruction and death have colonized our futures, limiting our dreams and stifling our imaginations. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;It’s in these times specifically that it’s essential we remember that the future, our dreams, our imagination—that these things are political. And that exercising our hope for a just and beautiful future is an important, in fact, crucial political act. Not on its own, of course, but imagining and dreaming fuels our actions and gives soul and spirit to our revolutionary movements. And as the poet Rainer Maria Rilke once wrote, "The future must enter into you long before it happens." &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Rob Hopkins is the co-founder of &lt;a href= "https://transitionnetwork.org/"&gt;Transition Network&lt;/a&gt; and of &lt;a href="https://www.transitiontowntotnes.org/"&gt;Transition Town Totnes&lt;/a&gt;, and the author of several books including &lt;em&gt;The Transition Handbook, From What is to What if&lt;/em&gt;, and most recently, &lt;a href="https://www.robhopkins.net/the-book/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;How to Fall in Love with the Future: A Time Traveller's Guide to Changing the World&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In this episode, we explore what it’s like to be a time traveler from Rob’s perspective, how dreams and imagination are powerful tools for driving change, and the role that art and music play in the fight for a better future. We explore examples of communities that have made a claim on the future, from the Afro-futurism and Black Utopianism of jazz musician Sun Ra to the occupation of Waterloo Bridge in London and the pop-up community that arose as a result. And finally, we look at how the future is not just an abstract concept, but something that can be felt, touched, heard, seen, and smelled. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Further resources:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.robhopkins.net/the-book/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;How to Fall in Love with the Future: A Time Traveller's Guide to Changing the World&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, by Rob Hopkins&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.fieldrecordingsfromthefuture.co.uk/home"&gt;Field Recordings from the Future&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/field-recordings-from-the-future"&gt;Crowdfunder: Field Recordings From The Future Immersive Show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://Sun%20Ra%E2%80%99s%20Chicago%20Afrofuturism%20and%20the%20City%20%20William%20Sites"&gt; Sun Ra’s Chicago: Afrofuturism and the City, by William Sites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://fromwhatiftowhatnext.libsyn.com/72-what-if-we-shifted-to-a-not-for-profit-economy"&gt; From What If to What Next: 72 - What if we shifted to a not-for-profit economy?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related episodes:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/rob-hopkins-transition-movement-in-conversation"&gt; Transition Towns with Rob Hopkins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/ep-6-beer-crafting-a-better-economy"&gt; Beer: Crafiting a Better Economy (Documentary)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/everyday-utopia-and-radical-imagination-with-kristen-ghodsee"&gt; Everyday Utopia and Radical Imagination with Kristen Ghodsee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/extinction-rebellions-gail-bradbrook-in-conversation"&gt; Extinction Rebellion with Gail Bradbrook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/joanna-macy-in-conversation"&gt;The Work that Reconnects with Joanna Macy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/a-world-without-profit-with-jennifer-hinton-in-conversation"&gt; A World Without Profit with Jennifer Hinton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/kate-raworth-doughnut-economics-in-conversation"&gt; Doughnut Economics with Kate Raworth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Intermission music:&lt;/strong&gt; "A Car-Free Neighbourhood" by &lt;a href= "https://www.robhopkins.net/field-recordings-from-the-future/"&gt;Field Recordings for the Future&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Artwork:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href= "https://agakubish.com/welcome"&gt;Aga Kubish&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This episode was produced in collaboration with EcoGather, an experimental educational project focused on heterodox economics, collective action, and belonging in an enlivened world. EcoGather hosts gatherings to bring some Upstream episodes to life—this is one of those episodes. The EcoGathering for this episode will be held on Friday, June 27th. Find out more at ecogather.ing.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This episode of Upstream was made possible with support from listeners like you. Upstream is a labor of love — we couldn't keep this project going without the generosity of our listeners and fans. Subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/upstreampodcast or please consider chipping in a one-time or recurring donation at &lt;a href= "https://www.upstreampodcast.org/support"&gt;www.upstreampodcast.org/support&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;You can also subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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This is a free preview of the episode "The Alliance of Sahel States Pt. 1: Burkina Faso – An Anti-imperialist Introduction w/ Prudence Iticka." You can listen to the full episode by subscribing to our Patreon here: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast">https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast</a> As a Patreon subscriber you'll get access to at least one bonus episode a month (usually two or three), our entire back catalog of Patreon episodes, early access to certain episodes, and other benefits like stickers and bumper stickers—depending on which tier you subscribe to. access to bi-weekly bonus episodes ranging from conversations to readings and more. Signing up for Patreon is a great way to make Upstream a weekly show, and it will also give you access to our entire back catalog of Patreon episodes along with stickers and bumper stickers at certain subscription tiers. You’ll also be helping to keep Upstream sustainable and allowing us to keep this project going. Imperialism is the primary contradiction facing the globe—and the split of the world into two poles, the imperialists and the anti-imperialists, is going to continue to shape our revolutionary struggles moving forward. This anti-imperialist struggle is occurring all over the Global South, and perhaps nowhere quite as prominently as in Africa's Sahel region, where the countries of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have been waging a struggle against neocolonialism and building a movement towards pan-Africanism through the Alliance of Sahel States—an alliance that has received the praise of anti-imperialists across the globe, and which has also raised the ire of imperialists who are not happy to see Africans fight to take back control of their resources and their labor.  In this episode, we've brought on Prudence Iticka, a Camaroonian pan-Africanist and member of United African Diaspora and The Coalition for the Elimination of Imperialism in Africa, to tell us more about the AES and the struggle it's currently undertaking.  We begin with a brief history of Burkina Faso during the colonial period, and explore the rise of Thomas Sankara and the anti-imperialist movement he lead, his assassination and the neocolonial puppet that replaced him for three decades, and the recent rise of the revolutionary leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré. We talk about the Alliance of Sahel States (AES)—Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger—and how they are the seeds for a pan-African future and the leading spear in the fight against imperialism and neocolonialism. We explore imperialism as the primary contradiction in the world, how imperialist propaganda infiltrates Africa and what the AES are doing to combat it, and much, much more. Further resources: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/uadcalgary/">United African Diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/abasimperialism/">The Coalitioin for the Elimination of Imperialism in Africa (Instagram)</a></li> <li><a href= "https://abasimperialism.substack.com/p/the-coalition-for-the-elimination"> The Coalition for the Elimination of Imperialism (Substack)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/comitekinshasa/">Comité de Kinshasa</a></li> <li><a href= "https://abasimperialism.substack.com/p/defending-the-aes-report-back-from"> Defending the AES, report back from Africa’s liberated zones</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-raise-4500-to-send-3-comrades-to-the-aes?attribution_id=sl:3da6bf8f-bc53-403d-bee4-0a490d8fae6e&lang=en_US&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link"> Alliance of Sahel States (AES) Solidarity Fund</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.marxists.org/archive/sankara/1987/july/29.htm">A United Front Against Debt, speech by Thomas Sankara</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/burkinabooks/">The Thomas Sankara Library</a></li> </ul> Related episodes: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/113877813/edit">Western Marxism w/ Gabriel Rockhill</a></li> <li><a href="https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/category/China">Listen to our ongoing series on China</a></li> <li><a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/the-fight-for-the-congo-w-vijay-prashad"> The Fight for The Congo w/ Vijay Prashad</a></li> <li><a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/walter-rodney-marxism-and-underdevelopment-with-d-musa-springer-charisse-burden-stelly"> Walter Rodney, Marxism, and Underdevelopment with D. 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<description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is a free preview of the episode "The Alliance of Sahel States Pt. 1: Burkina Faso – An Anti-imperialist Introduction w/ Prudence Iticka." You can listen to the full episode by subscribing to our Patreon here: &lt;a href= "https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast"&gt;https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;As a Patreon subscriber you'll get access to at least one bonus episode a month (usually two or three), our entire back catalog of Patreon episodes, early access to certain episodes, and other benefits like stickers and bumper stickers—depending on which tier you subscribe to. access to bi-weekly bonus episodes ranging from conversations to readings and more. Signing up for Patreon is a great way to make Upstream a weekly show, and it will also give you access to our entire back catalog of Patreon episodes along with stickers and bumper stickers at certain subscription tiers.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;You’ll also be helping to keep Upstream sustainable and allowing us to keep this project going.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Imperialism is the primary contradiction facing the globe—and the split of the world into two poles, the imperialists and the anti-imperialists, is going to continue to shape our revolutionary struggles moving forward. This anti-imperialist struggle is occurring all over the Global South, and perhaps nowhere quite as prominently as in Africa's Sahel region, where the countries of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have been waging a struggle against neocolonialism and building a movement towards pan-Africanism through the Alliance of Sahel States—an alliance that has received the praise of anti-imperialists across the globe, and which has also raised the ire of imperialists who are not happy to see Africans fight to take back control of their resources and their labor. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;In this episode, we've brought on Prudence Iticka, a Camaroonian pan-Africanist and member of United African Diaspora and The Coalition for the Elimination of Imperialism in Africa, to tell us more about the AES and the struggle it's currently undertaking. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;We begin with a brief history of Burkina Faso during the colonial period, and explore the rise of Thomas Sankara and the anti-imperialist movement he lead, his assassination and the neocolonial puppet that replaced him for three decades, and the recent rise of the revolutionary leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré. We talk about the Alliance of Sahel States (AES)—Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger—and how they are the seeds for a pan-African future and the leading spear in the fight against imperialism and neocolonialism. We explore imperialism as the primary contradiction in the world, how imperialist propaganda infiltrates Africa and what the AES are doing to combat it, and much, much more.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Further resources:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/uadcalgary/"&gt;United African Diaspora&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/abasimperialism/"&gt;The Coalitioin for the Elimination of Imperialism in Africa (Instagram)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://abasimperialism.substack.com/p/the-coalition-for-the-elimination"&gt; The Coalition for the Elimination of Imperialism (Substack)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/comitekinshasa/"&gt;Comité de Kinshasa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://abasimperialism.substack.com/p/defending-the-aes-report-back-from"&gt; Defending the AES, report back from Africa’s liberated zones&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-raise-4500-to-send-3-comrades-to-the-aes?attribution_id=sl:3da6bf8f-bc53-403d-bee4-0a490d8fae6e&amp;lang=en_US&amp;utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=copy_link"&gt; Alliance of Sahel States (AES) Solidarity Fund&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.marxists.org/archive/sankara/1987/july/29.htm"&gt;A United Front Against Debt, speech by Thomas Sankara&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/burkinabooks/"&gt;The Thomas Sankara Library&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related episodes:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/113877813/edit"&gt;Western Marxism w/ Gabriel Rockhill&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/category/China"&gt;Listen to our ongoing series on China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/the-fight-for-the-congo-w-vijay-prashad"&gt; The Fight for The Congo w/ Vijay Prashad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://sites.libsyn.com/435210/walter-rodney-marxism-and-underdevelopment-with-d-musa-springer-charisse-burden-stelly"&gt; Walter Rodney, Marxism, and Underdevelopment with D. 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