In this episode, I speak to Jacqueline and Abdus Luqman, journalists, activists, and hosts of Luqman Nation, a weekly politics show, on the recent protests for black lives, race on the left, the role of religion in liberation movements, and much more. --- Readings & Resources Luqman Nation https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl5hIQvTLrxgf4UvSJRCPhw By Any Means Necessary https://sputniknews.com/radio_by_any_means/ The Real News Network https://therealnews.com/ --- Note: While these items are all available on amazon.com, I am doing my best to include links for suggested books on non-Amazon sites in solidarity with their workers (who face frequent rights violations). Akinyele Omowale Umoja - We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement https://www.mahoganybooks.com/9781479886036 Charles E. Cobb Jr. - This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible https://www.dukeupress.edu/this-nonviolent-stuffll-get-you-killed Hakim Adi - Pan-Africanism: a History https://redemmas.org/titles/30721-pan-africanism--a-history James H. Cone - Black Theology and Black Power https://www.orbisbooks.com/black-theology-and-black-power-en.html “The African American who moved to Ghana 'to escape US racism’” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-49394354 “Black Women Communists and Pan-Africanism: An Interview with Minkah Makalani” https://www.aaihs.org/black-women-communists-and-pan-africanism-an-interview-with-minkah-makalani/ “America’s Brutal Police State Expands its Reach in Portland” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QuK8rhnK6c&t=5s George Floyd Protests in Washington, D.C. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_protests_in_Washington,_D.C. --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud [dot] com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/13trBKujjjBnmWHeDZcC5Z or search "LeftPOC" iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/leftp…d1329313097?mt=2 or search "LeftPOC" in podcasts Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCT60v3qYO7Bj0R1XbUZct5Q Support: patreon.com/leftpoc