Upstream

Nov 18 2024 196 ep. 55 mins 4.1k
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Conversations and audio documentaries exploring a wide variety of themes pertaining to economics and politics, hosted by Della Z Duncan and Robert R. Raymond

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The Exhausted of the Earth w/ Ajay Singh Chaudhary

Nov 18 2024 94 mins  
Exhaustion. What a perfect and powerful word to describe our times. Exhausted bodies—over-worked, over-productive, over-stretched. Bodies pushed to their limits, treated like machines whose sole existence is to produce profit. Exhausted ecosystems—extracted, ruined, plundered. Viewed as nothing but raw material for the ceaseless flow of capital accumulation. Exhausted minds—h

[TEASER] Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness w/ Da'Shaun Harrison

Nov 11 2024 18 mins  
This is a free preview of the episode "The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness w/ Da'Shuan Harrison," which will be unlocked in a few weeks. To can get early access to the full episode by subscribing to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast As a Patreon subscriber you will get access to at least one bonus episode a month (usually two or three), our entire

Prefigurative Politics and Workplace Democracy w/ Saio Gradin and Nicole Wires

Nov 06 2024 128 mins  
Prefigurative politics, building the new within the old, exercising our muscles of collectivity and collaboration—muscles that have grown weak and atrophied under capitalist hegemony—these are all ideas and practices that play a crucial role in our revolutionary movements. And examples of prefiguration can and do take many interesting and inspiring forms—one of these forms is

[RE-RELEASE] A Marxist Perspective on Elections w/ August Nimtz

Nov 04 2024 101 mins  
“This is the most important election of our lifetimes.” “Voting for a third-party candidate? Might as well throw away your vote!” “You may not like her, but you’ve just got to hold your nose and vote for her — otherwise, Trump might win.” We're sure you’ve heard each of these lines many times — we know that we have. But, at some point you have to ask: how can e

[TEASER] Disabled Ecologies w/ Sunaura Taylor

Oct 28 2024 23 mins  
This is a free preview of the episode "Disabled Ecologies w/ Sunaura Taylor." You can listen to the full episode by subscribing to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast 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 be

The Fight for The Congo w/ Vijay Prashad

Oct 21 2024 62 mins  
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, or The DRC, is—despite being in one of the most resource-rich regions on the planet—one of the poorest countries in the world. It sits atop a wealth of minerals that form the central components to much of our technology in the 21st century, and yet, none of this wealth remains in the country. Well, almost none of it—there is of course som

[TEASER] Western Marxism w/ Gabriel Rockhill

Oct 14 2024 18 mins  
This is a free preview of the episode "Western Marxism w/ Gabriel Rockhill." You can listen to the full episode by subscribing to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast As a Patreon subscriber you will 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 b

Palestine Pt. 13: Al-Aqsa Flood and the Resistance Axis w/ Matteo Capasso

Oct 07 2024 98 mins  
The Al-Aqsa Flood operation, which took place one year ago today, was perhaps one of the most important blows against U.S. imperialism that we’ve ever seen—both ideologically and materially. Nothing can ever be the same—and it shouldn’t, because what we considered normal, if we even thought about it at all, was a nightmare for the vast majority of people on the planet. The

[UNLOCKED] Oil, Monopoly Capitalism, and Imperialism w/ Adam Hanieh

Oct 02 2024 92 mins  
Oil is much more than just a source of energy—it’s a commodity that has shaped—and has been shaped—by the forces of capitalism perhaps more so than any other commodity. The story of oil is one of monopoly capitalism, one of imperialism, one of cheap labor, resource extraction, ecosystem devastation, climate change, assassinations, environmental disasters, genocides—the li

[TEASER] Will the Revolution Be Funded? w/ Nairuti Shastry and Zac Chapman

Sep 30 2024 14 mins  
This is a free preview of the episode "Will the Revolution Be Funded? w/ Nairuti Shastry and Zac Chapman." You can listen to the full episode by subscribing to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast As a Patreon subscriber you will get access to at least one bonus episode a month (usually two or three), our entire back catalog of Patreon episodes, early access to