Hegemonicon - An Investigation Into the Workings of Power

About Hegemonicon - An Investigation Into the Workings of Power

A show about social movements and politics, strategy and ideology, the immediate present and the rapidly onrushing future. Host William Lawrence spent his 20s as a member of grassroots social movements, including as a co-founder and national leader of Sunrise Movement, the youth group that put the Green New Deal on the political map. Now in his 30s, he's trying to make sense of what we've collectively learned from the last decade-plus of social movements and heightening crisis. On this show he talks with activists and researchers on the left to explore the guiding theme of Power: What is it? How is it exercised? How is it distributed? What has living through these recent decades of increasing turmoil taught us about the relations of power, both here in the US and worldwide? How can we design better strategies that build power from below, to win basic rights, security, and justice?

Publisher

William Lawrence

Category

news · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Sept 2023

Latest episode

29 Oct 2024

Latest episodes

33 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Oct 2024

   What We’ve Learned. Where We Go Next.

   In this solo season finale, William makes his case for his approach to voting in this year's presidential election. Looking ahead, he lays out his vision for where left movements need to start building infrastructure next, regardless of the election outcomes, based on what he learned from his guests this season about international solidarity. Support this show and others like it by becoming a subscriber at convergencemag.com/donate

2. 

   22 Oct 2024

   Protecting Our Migrant Neighbors, with Jacinta González

   Mijente Policy Director Jacinta González joins William for this episode. Jacinta is an expert in organizing against immigration enforcement and criminalization of Latinx and immigrant communities. Their conversation explores how local, in-person community organizing is key to defending migrants threatened by increasingly violent, aggressive, and isolationist US border and immigration policy. Support this show and others like it by becoming a subscriber at convergencemag.com/donate

3. 

   15 Oct 2024

   Hawaiian Sovereignty and Resistance, with Ikaika Hussey

   On this episode of Hegemonicon, Will talks with Ikaika Hussey, an organizer and a candidate for Hawaii State House District 29. They delve into Hawaii's often-ignored pre-colonial history and its current struggles as a state in the American empire. Support this show and others like it by becoming a subscriber at convergencemag.com/donate

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

23 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

18 ratings

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