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Radicals for Good is a podcast and network that aims to encourage everyday people to take small yet revolutionary action towards collective good. Our podcast is a means to amplify and support the radical work happening across the globe but always connecting back to our hometown of Detroit, Michigan – one of the most radical cities with some of the most radical thinkers and leaders in the country. It aims to shift the stigmatized verbiage of ‘radical’ to a more accepted and fluid adjective. Hosted by Shayla Zimmerman. <br/><br/><a href="https://radicalspod.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">radicalspod.substack.com</a>

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June 11, 2026

s1e6: On Liberated Lands: Cuba

<p>We must strive every day so that this love of living humanity is transformed into actual deeds, into acts that serve as examples, as a moving force. — Ernesto Che Guevara</p><p>In this episode of radicals for good, we experience together on the ground resistance to imperialism in Cuba. This episode is a collection of interviews of Cubans living on the island and international comrades showing solidarity in Cuba during the 19th International May Day Brigade.</p><p><strong>Get out of your comfort zone & take action:</strong></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://nnoc.org/join-the-international-no-war-on-cuba-campaign/">Join the NO WAR ON CUBA campaign!</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/michiganactionforcuba/">In Michigan? Join Michigan Action for Cuba Committee!</a></p><p><strong>Further Learning:</strong></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/">Belly of the Beast Cuba</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRVcJP9fC6ZNt1zSYe5aoXG7xmGd2m2GA&#38;si=h7Jh96Tojc_dN-TH">National Network on Cuba’s 101 series</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://nnoc.org/event/revolution-within-the-revolution-podcast-premiere-virtual/">Revolution with the Revolution Podcast</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.patreon.com/collection/2006395">Upstream Podcast Cuba series</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://youtube.com/playlist">International Solidarity Podcast</a></p><p>* We Are Cuba! by Helen Yaffe</p><p>* Revolution within the Revolution by Michelle Chase</p><p>* Remembering Che by Aleida March</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://nnoc.org/politicaleducation/">More articles and books here!</a></p><p><strong>Sources:</strong></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement">https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.brookings.edu/articles/cuba-the-u-s-and-the-concept-of-sovereignty-toward-a-common-vocabulary/">https://www.brookings.edu/articles/cuba-the-u-s-and-the-concept-of-sovereignty-toward-a-common-vocabulary/</a> (sovereignty)</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://theflags.org/what-countries-celebrate-may-day/">https://theflags.org/what-countries-celebrate-may-day/</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/views/news/labour-life-and-liberation-the-emancipatory-significance-may-day-3599286">https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/views/news/labour-life-and-liberation-the-emancipatory-significance-may-day-3599286</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://discoverdreamlands.com/tour/when-did-cuba-allow-american-tourists">https://discoverdreamlands.com/tour/when-did-cuba-allow-american-tourists</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.radiorebelde.cu/english/the-mallory-memorandum-outlined-the-blockade-against-cuba-66-years-ago-06042026/">https://www.radiorebelde.cu/english/the-mallory-memorandum-outlined-the-blockade-against-cuba-66-years-ago-06042026/</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/trump-transcripts/transcript-president-trump-discusses-the-capture-of-nicolas-maduro-in-venezuela-10326">https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/trump-transcripts/transcript-president-trump-discusses-the-capture-of-nicolas-maduro-in-venezuela-10326</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://theintercept.com/2026/05/27/trump-donroe-doctrine-violence-western-hemisphere-cartels/">https://theintercept.com/2026/05/27/trump-donroe-doctrine-violence-western-hemisphere-cartels/</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://acleddata.com/report/us-donroe-doctrine-reshaping-conflicts-latin-america-and-caribbean">https://acleddata.com/report/us-donroe-doctrine-reshaping-conflicts-latin-america-and-caribbean</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://liberatedetroit.org/why-im-fighting-for-energy-sovereignty/">https://liberatedetroit.org/why-im-fighting-for-energy-sovereignty/</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://sustainablepowernews.com/detroits-energy-divide-utility-giants-abandoned-poor-neighborhoods/">https://sustainablepowernews.com/detroits-energy-divide-utility-giants-abandoned-poor-neighborhoods/</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://planetdetroit.org/2026/03/how-canceled-clean-energy-projects-are-costing-michigan-and-what-happens-next/">https://planetdetroit.org/2026/03/how-canceled-clean-energy-projects-are-costing-michigan-and-what-happens-next/</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-off-grid-project-is-bringing-streetlights-back-to-detroit/">https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-off-grid-project-is-bringing-streetlights-back-to-detroit/</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://detroitmi.gov/government/mayors-office/office-sustainability/energy">https://detroitmi.gov/government/mayors-office/office-sustainability/energy</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://humanidades.com/en/imperialism/">https://humanidades.com/en/imperialism/</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.prosperityforamerica.org/literacy-statistics/">https://www.prosperityforamerica.org/literacy-statistics/</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Radicals for Good at <a href="https://radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe</a>

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May 3, 2026

s1e5: Tactics for Worker Solidarity with Loren Branch

<p>“To me, the Beloved Community is a realistic vision of an achievable society, one in which problems and conflict exist, but are resolved peacefully and without bitterness.”</p><p>-Coretta Scott King</p><p>In this episode of Radicals for Good, we discuss different tactics, like boycotting and strikes, we can use to build solidarity in the working class with Loren Branch (Nyerere Omowale), an organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), writer, street drummer and popular political educator.</p><p>Loren Branch (aka Nyerere Omawale) is a New Afrikan Revolutionary Socialist from the westside of Detroit, Joy Road to be exact. From Chicago to Detroit, Loren has been building independent working class power across liberation struggles including Black liberation, Palestine Solidarity movement, queer liberation, immigrant rights, police murder, anti-war, and more. Rooted in Marxism, the Black Radical tradition, and Pan-Africanism—Loren is a product of UAW Local 600 and the Republic of New Afrika. </p><p>His ultimate life goals are to become a father and to build the world dignity and self-determination we need and deserve. To play a role in advancing the unfinished revolution of his ancestors and elders—ending capitalism and building a new socialist system run for and by The People. To see Detroit and the global working class liberated in our lifetime.</p><p><strong>Sources</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement">https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement</a></p><p>Socialist Reconstruction: A Better Future: <a target="_blank" href="https://1804books.com/products/socialist-reconstruction-a-better-future">https://1804books.com/products/socialist-reconstruction-a-better-future</a> </p><p>Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880: <a target="_blank" href="https://1804books.com/products/black-reconstruction-in-america-1860-1880">https://1804books.com/products/black-reconstruction-in-america-1860-1880</a></p><p>Assata: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.commabookstore.com/shop/p/assata-an-autobiography">https://www.commabookstore.com/shop/p/assata-an-autobiography</a></p><p>Motown and the Making of Working-Class Revolutionaries: The Story of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ugapress.org/9780820374307/motown-and-the-making-of-working-class-revolutionaries">https://www.ugapress.org/9780820374307/motown-and-the-making-of-working-class-revolutionaries</a></p><p>The Civil Rights Revolution & Montgomery Bus Boycott: <a target="_blank" href="https://liberationschool.org/civil-rights-and-the-u-s-revolution/">https://liberationschool.org/civil-rights-and-the-u-s-revolution/</a></p><p>Debunking the myth that “we’re not ready” for a general strike in the U.S.: <a target="_blank" href="https://liberationnews.org/debunking-the-myth-that-were-not-ready-for-a-general-strike-in-the-u-s/">https://liberationnews.org/debunking-the-myth-that-were-not-ready-for-a-general-strike-in-the-u-s/</a></p><p>Alkebu-lan Village & Inner City Sub Center: <a target="_blank" href="https://liberationnews.org/dc-to-detroit-30-years-later-million-man-march-black-liberation/">https://liberationnews.org/dc-to-detroit-30-years-later-million-man-march-black-liberation/</a> </p><p>The Republic of New Afrika: <a target="_blank" href="https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/521c580a15244ad0bee5e33f121c2bff">https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/521c580a15244ad0bee5e33f121c2bff</a></p><p>Peaches Anderson (my grandmother): <a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/114/crec/2016/06/09/162/91/CREC-2016-06-09-pt1-PgE867.pdf">https://www.congress.gov/114/crec/2016/06/09/162/91/CREC-2016-06-09-pt1-PgE867.pdf</a></p><p>Learn more about PSL and get involved in the socialist movement: <a target="_blank" href="https://www2.pslweb.org/action">https://www2.pslweb.org/action</a></p><p>PSL Detroit: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/psldetroit">https://www.instagram.com/psldetroit</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://liberationnews.org/07-11-20-revolutionary-optimism-socialist-html/?utm_source=ig&#38;utm_medium=social&#38;utm_content=link_in_bio&#38;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGn-xR0Yw1QZiLgUtZJiAghqwsCjPObvdLxZMWzgAZBQoG1fTgdmf_SJcL_qe0_aem_EaFPq1Uqvl0IhHdwIw9A8g">https://liberationnews.org/07-11-20-revolutionary-optimism-socialist-html/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGn-xR0Yw1QZiLgUtZJiAghqwsCjPObvdLxZMWzgAZBQoG1fTgdmf_SJcL_qe0_aem_EaFPq1Uqvl0IhHdwIw9A8g</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://radicalreads.com/black-panthers-favorite-books/">https://radicalreads.com/black-panthers-favorite-books/ </a></p><p>Photo by <a target="_blank" href="https://unsplash.com/@purzlbaum?utm_source=unsplash&#38;utm_medium=referral&#38;utm_content=creditCopyText">Claudio Schwarz</a> on <a target="_blank" href="https://unsplash.com/photos/gray-and-red-i-m-a-little-man-print-textile-gWTRInY5AAc?utm_source=unsplash&#38;utm_medium=referral&#38;utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Radicals for Good at <a href="https://radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe</a>

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April 5, 2026

s1e4: Technology in Movements with Tawana Petty

<p>“It’s not our fault but it is our fight.”</p><p>-Monica Lewis Patrick</p><p>In this episode of Radicals for Good, we discuss utilizing technology in movement spaces and what digital justice could look like in Detroit with Tawana Petty, a mother, digital justice organizer, poet, and author.</p><p>Tawana Petty, also known by her poetry stage name Honeycomb, is a mother, social justice organizer, poet, author, facilitator and keynote lecturer. Her work focuses on racial justice, equity, privacy, and consent. She is the founding Executive Director of <a target="_blank" href="https://pettypropolis.org">Petty Propolis, Inc.</a>, an artist incubator, which leverages poetry, policy literacy and advocacy, anti-racism facilitation, political education and community-centered initiatives in pursuit of data and digital justice and racial and environmental justice. In <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tawana-petty-algorithmic-justice-league-ai-power-list-2024">2024, Petty was named on Business Insider’s AI Power List for Policy and Ethics</a>.</p><p>Sources:</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement">https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement</a></p><p>https://unsplash.com/photos/text-zO7VVw7Hxik</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.bridgedetroit.com/detroiters-get-oversight-of-surveillance-technology-but-is-it-enough/">https://www.bridgedetroit.com/detroiters-get-oversight-of-surveillance-technology-but-is-it-enough/</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.bridgedetroit.com/michigan-central-is-collecting-a-lot-of-data-can-we-trust-it/">https://www.bridgedetroit.com/michigan-central-is-collecting-a-lot-of-data-can-we-trust-it/</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/tawanapetty/p/defending-detroit?r=7g7rur&#38;utm_medium=ios">https://open.substack.com/pub/tawanapetty/p/defending-detroit?r=7g7rur&utm_medium=ios</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://tawanapetty.org/selected-media/f/defending-black-lives-means-banning-facial-recognition">https://tawanapetty.org/selected-media/f/defending-black-lives-means-banning-facial-recognition</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/11/tsa-airport-security-facial-recognition/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/11/tsa-airport-security-facial-recognition/</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://stoplapdspying.org/">https://stoplapdspying.org/</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://voicesfromthegrassroots.org/lewis-patrick-monica/">https://voicesfromthegrassroots.org/lewis-patrick-monica/</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.detroitk12.org/about-dpscd/initiatives/one-to-one-student-technology-iniiative">https://www.detroitk12.org/about-dpscd/initiatives/one-to-one-student-technology-iniiative</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.wxyz.com/news/coronavirus/detroit-police-to-enforce-ticket-people-not-following-stay-at-home-order">https://www.wxyz.com/news/coronavirus/detroit-police-to-enforce-ticket-people-not-following-stay-at-home-order</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/detroitcitymichigan/PST045224">https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/detroitcitymichigan/PST045224</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/14dd97b35cbb4a4298786c75855f8080">https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/14dd97b35cbb4a4298786c75855f8080</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2024/08/28/detroit-police-department-celebrates-1k-project-green-light-partners/">https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2024/08/28/detroit-police-department-celebrates-1k-project-green-light-partners/</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.weforum.org/stories/2021/09/detroit-bridges-internet-access-digital-divide/">https://www.weforum.org/stories/2021/09/detroit-bridges-internet-access-digital-divide/</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://connectyourcommunity.org/cleveland-and-detroit-lead-worst-connected-large-cities-of-2023/">https://connectyourcommunity.org/cleveland-and-detroit-lead-worst-connected-large-cities-of-2023/</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2025/10/07/grim-reality-more-than-half-of-detroit-children-are-now-living-in-poverty-census-bureau-data-shows/">https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2025/10/07/grim-reality-more-than-half-of-detroit-children-are-now-living-in-poverty-census-bureau-data-shows/</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://poverty.umich.edu/projects/detroit-partnership-on-economic-mobility/">https://poverty.umich.edu/projects/detroit-partnership-on-economic-mobility/</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.epa.gov/mo/town-flood-and-superfund-looking-back-times-beach-disaster-nearly-40-years-later">https://www.epa.gov/mo/town-flood-and-superfund-looking-back-times-beach-disaster-nearly-40-years-later</a></p><p>AI and Assembly: Coming Together and Apart in a Datafied World by Toussaint Nothias and Lucy Bernholz</p><p>Resisting Borders and Technologies of Violence by Mizue Aizeki, Matt Mahmoudi, and Colin Schupfer</p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Radicals for Good at <a href="https://radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe</a>

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What is Radicals for Good?

Radicals for Good is a podcast and network that aims to encourage everyday people to take small yet revolutionary action towards collective good.

Our podcast is a means to amplify and support the radical work happening across the globe but always connecting back to our hometown of Detroit, Michigan – one of the most radical cities with some of the most radical thinkers and leaders in the country. It aims to shift the stigmatized verbiage of ‘radical’ to a more accepted and fluid adjective. Hosted by Shayla Zimmerman. <br/><br/><a href="https://radicalspod.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">radicalspod.substack.com</a>

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