The Last Dope Intellectual (LDI) is an unapologetically radical Black web show hosted by Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly and Dr. Layla Brown and produced by Too Black. LDI covers a wide range of topics, including politics, current events, social media discourse, and knowledge production. The show is divided into a variety of segments, from “Shoot the Shit,” which features Dr. CBS and Dr. Brown discussing whatever is top of mind for them, to “History of the Present,” where the hosts discuss a Black radical quote and its relevance to the present, to “What I’m On,” in which the doctors discuss writing or research in progress and the accompanying struggles, issues, and accomplishments. #LDI also features interviews, book reviews, and opportunities for viewers to get advice from Dr. CBS and Dr. Brown. Be sure to tap in!
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25 - Black Men and Gender Violence, the Alex Saab, Nicaragua, and Revolutionary Pan-Africanism
In episode two of season two, co-hosts Dr. CBS and Dr. Layla Brown, start by shooting the shit with producer, Too Black, about the backlash against the notion that Black men experience gendered violence. In her "Planting Thoughts" segment, Layla breaks down the Zamioculcas zamiifolia (ZZ) - native to eastern/southern Africa, poisonous for pets, easy to care for, tuber root systems, can be propagated through stem or leaf cuttings. Next, Dr. Layla Brown and Too Black, conduct the "Interview in Session" segment with Fravia V Marquez Silva, a career diplomat at the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry, and Geo Maher, radical political theorist and Visiting Associate Professor at Vassar College, about the detainment of Alex Saab, the election process in Venezuela from both the left and the right, and the threat of US sanctions on left governments in Latin America. In "Live From the Streets," Dr. Layla Brown and Too Black then speak about the state of the Nicaraguan election with Banbose Shango, a member of the Political Secretariat of the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (GC), who was an election observer, to the December 2020 Venezuelan National Assembly Elections, and a member of the election accompaniment delegation to the Nov 6, 2021 Nicaragua election. In ”What We On” Dr. CBS and Layla discuss their process behind their Incite Seminar, Revolutionary Pan-Africanism Against Racial Capitalism: Lessons for Our Present Moment. Tap in to this episode of LDI--and be sure to subscribe to the channel and consider becoming a Patreon!
Next week's Reading: We Demand the Full Disclosure and Digitization of All Slavery Era Records
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