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   1. Episode 6: The NGOization of Resistance

   Bel dan pa di zanmi (Just because someone is smiling at you doesn't mean they're your friend) — Haitian proverbNon-governmental organizations (NGOs) and people powered movements, resistance, revolution, it’s all a complex relationship, fraught with many challenges as well as potential! Campaigning organizations such as ActionAid have a history of engaging with movements but are now asking how they can do this better.In this episode, we speak with Joy Mabenge and David Archer, two NGO leaders and

   Feb 27,2024 44:34
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   2. Episode 5: Reframe the Issue

   Reframing is a process of replacing an old story with a new one by widening the frame, narrowing the frame, or shifting the frame to another scene entirely. The powers-that-be usually go to great lengths to frame their agenda in a way that is favorable for their interests. Just think of how we’ve heard these words used: tax relief. Like a camera’s viewfinder, the frame of a narrative focuses the public on specific information that reflects the interests of the framers. So how do you reframe an i

   Jun 15,2023 32:05
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   3. Episode 3: Decolonization

   If Frantz Fanon woke up today he’d be like, “You guys are still talking about decolonization, I thought we addressed that in the 60’s. What the f*** happened?” We speak to Alieu Bah and Sungu Oyoo on decolonization, a set of ideas, lived experiences, and political programs that challenge imperialism through forms of bottom-up disobedience to historical and ongoing colonization. Read more about decolonization at https://beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool/decolonization.  Sungu also wrote and edite

   Jun 15,2023 01:18:01
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   4. Episode 2: Cooperation Jackson and Solidarity Economics

   We speak with Sacajawea Hall, activist and co-founder of Cooperation Jackson — an emerging vehicle for sustainable community development, economic democracy, and community ownership — on solidarity economics, a tradition of radical economic organizing that strives to replace dependance on exploitative and oppressive economic relations through ‘solidarity chains’ linking community-based alternatives.  Read more about Solidarity Economics at https://beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool/solidarity-eco

   Jun 15,2023 29:52
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   5. Episode 1: Conflict Kitchen

   Amidst growing radicalization of public debate around refugees and migrants in Poland, a conscious restaurant serves dishes from regions of active conflict around the world for Warsaw locals. With Jarmila Rybicka, co-founder of Conflict Kitchen, we talk food and solidarity. We learn how preparing and sharing a delicious dish can offer many points of entry for public engagement and cultural exchange. Read more about a Pittsburgh version of Conflict Kitchen at https://beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/

   Jun 15,2023 21:44
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   6. About Troublemakers!

   Learn more about the transcontinental partners behind this podcast! Global Platforms: https://www.globalplatforms.org/ Beautiful Trouble: https://beautifultrouble.org/ MS TCDC, The MS Training Centre for Development Cooperation: https://mstcdc.or.tz/MOVE, The Global Social Movement Centre: https://www.globalplatforms.org/move 

   Jun 15,2023 02:19
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   7. Episode 4: Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions

   We speak to Mahmoud Nawajaa, General Coordinator for the Palestinian-led global movement Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) National Committee. Inspired by the movement against Apartheid in South Africa, the U.S. Civil Rights Movement and more, we look at how decentralized tactics such as boycott and divestment — as used in the Palestinian struggle on a global scale — can be used to isolate a target, in this case, the Israeli apartheid regime.Read more about the tactic of divestment at https:/

   Jun 15,2023 35:15