Ep. 110 - Democratic National Convention: From 1968 to 2024, Pt. 1 ft. Bill Ayers

BrownTown is honored to be joined by an OG in the game --
activist, organizer, and professor Bill Ayers. The gang discusses
the similarities, differences, and peculiarities of Chicago
hosting the Democratic National Convention in 1968 and in 2024.
Bill bears witness to the socio-political context leading up to
the 1968 Convention while they analyzes the role of grassroots
movement-building (or the "fire from below") on electoral
politics, anti-war/genocide activism, and building towards
revolution. Originally recorded August 12, 2024, a week before
the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.


 


Full Transcriptions Here!


 


"Two things that are never on the ballot are war and capitalism."
--Bill Ayers


 


GUEST


Bill Ayers is a long-time activist, organizer, and is formerly a
Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the
University of Illinois at Chicago, (now retired). Bill has
written extensively about social justice and democracy, education
and the cultural contexts of schooling, and teaching as an
essentially intellectual, ethical, and political enterprise. His
books includeTeaching toward Freedom, Fugitive Days: A
Memoir; Public Enemy: Confessions of an American
Dissident, Race Course: Against White Supremacy, Demand
the Impossible! A Radical Manifesto, and most recently
When Freedom is the Question, Abolition is the Answer:
Reflections on Collective Liberation.


Read more about Bill on Influence Watch or his website and follow
him on Facebook and Twitter. Listen to his podcast Under the Tree
and follow it on Instagram, and Twitter.


 


Mentioned in or related to episode:



Views from the front lines of Chicago's 1968 DNC
protests (Chicago Sun-Times)


Pro-Palestinian activists prepare to rally at Democratic
convention in Chicago (LA Times)


Will this year’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago
be a repeat of 1968? (WBEZ)

March on the DNC 2024

F*** the GNC Convention from the Dissenters



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CREDITS: Intro soundbite from Martin Luther
King's Jr.'s last speech "I've been to the Mountain Top". Outro
music Fight Like Ida B & Marsha P by Ric Wilson. Audio
engineered by Kiera Battles. Episode photo by unknown.


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