Ep. 107 - Creative Jobs, Life Balance, & Working towards a Liberatory Future within Capitalism 3.0

BrownTown on BrownTown. Once again, our comrades build on
previous discussions from 2019 (Ep. 39) and 2020 (Ep. 59) on the
interrelationship between working within and outside of the
movement media landscape while balancing a healthy personal life,
financial well-being, and everything in between. The duo situate
what recent growth means for SoapBox as an entity while also
attempting to navigate the inherent contradictions of trying to
dismantle capitalism while working within it. In this moment
colored by genocide in Gaza, mass migration due to decades of
neoliberal policy, and revanchist regressive public policy across
the US, we are reminded of the necessity of liberation work as
well as the toll it takes on our everyday. How do organizers,
activists, creators, and freelancers at large sustain the self in
order to sustain the work? How do we do fight the power while
avoiding burnout and paying the rent? Here's BrownTown's take.
Originally recorded April 17, 2024.


 


Other topics mentioned:


Ep. 95 - Home

Ep. 64 - Non-Profit Industrial Complex ft. Lizette Garza

One Fair Wage Ordinance Approved by Chicago City Council
(NBC)


One Million Experiments (2023)


No Cop Academy: The Documentary (2023)



Full Transcription Here!


CREDITS: Intro sound bite from The Boondocks.
Outro song Thank you, Goodbye by GENTA. Audio engineering
all by Kiera Battles. Episode photo by Glitter Guts.


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