Episode 8 & 9 - Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970

PART 1:
Guest: Jasson Perez
Host: Page May
Length: 40:43​
Release Date: April 24, 2017 
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Key Questions: 

• What worked during the Civil Rights movement?
• What is disruptive power? Insurgency?
• What is needed from our movements in order for fundamental social change to happen?

Jasson is a Chicago-raised Black scholar and organizer with 16+ years of experience, from labor to the movement for Black Lives. On this episode, we begin discussing "Political Process and the Development of the Black Insurgency, 1930-1970." This sociological book by Doug McAdam presents a political-process model that explains the rise and decline of the black protest movement in the United States during this time period.

PART 2:
​Guest: Jasson Perez
Host: Page May
Length: 25:26​
Release Date: May 8, 2017 

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Key Questions: 

• How does insurgency and disruption change under a Trump administration?
• How do people who are already struggling to survive participate in insurgency?
• What are examples of disruption from the Civil Rights movement and today?