Ep 386 - Bill Ayers, Legendary Leftist and Teacher for Liberation, Returns

About this episode

Bill Ayers returns to discuss his experiences and insights on collective liberation and the current political climate.

The guys are in a new studio with an old friend and mentor, the legendary Bill Ayers! A lifelong force for collective liberation, Bill was a cofounder of militant leftist group the Weather Underground, which was formed in opposition to U.S. imperialism in Vietnam and racial injustice. After living underground for years to avoid FBI arrest, he has been an engaged scholar and a peace and social justice activist who has written extensively about social justice and freedom, democracy and education, the cultural contexts of schooling, and teaching as an essentially intellectual, ethical, and political enterprise. He's also the host of podcast Under the Tree: a Seminar on Freedom , which Dame and Kiss helped him build, and a loving mentor to Chicago's movement community. He comes through to talk about the heightened contradictions of this political moment, the ways the Weather Underground lives on in popular culture, the pride he feels for his children's achievements, and much more. SHOW NOTES Subscribe to Under the Tree - https://underthetreepod.com/ Catch Bill in convo with Vijay Prashad on 2/15 at 3pm - https://pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/49500 Listen to Mother Country Radicals…

People in this episode

Hosts: Damon Williams, Daniel Kisslinger

Guest: Bill Ayers

Topics covered

• politics
• education
• social justice
• activism
• culture

Keywords

• Weather Underground
• U.S. imperialism
• racial injustice
• peace activism
• social justice education
• popular culture

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Under the Tree: a Seminar on Freedom

Books & works: Under the Tree: a Seminar on Freedom, Under the Tree

Places: U.S., Vietnam, Chicago

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