Radicals for Good

Without community, there is no liberation. - Audre LordeIn this episode of Radicals for Good, we’re talking about all the many ways we can become better neighbors, especially in times of crises with Lejuan Council, an east side neighbor, mother, lead of Feed Your Neighborhood Corp., and a 2026 candidate for Michigan State Senate.Get out of your comfort zone & take action* Volunteer with Feed Your Neighborhood Corp* Register to Vote, finding polling location, request absentee ballot, etc.Further Learning* Detroit Area Disaster Recovery Group* Basement Backup and Flooding Handbook* State of Michigan All About Mold* Flood risk maps* Long term trauma and public health impacts of floodingSources* Land Acknowledgement: https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgement* Southwest Detroit Flooding 2025: https://www.wxyz.com/news/its-one-detroit-donations-pour-into-sw-detroit-as-community-recovers-from-devastating-flood* Detroit flooding leads to mold: https://www.bridgedetroit.com/devastating-floods-leave-detroiters-with-toxic-mold/* Flood risk map 2021: https://detroitography.com/2023/04/14/map-current-flooding-risk-in-detroit-2023/* School sound levels and nervous system stress: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/8/4128* Student mental health days: https://adolescentmentalhealth.com/blog/mental-health-days-for-students/* Detroit flooding 2014: https://www.clickondetroit.com/weather/2018/02/20/great-flood-of-2014-how-historic-was-it/* Tornadoes 2014: https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/reports-of-funnel-cloud-spotted-in-northern-macomb-county/* Detroit flooding 2016: https://www.michiganpublic.org/weather/2016-09-29/detroit-keeps-flooding-whats-being-done-about-it* Michigan flooding 2021: https://today.wayne.edu/news/2021/07/12/detroit-household-flood-report-gives-overview-solutions-to-decades-long-issue-42849* Michigan flooding 2021: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/26/us/flooding-detroit-rain.html* Detroit flooding 2021: https://bridgemi.com/urban-affairs/understanding-why-detroit-floods-and-why-it-keeps-happening/* Detroit trash collection issues: https://michiganchronicle.com/detroits-waste-management-plan-addresses-residents-trash-collection-challenges/* Detroit food sovereignty: https://www.detroitagriculture.net/* Detroit food sovereignty: https://www.bridgedetroit.com/food-sovereignty-detroit-um-detroit-center/ Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe

“To me, the Beloved Community is a realistic vision of an achievable society, one in which problems and conflict exist, but are resolved peacefully and without bitterness.”-Coretta Scott KingIn this episode of Radicals for Good, we discuss different tactics, like boycotting and strikes, we can use to build solidarity in the working class with Loren Branch (Nyerere Omowale), an organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), writer, street drummer and popular political educator.Loren Branch (aka Nyerere Omawale) is a New Afrikan Revolutionary Socialist from the westside of Detroit, Joy Road to be exact. From Chicago to Detroit, Loren has been building independent working class power across liberation struggles including Black liberation, Palestine Solidarity movement, queer liberation, immigrant rights, police murder, anti-war, and more. Rooted in Marxism, the Black Radical tradition, and Pan-Africanism—Loren is a product of UAW Local 600 and the Republic of New Afrika. His ultimate life goals are to become a father and to build the world dignity and self-determination we need and deserve. To play a role in advancing the unfinished revolution of his ancestors and elders—ending capitalism and building a new socialist system run for and by The People. To see Detroit and the global working class liberated in our lifetime.Sourceshttps://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/waawiyatanong-land-acknowledgementSocialist Reconstruction: A Better Future: https://1804books.com/products/socialist-reconstruction-a-better-future Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880: https://1804books.com/products/black-reconstruction-in-america-1860-1880Assata: https://www.commabookstore.com/shop/p/assata-an-autobiographyMotown and the Making of Working-Class Revolutionaries: The Story of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers: https://www.ugapress.org/9780820374307/motown-and-the-making-of-working-class-revolutionariesThe Civil Rights Revolution & Montgomery Bus Boycott: https://liberationschool.org/civil-rights-and-the-u-s-revolution/Debunking the myth that “we’re not ready” for a general strike in the U.S.: https://liberationnews.org/debunking-the-myth-that-were-not-ready-for-a-general-strike-in-the-u-s/Alkebu-lan Village & Inner City Sub Center: https://liberationnews.org/dc-to-detroit-30-years-later-million-man-march-black-liberation/ The Republic of New Afrika: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/521c580a15244ad0bee5e33f121c2bffPeaches Anderson (my grandmother): https://www.congress.gov/114/crec/2016/06/09/162/91/CREC-2016-06-09-pt1-PgE867.pdfLearn more about PSL and get involved in the socialist movement: https://www2.pslweb.org/actionPSL Detroit: https://www.instagram.com/psldetroithttps://liberationnews.org/07-11-20-revolutionary-optimism-socialist-html/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGn-xR0Yw1QZiLgUtZJiAghqwsCjPObvdLxZMWzgAZBQoG1fTgdmf_SJcL_qe0_aem_EaFPq1Uqvl0IhHdwIw9A8ghttps://radicalreads.com/black-panthers-favorite-books/ Photo by Claudio Schwarz on Unsplash Get full access to Radicals for Good at radicalspod.substack.com/subscribe