As we prepare for what's coming in the new year, we’re releasing a Best of 2025 series—by no means objective, and making plenty of tough decisions to leave a few favorites out. Each of these will also be posted in the public feed. We’ll be back early in the new year with new episodes.
This episode was originally released June 23rd 2025 for Death Panel patrons and is being unlocked today for the first time. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Original description: Beatrice speaks with William C. Anderson about the liberal tendency to limit political action to voting while simultaneously blaming victims of the electoral system for their own oppression (e.g. dismissal of the south as somehow “deserving” Republican control). We also discuss how this tendency towards indirect democracy vs direct democracy can spur despair and resignation, and how to resist it.
Read William's piece, Another way out: Fighting back against inaction here: https://prismreports.org/2025/06/03/inaction-voting-revolutionary-change/
Find Williams book here:
The Nation on No Map: Black Anarchism and Abolition: https://bookshop.org/a/118130/9781849354349
As Black As Resistance: https://bookshop.org/a/118130/9781849353168
Show links:
We're testing out a new Bookshop.org page (still under construction), where you can find books by past guests and book recommendations from the hosts. Find it here: bookshop.org/shop/deathpanel
Get Health Communism here: bookshop.org/a/118130/9781839765179
Find Tracy's book Abolish Rent here: bookshop.org/a/118130/9798888902523
Find Jules' latest book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: bookshop.org/a/118130/9781804291603
Outro by Time Wharp: timewharp.bandcamp.com/track/tezeta
