Hella Black Podcast EP 169: Venezuela and the Changing Geopolitical Terrain
Jan 6, 2026
A wide-ranging look at shifting global power, focusing on Venezuela’s geostrategic role and the U.S. moves to control its resources. Conversations about how sanctions, proxy wars and private operations shape modern conflict. Debate over protest rituals versus programmatic organizing, youth political education, and building resilient local institutions for decolonization.
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Neoliberal Capture Repeats Over Time
- Decades-long patterns like neoliberal co-optation and commodified movements persist across epochs.
- Delency Parham warns that lacking a concrete program leaves movements vulnerable to capture and collapse.
Protests Without Strategy Become Therapy
- Many contemporary protests function as cathartic group therapy without strategy to disrupt systemic wealth production.
- Abbas Muntaqim calls out a misleadership class that channels energy into permitted, ineffectual demonstrations.
Educate Youth Early And Build Cadres
- Teach youth political history and cadre practices early to prevent funneling into NGO or electoral pipelines.
- Get into schools and youth centers to develop leadership and durable political consciousness.
