Smart Funny & Black Productions

I had the joyous experience of speaking words of information and inspiration into the people of Jackson, Mississippi at Tougaloo College as a guest of organization Mississippi for a Just World. Keep up with my releases and appearances!Subscribe to my newsletter for free at AmandaSeales.comSupport the work here://Join the #sealessquad at Patreon.com/AmandaSeales//Stop by my lickle shop! AmandaLandExports.comatforms.This is a Smart Funny & Black Production

This week Spain stepped to get down with Ir@n, Cuba shows us the true meaning of mutual aid, Dems demonstrate more tactics of protection the wrong people and more!Keep up with my releases and appearances!Subscribe to my newsletter for free at AmandaSeales.comSupport the work here://Join the #sealessquad at Patreon.com/AmandaSeales//Stop by my lickle shop! AmandaLandExports.comatforms.This is a Smart Funny & Black Production

Our LEVEL US UP Guest is Shahem Mclaurin! An EMDR Therapist and LCSW in NYC, artist and host of @freedomcollectivepod.   Keep up with my releases and appearances!Subscribe to my newsletter for free at AmandaSeales.comSupport the work here://Join the #sealessquad at Patreon.com/AmandaSeales//Stop by my lickle shop! AmandaLandExports.comatforms.This is a Smart Funny & Black Production

This week Jasmine Crockett learned the hard way that caping for the oppressor is a no win, African socialist leaders are being targeted, US Senators aren't just making arms deals they're breaking arms, and more!Our LEVEL US UP Guest is Shahem Mclaurin! An EMDR Therapist and LCSW in NYC, artist and host of @freedomcollectivepod.   Keep up with my releases and appearances!Subscribe to my newsletter for free at AmandaSeales.comSupport the work here://Join the #sealessquad at Patreon.com/AmandaSeales//Stop by my lickle shop! AmandaLandExports.comatforms.This is a Smart Funny & Black Production

This week a share a big announcement, some words of wisdom, and the blind spot I missed about myself.Keep up with my releases and appearances!Subscribe to my newsletter for free at AmandaSeales.comSupport the work here://Join the #sealessquad at Patreon.com/AmandaSeales//Stop by my lickle shop! AmandaLandExports.comatforms.This is a Smart Funny & Black Production

Chris Alfonso, educator-organizer who taught in San Quentin and builds abolitionist campaigns. He talks about Marxist theory and its limits. He recounts prison education, direct action against pipelines, and leaving corporate life. He discusses class analysis, global capitalism, and organizing with D Grow NYC.

Chris Alfonso, educator and organizer working in prison education and eco-socialist campaigns, shares his journey from Bay Area politics to teaching at San Quentin. He discusses Marxist theory, dialectical materialism, decolonizing thought, class analysis versus identity politics, and organizing to stop a new Brooklyn jail. Short, sharp, and politically engaged conversation.

A dive into Imbolc, the Celtic midwinter celebration and its link to the goddess Brigid. Connections are drawn between seasonal cycles, lunar and Chinese astrological themes. Traditional rituals like Brigid's crosses and dairy feasts are highlighted. Practical ways to honor the season and align creativity with cyclical rhythms are shared.

Lawrence Seals, a combat medic turned community farmer and homesteader who runs Seals Family Farm and the Collectively Sustainable movement. He talks about using gardening as healing after military service. He outlines building hyper-local food and education networks, teaching kids practical homesteading skills, seed saving, water-wise land choices, and scaling decentralized stewardship centers.

Rapid-fire headlines cover Haitian reprieve, Zara controversy, and a notable verdict for six activists. Discussions jump to Epstein file questions, U.S. strikes in Somalia and geopolitical manipulation. The show also recounts an ICE arrest hearing alleging medical neglect and critiques how brands mix politics with capitalism.