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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.

Lawrence Seals, founder of Seals Family Farm and the Collectively Sustainable movement, builds hyper-local food and barter networks. He discusses healing through gardening after military service, creating community education on homesteading, seed saving and heirloom practices, and practical tips for choosing land, water and building local resilience.

A guided centering and grounding meditation teaches energetic hygiene to make the body feel like a safe space. Ancestral wisdom in the cells and accepting the body as home are explored. Astrology comes in with Neptune entering Aries and how that shift impacts emotions, boundaries, and spiritual stamina.

In :60 Second Headlines we cover Trump Doesn't 2nd the 2nd Amendment, Get Off Tik Tok!, Panopticon in Falesteen 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

For the AFRICA TAP IN we are joined by Kenyan pan-africanist, Orina, host of "Sell Afrika to Afrikans" to talk the state of Kenya, must read books for decolonizing the mind, 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

A fierce recap of Ilhan Omar standing her ground during a public attack. A deep Africa tap-in with a Kenyan pan-African voice on Western influence, land theft, IMF control and calls for diaspora solidarity. Rapid fire headlines on TikTok surveillance, a biometric panopticon for Palestinians, shifting U.S. gun politics, and grounding practices to reclaim the body as a safe space.