The Story of Kuwasi Balagoon Part 1 ft. Andrew
It Could Happen Here
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4.0 • 6.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2022
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Andrew walks us through the early years and political development of Black anarchist Kuwasi Balagoon
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| 0:00.0 | My name is Joshua Topolsky and I have a new podcast called What Future. |
| 0:04.5 | But I want to tell you that I'm being forced by my producer to record a promo telling you about my show. |
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| 0:26.6 | And that's fine, you know, no judgment. |
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| 1:39.4 | Welcome to it could happen here a podcast that I've cooed and yeah, welcome to the inaugural podcast where it's just Christopher and Andrew. |
| 1:57.4 | I'm your host Christopher Long and I got I got Andrew with with me today to cast the pod. |
| 2:04.4 | Okay, yes, I have done an age for thank you for that I had to sacrifice you for that one because I was not going to do it myself. |
| 2:16.4 | Welcome to the first in a two part exploration of the new African revolutionary known as Kua Si Balakoon. |
| 2:27.4 | He's one of the most recognizable black and arctic radicals of the whole black and arctic radical tradition recognized for his constant struggle for his political journey and for his insights in the cause of you know black freedom in the US. |
| 2:47.4 | I think his very layered journey is one I believe that more people should explore and I hope that more people would come away with this episode and the following episode the second part with a recognition of what an inspiring person is and what. |
| 3:10.4 | We can can learn from his life. Hell yeah, I'm excited he's super cool. |
| 3:19.4 | Yeah, yeah, for many reasons. |
| 3:22.4 | And so I think we will start at the very beginning as most humans do I don't think we know if anybody who just kind of flopped on to the earth fully formed. |
| 3:31.4 | His Kua Si Balakoon was not his original name was his chosen name you was born Donald Williams in the majority black community of Lakeland in Prince George County Maryland on December 22nd 1946. |
| 3:46.4 | So I'm sure he got like his Christmas presents and his birthday presents like combined. |
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