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Class 5: Reading The Black Jacobins with Geo Maher

This is the fifth episode of our 12-part series Reading the Black Jacobins with Geo Maher.

Readings for Episode 5 are:

  • Ch. 4, “The San Domingo Masses Begin”

Study Questions for Episode 5 are:

  • Who were the slaves, how did they work, and how did they resist?
  • Why does James call them “masses”?

As always, we’ll be using the post-1963 edition of The Black Jacobins, which is identifiable by the Appendix.

The Abolition School Radio podcast is a collaboration between Haymarket Books and the W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition and Reconstruction.

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Oct 27, 2026

Class 7: Reading Frantz Fanon with Geo Maher

This is the seventh episode of our 12-part series Reading Frantz Fanon with Geo Maher.

Readings for Episode 7 are:

  • A Dying Colonialism, Preface and first half

Study Questions for Episode 7 are:

  • What does the question of the veil, past and present, tell us about how revolution transforms meaning?

The Abolition School Radio podcast is a collaboration between Haymarket Books and the W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition and Reconstruction.

Oct 27, 2026

Class 8: Reading Frantz Fanon with Geo Maher

This is the eighth episode of our 12-part series Reading Frantz Fanon with Geo Maher.

Readings for Episode 8 are:

  • A Dying Colonialism, Second Half

Study Questions for Episode 8 are:

  • How does decolonization negotiate with colonial culture and technology? What is the relationship between past, present, and future?

The Abolition School Radio podcast is a collaboration between Haymarket Books and the W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition and Reconstruction.

Oct 27, 2026

Class 9: Reading Frantz Fanon with Geo Maher

This is the ninth episode of our 12-part series Reading Frantz Fanon with Geo Maher.

Readings for Episode 9 are:

  • The Wretched of the Earth, Ch. 1

Study Questions for Episode 9 are:

  • Why is there no introduction?
  • Why is decolonization a necessarily violent phenomenon? Hint: there are several different pieces.

The Abolition School Radio podcast is a collaboration between Haymarket Books and the W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition and Reconstruction.

Oct 27, 2026

Class 10: Reading Frantz Fanon with Geo Maher

This is the tenth episode of our 12-part series Reading Frantz Fanon with Geo Maher.

Readings for Episode 10 are:

  • The Wretched of the Earth, Ch. 2

Study Questions for Episode 10 are:

  • What are the contours of the dialectics of decolonization?
  • Where does motion begin, where does it spread, how does it conclude—if it concludes at all?

The Abolition School Radio podcast is a collaboration between Haymarket Books and the W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition and Reconstruction.

Oct 27, 2026

Class 11: Reading Frantz Fanon with Geo Maher

This is the eleventh episode of our 12-part series Reading Frantz Fanon with Geo Maher.

Readings for Episode 11 are:

  • The Wretched of the Earth, Ch. 3

Study Questions for Episode 11 are:

  • What is the difference between nationalism and national consciousness?

The Abolition School Radio podcast is a collaboration between Haymarket Books and the W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition and Reconstruction.

Oct 27, 2026

Class 12: Reading Frantz Fanon with Geo Maher

This is the final episode of our 12-part series Reading Frantz Fanon with Geo Maher. If you liked this season of Abolition School Radio, tune in to our other seasons on W.E.B. Du Bois’ Black Reconstruction, CLR James’ Black Jacobins, a course on the Mexican Revolution, and more at haymarketbooks.org.

Readings for Episode 12 are:

  • The Wretched of the Earth, Ch. 4

Study Questions for Episode 11 are:

  • What is a genuine national culture?
  • Fanon tells us that the European game is over: what’s next?

The Abolition School Radio podcast is a collaboration between Haymarket Books and the W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition and Reconstruction.

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