In the first episode of our 12-part series Reading Frantz Fanon with Geo Maher, we will introduce the author and some of his writing.

Readings for Episode 1 are:

• CLR James, “From Du Bois to Fanon”
• Black Skin, White Masks, Introduction

Study Questions for Episode 1 are:

• Who was Frantz Fanon, and is it even possible to say? Where and when do we locate him?
• How does CLR James position Fanon within the history of Black and anticolonial thought?

Note: This course will refer to the new translations of Fanon's work by Richard Philcox, but any edition will work.

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

Readings for Episode 2 are:

• Black Skin, White Masks, Chapter 1 & 4

Study Questions for Episode 2 are:

• What is the relationship between language and colonialism?
• Fanon speaks of the “so-called” colonial dependency complex—is it real or is it fake?

Note: This course will refer to the new translations of Fanon's work by Richard Philcox, but any edition will work.

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

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

Readings for Episode 3 are:

• BSWM, Chapter 5

Study Questions for Episode 3 are:

• What does it mean for Fanon to make himself known?
• What is Fanon doing with the Hegelian dialectic in this?

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

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

Readings for Episode 4 are:

• BSWM, Ch. 7 & Conclusion

Study Questions for Episode 4 are:

• Is Fanon a philosopher of recognition?
• What is “the world of you,” and what does it take to build

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

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

Readings for Episode 5 are:

• Toward the African Revolution, Parts 1 & 2

Study Questions for Episode 5 are:

• Why does Fanon consider expatriation to be a mortal phenomenon?
• What do West Indians and Africans have in common? What do they not?

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

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

Readings for Episode 6 are:

• Toward the African Revolution Part 3, Part 4 with a focus on Chs. 2, 4, 7, 9, 14, 20, Part 5

Study Questions for Episode 6 are:

• What does sociogeny mean in the context of Fanon’s resignation letter?
• What is the relationship between colonialism and torture?

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