The Black Panthers and the Possibility of Freedom with Billy X Jennings and Eamonn Mccann

02/01/2021 41 min Episodio 55
The Black Panthers and the Possibility of Freedom with Billy X Jennings and Eamonn Mccann

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Episode Synopsis

A summer special edition featuring highlights from the Marxism conference archives. On this episode we hear from Billy X Jennings a Black Panther Party veteran member, activist, educator and archivist speaking at Marxism 2013. Billy X Jennings acted as the personal aid to BPP leaders Huey Newton and David Hilliard. 
We also hear from Eamonn McCann, a journalist, socialist activist and former People Before Profit MLA member from Derry, Ireland. Eamonn is recorded as part of a panel at Marxism 2015 on the subject ‘why you should be a socialist’.
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Hosted by Roz Ward. Produced by Liam Ward. 
Music by Dan Kenny.