January 6: Day of the Rope

When was the last time you felt good about the internet? Today’s online landscape is a harrowing one. People screaming at each other on social media. Violent videos going viral. Cyberbullying, racism, misogyny. Back in the day, the web gave power to the people, and going online c ... Show More

Raised on active shooter and lockdown drills, Gen Z has endured an onslaught of violence — and emerged inspiring a wave of activism, a powerful gun safety movement, and hope. 

Easy to handle and easy to conceal, handguns went boom in the 2000s, the same moment when many Americans — falsely and tragically — began to equate guns with safety. 

Demonising protesters against Israel's onslaught has led - inevitably - to an anti-Muslim firestorm.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

As two films focus on the 1960s political group, Matt Chorley speaks to the Black Panthers' photographer Stephen Shames about how the organisation was born, and how many racial injustices still exist today. PLUS: Finkelvitch - Daniel Finkelstein and David Aaronovitch on the polit ... Show More

Protests erupt after police in Kenosha, WI, shoot unarmed Black man Jacob Blake seven times, and a white militia member goes on a shooting spree targeting demonstrators. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privac ... Show More

It’s been one year since a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, DC. They were attempting to overturn Joe Biden’s presidential election win by preventing theCongressional certification of his victory. As the attack on the Capitol unfolded, people on the internet im ... Show More

Dulcé Sloan digs into the history of July 4th, including Frederick Douglass's callout of its hypocrisy and the racist restrictions put on Black Americans' celebrations after the Civil War. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/ ... Show More

The EFF commander has been in the news repeatedly for making statements that many believe he should be charged for as he is inciting hate and violence against whites. Is Julius just being a populist leader?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

In March 1960, the South African police opened fire on a crowd of demonstrators in the township of Sharpeville, killing 69 people and injuring nearly 200 more. The massacre outraged black South Africans, leading to a radicalisation of anti-apartheid organisations such as the ANC ... Show More

The rioters on January 6th were overwhelmingly white and male. But sprinkled throughout the mob were several Black people and other people of color. In fact, a Black man who organized the January 6th “stop the steal” rally. It was from that rally’s podium that then-president Dona ... Show More