The Real News NetworkJun/2023Marc Steiner interviews Dan Berger, author of ‘Stayed on Freedom: the Long History of Black Power Through One Family’s Journey’, along with Dr. Zoharah Simmons and Michael Simmons, whose stories are featured in the book.
Death PanelDec/2022"The pandemic prison." How mass incarceration has driven the spread of the pandemic, how prisons and other carceral sites have used covid as an excuse to be more punitive, and why we need to renew calls from early in the pandemic to "free them all for public health."
Death panelJun/2022Abolition and the pandemic--Dan Berger discusses how carceral institutions spread disease and why abolitionists demand "free them all for public health."
Rumble with Michael MooreJun/2021"Welcome to the Department of Restorative Justice and Redemption." America’s prison system is brutal, stupid and inhumane. “Reform” or band-aids will not make it better – it must be uprooted, abolished and replaced.
Money on the LeftMay/2021Money on the Left is joined by Emily K. Hobson and Dan Berger, coeditors and curators of the recently published collection Remaking Radicalism: A Grassroots Documentary Reader of the United States, 1973-2001.
Carceral Studies ConsortiumDec/2020On this episode, Dr. Dan Berger defines the Carceral State and explores its roots and impact. Berger argues that protest against the Carceral State is one of its key features, and he discusses the modern history of radicalism.
SuperstructureNov/2020"Abolitionism: What Is and What Could Be." Cohosts Will Beaman, Natalie Smith, and Maxximilian Seijo are joined by historian Dan Berger to reflect on the political economy of abolitionism and its critical importance for the Left.
Millenials are Killing CapitalismSep/2020In this episode we interview prisoner movement historians Dan Berger and Toussaint Losier who co-authored the book Rethinking The American Prison Movement. Today is the 49th anniversary of the Attica Rebellion, and in this episode we honor the ongoing tradition of prisoner resistance by examining the history of prisoner movements, and discussing the challenges faced by prisoners as well as abolitionists on both sides of the walls amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and the current movement for Black Lives in the streets.
The Lit ReviewJan/2018Monica and Page sat down with authors Dan Berger and Toussaint Losier to chat about their latest book, Rethinking the American Prison Movement, which provides a short and accessible overview of the transformational and ongoing struggles against America's prison system.
Beyond PrisonsJun/2017Dan Berger joins Brian Sonenstein and Kim Wilson for episode 9 of Beyond Prisons to discuss his book, "Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era."