CONSCIOUS CAPITALISM IS A CONTRADICTION | itsnotapodcast Ep. 35 ft. Phill Campbell, Yale PhD Student

What does it actually mean to be "conscious" while still being a capitalist? This week we sit down with Phil Campbell — a Bronx organizer, Yale Black Studies PhD, and member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, fresh off a trip to Cuba — for a real conversation about scientific socialism, black capitalism, the Democratic Party, and what revolution actually requires. Ka'Nye holds it down on the conscious-capitalist side. BEST SHOW ON THE INTERNET EP 35!

We're hosted on the Perspective Media Network — insightful conversation for Gen Z, by Gen Z.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Cold open — "to be conscious and capitalist is a contradiction"
00:36 Intro & welcome Phil
01:55 Who is Phil? Bronx organizer to Yale PhD
04:36 Black capitalism vs socialism in the media
05:51 Organizing New Haven, PSL, housing & Palestine
08:30 What a community organizer actually does
10:02 Growing up in the Bronx & finding the work
16:28 The left, Jubilee vs the Chainslayers & left media
19:43 What Phil identifies as politically (scientific socialist)
24:54 Racial capitalism — race as the capitalist's weapon
29:15 Revolution is not an exportable commodity
30:46 Socialism represented in the U.S. — literacy & Cuba
39:53 "I'd never vote Democrat again" — elections & 2024
46:11 You don't have to be a communist — the ecosystem
50:58 Is anarchy an option? Why it fails our people
54:09 Socialist Reconstruction & what socialism really is
58:12 "So I'm a capitalist — you got capital?"
01:02:12 Who are you exploiting to make your money?
01:09:40 Does socialism need to govern capitalism? (the Mamdani question)
01:12:00 Why "conscious capitalism" is a contradiction
01:14:04 Imperialism, Nkrumah & the Black community's role
01:19:02 Anti-imperialism, war & self-defense
01:23:55 Let Cuba Live — solar panels & how to support
01:24:32 Get organized — closing & part two

REFERENCED -
Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) — Socialist Reconstruction (book)
Kwame Nkrumah & Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) — on imperialism
Let Cuba Live solar campaign — letcubalive.info/shirt
Shout outs: All-African People's Revolutionary Party, Black Men Build, CodePink

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