In 2023, Billy Porter announced that he'd been lead acting, co-writing, and co-producing a biopic on a famed writer, James Baldwin, for Allen Media Group, owned by Byron Allen. But once you start digging into the past of these two black people, you learn this history of Zionism, their complicity in Palestinian genocide, and now their pursuit to co-opt the revolutionary legacy of James Baldwin.

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VIDEO ESSAY CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro
01:44 The basics of this film
03:00 What is Zionism and how it has led to Palestinian subjugation
06:36 The realities of Palestinian life under Zionism
09:49 The impact of the Oslo Accords
12:08 How I learned about Zionism and the struggle for Palestinian liberation in 2014
13:17 How Capitalism Hurts Black and Palestinian People
15:39 How Black and Palestinian Liberation Oppose State Violence
16:58 How capitalism encourages POC to sell each other out
18:40 Why Billy Porter is a bad person to lead this movie because of his capitalism and Zionism
21:16 Billy Porter's past and how trauma can lead people to assimilate to Capitalism
26:00 The contradictions of artist elites trying to represent radical histories
29:26 Bryon Allen's Capitalism and Zionism as the owner of Allen Media Group
34:24 Bryon Allen, the Talented Tenth, and Black elitism
37:28 Why Capitalism Will Not Save Us
38:50 How to STOP THIS JAMES BALDWIN FILM and Outro
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This video essay embarks on a comprehensive exploration, unraveling the complexities surrounding Porter's involvement, the historical context of Zionism, the insidious influence of capitalism, and the intersecting struggles for liberation. From Baldwin's indelible legacy to the contentious intersections of identity politics, capitalism, and resistance movements, this discourse navigates through layers of history, ideology, and socio-political dynamics. #jamesbaldwin #billyporter

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