On today’s show, we’re broadcasting host Esty Dinur’s conversation with Kamau Franklin, recorded at the Socialism 2025 Conference. They discuss organizing against the militarized law enforcement training center called “Cop City” in Atlanta, the assault of and targeting of Black communities by police, how to respond to Trump’s agenda, and how the left can have diverse approaches to organizing.

Kamau Franklin (he/him) is the founder of Community Movement Builders. He’s been a dedicated community organizer for over thirty years. For 18 years, Kamau was a leading member of a national grassroots organization dedicated to the ideas of self-determination and the teachings of Malcolm X. He’s spearheaded organizing work in areas, including youth organizing, police misconduct, and developing sustainable urban communities. Kamau has coordinated community cop-watch programs, liberation schools for youth, electoral and policy campaigns, large-scale community gardens, organizing collectives and alternatives to incarceration programs. Kamau was an attorney for ten years in New York with his own practice in criminal, civil rights and transactional law. He now lives in Atlanta with his wife and two children.

Featured image of graffiti saying “Stop Cop City” in Atlanta via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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