Jess Clarke is a writer, performer, and organizer from Oakland, California. They’ve been on the frontlines and in the back offices of justice struggles for the last half-century. From organizing a cultural center in San Francisco’s Tenderloin in the 1980’s, doing solidarity with the Zapatistas in the 90s, editing Race, Poverty & the Environment in the 2000s, to launching Radio Reimagine in the 2020s, liberation of all kinds —personal, social, economic and political—is the common goal of their projects. Jess has been a featured performer at the Oakland Museum, Oakland Public Library, Marsh Theater SF & Berkeley, Story Slam Oakland and Berkeley Repertory School of Theater.
Imagining Liberation Newest Episodes
Starting April 22,2022 Jess Clarke will be uploading new episodes of Imagining Liberation.
Jess Favorite Radio RP&E Episodes
Radio Reimagine and Radio RP&E Episodes with Host Jess Clarke
San Bernardino Groups Take on Warehouse Pollution
“These diesel trucks are going to go in our neighborhoods, regardless if you’re in Bloomington, Jurupa Valley, Fontana.
Radical Visions, Possible Worlds
A panel discussion with Grace Lee Boggs and Immanuel Wallerstein Moderated by Scott Kurashige
The Lie of Growth and the Power of the Small— Vandana Shiva and Gopal Dayaneni
“The growing “bio-economy” is based on control, manipulation and commodification of life… things like microbial factories that are producing industrial food products, that will make fuels and pharmaceuticals,...
Mother from Another…
“Mother from Another…” is a story from Jess Clarke’s grand opus, “Imagining Liberation.” This episode takes place in Mendocino, California in 1970. The narrator is 13 years old. Listen to...