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Dorian Wallace (composer/music therapist)
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Composer, music therapist, pianist
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In this episode, we dive deep into the foundational concepts of Liberation Psychology and the Praxis Wheel, an activist framework central to this workshop. Today’s session examines the various types of trauma, how they manifest, and how to navigate them.
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Trauma-Informed and Trauma Sensitive Practice | Liberation Music Therapy Ep 3
Liberation Music Therapy Series
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December 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Liberation Music Therapy Teach-In (Online)
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Liberation Music Therapy Teach-In (Online)
11-Week Online Workshop Series, Sundays, 8–9:30 PM EST/Nov 2–Jan 11. Exploring The Praxis Wheel, trauma-informed care, pedagogy of the oppressed, caste & class, mindfulness, and collective agency.$25/...
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November 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Liberation Music Therapy: 11-Week Online Teach-In
Sun. 8–9:30 PM EST, Nov 2–Jan 11. Facilitated by Dorian Wallace, MT-BC
Open to therapists, artists, students, educators, & healers.
Suggested $25/Full Series: $200
No one turned away for lack of funds
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Liberation Music Therapy Teach-In (Online)
11-Week Online Workshop Series, Sundays, 8–9:30 PM EST/Nov 2–Jan 11. Exploring The Praxis Wheel, trauma-informed care, pedagogy of the oppressed, caste & class, mindfulness, and collective agency.$25/...
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October 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Autocrats and authoritarian movements weaponize moments of violence. An assassination can become the justification for repression, pogrom, or dictatorship. #autocracy #maga #charliekirk
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Assassination and Pretext
Why We Must Be Watchful
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September 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Understanding the Imperial Boomerang
Capitalism’s need for endless growth drives imperialism.Imperialism enforces control through forms of colonialism.The violence used abroad to subjugate colonized peoples eventually returns home, transforming domestic institutions into engines of internal repression.This is the root of fascism.Capitalism → Colonialism, Colonialism = Fascism Abroad, Fascism = Colonialism at Home.
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August 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Black August is a month-long observance dedicated to prison abolitionism, honoring Black freedom fighters, political prisoners, & Black resistance against racial and state oppression. It is a call to study, fast, train, fight, & listen. #BlackLivesMatter

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Black August: A Listening Guide
Study, Fast, Train, Listen.
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July 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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In 2017, a former neo-Nazi took hostages & led police to his two murdered neo-Nazi roommates. He claimed he killed them after converting to Salafi Islam and being mocked, expressing support for both white nationalism & jihadism. #Fascism #MAGA #Islamophobia #antifa
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A Ridiculous Story of Extremism
Neo-Nazis, Salafi Jihadism, and the Death Cult of a Counterfeit Masculinity
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July 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Free Online Workshop/Th 07.03.25/8:30–10pm ET
w/ Dorian Wallace, MT-BC As fascism escalates, music therapists & creatives are vital. Join this 90-min session on trauma-informed, liberation-rooted practice for healing & resistance. #musiciansky #musictherapy #music

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Liberation Music Therapy in the Time of Trump
A Free Online Workshop on Trauma, Art, and Supporting the Resistance
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June 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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The Liberation Music Therapist podcast explores how music therapy can challenge systems like capitalism and colonialism while supporting trauma healing in prisons, hospice care, and beyond. #musiciansky #mentalhealth #liberation #antifascim

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The Liberation Music Therapist: Episode 1-Introduction to the Podcast
A Teaching Podcast
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June 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Drawing from work in prisons, hospice, and cult recovery, Wallace introduces the Praxis Wheel, a framework for ethical, decolonial, and politically conscious healing practices.

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Liberation Music Therapy in the Time of Trump
Workshop on Trauma, Art, and Supporting the Resistance
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June 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Capitalism Is A Good Idea In Theory, But It Just Doesn't Work In Practice #Capitalism #CapitalismSucks #MAGA #Antifa open.substack.com/pub/doriansm...
Capitalism Is A Good Idea In Theory, But It Just Doesn't Work In Practice
Capitalisms Death Toll
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June 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Capitalism Is A Good Idea In Theory, But It Just Doesn't Work In Practice open.substack.com/pub/doriansm...
Capitalism Is A Good Idea In Theory, But It Just Doesn't Work In Practice
Capitalisms Death Toll
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June 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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As Trump escalates fascism, the need for trauma-informed, liberation work is urgent. 90-minute online workshop is for music therapists, mental health professionals, & activists.
#MusicTherapy #LiberationPsychology #TraumaInformed #MutualAid #AntiFascist #Trumpism
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Liberation Music Therapy in the Time of Trump
A Free Online Workshop on Trauma, Art, and Supporting the Resistance
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June 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Progressive Ranked-Voting Guide

1. Zohran Mamdani
2. Brad Lander
3. Zellnor Myrie
4. Adrienne Adams
5. Michael Blake

#RankedChoiceVoting #NYCPrimary2025 #NYCMayor #Vote #NYCVotes #ImmigrantJustice #HousingJustice #ClimateJustice #NoToCuomo #DitchCuomo #LeftIsBest

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Ranked Choice Voting Guide
How to Vote in NYC’s 2025 Mayoral Primary
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June 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Given how Trump and Musk are behaving, maybe it’s time we admit men are just too emotional for leadership roles.

#ToxicMasculinity #LeadershipCrisis #EmotionalMen #MAGA #Fascism #Musk #Trump #Sad #Wrong
June 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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The American Far Right Is Not a Glitch, Part 3
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #ProtectTransKids #LGBTQ #NoToFascism #TransLivesMatter #FascismInAmerica #MoralPanic #StochasticTerrorism #FarRightPlaybook #ChristianNationalism #Gender #TransLiberation #TransYouthBelong

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The American Far Right Is Not a Glitch, Part 3
Consolidation, Cruelty, and Counter-Revolution
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June 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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This Machine Kills Fascists! #MAGA #Fascism #Antifascism #FarRight #Empathy #MentalHealth #FightFascism #Trump

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Capitalism, Empathy, and the Fascist Playbook
How fascism weaponizes labor divisions, dehumanization, and economic myths
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May 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Dorian Wallace - Hasta Siempre (Laeh Su Tel! Psychology In A New Key) #musiciansky #classicalmusic #jazz #antifa #politicalmusic #socialism #politics #improvised #ropeadope #Brooklyn #pianosky #piano #clasical #newmusic #jazzmusic #jazzpiano #classicalpiano #cuban
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Dorian Wallace - Hasta Siempre
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May 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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It’s important to remember that trauma is not a competition. No one “wins” by carrying more pain, and no one is “less than” for carrying less. Trauma is trauma. We must hold space for that truth with compassionate action and humility. #EngagedBuddhism #Activism
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Engaged, Not Entangled
Walking Through the Fire
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May 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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I’m excited to invite you to the release of my double album, Laeh Su Tel! — Psychology In A New Key and A Healing Sound For The People! This is a deeply personal project I’ve carried with me for years, waiting for the right time to bring it to life. #Musiciansky
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PRESS RELEASE: DORIAN WALLACE - DOUBLE ALBUM RELEASE
Music Therapy Informed, Political Tradition, and Spontaneous Improvisation
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April 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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The Praxis Wheel is a conceptual tool designed to serve as a compass for therapeutic and activist work in real-time. It offers guidance for ethical, responsive, and culturally grounded engagement in liberatory practice. #LiberationPsychology #RadicalTherapy open.substack.com/pub/doriansm...
The Praxis Wheel (Revised)
An Activist Framework for Safe, Liberatory Pathways in Creative, Healing, and Communal Spaces
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April 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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The American Far Right Is Not a Glitch, Part 2
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The American Far Right Is Not a Glitch, Part 2
Conspiracy Politics and Reactionary Populism
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April 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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A man says "fuck it. I wanna be serialized. I'm tired of living comic to comic. I want to experience more. I don't want my eternally reviving body to be used for momentary vignettes. I want to be somebody." Another man says "Oh Gary, I don't think it works like that. We are doomed to nothingness after the next panel." Gary shakes his fists toward the heavens and shouts "NO! I refuse! My name is Gary! I deserve more life!"
April 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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The far right has historically adapted to the needs of power. Elites cultivate, protect, and retool it when the systems they oversee begin to lose legitimacy. #MAGA #Trump #Musk #AntiTrump #AntiMusk #DOGE #Antifa

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The American Far Right Is Not a Glitch
A Brief Overview of 21st-Century American Reactionary Chauvanism/Fascism
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March 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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This describes capitalist class structure via 3 distinct ladders, Labor, Gentry, and Elite, + the Underclass. Class is determined by access to capital, production, & institutional power.

#ClassAnalysis #LaborSolidarity #MutualAid #Capitalism #WorkingClass #Workers
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Understanding Social Class
Who Owns? Who Serves? Who Labors? Who Is Left Behind?
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March 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM