Abdul El-Sayed, the newly minted Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, repeatedly promoted to his podcast listeners a notorious book that encourages violent rioting and claims the U.S. government "kills untold millions," the Washington Free Beacon can reveal.

El-Sayed made the plug for the book, Let This Radicalize You, at least 10 times on his podcast, America Dissected.

"Support for this podcast comes from Marguerite Casey Foundation. Mutual aid is the story of the century, and it's featured prominently in the book, Let This Radicalize You: Organizing in the Revolution of Reciprocal Care, coauthored by Kelly Hayes and Marguerite Casey Foundation scholar Mariam Kaba," El-Sayed offered in a plug from an episode broadcast on Sept. 19, 2023.

"Check out their conversation with abolitionist organizers and lessons from the book and how communities are putting them into practice," he added.

The unabashedly anti-American book, which was published in May 2023, promises readers "a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building power in an era of destabilization and catastrophe," according to its Amazon description—and it does not disappoint.

In chapter six: "'Violence' in Social Movements," the authors dismiss peaceful protests as submissive to the state and argue that violent protesters should not necessarily be considered "bad."

"Fetishizing distinctions between violence and nonviolence can lead to the indulgence of rhetoric about 'good' and 'bad' protesters, where 'peaceful' protesters are celebrated and 'violent' protesters—for example, those who engage in property destruction that disrupts profit—are viewed as disposable and disreputable," the pair writes.

"And when they refer to 'peaceful protest,' they are talking about cooperative protest that obediently stays within the lines drawn by the state."

"This licenses people to care about the cause being protested without caring about what happens to the 'bad' protesters. For example, even as significant numbers of people supported the uprisings following the racist murder of George Floyd, many fewer people vocally defended the rights of protesters who were arrested for acts of property destruction and funneled into the racist carceral system," they added.

Elsewhere in the chapter, the authors declare "there is no greater purveyor of violence in the world than the US government. From war to policing to incarceration to border violence to the slashing of the social safety net, the US government kills untold millions. The violence of rebellion is infinitesimal by comparison."

"The maintenance of global capitalism necessitates mass death," the book asserts. "If you choose to disrupt these systems, passively, destructively, or by way of extending mutual aid, the concept of violence may be stretched and manipulated by the powerful to encompass your work. That is why we must not allow the frameworks of the powerful to define the bounds of morality in our politics and our action."

The book also defended the Defund the Police movement, an anti-law enforcement mania which called for slashing the budgets of and otherwise hobbling big city police departments that took root in progressive circles during the Black Lives Matter protests.

"Organizers campaigning to defund the police and redirect funds toward life-giving services are blamed for alleged spikes in violent crime, even though no correlation exists between defund efforts and crime rates," the authors insist without evidence.

Many podcasts are advertiser-supported, and it is common for hosts to read advertisements for their sponsors on air. Many prospective sponsors require the host to read the ad themselves and—like El-Sayed did—thus give a personal endorsement.

America Dissected, which has not released a new episode since November, promises to explore "what's really making us sick and what we'll need to take on — be it racism, corporate capitalism, or snake oil salesmen — to keep all of us healthy" and is part of a suite of podcasts owned by Crooked Media, the podcast company founded by the so-called Obama bros, Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor.

Last week, El-Sayed became the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan after defeating Rep. Haley Stevens. Though polls had predicted a double-digit victory, El-Sayed eked out a narrow plurality win—with a majority of Democratic primary voters casting their ballot against him.

Though he has made opposition to wealth a hallmark of his campaign, El-Sayed has faced scrutiny for an international real estate portfolio and luxury watch collection.

El-Sayed has also raised eyebrows for his consistent refusal to denounce the 9/11 terrorist attacks or a top surrogate, Hasan Piker, who has said America deserved the terrorist massacre. On the eve of the primary vote, El-Sayed joined Piker at an influencer pool party in Detroit.

Shortly after his election win, Piker dismissed Haley voters as "Islamophobic pieces of shit."