Jun 4, 2017
Burn Down the American
Plantation
For this episode, we are featuring a conversation that William had
with some members of The Base, a social and political space in
Brooklyn, about a book they co authored called Burn Down the
American Plantation, which outlines a potential revolutionary
praxis that coincides with the history and present of black
liberation, radical self defense, building a revolutionary society,
the formation of the Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement, and many
other topics. This book is just out from AK Press, and a free pdf
can be found at Revolutionary Abolition.
Announcements:
Oppose
Islamophobia
The Islamophobic right in the U.S. has called for a "National March
Against Sharia" for June 10th with knuckledraggers in about 20
cities signed up to participate according to Proud Boy Magazine.
Needless to say, there will be opportunities for those of us with
enough brain power to realize that the U.S. is in no danger of EVER
becoming a state run by Sharia law and that this is nothing but a
poorly masked call to increase violence against our friends,
neighbors and families of African and Asian descent and who also
who may be Muslims. If you plan to oppose the ACT! for
America events in your area, check out the article on Antifascist News to find where
the nearest to you will be. It's suggested that if you are
planning to attend, keep your identity safe, travel with friends,
park away from the event and share emergency information with your
buddies. For those in Western North Carolina, Raleigh may be
the nearest place of engagement.
In the wake of continued violence by Islamophobic elements of the
right, including the recent stabbing deaths of two and injury of a
third antiracist who stepped up to try to stop the harassment of
two women of color wearing headscarfs on Portland public transit,
it's imperative for those who oppose bigotry in all of its forms
and want to do something about it take care of ourselves and know
how to fight back.
Haymaker Popular Fitness and
Self-Defense: podcast special release
In this vein, stay tuned for our online release alongside this
episode of our interview with organizers with the Haymaker Popular Fitness and Self-Defense gym
project in Chicago. Their indiegogo campaign is nearing it's
end, so we wanted to help give it a little push and get them some
more donations. In the interview we spoke about building the
muscles and self-confidence to fight off stranger attacks, as well
as this project as an attempt to empower those struggling against
intimate violence, we talk about queering workout spaces and
concepts of
violence. To check out more about their fundraising and watch
their demo video by finding their page on indiegogo. This segment
will become an episode in the near future.
JUNE 11th: Day of solidarity
with eco and anarchist prisoners
June 11th is next Sunday, y'all. Check out https://June11.org for a list of events in your
area. We had announced a concert here in Asheville but due to
circumstances beyond our control we'll be holding instead a vegan
cookout at Firestorm Books and Coffee at 610 Haywood Rd from
3:30-6pm including presentations on prison realities for queer and
trans folks, long term eco and anarchist prisoners cases and the
history of the greenscare. Alongside of this we'll be showing
the documentary, "Better This World," about the frame up on
terrorism charges of Bradley Crowder and David McKay, two young
activists by the megalomaniacal former leftist turned right-wing
crackpot Brandon Darby during the 2008 Republican National
Convention in St. Paul, MN.
Also, check out this awesome benefit tape of country and folk music.
Aaaaand, this awesome series of podcasts have been coming out from June 11th organizers about prisoners and prisoner support in the run up to J11 this year: Grace chats on Jeremy Hammond; Supporters on Eric King; Josh Harper on incarceration and prisoner support; CLE4 and Nicole & Joseph interview; Leslie James Pickering on J11
Queer Cafeteria: Know Your
Host!
Queer Cafeteria is a companion podcast to Fed Up Fest, which is a
queer music festival in chicago this year. You can hear your host -
among many other folks - talk about class and queerness /
transness, hear me swear A LOT, and hear some really fantastic
music from queer and trans artists from all over singing about all
sorts of things the kids are talking about. You can hear this
episode at their soundcloud and hit up
queer cafeteria on facebook by searching the name. You can keep in
touch with fed up fest at the Fed Up Fest website.
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