Jan 29, 2017
The Inspection House
This time we are rebroadcasting an episode which originally aired
in March 2015 with the two authors of the book "The Inspection
House", Emily Horne and Tim Maly. In this interview we talk about
the book, the idea of the panopticon, the concept of security
theater as a psychologically repressive tool and much more. We
decided that now would be a good time to rebroadcast this
particular episode because, what with a bunch of comrades and heros
ramping up in righteous ways on various fronts, it might be a good
idea to re-introduce this idea of panoptic surveillance with an eye
to helping spark conversations in yalls communities about security
culture and keeping safe in the midst of a high key surveillance
state. It's believed that under Trump, the surveillance will only
get more nightmarish and more fascistic, however we can and will
adapt to this newer state of affairs.
To get a copy of this book and to read some more about it and the
authors, you can visit https://chbooks.com/Books/T/The-Inspection-House
Make Airports Great for the First Time Ever
If you are listening in Asheville, there is a protest called for at
4pm TODAY at the Atlanta airport - which is the busiest in the
country - in response to Trump's ban on Muslim people from
countries including Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and
Yemen. This has led to folks with greencards getting detained and
questioned in airports all over the U.S. If you can make the drive
and want to be a part of the already massive resistance, please
do!
Be advised that protesting at airports is a different ballgame than
in the streets, the presence of homeland security makes the
possibility of being detained for lengthy periods without access to
legal aid more likely. Keep yourself and your crew safe by making
sure no one gets lost or separated.
https://itsgoingdown.org/igd-protests-breakout-airports-trumps-immigration-ban/
Announcements
Sean Swain on Hunger Strike
Sean Swain continues his hunger strike against his unfair treatment
at the hands of the Ohio Department of Corrections at Warren
Corruptional in Lebanon, Ohio. For those who don't know Sean,
here's some background.
Sean Swain went to prison in 1991 for defending himself during a
home invasion. He was dating and living with a woman and her
kids when her abusive ex-partner and father of the kids was
released from prison and came to confront Sean, who he saw as a
usurper. When dude kicked in the door to the apartment Sean
defended himself from what he saw was an attacker with a weapon and
stabbed the man. Sean had no prior record. The home
invader was related to court officials and so the case was made and
Sean Swain was convicted.
As time went on, Sean became politicized in prison, developed
anarchist critiques and began publishing zines with the help of
outside groups like Anarchist Black Cross. As time went on,
Sean became a thorn in the side of the administration of his
prisons by developing and implementing skills as a jailhouse
lawyer, adept at filing lawsuits on behalf of himself and other
prisoners against deplorable conditions.
In 2012, Sean was charged with being an organizer with the Army of
the 12 Monkeys, a guerrilla sabotage movement in the Ohio Prison
system that spread ideas of resistance among prisoners and
organized conflagrations in institutions. Sean denied his
participation with what he called a self-styled Maoist
organization, though he expressed appreciation of the
content. Due to this conviction, Sean was shuttered away in
super duper uber mega ultramax prisons. This is when our
relationship with Sean began.
Since January 19th, 2014, we've aired mostly weekly installments of
a segment by Sean called "You Are The Resistance", in which Sean
talks about his time inside, his ideas, shares his humor at the
illogical world of politics and what he calls Swivelization and
more. You can find these segments linked from Sean's support
site, http://seanswain.org, alongside his writings and
updates on his case.
Sean is currently being held in a suicide cell, away from general
population at Warren CI in Lebanon, Ohio, as I mentioned. He
has refused to speak to administrators and refused food since
December 26th of 2016, only taking water. This is worrisome
as he's no spring chicken, he's hunger struck before, and according
to word that got out a few days ago he's dropped in weight by 28
pounds and has crossed the 30 day threshold, increasing the danger
of organ and bone damage due to lack of nutrients.
Sean is striking because administration keeps throwing unwarranted
charges his way and isn't providing him with functioning means of
communication with his aging parents and his supporters.
Here's what you can do, dear listeners: you could annoy the Deputy
Warden of Operations at Warren CI by calling him at 513 932 3388
extension 2005 and requesting that he seee to the repair of all
broken phones at the institution holding Sean and a regular
schedule of maintenance be established.
You can also call Warden’s Assistant Greg Kraft (513) 932-3388 ext.
2010 and request that they retract the charge of extortion that's
been placed on Sean and that they stop messing with our boy.
Stay Dangerous, Swainiacs, and let's get Sean outta the hole and
back on the mac n cheese.
Legal Defense for J20 Protesters
Various community defense funds have sprung up around getting
support moneys to folks facing charges from arrests in Washington
DC while protesting the Inauguration of Donald Kampf, I mean Trump
on January 20th. On that day at around 11AM, a group of over
200 folks were kettled at the intersection of 12th & L (12L!),
including journalists, medics, legal observers from the NLG &
ostensibly protesters. While the kettle was valiantly charged
and briefly broken, the majority of these folks inside were
arrested and face felony riot charges. Likely, most of these
charges will be dropped AAAAND a suit against the city and USPP and
other law enforcement that kept kettled folks out in the 40 degree
weather over the course of 7 hours is pending. But, check out
our blog post for various fundraisers to get moneys to friends
across North Carolina, in PA, Virginia, and other places who could
use help covering lost wages, legal fees and travel costs outside
of what's being offered by the DisruptJ20 crew.
#J20 New Orleans Arrestee Support
Durham DisruptJ20 Legal Fund
Pittsburghers arrested in DC
Richmond Antifa of the Seven
Hills defense fund
Denver folks arrested in the streets
Keep your eyes out for more defense initiatives, this is by no
means a complete list.
Richard Spencer got clocked and everyone loves
it!
Philly antifa is also pre-emptively raising money to support the
person who sucker punched alt-right pundit and nazi saluter Richard
Spencer in the head on January 20th in the streets of DC.
While conducting an interview and being heckled by folks around
him, Richard Spencer was just reaching for his trusty Pepe the frog
pin to explain the meme to the cameras when, irony of irony, he was
about to become one himself. While the puncher has yet to be
unmasked, don't think that the state and autonomous right don't
want to make a trophy of them.
We're including a link to this in our notes as well. Here's
to more direct action and more dance remixes. To donate or learn
more, check out https://phillyantifa.org/aboutdonate/
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=turn+down+for+what+spencer&t=lm&ia=videos&iax=1&iai=lyG16sAemLM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCZ19LLMRsU
Antifa gunshot support
During a protest against a speaking engagement by over-rated,
pro-genocide & anti-semetic alt-right yackjob and Breitbart editor
Milo Yiannopoulos, a right winger shot an unarmed antifascist IWW
organizer. The shooter later turned himself in, claiming self
defense, and was released by Seattle police. The Wobbly who
was shot is apparently not filing charges and is requesting
dialogue. If you'd like to offer medical support to the shot
antifascist, you can find a fundraising page at https://www.crowdrise.com/medical-fundraiser-for-iww-and-gdc-member-shot-in-seattle
Playlist: http://www.ashevillefm.org/node/19005