Quaker-ish anarchist podcast on abolition, antifascism, neurodivergence, spirituality, christianity, queer mysticism, and disability. Help me out at www.patreon.com/friendlyanarchism and join the Discord at http://discord.gg/5msYfvZkdx
Remastered by A. Campbell Payne. Originally aired 9/3/17 CW: Suicide & police brutality Spoke with Aneka from the SoJust Collective about centering POC, the founding fathers, police brutality, educating allies, being tired, passing the mic, no plaforming/active platforming, confronting your racist family, the allyship industrial complex, rewarding white mediocrity, the Red Cross, Rechts Gegen Rechts, difficulties with fundraising, and seriously, ruin Christmas. You can donate to Aneka for their time by sending money to their venmo @pettymcbetty . If you counted more instances of bad allyship than I did, use your number, and if you counted fewer, use mine (14). Notes: - The controversy was in fact about Deady Hall at the University of Oregon, named after Judge Matthew Deady, co-author of the Oregon State Constitution and one of the most influential supporters of Oregon's Exclusion Laws. A good guest viewpoint written on the subject here: uwire.com/2016/02/14/guest-vie…dy-hall-must-change/ -For the uninitiated, "FTP" stands for Fuck The Police - There was concern expressed for me, but I'm not in that relationship anymore and that story is very old. The point of it is not the individualization of the issue but the systemic stresses - Instead of donating to the Red Cross, you can go here to find how to get money directly to those who need it for Hurricane Harvey relief: www.colorlines.com/articles/how-do…s-color-houston Referenced: CAHOOTS mobile crisis intervention: whitebirdclinic.org/cahoots/ Rechts Gegen Rechts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvjIYl_Nlao Update 11/7/20: When this episode aired it was why I was rejected from Channel Zero Network. The reason given was because we should be talking about being "accomplices, not allies" and I was given a copy of the zine of the same name to read. However, we do talk about the Ally Industrial Complex in the episode and both Aneka and I disagreed with their response that this episode contributes to that mindset. However, you can read a copy of the zine here and decide for yourself: archive.org/details/Accomplices…lyIndustrialComplex
Wow! A. Campbell Payne is a listener and a professional audio engineer and offered to revamp some of the episodes, which is so awesome. This one in particular had major sound quality issues so here it is after they took a swing at it. Especially important to hear from trans people right now too. Thank you so much A.! Originally aired 7/9/17
Wow, this was a trip to find in the archives. Our first ever recording. A lot of it needs citations so listen critically, but there is a lot of good content (especially from CImms) that didn't make it into the first official episode so I'm glad to have found it. It's been a long four years and I don't feel the same way about everything any more, but this also sets up my next episode about Judas, militarism, and guilt very nicely. Feels good to step back and remember where this project came from and reflect on everything at the start of this harvest season. Transcript is partially done, got an auto transcript and it needs to be edited but it's a start: https://friendlyanarchism.medium.com/s1e0-how-it-started-3-23-17-transcript-f471b25f0988
Transcript: Hi all, so, life keeps happening and I've been having a hard time finding time to work on this show, but just so you know there is another episode in the works. This one is an essay like the first episode of this season and it's of a personal nature and I just want to make sure I get it right so I'm spending some extra time on it. Thank you to everyone who has been supporting me! Thank you to my patrons. And also just so you know, one of the listeners of the show started a discord so if that's something that you're interested in please join, it was really cool that they created that space. So that's a new thing and I've posted the link to it on the soundcloud. Alright, just checking in and I will see you again soon. Help me out at www.patreon.com/friendlyanarchism and join the Discord at discord.gg/5msYfvZkdx thank you!
Don't have spoons for full episodes right now, but just messing around with other forms of expression in the meantime! This is a round I did with myself while stuck in quarantine a while ago. Listened to it again today and was like, what the heck, might as well put it out there. It's a reimagining of an old song from my childhood to try to express what it feels like to disassociate. Enjoy! A fan made a new discord: discord.gg/mPs8Peah
Just for funsies. Based on "Come All Ye Coal Miners" by Sarah Ogan Gunning, a turn of the 20th century union organizer. Come all pandemic workers wherever you may be And listen to a story that I'll relate to thee My name is nothin' extree but the truth to you I'll tell I am a covid worker too, I'm sure l wish you well Right now it is the most dangerous work in our land today With plenty of dirty slavin' labor and very little pay Oh worker won't you wake up and open your eyes and see What the dirty capitalist system is doin' to you and me They'll take our very lives, they take our children's lives Take fathers away from children and husbands away from wives Oh worker, won't you organize wherever you may be And make this a land of freedom for workers like you and me Dear worker, they will slave you 'til you can't work no more And what'll you get for your living but a dollar in a company store A broken-down room to live in, no heat or working locks You have to pay the landlord rent, your payin' never stops I am a pandemic worker, I'm sure l wish you well Let's sink this capitalist system in the darkest pits of hell
"Let's do something that they can't even imagine." Part 2 of my conversation with my friend Candice who is an economist, communist, mother, and all around rad lady. We spoke about everyday antifascism, being a disabled and limited radical activist, taking care of each other, and more. Transcript: https://friendlyanarchism.medium.com/s2e3-everyday-antifascism-celebrity-and-making-something-new-with-candice-part-2-transcript-ecfcf650f20a Notes: -I just want to note that the inclusion of liberals, while a part of a popular front strategy, is playing with fire. I much prefer radicalizing/working with people who are apolitical -I should have mentioned fascist creep in the form of "gender critical" dialogue. Transphobia is a major source of reactionary rightwing garbage right now -I was a little hard on Portland, it's a big place with a big scene and so obviously not everyone involved has all the ego about it. A couple really good antifascist/activist resources coming out of that area are the podcasts "It Did Happen Here" and "Rural Roots Rising" -Many Q-anoners are in fact very dangerous, I had in mind one particular memory -Greasy hair does not actually protect you from Covid-19. Music by Kylo Ren www.kyloren.bandcamp.com/ Support my work here! ko-fi.com/friendlyanarchism or www.patreon.com/friendlyanarchism Referenced: Global birth rate: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/crude-birth-rate?stackMode=absolute®ion=World List of further info on fascist creep: Population and ecofascism -https://wearyourvoicemag.com/humans-are-not-the-virus-eco-fascist/ -https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-ecofascism-explainer Antisemitism -https://caityjohnstone.medium.com/on-antisemitism-critical-thinking-and-conspiracy-theories-db37e7b24fee -https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-how-the-gop-is-energizing-and-entrenching-antisemitism-in-america-1.9560897 Organic Food/Farming -https://theconversation.com/the-roots-of-organic-farming-lie-in-fascism-81448 -https://gen.medium.com/nazi-hippies-when-the-new-age-and-far-right-overlap-d1a6ddcd7be4 -http://daanis.ca/2020/09/28/the-racist-history-of-ag-about-big-ag-with-dr-sarah-taber/ Class reductionism -https://abeautifulresistance.org/site/2020/11/7/class-reductionism-and-white-identity-politics-in-a-post-trump-era -https://time.com/5864705/climate-change-black-lives-matter/
Candice is an economist, housing services specialist, communist, and mom who is brilliant. We spoke about Covid-19, how at-risk people are pushed to the front lines, shitty bosses, the injustice system, the roots of fascism, how important it is to listen to marginalized people, and much more. Transcript: https://friendlyanarchism.medium.com/transcript-s2e2-pandemic-karens-and-systemic-fascism-with-candice-part-1-beac0c841177 Notes: -Candice is in a league of her own and her experience is not legal advice. - According to the wikipedia timeline of the Covid-19 outbreak: "A September 2020 review noted "The possibility that the COVID-19 infection had already spread to Europe at the end of last year is now indicated by abundant, even if partially circumstantial, evidence", including pneumonia case numbers and radiology in France and Italy in November and December" -RIP David Graeber :( Music by Kylo Ren https://kyloren.bandcamp.com/ Support my work here! https://ko-fi.com/friendlyanarchism or https://www.patreon.com/friendlyanarchism Referenced: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-to-save-the-world-we-re-going-to-have-to-stop-working https://universe.byu.edu/2021/01/22/native-and-indigenous-people-are-disproportionately-affected-by-covid-19/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190123112330.htm https://eji.org/issues/presumption-of-guilt/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/innocence-is-irrelevant/534171/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jul/22/henry-louis-gates-arrested-at-home https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-eric-garner-laws-felons-chokehold-perspec-1125-20141204-story.html
Happy new year! Essay here: https://friendlyanarchism.medium.com/i-want-peace-on-earth-so-i-left-the-quakers-and-became-antifa-889d35aa6f7c For more on Quakers and slavery: https://www.friendsjournal.org/slavery-in-the-quaker-world/ For an insurrectionary take on Quakers (including a really good indigenous history of William Penn): https://contagionpress.com/books/movement-for-no-society/
I'm back! I never released this episode during the first season because I wasn't ready to talk about all of this. However, my personal backstory with "mental illness" and finding god is an important precursor to the second season, where we're going to delve more into neurodivergence, disability, and ableism. Transcript: https://medium.com/@friendlyanarchism/s1e31-5-the-spiritual-radical-left-burnout-and-disability-with-the-young-quaker-pod-transcript-18fa785d2b5e Show notes: I spoke with Jessica Hubbard-Bailey about being religious in a lefty household, the radical spiritual revival, pain caused by Christianity, the creation of white slaveholder evangelism, finding spirituality and Quakerism, carving out space for spiritual leftists, the benefits of having a person of faith in your affinity group, inner peace as a service to community, burn-out culture, the danger of spreading anxiety and fear, gender-coding of work, our personal stories of disability, productivity as worth, lithium, Jesus' love of the sick, John the Baptist, letting people exist instead of trying to fix you, being held in the light, wheelchairs are freedom, and the social model of disability. 7:05: It gets mentioned a few times throughout the show, so I want to clarify that the idea that the right has "co-opted" Jesus is often used as a cop-out and an excuse folks use to evade holding christianity accountable for all the damage it has done. 9:26: Article removed from Forbes on the destruction of amerikan liberation christianity: https://www.politicalorphans.com/the-article-removed-from-forbes-why-white-evangelicalism-is-so-cruel/ 16:05: I speak lovingly about the Quaker meeting houses in Philadelphia (which are beautiful) but I have since found out were in part built using money from the slavery trade. I had not learned yet at the time this was recorded about the messy and disturbing relationship between Quakerism, slavery, and whiteness. More on that subject: https://www.friendsjournal.org/slavery-in-the-quaker-world/ 26:00: Ironic erasure of the existing spiritual radical left communities by assuming whiteness of the "radical left", my apologies! 30:16: Affinity groups can be formed for any reason, not just by type of work. These days I prefer groups of 4-6. More info on affinity group organizing: https://www.sproutdistro.com/catalog/zines/organizing/affinity-groups-essential 35:58: Did I use they/them pronouns for god? Why yes I did *foreshadowing* 38:15: I use the word "healthy" a few times throughout the show, which can have ableist undertones. More on ableist language: https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/2013/09/14/ableist-language/ 39:12: Mutual Aid Disaster Relief has an incredible list of resources about mental/emotional/trauma/wellness care: https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/health-wellness/ 39:28: I heavily blamed myself for my burn-out but more was going on.. 51:48 : The term "differently abled" is widely understood as ableist, please forgive me as I was struggling to understand and express my own experience 55:23: Some feel that the phrase "hold you in the light" upholds the racist linguistic dichotomy of light/dark and prefer other variations such as "hold you in god's chocolate" 57:20: I learned about Juniper the Holy Fool from Mark Van Steenwyk's Deep Roots Podcast: https://www.markvans.info/deep-roots-podcast-at-play-with-the-holy-fools/ 57:15: *foreshadowing* - Also I meant to say "uncarved" block 59:30: I was 30 years old before hearing about the social model of disability vs. the medical model. Quick intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdzbyJq58Ws
anarchy ...(4)...... jesus Originally aired 7/15/17. Greg Williams is a Christian anarchist organizer and author I was very pleased to be able to speak with! We spoke about above ground community antifascist mass mobilization, how hate speech shuts down free speech, cops, solidarity, loving your neighbor, and more :) Referenced: "Free Speech and Love of Enemies: Anti-Fascism Theologically Understood" by Greg Williams http://www.jesusradicals.com/blog/free-speech-and-love-of-enemies-anti-fascism-theologically-understood So, I actually confused two articles. This one from Crimethinc: https://crimethinc.com/2017/07/10/dear-citizens-this-is-your-police-in-praise-of-the-police-free-zone-in-hamburg and this one from It's Going Down: https://itsgoingdown.org/made-large-scale-resistance-possible-g20-hamburg/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Referenced: "Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology" by David Graeber For more information about the rally in Portland on August 4th you can go here: https://www.facebook.com/events/239298920131113/
anarchy .....(6).... jesus Last week I spoke at the North American Anarchist Studies Network conference in so-called Montreal on the topic "We're Brokenhearted: Understanding Fierce Love in Anarchist Organizing" using lessons from historical anarchic christian mystic movements. There was a great discussion afterwards included in the audio. Notes here, still working on a full transcript: https://friendlyanarchism.medium.com/notes-were-brokenhearted-understanding-fierce-love-in-anarchist-organizing-at-naasn-montreal-65fdd9fed692 Thank you to NAASN for having me! You can support them and the work they do here: https://www.youcaring.com/naasn2018-1179259?utm_campaign=buttonshare&utm_medium=url&utm_source=copy&utm_content=cf_cp_01%20ucaring
anarchy .(2)........ jesus Spoke with chemical engineer Sophia Weber about seizing the means of production, anarchist scientists, worker's cooperatives, the importance of process work, anarcho-syndicalism, stoicism, economies of scale, not-sexy anarchism, creating mutual aid networks, environmental racism and classism, failures of electoral politics, how anarchists deal with large public problems, collective bargaining, larger perspective interests, wildcat strikes, cats, witchery, the Kardashians, being in the struggle, bringing heaven to earth, connecting yourself with the Godhead, solitary witchcraft, covens, the balance between individualism and collectivism, and the Waterbury Mutual Aid and Defense Network. Referenced: International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace http://esjp.org/journal "Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology" by David Graeber Support the project on Patreon at www.patreon.com/friendlyanarchism
anarchy ......(7)... jesus Spoke with Matti, a co-conspirator in the Friendly Fire Collective about sacred geometry, what it means to be a “seeking” faith, fascist mysticism, touching the divine, witches, women saints, May Day, charismatic practices, Theater of the Oppressed & dada, atheist hostility, internal labor and liberation, self-discipline, process work, patriarchy, bad communication, using a green lens, Micah 6:8, and community as the antithesis to capitalism. Notes: *The example of a street medic trainer was hypothetical and not in reference to any real person *Joan of Arc was in fact burned at the stake, she was 19 years old Referenced: The Friendly Fire Collective go fund me: https://www.gofundme.com/friendly-fire-retreat More on Jordan Peterson: Jordan Peterson and Fascist Mysticism http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/03/19/jordan-peterson-and-fascist-mysticism/ More on Julius Evola: Rose City Antifa - The Wolves of Vinland: a Fascist Countercultural “Tribe” in the Pacific Northwest https://rosecityantifa.org/articles/the-wolves-of-vinland-a-fascist-countercultural-tribe-in-the-pacific-northwest/ Pew Research Center: Nearly half of the public (49%) says they have had a religious or mystical experience, defined as a “moment of sudden religious insight or awakening.” http://www.pewforum.org/2009/12/09/many-americans-mix-multiple-faiths/ More on Augusto Boal and Theater of the Oppressed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Boal On Karl Marx and atheism: What would Marx think about reactionary new atheists? By Ben Norton https://bennorton.com/what-would-marx-think-about-reactionary-new-atheists/ The Young Quaker Podcast http://youngquakerpodcast.libsyn.com/website He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. -Micah 6:8
Me and Hye Sung Francis from the Friendly Fire Collective were interviewed by Dean and Matt from another radical Christian podcast called The Magnificast about our organizing praxis, our upcoming May Day retreat in Philadelphia, and more! The deadline to apply for the retreat has been extended to March 29th, so if you are interested there is still time to apply :) https://friendlyfirecollective.wordpress.com/retreat/ An update on our f/Friends who were arrested in Lansing: https://friendlyfirecollective.wordpress.com/2018/03/23/an-update-on-the-arrested-f-friends/
anarchy ....(5)..... jesus Spoke with my friend of circumstance Issac about the Lansing protest, small(big) acts of solidarity, gratitude, athletic musicianship, simplicity, implicit power, affinity groups, instilled hierarchies, being a touring musician, the tyranny of structurelessness, DIY music, balancing idealism and experience, dislodging power, leadership, rules vs. no rules, voluntary association, taking credit for work, intellectual property and creative commons, church+capital+culture, the Western Wall, churches as a socialist enterprise, Friendly Fire, acting from faith and fact, anarchism as a way of life, thanking flowers, ableism, sneetches, light/dark, concurrent contradictory realities, cognitive dissonance, cognitive euphony, and fun with new equipment. Referenced: The bail fund for comrades arrested in Lansing protesting Richard Spencer's appearance: https://www.fundedjustice.com/stopspencermsu?ref=ab_f7ARsc_ab_9LOJM7tjsmX9LOJM7tjsmX The Tyranny of Structurelessness http://www.struggle.ws/pdfs/tyranny.pdf My patreon, thank you so so much to my patrons!!: www.patreon.com/friendlyanarchism My radical Quaker collective Friendly Fire: https://friendlyfirecollective.wordpress.com/ Richard Rohr, Franciscan Catholic mystic: https://cac.org/turning-toward-the-good-2016-02-18/ Notes: F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "...the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. This philosophy fitted on to my early adult life, when I saw the improbable, the implausible, often the "impossible," come true."
anarchy (1)......... jesus CW: Graphic violence, police brutality, mention of sexual harassment ------- Note from Nov. 2020: It's hard to listen to how traumatized I am, but amazing to hear in real time the effects of experiencing police brutality first hand for the first time. I had had a number of bad experiences with cops in the past and had seen brutality at protests prior to this, but as (weirdly casually) mentioned, that day cops had tried to run over my friends, had assaulted clergy, and had clearly wanted to kill me in a way I had not personally experienced up to that point. Even for someone who was dedicated to nonviolence with ample mental and martial arts training, it was a lot to deal with. After much thought I left in moments of rage because people should hear what happens when cops act the way they do. ------- I spoke to Molly from Charlottesville DSA about the protest last weekend in Knoxville against Matthew Heimbach and the Tradworkers appearance on campus. We got into how much cops suck and why you should yell at them, what exactly it is that antifa do, keeping tabs on fascists (with shout outs to Chris Cantwell "The Crying Nazi", Jason Kessler, and others) diversity of tactics, and a lot more! Notes: -It's Traditionalist Worker Party, I obviously knew that, don't look at me. -There are a lot of different approaches to antifascism and I am not speaking for all antifascists, just from my own experience and how I understand the work. -A big shout out to my new patrons! Thank you so much for your support. You can donate to keep this show running at www.patreon.com/friendlyanarchism :) -I'm now part of the Critical Mediations podcast network! They have a great line up of leftist podcasts including RevLeftRadio, my friends at the Magnificast, Season Of The Bitch, and more! You can check them out at www.critmediations.com References: A full report back: https://enoughisenough14.org/2018/02/23/knoxville-report-back-counter-protests-against-fascist-traditionalist-workers-party/ Anti-Kettling http://anarchish.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-win-at-kettling-guide-for-non.html
The House by the Side of the Road by Sam Walter Foss (1858-1911) There are hermit souls that live withdrawn In the peace of their self-content; There are souls, like stars, that dwell apart, In a fellowless firmament; There are pioneer souls that blaze their paths Where highways never ran;- But let me live by the side of the road And be a friend to man. Let me live in a house by the side of the road, Where the race of men go by- The men who are good and the men who are bad, As good and as bad as I. I would not sit in the scorner's seat, Or hurl the cynic's ban;- Let me live in a house by the side of the road And be a friend to man. I see from my house by the side of the road, By the side of the highway of life, The men who press with the ardor of hope, The men who are faint with the strife. But I turn not away from their smiles nor their tears- Both parts of an infinite plan;- Let me live in my house by the side of the road And be a friend to man. I know there are brook-gladdened meadows ahead And mountains of wearisome height; That the road passes on through the long afternoon And stretches away to the night. But still I rejoice when the travelers rejoice, And weep with the strangers that moan, Nor live in my house by the side of the road Like a man who dwells alone. Let me live in my house by the side of the road Where the race of men go by- They are good, they are bad, they are weak, they are strong, Wise, foolish- so am I. Then why should I sit in the scorner's seat Or hurl the cynic's ban?- Let me live in my house by the side of the road And be a friend to man.
anarchy (1)......... jesus Spoke with a Bavarian comrade about why we shouldn't have to fight for normal things, denying abortion to rape victims, changes in the movement, ways to engage with the public, it's not just about punching nazis, neighborhood organizing and liberated districts, how antifascism can't get isolated, supporting local community, openness about being an antifascist, what you should and should not talk about in public, bringing our ideas to people, fascism isn't just in the past, paranoia & anti-repression work, sharing praxis, you don't fight for yourself alone, struggle in the street can't exist without the struggle in the background, protest tactics, black bloc strategy, having fun working under such stressful conditions, humor, enjoying the small successes, fighting fear, being creative, GNWP adaptations, Americans fucked up punk, in a perfect world we wouldn't need antifascism, antifa are the REAL fascists, all fascism is violent while antifascism is very diverse, liberals, fascism is capitalism in crisis, mutual aid as antifascism, and unlearning hate. *Notes: -Anarchists are doing a great job distributing literature to the public, happens a lot. Don't really know where that came from. -I say "antifa" really weird at one point. Yeah... I don't know. Didn't say it as weird as Mark Bray tho, so -Patriarchy is a problem in every type of household, singling out Muslim households is islamophobic
anarchy ...(4)...... jesus CW: Discussion about abuse and body issues Beautiful conversation with my friend Sophia about conflict resolution, accountability, exile as social sanction, how everyone makes mistakes, talking to each other, outsourcing conflict to authority, in-person dialogues, the problems with written communications, positive conflict, call out culture & public shaming, building trust, the beauty of dance, misogyny and abuse in the dance world, western appropriation of dance, our dissociative relationship with our bodies, re-engaging with dance in classrooms and activism, true prosperity versus the prosperity gospel, discomfort with faith, anti-queer nature of faith communities, queer dating and finding religion, that Jesus was rad, the individuality of the spiritual journey, leading by example, and leading with love.
anarchy .(2)........ jesus CW: Discussion about sex Spoke with long time activist and friend Daniel about 3 distinct subjects. The first 30 minutes is about being asexual, the importance of having ace (asexual) community and spaces, the A in LGBTQIA doesn't mean "ally", a lack of sexuality is a sexual orientation, breaking out of invisibility, formative adolescent years, oppression olympics, sex in popular culture, "sex-repulsed" identity and the asexuality spectrum, AVEN (Asexuality Visibility and Education Network), overt sexuality in radical spaces and respecting comfort zones, and not being seen as a "real" queer. At 30 minutes in we started talking about his new project Decolonizing Judaism, being atheist but culturally Jewish, separating Jewish identity from the state of Israel as well as protestant colonization, conflating being anti-occupation with antisemitism, Hillel Center campus Zionism, the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement, Israeli trauma, the dangerous nature of fear, Palestinian violence, alt-right working with Zionists, and leftist antisemitism. At the hour mark we spoke about anti-statist communism, having the necessary skill sets for revolution, a temporary transitional socialist state, how a communist revolution seems like an anarchist revolution with extra steps, dual power organizing, the threat from external states to a revolution, and how the revolution is training workshops. Referenced: AVEN (Asexual Visibility and Education Network) http://asexuality.org/ On not knowing when the apocalypse will come: Matthew 25:36-44
anarchy .....(6).... jesus Spoke with Dean and Matt from the Magnificast and had a great conversation covering a wide range of lefty and Christian topics. It was great to find another leftist Christian podcast! Go check them out! You can also follow them on twitter @TheMagnificast and on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheMagnificast/ . I also have a twitter @FriendlyAPod
anarchy ....(5)..... jesus Spoke with queer radical Christian blogger Hye Sung Francis about making Quakerism militant again, empire as false authority, nonviolence as a lack of empathy, antifa Jesus, escalation and diversity of tactics, prophecy, being heartbroken as a people, radical generosity and solidarity, revolutionary End Times, being at peace in a scary world, taking up a cross, speaking in tongues, joyous worship, the need for religion, Jesus the anti-king destroyer of hierarchy, how difficult white boys are, prison abolition, and pistachio ice cream. Notes: -Did I say Paul? I meant Peter. I sound pretty scattered, I'm tired y'all. -I made assumptions about some other people's gender identity/sexual orientation/privilege that I should not have, and I apologize. Referenced: Hye Sung's blog: www.hyesungfrancis.com Psalm 46 (climate change) The Magnificast, another radical Christian podcast https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TheMagnificast/ "If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution" -Emma Goldman 1 Corinthians 12 "A Religious Solution to the Social Problem" by Howard Brinton https://pendlehill.org/product/religious-solution-social-problem/ The Friendly Fire Retreat, can be reached at friendlyfireinfo@protonmail.com
anarchy .......(8).. jesus Spoke with Adam Weise, an anarchist from Bismarck North Dakota Friends Meeting about Friendly bible study, early morning worship, why anarchism, lost histories and educational redaction, introducing anarchism to people, community projects, Standing Rock court support, state repression and corruption, racism against the indigenous community, double standards in respecting spiritual practice, worldwide solidarity, the power of prayer, complacency, different kinds of prayer, non-hierarchical organizing & cooperative living, being and acting humble, “leadership through service”, and how small acts of service aren't small.
anarchy (1)......... jesus Katherine was interviewed by Kelly Kenoyer from the Eugene Weekly for their article "Antifa". Interview was done on 10/10/17, and this podcast was released on the same day as the article on 10/19/17. Notes: -It's Jeremy Christian, not Josh http://eugeneweekly.com/20171019/lead-story/antifa Referenced: Decoding the language of extremist clothing https://www.topic.com/decoding-the-language-of-extremist-clothing
anarchy .(2)........ jesus Spoke with UO Theater professor Michael Najjar about Arab theater, how arts humanize, art as a threat, defund & defang, cinema vs. live performance, the power and energy in silence, serious listening, the "Pinter Pause", the importance of contemplation, "Angels in America", waking people up, Middle Eastern feminist theater, the Theater of Exile, authoritarian & collaborative arts, the joy and beauty of chaos, staying flexible, solidarity, broken windows, the L.A. riots/uprising, veneers of civility, and how empathy is a political act. Referenced: Angela Davis on violence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HnDONDvJVE The Tyranny of Structurelessness: http://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm
anarchy ......(7)... jesus Spoke with Christian Marxist writer Christian Chiakulas about the religiosity of communism, historical materialism, christian atheism, managing tankies, spiritually driven social justice, leftist semantics, the bible without dogma, growing up atheist, feminism in the early church, St. Thecla, how The Kingdom of God was a communist radical feminist liberation movement, living prefiguratively, Marx v. Bakunin on the role of the peasant class, violent vanguardism, the dictatorship of the proletariat, real world consequences to theory, leftist fascist creep, different bible translations, communist v. anarchist writing styles, and propaganda of the deed. *I regret not mentioning it in the show, but St. Thecla is the patron saint of Catalonia, and with all the stuff going on down there now, it's fun to hear her story! Referenced: A Stab In the Dark at Christian Marxism http://www.patheos.com/blogs/radicalchristianmillennial/2017/06/stab-dark-christian-marxism/ The State of Small Farms In The World http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X15001217 Further reading: "Das Kapital" - Karl Marx The Story of Paul & St. Thecla "The Kingdom of God is Within You"- Tolstoy "Bloodstained" - AK Press Authors: John Dominic Crossan, Reza Aslan, Mikhail Bakunin, Emma Goldman, Vladimir Lenin, Lucy Parsons, Friedrich Engels Other articles by Christian: Inspired by this interview: Prefigurative Politics: How Jesus Lived the Kingdom Of God http://www.patheos.com/blogs/radicalchristianmillennial/2017/10/prefigurative-politics-living-kingdom-god/ Also one of my favorites: Would Jesus Punch a Nazi? http://www.patheos.com/blogs/radicalchristianmillennial/2017/08/jesus-punch-nazi/ Resources: The anarchist library: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/special/index The Marxist internet archive: https://www.marxists.org/
anarchy .......(8).. jesus Remastered Nov. 2021 by A. Campbell Payne! Spoke with Jane, a transwoman and member of the Newberg Friends Church about the current split happening in the Northwest Yearly Meeting, double standards in Faith & Practice, trans erasure, othering, trauma caused by intolerance, the tyranny of pacifism, the religious punishment kink, the corruptive power of money in the church, Quaker capitalism, Quaker Oats & Cadbury chocolates, how neither Jesus or George Fox were passive, quiet or calm, and the differences between a Friends Meeting and a Friends Church. Notes: I was contacted by a member of the West Hills Friends Meeting, which is one of the meetings being forced out by the NWYM, and here is a statement from her: " Hi. I'm a member at West Hills Friends, one of the meeting being removed by Northwest Yearly Meeting's decisions. I am so grateful for you and Jane for having this conversation. I only got to listen to the first half this morning and am looking forward to the rest of it this afternoon. I would like to point out that Jane missed a few important details or got some things mixed up - and it's all super complicated so I don't even know everything. But I do know that West Hills Friends created two minutes in 2008, one on authority and one on human sexuality, that the NYWM refused to engage with for a number of years. Here is a document created by a committee at West Hills Friends (and approved by the business meeting) that tells the story as far as we understand it. This document was created in an effort to remain transparent in the face of NWYMs lack of commitment to transparency. This story continues to unfold.... groups leaving NWYM have recently formed the Sierra-Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends and are looking at how to move forward in building a christ centered, inclusive, Quaker community in the pacific northwest. Thanks for hosting this conversation! " http://www.westhillsfriends.org/wwhistory.html Referenced: Northwest Yearly Meeting Resturcturing http://nwfriends.org/nwym-restructuring/ TWO BLOCKBUSTERS: NORTHWEST YM TO SPLIT OVER LGBT WELCOME; & A LAWSUIT COMING? http://afriendlyletter.com/two-blockbusters-northwest-ym-split-lgbt-welcome-lawsuit-coming/ Quaker Theology - #24 Winter/Spring 2014: Northwest Yearly Meeting and “Shattering” Conflict: Chapter One by Chuck Fager with Jade Souza http://quakertheology.org/Fager-Souza-Northwest-Yearly-Meeting-and-Shattering-Chapter-One.html The Quaker Capitalist and the Chocolate Factory - The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-quaker-capitalist-and-the-chocolate-factory Doing Business the Quaker Way - Forbes Magazine https://www.forbes.com/2009/10/09/quaker-business-meetings-leadership-society-friends.html
anarchy .(2)........ jesus Spoke with performance artist Plaedo about living in a climate change era, art as solace/art as weapon, CDs, societal collapse, denial, joyous rebellion, anarchist disaster relief, how art helps us remember the good things, symbolism, street theater, zipper songs, dance, leftist elitism, planting seed of change, small liberations, and listening to our inner voice. Notes: - The fires were really bad around Eugene at that time, and it was incredibly smoky for days. We were right in the worst of it when this was recorded. Multnomah falls did end up being saved though, although many other areas of the Columbia Gorge were totally devastated -I want to be clear that Ready To Die by Notorious BIG is one of the best albums of all time, like, not-get-my-CD-changer-fixed good -I believe Naomi Klein's prediction about a 50% chance of societal collapse if we didn't stop taking fossil fuels out of the ground by 2017 is from her book "This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate" from 2014, but I can't verify -The saying "If you can talk you can sing, if you can walk you can dance" can be seen as ableist, we can all dance and sing! Referenced: Plaedo's website: https://plaedo.com/ An article about antifa disaster relief: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/hurricane-harvey-antifa-texas-flooding-antifacist-storm-relief-efforts-a7921846.html Emma Goldman quote: "If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution." 1000 Gestalten: Hamburg G20 Protest "zombie walk" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV99jp897Cw Poem "Our Deepest Fear" by Marianne Williamson: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
anarchy (1)......... jesus CW: Suicide & police brutality Spoke with Aneka from the SoJust Collective about centering POC, the founding fathers, police brutality, educating allies, being tired, passing the mic, no plaforming/active platforming, confronting your racist family, the allyship industrial complex, rewarding white mediocrity, the Red Cross, Rechts Gegen Rechts, difficulties with fundraising, and seriously, ruin Christmas. You can donate to Aneka for their time by sending money to their venmo @pettymcbetty . If you counted more instances of bad allyship than I did, use your number, and if you counted fewer, use mine (14). Notes: - The controversy was in fact about Deady Hall at the University of Oregon, named after Judge Matthew Deady, co-author of the Oregon State Constitution and one of the most influential supporters of Oregon's Exclusion Laws. A good guest viewpoint written on the subject here: http://uwire.com/2016/02/14/guest-viewpoint-deady-hall-must-change/ -For the uninitiated, "FTP" stands for Fuck The Police - There was concern expressed for me, but I'm not in that relationship anymore and that story is very old - Instead of donating to the Red Cross, you can go here to find how to get money directly to those who need it for Hurricane Harvey relief: https://www.colorlines.com/articles/how-donate-money-and-other-aid-communities-color-houston Referenced: CAHOOTS mobile crisis intervention: http://whitebirdclinic.org/cahoots/ Rechts Gegen Rechts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvjIYl_Nlao Update 11/7/20: When this episode aired it was used to deny me a platform with Channel Zero Network. The reason given was because we should be talking about being "accomplices, not allies" and I was given a copy of the zine of the same name to read. However, we do talk about the Ally Industrial Complex in the episode and I disagree with their response that this episode contributes to that mindset. However, you can read a copy of the zine here and decide for yourself: https://archive.org/details/AccomplicesNotAlliesAbolishingTheAllyIndustrialComplex Also, although I proclaimed that "people do listen to me", that is unfortunately largely more wishful than true. To some extent for sure, but it is very dependent on my ability to "mask" and act neurotypical, which is highly variable and an ongoing issue in my life. NT folks need to step up to help us.
anarchy (1)......... jesus CW: Bodyshame, violence Notes 11/20: -I usually interview activists, but this week I spoke to my co-worker who was not politically active. Listening to it now a few years later, there's definitely some problematic things in here, but I decided it still has value to sort of show us struggling to learn. This is an example of an off-the-cuff conversation and if you have conversations like this I hope you do a better job! - Don't use the term "war paint" to describe makeup, it's racist. https://intercontinentalcry.org/what-is-decolonization-and-why-does-it-matter/ -Also, internalized beauty standards are racist and ableist. A couple articles about that: https://theconversation.com/discrimination-against-fat-people-is-so-endemic-most-of-us-dont-even-realise-its-happening-94862 https://everydayfeminism.com/2017/01/how-to-shift-racist-fat-stigma/ Spoke this week about makeup shaming, tear gas, Power Brows, the YPJ, WWII female Russian snipers, Lady Death, dealing with bangs, male dominated spaces, sexism, being bubbly, taking space, inopportune periods, shopping, fighting dirty, boys, gold hoop earrings, work out routines, gym memberships, glitter bombing, silly string, and how All Cats Are Beautiful. Notes: -If anyone has the video of Richard Spencer getting glitter bombed, please send it my way -I can't find a reference on the origins of ACAB, but it looks like it goes back much further than the 80's Referenced: The New Yorker: An Intimate History of Antifa http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/an-intimate-history-of-antifa International News Safety Institute: Protecting Yourself From Tear Gas https://newssafety.org/safety/advisories/protecting-yourself-from-tear-gas/ The Kurdish Project: YPJ https://thekurdishproject.org/history-and-culture/kurdish-women/ypj/ I see the fun videos of the YPJ on their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Kurdish-Female-Fighters-YPJ-1814267612131127/ Colorized photos of WWII female russian snipers: https://designyoutrust.com/2017/06/stunning-colorized-photos-of-legendary-soviet-female-snipers-from-wwii-including-one-dubbed-lady-death-who-killed-309-nazis/ The Base BK https://thebasebk.org/ Submedia Burning Cop Car workout mixes https://sub.media/?s=burning+cop+car
anarchy (1)......... jesus Spoke to a couple DemSocs (Democratic Socialists) about libertarian socialism, libertarian municipalism, multi-tendency/big tent organizing, "transformative reforms", anti-statism, mutual aid, digital community, the awkwardness of radicalization, democratic confederalism, the 1996 Telecommunications Act & pirate radio, how radicalizing motherhood is, homogenization of culture, activate+educate+organize, capitalist dehumanization, fascists, wage theft, and organizing as self-care. You can follow me on twitter at @FriendlyAPod :) Notes: -The origination of the word "libertarian" actually came from philosopher Joseph Déjacque, not Proudhon -It's usually referred to as "agitate, educate, organize", not "activate, educate, organize" -Bernie Sanders announced his campaign in April 2015, not June Referenced: ROAR Magazine: The New Municipal Movements https://roarmag.org/magazine/new-municipal-movements/ The Politics of Social Ecology & Libertarian Municipalism by Janet Biehl with Murray Bookchin http://www.social-ecology.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/The_Politics_of_Social_Ecology2.pdf The Portland Assembly https://portlandassembly.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pdxorassembly/ Democratic Confederalism By Abdullah Ocalan http://freeocalan.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Ocalan-Democratic-Confederalism.pdf Come Hell Or High Water - A handbook on collective process gone awry https://www.akpress.org/comehellorhighwater.html Portland Assembly guide on starting a Neighborhood Action Council https://portlandassembly.com/wp-content/uploads/NAC-GUIDE.pdf
anarchy (1)......... jesus Holding in the light the family of hero Heather Heyer as well as all of the brave people who went out in Charlottesville to oppose fascism knowing how dangerous those people are. Please donate to their medical funds, more info here: https://fundly.com/defendcville Anarchist media starter pack: It's Going Down, Submedia, Idavox "All social activism, all organizing, is science fiction." Spoke to Imaginactivism scholar Joan Haran about sci-fi, writers including Octavia Butler, Starhawk, Marge Piercy, and Ursula K LeGuin, Octavia's Brood, independent publishing & the power of crowdfunding, the G20 in Hamburg, authoritarian sci-fi, the power of stories, the enlightenment, utopias & dystopias, imagining new forms of governance & social technologies, indigenous & afro futurism, the Handmaid's Tale, the war on drugs, and media repression. Referenced: Ava Duvernay adapting Octavia Butler for the screen: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ava-duvernay-octavia-butler-dawn_us_598b5f2ee4b0449ed5078015?section=us_arts It's Going Down article on the G20 in Hamburg: https://itsgoingdown.org/g20-battle-hamburg-full-account-analysis/ The Center for Applied Non Violent Action and Strategies (CANVAS): http://canvasopedia.org/ "But anarchism is not compelled to outline a complete organisation of a free society. To do so with any assumption of authority would be to place another barrier in the way of coming generations. The best thought of today may become the useless vagary of tomorrow, and to crystallise it into a creed is to make it unwieldy." - Lucy Parsons (from http://www.blackrosefed.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Black-Anarchism-A-Reader-4.pdf) The Rise of Antifa by Peter Beinart of the Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/the-rise-of-the-violent-left/534192/ Also a rebuttal: http://idavox.com/index.php/2017/08/09/newly-re-vamped-atlantic-magazine-calls-for-the-violent-suppression-of-anti-fascist-activists-in-major-editorial/ And here's a reading list given to me by Joan: -Octavia's Brood – ed. Walidah Imarisha and Adrienne Maree Brown -The Fifth Sacred Thing – Starhawk -Donna Haraway – “A Manifesto for Cyborgs” (collected in Manifestly Haraway) -"Emergent Strategy" - Adrienne Maree Brown -"Half-life" - Shelley Jackson -The Highest Frontier. College out in space—Invaded by undocumented aliens. Tor/Macmillan, September, 2011. -Brain Plague. Intelligent microbes invade human brains, offering limitless powers--at a price. Tor Books, August, 2000; Science Fiction Book of the Month Club, Alternate Selection. -The Children Star. A planet with biochemistry so alien that only children can be genetically engineered to survive there. And what unique alien intelligence is watching in secret? Analog serial, April, 1998; Tor Books, September, 1998. -Daughter of Elysium. In the far future, biologists engineer humans to live for thousands of years, then face a revolt by the machines that made it possible. Avon, 1993; Easton Press signed first edition, 1993; Avon pbk, 1994. -The Wall around Eden. Quaker teen-agers face the environmental consequences of nuclear war. William Morrow, 1989; Avon pbk, 1990; Italian translation, Editrice Nord, 1991. -A Door into Ocean. Women biologists genetically engineer fantastic creatures on a planet covered entirely by ocean. Science Fiction Book of the Month Club Main Selection, 1986; Arbor House, 1986; Avon pbk, 1987; Italian translation, Editrice Nord, 1988. -Still Forms on Foxfield. Quakers colonize a planet with bizarre alien inhabitants. Del Rey Books, 1980. -Anything by Nnedi Okorafor (start with the Binti novellas)
anarchy ......(7).... jesus CW: Abuse Spoke to Warren Light from the Wesley Center about sexual violence, concentrating on the risk of perpetration instead of the risk of victimization, white fragility, Micah 6:8, allyship, walking humbly with your God, the discipline of humility & revolutionary values, Bruce Lee, anarchist cooperative praxis, false scarcity of pain, and how boring a white ethnostate would be. Update: The Rose City Antifa fundraiser counted 47 instances of fascist creep, which amounted to $678 donated to the NNAF. Thanks for your support! Full report here: http://rosecityantifa.org/articles/fundraiser-tally-august-6/ Referenced: The UO Wesley Center: https://uowesleycenter.wordpress.com/about/ Micah 6:8 (NRSV): "He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" "The Trauma Toolkit" by Susan Pease Banitt
anarchy .(2)........ jesus ---------- Notes Nov. 2020: -I apologize for the use of some ableist constructs and language around brain damage. -I steered us away from it, but I wanted to mention here explicitly that narratives equating humanity to parasites etc is ecofascist, the problem isn't with population but with resource distribution and capitalism ---------- CW: Racist violence Spoke with a wonderful woman, Jhansie Turner, about working as a care provider, exploitation of workers, power imbalances, racism, anger, managing men's egos, 1st world problems, the zombie apocalypse, American non-culture, trauma, media representation, being an immigrant, being adopted, different bodies, anarchist optimism, and faith energies. Referenced: Power Causes Brain Damage - The Atlanic: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/07/power-causes-brain-damage/528711/ Rich people less empathetic than the poor: http://www.rawstory.com/2011/12/rich-people-less-empathetic-than-the-poor-study/
anarchy (1)......... jesus "That's the best thing about anarchists & antifa is that we show up when you least expect it...so expect it." Very excited to have spoken this week with Daryle Lamont Jenkins from One People's Project! We spoke about antifa, propaganda, media relations, doxing/citizen journalism, Trump and the rise of white nationalism, separatist movements, community outreach, Occupy, the difficulty with liberals, the NRA, and more! *Note: DLJ misidentified the anti-abortion activist, he was Neil Horsley, not the 80s actor Lee Horsley. Also, Steve Scalise is a Congressman, not a Senator. Referenced: One People's Project: http://onepeoplesproject.com/roguesgallery/ Idavox: http://idavox.com/ Tucker Carlson interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp7977UcCqM Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin article: http://blackrosefed.org/komboa-why-i-am-an-anarchist/ Steve Scalise is a bastard: http://www.salon.com/2015/09/29/i_exposed_steve_scalises_white_nationalist_past_and_yet_he_may_soon_become_even_more_powerful/ "Against Fascist Creep" by Alexander Reid Ross Mother Jones article on recent anarchist history in America: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/04/anti-racist-antifa-tinley-park-five/ Rolling Stone article on PissPigGrandad: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/american-anarchists-ypg-kurdish-militia-syria-isis-islamic-state-w466069 Jake Gyllenhaal to play an anarchist fighting ISIS: https://news.avclub.com/jake-gyllenhaal-to-play-one-of-the-anarchists-vs-isis-1798259561
anarchy ...(4)...... jesus Greg Williams is a Christian anarchist organizer and author I was very pleased to be able to speak with! We spoke about above ground community antifascist mass mobilization, how hate speech shuts down free speech, cops, solidarity, loving your neighbor, and more :) Referenced: "Free Speech and Love of Enemies: Anti-Fascism Theologically Understood" by Greg Williams http://www.jesusradicals.com/blog/free-speech-and-love-of-enemies-anti-fascism-theologically-understood So, I actually confused two articles. This one from Crimethinc: https://crimethinc.com/2017/07/10/dear-citizens-this-is-your-police-in-praise-of-the-police-free-zone-in-hamburg and this one from It's Going Down: https://itsgoingdown.org/made-large-scale-resistance-possible-g20-hamburg/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter "Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology" by David Graeber
anarchy .(2)........ jesus "Being anarchist means to love yourself for yourself." Note: This was outside and I don't know how to edit, so unless you are a big fan of wind and trains I would be mindful about using headphones. We talked about nihilism, being non-binary, TERFs, toxic masculinity, the Women's March, transmisogyny, bisexuality, semantics, charity v. solidarity, false spiritual scarcity, liberatory art, and morality. Referenced: Gender nihilism: an anti-manifesto https://libcom.org/library/gender-nihilism-anti-manifesto "Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root.'" -Angela Davis This Saxophone Kills Fascists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFQ4TB1bMxQ
anarchy (1)......... jesus CW: Graphic depictions of violence against nazis and cops. ------ Notes from Nov 2020: I was weirdly defensive about there being POC antifascists in Portland, which is true but also the scene is very white, and it causes a lot of problems. It is important to acknowledge hearing from someone who came from outside of town and noticed right away how much whiter the antifa groups now are than they were in Europe in the 70's, and how the people the he saw doing fighting nazis during the street warfare against boneheads in the 80's and early 90's in Portland were Black. ----- "Why were there no nazis in your town?" "Because they get smash." Nazi hunting, baseball bats, Doc Martins, ska, fighting cops, and fucking up racists all over Europe, to fighting nazis in late 1980's/early 1990's Portland. All in a very thick French accent. Notes: - It's "Mulugeta" Seraw, I mispronounced his name. Referenced: Skrewdriver- Neo-Nazi band About defense in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina: J. Clark, "Three-Way Fight: Revolutionary Anti-Fascism and Armed Self-Defense" Cecesesola Venezuela: http://www.geo.coop/story/solidarity-economics-transformative-politics
anarchy ...... (7)... jesus This is a very contemplative episode on a number of sensitive, emotional topics. We spoke about what it is like to be a Quaker, self-care, mysticism, death, silence, and of course, anarchy. "We all do the best we can, now don't we dearie?" Referenced in the podcast: https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2017/feb/24/our-bail-system-leaving-innocent-people-die-jail-because-theyre-poor/ Brian Morris, "Anthropology, Ecology, and Anarchism: A Brian Morris Reader" pg 63, PM Press (2014)
anarchy (1)......... jesus Wonderful talk with my friend Candice, super smart lady who studies economics and has done a million amazing things. We spoke about communism, the problems with exclusivity in communes, the rural Black experience, being a revolutionary mother, economic theory, living in Oregon, class consciousness, neighborhood organizing, radical grandmas, Troy Davis, buying property, the racist Cascadia movements, mansplaining, and a lot more! Notes: There are in fact Black farmers in Oregon: https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2020/07/a-new-bipoc-led-farmers-market-takes-root-in-portland Listen, Marxist! By Murray Bookchin: https://www.marxists.org/archive/bookchin/1969/listen-marxist.htm
anarchy .....(6).... jesus Today we had Lonnie Douglas, the Chair for the Eugene Springfield Solidarity Network (ESSN), ex-military, gun-totin' progressive white guy union organizer. We talk about fake Christians, abortion, guns, Redneck Revolt, Marxism, racism, anti-capitalism, union organizing, anti-globalization, the timber industry, Earth First!, Bernie, Revolution, true Anarchy, and buttless chaps.
anarchy ........(9). jesus We spoke with Friend Sharon Smith, expert on racism within the Quaker community and author of this article: https://www.friendsjournal.org/witness-quaker-racism/ It ended up being such an amazing conversation that it went an hour and a half overtime! Apologies for the sound quality.
anarchy .(2)........ jesus TW: Graphic depiction of violence We jumped into the debate surrounding violent vs. nonviolent protest tactics, and it led to discussions about the importance of intersectional feminism, sustaining good anti-authoritarian process, the Portland May Day "riots", and more! Here is a bibliography and reference guide for this episode: Mothers Day as an anti-war holiday http://annapolisvalley.quaker.ca/posts/the-radical-peace-roots-of-mothers-day/ Gene Sharp - From Dictatorship to Democracy... Gene Sharp has also written voluminously on non-violence including a strategies book with 198 nonviolent tactics which can be taken. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Dictatorship_to_Democracy Mark & Paul Engler - This is an Uprising http://thisisanuprising.org/ Peter Gelderloos - How Nonviolence Protects The State http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/381842.How_Nonviolence_Protects_the_State Shon Meckfessel - Nonviolence Ain't What it Used to be https://www.akpress.org/nonviolence-ain-t-what-it-used-to-be.html Jonathan Matthew Smucker - Hegemony How-To: A Roadmap for Radicals https://www.akpress.org/hegemonyhowto.html Michelle Alexander - The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the age of Colorblindness http://newjimcrow.com/about Audre Lorde - The Uses of Rage http://www.blackpast.org/1981-audre-lorde-uses-anger-women-responding-racism 'Texas Slim' - Hot Lead is Medicine: Thoughts on Whiteness, Privilege, & Violence: https://akuk.com/index.php?_a=product&product_id=5878 Milo Yiannopoulos - bridge to the far right: http://www.newyorker.com/news/ryan-lizza/how-alt-right-fellow-traveller-milo-yiannopoulos-cracked-up-the-right Seattle Antifascist shot by supporter of Milo Yiannopoulos: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/25/shooting-milo-yiannopoulos-speech-seattle-charges Portland Protest May Day - in the news: http://www.kgw.com/news/politics/may-day-protests-expected-monday-in-portland-across-us/435436532 It's Going Down communique on Portland May Day Protests: https://itsgoingdown.org/portland-make-may-day-anarchist/ Daniel McGowan - served prison time for actions with the Earth Liberation Front (ELF): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_G._McGowan Documentary: If a Tree Falls - A Story of the Earth Liberation Front: http://www.ifatreefallsfilm.com/ Riots in Greece - Alexandros Grigoropoulos was killed by police and riots ensued: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Greek_riots Valarie Kaur - Not the Darkness of the Tomb, but the Darkness of the Womb: http://www.today.com/video/what-if-this-is-not-the-darkness-of-the-tomb-but-the-darkness-of-the-womb-watch-valarie-kaur-s-speech-917892675740 Vocabulary: Intersectionality Socialist Vanguardism Diversity of Tactics Tankies: http://sjwiki.org/wiki/Tankie#.WRnxzMllBnZ Insurrectionary Anarchism Greeks have many words for love: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_words_for_love
anarchy ....(5)..... jesus Quaker Anarchists talk about how Christ was an anarchist and Christian tradition has deep radical roots.
anarchy....(5)..... jesus Quaker Anarchist Katherine from "Friendly Anarchism" is interviewed about Christianity and radical politics on KEPW 97.3 Eugene, and she explains what it is to be a Quaker, what anarchism is, and how they intersect.
anarchy (1).......... jesus There were nazis on University of Oregon campus today, and since we are in Eugene, we're reporting back and doing some analysis. The conversation developed into a larger discussion about cultural context, media interactions, tactics, and the nature of anarchism. Berkeley and Pepsi both get shout-outs, too. *This was really off the cuff, we wanted to get this out on the day of. There's a lot to talk about concerning methods of social change, martyrdom, etc that deserve more attention. Referenced: Report on white nationalists at UO (The rabbi's name is Jack Melul): https://www.dailyemerald.com/news/white-nationalists-visit-uo-don-t-find-any-support/article_5f7b073b-b151-57bc-b21f-0c6e09db4c7f.html LA Times "How Berkeley became epicenter of violent Trump clashes" : https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-berkeley-trump-20170416-story.html Louise Rosealma, mentions her gofundme: "Berkeley brawl protester punched by white supremacist shares her story" https://www.mic.com/articles/174404/berkeley-brawl-protester-punched-by-white-supremacist-shares-her-story Nazi Portland cop Mark Kruger (as of this recording still on the force): https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-2933-the-cop-who-liked-nazis.html Notes Nov 2020: -I'm actually Scottish and I love bagpipes. Seeing Jimmy Marr play bagpipes to try and recruit people to fascism made me personally really angry, and it's interesting to hear my kneejerk reaction about how to express that was to just reject my own heritage -The accidental narrative here was separating "antifa" from the POC/Jewish folks, denoting "antifa" are non-Jewish white people, which is not true, but there was some truth at that time in Eugene that "antifa" largely denoted white anarchists -Horseshoe theory is bunk, the piece I was struggling with was realizing just how much anti-Blackness there is in the anti-fascist movement -Hearing me struggle with my own liberalism is real cringe, please listen to other episodes to see my political development -My apologies to Cims for cutting him off so much :/ I was just so excited to talk about this stuff. Info-dump!