Podcast appearances and mentions of jason lydon

Rev. Jason Lydon, secretary of the Chicago Community Bond Fund, joins Steve Bertrand on Chicago’s Afternoon News to explain why they posted bond for Ruben Roman, the man authorities say was with 13-year-old Adam Toledo the night he was shot dead by police. Follow Your Favorite Chicago’s Afternoon News Personalities on Twitter:Follow @SteveBertrand Follow @kpowell720 […]

This week, we are joined by Jason Lydon to learn about an organization he started that works to support LGBTQ people affected by mass incarceration!

This week, we are joined by Jason Lydon to learn about an organization he started that works to support LGBTQ people affected by mass incarceration!

So often we hear anarchy equated with chaos and collapse: a complete breakdown of society. This hour, we're rejecting that. We sat down with Jason Lydon to help us understand what anarchy is and isn't. We define terms, talk through principles, and take seriously the anarchist vision for collective liberation. To help us ground our conversation, we talked about Kuwasi Balagoon: A Soldier's Story. Kuwasi was one of the Panther 21 that the State tried to frame in 1969. Subsequently a member of the Black Liberation Army, he escaped prison twice prior to being arrested following a failed Brink's expropriation in 1981. He died in prison of AIDS-related pneumonia in 1986. A Soldier's Story is the first ever collection of his writings.

Akele Parnell talks to Northwestern University law professor Sheila Bedi about prison abolition, and leads a roundtable discussion with Page May, founder of Assata's Daughters, and Jason Lydon, founder of Black and Pink.

If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, subscribe on our Patreon page for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes. We can't do this show without your support!!! On this episode, Kumars is joined by Samantha Jacobs (@comradeSammy on twitter) for the intro segment to discuss May Day, tensions in North Korea, and the delightful Fyre Festival scam. For the interview, Mariame Kaba, organizer extraordinaire and @prisonculture on twitter, returns as co-host. Kumars and Mariame talk to Jason Lydon, a queer anarchist Unitarian Universalist minister and founding director of Black and Pink, an open family of LGBTQ prisoners and unincarcerated allies working to support one another and abolish the prison industrial complex. Jason discusses how he got involved with prison abolition work, after having spent six months incarcerated himself where he was sexually assaulted by a prison guard. Jason talks about his approach to abolition, which strives to weaken the prison industrial complex toward its eventual elimination, disassembling it brick-by-brick if necessary. We dissect the difference between a reform that reinforces a system of power and one that truly weakens it. We learn more about Black and Pink and the major campaigns they are engaged in, including the fight to end solitary confinement. Jason stresses the importance of writing letters to prisoners, which keeps prison abolition work grounded in the needs of incarcerated people while also fighting the intense isolation experienced by those who are incarcerated. Jason also discusses the role of his faith in motivating and shaping his prison abolition work. You can follow Jason on twitter at @Blackandpink99. Support Black and Pink by joining a local chapter if there is one near you, donating, or by signing up for a prisoner pen pal.

You've heard from Prasanna and Joe - now it's time to switch it up. You can find a some of the folks we heard from today on Twitter: Monica Cannon (@VoteCannon) Michael Curry (@BostonNAACP1911) Cindy Diggs (@cindydiggs) Adam Foss (@adamjohnfoss) Rahsaan Hall (@rahsaandhall) Elizabeth Hinton (@elizabhinton) Andrea James (@andreacjames) Jason Lydon (@blackandpink99) Lisa Owens (@owenslmichelle) Armani White (@BostonYAMI) Carl Williams (@carltonwilliams)

Sermon by Rev. Jason Lydon