Talking with Louve Rose from P!nk Bloc Montreal about Quebec’s transphobic far right, drag defence, and building a revolutionary anti-capitalist queer organization for both community self-defence and to intervene against gay assimilationism. Links P!nk Bloc MTL – Instagram, Facebook, Linktree August 12 Rad Pride (Facebook Event) Montreal Antifasciste  MAF reportback from April 12 drag defence From Embers - Anti-Fascism in Quebec  Revolutionary Trans Politics and the Three Way Fight Submedia: Pride and Prejudice Music The Muslims - Fuck the Cistem

Talking with Louve Rose from P!nk Bloc Montreal about Quebec’s transphobic far right, drag defence, and building a revolutionary anti-capitalist queer organization for both community self-defence and to intervene against gay assimilationism. Links P!nk Bloc MTL – <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pink_bloc_mtl/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pinkblocmtl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://linktr.ee/pinkblocmtl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Linktree</a> August 12 Rad Pride (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/541411194727752" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Event</a>) <a href="https://montreal-antifasciste.info/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Montreal Antifasciste</a> <a href="https://montreal-antifasciste.info/en/2023/04/03/report-back-on-the-april-2-2023-community-self-defense-action-in-sainte-catherine/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> MAF reportback from April 12 drag defence</a> <a href="https://fromembers.libsyn.com/anti-fascism-in-quebec" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">From Embers - Anti-Fascism in Quebec</a> <a href="https://threewayfight.blogspot.com/2023/06/revolutionary-trans-politics-and-three.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Revolutionary Trans Politics and the Three Way Fight</a> <a href="https://sub.media/system-fail-24-pride-and-prejudice/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Submedia: Pride and Prejudice</a> Music <a href="https://themuslims.bandcamp.com/track/fuck-the-cistem" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Muslims - Fuck the Cistem</a>

Drag Defence in Quebec

Interview with an anti-fascist observer about insights gained from the Public Order Emergency Commission hearings, a public inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act to repress the so-called Freedom Convoy in February 2022. We discuss why governments invoke emergencies, OPP's Project Hendon, how the Convoy was funded, the relationship between convoy organizers and police, comparisons with #ShutDownCanada, liberal conspiracy theories, the scale of economic disruption during the Convoy, and more. Links Public Order Emergency Commission Our previous episodes on Yellow Vests Canada and the Freedom Convoy  Ill Winds From Ottawa - Crimethinc report on the Freedom Convoy  Anarchist report from Ottawa during the Convoy Music: Lee Reed Note: Due to a technical glitch, this episode was removed, edited and re-published after it's initial release on January 11, 2023.

Interview with an anti-fascist observer about insights gained from the Public Order Emergency Commission hearings, a public inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act to repress the so-called Freedom Convoy in February 2022. We discuss why governments invoke emergencies, OPP's Project Hendon, how the Convoy was funded, the relationship between convoy organizers and police, comparisons with #ShutDownCanada, liberal conspiracy theories, the scale of economic disruption during the Convoy, and more. Links <a href="https://publicorderemergencycommission.ca/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Public Order Emergency Commission</a> Our previous episodes on <a href="https://fromembers.libsyn.com/whats-the-deal-with-yellow-vests-canada" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Yellow Vests Canada</a> and the <a href="https://fromembers.libsyn.com/patriots-and-big-trucks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Freedom Convoy</a> <a href="https://crimethinc.com/2022/02/14/ill-winds-from-ottawa-thinking-through-the-threats-and-opportunities-as-a-far-right-initiative-gains-momentum" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Ill Winds From Ottawa</a> - Crimethinc report on the Freedom Convoy <a href="https://north-shore.info/2022/02/07/trip-report-ottawa-on-saturday-february-5/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Anarchist report</a> from Ottawa during the Convoy Music: <a href="https://leereed.bandcamp.com/track/the-new-normal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lee Reed</a> Note: Due to a technical glitch, this episode was removed, edited and re-published after it's initial release on January 11, 2023.

The Public Order Emergency Commission

Interview with the author of the PET Guide, a zine discussing secure digital communication tools from an anarchist perspective. We discuss Signal and its critics, and some new tools being released that incorporate peer-to-peer communication, end-to-end encryption and the Tor network. Further reading:  How the U.S. Military buys location data from ordinary apps The challenge of cracking Iran's internet blockade  Catholic bishop / Grindr / App data scandal Signal  Interview with new Signal president Meredith Whittaker  Signal Warning? Why Moxie's Departure Is Not The End Of Signal Signal Fails PET apps Briar Project Cwtch

Interview with the author of the <a href="https://itsgoingdown.org/the-guide-to-peer-to-peer-encryption-and-tor-new-communication-infrastructure-for-anarchists/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">PET Guide</a>, a zine discussing secure digital communication tools from an anarchist perspective. We discuss Signal and its critics, and some new tools being released that incorporate peer-to-peer communication, end-to-end encryption and the <a href="https://www.torproject.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Tor network</a>. Further reading: <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgqm5x/us-military-location-data-xmode-locate-x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> How the U.S. Military buys location data from ordinary apps</a> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/subvert-iran-internet-blackout/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The challenge of cracking Iran's internet blockade</a> <a href="https://www.pillarcatholic.com/pillar-investigates-usccb-gen-sec/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Catholic bishop / Grindr / App data scandal</a> Signal <a href="https://www.theverge.com/23409716/signal-encryption-messaging-sms-meredith-whittaker-imessage-whatsapp-china" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Interview with new Signal president Meredith Whittaker</a> <a href="https://itsgoingdown.org/signal-warning-why-moxies-departure-is-not-the-end-of-signal/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Signal Warning? Why Moxie's Departure Is Not The End Of Signal</a> <a href="https://itsgoingdown.org/signal-fails/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Signal Fails</a> PET apps <a href="https://briarproject.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Briar Project</a> <a href="https://cwtch.im/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cwtch</a>

New Communication Infrastructure For Anarchists

A conversation with two anarchists following a workshop they gave at the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair entitled 10 years since the strike: the place of nationalism within militant struggle. We discuss the history of Quebec nationalism and its influence in anarchist and radical milieus, responsibilities of settlers in anti-colonial struggle and in relating to land, possibilities and uncertain futures opened up by anarchism as a guiding practice, and more.   Further reading:  « Sauvage », « esclave » et « Nègres blancs d’Amérique » : hypothèses sur le complexe onto-politique québécois Keshena Robinson - Québec Redux: Settler Coloniality and Reactionary "Decolonialism" Robin Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson - Rehearsals for Living William C. Anderson - The Nation on No Map: Black Anarchism and Abolition Tuck and Yang - Decolonization is Not a Metaphor Sever - Land and Freedom   Music in this episode: Cris Derksen - Our Home on Native Land, Fires Kae Tempest - Tunnel Vision

A conversation with two anarchists following a workshop they gave at the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair entitled 10 years since the strike: the place of nationalism within militant struggle. We discuss the history of Quebec nationalism and its influence in anarchist and radical milieus, responsibilities of settlers in anti-colonial struggle and in relating to land, possibilities and uncertain futures opened up by anarchism as a guiding practice, and more. Further reading: <a href="https://histoireengagee.ca/sauvage-esclave-et-negres-blancs-damerique-hypotheses-sur-le-complexe-onto-politique-quebecois/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> « Sauvage », « esclave » et « Nègres blancs d’Amérique » : hypothèses sur le complexe onto-politique québécois</a> Keshena Robinson - Québec Redux: Settler Coloniality and Reactionary "Decolonialism" Robin Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson - Rehearsals for Living William C. Anderson - The Nation on No Map: Black Anarchism and Abolition Tuck and Yang - Decolonization is Not a Metaphor Sever - Land and Freedom Music in this episode: Cris Derksen - Our Home on Native Land, Fires Kae Tempest - Tunnel Vision

Quebec Nationalism and Settler Futurity - Refusing Innocence

Escaping Tomorrow's Cages is a six-part essay being published throughout the month of May that lays out the coming wave of provincial jail expansions in Ontario and propose a strategy for how they might be opposed. We spoke with 3 anarchists involved with the project.

<a href="https://escapingtomorrowscages.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Escaping Tomorrow's Cages</a> is a six-part essay being published throughout the month of May that lays out the coming wave of provincial jail expansions in Ontario and propose a strategy for how they might be opposed. We spoke with 3 anarchists involved with the project.

Escaping Tomorrow's Cages

In this episode I chat with two members of Divest McGill, a student-led organization at McGill University in so-called Montreal. They are fighting to force McGill to divest from the fossil fuel industry and transform the university into something liberatory and accountable to the people whose lives it affects. This spring, they led a more than two-week-long open, social occupation of a university building. All music in this episode is from the 2012 anti-folk opera "What The F*ck Am I Doing Here?" about anarchist participation in the 2012 Quebec student strike. Check it out on Soundcloud here:  https://soundcloud.com/whatthefuckamidoinghere/sets/what-the-fuck-am-i-doing-here    Learn more about Divest McGill here: https://www.divestmcgill.ca/ 

In this episode I chat with two members of <a href="https://www.divestmcgill.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Divest McGill</a>, a student-led organization at McGill University in so-called Montreal. They are fighting to force McGill to divest from the fossil fuel industry and transform the university into something liberatory and accountable to the people whose lives it affects. This spring, they led a more than two-week-long open, social occupation of a university building. All music in this episode is from the 2012 anti-folk opera "<a href="https://soundcloud.com/whatthefuckamidoinghere/sets/what-the-fuck-am-i-doing-here" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What The F*ck Am I Doing Here?</a>" about anarchist participation in the 2012 Quebec student strike. Check it out on Soundcloud here: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/whatthefuckamidoinghere/sets/what-the-fuck-am-i-doing-here" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://soundcloud.com/whatthefuckamidoinghere/sets/what-the-fuck-am-i-doing-here</a> Learn more about Divest McGill here: <a href="https://www.divestmcgill.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.divestmcgill.ca/</a>

Student Organizing with Divest McGill

Conversation with the author of Addressing Russian Propaganda, available online at praleski.org. We discuss some of the political and historic context for Russia’s current invasion of Ukraine including Russian state mythology of anti-fascism, the importance of solidarity with people in Ukraine facing Russian imperial agression, and more.   Music in this episode is from a benefit compilation released by eastbloc sound titled We Stand With Ukraine. Also check out Albums Against the Invasion from Anarchist Black Cross Musical Solidarity Group   Links:   Operation Solidarity   Support Roma in Ukraine   The Solidarity Apothecary   Anarchist Black Cross Dresden   Autonomous Action – anarchists, libertarian communists, antifa   Commons (leftist journal from Ukraine)   Letters from Ukraine series published by Endnotes:  Part 1  Part 2  Part 3   Everyday Anarchism – Bonus episode: A Report from Ukranian Anarchists

Conversation with the author of <a href="https://praleski.org/en/addressing-propaganda" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Addressing Russian Propaganda</a>, available online at <a href="http://praleski.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">praleski.org</a>. We discuss some of the political and historic context for Russia’s current invasion of Ukraine including Russian state mythology of anti-fascism, the importance of solidarity with people in Ukraine facing Russian imperial agression, and more. Music in this episode is from a benefit compilation released by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/eastblocsound" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eastbloc sound</a> titled <a href="https://notowar.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">We Stand With Ukraine</a>. Also check out <a href="https://abcmusicalsolidarity.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Albums Against the Invasion</a> from Anarchist Black Cross Musical Solidarity Group Links: <a href="https://operation-solidarity.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Operation Solidarity</a> <a href="https://padlet.com/ternype/support_roma_ukraine" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support Roma in Ukraine</a> <a href="https://solidarityapothecary.org/ukraine/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Solidarity Apothecary</a> <a href="https://abcdd.org/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anarchist Black Cross Dresden</a> <a href="https://avtonom.org/en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Autonomous Action – anarchists, libertarian communists, antifa</a> <a href="https://commons.com.ua/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Commons</a> (leftist journal from Ukraine) Letters from Ukraine series published by Endnotes: <a href="https://endnotes.org.uk/other_texts/en/andrew-letters-from-ukraine-part-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Part 1</a> <a href="https://endnotes.org.uk/other_texts/en/andrew-letters-from-ukraine-part-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Part 2</a> <a href="https://endnotes.org.uk/other_texts/en/andrew-letters-from-ukraine-part-3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Part 3</a> Everyday Anarchism – <a href="https://www.everydayanarchism.com/reportfromukrainiananarchists/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bonus episode: A Report from Ukranian Anarchists</a>

Solidarity with the people of Ukraine - Against the Russian State

Carla Bergman

carla bergman is an artist, writer, unschooler and fellow podcaster.  We discuss carla’s backstory, being radicalized by parenting, unschooling, the Purple Thistle, pandemic school closures, learning to trust kids, and striving to bring more joy into our projects and lives. Find carla on twitter, instagram and linktree Music by TimeArtwork from Grounded Futures

carla bergman is an artist, writer, unschooler and fellow podcaster.  We discuss carla’s backstory, being radicalized by parenting, unschooling, the Purple Thistle, pandemic school closures, learning to trust kids, and striving to bring more joy into our projects and lives. Find carla on <a href="https://twitter.com/joyfulcarla" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter</a>, <a href="https://instagram.com/joyfulcarla" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram</a> and <a href="https://linktr.ee/joyfulcarla" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">linktree</a> Music by <a href="https://thisistime.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Time</a>Artwork from <a href="https://groundedfutures.com/shows/grounded-futures-show/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grounded Futures</a>

Carla Bergman on School Resistance, Joyful Projects and Trusting Kids

A conversation with two members of Friends of the Attawapiskat River (Website/Facebook) about the Ring of Fire mining project and what's at stake. Mining Injustice Solidarity Network: (Website/Facebook) Song excerpt from Sounding Rock drum group, Webequie First Nation

A conversation with two members of Friends of the Attawapiskat River (<a href="https://attawapiskatriverprotectors.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a>/<a href="https://www.facebook.com/FriendsoftheAttawapiskatRiver" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>) about the Ring of Fire mining project and what's at stake. Mining Injustice Solidarity Network: (<a href="https://mininginjustice.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a>/<a href="https://www.facebook.com/mininginjustice.solidarity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>) Song excerpt from Sounding Rock drum group, Webequie First Nation

Northern Ontario's Ring of Fire

We spoke with a transportation worker about the so-called Freedom Convoy currently occupying capital cities and border crossings across Canada. Links: Naujawan Support Network Canadian Anti-Hate Network Punch Up Collective (Ottawa) Ottawa Trip Report Three Way Fight

We spoke with a transportation worker about the so-called Freedom Convoy currently occupying capital cities and border crossings across Canada. Links: <a href="https://twitter.com/NSNPeel" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Naujawan Support Network</a> <a href="https://www.antihate.ca/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Canadian Anti-Hate Network</a> <a href="http://www.punchupcollective.org/2022/02/06/organizing-against-the-occupation-of-ottawa/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Punch Up Collective (Ottawa)</a> <a href="https://north-shore.info/2022/02/07/trip-report-ottawa-on-saturday-february-5/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Ottawa Trip Report</a> <a href="https://threewayfight.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Three Way Fight</a>

Patriots and Big Trucks

From Embers is a regular show about anarchist and anti-authoritarian politics in so-called Canada. We are part of the Channel Zero Anarchist Podcast Network.

5 stars just for the Chumbawamba intro ❤️🖤

Burn baby burn

This podcast is really hit or miss for me . Sometimes very rigorous and thoughtful sometimes just regurgitating outdated liberal anti oppression/ left-anarchism

Hit or miss

From Embers

A conversation with Stu, a founding member of Dragonfly Farm. Dragonfly is a rural communal land project near Bancroft, Ontario that was founded in 1978. We talk about how he and his friends got the land, how they've endured and navigated conflict over the years, and advice he has for folks wanting to live rurally and/or communally today. Music by Perth County Conspiracy Links for further reading: Dragonfly Is 25 (2003) Jim Campbell, Remembered (with links)  Someone's master's thesis with a lot of details about the project  The Perth County Conspiracy

A conversation with Stu, a founding member of Dragonfly Farm. Dragonfly is a rural communal land project near Bancroft, Ontario that was founded in 1978. We talk about how he and his friends got the land, how they've endured and navigated conflict over the years, and advice he has for folks wanting to live rurally and/or communally today. Music by Perth County Conspiracy Links for further reading: <a href="https://www.alternativetoronto.ca/archive/items/show/72" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dragonfly Is 25 (2003)</a> <a href="https://kersplebedeb.com/posts/jim-campbell-remembered/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jim Campbell, Remembered (with links)</a> <a href="https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10315/35553/Adamiak_Joanna_M_2018_PhD.pdf?sequence=2&amp;isAllowed=y" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Someone's master's thesis with a lot of details about the project</a> <a href="https://majikbus.bandcamp.com/album/the-perth-county-conspiracy-1970" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Perth County Conspiracy</a>

Nothing's Ever Perfect/How We Live Together

Cruise

An interview with a member of a Montreal-based collective that is researching and raising awareness about police crackdowns in gay cruising areas. Links: Cruise Control collective page (facebook link) Ultra Red audio activists, Los Angeles, USA

An interview with a member of a Montreal-based collective that is researching and raising awareness about police crackdowns in gay cruising areas. Links: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cruisecontrolmtl/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cruise Control</a> collective page (facebook link) <a href="http://www.ultrared.org/pso6b.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ultra Red</a> audio activists, Los Angeles, USA

Cruise Control

Conversation with a former political prisoner in canada about her experiences in the federal system and her recently published prison memoir. We discuss changing prison conditions in the now-closed Prison for Women (P4W) in Kingston and Grand Valley Institution in Kitchener, the importance of relationships with other women in prison, legal and political strategy following her arrest, the difficulties of telling stories about one's life and other people in it, and more. Her memoir is available from Between the Lines Books at btlbooks.com

Conversation with a former political prisoner in canada about her experiences in the federal system and her recently published prison memoir. We discuss changing prison conditions in the now-closed Prison for Women (P4W) in Kingston and Grand Valley Institution in Kitchener, the importance of relationships with other women in prison, legal and political strategy following her arrest, the difficulties of telling stories about one's life and other people in it, and more. Her memoir is available from Between the Lines Books at <a href="http://btlbooks.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">btlbooks.com</a>

Conversation with a former political prisoner

Tonight on From Embers we’re talking about the unfolding crisis in Venezuela, and specifically the role of the Canadian state and the Lima Group. We open with a bit of a rant about how tricky anti-imperialist politics can be for anarchists to navigate - somewhat coincidentally, the topic of the week on Anarchist News this week. Then we feature an interview with Lydia of the Women's Coordinating Committee for a Free Wallmapu, a grassroots organization based in Toronto with ties to the Mapuche struggle in Chile. I asked her about Canada’s role in the intervention and recent actions she’s taken to disrupt mainstream narratives about so-called democracy in Venezuela. A few background English-language anarchist articles about Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution: Anarkismo Visit Report (2004) Socialism to the Highest Bidder (2006) True and False in Venezeula (2014) Roland Denis Interview (2016) Uruguayan Anarchists on Popular Power in Venezuela (2017) Black Rose statement (2019)

Tonight on From Embers we’re talking about the unfolding crisis in Venezuela, and specifically the role of the Canadian state and the Lima Group. We open with a bit of a rant about how tricky anti-imperialist politics can be for anarchists to navigate - somewhat coincidentally, the topic of the week on <a href="https://anarchistnews.org/content/totw-anarchist-anti-imperialism" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Anarchist News</a> this week. Then we feature an interview with Lydia of the <a href="https://wccctoronto.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Women's Coordinating Committee for a Free Wallmapu</a>, a grassroots organization based in Toronto with ties to the Mapuche struggle in Chile. I asked her about Canada’s role in the intervention and <a href="https://leveller.ca/2019/02/protests-crack-the-facade-of-the-lima-groups-ottawa-meeting/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">recent actions</a> she’s taken to disrupt mainstream narratives about so-called democracy in Venezuela. A few background English-language anarchist articles about Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution: <a href="http://www.anarkismo.net/newswire.php?story_id=839" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Anarkismo Visit Report (2004)</a> <a href="https://www.ditext.com/nachie/bidder.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Socialism to the Highest Bidder (2006)</a> <a href="https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/charlatan-stew-true-and-false-in-venezuela" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">True and False in Venezeula (2014)</a> <a href="https://libcom.org/library/roland-denis-chavez-didnt-dare-do-what-he-had-between-2002-2003" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Roland Denis Interview (2016)</a> <a href="http://blackrosefed.org/fau-venezuela-statement/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Uruguayan Anarchists on Popular Power in Venezuela (2017)</a> <a href="http://blackrosefed.org/political-situation-venezuela-crisis-trends-challenge-class-independence/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Black Rose statement (2019)</a>

Canada and the Crisis in Venezuela

This year on  May Day in Toronto, anarchists and radicals brought a replica guillotine to a rally at Queen’s Park, leading to outrage in the mainstream media and government calls for a  police investigation. In light of this, and in a context where guillotine memes and other gestures towards political violence are becoming more popular, we spoke with an author of the article  Against the Logic of the Guillotine published on the CrimethInc website. We discuss the ideas in the article, and tease out some of the philosophical tensions that underpin it. Music: L’Interrogatorio di Sante Caserio and Sante Caserio by From the Depths

This year on <a href="https://north-shore.info/2019/05/11/reflections-on-toronto-may-day-2019/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> May Day in Toronto</a>, anarchists and radicals brought a replica guillotine to a rally at Queen’s Park, leading to outrage in the mainstream media and government calls for a <a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2019/05/02/premiers-office-calls-the-police-on-guillotine-wielding-protesters.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> police investigation</a>. In light of this, and in a context where guillotine memes and other gestures towards political violence are becoming more popular, we spoke with an author of the article <a href="https://crimethinc.com/2019/04/08/against-the-logic-of-the-guillotine-why-the-paris-commune-burned-the-guillotine-and-we-should-too" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Against the Logic of the Guillotine</a> published on the CrimethInc website. We discuss the ideas in the article, and tease out some of the philosophical tensions that underpin it. Music: L’Interrogatorio di Sante Caserio and <a href="http://www.fromthedepths.info/sante.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sante Caserio by From the Depths</a>

Guillotines, Vengeance and Revolutionary Optimism

This week's episode features an interview with Kate Klein of the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network. We talk a bit about the group's work opposing the mining industry and supporting mining-affected communities outside of Canada in their struggles against Canadian mining corporations.  Mostly, we discuss the group's use of drama and comedy in their campaigns, and discuss a recent workshop that Kate and another member gave on "humour as an activist tactic."

This week's episode features an interview with Kate Klein of the <a href="https://mininginjustice.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mining Injustice Solidarity Network.</a> We talk a bit about the group's work opposing the mining industry and supporting mining-affected communities outside of Canada in their struggles against Canadian mining corporations.  Mostly, we discuss the group's use of drama and comedy in their campaigns, and discuss a recent workshop that Kate and another member gave on "humour as an activist tactic."

Playful Rebellion: When and how is humour a useful tactic?

Recording of a talk by Alexis Shotwell on veganism, relational ethics, and mutual aid. From the event description: “Will eating plant-based foods save us from climate catastrophes? Should everyone eat vegan? How should people who care about the world understand “clean eating”? Is Jordan Peterson pursuing a beef-only diet because he’s an asshole, or because he’s managing a severe disability, or both? Is criticizing factory farmed meat the same as criticizing Indigenous hunting practices? What does any of this have to do with mutual aid? In this conversation, I’ll share some approaches to answering these questions. I’ll explain what I think is a useful distinction between ethical decisions based on substances (what something is) and ethical decisions based on placing ourselves in relationships. I’ll talk about the difference between clean eating and vegan eating, and share why anarchist understandings of political care in the form of mutual aid help us be in good relationships with our devastated, hurting, good world.”   AKA Autonomous Social Centre (Kingston)   Punch Up Collective (Ottawa)

Recording of a talk by Alexis Shotwell on veganism, relational ethics, and mutual aid. From the event description: “Will eating plant-based foods save us from climate catastrophes? Should everyone eat vegan? How should people who care about the world understand “clean eating”? Is Jordan Peterson pursuing a beef-only diet because he’s an asshole, or because he’s managing a severe disability, or both? Is criticizing factory farmed meat the same as criticizing Indigenous hunting practices? What does any of this have to do with mutual aid? In this conversation, I’ll share some approaches to answering these questions. I’ll explain what I think is a useful distinction between ethical decisions based on substances (what something is) and ethical decisions based on placing ourselves in relationships. I’ll talk about the difference between clean eating and vegan eating, and share why anarchist understandings of political care in the form of mutual aid help us be in good relationships with our devastated, hurting, good world.” <a href="http://www.the-aka.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AKA Autonomous Social Centre</a> (Kingston) <a href="http://punchupcollective.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Punch Up Collective</a> (Ottawa)

Veganism and Mutual Aid

A conversation with Jonathan Vallely and Eric Levitt of Gay 4 Pay Press, a zine distro largely focused on radical politics and gay/queer men based out of Toronto and Ottawa. We talk about cruising, a world without police, community conversations around consent and accountability, crystal meth, and, of course, zines.   Music in this episode: FAGGOT - Mister Wallace Excerpt from Breaking the Ice/Letters to Meth video - composed by Don Vaillancourt

A conversation with <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dutchlanvin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jonathan Vallely</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/eric_levitt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eric Levitt</a> of Gay 4 Pay Press, a zine distro largely focused on radical politics and gay/queer men based out of Toronto and Ottawa. We talk about cruising, a world without police, community conversations around consent and accountability, crystal meth, and, of course, zines. Music in this episode: FAGGOT - Mister Wallace Excerpt from Breaking the Ice/Letters to Meth video - composed by Don Vaillancourt

Gay 4 A World Without Police

Audio from a panel at the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair. Hosts from The Solecast, Intersection'elle, Changing On The Fly, and From Embers discuss questions about podcasting, Internet culture, radio, privacy, and "being a personality." Music in this episode is Sole, off his album Destituent. Also it's the one year anniversary of From Embers!

Audio from a panel at the <a href="http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Montreal Anarchist Bookfair.</a> Hosts from <a href="http://www.soleone.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Solecast</a>, <a href="https://intersectionnelle.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Intersection'elle</a>, <a href="https://changingonthefly.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Changing On The Fly</a>, and From Embers discuss questions about podcasting, Internet culture, radio, privacy, and "being a personality." Music in this episode is Sole, off his album <a href="https://sole.bandcamp.com/album/destituent" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Destituent</a>. Also it's the one year anniversary of From Embers!

Are Anarchist Podcasts Good For Anarchist Struggle?

Conversation with two organizers from Anti-Police Power Surrey (APPS), a grassroots organization committed to building collective resistance to police and the systems of power and domination they uphold: capitalism, colonialism, and white supremacy. They are active on the unceded, stolen territories of the Kwantlen, Musqueam, Katzie, Semiahmoo, Tsawwassen, Qayqayt, and Kwikwetlem nations, occupied by Surrey, British Columbia. Website: Anti-Police Power Surrey Facebook &amp; Instagram Music in this episode: Tribe Called Quest - We The People

Conversation with two organizers from Anti-Police Power Surrey (APPS), a grassroots organization committed to building collective resistance to police and the systems of power and domination they uphold: capitalism, colonialism, and white supremacy. They are active on the unceded, stolen territories of the Kwantlen, Musqueam, Katzie, Semiahmoo, Tsawwassen, Qayqayt, and Kwikwetlem nations, occupied by Surrey, British Columbia. Website: <a href="https://antipolicepower.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anti-Police Power Surrey</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/antipolicepower" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/antipolicepower/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> Music in this episode: Tribe Called Quest - We The People

Building Anti-Police Power in Surrey

A conversation with a Kingston organizer of an anti-police and anti-military protest contingent in Kingston Pride Parade, and an interview with two folks from Hamilton about people at Hamilton Pride defending themselves homophobic street preachers and violent far-right white supremacists without relying on the police. Note that we re-recorded this second interview to protect their anonymity. Check out The Tower on Facebook (facebook.com/thetowerhamilton) as well as North Shore Counter Info (north-shore.info) for more up to date information on arrests, solidarity actions, and ways you can support those arrested and possibly facing charges in Hamilton. Related reading: The Unquiet Dead: Anarchism, Fascism, and Mythology. Zine-length chapters and audio recordings available at https://unquietdead.tumblr.com/

A conversation with a Kingston organizer of an anti-police and anti-military protest contingent in Kingston Pride Parade, and an interview with two folks from Hamilton about people at Hamilton Pride defending themselves homophobic street preachers and violent far-right white supremacists without relying on the police. Note that we re-recorded this second interview to protect their anonymity. Check out The Tower on Facebook (<a href="http://facebook.com/thetowerhamilton" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/thetowerhamilton</a>) as well as North Shore Counter Info (<a href="http://north-shore.info" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">north-shore.info</a>) for more up to date information on arrests, solidarity actions, and ways you can support those arrested and possibly facing charges in Hamilton. Related reading: The Unquiet Dead: Anarchism, Fascism, and Mythology. Zine-length chapters and audio recordings available at <a href="https://unquietdead.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://unquietdead.tumblr.com/</a>

Queers Fight Back

An interview with Dtsa'hyl, a hereditary chief of the Wet'suwet'en Nation. The Wet'suwet'en people have defended their land against pipelines for more than a decade. After an RCMP raid on their territory on February 6th, a national movement was sparked to shut down Canada and protest against the infringement of Indigenous sovereignty. Music in this episode by Lee Reed and Snotty Nose Rez Kids

An interview with Dtsa'hyl, a hereditary chief of the Wet'suwet'en Nation. The Wet'suwet'en people have defended their land against pipelines for more than a decade. After an RCMP raid on their territory on February 6th, a national movement was sparked to shut down Canada and protest against the infringement of Indigenous sovereignty. Music in this episode by Lee Reed and Snotty Nose Rez Kids

Wet'suwet'en Land Defense and #ShutDownCanada

Conversation with an anarchist and anti-repression organizer about how conspiracy charges have been used against anarchists in Canada and the United States, some challenges and lessons learned from supporting J20 defendants and others, the Tilted Scales Collective's upcoming book project, Representing Radicals: A Guide for Lawyers, and more. Check out the links below for more in-depth discussion of some of the cases discussed in the episode as well as related texts about repression, security culture, and conspiracy charges. The Age of Conspiracy Charges  Guilt By Association – How the Prosecution of the RNC 8 Threatens Dissent and all Political Organizers (pdf)  Toronto G20 Main Conspiracy Group – The Charges and How They Came to Be (pdf)  We’ve Got Your Back: The Story of the J20 Defense: An Epic Tale of Repression and Solidarity  Confidence, Courage, Connection, Trust: A Proposal for Security Culture  Solidarity With Our Comrades in Hamilton: To Stop Gentrification, Destroy Capitalism

Conversation with an anarchist and anti-repression organizer about how conspiracy charges have been used against anarchists in Canada and the United States, some challenges and lessons learned from supporting J20 defendants and others, the <a href="https://tiltedscalescollective.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tilted Scales Collective</a>'s upcoming book project, Representing Radicals: A Guide for Lawyers, and more. Check out the links below for more in-depth discussion of some of the cases discussed in the episode as well as related texts about repression, security culture, and conspiracy charges. <a href="https://crimethinc.com/2010/07/27/the-age-of-conspiracy-charges" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Age of Conspiracy Charges</a> <a href="https://conspiracytour.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/guilt-by-association-rnc8-pamphlet.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Guilt By Association – How the Prosecution of the RNC 8 Threatens Dissent and all Political Organizers (pdf)</a> <a href="https://north-shore.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/torontoconspiracy.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Toronto G20 Main Conspiracy Group – The Charges and How They Came to Be (pdf)</a> <a href="https://crimethinc.com/2019/01/30/weve-got-your-back-the-story-of-the-j20-defense-an-epic-tale-of-repression-and-solidarity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> We’ve Got Your Back: The Story of the J20 Defense: An Epic Tale of Repression and Solidarity</a> <a href="https://north-shore.info/2019/11/05/confidence-courage-connection-trust-a-proposal-for-security-culture/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Confidence, Courage, Connection, Trust: A Proposal for Security Culture</a> <a href="https://itsgoingdown.org/solidarity-with-our-comrades-in-hamilton-to-stop-gentrification-destroy-capitalism/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Solidarity With Our Comrades in Hamilton: To Stop Gentrification, Destroy Capitalism</a>

Conspiracy and Anti-Repression Organizing

Organizers with Alliance Against Displacement share stories about the Schoolhouse Squat as well as DisconTent City and a few other tent cities on unceded Coast Salish territories. We talk about the context of the housing crisis, how homeless indigenous and working class people are organizing to meet their immediate needs for shelter, safety, and community, building a revolutionary political force in the streets, legal and political strategies, resisting isolation and exclusion at the hands of cops and supportive housing organizations, urban indigenous political identity, ongoing state repression from city and provincial governments, community self-defence and care....and more.   Donate to support organizers targeted by misogynist harrassment and replace belongings seized by the RCMP.   If you're on the facebook, check out: DisconTent City Nanaimo DisconTent city is camp set up to protest the injustices forced upon people experiencing homelessness, and demand affordable housing not shelters! Namegans Nation Saanich Tent City (known as Camp Namegans - we are all one) started in May 2018. On Sept 15, it became Namegans Nation, the first urban reserve in Canada. Anita Place Tent City Maple Ridge (closed group for supporters) Anita Place tent city started May 2nd, 2017 to give homeless people in Maple Ridge a place to stay, a place to be, and a place to be safe… and a place to advocate for the social housing we so desperately need.   Music in this episode is Down to Ride by Rapsure Risin, and the artwork is fan art created for the Schoolhouse Squat by Catherine Hart

Organizers with <a href="http://www.stopdisplacement.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alliance Against Displacement</a> share stories about the Schoolhouse Squat as well as DisconTent City and a few other tent cities on unceded Coast Salish territories. We talk about the context of the housing crisis, how homeless indigenous and working class people are organizing to meet their immediate needs for shelter, safety, and community, building a revolutionary political force in the streets, legal and political strategies, resisting isolation and exclusion at the hands of cops and supportive housing organizations, urban indigenous political identity, ongoing state repression from city and provincial governments, community self-defence and care....and more. <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/discontent-city-under-attack" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Donate</a> to support organizers targeted by misogynist harrassment and replace belongings seized by the RCMP. If you're on the facebook, check out: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/discontentcity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DisconTent City</a> Nanaimo DisconTent city is camp set up to protest the injustices forced upon people experiencing homelessness, and demand affordable housing not shelters! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/campnamegans" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Namegans Nation</a> Saanich Tent City (known as Camp Namegans - we are all one) started in May 2018. On Sept 15, it became Namegans Nation, the first urban reserve in Canada. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/145369856002562/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anita Place Tent City Maple Ridge (closed group for supporters)</a> Anita Place tent city started May 2nd, 2017 to give homeless people in Maple Ridge a place to stay, a place to be, and a place to be safe… and a place to advocate for the social housing we so desperately need. Music in this episode is Down to Ride by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Rapsure-Risin-136702629714647/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rapsure Risin</a>, and the artwork is fan art created for the Schoolhouse Squat by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cathartart/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Catherine Hart</a>

Schoolhouse Squat and DisconTent City

Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain in the world measured from its oceanic base and one of the most sacred sites for spiritual Hawaiians. A consortium of government and university scientists from Canada, the United States, Japan, China and India have been trying to build the Thirty Metre Telescope on its summit for nearly a decade, coming up against fierce opposition from native Hawaiians every step of the way. Things heated up again this summer as TMT planned to start construction for the second time. In response, land protectors established a resistance camp on the mountain. After two and a half months and dozens of arrests, the camp is still standing and a mass movement has emerged to defend the mountain. We caught up with Pua’ena Ahn, who is part of the Hawaiian movement and currently active to protect Mauna Kea. With music from Anti-Flag and PUNAHELE695 In Canada, the National Research Council and the Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy (ACURA) are important partners in the TMT Corporation. Some prominent Canadian astronomers have already  spoken out against the project. Add to  the  pressure! Board Members of TMT (Canada)  Donald Brooks – Professor, University of British Columbia Greg Fahlman – General Manager, NRC Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Kim Venn – Professor, University of Victoria  ACURA Institutional Members and Representatives  Athabasca University – Martin Connors Bishops University, Sherbrooke - Lorne Nelson Brandon University - Tyler Foster McGill University, Montreal - Nick Cowan McMaster University, Hamilton - Christine Wilson Queen’s University, Kingston - Stephane Courteau Saint Mary’s University, Halifax - Robert Thacker Trent University, Peterborough - David Patton University of Alberta, Edmonton - Gregory R. Sivakoff University of British Columbia, Vancouver - Aaron Boley University of Calgary - Robert Thompson Laval University - Gilles Joncas University of Lethbridge - Erasmus Okine University of Manitoba, Winnipeg - Stefi Baum University of Montreal - René Doyon University of Toronto - Vivek Goel University of Victoria – Kim Venn University of Waterloo - Charmaine Dean University of Western Ontario, London - Stanimir Metchev York University, Toronto - Patrick Hall  And finally, don't forget to check out the Toronto Anarchist Bookfair this weekend!

Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain in the world measured from its oceanic base and one of the most sacred sites for spiritual Hawaiians. A consortium of government and university scientists from Canada, the United States, Japan, China and India have been trying to build the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Meter_Telescope" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thirty Metre Telescope</a> on its summit for nearly a decade, coming up against <a href="https://www.staradvertiser.com/tag/TMT/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fierce opposition</a> from native Hawaiians every step of the way. Things heated up again this summer as TMT planned to start construction for the second time. In response, land protectors established a <a href="https://www.puuhuluhulu.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">resistance camp</a> on the mountain. After two and a half months and dozens of arrests, the camp is still standing and a mass movement has emerged to defend the mountain. We caught up with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSaWcbwBOXA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pua’ena Ahn</a>, who is part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_sovereignty_movement" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hawaiian movement</a> and currently active to protect Mauna Kea. With music from <a href="https://anti-flag.bandcamp.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Anti-Flag</a> and <a href="https://punahele695.bandcamp.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">PUNAHELE695</a> In Canada, the National Research Council and the Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy (ACURA) are important partners in the TMT Corporation. Some prominent Canadian astronomers have already <a href="http://spaceq.ca/dissension-grows-between-canadian-participants-of-the-thirty-meter-telescope/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> spoken out</a> against the project. Add to <a href="https://thevarsity.ca/2019/09/22/u-of-ts-weak-response-to-the-protests-on-construction-of-the-thirty-meter-telescope-is-unacceptable/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> the</a> <a href="https://news.umanitoba.ca/um-encourages-respectful-dialogue-on-the-thirty-meter-telescope/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> pressure</a>! <a href="https://www.tmt.org/page/governance#board-of-governors" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Board Members</a> of TMT (Canada) <ul> <li>Donald Brooks – Professor, University of British Columbia</li> <li>Greg Fahlman – General Manager, NRC Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics</li> <li>Kim Venn – Professor, University of Victoria</li> </ul> <a href="http://acura.craq-astro.ca/governance/corporate-structure/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ACURA</a> Institutional Members and Representatives <ul> <li>Athabasca University – Martin Connors</li> <li>Bishops University, Sherbrooke - Lorne Nelson</li> <li>Brandon University - Tyler Foster</li> <li>McGill University, Montreal - Nick Cowan</li> <li>McMaster University, Hamilton - Christine Wilson</li> <li>Queen’s University, Kingston - Stephane Courteau</li> <li>Saint Mary’s University, Halifax - Robert Thacker</li> <li>Trent University, Peterborough - David Patton</li> <li>University of Alberta, Edmonton - Gregory R. Sivakoff</li> <li>University of British Columbia, Vancouver - Aaron Boley</li> <li>University of Calgary - Robert Thompson</li> <li>Laval University - Gilles Joncas</li> <li>University of Lethbridge - Erasmus Okine</li> <li>University of Manitoba, Winnipeg - Stefi Baum</li> <li>University of Montreal - René Doyon</li> <li>University of Toronto - Vivek Goel</li> <li>University of Victoria – Kim Venn</li> <li>University of Waterloo - Charmaine Dean</li> <li>University of Western Ontario, London - Stanimir Metchev</li> <li>York University, Toronto - Patrick Hall</li> </ul> And finally, don't forget to check out the <a href="https://torontoanarchistbookfair.noblogs.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Toronto Anarchist Bookfair</a> this weekend!

Mauna Kea and the Hawaiian Movement

This week's episode features two perspectives on the right-wing "Yellow Vests Canada" movement and how anti-fascists are taking them on.  Topics include: What, if anything, do these people have to do with the yellow vest movement in France? Are they workerists, xenophobes, populists, fascists or all of the above? How are neo-nazis and other fascists recruiting from inside the movement? Should we as anti-fascists treat the yellow vests like fash or like something else? What's up with the United We Roll truck convoy? Is this really a grassroots movement *for* pipelines? Links: https://twitter.com/VestsCanada https://anti-racistcanada.blogspot.com/ https://ottawagdc.org/

This week's episode features two perspectives on the right-wing "Yellow Vests Canada" movement and how anti-fascists are taking them on.  Topics include: What, if anything, do these people have to do with the yellow vest movement in France? Are they workerists, xenophobes, populists, fascists or all of the above? How are neo-nazis and other fascists recruiting from inside the movement? Should we as anti-fascists treat the yellow vests like fash or like something else? What's up with the United We Roll truck convoy? Is this really a grassroots movement *for* pipelines? Links: <a href="https://twitter.com/VestsCanada" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/VestsCanada</a> <a href="https://anti-racistcanada.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anti-racistcanada.blogspot.com/</a> <a href="https://ottawagdc.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ottawagdc.org/</a>

What's the deal with Yellow Vests Canada?

An interview with two anarchists from Vancouver about their efforts to intervene in the climate strike and extinction rebellion actions in that city. We talk about the context in Vancouver, their critique of Extinction Rebellion, black blocs, critical solidarity, and moving beyond hope and hopelessness. For the privacy of our guests, this interview was re-voiced by volunteers. Links: Anarchist Critique and Analysis of Recent Climate Mobilizations in Vancouver Imagining New Worlds - Anti-Capitalism and Climate Justice (Kitchener, Ontario) Extinguishing Rebellion (Montreal) Printable Outreach Materials for Climate Strike Actions (It's Going Down) -with music from the Subhumans and Bombs Away

An interview with two anarchists from Vancouver about their efforts to intervene in the climate strike and extinction rebellion actions in that city. We talk about the context in Vancouver, their critique of Extinction Rebellion, black blocs, critical solidarity, and moving beyond hope and hopelessness. For the privacy of our guests, this interview was re-voiced by volunteers. Links: <a href="https://itsgoingdown.org/an-anarchist-critique-analysis-of-recent-climate-mobilizations-in-vancouver-bc/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Anarchist Critique and Analysis of Recent Climate Mobilizations in Vancouver</a> <a href="https://north-shore.info/2019/09/27/kw-imagining-new-worlds-anti-capitalism-and-climate-justice/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Imagining New Worlds - Anti-Capitalism and Climate Justice</a> (Kitchener, Ontario) <a href="https://mtlcounterinfo.org/extinguishing-rebellion/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Extinguishing Rebellion</a> (Montreal) <a href="https://itsgoingdown.org/printable-outreach-materials-for-climate-strike-actions/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Printable Outreach Materials for Climate Strike Actions</a> (It's Going Down) -with music from the <a href="http://subhumans.ca/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Subhumans</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GOoajKDIME" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Bombs Away</a>

Climate Mobilizations in Vancouver

This week's episode features two interviews with people involved in the struggle to stop a new migrant prison from being built in Laval, Quebec. Topics discussed include: -the project and how the government is trying to frame it as a "nice" cage. -senses of strategy and what might work to actually stop a project like this. -actions that have taken place against the prison, how they've gone, and what actions might be on the horizon. Stop The Prison Ni Frontières, Ni Prisons (facebook link!)  Solidarity Across Borders

This week's episode features two interviews with people involved in the struggle to stop a new migrant prison from being built in Laval, Quebec. Topics discussed include: -the project and how the government is trying to frame it as a "nice" cage. -senses of strategy and what might work to actually stop a project like this. -actions that have taken place against the prison, how they've gone, and what actions might be on the horizon. <a href="https://www.stopponslaprison.info/en/home/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stop The Prison</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nifrontieresniprisons/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ni Frontières, Ni Prisons (facebook link!)</a> <a href="http://www.solidarityacrossborders.org/en/stop-the-prison-stoppons-la-prison" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Solidarity Across Borders</a>

Stop The Prison, Open The Border

Today we bring you an episode of a brand-new podcast miniseries entitled "What Happened to Prisoner Justice Day?" about the history of prisons in canada focusing on differences in the prison system in the 1960s-1980s versus today. The podcast features interviews with former and current prisoners, as well as supporters on the outside. "In [this] episode, we talk to Gene, who started doing time in canadian prisons in 1972. Gene talks to us about the early days of PJD on the inside and the role that inmates committees and outside support played in prisoner resistance in the 70s and 80s. He talks a bit about protective custody or PC, and how changes to protective custody policies in federal prisons undermined solidarity. At the end of the show, we mention the website penalpress.com. The site features a catalogue of newspapers produced in prisons in canada. Check it out for an inside perspective on the canadian prison system from the late 1940s onwards." More about the podcast: This is a mini series about the history of prisons in canada focusing on differences in the prison system in the 1960s-1980s versus today. The podcast features interviews with former and current prisoners, as well as supporters on the outside. For those new to prison history, Prisoner Justice Day, also called PJD, started in 1975 on the one year anniversary of the death of Edward Nalon, an inside organizer who bled to death in a segregation cell in Millhaven Maximum Penitentiary on August 10th, 1974. Prisoners refused to eat and refused to work to commemorate Eddie's death. In May 1976, Robert Landers, who had been actively organizing in Archambault Pen before being involuntarily transferred to Millhaven, died in a segregation cell in Millhaven after repeated calls for medical help met no response. In June 1976, prisoners in Millhaven launched a call for support for their one day hunger strike in remembrance of all prisoners who had died inside - to take place on August 10th. Word spread across the country and, in the end, thousands of prisoners participated in the one day hunger strike and supporters on the outside organized events on the outside. A lot has changed since the 70s, not just in prison, but outside of prison. While respecting PJD remains important to many on the inside and outside, the numbers of those participating are nowhere near the numbers involved in the 70s and 80s. This podcast mini-series sets out to explore why that change has occurred. We found the PJD image for the podcast and its backstory here: http://journal.radicalcriminology.org/index.php/rc/article/view/68/html Search for What Happened to Prisoner Justice Day wherever you get your podcasts, or check it out online at prisonhistoryca.libsyn.com

Today we bring you an episode of a brand-new podcast miniseries entitled "<a href="https://prisonhistoryca.libsyn.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What Happened to Prisoner Justice Day?</a>" about the history of prisons in canada focusing on differences in the prison system in the 1960s-1980s versus today. The podcast features interviews with former and current prisoners, as well as supporters on the outside. "In [this] episode, we talk to Gene, who started doing time in canadian prisons in 1972. Gene talks to us about the early days of PJD on the inside and the role that inmates committees and outside support played in prisoner resistance in the 70s and 80s. He talks a bit about protective custody or PC, and how changes to protective custody policies in federal prisons undermined solidarity. At the end of the show, we mention the website <a href="http://penalpress.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">penalpress.com</a>. The site features a catalogue of newspapers produced in prisons in canada. Check it out for an inside perspective on the canadian prison system from the late 1940s onwards." More about the podcast: This is a mini series about the history of prisons in canada focusing on differences in the prison system in the 1960s-1980s versus today. The podcast features interviews with former and current prisoners, as well as supporters on the outside. For those new to prison history, Prisoner Justice Day, also called PJD, started in 1975 on the one year anniversary of the death of Edward Nalon, an inside organizer who bled to death in a segregation cell in Millhaven Maximum Penitentiary on August 10th, 1974. Prisoners refused to eat and refused to work to commemorate Eddie's death. In May 1976, Robert Landers, who had been actively organizing in Archambault Pen before being involuntarily transferred to Millhaven, died in a segregation cell in Millhaven after repeated calls for medical help met no response. In June 1976, prisoners in Millhaven launched a call for support for their one day hunger strike in remembrance of all prisoners who had died inside - to take place on August 10th. Word spread across the country and, in the end, thousands of prisoners participated in the one day hunger strike and supporters on the outside organized events on the outside. A lot has changed since the 70s, not just in prison, but outside of prison. While respecting PJD remains important to many on the inside and outside, the numbers of those participating are nowhere near the numbers involved in the 70s and 80s. This podcast mini-series sets out to explore why that change has occurred. We found the PJD image for the podcast and its backstory here: <a href="http://journal.radicalcriminology.org/index.php/rc/article/view/68/html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://journal.radicalcriminology.org/index.php/rc/article/view/68/html</a> Search for What Happened to Prisoner Justice Day wherever you get your podcasts, or check it out online at <a href="https://prisonhistoryca.libsyn.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">prisonhistoryca.libsyn.com</a>

Ep 3: Prisoner Justice Day, Inmates Committees, and Resistance on the Inside

Interview with Kevin Tucker about his latest book  The Cull of Personality, which tells the story and surrounding context of the murder of Shipibo-Conibo healer and indigenous rights activist Olivia Arevalo at the hands of Canadian ayahuasca tourist Sebastian Woodroffe in the Peruvian Amazon. Woodroffe was subsequently lynched by members of Arevalo’s community, which became a big  story in the Canadian press. We discuss the story, ayahuasca, colonialism, and new age spirituality in a civilized world. Music by Slugdge

Interview with <a href="https://www.kevintucker.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kevin Tucker</a> about his latest book <a href="https://www.blackandgreenreview.org/product-page/the-cull-of-personality-kevin-tucker" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Cull of Personality</a>, which tells the story and surrounding context of the murder of Shipibo-Conibo healer and indigenous rights activist Olivia Arevalo at the hands of Canadian ayahuasca tourist Sebastian Woodroffe in the Peruvian Amazon. Woodroffe was subsequently lynched by members of Arevalo’s community, which became a <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/peru-canadian-death-1.4630476" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">big</a> <a href="https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/sebastian-woodroffe-death-ayahuasca-peru" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> story</a> in the Canadian press. We discuss the story, ayahuasca, colonialism, and new age spirituality in a civilized world. Music by <a href="https://slugdge.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slugdge</a>

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