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Part Two: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction

May 13, 202635 min

Part One: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction

May 11, 202639 min

CZM Book Club: Moonkids, by Abbey Mei Otis, Part 1

May 10, 202629 min

Part Four: The Dutch Resistance: The Teens Who Seduced and Killed Nazis

May 6, 20261h 2m

Part Three: The Dutch Resistance: The Teens Who Seduced and Killed Nazis

May 4, 202657 min

CZM Book Club: Discussing Two Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin

May 3, 202657 min

Part Two: The Dutch Resistance: The Ice Cream Parlor and Jewish Boxers

Apr 29, 202650 min

Part One: The Dutch Resistance: The Ice Cream Parlor and Jewish Boxers

Apr 27, 20261h 12m

CZM Book Club: Where the Phph Pebbles Go, by Miriam Allen DeFord

Apr 26, 202639 min

Part Two: Hugh Ryan on Queer History

Apr 22, 20261h 2m

Part One: Hugh Ryan on Queer History

Apr 20, 202643 min

CZM Book Club: Against the State by James Stout

Apr 19, 202647 min

Part Four: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905

Apr 15, 202636 min

Part Three: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905

Apr 13, 202627 min

CZM Book Club: Selected Poems of Voltairine de Cleyre

Apr 12, 202625 min

Part Two: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905

Apr 8, 20261h 0m

Part One: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905

Apr 6, 20261h 17m

CZM Book Club: All Cats Are Grey, by Andre Alice Norton

Apr 5, 202631 min

Part Two: SHAC and Modern Protest Tactics

Margaret continues her talk with Shuli Branson about the international campaign to end a notorious animal testing lab Sources: https://activistfacts.com/organizations/408-shac//https://newspaper.animalpeopleforum.org/2002/10/01/crackdown-on-shac-hits-activist-for-child-porn-brings-boston-busts/https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?Id=DAED00C5-802A-23AD-4106-0178D28039D9&Statement_id=CB16330B-2C94-4C18-B3A1-EF426A27966Chttps://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/british-arrest-animal-rights-activists/https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/animal-rights-activists-get-prison-web-threat-case/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/4762481.stmhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+dug+up+a+grave+20+years+ago+but+this+is+appalling%3b+YOXALL...-a0123564625https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/the-research-they-tried-to-stophttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/may/12/animalwelfare.topstories3https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DONT2Aucgshttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/24/animalwelfare.nelsonmandelahttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/24/animalwelfare.businessofresearchhttps://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/this-britain/animal-rights-activists-condemned-as-guinea-pig-farm-gives-up-fight-307872.htmlhttps://aldf.org/article/federal-laws-and-agencies-involved-with-animal-testing/https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1fkyqaf/cmv_testing_on_animals_is_not_logically_unethical/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36762462/https://awionline.org/awi-quarterly/summer-2025/animal-experimentation-under-trump-administration-good-bad-uglyhttps://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/administrator-zeldin-gets-epa-back-track-eliminate-animal-testing-after-biden-adminhttps://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/consumer-health/federal-food-drug-and-cosmetic-act-1938https://bfp.org/the-u-s-is-finally-beginning-to-move-beyond-animal-testing/https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/animals-used-experimentation-factsheets/animal-experiments-overview/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408444.2023.2221987#abstracthttps://www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/epa-end-animal-testinghttps://web.archive.org/web/20080227041442/http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/fileLibrary/pdf/RIA_Report_FINAL-opt.pdfhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK32655/https://humanedecisions.com/charles-darwin-the-lower-animals-like-man-feel-pleasure-and-pain-happiness-and-misery/https://web.archive.org/web/20130121030113/http://postcog.ucd.ie/files/fulltext.pdfhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/aug/14/davidpallisterhttps://www.stagemilk.com/aaron-monologue-act-5-scene-1/https://awionline.org/press-releases/envigo-settlement-first-step-addressing-companys-abysmal-animal-welfare-recordhttps://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/2960204-envigos-22-million-guilty-plea-animal-welfare-scandal-unveiledPuppy Killer, Leave Town, Jon Hochschartnerhttps://we.riseup.net/imc-uk/barry-horneSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 1, 20261h 3m

Part One: SHAC and Modern Protest Tactics

Margaret talks with Shuli Branson about the international campaign to end a notorious animal testing lab Sources: https://activistfacts.com/organizations/408-shac//https://newspaper.animalpeopleforum.org/2002/10/01/crackdown-on-shac-hits-activist-for-child-porn-brings-boston-busts/https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?Id=DAED00C5-802A-23AD-4106-0178D28039D9&Statement_id=CB16330B-2C94-4C18-B3A1-EF426A27966Chttps://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/british-arrest-animal-rights-activists/https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/animal-rights-activists-get-prison-web-threat-case/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/4762481.stmhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+dug+up+a+grave+20+years+ago+but+this+is+appalling%3b+YOXALL...-a0123564625https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/the-research-they-tried-to-stophttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/may/12/animalwelfare.topstories3https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DONT2Aucgshttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/24/animalwelfare.nelsonmandelahttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/24/animalwelfare.businessofresearchhttps://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/this-britain/animal-rights-activists-condemned-as-guinea-pig-farm-gives-up-fight-307872.htmlhttps://aldf.org/article/federal-laws-and-agencies-involved-with-animal-testing/https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1fkyqaf/cmv_testing_on_animals_is_not_logically_unethical/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36762462/https://awionline.org/awi-quarterly/summer-2025/animal-experimentation-under-trump-administration-good-bad-uglyhttps://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/administrator-zeldin-gets-epa-back-track-eliminate-animal-testing-after-biden-adminhttps://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/consumer-health/federal-food-drug-and-cosmetic-act-1938https://bfp.org/the-u-s-is-finally-beginning-to-move-beyond-animal-testing/https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/animals-used-experimentation-factsheets/animal-experiments-overview/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408444.2023.2221987#abstracthttps://www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/epa-end-animal-testinghttps://web.archive.org/web/20080227041442/http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/fileLibrary/pdf/RIA_Report_FINAL-opt.pdfhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK32655/https://humanedecisions.com/charles-darwin-the-lower-animals-like-man-feel-pleasure-and-pain-happiness-and-misery/https://web.archive.org/web/20130121030113/http://postcog.ucd.ie/files/fulltext.pdfhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/aug/14/davidpallisterhttps://www.stagemilk.com/aaron-monologue-act-5-scene-1/https://awionline.org/press-releases/envigo-settlement-first-step-addressing-companys-abysmal-animal-welfare-recordhttps://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/2960204-envigos-22-million-guilty-plea-animal-welfare-scandal-unveiledPuppy Killer, Leave Town, Jon Hochschartnerhttps://we.riseup.net/imc-uk/barry-horneSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 30, 20261h 0m

CZM Book Club: The Cloud Weaver's Song, by Saul Tanpepper

Margaret reads you a story about climate refugees, ancestors, and giant spider robots that weave webs of glassSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 29, 202633 min

Part Two: If Not Us Than Who: The Russian Partisans at War Against Putin

Margaret continues her conversation with Charles McBryde about the underground organization of anarcho-communists fighting against their own authoritarian government. Sources: https://www.anarchistnews.org/content/anarchist-ruslan-siddiqui-sentenced-29-years-maximum-security-penal-colonyhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-20120888 https://avtonom.org/en/news/anarchist-alexey-rozhkov-sentenced-16-years-setting-fire-military-enlistment-officehttps://crimethinc.com/2022/02/15/war-and-anarchists-anti-authoritarian-perspectives-in-ukrainehttps://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/12/05/7379273/https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/12/05/7379409/https://theins.ru/en/society/280988https://avtonom.org/en/news/you-could-call-me-partisan-ruslan-siddiqi-recounts-his-anti-war-actionshttps://theins.ru/en/politics/252885https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmJZVKLQylAhttps://abc-belarus.org/en/prisoners/https://ukrainetoday.org/ex-russian-officer-defects-to-ukraine-to-fight-enemies-of-my-homeland/https://greydynamics.com/siberian-battalion-russian-volunteers-fighting-for-ukraine/https://greydynamics.com/inside-russias-underground-resistance-the-rise-of-boak/https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-anarchists-on-the-front-line-against-russia-s-warhttps://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2025/05/29/i-couldnt-watch-people-die-in-silence-enhttps://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/04/27/russia-prison-sentences-for-terrorist-graffiti/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 25, 202659 min

Part One: If Not Us Than Who: The Russian Partisans at War Against Putin

Margaret talks with Charles McBryde about the underground organization of anarcho-communists fighting against their own authoritarian government. Sources: https://www.anarchistnews.org/content/anarchist-ruslan-siddiqui-sentenced-29-years-maximum-security-penal-colonyhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-20120888 https://avtonom.org/en/news/anarchist-alexey-rozhkov-sentenced-16-years-setting-fire-military-enlistment-officehttps://crimethinc.com/2022/02/15/war-and-anarchists-anti-authoritarian-perspectives-in-ukrainehttps://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/12/05/7379273/https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/12/05/7379409/https://theins.ru/en/society/280988https://avtonom.org/en/news/you-could-call-me-partisan-ruslan-siddiqi-recounts-his-anti-war-actionshttps://theins.ru/en/politics/252885https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmJZVKLQylAhttps://abc-belarus.org/en/prisoners/https://ukrainetoday.org/ex-russian-officer-defects-to-ukraine-to-fight-enemies-of-my-homeland/https://greydynamics.com/siberian-battalion-russian-volunteers-fighting-for-ukraine/https://greydynamics.com/inside-russias-underground-resistance-the-rise-of-boak/https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-anarchists-on-the-front-line-against-russia-s-warhttps://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2025/05/29/i-couldnt-watch-people-die-in-silence-enhttps://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/04/27/russia-prison-sentences-for-terrorist-graffiti/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 23, 20261h 3m

CZM Book Club: St. Juju, by Rivers Solomon

Margaret reads you a story about mushrooms, trash, and coming to terms with an imperfect utopiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 22, 202629 min

Part Two: Molly Crabapple on the Jewish Labor Bund

Margaret continues her talk with Molly Crabapple about her book Here Where We Live is Our Country Preorder from Firestorm Co-op here: https://firestorm.coop/products/24295-here-where-we-live-is-our-country.html?referral=killjoySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 18, 202656 min

Part One: Molly Crabapple on the Jewish Labor Bund

Margaret talks with Molly Crabapple about her book Here Where We Live is Our Country. Preorder from Firestorm Co-op here: https://firestorm.coop/products/24295-here-where-we-live-is-our-country.html?referral=killjoySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 16, 202653 min

CZM Book Club: Girls Who Look Through Glass, by Alex Smith

Margaret reads you a story about the magic embeded into the mundaneSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 15, 202637 min

Part Two: The Lusty Lady: The Worker-Owned Peep Show

Margaret continues her conversation with Raechel Anne Jolie about labor organizing among sex workers in the United States. Sources: https://www.scirp.org/pdf/WJA20120300010_83173531.pdfhttps://www.nswp.org/sites/default/files/guide_to_legal_models_english_prf04.pdfhttps://www.nswp.org/sites/default/files/Swedish%20Model%20Advocacy%20Toolkit%20Community%20Guide%2C%20NSWP%20-%20November%202015.pdfhttps://decriminalizesex.work/Nevada-prostitution-laws/https://torontosun.com/news/world/nevada-brothel-sex-workers-unionize-fighthttps://thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-workers-at-pahrump-brothel-are-unionizing-alleging-unfair-contracts-and-conditionshttps://visualfoodie.com/exploring-the-complete-history-of-sheris-ranch/https://archive.org/details/lightsshadesinsa00lloy/page/n3/mode/2uphttps://californiacrossings.com/barbary-coast-trail/https://historycooperative.org/who-invented-porn/https://www.cracked.com/article_43541_the-5-oldest-porn-films-on-planet-earth.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20090916051409/http://www.lustyladysf.com/history.htmlhttps://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=152594https://web.archive.org/web/20061005154719/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/02/BAGOPLGGTB1.DTLhttps://archive.iww.org/node/2897/https://www.foundsf.org/Lusty_Lady_and_Sex_Worker_Powerhttps://avn.com/news/video/unionized-dancer-owned-peep-show-shutters-on-labor-day-133704https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2409590/The-Lusty-Lady-San-Francisco-closes-End-road-Americas-unionized-worker-run-strip-club.htmlhttps://www.sfexaminer.com/news/the-lusty-lady-led-the-charge-will-todays-sex-workers-follow/article_c6b28854-50a1-11ed-a50b-6729f88abb39.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/17/star-garden-us-only-unionized-strippershttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12599325/Americas-unionized-strip-club-two-decades-Star-Garden-North-Hollywood-REOPENS-nine-months-firing-dozen-dancers-refused-work-without-better-pay-filing-bankruptcy-shutting-down.htmlhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/America%27s+Forgotten+Slaves%3a+The+Chinese+Tragedy.-a0842208018See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 11, 202658 min

Part One: The Lusty Lady: The Worker-Owned Peep Show

Margaret talks with Raechel Anne Jolie about labor organizing among sex workers in the United States Sources: https://www.scirp.org/pdf/WJA20120300010_83173531.pdfhttps://www.nswp.org/sites/default/files/guide_to_legal_models_english_prf04.pdfhttps://www.nswp.org/sites/default/files/Swedish%20Model%20Advocacy%20Toolkit%20Community%20Guide%2C%20NSWP%20-%20November%202015.pdfhttps://decriminalizesex.work/Nevada-prostitution-laws/https://torontosun.com/news/world/nevada-brothel-sex-workers-unionize-fighthttps://thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-workers-at-pahrump-brothel-are-unionizing-alleging-unfair-contracts-and-conditionshttps://visualfoodie.com/exploring-the-complete-history-of-sheris-ranch/https://archive.org/details/lightsshadesinsa00lloy/page/n3/mode/2uphttps://californiacrossings.com/barbary-coast-trail/https://historycooperative.org/who-invented-porn/https://www.cracked.com/article_43541_the-5-oldest-porn-films-on-planet-earth.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20090916051409/http://www.lustyladysf.com/history.htmlhttps://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=152594https://web.archive.org/web/20061005154719/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/02/BAGOPLGGTB1.DTLhttps://archive.iww.org/node/2897/https://www.foundsf.org/Lusty_Lady_and_Sex_Worker_Powerhttps://avn.com/news/video/unionized-dancer-owned-peep-show-shutters-on-labor-day-133704https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2409590/The-Lusty-Lady-San-Francisco-closes-End-road-Americas-unionized-worker-run-strip-club.htmlhttps://www.sfexaminer.com/news/the-lusty-lady-led-the-charge-will-todays-sex-workers-follow/article_c6b28854-50a1-11ed-a50b-6729f88abb39.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/17/star-garden-us-only-unionized-strippershttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12599325/Americas-unionized-strip-club-two-decades-Star-Garden-North-Hollywood-REOPENS-nine-months-firing-dozen-dancers-refused-work-without-better-pay-filing-bankruptcy-shutting-down.htmlhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/America%27s+Forgotten+Slaves%3a+The+Chinese+Tragedy.-a0842208018See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 9, 202649 min

CZM Book Club: A Story from the Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio

 Margaret reads you a medieval comedic tale of trickery and lust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 8, 202631 min

Part Two: Christopher B. Zeichmann on Radical Antiquity

Margaret continues her interview of ancient historian Christopher B. Zeichmann about all the wild stuff happening in the ancient world and confirms her guesses about Spartacus and the Third Servile WarSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 4, 202654 min

Part One: Christopher B. Zeichmann on Radical Antiquity

Margaret interviews ancient historian Christopher B. Zeichmann about all the wild stuff happening in the ancient world and confirms her guesses about Spartacus and the Third Servile WarSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 2, 202649 min

CZM Book Club: The Comet, by W.E.B. Du Bois

Margaret reads you a 1920 classic fiction story by the seminal theoristSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 1, 202643 min

Part Two: The Colored Farmers Alliance and Early Black Cooperativism in the US

Margaret continues her talk with Courtney Kocak about the potentially million-strong alliance of Black farmers who built up a cooperative economics in the post-war American South Sources: https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/02/07/the-helots-a-labour-force/https://www.lucyparsonsproject.com/writings/negro.htmlhttps://www.rd.usda.gov/files/RR194.pdfhttps://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=TE009https://worldblackhistory.blogspot.com/2022/11/blog-post_11.htmlhttps://lawyersgunsmon.wpengine.com/2012/12/this-day-in-labor-history-december-11-1886https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/09/day-labor-history-september-25-1891https://temple.manifoldapp.org/read/the-black-worker-during-the-era-of-the-knights-of-labor-volume-iii/section/cf118f82-0d04-4251-9934-c474e4daef2ehttps://www.jstor.org/stable/40030730?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contentshttps://wp.nyu.edu/compliance_enforcement/2025/08/07/doj-secures-first-criminal-conviction-in-wage-fixing-case/https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2023/02/Fall-2022_Winter-2023-Cooperative-Business-Journal_FINAL-v2.pdfhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/40030730https://www.givinggrove.org/blog-reference/black-farmers-in-americahttps://snccdigital.org/events/fannie-lou-hamer-founds-freedom-farm-cooperative/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/November-15/the-march-to-the-sea-beginshttps://explorethearchive.com/shermans-march-to-the-seahttps://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/teachers/lessonplans/Document6(SpecialOrder).pdfhttps://www.grunge.com/601373/what-you-should-know-about-the-granger-movement-of-the-1860s/https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/shermans-field-order-no-15/https://www.jstor.org/stable/40030586?read-now=1&seq=7#page_scan_tab_contentsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 25, 202643 min

Part One: The Colored Farmers Alliance and Early Black Cooperativism in the US

Margaret talks to Courtney Kocak about the potentially million-strong alliance of Black farmers who built up a cooperative economics in the post-war American South Sources https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/02/07/the-helots-a-labour-force/https://www.lucyparsonsproject.com/writings/negro.htmlhttps://www.rd.usda.gov/files/RR194.pdfhttps://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=TE009https://worldblackhistory.blogspot.com/2022/11/blog-post_11.htmlhttps://lawyersgunsmon.wpengine.com/2012/12/this-day-in-labor-history-december-11-1886https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/09/day-labor-history-september-25-1891https://temple.manifoldapp.org/read/the-black-worker-during-the-era-of-the-knights-of-labor-volume-iii/section/cf118f82-0d04-4251-9934-c474e4daef2ehttps://www.jstor.org/stable/40030730?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contentshttps://wp.nyu.edu/compliance_enforcement/2025/08/07/doj-secures-first-criminal-conviction-in-wage-fixing-case/https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2023/02/Fall-2022_Winter-2023-Cooperative-Business-Journal_FINAL-v2.pdfhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/40030730https://www.givinggrove.org/blog-reference/black-farmers-in-americahttps://snccdigital.org/events/fannie-lou-hamer-founds-freedom-farm-cooperative/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/November-15/the-march-to-the-sea-beginshttps://explorethearchive.com/shermans-march-to-the-seahttps://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/teachers/lessonplans/Document6(SpecialOrder).pdfhttps://www.grunge.com/601373/what-you-should-know-about-the-granger-movement-of-the-1860s/https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/shermans-field-order-no-15/https://www.jstor.org/stable/40030586?read-now=1&seq=7#page_scan_tab_contentsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 23, 202659 min

CZM Book Club: The Clover Still Grows Wild in Wawanosh, by Kelly Rose Pflug-Back

Margaret reads you a lush post-apocalyptic slice of life story by an amazing poetSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 22, 202626 min

The Punk Rock Good Life: A Guide to an Aesthetic Life

Margaret reads you an essay about how to live a beautiful lifeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 18, 202632 min

CZM Book Club: Black Hole, by November Rush

Happy Valentine's Day! Margaret reads you a story about codependent lesbian mushroom parasites.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 15, 202641 min

Part Two: Saint Maximillian Kolbe: A Conservative Who Died Protecting People From Fascists

Margaret continues her conversation with Molly Conger about a complicated man who spent his early life promoting antisemitic conspiracies before sheltering thousands of Jews and dying in Auschwitz. Sources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/12/05/mass-is-set-for-the-saint-of-auschwitz/18a930db-756e-4f7c-a484-399305713a29/ The Life of St. Maximilian Kolbe, William LaMay https://pisma-niepokalanow-pl.translate.goog/967-czy-prawda-sie-zmienia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/19/world/saint-charged-with-bigotry-clerics-say-no.html https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/was-st-maximilian-kolbe-an-antisemite-1068 https://web.archive.org/web/20140102091901/http://www.consecration.com/default.aspx?id=41 https://www.reddit.com/r/freemasonry/comments/rva0iu/the_giordano_brunisti/ https://studiaelblaskie.pl/assets/Numery/SE-tom212020.pdf#page=199 https://www.scross.co.za/2023/08/st-maximilian-kolbe-the-remarkable-martyr-to-nazis/ https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/saint-maximillian-kolbe Less Than Nothing: Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism, Slavoj Zizek https://eastwestreport.org/?view=article&id=343:persecution-of-christians-in-tsarist-russia-and-the-soviet-and-post-soviet-union&catid=43:e-20-2See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 11, 202652 min

Part One: Saint Maximillian Kolbe: A Conservative Who Died Protecting People From Fascists

Margaret talks to Molly Conger about a complicated man who spent his early life promoting antisemitic conspiracies before sheltering thousands of Jews and dying in Auschwitz Sources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/12/05/mass-is-set-for-the-saint-of-auschwitz/18a930db-756e-4f7c-a484-399305713a29/ The Life of St. Maximilian Kolbe, William LaMay https://pisma-niepokalanow-pl.translate.goog/967-czy-prawda-sie-zmienia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/19/world/saint-charged-with-bigotry-clerics-say-no.html https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/was-st-maximilian-kolbe-an-antisemite-1068 https://web.archive.org/web/20140102091901/http://www.consecration.com/default.aspx?id=41 https://www.reddit.com/r/freemasonry/comments/rva0iu/the_giordano_brunisti/ https://studiaelblaskie.pl/assets/Numery/SE-tom212020.pdf#page=199 https://www.scross.co.za/2023/08/st-maximilian-kolbe-the-remarkable-martyr-to-nazis/ https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/saint-maximillian-kolbe Less Than Nothing: Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism, Slavoj Zizek https://eastwestreport.org/?view=article&id=343:persecution-of-christians-in-tsarist-russia-and-the-soviet-and-post-soviet-union&catid=43:e-20-2See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 9, 20261h 5m

CZM Book Club: Mutual Aid by Dean Spade, Part Two

Margaret continues to read you excerpts from a book explaining the ins and outs of mutual aidSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 8, 202642 min

Part Two: Ben Passmore on Black History

Margaret continues her interview with Black history comic author Ben Passmore about his new book Black Arms to Hold You UpSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 4, 202636 min

Part One: Ben Passmore on Black History

Margaret interview Black history comic author Ben Passmore about his new book Black Arms to Hold You Up.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 2, 202635 min

CZM Book Club: Mutual Aid by Dean Spade, Part One

Margaret reads you excerpts from a book explaining the ins and outs of mutual aid.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 1, 202636 min

Everyone vs ICE: On the Ground In Minnesota, Pt. 2

In the second part of a two part series, Margaret and James reflect on their time in Minnesota, the incredible community response to the immigration raids, and what other communities can learn from the Twin Cities. Links: Rent Support for neighbors in Phillips https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-phillips-families-in-urgent-need Rent Support for neighbors in Central https://www.gofundme.com/f/critical-rent-assistance-for-central-neighborhood-families Rent Support for neighbors in Powderhorn https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-powderhorn-families-in-crisis Supplies for Political Art Making https://givebutter.com/spno Protective Gear for Legal Observers https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip-twin-cities-legal-observers-with-ppe Diapers and Menstrual Supplies  https://secure.everyaction.com/jLLKnfwWk0qdptMbYLoyPQ2 Abolish Ice Shirts https://www.eaglescreenprint.com/printshop/p/defend-612-abolish-ic3-wnj6e Northstar Front Line Street Medics https://www.paypal.com/biz/profile/northstarhealth Twin Cities Swoletariat Bail Fund Venmo: @TCSwoletariat Cashapp: $TCSwoletariatSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 28, 20261h 2m

Everyone vs ICE: On the Ground In Minnesota

Margaret and James reflect on their time in Minnesota, the incredible community response to the immigration raids, and what other communities can learn from the Twin Cities. Links: Rent Support for neighbors in Phillips https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-phillips-families-in-urgent-need Rent Support for neighbors in Central https://www.gofundme.com/f/critical-rent-assistance-for-central-neighborhood-families Rent Support for neighbors in Powderhorn https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-powderhorn-families-in-crisis Supplies for Political Art Making https://givebutter.com/spno Protective Gear for Legal Observers https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip-twin-cities-legal-observers-with-ppe Diapers and Menstrual Supplies  https://secure.everyaction.com/jLLKnfwWk0qdptMbYLoyPQ2 Abolish Ice Shirts https://www.eaglescreenprint.com/printshop/p/defend-612-abolish-ic3-wnj6e Northstar Front Line Street Medics https://www.paypal.com/biz/profile/northstarhealth Twin Cities Swoletariat Bail Fund Venmo: @TCSwoletariat Cashapp: $TCSwoletariatSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 27, 202656 min

CZM Book Club: Because Change Was the Ocean and We Lived by Her Mercy, by Charlie Jane Anders, Part Two

Margaret concludes reading you a story about subculture and love and how things changeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 25, 202623 min

Part Two: The Banner Wars: How Dutch Squatters Fought Far-Right Immigration Policy

Margaret continues her conversation with Samantha McVey about the motley and international assortment of activists who refused to let a fascist off the hook. Sources: The Banner Wars, Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness, 2005 https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/27/international/europe/11-die-in-fire-at-dutch-airport-detention-center.html https://web.archive.org/web/20051210182413/http://www.time.com/time/europe/hero2005/cohen.html https://noborder.org/archive_item.php%3Fid=353.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/blast-damages-muslim-school-in-southern-netherlands-532504.html https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/14/world/europe/arson-suspected-at-dutch-mosque.html https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/average-height-by-country https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2005/10/amst-o28.html https://www.onderzoeksraad.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/report_fire_schiphol_oost.pdf https://www.politico.eu/article/netherlands-right-wing-government-dick-schoof-mark-rutte-party-for-freedom/ https://apnews.com/article/migration-netherlands-wilders-asylum-38a5149bf59fad91d2368350405ba9dd https://www.visaverge.com/news/dutch-parliament-enacts-strictest-asylum-policy-in-history/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 21, 202655 min

Part One: The Banner Wars: How Dutch Squatters Fought Far-Right Immigration Policy

Margaret talks to Samantha McVey about the motley and international assortment of activists who refused to let a fascist off the hook. Sources: The Banner Wars, Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness, 2005 https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/27/international/europe/11-die-in-fire-at-dutch-airport-detention-center.html https://web.archive.org/web/20051210182413/http://www.time.com/time/europe/hero2005/cohen.html https://noborder.org/archive_item.php%3Fid=353.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/blast-damages-muslim-school-in-southern-netherlands-532504.html https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/14/world/europe/arson-suspected-at-dutch-mosque.html https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/average-height-by-country https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2005/10/amst-o28.html https://www.onderzoeksraad.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/report_fire_schiphol_oost.pdf https://www.politico.eu/article/netherlands-right-wing-government-dick-schoof-mark-rutte-party-for-freedom/ https://apnews.com/article/migration-netherlands-wilders-asylum-38a5149bf59fad91d2368350405ba9dd https://www.visaverge.com/news/dutch-parliament-enacts-strictest-asylum-policy-in-history/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 19, 202656 min

CZM Book Club: Because Change Was the Ocean and We Lived by Her Mercy, by Charlie Jane Anders, Part One

Margaret reads you a story about the far-post-apocalypse and the joy we find in one another.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 18, 202626 min