Episode 31: Mass Incarceration, Part 2

WE KNOW THAT Y'ALL COULDN'T WAIT FOR THIS SECOND EP TO DROP SO HERE YA GO. We're finishing our conversation with our amazing guests and then having a little discush about some ~*~*~HiStOrY~*~*~ and how capitalism is a ~*~*~sLiNkY sNaKe~*~*~ that must be crushed. SO WHAT R U WAITING FOR GET YR EARS TO THE INTERNET NOWWWWWWW. About our guests: Bypolar is a longtime activist who currently works with the Northwest Community Bail Fund in Seattle. They are in the midst of a legal battle over an unjust prosecution. If u are looking for a CONCRETE WAY to fight the effects of mass incarceration, help them out by calling Seattle prosecutor Pete Holmes at 206-684-8200 and asking him to drop all charges against Matthew Erickson (Bypolar's legal name) and to end the persecution against Seattle's black activist community. Read more at https://stoplegallynching.wordpress.com/ May also works with the Northwest Community Bail Fund and has recently led seminars on the intersection of climate and criminal justice with Bypolar. Check out NCBF here: https://www.nwcombailfund.org/ Nellie is a teacher in El Paso, Texas. She is also a member of the Detained Migrant Solidarity Committee there! Read more about them here: https://dmscelpaso.wixsite.com/dmscelpaso Shaina is a law student at NYU, who has worked with the Orleans Defenders, a public defense law group in Louisiana, and the Petey Greene Program, which seeks to expand educational opportunities for incarcerated folks. Find out more about the Orleans Defenders here: http://www.opdla.org/ and the Petey Greene Program project here: http://www.peteygreene.org/ Thanks 2 Brandon Payton-Carrillo for the music <3