We start today’s show with a short tribute to Oakland organizer Kenzie Smith, made virally famous as the target of the “BBQ Becky” incident at Lake Merritt in Oakland, but he was also a powerful and committed community member.
Then, we address the police killing of Sonya Massey with Sydney Kesler, a Queer Black Feminist Healing Arts Practitioner and the Rapid response organizer and campaign strategist with the In Our Names Network.
Follow the In Our Names Network on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inournames/
Then, to Los Angeles, where the City is considering funding a private security firm that hires former Israeli soldiers, in the wake of a sale of Palestinian land for zionist settlement construction which took place in June at a Los Angeles synagogue, and protests outside were labeled “anti-semitic”. We speak with Jonah Valdez, a journalist and poet based in Los Angeles whose recent piece for the Intercept is called “LA City Council Considers Paying Former IDF Soldiers to Patrol its Streets.”
Read the Jonah Valdez’s article here: https://theintercept.com/2024/07/18/los-angeles-city-council-idf-magen-am/
This week’s Resistance in Residence artist is muralist, social art practitioner, educator, and clinical psychologist Susan Greene. Susan is also the founder of Art Forces – a global political mural project largely focused on Palestine.
Check out the fundraiser that Susan mentions in the interview: https://www.gofundme.com/f/sumud-mural
Follow the Sumud Mural Project on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sumudmuralproject/
Check out the Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural Project: https://olympiarafahmural.org/
Check out Susan Greene’s website: https://susangreene.org/
Check out the Art Forces‘ website: https://artforces.org/
Follow Art Forces on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artforces/
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