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People languishing in pretrial detention in SF; Climate Change’s Impact on Incarcerated people

On today’s show, we’re in conversation with S.F. Public Defender, Mano Raju to talk about how overdue misdemeanor cases are keeping people in pre-trial detention despite San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announcing that her office will only seek cash bail in limited misdemeanor cases because it unfairly penalizes those with less financial means and … Continued


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Visiting Berkeley’s Gay Men’s Health Collective; Plus, Resistance in Residence Artist Kaitlin Bove

It is pride month, and we’re spending intentional time this month – as we do every month – tracking movement for queer liberation and the legislative processes that try to muzzle the rights of our queer families. On today’s show, our host Jesse Strauss visited the Berkeley Free Clinic to sit down with three volunteer … Continued


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From Segregated Childhood to a Life Dedicated to Justice w/ Wade Hudson; Plus, Resistance in Residence Artist Kaitlin Bove

Born in 1946 in Mansfield, Louisiana, our guest today came of age against the backdrop of the civil rights movement. His close-knit family watched as the country grappled with desegregation; as the Klan targeted the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama; and as systemic racism struck across the nation and in their hometown. We … Continued


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Montana’s Attacks on Trans Rights Infringe on Native Sovereignty; Plus, SCOTUS Upholds ICWA

Last week, the Supreme Court upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act, which is a landmark 1978 legislation aimed at preventing Native foster children and adoptees from being separated from their families and tribes. Last week’s ruling represents a victory for Native tribes, who argued that the case threatened the basic tenets of Native sovereignty. It’s … Continued


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Self-Determination, Solidarity Economies and Eco-Socialism in Jackson, MS

Mississippi is the poorest state in the US, with the highest percentage of Black people and a history of heinous racial terror. But in the heart of the state capitol, Cooperation Jackson develops Black self-determination by building solidarity economies and cooperatives, developing land into community land trusts, and an eco-socialist framework that has inspired partnership … Continued


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Using Dystopian Futures of the Prison System to Motivate Action Now; Plus, Resistance in Residence Artist Mia Pixley

On today’s show, we’re in conversation with award winning author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah about his brand new book Chain Gang All Stars, a novel imagining a near-future where the prison industrial complex has developed a gruesome and widely popular reality show where prisoners are pitted against each other in gladiator death matches. We talk about … Continued


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SF Paid $70m for Police-Related Civil Settlements; Atlanta Defunds Shelters While Funding Cop City; Plus, State Terror Roundup

We start today’s show with our ongoing Thursday segment, the State Terror Roundup. Local non-profit news site Mission Local has published a 2-part investigative report this week on civil settlements involving San Francisco law enforcement that has cost taxpayers roughly $70 million dollars since 2010. We’re joined by Will Jarret, Mission Local’s data reporter and … Continued


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Extreme Homophobic Uganda Law Includes Death Penalty for ‘Aggravated Homosexuality’ and Jail Time for ‘Promoting Homosexuality’

It is pride month, and we’re spending intentional time this month – as we do every month – tracking movement for queer liberation and the processes that try to muzzle the rights of our queer families. In today’s episode we look at a homophobic legislative process going on in Uganda, a country where the law … Continued


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Appalachian Roadside Theater; Plus, Resistance in Residence Artist Naru Kwina

Roadside Theater is a professional ensemble of storytellers and theater makers hailing from the mountains of central Appalachia. In its decades since its founding in 1975, the ensemble has taken on the task of people’s theater, engaging social issues and abandoning the ‘fourth wall’ concept in order to bring audiences into the process of cultural … Continued