Jeremy White on the “San Diego Antifa” Case

A recent chat with Jeremy White, film-maker, activist, and street medic who’s facing prison time in what has been dubbed the “San Diego Antifa” case. You’ll hear Jeremy talk about what happened on January 9^th, 2021 at the Stop The Steal rally, how the police interacted with members of American Guard and Proud Boys as they assaulted passers by, the conspiracy-theory driven DA Sommers Stephan and where the case was before it resumed on March 18th, after we recorded this chat. Jeremy also worked on a horror-comedy film called “Bitch Ass“.

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Fundraising on the case:

• Give Butter to benefit two defendants in the case: http://givebutter.com/protest-defense-sandiego
• Instagram: @SuperPowerToThePeople

Fundraising for Tallcan, former defendant:

• Benefit concert Saturday, May 18th 2024 @Birdcage Comics
  165 W Hospitality Lane,
  Suite 17
  San Bernadino, CA 92408
  Doors @ 6pm / ALLAGES
  $8 Suggested donation / (no one will be turned away for lack of funds)
  The proceeds from this show will go to legal funds and family support.
  FEATURING LIVE PERFORMANCES BY:
  SEXETTE / GLORBO / THE HAIL MARIAS / DOVE / LOW SWEEP
• Venmo: @PUSHINGDOWNTHEWALLS
  Cashapp: $PUSHINGDOWNTHEWALLS
  Please put “TC” in the notes.

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Featured Track:

• Comrades by Bambu from Party Worker

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SCI Rockview is a prison in central Pennsylvania where incarcerated comrades have been facing repression for demanding justice in the face of impunity by racist COs and following a year of prisoner deaths due to institutional toxicity and guard violence. We speak to an outside supporter about the situation at Rockview, the reactions of administration, inside / outside relationships and solidarity that have flared up. We hope that this conversation contributes to increased and thickened ties between folks on both sides of the walls. You can read some recent posts about this situation at AbolitionistStudy.com and PHLAntiCap.NoBlogs.org and you can find audio from the wives of prisoners at SCI Rockview on In The Mix Prisoner Podcast. A few other sites of interest include StudyAndStruggle.com and In The Belly Journal.

This conversation was conducted via encrypted messages and recorded by a comrade Golem and Ash from the MolotovNow! Podcast, so a big thanks is due to them. The full episode, including a transcript is available at our website.

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Featured Track:

• Ba Teaches Yoga by Four Tet from Beautiful Rewind

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Mac Marquis on Books Through Bars

This week, you’ll hear our chat with David “Mac” Marquis, one of the editors and contributors to the recently published new book Books Through Bars: Stories From The Prison Books Movement out from University of Georgia Press. We talk about prison books projects, what they say about conditions inside, some of the value of this inside-outside organizing and what you can expect to find in the book.

The full interview + Sean Swain’s segment can be found at our website.

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Hani Almadhoun on Conditions in Gaza

First up, a conversation with Hani Almadhoun, a Palestinian-American journalist from Gaza and living in Virginia. Mr Almadhoun is also Director of Philanthropy at UNRWA USA, an independent charity to support the UN organization by the same name. In the chat, he speaks about conditions generally and for his family specifically in Gaza as well as the soup kitchen that his brother founded in north Gaza (https://www.gofundme.com/f/Hot-meals-in-gaza-daily , on Instagram at @GazaSoupKitchen ).

Hani Almadoun on:

• Instagram: @myhanitizer
• Facebook: @alkabeer.alhani

Jay Ward Struggles To Be Released

Then, you’ll hear from James “Jay” Ward, a long-time abolitionist who has been incarcerated in Ohio for over half his life, since he was 15. Over the years, he has participated in the national prison strike of 2018, various hunger strikes, and other movements against the abuse and mistreatment of incarcerated people.

One of his major political goals is to educate the public about the struggles he and other prisoners face to create systemic change. Without a sentence reduction, Jay will likely spend the next 25 years in prison as well. Jay is currently raising funds to pursue post-conviction relief so that he can reunite with friends and family and begin a new life on the outside. Despite Jay’s best efforts, he was not able to visit his mother before she died of an illness in 2022. He would like the chance to spend time with his father, who is also in poor health, before he passes.

Jay’s links:

• GoFundMe link is here: https://gofund.me/60f1291b
• His ID # is A517461 for those who want to connect via GettingOut.
• Twitter / X: @DecarcerateUS

His mailing address is:

James Ward
A571461
P.O. Box 788
Mansfield, OH 44901

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This week, we’re featuring four segments. To hear the full podcast, check out our website.

First up, you’ll hear a chat with organizers of the 2024 Heart of the Valley Anticapitalist Bookfair which ran its first iteration in Corvallis, Oregon from January 19-21st.  A zine of their experiences will appear on that blog soon.

Then, you’ll hear a brief segment updating listeners on the conspiracy case against six anarchists and antifascists in Russia known as the Tyumen case (for where it initiated). The six anarchists, some of whom barely knew each other, were tortured into confessions of conspiracy to further anarchist ideology and damage the Russian war machine. This interview was conducted via encrypted messages and the guest’s portion is being read by an unrelated volunteer.

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Finally, we spoke with Aster, a European anarchist involved in the counter-surveillance and anti-repression project known as the No Trace Project which works to share information about known methods and cases of state surveillance. The project does this in order to improve and expand our collective knowledge, tools and abilities at evading state crackdowns as we organize and act. This interview was conducted via encrypted messages and Aster’s portion is being read by an unrelated volunteer.

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If you plan to visit their site, we suggest at least running a VPN (riseup.net has a free one) and using an anonymized browser. One method is to download the tor browser (find your device/operating system at ssd.eff.org for some tips) and visit the NoTrace Project tor address. Their website can also be found at https://NoTrace.How

Tyumen Links

• Tyumen Case Support Crew’s Russian-language Telegram: https://t.me/tumenskoedelo
• Articles on the case and individuals on Avtonom: https://avtonom.org/en/taxonomy/term/1761
• Music by some of the imprisoned men appear in a compilation to fundraise for their legal funds: https://blackploshad.bandcamp.com/album/music-of-antifascist-prisoners-tortured-by-the-police-tyumen-case

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Featured Tracks:

• День дизертира ( Deserter’s Day) by Rasputin
• Меланхолия (Melancholy) by Rocker Balboa

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