Join us tonight at 8PM est on 103.3 Asheville FM for Volume 10 of The UnCola Goes Long – forgotten pop songs, 6+ minutes long.

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“It Did Happen Here” with Mic Crenshaw and Moe Bowstern

This week, we’re sharing an interview1 with 2 contributors an amazing history of anti-racist organizing in the late 1980’s through the mid 1990’s in Portland, Oregon, and with ripples across the so-called USA & beyond. In 2020 KBOO radio released a serialized podcast which became the basis for the book. The full podcast can be found here.

• Transcript
• PDF (Unimposed)
• Zine (Imposed PDF)

It Did Happen Here:

• Podcast
• Book
• Instagram

Mic Crenshaw:

• website
• twitter
• facebook
• instagram
• bandcamp

Moe Bowstern

• Instagram
• The A-Zone

People Mic mentioned who were attacked for being white anti-racists in Pdx:

• June “T-Rex” Knightly https://heavy.com/news/june-knightly/
• Michael Reinhol: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/michael-reinoehl-antifa-killing-deputies-wont-be-charged-1230943/

Mic Crenshaw was born and raised in Chicago and Minneapolis and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Crenshaw is an independent hip hop artist, respected emcee, poet, educator, and activist. Crenshaw is the lead US organizer for the Afrikan Hiphop Caravan and uses cultural activism as a means to develop international solidarity related to human rights and justice through hip hop and popular education. Crenshaw was a founding member of the Minneapolis Baldies and Anti Racist Action. He was a coproducer and narrator of the podcast version of It Did Happen Here. Moe Bowstern is a alum of the anarchist space in Chiacgo known as the @-zone that lasted from 1993 to 2003. She’s also a writer, laborer, Fisher Poet, and DIY social practice artist. Moe is the longtime editor of many publications, including the commercial fishing zine Xtra Tuf. She contributed to the writing of the book version of It Did Happen Here and lives in Portland, OR.

For the hour, we talk about the book and podcast, the reach, the resonance to anti-racist struggle today in Portland and beyond. We also talk about the toll of the violence faced and engaged by folks pushing back the organized white supremacy of the day, police and institutional violence and other, related topics. If you would like people featured in this book to come and speak at your institution, you can reach them at ItDidHappenHerePodcast at gmail dot com, through PM Press, or via the IDHH instagram.

This book was published by PM Press as a part of the Working Class History series. Another featured title in that series that was recently released was a similar documentary history with a really good narrative on the history of Anti-Racist Action in the 1990’s and early 2000’s throughout the midwest of Turtle Island, both in so-called Canada and the USA, and bits of other areas. Hopefully we’ll feature a chat with one of the contributors to that book entitled We Go Where They Go: The Story of Anti-Racist Action soon on this show.

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Featured Tracks:

• Doom Town by The Wipers from Over The Edge
• The Movement by Mic Crenshaw from Earthbound
• John Wayne Was A Nazi (Hip Hop Remix) by Audio Assault, MDC, scott crow, Sole, Mic Crenshaw, Sima Lee

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We’re BACK!!!! This week on Radio Active Kids, we interview Esther Crow about her brand-new album Listen Lead Love! Also, new releases by little hurricane, Renee & Jeremy, Randale, Rolie Polie Guacamole, Mr. Elephant, Little Miss Ann & Mista Cookie Jar, A Horse A Spoon A Bucket! 8-10am ET Saturday at ashevillefm.org/show/radio-active-kids or tun.in/pjiei & podcasting at https://anchor.fm/radio-active-kids!

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South Florida Anti-Repression Committee

This week, we’re sharing two portions.

• Transcript of SFLARC
• PDF (Unimposed)
• Zine (Imposed PDF)

First up, a chat with two members of the South Florida Anti-Repression Committee doing solidarity for the 4 queer activists facing up to 12 years in Federal prison on charges related to graffiti at a Pregnancy Crisis Center, aka a building funded by church and state to dissuade people from getting abortions. The Department of Justice is charging them under the FACE Act, a criminal law passed in the 1990’s to stop threats, violence and blockades against health clinics that offered like abortions, screenings, contraception and other services under attack by religious extremists in the USA. There are also Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, known also as a SLAPP suits being brought by a Miami-based Christian anti-abortion Crisis Pregnancy Center called Heartbeat of Miami as well as the state of Florida against the accused apparently intended to have a chilling effect and minimize their ability to defend themselves against the Federal indictments.

Oso and Hunter of SFLARC talk about the arrests, about the defendants and the rising tide of gender fascism and war on bodily autonomy in DeSantis’ Florida and around the country. The podcast version can be found here.

• https://reprolegaldefensefund.org/
• https://bit.ly/freeourfighters
• https://secure.actblue.com/donate/fllegaldefense
• Link Tree

Anti-Fascist March in Bulgaria

Following this, we’re sharing audio from the February 2023 episode of Bad News, a monthly English-language podcast from the A-Radio Network. In this segment, you’ll hear comrades from Črna luknja show on Radio Študent speakin with an activist in Sofia, Bulgaria about the antifascist mobilization known as Anti-lukovmarsh, which will take place on 25th February under the slogan “No Nazis On Our Streets” – This is a manifestation against one of the biggest international neo-nazi gatherings (Lukov March). You can find more info at: http://antifa-bulgaria.org.

Announcements

Support Parole for Sundiata Jawanza

Political prisoner and activist Sundiata Jawanza in South Carolina has an upcoming parole and is looking for support. You can learn more about his case at https://www.sundiatajawanza.com/

Alfredo Cospito Ends Hunger Strike

As you’ll hear in Sean Swain’s segment, Alfredo Cospito continues to languish in 41bis close custody. After Sean recorded this segment, Alfredo ended his hunger strike of roughly 5 months. You can learn more at AbolitionMediaWorldwide. You can hear our interview last year on the conditions of 41bis with anarchists in Italy here: https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2022/10/30/solidarity-with-prisoner-resistance-from-alabama-to-italy/

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Featured Tracks:

• Gentleman by Fela Kuti from Gentleman
• Yes All Cops by Worriers from Imaginary Life

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Blues shine on my shoulders makes me happy! Get real happy when you tune in the Blueshound on Soul of the Blues this Thursday from 12-2pm on AshevilleFM! Listen live in Asheville at 103.3fm or stream it live and anytime you want for 2 weeks after it airs at ashevillefm.org! I’m sharing new releases by Oregon’s acoustic blues master-David Jacobs-Strain, blues siren Skylar Rogers, Chicago’s The Cash Box Kings, Texas guitar slinger Ally Venable and Louisiana’s Marc Broussard! Also got some live Johnny Winter and Bonnie’s younger bro, David Raitt, with his friend Jimmy Thackery! The Notcho’ Blues Artist this week is Van Morrison with his new album, “Moving on Skiffle”! Join the Blueshound this week on Soul of the Blues for 2 hours of mind gripping, butt tipping blues, baby!

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