Forward, Comrades!

Forward, Comrades: Antifascism 101

Your hosts Jen and Tessa return with commentary on Ukraine, Imperialism, and world events. Then Madison Area Antifascist Working Group Chairs Phil and Will share the history, nature, and tactics of antifascism; and explore those implications for the current state of affairs.

 

Event Honoring Tony Robinson Jr. - https://fb.me/e/2gmFcUgLx

International Women's Day Event - https://fb.me/e/38M4xP2rc

 

We would like to thank Phil and Tessa for audio editing, and as always our guests.

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Forward Comrades: Why the working class?

In this Episode Co-hosts Jen and Tessa talk about Ukraine and Solidarity with Palestine. The bulk of the episode is a presentation by Madison DSA members Tasha and Scot that happened at the late January membership meeting: Why the working class? Please check out upcoming DSA events here. 

Recommended readings: 

• The Rank and File Strategy
• Marx on the centrality of the working class
• Why the Working Class
• The Changing Working Class
• What did Cedric Robinson mean by racial capitalism?

We would like to thank Phil and Tessa for audio editing, and as always our guests.

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Forward, Comrades: Maoism in the US with Max Elbaum

In this week’s episode, is a talk from the late November chapter meeting given by Max Elbaum. Max talks about the history of Maoism in the U.S. Jen and Tessa close out the episode with the list the meetings and events for the rest of the year. This is the last podcast for the year, so enjoy the last of 2021 and we will ‘see’ you in the new year! 

 

Readings Mentioned:

Not "A Nation of Immigrants": Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Detroit: I Do Mind Dying Book by Dan Georgakas & Marvin Surkin

A Time to Rise by Rene Ciria Cruz, Cindy Domingo, Bruce Occena

Fire on the Prairie: Chicago's Harold Washington and the Politics of Race by Gary Rivlin

 

We would like to thank Phil and Tessa for audio editing, and as always our guest Max Elbaum.

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Striketober! and the Rittenhouse Verdict

In this week’s episode, Jen and Tessa talk about Thanksgiving, Phil jumps in for a statement about the Rittenhouse verdict, and Scot provides some context for Striketober!

• Bear Mounds: https://www.cityofmadison.com/parks/find-a-park/park.cfm?id=1132
• Wisconsin Mounds: http://www.wisconsinmounds.com/
• Link to join the DSA: https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership2020/
• To Contact the Chapter Directly: https://madison-dsa.org/about/contact/
• Stay up to date with Labor News: https://labornotes.org/

 We would like to thank Phil and Tessa for audio editing, and as always our guests.

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Forward, Comrades: Accountability for elected officials with Tasha

In this week’s episode, Jen and Tessa sit down with Tasha to talk about holding our elected officials accountable. What does it mean for DSA when elected officials vote against our political platform? See Madison DSA statement calling on DSA National to expel Jamaal Bowman. Then we talk with Miles about a project to help our houseless neighbors. Help out the fundraiser for Survival Bags for Madison Homeless Neighbors. 

 

We would like to thank Phil and Tessa for audio editing, and as always our guests.

 

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Forward, Comrades: Imperialism!

In this week’s episode we feature a talk given by Tessa Echeverria and Allen Ruff on imperialism, its history, and its implications for socialists today. This is followed by further discussion of imperialism from Jen and Tessa, some book recommendations, and upcoming events.

• Jen's Book Rec: https://www.akpress.org/openveinsoflatinamerica.html
• Tessa's Book Rec: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538141564/Latin-American-Extractivism-Dependency-Resource-Nationalism-and-Resistance-in-Broad-Perspective

We would like to thank Phil and Tessa for audio editing.

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Forward, Comrades: Strike votes and worker solidarity

In this week’s episode, Jen and Tessa talk about the current strikes and labor actions happening across the US.  

Follow IATSE workers' stories at this Instagram account: @ia_stories. Kellogg workers strike to fight a two-tiered benefit system. John Deere workers are voting on a strike right now over a contract. For all your regular news on worker struggles check out Labor Notes. Solidarity to all our comrades fighting for rights at their workplaces. Celebrating Monday Oct 11th, as Indigenous Peoples Day, Day without Latinxs and Immigrants Wisconsin, and National Coming Out Day. Tessa recommends checking out the No F35’s protest on Sunday, Oct 17th, find details here. Jen recommends checking out the Community Connection for Unity Tidy Up on Saturday Oct 16th, find details here. 

The podcast closes with a list of upcoming events.

We would like to thank Phil and Tessa for audio editing.

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Forward, Comrades: Reproductive Justice with Kate and Hayley

In this week’s episode, Jen and Tessa sit down with Kate and Hayley from our own Feminist Socialist Working group to discuss developments against the right to abortion in the US. They'll talk about recent legal actions in Texas and elsewhere, what changes in Roe v. Wade would have on the state of Wisconsin, and what all this means through the broader lens of Reproductive Justice. We close out the podcast with an overview of upcoming events.

Hayley's Links:

• Bearing Right: How Conservatives Won the Abortion War by William Saletan
• Undivided Rights - Women of Color Organizing for Reproductive Justice by Marlene Gerber Fried, Elena Gutiérrez, Loretta Ross, and Jael Silliman

Kate's Links:

• Medical Bondage - Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology by Deirdre Cooper Owens
• Living in the Crosshairs: The Untold Stories of Anti-Abortion Terrorism 1st Edition
  by David S. Cohen

We would like to thank Phil and Tessa for audio editing, and as always our guests.

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Forward, Comrades: Growing up to be an anti-imperialist

In this week’s episode, Jen and Tessa sit down with Brian, Avalon, and Andy to talk about growing up post 9/11 and involvement in the anti-war movement.  With the end of the 20 year long war in Afghanistan, we look back are growing up after 9/11 and becoming anti-imperialist activists. How do we take these lessons in to organizing against the next war? Jen and Tessa talk about something that helped racializes them as kids. For Tessa that was reading Diet for a Small Planet and Jen talks about Thematically Anarchist Folk Punk and this playlist on spotify. The podcast closes with a list of upcoming events.

We would like to thank Phil and Tessa for audio editing, and as always our guests.

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Forward, Comrades: Labor Day & Organizing Without Permission

In this Labor Day episode, Jen and Tessa talk about some of their experiences, past and present, that shaped what labor day means to them (and what it seems to mean to most people) along with developments with Line 3, the recent Supreme Court ruling on the eviction moratorium, and the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. Then, the DSA Madison Labor working group presents a panel featuring organizers from UE 150 who have made massive strides in unionizing in the right to work state of North Carolina. We'll hear from Darrion Smith (UE Eastern Region VP), Angaza Laughinghouse (UE150 former president), and Nathanette Mayo (UE150 former president) alongside some local perspectives.

The podcast closes with a list of upcoming events.

Links:

• Donate to the bail fund for water protectors: treatypeoplegathering.com/donate
• To learn about other opportunities to join in protecting our water at https://welcomewaterprotectors.com or https://www.stopline3.org/ 
• Donate to tenants needing assistance or facing eviction: https://www.tenantresourcecenter.org/

 

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