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CODEPINK RadioEpisode 296: Project Esther's War on DissentIn the first half of this episode of CODEPINK Radio, Marcy Winograd is joined by Brooke Lober and Barry Trachtenberg of Jewish Voice for Peace. Together, they unpack Project Esther—the Heritage Foundation’s troubling blueprint to suppress dissent and promote a Christian Zionist agenda across the country. In the second half, we turn to Los Angeles, where local activists testify before the school board, calling for an end to its partnership with the Anti-Defamation League. We also hear from Erik Sperling, executive director of Just Foreign Policy, and Dr. Aisha Jumaan, founder of the Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foun...
2025-04-161h 01
Sad FranciscoBay2Gaza Mutual Aid f/ Brooke Lober, Lauren Gutierrez and Mama GanuushMutual aid and relationships with people we trust are gonna be key to surviving the political and climate apocalypses ahead. Brooke, Lauren and Mama Ganuush on Bay2Gaza Mutual Aid, and how to sustain connections with people living through the genocide in Palestine, as the US and Israel do everything they can to repress signals of solidarity. Bay2Gaza Benefit is 9/20 at Oakland Secret https://www.instagram.com/p/C_ggDqUyDoj/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== https://www.Bay2Gaza.org Thank you to LoCura for this episode’s outro track “Guerriller@s (Bang Data re...
2024-09-171h 00
Sad FranciscoZionism at Burning Man (and in Party Culture) f/ Mama GanuushHate to be that bummer podcast, but Zionism has invaded party culture, too. Mama Ganuush discusses Adam Swig, a party promoter from the real estate empire that brought you San Francisco’s posh Fairmont and St. Francis hotels. Next, we talk Israel’s colonization of the Playa, complete with a Nova Music Festival memorial, and a “No donations for Doctors Without Borders” policy at the queer Comfort & Joy camp. More episodes on with Zionist culture-washing: “Civic Joy Brings Sorrow” with Mama Ganuush https://www.patreon.com/posts/civic...
2024-08-2650 min
Sad FranciscoPinkwashing Genocide f/ Brooke Lober, Deeg, and Mama GanuushSad Francisco fam Brooke Lober (Jewish Voice for Peace Bay Area), Deeg (Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism), and Mama Ganuush on why Zionists started putting rainbow flags on tanks destroying Gaza, and the Bay Area roots of Brand Israel’s gay hasbara campaign. Recorded June 27, 2024 at the Queer & Trans Artists for a Free Palestine closing at SOMArts, hosted by the BLOOM Collective. Palestinian queer group alQaws: “Reflecting on Queerness in Times of Genocide” Mama Ganuush on queers for Palestine, and Trans Black Palestinian Solidarities Deeg on the Manny’s in the Mission boycott...
2024-07-191h 07
Sad FranciscoMost Downloaded Episodes, Year OneSad Francisco is one year old. Listed in no particular order, our five most downloaded episodes: Queers for a free Palestine, with Kate Raphael Should social movement work be paid? with Dean Spade Is the transgender district a force for gentrification or liberation? with Jemma DeCristo APEC: SF bends over for Asian dictators and Biden, with CCSF Anakbayan Urban Alchemy: a new layer of police in the Tenderloin, with Brooke Lober and Norma Azucar Support Sad Francisco and find links to our past episodes on Patreon. 'Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary' is available at...
2023-12-1416 min
Radio CachimbonaAbolitionist Feminist Visual CultureYvette Borja interviews Professors Gloria Negrete-Lopez and Brooke Lober about their contributions to the anthology Abolition Feminisms. They discuss why we need abolition feminisms in this moment, how aesthetics are inherently political, and how the stereotypical anarchist all-black garb erases femme abolitionist aesthetics. Buy Abolition Feminisms here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1881-abolition-feminisms-vol-1To support the podcast, become a patreon subscriber and get access to exclusive content: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkFollow @RadioCachimbona on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
2023-10-1951 minSad FranciscoUrban Alchemy's Policing of the Tenderloin f/ Norma Azucar and Brooke LoberUrban Alchemy is the proto-policing nonprofit incubated in SF, and exported to Austin, Los Angeles and Portland. Norma Azucar and Brooke Lober talk about harm reduction in the midst of the Tenderloin's overdose crisis, and how the city is funneling millions in the resource-suck known as Urban Alchemy. "#SweepThePolice" by Brooke Lober: stjamesinfirmary.org/wordpress/?p=5738 | Tenderloin Peoples' Congress: tlpeoplesplan.org/tenderloin-peoples-congress | St. James Infirmary: stjamesinfirmary.org/wordpress/?page_id=5821 | Hope Center: cityhopesf.org/programs-410661.html | GLIDE: glide.org/programs/walk-in-center | "The Confounding Life of the Woman Seeking To Heal San Francisco's Wounds" by Matt Smith for S...
2023-07-2027 min
UnsettledEarworms for the MovementThis summer, New York City’s Astor Place hosted a bat mitzvah ceremony unlike any other: the Anti-Zionist Bat Mitzvah, an all-day musical extravaganza created by Morgan Bassichis and Ira Khonen Temple. The event started with tutoring sessions on Palestinian popular resistance and the weaponization of the Torah, and ended with a celebratory dance to “Hava Nagila” remixed as an anti-police anthem.In this episode of Unsettled, producer Ilana Levinson talks to Morgan and Ira about their collaboration, and the importance of joy in collective liberation.The Anti-Zionist Bat Mitzvah was first performed on July 4, 2021 on Ras...
2021-12-2336 min
KPFA - The Hear and NowEmily Jane White performs live on The Hear and Now, 10 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 14On the eve of the release of her stunning new album, Immanent Fire, Oakland-based singer-songwriter Emily Jane White joins host Derk Richardson in the KPFA performance studio for a live concert broadcast and interview on The Hear and Now. She’ll be joined by electric guitarist John Courage as she sings and plays guitar, keyboard, and piano. Tony Ferro engineers.
White says: “I’ll talk about the themes that inspired this record such as climate change and the ‘war on immanence.’ I am tremendously grateful to debut my new album on this platform, and to talk about the politi...
2019-11-1200 min