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Haymarket Books LiveRead this When Things Fall ApartJoin Kelly Hayes in conversation with Shane Burley, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Atena O. Danner as they discuss the launch of Read this When Things Fall Apart, bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times.In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable. Campaigns will be lost. Mental health crises will occur. Social ills, like gender-based violence, will manifest themselves in movement spaces. People will experience profound personal losses. Grief, alienation, and despair can grind us under. Sometimes, we need accompaniment. Sometimes, we need to be met where we’re at by...
2025-12-091h 29
The Fascism BarometerThe Recipe for Resistance: Alicia Garza on Scapegoats, Solidarity, and Strategy Pt. 2In our season finale, host Ejeris Dixon welcomes organizer, author, and strategist Alicia Garza back to finish the conversation on power, and what it takes to beat fascist politics. Alicia lays out a practical “recipe for liberation”: from deepening political education, to building community while rooting the work in love. She argues that while a small amount of people may be unmoved, the vast majority is persuadable. Also, Ejeris reflects on Season 2 of The Fascism Barometer, reminding us about what we've learned, and reviewing concrete action steps we can take to resist fascism and build a powerful resistance.You can...
2025-11-0349 min
The Fascism BarometerWhat the War on Terror Can Teach Us about Fascism with Darakshan RajaIn this incredibly timely episode, host Ejeris Dixon sits down with Darakshan Raja, founding Executive Director of Muslims for Just Futures. Raja talks about how post-9/11 policies laid the groundwork for today’s increasing fascism. She also explains how the framework of terrorism expanded government power, targeted organizations and communities, and justified the expansion of prisons, policing, and the military, from the use of Guantánamo to campus protest crackdowns. Importantly, Dixon and Raja focus on what to do now to refuse the legitimacy of “terror” frames, and strengthen support across communities and movements.You can find the tools you need to fight fascis...
2025-10-2357 min
The Fascism BarometerThe Recipe for Resistance: Alicia Garza on Scapegoats, Solidarity, and Strategy, Part 1Ejeris Dixon welcomes back author and strategist Alicia Garza for a clear-eyed read of the moment. Garza breaks down how fascism weaponizes white supremacy and emergency politics to manufacture enemies, demand a strongman, and win consent, while reminding us that resistance is a long tradition in Black, immigrant, and trans communities. Stay tuned for part two of this vital conversation, as Dixon and Garza will discuss concrete power-building moves to "keep the barometer at bay".You can find the tools you need to fight fascism at our Resource Hub.Connect with Ejeris Dixon
2025-10-0653 min
The Fascism BarometerRisk, Bravery & Collective Safety: Che Johnson-Long and Ken Montenegro on Fighting FascismEjeris Dixon welcomes abolitionist safety practitioner Che Johnson-Long and technologist-lawyer Ken Montenegro back to The Fascism Barometer for a grounded, practical guide to resisting in a fast-shifting landscape. They unpack how fascism feeds on panic and isolation—and how all of us can respond when we examine risk, create shared tools, and take care of each other. Homework includes: broaden trusted information sources, join an organization, and start an actual risk plan.You can find the tools you need to fight fascism at our Resource Hub.Connect with Ejeris DixonDonate to the Fa...
2025-09-1156 min
Grover Reads the News PodcastSept. 9th 2025Hi there. It’s been a while. It turns out rebuilding all the routines of daily life with children in a new country takes up ALL my available resources for the first few months. But, I’m here now. And I’ve got a news update for you. Would you like to hear it? If so, have a listen. If not, I’ll offer again soon.TOPICS:US NEWS: Mass Immigrant Detention Facilities; US Federal Troops in US CitiesInternational news: GazaNature News: cross-species listeningThanks for bein...
2025-09-0912 min
The Fascism BarometerWhat Time Is It on the Clock of Fascism? — Tarso Ramos on the Urgency to Act (Part 2)In the second half of this vital conversation, host Ejeris Dixon and movement strategist Tarso Ramos go beyond diagnosing the rise of fascism—they map out what we must do to resist it. From learning lessons of South Africa’s Freedom Charter and United Democratic Front to organizing a “bigger we” capable of defeating fascism and authoritarianism, Ramos shares both cautionary tales and hopeful strategies. This episode insists that there is no going back, and that the only path forward is through collective creativity, broad coalitions, and a relentless commitment to building power.
2025-09-0221 min
The Fascism BarometerWhat Time Is It on the Clock of Fascism? — Tarso Ramos on the Urgency to Act, Part 1In part one of this wide-ranging two-part episode, Ejeris Dixon welcomes Tarso Ramos back to The Fascism Barometer. Ramos, a seasoned researcher of fascist, authoritarian, and supremacist movements, shares how his family’s escape from Brazil’s military dictatorship shaped his lifelong fight against fascism. He draws chilling parallels between past regimes and today’s U.S. political landscape, breaking down the accelerating pace of authoritarian consolidation and the critical 12–18 month window to resist it. This episode is both a warning and a blueprint for action.You can find the tools you need to fight fascism at our Resou...
2025-08-1845 min
The Fascism BarometerFeel Everything to Fight Strategically: Erica Woodland on Emotions, Trauma, Healing, and ResistanceIn this profound episode, Ejeris Dixon sits down with healing justice visionary Erica Woodland to explore how fascism is impacting our mental health and our capacity to organize. With a background in psychotherapy and decades of movement work, Erica discusses the emotional toll of surviving and resisting while fascism rises overwhelmingly. Ejeris and Erica grapple with what it really means to fight fascism without abandoning ourselves or each other.You can find the tools you need to fight fascism at our Resource Hub.Connect with Erica WoodlandConnect with Ejeris Dixon...
2025-08-0450 min
The Fascism BarometerDisrupting The Frontline of Fascism: Prisons and Policing with Rachel HerzingWhat does the expansion of policing, imprisonment, and surveillance reveal about the rise of fascism? Host Ejeris Dixon sits down with long-time organizer, activist, and author Rachel Herzing to unpack the interlocking systems of state violence known as the prison industrial complex. Herzing, director of the Yarrow Institute and co-author of How to Abolish Prisons, connects the dots between rising fascist power, the racism and violence of the prison and policing system, the erosion of public dissent, and the work of preventing a police state.You can find the tools you need to fight fascism at our...
2025-07-2148 min
The Fascism BarometerFrom Ecuador to Queens: Cristina Jiménez Moreta on Immigration, Fascism, and LiberationThis edition of The Fascism Barometer finds host Ejeris Dixon sitting down with Cristina Jiménez Moreta—bestselling author, MacArthur Genius Fellow, and co-founder of United We Dream—for a timely conversation on how fascism shows up in the everyday lives of immigrant communities. Cristina reflects on her own journey from Ecuador to the U.S. and speaks to the experiences of immigrants who flee authoritarian and fascist regimes, only to be targeted in the United States. Cristina highlights the acts of resistance that everyday people are taking and the opportunities to build bigger, more visionary possibilities that this momen...
2025-07-0746 min
The Fascism BarometerTelling the Truth, Telling Our Victories: Lumumba Bandele on Lessons from Repressive TimesHost Ejeris Dixon is joined by lifelong educator and organizer, Lumumba Bandele to unpack what fascism looks like through the lived experiences of Black communities in the U.S. — and why we must recognize its current and historic manifestations. From front porch conversations in Bed-Stuy to lessons learned from global solidarity movements, Lumumba offers grounded wisdom on the victories that Black communities have won against state repression, the power of storytelling, and how Black resistance has always been both local and global.You can find the tools you need to fight fascism at our Resource Hub....
2025-06-2346 min
Stories for PowerRadical RootsDeana Lewis talks with Valli Kalei Kanuha, Mimi Kim and Andrea Ritchie, whose entry into the feminist of color movement spans the 1970’s, 1980’s and 1990’s. Together, they weave a long view of the abolitionist feminist movement that crosses generations, geographic expanses from Hawaii to Minnesota to Toronto and movements including HIV AIDS, anti-imperialist/Third World feminism, anti-police violence, and trans and queer justice spaces. They discuss the importance of Critical Resistance and INCITE! which provided collective homes for radical abolitionist feminist of color organizing, joining seemingly isolated and disconnected political trajectories into a powerful force that has evolved into to...
2025-06-171h 05
The Fascism BarometerWe Will Not Be Bystanders: Linda Sarsour on Solidarity, Resistance and PowerIn this urgent episode of The Fascism Barometer, host Ejeris Dixon sits down with renowned activist and organizer Linda Sarsour for a powerful conversation on fascism, Palestinian liberation, and the meaning of true solidarity. With over two decades of movement work, Sarsour offers a masterclass on what it means to resist fascism, uplift human dignity, and defend communities under siege. Linda shares why the Palestinian liberation struggle is central to the anti-fascist fight—and how ordinary people can step into powerful roles in extraordinary ways. You can find the tools you need to fight fascism at our...
2025-06-0951 min
The Fascism BarometerSafety Through Solidarity: How Anti-War and Anti-Fascist Struggles are Connected with Shane BurleyIn this urgent and clarifying episode, Ejeris Dixon sits down with Shane Burley—journalist, scholar, author of Fascism Today: What it is and How to End It, and co-author of Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism—to unpack what it means for social justice movements when fascists control the government, and what to expect of their next moves. They also discuss the dangerous manipulation of antisemitism in our current political moment. Together, they explore what the history of anti-fascism can teach us about these times, historical roots of antisemitism, how it's being weaponized to silence dissent—particul...
2025-05-2656 min
The Fascism BarometerGrief Is the Healing: Malkia Devich-Cyril on Organizing Through LossIn this episode of The Fascism Barometer, host Ejeris Dixon is joined by renowned activist, narrative strategist, and speaker Malkia Devich-Cyril for a wide-ranging conversation that connects the rise of fascism to collective grief, Black liberation, and the emotional landscape of organizing within repressive times.You can find the tools you need to fight fascism at our Resource Hub.Connect with Malkia Devich-Cyril and Movement Innovation CollaborativeConnect with Ejeris DixonDonate to the Fascism Barometer, and help us create more episodes and resourcesAnd when you feel the pr...
2025-05-1255 min
Lit Bae PodLBP: Season 5 Episode 12 - Bae Wants to See More Transformative Justice Themes in Contemporary RomanceCall your representatives, email them, use 5calls, and fight for our freedom to get information! Support your local libraries!https://linktr.ee/tomesandtextilesBooks Mentioned:Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice MovementEjeris Dixon, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-SamarasinhaFake Dates and MooncakesSher LeePart of Your WorldPart of Your World #1Abby JimenezInstagramhttp://instagram.com/thelitbaebookshop/...
2025-05-0931 min
Stories for PowerNew York CityHost Deana Lewis speaks with abolitionist feminists kai lumumba barrow, Paula X. Rojas, and Ejeris Dixon about organizing in New York City during the late 90’s and early to mid 2000’s. Their work to end police violence was spurred by police murders of Black and Brown people in New York City, sexual violence by police that targeted young people in Brooklyn, and anti-queer and transphobic violence throughout the city. Their projects ~ Sista II Sista, Critical Resistance NYC, Safe Outside the System, and the creation of Harm-Free Zones ~ built transformative justice and community accountability organizing at the local level to forg...
2025-05-0658 minHaymarket Books LiveCriminalization: the Core of Authoritarianism, Fascism, and ResistanceCriminalization is not only a primary tool to suppress dissent, silence opposition, and enforce policies that consolidate and enforce power - it is at the core of how Right wing, authoritarian and fascist agendas, movements, and regimes are enacted, legitimized, and entrenched.Interrupting criminalization - a political process that extends beyond criminal laws, policing, and punishment to a collective construction of categories of "others" framed as existential threats to an imagined and actual social order to be contained, expelled, and, ultimately eradicated - must therefore be at the core of our resistance.Join panelists Andrea...
2025-04-281h 32
The Fascism BarometerNo Kings, No Billionaires: Building a People-Powered Future with Maurice MitchellIn this powerful episode of The Fascism Barometer, host Ejeris Dixon welcomes Maurice Mitchell, the National Director of the Working Families Party, for a conversation that dissects rising fascism through a compelling and relatable metaphor: the family cookout. Together, they explore what it means when someone seizes power simply because they can, and how everyday people can push back through collective action. From the failures of the liberal rulebook to the urgent need for a unified "no" coalition—and ultimately, a shared vision for liberation—this episode dives deep into how strategy, solidarity, and joy can fuel a multiracial worki...
2025-04-2853 min
Movement MemosFascism Isn’t Coming — It’s Here. Now What?“We're not just contending with right-wing movements. We're talking about movements that have reached one of their goals, which is to take over the government,” says organizer and grassroots strategist Ejeris Dixon. In this episode, Ejeris and Kelly discuss fascism, coalition building, and the compassion and shared knowledge we need to create safety and justice in these times.
2025-04-171h 08
The Fascism BarometerTrans Liberation in the Face of Fascism with Shelby ChestnutIn this episode of The Fascism Barometer, host Ejeris Dixon welcomes Shelby Chestnut, the Executive Director of the Transgender Law Center (TLC) and the first Native Trans leader to head a national LGBTQ organization. They dive into the current landscape of anti-trans legislation, and how Trans communities are organizing in the face of fascist tactics. Shelby shares how TLC is responding through litigation, safety planning, communications strategy, and sharing resources, while highlighting the strength, resilience, and solidarity at the heart of the fight for Trans liberation. This conversation is both a sobering reality check and a call to collective...
2025-04-1647 min
The Fascism BarometerFEED DROP: The Anti-Authoritarian PodcastWhile we work on the next episode of The Fascism Barometer (out next week!), we have another outstanding podcast to share with you from our friends over at Convergence. The Anti-Authoritarian Podcast with Scot Nakagawa and Sue Hyde. This episode of The Anti-Authoritarian Podcast features Scot and Sue sitting down with Suzanne Pharr, a Southern queer feminist and anti-racist organizer, strategist, writer, community organizer, and educator. Over her decades of work, she has contributed to the advancement of many social justice movements and worked on historic campaigns against authoritarian attempts to exploit popular prejudice for political and financial gain...
2025-04-071h 08
From the Margins: What Music Theory Doesn't Want You To KnowS1E6: ABOLISH COMP EXAMSIn this episode, we discuss issues with our comprehensive exams, solutions, and the possibility of getting rid of them altogether (!!!), through the lens of abolition.To learn more about abolition, we recommend reading:Angela Davis, Are Prisons Obsolete?Angela Davis et al., Abolition. Feminism. Now.Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and Ejeris Dixon, Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement.Derecka Purnell, Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom.This episode uses brain break music: "School of Rock" (2003).You can find us at our website...
2025-03-311h 12
The Fascism BarometerHow We Got Here and How We Get Out with Kenyon FarrowKenyon Farrow a long-term writer and movement strategist joins Ejeris on the Fascism Barometer to discuss the history of fascist and authoritarian politics in the United States. Kenyon also lays out some ideas on how we can get out of this mess, including what actions individuals, movement organizations, and elected officials should play in the short and long term.You can find the tools you need to fight fascism at our Resource Hub.Connect with Kenyon FarrowConnect with Ejeris DixonAnd when you feel the pressure, share this pod, and v...
2025-03-3147 minThe Fascism BarometerFEED DROP: Block & Build with Cayden MakAs we prepare to roll out season 2 of The Fascism Barometer, we wanted to share a podcast from our friends over at Convergence. The podcast is called Block & Build, hosted by Cayden Mak. This featured episode was originally published on December 13th, 2024, and Cayden graciously invited me to be one of the guests. This episide explores the history of creeping fascist trends in our society and politics and how we all should think about our relationship to state power.Also on this episode is Ju-Hyun Park, a Movement Media colleague at The Real News Network a...
2025-03-111h 00
Block & BuildFeed Drop: The Fascism BarometerCayden is out this week so we're featuring an episode of The Fascism Barometer, the new podcast from friend of the show Ejeris Dixon. We hope you find it useful. If so, check out the links below to subscribe and connect with The Fascism Barometer resource hub on their website.
The Fascism Barometer, Episode 5: Keeping Ourselves Safe as Fascism Rises
Che Johnson-Long and Ken Montenegro, two longtime community security and safety practitioners, join The Fascism Barometer to discuss ways to increase our safety in the face of rising fascism. Ejeris, Che, and Ken discuss safety p...
2025-02-1750 min
The Fascism BarometerThe Movements We Need To Stop Fascism with Alicia GarzaAuthor, organizer, and political strategist Alicia Garza joins the Fascism Barometer to discuss the impact of rising fascism on our lives and political strategy. Alicia and Ejeris discuss what we need to change about movement building and ourselves to push back against fascist advances. You can find the tools you need to fight fascism at our Resource Hub.Connect with Ejeris DixonAnd when you feel the pressure, share this pod, and visit fascismbarometer.orgPodcast production by Phil SurkisIntro Music by Meklit HaderoThe...
2024-12-2357 min
Block & BuildChecking The Barometric Pressure of Creeping Fascism, w/ Ejeris DixonThis week on the show Cayden is joined by the Principal of Ejerie Labs, Ejeris Dixon. Ejeris recently launched The Fascism Barometer, a podcast and resource hub project working to educate communities already feeling authoritarian impacts about what fascism is and how we stop it. We’ll explore the history of creeping fascist trends in our society and politics and how we all should think about our relationship to state power.
Before that, Cayden is joined by Ju-Hyun Park, a Movement Media colleague at The Real News Network and organizer with Nodutdol about what’s been unfolding in S...
2024-12-1358 min
Anti Authoritarian PodcastLooking Beyond Survival, with Ejeris DixonScot Nakagawa and Sue Hyde sit down with Ejeris Dixon, an organizer, strategist, and co-editor of Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement. Ejeris shares insights on navigating rising authoritarianism, building abolitionist futures, and strengthening community resilience drawn from their 20-plus years of experience in racial justice, LGBTQ, anti-violence, and economic justice movements. This episode dives deep into how movements can incorporate anti-fascist strategies and reimagine justice through transformative frameworks.
Guest Bio
Ejeris Dixon (they/she) is an experienced organizer, political strategist, and the Principal of Ejerie Labs. As the Founding Executive...
2024-12-1241 min
The Fascism BarometerKeeping Ourselves Safe as Fascism Rises with Che Johnson-Long and Ken MontenegroChe Johnson-Long and Ken Montenegro, two longtime community security and safety practitioners, join Ejeris Dixon on the Fascism Barometer to discuss how to increase our safety in the face of rising fascism. Ejeris, Che, and Ken discuss safety planning tips for individuals and organizations, including resistance and survival strategies that can be combined to make us safer in the short and long term.You can find the tools you need to fight fascism at our Resource Hub.Connect with Ejeris DixonAnd when you feel the pressure, share this pod, and visit fascismbarometer.o...
2024-12-0948 min
We Are LaCH5: Ecofascism -- Our VulnerabilityHeather, Chris, and Lavinia discuss ecofascism. Where does the word come from? What does fascism mean? How are we vulnerable to fascism? The importance of an anti-oppression lens in climate activism is emphasised. Heather recounts her experiences with Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil, highlighting the structural power dynamics and the risks of associating with far-right elements. Heather explains how fear and urgency are weaponised by eco-fascists, advocating for relationship-building and systemic understanding. The conversation also touches on the systemic injustices behind climate migration and the need for grounded principles in climate responses, critiquing simplistic solutions and the potential...
2024-12-0250 min
The Fascism BarometerWhat Types of Collaborations Can Defeat Fascists? with Isaac OntiverosIsaac Ontiveros joins the Fascism Barometer to break down the types of organizational collaborations that are needed in the US to defeat fascism. Isaac and Ejeris discuss coalitions, broad fronts, and united fronts, and what it takes to build and maintain them. Ejeris and Isaac also discuss strategies folks have used to defeat fascist movements and the unlikely partnerships that can happen.You can find the tools you need to fight fascism at our Resource Hub.Connect with Ejeris DixonAnd when you feel the pressure, share this pod, and visit fascismbarometer.org...
2024-11-2550 min
Más rabiosa que Medea25N: Violencia patriarcal en espacios progresistas. Que la vergüenza cambie de bando.En este episodio abordamos la violencia machista en los espacios progresistas. ¿Qué ocurre cuando la violencia machista habita los espacios que abogan por erradicarla? ¿Asumimos la responsabilidad que nos corresponde? ¿Debate público es linchamiento? ¿Implica cancelación? ¿Qué podemos hacer cuando la persona sobre quién se ejerce violencia machista decide no traer a la atención de nuestros espacios su situación? ¿Qué pasa cuando la persona que está haciendo daño es alguien que amamos? Todo esto, lo discutimos en este episodio. Si te gusta el podcast, no olvides suscribirte, darle estrellitas y compartirlo. ¡Gracias por escuchar! ...
2024-11-2552 min
The Fascism BarometerAll About MAGA: Fascists, Authoritarians, and Everyone Else with Tarso Luís RamosEjeris discusses the Make America Great Again (MAGA) Coalition with Tarso Ramos, long-time researcher and activist challenging the right wing. Tarso gives us a breakdown of various members of the coalition and the uneasy alliances that it includes. Ejeris reviews the latest news and political terrain post-election and talks about what it means to continue to monitor the Fascism Barometer after the 2024 US election and what's needed from all of us.You can find the tools you need to fight fascism at our Resource Hub.Connect with Tarso Luís RamosConnect with Ejeri...
2024-11-1152 min
The Fascism BarometerWhat is Fascism? Why should it matter to organizers and activists? with Kelly HayesEjeris talks with Kelly Hayes, longtime activist, organizer, writer, and host of the podcast Movement Memos, to examine how the growth of fascist movements impacts organizers, activists, and the communities most likely to be targeted. Kelly and Ejeris discuss how to engage more people in anti-fascist activism and what actions we all can take.You can find the tools you need to fight fascism at our Resource Hub.Connect with Kelly HayesConnect with Ejeris DixonAnd when you feel the pressure, share this pod and visit fascismbarometer.org...
2024-10-2838 min
The Fascism BarometerThe Fascist Emergency Playbook and Electoral Fascism with Ash-lee WoodardIn this inaugural episode of the Fascism Barometer, the incredible Ash-lee Woodard Henderson joins Ejeris to discuss how fascists manipulate emergencies and use them to make large jumps in power. They discuss Ejeris's Fascist Emergency Playbook and think through how it connects today. Ash-lee discusses how she's used the framework, what emergencies and power grabs could be on the horizon, how fascists use elections as power grabs, and what we can do to stop them.You can find the tools you need to fight fascism at our Resource Hub.Connect with Ash-lee Woodard Henderson
2024-10-1149 min
Haymarket Books LiveLet This Radicalize You (Book Launch)Join us for a virtual launch event celebrating the release of Let This Radicalize You by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba.
This event took place on May 16, 2023.
What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building power in an era of destabilization and catastrophe.
Longtime organizers and movement educators Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes examine some of the political lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the convergence of mass protest and mass...
2023-12-211h 38
Press Play On This Sensational Full Audiobook — Perfect In The Car.Beyond Survival by Ejeris Dixon - editor, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha - editorPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/164673to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Beyond Survival
Author: Ejeris Dixon - editor, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha - editor
Narrator: Ejeris Dixon, Esteban Kelly
Format: mp3
Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
Release date: 12-27-22
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 3 ratings
Genres: Freedom & Security
Publisher's Summary:
Transformative justice seeks to solve the problem of violence at the grassroots level, without relying on punishment, incarceration, or policing. Community-based approaches to preventing crime and repairing its damage have existed for centuries. However, in the putative atmosphere of contemporary criminal justice systems, they are often marginalized and operate under the radar...
2022-12-279h 41
Bored 2 Lifeepisode 116This episode is the audio version of this blog post by Alex Kellar Here are some links to material which helped inform all this: Accountability Mapping (online course) Pods And Pod Mapping Worksheet Beyond Prisons: Transformative Justice And Pod-Mapping (podcast) The Will To Change: Men, Masculinity, And Love by bell hooks (book) We Will Not Cancel Us And Other Dreams Of Transformative Justice by adrienne maree brown (book) Beyond Survival: Strategies And Stories From The Transformative Justice Movement (book) edited by Ejeris Dixon and Leah...
2022-09-201h 36
Brown Girl GreenUS Detention Centers & Environmental JusticeEpisode Notes
This episode draws connections between the prison industrial complex and environmental justice- Brown Girl Green sits down with Amanda Diaz from Freedom for Immigrants @migrantfreedom on instagram.
Here’s a petition from the Shut Down Glades Coalition to take action today:https://action.aclu.org/send-message/fl-tell-dhs-shut-down-glades-now
The list of books Amanda mentioned plus more if folks are interested:
“Are Prisons Obsolete?” by Angela Davis (PDFs can be found here on "The Anarchist Library" and here for a more book like version.)
We Do This Till We Free Us by Mariame Kaba
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2022-04-2538 min
The Academic LifeCommunity Building and How We Show UpWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
How ‘the good life’ makes people disconnected and unhappy
Mia Birdsong’s work in community building
The intentionality required for creating communities of support
The importance of interdependence, vulnerability, accountability, and leaning on each other
And a discussion of her book How We Show Up
Today’s book is: How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community by Mia Birdsong, in which Birdsong uses research, interviews, and stories of lived experience to explore how showing up—literally and figuratively—points us toward the promis...
2022-04-141h 13
BookTok PodcastMy Year of Rest and Relaxation (Half Unspoiled / Half Spoiled)If you know you know, if you get it you get it, if you're an Ottessa fan you're an Ottessa fan. In this episode, we are talking about My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh. Erica is convinced this is one of her favorite books of all time and Katie is not so sure!
We save the plot discussions for the second half, so if you haven't read the book, we'll tell you when to drop off!
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2022-04-1047 min
Cosmic Guidance For AllCompatibility & CUSPOn this special Valentines episode - we're talking about Compatibility and the CUSP Astrology App that Kirah launched last fall. Writers of the app; Jo, Jared (Mercurious George), Erin & Pallas all join to talk about how they created the compatibility reports as well as the nuances of compatibility in astrology. Download CUSP and check out our new compatibility reports -> cuspastrology.com Books referenced by Pallas in this episode: Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-SamarasinhaBeyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement edited by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Pi...
2022-02-142h 18
Work. Shouldnt. Suck.Liberating WorkplacesThis conversation was recorded as part of Work Shouldn't Suck's Ethical Re-Opening Summit that took place on April 27, 2021.Co-host Lauren Ruffin facilitates a discussion with Vanessa Roanhorse and Syrus Marcus Ware on how organizations can center those most vulnerable to craft workplaces where everyone can thrive. Their discussion explores recently announced changes at Basecamp, and also the workplace re-opening survey conducted by Work Shouldn't Suck in Spring 2021.Resources mentioned during this episode:Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement, Ejeris Dixon (Editor); Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (Editor)“Changes at Basecamp” by Jason Frie...
2021-12-0239 min
Gender JourneysThe Problem With Anti-Discrimination and Hate Crime LawsEl and Josie draw on the wisdom of Dean Spade and Critical Race Theory to examine why anti-discrimination and hate crime laws don't do quite what we want them to.CW: hate crime discussion, mass shooting mentions, discrimination discussion.For more information, check out Normal Life by Dean Spade.You can also find out more about restorative and transformative justice in Beyond Survival, edited by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha.Music for Gender Journeys Composed by Sonia Bourdaghs***Follow us on social media or find us...
2021-08-1031 min
Notes from America with Kai WrightTo Protect and Observe: A HistoryToday’s viral videos of police abuse have a long political lineage. But what if one of the oldest tools of copwatching is now taken away?
Ron Wilkins takes us back to 1966, in the wake of the Watts uprising, in which he joined an early cop watch program -- one that would inspire the likes of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense.
Then, reporter Jenny Casas introduces us to journalists and activists who have been using police scanners for decades to peek inside the infamously closed world of police departments. Many departments are now trying to e...
2021-07-2650 min
The Fire These Times77/ From Hong Kong to Lebanon, Basebuilding Against Authoritarianism (with Promise Li)This is a conversation with Promise Li. He’s a US-based member of the Lausan collective and the Democratic Socialists of America doing solidarity work with Hong Kong and China’s dissident movements.
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Blog: https://thefirethisti.me
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Topics Discussed:
Growing up in Hong Kong in the shadow of the Tiananmen Square massacre and after the UK-China handover
What is Lausan?
The difficulties of navigating online discourses on Hong Kong (and Lebanon, Syria etc)
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2021-06-061h 45
Ystäväni UtopiaTransformatiivinen oikeus ja kuinka suhtautua väkivaltaan?Sisältövaroitus: Jaksossa käsitellään väkivallan eri muotoja kuten lähisuhde- ja seksuaaliväkivaltaa.
Jaksossa Janne keskustelee ystävänsä Marian kanssa transformatiivisesta oikeudesta, väkivaltaan suhtautumisesta ja vankiloiden lakkauttamisesta. Transformatiivinen oikeus etsii yhteisöperustaisia ratkaisuja väkivallan ongelmaan. Vallalla olevan yksilö- ja rankaisukeskeisen oikeuskäsityksen sijaan transformatiivinen oikeus haluaa ennaltaehkäistä väkivaltaa ja oppia puuttumaan siihen arjessa tavoilla, jotka voivat aidosti tukea sekä väkivallan uhreja että tekijöitä. Erottamattomana osana tätä tavoitetta on itsessään väkivaltaisten rakenteellisten ilmiöiden, kuten taloudellisen eriarvoisuuden, rasismin ja naisvihan, haastaminen
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2021-05-0247 min
In The ThickOccupiers Of Our CommunityAs we continue to see police violence throughout the country, Maria and Julio reimagine community safety with guests Victoria Law, freelance journalist and author of the new book, “Prisons Make Us Safe: and 20 Other Myths About Mass Incarceration,” and Joshua Briond, abolitionist and co-host of the “Millennials Are Killing Capitalism” podcast. They discuss abolition, resistance and what justice and liberation can look like. ITT Staff Picks: - “Historically, police have surveilled, repressed and infiltrated individuals, organizations, and political parties that they have deemed ideological enemies because their interests represent a legitimate threat to the capitalist white supremacist status quo,” Joshua writes...
2021-04-2142 min
In The Thick Ad FreeOccupiers Of Our CommunityAs we continue to see police violence throughout the country, Maria and Julio reimagine community safety with guests Victoria Law, freelance journalist and author of the new book, “Prisons Make Us Safe: and 20 Other Myths About Mass Incarceration,” and Joshua Briond, abolitionist and co-host of the “Millennials Are Killing Capitalism” podcast. They discuss abolition, resistance and what justice and liberation can look like. ITT Staff Picks: - “Historically, police have surveilled, repressed and infiltrated individuals, organizations, and political parties that they have deemed ideological enemies because their interests represent a legitimate threat to the capitalist white supremacist status quo,” Joshua writes...
2021-04-2142 min
Being GiantsEpisode 17: Building a better worldThis week Joyce talks to Briley Lewis, a PhD student at the University of California in Los Angeles studying astrophysics. They’ll talk about Briley’s love for science communication and science writing and mental health during grad school.
You can learn more about Briley on her website, read some of her writing on STARtorialist, and see some art she makes at her etsy shop. You can find more about the science communication organization ComSciCon at their LA chapter’s website.
Intro to exoplanets and astrophysics:
Basic intro to how we detect exoplanets
A p...
2021-03-3000 min
Rob HopkinsEpisode Twenty: What if we addressed the trauma that lies beneath the world's problems?Welcome to Episode 20 of From What If to What Next. This feels like a bit of a landmark for us, our twentieth episode! Thank you for joining me on this journey. Do tell your friends to come join us... Any reflections on how you're finding the journey so far are most welcome. Seems like a good moment for that.
The good news is that we have saved one of the very finest episodes to mark this moment. Today we are exploring the question of trauma, and I must confess that recording this conversation rather blew my mind, as it will...
2021-03-091h 04Rob HopkinsEpisode Twenty: What if we addressed the trauma that lies beneath the world's problems?Welcome to Episode 20 of From What If to What Next. This feels like a bit of a landmark for us, our twentieth episode! Thank you for joining me on this journey. Do tell your friends to come join us... Any reflections on how you're finding the journey so far are most welcome. Seems like a good moment for that.
The good news is that we have saved one of the very finest episodes to mark this moment. Today we are exploring the question of trauma, and I must confess that recording this conversation rather blew my mind, as it will...
2021-03-091h 04
Mixxed MessagesDating while Mixed - S1E9Today we discuss our experiences with dating as mixed black woman; we talk about some of the challenges we have faced, as well as the healthy aspects of our past and present relationships. Resources mentioned: Beyond Survival edited by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha; Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown; and See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valarie Kaur.
2021-02-1740 min
The Red DoveEp.20: Pods Doing Social JusticeRainey, Blue & Liz discuss pods doing social justice after reading Philly Stands Up (Esteban Kelly, Jenna Peters-Golden, Qui Dorian, Bench Ansfield and Beth Blum)'s chapter in Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement edited by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha. Philly Stands Up is a small collective of individuals working in Philadelphia to confront sexual assault in their community. This bookclub-feel episode focuses on building a pod in your geographic community, the challenges & benefits of a pod, surviving sexual assault & doing social justice. Trigger Warning: This episode mentions sexual assault and rape.
2021-02-1544 min
The Library Coven47. Pet by Akwaeke EmeziPlease consider taking our supporter survey! It should require only 5-10 minutes and it will help us get to know our audience and get your feedback about the content we create.
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Greetings, coven! In this episode we discuss Pet by Akwaeke Emezi, their debut young adult novel. It’s a pretty quick read that deals with some heavy issues in ways that are accessible to younger audiences (i.e., middle grade) as well as teen and adult readers. Pet was a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award for Young People’s Literat...
2021-02-0938 min
Movement MemosFrom Survival to Solidarity: Emerging From the Wreckage of the Trump EraAs we navigate the wreckage of the Trump administration, how can we respond to crisis from a place of power? In the season finale of Movement Memos, Kelly Hayes and Ejeris Dixon talk about the dangers we still face, the relationships we need, and how we can help each other do more than simply survive these times.For a transcript, audio and show notes, you can check out our website.
2021-01-2755 minThe Red DoveEp.17: Beyond SurvivalRainey, Blue & Liz discuss Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement edited by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, resolving conflict without involving the police, the importance of a "Pod" and Rainey & Liz reminisce about surviving military life.
2021-01-2552 min
Young Farmers PodcastWAYFC Takeover 5: Vero Vergara of Sweet Hollow FarmVero Vergara is a nonbinary, disabled, brown, queer farmer and food systems cultural worker based on Coast Salish territories. Vero is a founding worker-owner of Sweet Hollow Farm in Woodinville, WA. They work at the intersection of autonomous food systems building and liberatory community care. Learn more about Sweet Hollow Farm at their website: www.sweethollow.farm or their Instagram account: @sweethollowfarm. Some folks that are mentioned in this podcast are: Karen Washington: https://www.riseandrootfarm.com/karen-washington Leah Penniman: https://www.soulfirefarm.org/meet-the-farmers/ Mai Nguyen: http://farmermai.com/farmer/ Rowan White: https://sierraseeds.org/rowens-story/ A...
2021-01-1349 min
Breaking BinariesVictim/Perpetrator with Kristen CherryIn Episode 6 of Season 2, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan discusses the binary of Victim and Perpetrator with Kristen Cherry. Kristen is a survivor advocate and a movement worker based in Louisville, Kentucky, in the USA. She worked at her local domestic violence/sexual assault crisis center for 2 ½ years, counseling survivors in shelter, over the crisis line, and through the court process after filing for civil protection orders. Kristen is currently involved in community organising efforts in Louisville as protests continue following the police killing of Breonna Taylor in 2020, that has included co-coordinating a protest arrest hotline, which provides support to protestors facing cha...
2021-01-0959 min
Book Ish: The Canon Continues#020: "Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?" A Truthout Collection (with guest host, Dallas Verity)Michelle and guest host, Dallas Verity, tackle Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?: Police Violence and Resistance in the United States, A Truthout Collection. Their conversation covers defunding the police, marginalized communities, injustice, and more.
From the back cover: "What is the reality of policing in the United States? Do the police keep anyone safe and secure other than the very wealthy? How do recent police killings of young black people in the United States fit into the historical and global context of anti-blackness? This collection of reports and essays (the first collaboration between Truthout a...
2020-12-151h 09
Sex Out Loud with Tristan TaorminoDisability Justice and Sex with Lydia X. Z. Brown, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Katie TastromLydia X. Z. Brown, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Katie Tastrom join Tristan Taormino to talk about disability justice, sex, and relationships. We explore the question: what does it mean to apply a Disability Justice lens to sexuality and sex-positive culture? What are the effects when Black and Brown disabled people are hypersexualized, desexualized or degendered? On an interpersonal level, desexualization assumes disabled folks don't have agency or skill when it comes to their sexuality and can put pressure on them to perform a kind of hypersexuality. We discuss desirability and undesirability, strength-based approaches to disability and sexuality, disabled sex...
2020-11-091h 33
Refuse FascismEjeris Dixon: Fascists Don't Pretend to Play By the RulesSince October 3, daily protests have been ongoing around the country demanding Trump/Pence Out Now. Plus, this week the fascist nominee to the Supreme Court hearings are happening this week (join in protests - details at refusefascism.org).
Samantha Goldman (@SamanthaGoldm19) talks with organizer Ejeris Dixon (@ejeris), Director of Vision Change Win, about the threat that the fascist Trump/Pence regime poses to all human beings and the need for solidarity and coalition building to confront and defeat fascism before it is completely consolidated.
Find a protest near you at RefuseFascism.org. Support the movement t...
2020-10-1236 min
How to Survive the End of the WorldBeyond SurvivalFor this week's episode, Autumn and adrienne sit down with Ejeris Dixon (@ejeris) and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (@brownstargirl), the editors of Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement. We discuss book touring, their journeys to this work, and transformative justice in this time.
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2020-10-081h 02
Cambridge Black Lives MatterEjeris Dixon- Interview by Mojola AkinyemiEjeris Dixon is Director of Vision Change Win, a social justice consultancy. She has previously worked as founding Program Coordinator of the Safe OUTside the System Collective at the Audre Lorde Project and at the New York City Anti-Violence Project. She was interviewed by Cambridge student, Mojola Akinyemi. The full Cambridge Union panel is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X488xUn9TF4
This is part of the ongoing Cambridge Black Lives Matter series, which features the work of the Cambridge community to support the movement. The original broadcast is available on all major streaming...
2020-08-0213 min
The Full SetThe Full Set w/ Ejeris DixonEjeris Dixon is a Black Queer Feminist organizer and political strategist with 20 years of experience working in racial justice, LGBTQ, anti-violence, and economic justice movements.
They are the Executive Director of Vision Change Win Consulting (www.visionchangewin.com) where they partner with organizations to build their capacity and deepen the impact of their organizing strategies. They also serve as a consultant with Roadmap Consulting (www.roadmapconsulting.org) a national social justice consulting team.
From 2010 - 2013 Ejeris served as the Deputy Director in charge of the Community Organizing Department at the New York City Anti-Violence Project wh...
2020-07-142h 14
Thriving in DystopiaEp8: Why movement matters, and who is allowed to move #abolishICE #herosjourney #originstoryIn the spirit of the topic of the show for today, Dave and Bob meander on various dystopias, stories, psychology, and news events relating to movement. Global movement has been profoundly affected during the pandemic. Yet, taking a page from Joyful Militancy, the brothers attempt to weave together crucial ideas of movement: who gets to move? If movement leads to change, how can we harness movement? And then how can movement lead to freedom especially for those that are least free?
Thanks to the artists: HOME, Drake Stafford, Cullah, and the enigmatic Joe Schine.
Amazing res...
2020-06-3053 min
Movement Memos“The Cops Are With the Fascists”: How Police Terror and Trumpism ConvergeKelly talks with grassroots strategist Ejeris Dixon about fascism, police violence and how we can fight back. If you need a transcript, you can listen on our website.
2020-06-2441 min
In The Thick Ad FreeA World Without PoliceMaria and Julio talk about police and prison abolition with Charlene Carruthers, author and founding member of Black Youth Project 100, and Ejeris Dixon, director of Vision Change Win. They imagine a world without police, dive into community safety, and get real about what calls for defunding the police mean. ITT Staff Picks: - Mariame Kaba, an organizer whose work focuses on dismantling the prison industrial complex writes, “Yes, we mean literally abolish the police,” in this op-ed for The New York Times. - "These calls to defund and disband police have roots in decades of prison abolitionist organizing, which aims to...
2020-06-1740 min
In The ThickA World Without PoliceMaria and Julio talk about police and prison abolition with Charlene Carruthers, author and founding member of Black Youth Project 100, and Ejeris Dixon, director of Vision Change Win. They imagine a world without police, dive into community safety, and get real about what calls for defunding the police mean. ITT Staff Picks: - Mariame Kaba, an organizer whose work focuses on dismantling the prison industrial complex writes, “Yes, we mean literally abolish the police,” in this op-ed for The New York Times. - "These calls to defund and disband police have roots in decades of prison abolitionist organizing, which aims to...
2020-06-1740 min
The Gayly Planet: The Final Fronqueer | A Star Trek PodcastVoldemort Needed a Basket of Snakes (It didn't have to be this way): an interview with Nora RachelThis week we spoke with Nora Rachel, a Mitigation Investigator who works to save the lives of those on death row. By mounting a mitigation defense for Voldemort, we discussed the impacts of trauma on childhood development, the importance of intervention, the power of neuroplasticity, and how transformative justice models can interrupt the cycles of abuse and trauma that lead to violence . At its heart, this is an episode about prison abolition, the need for community care systems, and the power of individuals to help heal the world. cw: mentions/discussions of child abuse, sexual assault, incest, animal abuse...
2020-06-161h 48
Keep It Quirky podcastWhy The World Needs Conflict Transformation, with Kirby BroadnaxKirby Broadnax has years of experience as a mediator, conflict coach, community-builder and facilitator. She has her Masters degree in Conflict Transformation -- which is a field of study similar to Conflict Resolution, but is a bit more all-encompassing and holistic in solving the issues at hand. Kirby is one of my dearest friends, we go way back, and over the years she has opened my eyes on many occasions by sharing her experiences as a black woman in America. It sounds trite to say, but she truly is wise beyond her years. She’s ha...
2020-06-1100 min
Season of the BitchEpisode 134: Ending White Silencein this episode we talk with incredible activist and friend SASHA and try to do an introductory episode on ending white silence.
reading group through our patreon is starting next week. be there!
Resources listed from the episode:
Racecraft, by Barbara and Karen Fields
“A History of White People” by Nell Irvin Painter.
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Beyond Survival edited by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi
The end of policing by alex vitale -- NOW FREE EBOOK ON VERSO
Are prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis -- runner up angela davis is “policing the black man”
From #blacklivesmatter to black...
2020-06-051h 11
Movement Memos"We Surrender Nothing and No One”: Our Playbook for Solidarity Amid Fascist TerrorKelly talks with grassroots strategist Ejeris Dixon about courage and solidarity in a time of rebellion. If you need a transcript, you can listen on our website.
2020-06-0521 min
Tejana Feminist TalksTFT - Transformative Justice!In this episode of Tejana Feminist Talks, COLLEGE GRADUATE (haha) and host Leslie Lopez talks about transformative justice. She first discusses the differences between punitive, restorative, and transformative justice. Leslie then uses "Beyond Survival," a 2020 anthology edited by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, to describe the TJ movement and ways to practice TJ in our lives. Below are some of the websites, organizations, and collectives she mentioned:
What Does Justice Look Like for Survivors? By Barnard Center for Research on Women
What Is Transformative Justice? By Barnard Center for Research on Women
AORTA’s Punitive, Restorative, and Tr...
2020-05-2545 minThriving in DystopiaEp1: The concept and the nameWelcome to the first episode. There are a few people to thank. Joe Schine for the amazing art. Drake Stafford for the intro song, and Cullah for the outro song. Really we are just so excited that this is happening and can't wait to go on the journey with you all. Below are the show notes from the first episode. Thanks for the listen.
If you like us and rate us that helps out a lot. Also here is how to contact us.
Bob at BMaze19 @twitter
Dave at Davepeachtree@gmail.com
2020-05-2544 min
By the SoundMeet Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-SamarasinhaWe meet with Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, a Seattle-based writer, transformative justice and disability justice movement worker, and educator.
By the Sound is produced and edited by Sarah Mayes. Episode 014 is hosted by Chelsea Alvarez, Aisha Hauser, and Sarah Mayes. You can support the show and learn how to join our community at: https://www.patreon.com/bythesound (https://www.patreon.com/bythesound)
SHOW NOTES:
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (www.brownstargirl.org) : writer, crank, disability and transformative justice worker
(https://www.akpress.org/beyond-survival.html) , edited by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
(https://www.powells.com/book/-9781849352628) , edited by...
2020-05-1500 min
Laura Flanders and Friends: Solutions-Focused Progressive Perspectives on Politics, News, and CultureMutual Aid Justice: Beyond SurvivalWhat does it look like in the Justice sphere? If you don’t want to call the cops, what else can you do? Many people turn to transformative justice for help. In the nation that incarcerates more people than any other on earth, there are many reasons why a person might not want to call 911. Undocumented, sick, over-policed, dependent on or in love with an abuser? In this episode, Laura talks with the editors of the just-released book, Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement. Transformative justice applies the principles of mutual aid to justice. It se...
2020-04-0931 min
Skylight Books Podcast SeriesEjeris Dixon & Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, "BEYOND SURVIVAL" w/ GuestsAfraid to call 911, but not sure what to do instead? Read this book! Beyond Survival collects tools, strategies and personal stories of the struggle to create safety, justice and accountability beyond the criminal justice system.
This long-awaited and deeply necessary book documents some of the work of the transformative justice movement- collecting everything from personal stories of successful interventions in abuse and violence to guides to being accountable if you’ve been abusive, from strategies to support folks having emotional crises without calling 911 to toolkits for creating safer party spaces and community safety zones from ICE. Along the...
2020-03-041h 29