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Note: This episode was originally released October 6th for Death Panel patrons. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

Beatrice speaks with “L,” “B” and Rosa from Workshops for Gaza about their work trying to redirect funds to keep people alive in Palestine, the importance of survival work in this moment, and why we all need to stand up to free the political prisoners facing persecution taking part in the Palestine solidarity movement.

Full transcript https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/workshops4gaza

Links:

Sign and share the petition to free Tarek Bazrouk - https://www.change.org/p/free-tarek-bazrouk-now-no-more-jail-time-sign-his-mitigation-letter

Support Leqaa Kordia's defense - https://chuffed.org/project/freeleqaa

Gaza Funds - https://gazafunds.com/

Sameer Project - https://linktr.ee/thesameerproject

Medical Campaign x Sameer Project - https://chuffed.org/project/136892-medical-campaign-x-sameer-project

South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water (Sameer Project) - https://chuffed.org/project/113222-tent-campaign-the-sameer-project

The Refaat Alareer Camp (Sameer Project) - https://chuffed.org/project/113327-refaat-alareer-camp-the-sameer-project

North Gaza: Food, Water & Other Distributions (Sameer Project) - https://chuffed.org/project/help-us-deliver-vital-aid-to-gaza-families-in-need

Gaza Municipality's Artificial Limbs and Polio Center - https://mogaza.org/campaign/2

Workshops for Gaza - https://www.workshops4gaza.com/workshops

Workshops for Gaza Bookstore - https://open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/collections/workshops-4-gaza-bookstore

Crips for eSIMs for Gaza - http://cripsforesimsforgaza.org/

Show Links:

Health Communism is now out in paperback! Find it here or order at this link to add a donation to Sameer Project: https://open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g-adler-bolton-beatrice-artie-vierkant-health-communism

Find Tracy's book, Abolish Rent, here: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent

Note: This episode was originally released September 27th, 2024 and is being aired today as we mark two years since the escalation of genocide in Palestine; we are sharing it again in particular for the guided facilitation portion that begins at 45:00. Additionally, this week's public episode on Thursday will be our discussion with organizers of Workshops for Gaza, which we are currently transcribing to accompany its release. That episode can be found here https://www.patreon.com/posts/140536777

Original description: Beatrice speaks with Rasha Abdulhadi about how it is vital to remain steadfast in our demands for Palestinian liberation. We discuss turning away from despair towards patience and boldness in our actions, why our demands must push for and beyond “ceasefire,” and draw connections between settler colonialism here and in Palestine; inviting us all to become more skillful in keeping each other alive.

Links:

Sign and share the petition to free Tarek Bazrouk - https://www.change.org/p/free-tarek-bazrouk-now-no-more-jail-time-sign-his-mitigation-letter

Gaza Funds - https://gazafunds.com/

Sameer Project - https://linktr.ee/thesameerproject

Medical Campaign x Sameer Project - https://chuffed.org/project/136892-medical-campaign-x-sameer-project

South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water (Sameer Project) - https://chuffed.org/project/113222-tent-campaign-the-sameer-project

The Refaat Alareer Camp (Sameer Project) - https://chuffed.org/project/113327-refaat-alareer-camp-the-sameer-project

North Gaza: Food, Water & Other Distributions (Sameer Project) - https://chuffed.org/project/help-us-deliver-vital-aid-to-gaza-families-in-need

Gaza Municipality's Artificial Limbs and Polio Center - https://mogaza.org/campaign/2

Workshops for Gaza - https://www.workshops4gaza.com/workshops

Workshops for Gaza Bookstore - https://open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/collections/workshops-4-gaza-bookstore

Crips for eSIMs for Gaza - http://cripsforesimsforgaza.org/

Show Links:

This episode was recorded live at the 2024 Socialism Conference in Chicago in September 2024. Thanks to Han Olliver for our Death Panel x Socialism Conference 2024 poster image, which is being used as the cover image for this episode on platforms that support it. Find and support Han's work at hanolliver.com

Health Communism is now out in paperback! Find it here or order at this link to add a donation to Sameer Project: https://open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g-adler-bolton-beatrice-artie-vierkant-health-communism

Find Tracy's book, Abolish Rent, here: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/140536777

Beatrice speaks with “L,” “B” and Rosa from Workshops for Gaza about their work trying to redirect funds to keep people alive in Palestine, the importance of survival work in this moment, and why we all need to stand up to free the political prisoners facing persecution taking part in the Palestine solidarity movement.

Runtime 2:02:13

(Note that due to the nature of this episode and the timing of the release we will be unlocking it later this week; patrons get early access today).

The following links and notes have been prepared by "L," "B" and Rosa for inclusion in this episode description:

1. All of our current projects and campaigns can be viewed on our linkinbio, including calls to action to support political prisoners from the Palestine solidarity movement: https://linkin.bio/workshops4gaza/ 

2. Sign up for workshops, buy books, and propose new workshop on our website: workshops4gaza.com  

3. A few books we recommend from our online bookstore, where all proceeds are donated to the Sameer Project: George Jackson, SOLEDAD BROTHER; Sameeh Al-Qassem et al, ENEMY OF THE SUN: POETRY OF PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE, Orisanmi Burton, TIP OF THE SPEAR; Dhoruba Bin Wahad, REVOLUTION IN THESE TIMES, Shukri Abu Baker, LIGHT FROM DEEP UNDER, Safiya Bukhari, THE WAR BEFORE, Souha Bechara, RESISTANCE: MY LIFE FOR LEBANON

4. We also want to send out a solidarity statement: “Workshops4Gaza sends our heartfelt solidarity to one of our former workshop instructors, Eman Abdelhadi, who was brutally detained by Chicago police outside Broadview ICE detention facility on October 3rd. Their workshop on speculative fiction writing recently raised over $5000 for Palestinians in Gaza and Cairo. The repression they are facing shows their dedication to multiple fronts of the struggle in both words and action. Insha'Allah you will be home soon Eman!”

—W4G

Show links:

Get Health Communism here: https://open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g-adler-bolton-beatrice-artie-vierkant-health-communism

Find Tracy's book Abolish Rent here: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent

This episode was recorded live at the 2025 Socialism Conference in Chicago, where we collaborated with conference organizers to host four discussions over the first weekend in July. All four recordings are now available for Death Panel patrons at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

feat. Beatrice, Artie, and Vicky Osterweil

Session description: With the new administration, the federal government has been actively attacking healthcare funding for the poor and intensified its targeting of trans and disabled people and the immiseration of healthcare workers. In this session, we discuss what the fight for health communism may look like under this new regime, and what strategies and forms of politics may help us move forward. With Death Panel co-hosts and co-authors of Health Communism Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie Vierkant, joined by writer and organizer Vicky Osterweil.

Find a written version of Beatrice and Artie's remarks here: https://blindarchive.substack.com/p/where-is-the-site-of-struggle-in

Find our other Socialism Conference 2025 sessions here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/134644723

Thanks to Han Olliver for our Death Panel x Socialism Conference 2024 poster image, which is being used as the cover image for this episode on platforms that support it. Find and support Han's work at www.hanolliver.com

Health Communism is now out in paperback! Find it here or order at this link to add a donation to Sameer Project: https://open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g-adler-bolton-beatrice-artie-vierkant-health-communism

Find Tracy's book, Abolish Rent, here: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent

Find Phil's new book, Counting Like a State, here: kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700639687/

Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch

As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/140036403

Beatrice speaks with Nafis Hasan about how cancer research priorities shifted from environmental and industrial exposure to theories about individual genetic susceptibility, how the neoliberal turn moved cancer intervention from prevention to cure, and his book Metastasis: The Rise of the Cancer-Industrial Complex and the Horizons of Care.

Runtime 1:20:33

Find Nafis's book here: https://www.commonnotions.org/metastasis

Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism

Find Tracy's book Abolish Rent here: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent

Note: This episode was originally released April 21st for Death Panel patrons and is being unlocked today for the first time. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

Beatrice speaks with Dean Spade about holding together political coalitions, friendships, and organizing partnerships in the face of a culture of disposability and a world on fire.

Find Dean's new book, Love in a Fucked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together, here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/dean-spade/love-in-a-fcked-up-world/9781643756462/

Health Communism is now out in paperback! Find it here or order at this link to add a donation to Sameer Project: https://open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g-adler-bolton-beatrice-artie-vierkant-health-communism

Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch

As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/139496883

Beatrice speaks with China Mills and John Pring about how the structure of welfare benefits in the United Kingdom leads to the death of disabled people, the difficulties in documenting such administrative violence and the process of “slow death,” and their project Deaths by Welfare that attempts to expose it.

Runtime 1:21:55

Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism

Find Tracy's book Abolish Rent here: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent

Note: This episode was originally released October 11th, 2023. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod.

Death Panel podcast host Beatrice Adler-Bolton speaks with Liat Ben-Moshe, Leah Harris and Vesper Moore about increasing calls to "reopen the asylums" and why the dark history and enduring legacy of psychiatric incarceration mean we should never go back. We look at recent statements by politicians Eric Adams, Donald Trump, Matt Gaetz, and Vivek Ramaswamy and discuss how carceral sanism is not exclusively the domain of the right.

For more on the second Trump administration's recent attempts to seek an expansion of involuntary commitment and assisted outpatient treatment, see our recent patron episode Empty Rights and Underlying Conditions (08/04/25) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/empty-rights-and-135737340

Transcript:

https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/reopen-asylum

To sign up for resources on psychiatric abolition (collected by Leah Harris) go here:

https://bit.ly/psychiatricabolition

Health Communism is now out in paperback! Find it here or order at this link to add a donation to Sameer Project: https://open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g-adler-bolton-beatrice-artie-vierkant-health-communism

Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch

As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/138979001

Beatrice speaks with Andrea Ritchie about why it’s now more important than ever for healthcare workers to resist ICE and refuse to participate in all forms of criminalization of the people they care for. We talk through the Beyond Do No Harm Network’s 13 principles for care workers to interrupt criminalization and the many other resources the network has put together so far.

Runtime 1:48:57

Find all of the Beyond Do No Harm resources mentioned in this episode here: https://www.interruptingcriminalization.com/beyond-do-no-harm

Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism

Find Tracy's book Abolish Rent here: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent

Note: This episode was originally released June 30th for Death Panel patrons and is being unlocked today for the first time. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

Beatrice speaks with Mon Mohapatra of Community Justice Exchange (CJE) about their new resource “If They Build It: Organizing Lessons & Strategies Against Carceral Infrastructure,” a resource looking at the strategies deployed in anti-carceral organizing over the last few decades for strategies to strengthen future campaigns against carceral infrastructure and to strengthen future organizing against all types of cages.

Find the resource here: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/resources-all/if-they-build-it-organizing-lessons-amp-strategies-against-carceral-infrastructure

Health Communism is now out in paperback! Find it here or order at this link to add a donation to Sameer Project: https://open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g-adler-bolton-beatrice-artie-vierkant-health-communism

Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch

As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod