Dissident Island Radio

Dissident Island & Radio Ava present a selection of interviews from the 2023 edition of the London Anarchist Bookfair interspersed with tunes from the bookfiar mixtape.

PART 2

Captain Support (00:00:00 - 00:13:55) Solitude & Solidarity (00:18:02 - 00:33:47) Chile Update (00:38:32 - 00:57:10) Women, Race & Immigration (01:01:43 - 01:22:55)

Dissident Island & Radio Ava present a selection of interviews from the 2023 edition of the London Anarchist Bookfair interspersed with tunes from the bookfiar mixtape.

PART 1

Dog Section Press (00:00:00 - 00:16:07) Investigative Journalism with Will Crisp (00:20:18 - 00:43:20) Statewatch (00:46:40 - 01:14:05)

Dissident Island Radio episode 267 features:

- Save Nour / Fight the Tower: a group of Brixtonians and friends who came together to oppose the eviction of Nour Cash and Carry - and won! We hear the riveting and entertaining story of their hard won and well-deserved success bringing down Taylor McWilliams bid to build a giant tower in the middle of thriving Brixton, and what the future holds for the campaign. 

- ACAB Andy with legal updates from the 3 outstanding Bristol Kill the Bill protests, info for protesters planning to Stop the DSEI arms fair and some opining on the new Lady Chief Justice Carr (spoiler: the future holds some frightening and significant u-turns on judgments against protesters!)

- To end, Last boss of Bad Septa fame plays us some Jungle, Break core and Grime.

Enjoy!

Dissident Island Episode 266 brings home the broccoli with words from:

- Jordi & Marian discussing the recently concluded Brixton Gentrification Archive project - Legal Andy with a not so fun rundown of what's cooking with the upcoming Public Order Bill - Jon from the Right to Roam campaign telling us about the implications of January's ruling on wild camping in Dartmoor and the group's plans to push for wider access to green spaces for all - Finishing off with a blast from the past in the form of a tasty drum n bass set from our archives (ep. 160 to be precise) courtesy of Hue Jah Fink - Plus tunes from  Suck Puck Compilations' Fuck The Borders Vol 7 sprinkled throughout

Attempting to mark 15 years of radical radio, the Dissident Island posse put together our 265th episode which also brings 2022 to a close. In store for you here:

- Ruth from Green & Black Cross / ACAB discussing the reality of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act (of #killthebill fame) taking us through different part of the statute from the not so bad to the pretty terrifying

- A member of the submedia collective talking with us about the Fediverse, Mastadon and providing grassroots alternatives to corporate social media platforms

- ACAB Andy with an end of year report on another blow to the right to protest in the Supreme Court, as well as trials and tribulations of protesters in the lower courts

- A live dj set from the one and only Delsa to finish off the show in style!

Plus tunes from Hunting Hearts and Bartees Strange

- A sizeable contribution from our sister show Radio Ava featuring stories of floating brothels, film reviews, discussion of stories of sexual exploitation in Greece and snippets from Hookers in the House of the Lord

- ACAB Andy with a callout from NETPOL for view on a possible Colston Statue appeal plus news about defendants from the 'voluntary' and 'involuntary' sectors going through the courts

- Words from the new editor of Freedom Paper about the history of the institution and plans for the near future

- Banging jungle from Lastboss of Bad Sekta fame to finish off the show

To celebrate the 2022 London Anarchist Bookfair Dissident Island and Radio Ava joined forces to collect various voices from the bookfair and beyond. Noises on offer include:

00:00:00 - 00:06:12  Introduction & Radical Whores 00:09:13 - 00:28:16  Don't Pay UK 00:31:23 - 00:58:50 The Rise of Ecofascism 01:01:03 - 01:19:54  Terribe People Zine 01:22:25 - 01:40:43 ACAB legal update (with words from Bristol Defendant Solidarity) 01:42:30 - 02:02:00 Palestine Action 02:06:16 - 02:20:28 Touchpaper 02:24:00 - 02:50:38  Professor G on the persistence of the monarchy 02:55:50 - 03:08:41  Man-Made Zine (instagram: @manmadezine) 03:12:50 - 03:32:17 Final remarks and sounds from the Chris Kaba demonstration in September

Plus tunes from the Bookfair 2022 Mixtape!

- We caught up with Cooperation Town 2.5 years after the project started to talk about their expansion since then, the challenges and lessons learnt, and the importance of connecting with neighbours to local organising that creates meaningful solutions to the cost of living crisis that don't rely on problematic relationships and structures of charity.

- Words from one of the organisers of the London Anarchist Bookfair about how the organising group has fared these past three years, the challenges of navigating the internal politics of the scene while trying to broaden the appeal of anarchism and what's in store at this year's event.

- We'll hear from ACAB Andy with his usual bag of tips tricks and updates from the underworld to help you stay away from that nasty thin blue line.

- Nearly 10 years on Fuel Poverty Action are still campaigning, now facing into a winter that is predicted to be worse than many before. We talked to them about how climate choas is linked to fuel poverty, their campaign to provide energy for all and how it links in to other campaigns on taking action ahead of this winter when fuel prices are set to quadruple across the UK

- Plus tunes from War on Women / Turnstiles / Beach Angel

Check out this most excellent Hooker take over take part 2 of Dissident Island Radio!

• Radio AvA discuss how the war in Ukraine has generated a surge of sex-trafficking alarms and extra gendered surveillance measures [1, 2, 3, 4]. Riffling through media, reports and recommendations, we wonder what is this really all about, and how it might pan out.
• Also: summer wankers and impromptu readings from a current favourite novel.

Check out this highly entertaining (as always!) legal update from ACAB Andy! In this segment:

• Police Court Sentencing Crime Act (PCSCA): how its not the end of the world, and upcoming ACAB & GBC guide to the important bits in the PCSCA
• #killthebill  Bristol trial updates
• updates on trials re the Met and the Sarah Everard demo and protestors
• Dalston raids case
• #killthebill London trial updates
• the Heard/Depp UK vs US verdict