Dissident Island Radio

Get cosy and settle in to the latest edition of Dissident Island Radio! Episode 261 features: - Jake from London Renters Union retrospecting on what happened since and as a result of the Rent Strike of May 2020. - Meli, a member of the Glasgow Student Housing Coop that's affiliated with Student Co-op Homes on the process, challenges and inspirations of organising student housing cooperatives. - Clarrie Pope, co-author of recently published graphic novel "Welcome Home", discussing her book, squatting, cultures of resistance and more. - ACAB Andy updates us on the LARC cop raid (and being cross with Extinction Rebellion), #killthebill Bristol trials, bicycletripping-up-woman case, Brendan the Baliff Basher case, the attorney general review of the Colston Statue trial and key points we can take away from the recently passed Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Act. - Music from Wormholes Between - DJ set from Lastboss from Bad Sekta featuring Jungle, Breakcore and Grime.

Timestamps:

00:02:38 Jake from London Renters Union 00:25:33 Clarrie Pope, author of "Welcome Home" 00:53:31 Meli from Glasgow Student Housing Coop 01:16:51 ACAB Andy legal update 01:26:40 DJ Lastboss

Links to material cited in the show: - Jake's article about the pandemic rent strike. - Buy "Welcome Home" direct from Minor Compositions for discounted price of £12 + P&P here or at this place or try your local infoshop (like 56a Infoshop) or a radical bookseller near you. - Clarrie will be at MayDay Rooms on 24 June and 56a on 26 June - Listen to the Minor Compositions Podcast with Clarrie Pope and Alan Moore (but after you read the book!)

- Radio AvA, the London-based sex workers radio project, with snippets from the sex workers strike (resurrection), a chat about the partial removal of prostitution from the law books in Belgium, and loosely related questions about the demand for decriminalisation of sex work as well as a nod to the wankers.

- ACAB Andy with legal updates including the fate of the Belgravia Mansion Squatters and the ongoing trails for #killthebill protestors

- Campaign Against the Arms Trade discussing their work opposing militarism from Yemen to Ukraine

- A Dark, weird and broken set from electronic music producer Jacob

- Plus tracks from Another Hospital and Mannequin Pussy

- Anarchist writer Jon Bigger discusses standing as a Class War Party candidate in the 2015 general election as well as looking at the tactical effectiveness of electoralism for anarchist campaigning.

- Bristol Anarchist Black Cross on the importance of building and creating structures to support prisoners. Some links mentioned in the final interview:

• 'Starting an anarchist black cross - a guide'
• 'Overcoming Burnout' Book
• 'Brick by Brick' book
• Kill The Bill prisoner info
• KTB prisoner support fund
• Email a prisoner

Music from recent releases by the Inner Terrestrials and Praetorius on the the Bad Sekta record label Timestamps: 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:06 Jon Bigger 00:34:12 Inner Terrestrials - Break out 00:38:41 ACAB Andy 00:48:04 Bristol ABC 01:14:45 Praetorius - Snatch Squads and Collaborators

- Auntie Social gives us food for thought on the ongoing struggle for prison abolition and prisoner solidarity. - Channel Rescue discuss the state response to migrant crossings of the English Channel, how they're challenging toxic rhetoric on migration and the enactment of increasingly draconian immigration policies. Donate to their CrowdJustice and read about them taking Priti Patel to Court. - ACAB Andy on the progress of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, court updates and an obituary from the legal support world. - Tracks from HUNT SABS BENEFIT VOL 2 by On the Run Wreck Chords with all profits from sales donated to Norwich, Mendip hunt sab groups & Hounds Off. - DJ Casm (Napalm Sounds) & MC Agman Gora bring it with their first ever live musical collaboration featuring some wicked vinyl drum'n'bass. Timestamps: 00:00:00 intro 00:01:35 Auntie Social 00:12:45 track - Nature Reserve - Animal Alien 00:15:08 Channel Rescue 00:32:00 track - Chris Butler - Sharks against surfers 00:34:30 ACAB Andy 00:49:19 track - Liabilities Ad - Apathy 00:51:32 Jingle from Kiteline from Channel Zero Network 00:52:14 announcement for benefit gig 00:55:58 DJ Casm & MC Agman Gora

- Dalia gives us the lowdown on the mood of defiance and resolve in Poland following the establishment of so-called "LGBT-free zones" (00:01:25 - 00:13:00)

- Monika from Polish activist group Lambda Szczecin joins us to tell us about the work they've been doing to support LGBTQ folk as well as helping change hearts and minds (00:15:35 - 00:36:16)

- ACAB Andy with updates on trials related to the Kill The Bill protests in Bristol and London amongst other things (00:40:05 - 00:58:45)

- Organisers of this summer's Scottish Climate Camp talking about how the camp went and moves towards realising a just transition in communities reliant on resource extraction (01:02:13 - 01:25:11)

Plus tunes from Limp Wrist, Grace Petrie and ERDA

– @graciemaybe, interim director of Liberty, discusses vaccine passports, lessons from the state's response to covid and how we can build coalitions for the crises ahead (00:04:23 – 00:35:42)

– @haltACAB Andy with legal updates, updates on Stop the Arms Fair 2021, sentences being given to Kill the Bill defendants in Bristol, and reflections on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 (00:39:19 – 00:56:17)

– Sam and Alex from @12rulesforwhat discuss their upcoming book "Post-Internet Far-Right" coming out soon on @dogsectionpress (01:01:25 – 01:58:37)

Plus music from Evan Greer and Killdren, and a special set of smoooooth dnb from dj dirt bird!

image credit: Marco Bevilacqua's illustration from "Post Internet Far Right"

Dissident Island episode 255 offers another serving of auditory agitation featuring:

– An extended interview with anarchist writer Iain McKay following on from our last chats with him in 2009 we caught up with him again to evaluate our wins, losses and lessons from the last economic meltdown, how we can harness the present moment to greatest effect, and how science, technology and another pandemic might be tackled were the world organised anarchically (00:01:53 – 00:46:12)

– ACAB Andy on the line, this time bringing us a short legal roundup focused on the recent Kill The Bill demonstrations in Bristol and London (00:49:54 – 00:56:22)

– Our regular contribution to the B(A)D News bulletin for the Anarchist and Antiauthoritarian Radio Network (01:01:34 – 01:10:58)

– A roving dj set from Bionihil ranging from ambient/experimental through techno and back again (01:11:12 – 02:12:53)

plus tracks from Boarder and Fightmilk as well as a shoutout to our CZN comrades Ransom Notes

Dissident Island returns after a long winter hibernation with episode 253 and the following assortment of anarchic audio:

– Jess discusses the ongoing SOAS Fee Strike with corona-times presenting a moment to build on current and pre-existing campaigns for affordable / free education in the UK. (00:01:28 – 00:26:00)

– Greek comrades discussing the hunger strike of Dimitris Koufontinas and the wave of popular anger it unleashed in Greece and beyond (00:29:15 – 01:00:39)

– An audio montage from the vigil for Sarah Everard on March 13th courtesy of our comrades at Radio AvA. (01:04:20 – 01:23:16)

– ACAB Andy on the fallout from the Sarah Everard vigil and an analysis of the dreaded police, crime, sentencing and courts bill (01:25:43 – 01:41:00)

– Bad News from around the UK (01:42:26 – 01:45:52)

– A juicy punk set from anarcho dj Chris Low (01:45:52 – 03:07:09)

Plus tunes from Harmony Woods, Lil Guillotine and Kermes

Dissident Island episode 253, a jolly radio shaped stocking packed full of goodies to finish off 2020. On the show:

– As its the season of giving we chatted with the anarchist defence fund who will soon be 3 yrs old and launched their new website this month (00:01:12 – 00:13:50)

– Kevin from the Network for Police Monitoring discussing the #BlackLivesMatter policing report, giving context and legitimacy to the black-led uprisings which saw especially violent and unlawful policing. There's also a bit of crystal-ball gazing on the effects of Brexit on street protest and what to prepare for in 2021. (00:19:00 – 00:42:37)

– We speak with No More Exclusions about how school exclusions exacerbate the worst dynamics in society and about their recent legal challenge – together with CARE (the Coalition of Anti-Racist Educators) to the government's new guidelines limiting the educational materials that teachers can use for PHSE in schools. You can find their crowfunder here and the book referenced in the interview here (00:43:28 – 01:09:10)

– ACAB Andy trying to make us cheerful with as much good news from 2020 that he can find! (01:13:40 – 01:21:27)

– Our regular bulletin contribution to Bad News, the monthly digest of anarchist and anti-authoritarian news from around the world. (01:22:02 – 01:25:50)

– Wrapping up the show we've got Production Unit, giving us the gift of an eclectic 'journey by' dj set covering low-slung beats, techno and other bass music. (01:26:12 – 02:25:14)

We'll also have tunes sprinkled throughout the show featuring artists supporting the Solidarity Not Silence campaign.

On episode 252 – the November 2020 edition of Dissident Island Radio: – Donal O'Driscoll (Undercover Research Group) on the undercover policing inquiry, the group's expectations on its outcome, and ways in which the inquiry can highlight past policing abuses and help us understand patterns in police intelligence gathering (00:03:01 – 00:14:30)

– ACAB Andy with the usual mixed bag of legal nonsense: UK government's attempt to illegalise protest during lockdown 2.0, advice on whether to accept an invitation to the cop shop, a bit about what happens when cops are caught being rascist and some very, very heart warming shout-outs (00:18:05 – 00:29:05)

– Tifta with some BAD News, our monthly bulletin of happenings from around the UK which forms our contribution to the anarchist and anti-authoritarian radio network's international digest. Find out more about by pointing your web browser at: www.a-radio-network.org (00:31:45 – 00:36:24)

Music from Fucking Shit Show and a DJ set from Squeaky Grinder (00:37:02 – 01:47:17)!