Episode notes:

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• "Houston abolished its ward system 120 years ago today, but its legacy still shapes the city" by Jhair Romero (Houston Chronicle, December 2024)

• "What the War on Terror Leaves Behind" by Harmonie Toros, Lee Jarvis, and Richard Jackson (European Journal of International Security, November 2024)

• DIY, Alternative Cultures & Society partially open access journal

• Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain

• Consensus: A New Handbook for Grassroots Social, Political, and Environmental Groups by Peter Gelderloos (TheAnarchistLibrary.org)

• some relevant texts: the Combahee River Collective Statement (Yale.edu), The Broken Teapot (TheAnarchistLibrary.org), Come Hell or High Water: A Handbook on Collective Process Gone Awry (TheAnarchistLibrary.org)

• "The Political Mobilization of America's Congregations" by Kraig Beyerlein and Mark Chaves (Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, December 2020)

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• Read along with us for next time...Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat!