From Embers

An interview with Byron, host of To Know The Land, a radio show on Guelph's CFRU 93.3. We talk about why radio is cool, and I pick Byron's brain about place, space and knowing the land we stand on.

Links:

https://toknowtheland.tumblr.com/showarchives

Music by Ana Roxanne, Hotel Neon and Taylor Deupree

The album Byron mentions at the end isn't out yet but you can hear some previews here: https://stationarytravels.wordpress.com/place-language/

An interview with Nathan Munn, a freelance journalist based in Montreal. Nathan has written several investigative pieces for VICE looking at the "Hub Model" of community policing, which has been quietly rolling out across the country, and especially in Saskatchewan and Ontario, over the past 5 years.

The article by Kristian Williams referenced in the introduction is available in PDF form here.

Talking to Lee Reed, anarchist organizer and MC from Hamilton, ON and self-described mouthy jerk. We talk about how his political music and focus have changed over time, artists and anarchists finding themselves in conflict over gentrification and figuring out what to do about it, Locke St repression and supporting Pride defenders, his recent Polaris nomination for the Steal City EP, and more. Plus I crammed this episode full of great tracks, old and new. Enjoy! Music in this episode: Lee Reed - The Bank Mat Heddle feat. Lee Reed - Gtfh Warsawpack - Doomsday Device Lee Reed - Fuck No

Every year on August 10th, both inside and outside of jails and prisons across Canada, prisoners and their supporters mark Prisoners Justice Day.

We spoke with Veronica, an anarchist in Montreal who is part of organizing the annual NYE noise demos in Laval. We discuss the history of Prisoners Justice Day, what has changed since the 70s, how PJD will marked and articulated this year, recuperation by Liberal governments, anarchist approaches to prisoner solidarity, and how to get started.

Some PJD Events Across Canada: Halifax - Kingston (1, 2) - Hamilton (1, 2) - Ottawa - Toronto - Sudbury - Vancouver - Barrie - London

Prisoners mentioned include Pete Collins, Cleve Geddes, Justin St Amour, and Jean Veillette.

Texts discussed include Under New Management, Prisons In Canada, Barred From Prison, and the Penal Press Archive. We also referenced the podcast "What Happened to Prisoners Justice Day?"

Other topics raised include Structured Intervention Units, Prison Farms, and the P4W Memorial Collective.

An interview with a recently-released Hamilton anarchist on the events surrounding Hamilton Pride, anarchist prisoner support, jail, queer community, being a hashtag and feeling popular.

Conversation with two organizers from Anti-Police Power Surrey (APPS), a grassroots organization committed to building collective resistance to police and the systems of power and domination they uphold: capitalism, colonialism, and white supremacy. They are active on the unceded, stolen territories of the Kwantlen, Musqueam, Katzie, Semiahmoo, Tsawwassen, Qayqayt, and Kwikwetlem nations, occupied by Surrey, British Columbia.

Website: Anti-Police Power Surrey Facebook & Instagram

Music in this episode: Tribe Called Quest - We The People

A conversation with an anarchist who was around during the height of the 2010 anti-Olympics resistance in Vancouver. We talk about the impact the Olympics has had on the social climate, the surveillance experienced by anarchists and other organizers, and the infamous Heart Attack demo that tore up the city's downtown core.

An interview with a now Bogota-based member of Projet Accompagnement Solidarité Colombie, a Quebec-based collective that works to build direct solidarity with Colombian communities, organizations and social movements.

Topics include:

- the meaning of internationalism and why and how we frame our struggles in an international context.

- what North-South solidarity looks like.

- political violence and how it relates to social struggles.

- struggling alongside people who are not anarchists.

Links:

PASC

CLAC-Montreal

https://peoplesdispatch.org/

https://www.thetricontinental.org/

An interview with author, farmer and organizer Aric McBay about his new book Full Spectrum Resistance. We talk about building effective movements, his departure from Deep Green Resistance, dynamics between radicals and liberals, what is a victory, movement case studies, and the importance of moving from abstract ideas to tangible struggle.

Music by Janelle Monae and Bakunin's Bum (with words from Shawn Brant back when he was organizing with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty).

A conversation with a Kingston organizer of an anti-police and anti-military protest contingent in Kingston Pride Parade, and an interview with two folks from Hamilton about people at Hamilton Pride defending themselves homophobic street preachers and violent far-right white supremacists without relying on the police. Note that we re-recorded this second interview to protect their anonymity.

Check out The Tower on Facebook (facebook.com/thetowerhamilton) as well as North Shore Counter Info (north-shore.info) for more up to date information on arrests, solidarity actions, and ways you can support those arrested and possibly facing charges in Hamilton.

Related reading: The Unquiet Dead: Anarchism, Fascism, and Mythology. Zine-length chapters and audio recordings available at https://unquietdead.tumblr.com/