Frontline Praxis

In this episode, Eden and William are joined by Bethany and Nasir from the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund to talk about the problems caused by the cash bail system and the advocacy of the Philly Bail Fund towards abolition of that system. They share some of the stories and lessons they have learned through their work, and we dig into the details of navigating the legal system while also disrupting it to draw attention to the inequity of the so-called US Justice System.

The Philly Bail Fund is currently running a #FreeBlackMamas Mother's Day Bail Out campaign, and we urge everyone who can spare it to donate to this organization. You can find all of the information at the website linked above.

This week's Solo Praxis segment focuses on identifying personal abilities and limitations with regards to organizing and direct action, and setting personal boundaries to avoid burnout.

Full transcript available here.

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In this episode, Eden and William speak with Dezeray from Mutual Aid Disaster Relief, an organization that takes a "radical approach to disaster relief and to social movement organizing". We spoke about some of the obstacles that MAD Relief has to navigate in responding to natural disasters and climate catastrophes, how their organization functions with regards to the State, and how organizing at this level today will help in the coming years as climate change worsens and more and more people fall victim to cracks in the State's response to the increasingly severe climate events.

This episode's Solo Praxis segment focuses on identifying personal skill sets useful to organizing so that we know just what we have to offer to a collective effort and movement as unique individuals.

We also decided, beginning with this episode, to add in some light background music following some feedback from a comrade who sometimes struggles with auditory processing. They listened to a promo reel that we put together to send to potential interviewees, and they loved it despite the fact that they have struggled listening to podcasts in the past. They said that "the low level music in the background helped them so much in focusing on it and staying engaged, that as an autistic person they do not listen to many podcasts because they often cannot focus on just voices without additional noise". We realized that this is quite possibly an issue for many folks. Because we want to make Frontline Praxis accessible to as many people as possible, we decided to include some light and (hopefully) unobtrusive background ambience so as to help people like Eden's comrade without making it too distracting for folks who don't struggle with auditory processing.

As always, we invite and appreciate any feedback that you may have about this or any episode of Frontline Praxis.

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Email us at [email protected]

Visit us on the web at frontlinepraxis.com

Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FrontlinePraxis When (if) we meet the costs of hosting the show (web services, equipment repair or replacement, etc) any additional funds will be redistributed to the organizations featured on FP.

Episode transcript available here.

Welcome to Frontline Praxis, a non-sectarian leftist podcast that focuses on the activists and organizations that are on the ground doing the work. We are your hosts, Eden and William, and we wanted to introduce ourselves to let you get to know us. We also wanted to explain why we decided to do this show, and to share our vision and goals for this project. 

You can connect with us on Twitter @FrontlinePraxis

Visit our website at frontlinepraxis.com

Full transcript of this episode available here.

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FrontlinePraxis When (if) we meet the costs of hosting the show (web services, equipment repair or replacement, etc) any additional funds will be redistributed to the organizations featured on FP.