It Did Happen Here

It Did Happen Here

By Celina Flores, Mic Crenshaw, and Erin YankeSociety & CultureMusicHistory
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It Did Happen Here episodes

  • IDHH 4: The Minneapolis Baldies and the ARA
    This episode brings us to mid 80s Minneapolis to tell the story a small group of friends–including our host and producer Mic Crenshaw–founded first the anti-fascist skinhead crew Minneapolis Baldies and went on to help launch Anti Racist Action. ARA was a national organization that engaged in violence and direct confrontation against Neo-Nazi elements within scenes and cities and planted the seeds of today’s Antifa movement.
    35 min
  • IDHH 3: Building Community Defense

    At the end of 1988 racist skinheads flexed power on the streets and in the show spaces of Portland. This episode is about Portlanders who came together in response to neo-nazi violence after the 1988 murder of Mulugeta Seraw and formed the Coalition for Human Dignity.

    It Did Happen Here is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://itdidhappenherepodcast.wordpress.com/

    39 min
  • IDHH 3: Building Community Defense
    At the end of 1988 racist skinheads flexed power on the streets and in the show spaces of Portland. This episode is about Portlanders who came together in response to neo-nazi violence after the 1988 murder of Mulugeta Seraw and formed the Coalition for Human Dignity.
    39 min
  • IDHH 2: The Murder of Mulugeta Seraw

    Late one night in November 1988 racist skinheads attacked a group of Ethiopian immigrants in the working class Kerns neighborhood of Southeast Portland.

    28-year-old Mulugeta Seraw died from wounds inflicted by his three assailants. His attackers were all young men, ages 19, 23 and 24: a punk rocker, a homecoming king with substance use issues and a street kid; and all members of East Side White Pride, a neo-nazi skinhead crew.

    It Did Happen Here is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://itdidhappenherepodcast.wordpress.com/

    19 min
  • IDHH 2: The Murder of Mulugeta Seraw
    Late one night in November 1988 racist skinheads attacked a group of Ethiopian immigrants in the working class Kerns neighborhood of Southeast Portland.
    28-year-old Mulugeta Seraw died from wounds inflicted by his three assailants. His attackers were all young men, ages 19, 23 and 24: a punk rocker, a homecoming king with substance use issues and a street kid; and all members of East Side White Pride, a racist neo-nazi crew.
    19 min
  • IDHH 1: Setting the Scene

    In the late 1980s, Portland was a known haven for racist skinheads. They roamed the core of Portland unhindered.

    In this episode we hear from the punks in the late 1980s Portland punk scene, a place fraught with violence and conflict. We also hear about the recruiting and radicalization of Portland’s skinheads by right wing and white nationalist organizers.

    It Did Happen Here is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://itdidhappenherepodcast.wordpress.com/

    31 min
  • IDHH 1: Setting the Scene
    In the late 1980s, Portland was a known haven for racist skinheads. They roamed the core of Portland unhindered.
    In this episode we hear from the punks in the late 1980s Portland punk scene, a place fraught with violence and conflict. We also hear about the recruiting and radicalization of Portland's skinheads by right wing and white nationalist organizers.
    31 min
  • IDHH: Trailer

    It Did Happen Here is a history of the unlikely collaboration between immigrants, civil rights activists, militant youth and queer organizers in the late 80s and early 90s in Portland, Oregon who successfully fought neo-nazi violence and right wing organizing.

    It Did Happen Here is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://itdidhappenherepodcast.wordpress.com/

    3 min
  • IDHH: Trailer
    It Did Happen Here is a history of the unlikely collaboration between groups of immigrants, civil rights activists, militant youth and queer organizers in the late 80s and early 90s in in Portland, Oregon who successfully fought neo nazi violence and right wing organizing.
    3 min

About It Did Happen Here

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It Did Happen Here is an independently produced podcast about anti-fascist struggles that took place in Portland, Oregon following the 1988 murder of Ethiopian immigrant Mulugeta Seraw by racist skinheads. This is the story of how disparate groups used a diversity of tactics to fight neo-nazi violence and right wing organizing in the Rose City in the 1980s and 90s.