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In this episode we were joined by Barnsley women, socialists and trade unionists Anne Scargill & Betty Cook. They are founding members of Women Against Pit Closures, a movement that brought feminism into Working Class industrial disputes, fighting for & feeding mining families during the 1984 miners strike and beyond.

 

They wrote a fantastic book about their lives and experiences called 'United by the Struggle'. If you would like to buy a signed copy for £20 plus £3 p&p, email [email protected]

 

Let us know what you think of the episode @lasscast on twitter or email [email protected]

 

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On today's Lasscast we chatted to Theresa Easton, a North East based artist, about how she got into art, solidarity, the artist union and her favourite work. 

Theresa is on twitter @theresaeaston 

You can find Theresa's work here, including a link to her shop: http://theresaeaston.wordpress.com 

Artist Union England: https://www.artistsunionengland.org.uk/ 

 

As always, you can contact us at [email protected] or on twitter @Lasscast https://linktr.ee/lasscast

This week we're talking to Sara and Chitra about the Indian Farmers' Strike. In this episode, we covered the reasons why and how the farmers are striking, the significance of anti-capitalism to their struggle, and how strikers are being organised on the ground. We also discussed the work of women farmers and organisers involved in the strike and Chitra shared firsthand experiences of the Delhi strike. Big thanks to our guests for sharing their knowledge and time with us. We're really excited about this episode of LASSCAST and hope you enjoy it too. 

Sara is an African-American woman and activist in the Women of Colour Global Women's Strike. They organise from the bottom up to demand wages for unwaged caring work, against environmental racism, and in solidarity with Dalit and indigenous women.

Chitra is an artist and community worker, born in India and brought up in the UK. She has been based in Delhi since 2020 and recently set up a learning centre for children within an economically deprived neighbourhood.

And a further thank you to Sara and Chitra for providing these helpful resources: https://lasscast.wordpress.com/2021/04/05/resources-on-the-indian-farmers-strikes/

For more information on the Global Women's Strike: https://globalwomenstrike.net/tag/women-of-colour-in-the-global-womens-strike/

All power to the Indian farmers!

This week we're back with our friend and Prisoner Solidarity Network activist Ellie to discuss the ideas behind the movement to abolish borders and prisons. What are borders? Have they always existed? Why should we care? What do prisons have to do with it? And, of course, what collective action can we take to show solidarity with our migrant and asylum seeker comrades to abolish borders and resist state violence? CWs for state and racialised violence and mention of sexual assault. 

 

Nadine El-Enany: Bordering Britain on the Surviving Society Podcast https://soundcloud.com/user-622675754/e091-nadine-el-enany-bordering-britain-law-race-empire

Buy the book, on sale now for £10: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526145420/

Find out more about the Prisoner Solidarity Network and how you can get involved: https://prisonersolidarity.wixsite.com/psnldn

LASSCAST and Women's Banner Group were guests on Socialist Think Tank's Social Ties special for International Women's Day, here is the recording from that

 

Socialist Think Tank very kindly shared the audio file with us to publish the session for ourselves. It was a lush evening, thanks for having us. Here is the link to the livestream if you want to watch this, and you can find their other content here too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt-uRPrfoI4&t=4s 

 

You can find Socialist Think Tank at: https://www.socialistthinktank.com/ 

Women's Banner Group: https://womensbannergroup.org.uk/ 

 

We hope you enjoy this bonus content, let us know what you think by emailing [email protected] and tweeting us @Lasscast

We're very excited to be joined by Stefan Bertram-Lee for this episode of Lasscast, who brought tales from the internatonal brigades. This podcast is about the background to them joining the revolution, what it's like to be there on the ground and what happened when they got back to the UK!

 

Content warning: death and violence in the context of war

 

Abbreviations

PKK - Kurdistan Workers Party

YPG - Kurdish armed group

SDF - umbrella organisation that the YPG and other moderate groups are part of

DKP - small turkish communist party

 

Timestamps:

00:28 background

31:23 on the ground in Rojava

43:08 leaving Rojava

 

Links

Stefan's twitter: @StefanBertramL

Keep up with the news on the ground: @RISEUP4R0JAVA

 

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think at [email protected] and follow us on twitter @Lasscast

Neve and Charlotte watch The Crown Season 4 and enjoy this dramatic retelling of the awful things that the rich and powerful inflict on each other and on the rest of society.

Carrying on from part 1, we discuss how neoliberalism differs from classic liberalism in relation to anti-trust law, Amazon's role in state surveillence & government corruption & how we can get rid of the b*****s.

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Hiya loves!!!In our 10th episode and 1st Yorkshire Majority Podcast!!! (!). Yr lasses bitch about Jeff Bezos's insane & undeserved wealth, his shite business practices, their effect on our communities & what can be done to STOP HIM! Revolution, yes! ASAP. But, in the meantime, Abi came to tell us about a tricksy thing called 'Anti-Trust Law'.

Abi is one of me bezzy mates, fellow Yorkshire lass & law student, we learned a lot from her & enjoyed having her- and we hope you do too

PART TWO of our conversation with Mwenza is here at last! This week we're talking about much of the same, with a further focus on how society and the education system fucks with your brain. Huge thanks to Mwenza again for her time and insights. In a way, this episode healed us.

You can find out more about the community organisations mentioned in the podcast here:

Elswick Covid-19 Mutual Aid https://www.facebook.com/ElswickMutualAid

ACORN the community union https://www.acorntheunion.org.uk/join

Let us know what you think! Give us a bell at [email protected] and follow us on twitter @lasscast.