THE ABSOLUTE STATE

This edition we talk to Kate Burns, who's going to give us a primer on San Diego's Awaken Church, who have an "ambassador" to Turning Point USA. TPUSA's Charlie Kirk recently made a speech at an Awaken location where he said antiracism is anti-Christian.

Kate's latest on Charlie Kirk speaking at Awaken

Kate's profile of Awaken

Kate's work on LCRW

Kate's Twitter

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Aaaand we're back! And sponsored by MINTY BOY! This edition, we talk to Kate Burns about a West Hollywood Drag Story Hour event where an armed man showed up with a local pest to intimidate children and their parents. Then it's time for What the Fuck, Arizona?! Haley from Arizona Right Watch is going to talk Sheriff™ Mark Lamb's U.S. senate run and former AZ State Representative Liz Harris getting kicked out after her melted conspiracy theory antics got too much for even the local GOP. Also you're gonna hear Dino snoring a lot in this episode.

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Kate's work on LCRW

Kate's Twitter

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This week, we've got the audio from a panel with me, Shane Burley, Alexander Reid Ross and Mic Crenshaw to launch No Pasaran! Antifascist Dispatches from a World in Crisis, the book Shane put together and all of us contributed essays to. We broached a number of topics from historical antifascism to modern day challenges and I even got a little personal.

SHOW NOTES:

Our Arizona travel fundraiser

AZRWW's Substack

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Been a while, huh? Well, we're back and have a lot of episodes to get out! This week, Haley from AZRWW talks TPUSA. Then Boorman and I give you our impressions of the Straight Pride event flop in Modesto back at the end of August.

SHOW NOTES:

AZRWW’s Patreon

Reno Punk Rock Flea Market

Arizona Travel Fund TK

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Short episode this week. Apologies for being late, but being on the road don't lend well to uploading podcasts. This edition has some new stuff we tried out for a recurring news segment. Let us know what you think of it.

This week we're talking to John the Lefty, one of the most clued-in independent journalists in Portland about some recent stories. First we'll talk a new fascist group active in the area, then dive into the verdicts in the Joey Gibson/Patriot Prayer/Cider Riot trials. Then we're talking about the recent arrest made for the murder of antifascist activist Sean Kealiher. We recorded before the arraignment but the alleged killer, Christopher Knipe, will go to trial on the 26th of September. Knipe pleaded not guilty this week to 2nd Degree Homicide charges.

SHOW NOTES:

John's media on Facebook

John on Twitter

Tickets for Rock Against Racism

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It's one big "What the Fuck, Arizona?!" this week! Haley from Arizona Right Wing Watch repeatedly dunks our heads in a MAGA acid bath, first at last week's Prescott Valley Trump rally and second by rounding up the big Trump-endorsed wins in the AZ primaries. Buckle up—it's gonna get weird.

SHOW NOTES:

AZRWW's Patreon

Haley's latest article

Neo-Nazi on the Oregon Coast article

Klamath Falls Pride article

Tickets for Rock Against Racism

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This week we talk election disinfo in New Mexico with reporter Andrew Beale and then bring you part two of our conversation with antifascist scholar Spencer Sunshine on the Absolute State of the far right.

SHOW NOTES:

My article on the Nazi metal show

Eli's article on the gay panic around monkeypox

Eli's appearance on Doomed!

Andy's profile on Source NM

A profile of the Clements by Andy

An article on Cuoy Griffin by Andy

Spencer’s Patreon

40 Ways to Fight Fascists

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Welcome back! On this week’s show, we’re talking to Vishal Singh about a right wing group in Santa Monica that’s celebrating something called “Patriot Pride Month”, Tony Boswell from the Minion Death Cult podcast about a shocking San Bernardino police shooting and antifascsit scholar Spencer Sunshine in part one of a wide-ranging convo on the Absolute State of the far-right. Apologies for some audio artifacts when I talk during Spencer's interview.

SHOW NOTES: 

Vishal’s Daily Kos page

Vishal’s article on the Tri-County Sheriff’s Forum

Vigil for Rob Adams

Video of the shooting [CONTENT WARNING]

San Bernardino City Councilman Ben Reynoso’s comments

Spencer’s Patreon

40 Ways to Fight Fascists

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This week we look back on the Absolute State of Pride Month: police brutality, right wing terror, laws against LGBTQ+ people, and resilience. We’ll talk to James Croxton from Double Sided Media about Keizer Pride getting canceled, look back on the one year anniversary of the WiSpa incident with Precious Child and journalist Eric Levai, hear from an activist who was brutalized by police during LA’s Pride Parade, then talk the War on Drag with Haley from Arizona Right Wing Watch. Hope y’all had a good pride month.

SHOW NOTES:

Christina’s book Lanza’s Mob

Chtistina’s book Torture and Enhanced Interrogration

Double Sided Media’s Patreon

Sunflower’s GoFundMe

Precious Child’s music

Precious Child’s tour dates

Arizona Right Wing Watch’s cashapp

Arizona Right WIng Watch’s Patreon

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This week’s emergency mega-episode is all about Roe v. Wade. We talk to Kat Green from the Abortion Access Front in a wide-ranging conversation about the ramifications of the recent SCOTUS decision and AAF’s work tracking the groups terrorizing people seeking abortions. Then we plunge right into coverage of the weekend’s protests in different cities around the country. Haley from Arizona Right Wing Watch talks fire from the sky in Phoenix, Carter Hues talks Proud Boys twiddling their thumbs in Nashville, Eli Knésól talks Vegas liberal groups who pointed protesters out to cops, I talk about taking the freeway in L.A. and James Croxton talks about armed stalkers and car attacks in Eugene, OR. All of this bodes well for the future!

SHOW NOTES:

LCRW’s roundup of the weekend protests

Abortion Access Front’s website

Operation Save Abortion

Feminist Buzzkills Live podcast

Antimap.org

Congressman Andy Levin’s Yoga Time

James’s article at DSM

Double Sided Media’s linktree

AZ Right Wing Watch Patreon

Tucson Abortion Support Collective

Abortion Fund of Arizona

Indigenous Women Rising

Rock Against Racism tickets

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