In the wake of the brutal murder of George Floyd we have seen an unprecedented rebellion take shape across the so called United States.   In this 2.5 hour episode I catch up with comrades all over the country to talk about what is going on and some analysis on current events, some challenges that lie ahead and dismantling the misinformation thats been spread through mainstream media, Non-profits and politicians.

Featured in this interview:

Jesse Benn, Colorado Ted Flowers, Minneapolis Liz from Rebel Steps, NY Ted, Eugine Mic Crenshaw, Portland Oregon

 In this episode of The Solecast I chat with Brendan Mcquade and Mark Neoclous about concepts of policing, surveillance and security and how they are playing out in the Corona Virus era.  Marc is the author of several books, such as Critique of Security, The Universal Adversary and many more.  Brendan is a prior solecast guest and recently released Pacifying the Homeland : Intelligence Fusion.   

We lay out a critique of “resilience” and differentiate its usages from practices of mutual aid.  We discuss why Universal Basic Income may not be desirable.  They talk about how the concept of security itself undermines our liberators freedoms and how the two concepts are at odds.    We talk about the concept of medical police, medical passports and the forms surveillance is currently taking.  

What does a revolutionary strategy look like right now?  What does astroturfed right wing anti-science protestors have to do with the walking dead? 

n today’s episode of the solecast we have an in-depth discussion of anarchic black radicalism with comrades from  Ram Philly & Afrofuturist Abolitionists of the Americas.  Anarchic Black Radicalism draws on the history of Black Panthers, early abolitionists, Black Nationalism/Liberation Movements and more to synthesize a distinct form of black anarchism.  We talk about how recent social movements have radicalized a new generation of black youth and how anarchist ideas have gained traction in their wake.  We talk about the importance of centering trans and disabled people and what steps people of color can take to build their own spaces for organizing that aren’t centered around white activists.    We go over about some of the theoretical bases that form their analysis and some of the writers and texts that have informed this direction.    For more information follow Afrofuturist Abolitionists of the Americas  or Ram Philly . 

Music “Pass Dat” by Sima Lee  

Some texts discussed:  Combahe River Collective Statement    Anarchy of Colored Girls Assembled a Riotous Manner  

Between Infoshops and Insurrection  

The Writings of Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin 

Solecast w/ Zoe Samudzi As Black As Resistance  

Today I sit down with Gabriel Kuhn to discuss his book Liberating Sápmi.  The Sámi people are the indigenous peoples of Northern Europe who presently and historically inhabit a territory stretching from northern Scandinavia to western Russia called Sápmi.  Many will be surprised to learn that there is an indigenous territory within Europe that doesn’t resemble Europe’s concept of state power & has its own distinct culture.  Like most indigenous peoples’ they have been victims of racism, colonialism, and cultural repression by exploitive states.  Gabriel’s new book looks at their history and tells first hand accounts of their experiences, their history and acts of resistance.   This is one of the most comprehensive english accounts of the Sámi people and is out now on PM Press.  

For more information: 

Pacific Sámi Searvi: https://www.pacificsamisearvi.org/

Sámi Cultural Center of North America:

https://www.samiculturalcenter.org/

Suohpanterror: https://suohpanterror.com/

Ellos Deatnu!: https://ellosdeatnu.wordpress.com/

Moratorium Office: https://moratoriadoaimmahat.org

Pile o´Sápmi: http://www.pileosapmi.com/

WeWhoSupportJovssetAnte: https://wewhosupportjovssetante.org/

Run for Your Life: https://350.org/run-for-your-life/

I didn't wanna do a podcast this week about theory or history or plants or the pandemic, in some ways I am at a loss for words... So this week I felt called to just toy around with loops, samples and some new beat ideas I've been working on with loop pedals and just try to channel some of this anxiety into some sort of instrumental mix tape. When I'm stressed out, I listen to ambient music and just stare off into the horizon. One of my favorite things to do is to just get lost in making walls of noise, and there's no better time for that then under quarantine. So here's about an hour of semi improvised music combining sketches on my ipad (using loopy, animoog, and i-maschine mostly), sampled loops on my SP404 and some live looping stuff with my akai headrush pedal.

In this episode I talk with K-Death of Moodie Black.  K-Death is a trans woman noise rap artist based out of Minneapolis.  Moodie Black is dropping “Fuzz” on Fake Four Inc March 27th.  K breaks down the new album and its inspiration and the “Moodhouse Festival” that they recently held in Minneapolis.  We talk about K-Death’s vision for noise rap and her thoughts on race, gender and the music industry.  We also talk about the Moodhouse Podcast and the ongoing project to start producing other acts under the Moodhouse record label.  Inspiring conversation with one of my favorite artists.

Hear the debut single "Jesus Bound" here

Pick up "Fuzz" here.

In this episode of the solecast I sit down with Carla & Zach Bergman to talk about rethinking the relationship between youth and adults.  Carla is a filmmaker, activist and author of Joyful Militancy and her son Zach is an artist and electronic producer who puts out music under the moniker Sourgout.  This interview talks bout un-schooling, the damage that the western education system does and how adults can do better to foster autonomy.  We talk about the after school youth space they participated in called the Purple Thistle, the importance of community and how addressing the harm done by schooling is critical to any anti-capitalist radical politics or thinking around decolonization.

Many of the themes cover in this conversation can be found in an upcoming anthology Carla is releasing on AK Press tentatively titled Trust Kids.

Music by Sourgout