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On the Frontlines

Podcast by Front and Centered

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On the Frontlines is a weekly community program features stories of social justice, climate justice, and economic justice. On the Frontlines is hosted by Jill Mangaliman and Edgar Franks and supported by Front and Centered.Jill Mangaliman is a community organizer and writer born and raised in Seattle. They serve on the national secretariat of BAYAN USA, an alliance of anti-imperialist Filipino grassroots organizations, and serve as chairperson of GABRIELA Seattle. Jill is also a founding board member of Front and Centered and Bush Garden karaoke host.Edgar Franks is the Policy Director of Familias Unidas por la Justicia, an independent farmworker union with over 500 members across Washington State. The son of farmworkers, Edgar grew up in the fields of Mount Vernon and spends most of his time in Skagit Valley, organizing and reading comic books.Front and Centered is a statewide coalition of over seventy community organizations that represent and are staffed by frontline communities in Washington State. Front and Centered resists climate justice with a grassroots approach and under the framework of a Just Transition.

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26 episodes

episode People Over Profit, No to APEC! artwork

People Over Profit, No to APEC!

The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum is coming to Seattle in August. But what is APEC, and why are some of Front and Centered's coalition members and allies organizing a countersummit against it? Jill and Edgar talk with Carly and Adrián of the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) Seattle-Tacoma [https://www.instagram.com/ilps.seattle.tacoma/], an anti-imperialist and democratic formation that encompasses a broad range of participating organizations. Carly and Adrián tell us how they got involved with ILPS Seattle-Tacoma before talking about why the US and big corporations are so invested in APEC, and why frontline communities need to stand up against APEC and the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) to protect workers, women, migrants, and the environment. Learn more about the People's Summit Against APEC [https://www.pnw-pop.com/peoples-summit], happening July 29–30, at pnw-pop.com. Recorded on April 19, 2023. Check out: * Pacific Northwest People over Profit (PNW POP) [https://www.pnw-pop.com/] * PNW POP: NO to APEC Commitment Form [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpxBIY4bJLERL04MYGOSX0yyhOQa5VYScnuD99lOrXnL5HVw/viewform] (sign-up form to volunteer or commit other resources) * PNW POP—People's Summit Against APEC! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qbvb2BuK_0] (four-minute video) Find On the Frontlines at frontandcentered.org/podcast

25 Jul 2023 - 33 min
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Earth Deserves More Than a Day Special

Jill and Edgar return to kick off Season 3 of On the Frontlines with a special live recording at Columbia City Theater in South Seattle! Recorded during Front and Centered's week of programming for their Earth Deserves More Than a Day [https://frontandcentered.org/earth-deserves-more-than-a-day/] event, this episode features Jill and Edgar talking about the history of South Seattle, as well as the history of Edgar's union, Familias Unidas por la Justicia [https://familiasunidasjusticia.com/]. Jill also takes time to remember Berta Cáceres, an Indigenous land defender who was assassinated almost ten years ago in Honduras. Recorded on April 21, 2023. Check out: *  Our Responsibility to Indigenous Land Defenders [https://smea.uw.edu/currents/our-responsibility-to-indigenous-land-defenders/] (article on Berta Cáceres) Find On the Frontlines at frontandcentered.org/podcast

24 Jul 2023 - 43 min
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International Human Rights Day: Breaking Down the World Cup and More

For this special episode of On the Frontlines, Jill and Edgar are joined by Donna Denina of the International Women's Alliance [https://internationalwomensalliance.wordpress.com/] and GABRIELA Seattle [https://www.facebook.com/GABSeattle], as well as Liz Darrow of CommunityVoz Radio [https://www.foodjustice.org/community-voz-radio], for a conversation on human rights. They discuss why December 10 is International Human Rights Day, who gets to define what human rights are, and how the concept gets co-opted to justify war and other uses of force. Jill, Edgar, Donna, and Liz also get into the human rights issues under the spotlight at the World Cup, currently taking place in Qatar, as well as the human rights concerns of associated athletic apparel companies like Adidas and Nike. Donna also invites listeners to an International Human Rights Day Peoples Forum and Teach-In [https://www.facebook.com/events/660450995578736/], which will take place in Seattle on December 10. Recorded in December of 2022. Check out: * Universal Declaration of Human Rights [https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights] (United Nations) * What Was Liberalism? Part 1: Ideology & Violence [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlLgvSduugI] (Philosophy Tube) * International Human Rights Day Peoples Forum and Teach-In [https://www.facebook.com/events/660450995578736/] (Event happening December 10, 2022) Find On the Frontlines at frontandcentered.org/podcast

10 Dec 2022 - 45 min
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Crash #COP27: Time for the Autopsy

Now that Edgar is back in Washington, what's next for movement leaders who went to COP27, such as those in the It Takes Roots coalition [https://ittakesroots.org/cop27/]? How do international agreements at the COP affect what national, regional, and local governments do in the name of responding to climate change? Jill and Edgar discuss the concept of "loss and damage," one of the provisions of the negotiated agreement released at the end of the COP. They also discuss the location of COP28 in 2023—Dubai—and how these locations seem intentionally chosen to limit civil society and the environmental justice movement's abilities to participate in the COP, influence proceedings, and build connections with local communities. Ultimately, Jill and Edgar agree that there is a strong need for a People's COP, or Counter-COP, for frontline communities, and that the real power rests in the hands of those who are resisting capitalism and creating change. Recorded on November 22, 2022. Crash #COP27 is a special season of On the Frontlines. Music: Maximalism by Punch Deck | https://soundcloud.com/punch-deck Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Find On the Frontlines at frontandcentered.org/podcast

30 Nov 2022 - 43 min
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Crash #COP27: We Ran Into Jay Inslee

For this installment, Jill checks in with Edgar during his last day of crashing COP27 to talk about some final updates before Edgar heads home, including the fact that Edgar ran into Governor Jay Inslee. Edgar tells us about the run-in, why the governor was in Sharm El Sheikh, and his experience seeing Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the newly reelected President of Brazil, give a speech. Jill and Edgar then share some brief reflections on what the real solutions to climate change are, at the close of a global conference teeming with false solutions. Recorded on November 16, 2022. Crash #COP27 is a special season of On the Frontlines. Music: Maximalism by Punch Deck | https://soundcloud.com/punch-deck Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Find On the Frontlines at frontandcentered.org/podcast

23 Nov 2022 - 26 min
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