Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

Part One: SHAC and Modern Protest Tactics

Margaret talks with Shuli Branson about the international campaign to end a notorious animal testing lab Sources: https://activistfacts.com/organizations/408-shac// https://newspaper.animalpeopleforum.org/2002/10/01/crackdown-on-shac-hits-activist-for-child-porn-brings-boston-busts/ https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?Id=DAED00C5-802A-23AD-4106-0178D28039D9&Statement_id=CB16330B-2C94-4C18-B3A1-EF426A27966C https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/british-arrest-animal-rights-activists/ https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/animal-rights-activists-get-prison-web-threat-case/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/4762481.stm https://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+dug+up+a+grave+20+years+ago+but+this+is+appalling%3b+YOXALL...-a0123564625 https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/the-research-they-tried-to-stop https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/may/12/animalwelfare.topstories3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DONT2Aucgs https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/24/animalwelfare.nelsonmandela https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/24/animalwelfare.businessofresearch https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/this-britain/animal-rights-activists-condemned-as-guinea-pig-farm-gives-up-fight-307872.html https://aldf.org/article/federal-laws-and-agencies-involved-with-animal-testing/ https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1fkyqaf/cmv_testing_on_animals_is_not_logically_unethical/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36762462/ https://awionline.org/awi-quarterly/summer-2025/animal-experimentation-under-trump-administration-good-bad-ugly https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/administrator-zeldin-gets-epa-back-track-eliminate-animal-testing-after-biden-admin https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/consumer-health/federal-food-drug-and-cosmetic-act-1938 https://bfp.org/the-u-s-is-finally-beginning-to-move-beyond-animal-testing/ https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/animals-used-experimentation-factsheets/animal-experiments-overview/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408444.2023.2221987#abstract https://www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/epa-end-animal-testing https://web.archive.org/web/20080227041442/http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/fileLibrary/pdf/RIA_Report_FINAL-opt.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK32655/ https://humanedecisions.com/charles-darwin-the-lower-animals-like-man-feel-pleasure-and-pain-happiness-and-misery/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130121030113/http://postcog.ucd.ie/files/fulltext.pdf https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/aug/14/davidpallister https://www.stagemilk.com/aaron-monologue-act-5-scene-1/ https://awionline.org/press-releases/envigo-settlement-first-step-addressing-companys-abysmal-animal-welfare-record https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/2960204-envigos-22-million-guilty-plea-animal-welfare-scandal-unveiled Puppy Killer, Leave Town, Jon Hochschartner https://we.riseup.net/imc-uk/barry-horne See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: The Cloud Weaver's Song, by Saul Tanpepper

Margaret reads you a story about climate refugees, ancestors, and giant spider robots that weave webs of glass See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Part Two: If Not Us Than Who: The Russian Partisans at War Against Putin

Margaret continues her conversation with Charles McBryde about the underground organization of anarcho-communists fighting against their own authoritarian government. Sources: https://www.anarchistnews.org/content/anarchist-ruslan-siddiqui-sentenced-29-years-maximum-security-penal-colony https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-20120888  https://avtonom.org/en/news/anarchist-alexey-rozhkov-sentenced-16-years-setting-fire-military-enlistment-office https://crimethinc.com/2022/02/15/war-and-anarchists-anti-authoritarian-perspectives-in-ukraine https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/12/05/7379273/ https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/12/05/7379409/ https://theins.ru/en/society/280988 https://avtonom.org/en/news/you-could-call-me-partisan-ruslan-siddiqi-recounts-his-anti-war-actions https://theins.ru/en/politics/252885 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmJZVKLQylA https://abc-belarus.org/en/prisoners/ https://ukrainetoday.org/ex-russian-officer-defects-to-ukraine-to-fight-enemies-of-my-homeland/ https://greydynamics.com/siberian-battalion-russian-volunteers-fighting-for-ukraine/ https://greydynamics.com/inside-russias-underground-resistance-the-rise-of-boak/ https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-anarchists-on-the-front-line-against-russia-s-war https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2025/05/29/i-couldnt-watch-people-die-in-silence-en https://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/04/27/russia-prison-sentences-for-terrorist-graffiti/ See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Part One: If Not Us Than Who: The Russian Partisans at War Against Putin

Margaret talks with Charles McBryde about the underground organization of anarcho-communists fighting against their own authoritarian government. Sources: https://www.anarchistnews.org/content/anarchist-ruslan-siddiqui-sentenced-29-years-maximum-security-penal-colony https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-20120888  https://avtonom.org/en/news/anarchist-alexey-rozhkov-sentenced-16-years-setting-fire-military-enlistment-office https://crimethinc.com/2022/02/15/war-and-anarchists-anti-authoritarian-perspectives-in-ukraine https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/12/05/7379273/ https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/12/05/7379409/ https://theins.ru/en/society/280988 https://avtonom.org/en/news/you-could-call-me-partisan-ruslan-siddiqi-recounts-his-anti-war-actions https://theins.ru/en/politics/252885 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmJZVKLQylA https://abc-belarus.org/en/prisoners/ https://ukrainetoday.org/ex-russian-officer-defects-to-ukraine-to-fight-enemies-of-my-homeland/ https://greydynamics.com/siberian-battalion-russian-volunteers-fighting-for-ukraine/ https://greydynamics.com/inside-russias-underground-resistance-the-rise-of-boak/ https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-anarchists-on-the-front-line-against-russia-s-war https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2025/05/29/i-couldnt-watch-people-die-in-silence-en https://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/04/27/russia-prison-sentences-for-terrorist-graffiti/ See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: St. Juju, by Rivers Solomon

Margaret reads you a story about mushrooms, trash, and coming to terms with an imperfect utopia See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.