When We Fight We Win! The Podcast

In The Spirit of Crazy Horse - #FreeLeonardPeltier

Indigenous activists and allies have been on the frontlines to #FreeLeonardPeltier – for over 47 years. Leonard Peltier is a writer, activist, fine artist, humanitarian, and political prisoner, wrongfully convicted of a crime that he did not commit. We speak with the co-director of the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, Carol Gokee - who movingly uplifts the truth behind Leonard Peltier's case and encourages folks to actively engage in the fight for his freedom. Indigenous communities throughout the course of US history have been targets of government-sanctioned violence. In this heartfelt episode, we weave together what Leonard Peltier's freedom means to Indigenous communities: – Indigenous liberation, prison abolition, #LandBack, the history of the genocidal initiatives known as the Residential Boarding schools, and understanding the long-standing detrimental impact of colonization that Indigenous communities still face today. We hear Leonard's own voice and music from his cousin. Together, we must continue in the fight to demand Leonard Peltier's freedom and to push President Joe Biden to grant clemency to FREE LEONARD PELTIER!

Prison Radio & #LoveNotPhear: The Struggle to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal

"Inside these prison walls, love is really the closest thing that you have to freedom." - Comrade Pitt Panther, Prison Radio [https://www.facebook.com/PrisonRadio/?__cft__[0]=AZUmy_TKPa9FD23H9H1p8aILhYQ0R0Be5ZKRkA_TiLdr6GlDO--NZRaLhnuueCJIxNbvbZwAoQb1Cd2ekdTecSPqY7Nlotm4FklPzMyBdj5YlbVR36H3eWq5o-b_jceEaCrsEEJDiVQK7p49ycxwZtcSiGtghrZGzGf8-Ot8GVNXew&__tn__=kK-R] Correspondent. This episode focuses on the work of Prison Radio [https://www.facebook.com/PrisonRadio/?__cft__[0]=AZUmy_TKPa9FD23H9H1p8aILhYQ0R0Be5ZKRkA_TiLdr6GlDO--NZRaLhnuueCJIxNbvbZwAoQb1Cd2ekdTecSPqY7Nlotm4FklPzMyBdj5YlbVR36H3eWq5o-b_jceEaCrsEEJDiVQK7p49ycxwZtcSiGtghrZGzGf8-Ot8GVNXew&__tn__=kK-R] and the #LoveNotPhear [https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/lovenotphear?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUmy_TKPa9FD23H9H1p8aILhYQ0R0Be5ZKRkA_TiLdr6GlDO--NZRaLhnuueCJIxNbvbZwAoQb1Cd2ekdTecSPqY7Nlotm4FklPzMyBdj5YlbVR36H3eWq5o-b_jceEaCrsEEJDiVQK7p49ycxwZtcSiGtghrZGzGf8-Ot8GVNXew&__tn__=*NK-R] campaign to free journalist, author and activist Mumia Abu-Jamal. We hear from organizers and family members of incarcerated people, and incarcerated folks themselves, mobilizing movements for freedom. Founder and Legal Director #NoelleHanrahan [https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/noellehanrahan?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUmy_TKPa9FD23H9H1p8aILhYQ0R0Be5ZKRkA_TiLdr6GlDO--NZRaLhnuueCJIxNbvbZwAoQb1Cd2ekdTecSPqY7Nlotm4FklPzMyBdj5YlbVR36H3eWq5o-b_jceEaCrsEEJDiVQK7p49ycxwZtcSiGtghrZGzGf8-Ot8GVNXew&__tn__=*NK-R] shares the origins of Prison Radio and gives an update on Mumia's case; Jamal Hart Jr. speaks on his experience growing up seeing his grandfather, Mumia in prison; and Mike Africa Jr. articulates the philosophy and motivation behind the #LoveNotPhear [https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/lovenotphear?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUmy_TKPa9FD23H9H1p8aILhYQ0R0Be5ZKRkA_TiLdr6GlDO--NZRaLhnuueCJIxNbvbZwAoQb1Cd2ekdTecSPqY7Nlotm4FklPzMyBdj5YlbVR36H3eWq5o-b_jceEaCrsEEJDiVQK7p49ycxwZtcSiGtghrZGzGf8-Ot8GVNXew&__tn__=*NK-R] campaign.

Sounds of Resistance III. Part 1

In this episode of Sounds of Resistance, we feature Lizbeth Román, an independent queer artist from Puerto Rico whose bohemian, spiritual, and poetic energy distinguishes her music. In this lively and honest conversation, we will hear more about her art, transfeminist politics, colonialism in Puerto Rico, and the role of music in the fight for social change. The episode was recorded LIVE on January 20th at Casa Taller Cangrejera, San Juan, PR.

People Over Profit$; The Future of Housing Justice

What does the future of housing organizing look like? There's an ongoing global housing crisis, exacerbated by the pandemic, disproportionately affecting the working class and communities of color. This episode features City Life | Vida Urbana (CLVU), a 49 year old organization fighting for housing justice and building peoples' power in Boston, statewide, and nationally. We first hear from the co-director Mike Leyba. Mike is a writer who co-builds counter-hegemonic narratives for the working class. And then we hear from a young organizer, Kim Landaverde. Kim is a City Life | Vida Urbana (CLVU) intern who helped her immigrant parents stay in their home during the pandemic, when the landlord was going to "evict" them for lack of payment. It is from this organization, City Life | Vida Urbana, that we first heard the chant, "When We Fight, We Win!".

We Are Relatives, The Struggle for Land and Water

Despite the current climate change scenario, gas pipeline projects continue to move forward in the United States. Enbridge's Line 3 "replacement" pipeline in Anishinaabe territory is the latest development that has triggered a new struggle against fossil fuel dependency. The Indigenous-led camp resistance in Northern Minnesota is committed to protecting and honoring the land and water. In this episode, we interview Water Protector, #AmberMorningStarByars [https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/ambermorningstarbyars?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUInRtc5NTPpRfPi12GxtmekA4CXbeyOk48PY2HbIFVNvDHSZZnMKnzuF_cxWTHClNEcdhkqKgwKI1BTtUn7eRxMuGqkKzUgWaPoXs9aFz8M_liHS9Qq0WxRATHnieFZF89NGo5cpxwsp-CRe9gojGclS2eeGkp0tJBa5PfZUuyPQ&__tn__=*NK-R], who has been at the frontlines of Line 3 and the Dakota Access Pipeline (#DAPL [https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/dapl?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUInRtc5NTPpRfPi12GxtmekA4CXbeyOk48PY2HbIFVNvDHSZZnMKnzuF_cxWTHClNEcdhkqKgwKI1BTtUn7eRxMuGqkKzUgWaPoXs9aFz8M_liHS9Qq0WxRATHnieFZF89NGo5cpxwsp-CRe9gojGclS2eeGkp0tJBa5PfZUuyPQ&__tn__=*NK-R]). Amber shares her Indigenous cosmovision and how remembering our ancestral ways of being will protect the Earth from climate chaos and save us from our own extinction.