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This episode begins with a short rundown of what’s going on with the BLM rebellions right now, and includes two PSAs from the Channel Zero Network about safety and security during street actions and how to provide jail support to your comrades. In the episode itself, Mexie and Marine talk about the problematic war rhetoric that leaders and media pundits are using to describe our response to the coronavirus. We talk about what this rhetoric primes us to accept, how this rhetoric obscures the crimes of capital, and the inconsistencies in the logic of a war response.
Sources and Links
Places to Donate:
- Bail Funds/Legal Help by City: https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1X4-YS3vFn5CLL9QtJSU0xqmTh_h8XilXgOqGAjZISBI/mobilebasic?fbclid=IwAR2xRNTx7eQaZLkwkAJO_gV5Vr3gzGOtKDmGnpR-VFzygNF0lXU60k7QYv0
- Reclaim the Block/Minnesota Freedom Fund list of orgs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yLWGTQIe3967hdc9RSxBq5s6KKZHe-3_mWp5oemd7OA/preview?fbclid=IwAR3yoIMfyiKdBnLnTcMe8O9tbjHFi4iLMeN87Z1OlBkil4nS-gobpjWnltw&pru=AAABcpnsAUg*cE6Ba7dNK2JGZFIm0v6seQ
- We Keep Us Safe Fund: https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/8nnnkYT19f?fbclid=IwAR0izVFrvAWjGq2l3LZ6A4gtNQQhjopFinIk7W34uoB-Os7XmBKyz54oHSo
- The Bail Project: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/the-bail-project
- Official George Floyd Memorial Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd
- George Floyd (BigFloyd): https://www.gofundme.com/f/george-floyd-bigfloyd?fbclid=IwAR1NwsKmFWO_BKC15d1JzZrPRSzF3avS0LwGkppkHDD67_vb0TWaqI8SC08
- Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee: https://iwocoakland.wordpress.com/support/?fbclid=IwAR3x1ag4q9P00ShW9guS9rzs8A3KWibfek-21BluR5P7ezv4CChkyHTaJhI
- National Bail Out: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/freeblackmamas2020
- #MeltICE Freedom Fund: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/melt_ice
- For James Scurlock’s Family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/for-james-scurlocks-family?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet
- Justice for Regis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-regis?fbclid=IwAR2k_FUlvBDQ6BhHbyAUniql21X6WKpj_b-UR0SnWwo5tU3w8RJ72FDDs-M
- RIP Belly Mujinga: https://www.gofundme.com/f/rip-belly-mujinga
- In Memory of Tony McDade: https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-of-tony-mcdade?fbclid=IwAR2k_FUlvBDQ6BhHbyAUniql21X6WKpj_b-UR0SnWwo5tU3w8RJ72FDDs-M
- #SwipeItForward Resistance Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/swipeitforward-resistance?fbclid=IwAR2k_FUlvBDQ6BhHbyAUniql21X6WKpj_b-UR0SnWwo5tU3w8RJ72FDDs-M
Links:
- Rebel Steps, Jail Support PSA: https://rebelsteps.com/episodes/jail-support-tips/
- Coffee with Comrades, Street Action PSA: http://coffeewithcomrades.com/bonus-street-action-psa
- Monachalabi illustration: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBA-aotFJJD/
- The Benjamin Dixon Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMCioqY4zblWt7Uw0E0VTGA
- The Disorder of Things, Are We at War? The Rhetoric of War in the Coronavirus Pandemic: https://thedisorderofthings.com/2020/04/10/are-we-at-war-the-rhetoric-of-war-in-the-coronavirus-pandemic/
- Mexie, COVID and White Supremacy: https://youtu.be/8vMgq34Xf8Q
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