I've worked on a dozen essays and episodes in which to add this clip, including in the unfinished episode about my other grandfather's death, who was also military and was also given full military honors. I've tried to find an eloquent way to talk about how hard it is to untangle my sliver of a cultural past from the all consuming monster of whiten…

Remastered by A. Campbell Payne. Originally aired 9/3/17CW: Suicide & police brutalitySpoke with Aneka from the SoJust Collective about centering POC, the founding fathers, police brutality, educating allies, being tired, passing the mic, no plaforming/active platforming, confronting your racist family, the allyship industrial complex, rewarding wh…

Wow! A. Campbell Payne is a listener and a professional audio engineer and offered to revamp some of the episodes, which is so awesome. This one in particular had major sound quality issues so here it is after they took a swing at it. Especially important to hear from trans people right now too. Thank you so much A.! Originally aired 7/9/17…

Wow, this was a trip to find in the archives. Our first ever recording. A lot of it needs citations so listen critically, but there is a lot of good content (especially from CImms) that didn't make it into the first official episode so I'm glad to have found it. It's been a long four years and I don't feel the same way about everything any more, bu…

Transcript: Hi all, so, life keeps happening and I've been having a hard time finding time to work on this show, but just so you know there is another episode in the works. This one is an essay like the first episode of this season and it's of a personal nature and I just want to make sure I get it right so I'm spending some extra time on it. Thank…

Don't have spoons for full episodes right now, but just messing around with other forms of expression in the meantime! This is a round I did with myself while stuck in quarantine a while ago. Listened to it again today and was like, what the heck, might as well put it out there. It's a reimagining of an old song from my childhood to try to express …

Just for funsies. Based on "Come All Ye Coal Miners" by Sarah Ogan Gunning, a turn of the 20th century union organizer.Come all pandemic workers wherever you may beAnd listen to a story that I'll relate to theeMy name is nothin' extree but the truth to you I'll tellI am a covid worker too, I'm sure l wish you wellRight now it is the most dangerous …

"Let’s do something that they can’t even imagine."Part 2 of my conversation with my friend Candice who is an economist, communist, mother, and all around rad lady. We spoke about everyday antifascism, being a disabled and limited radical activist, taking care of each other, and more.Transcript: https://friendlyanarchism.medium.com/s2e3-everyday-ant…

Candice is an economist, housing services specialist, communist, and mom who is brilliant. We spoke about Covid-19, how at-risk people are pushed to the front lines, shitty bosses, the injustice system, the roots of fascism, how important it is to listen to marginalized people, and much more. Transcript: https://friendlyanarchism.medium.com/transcr…

Happy new year! Essay here: https://friendlyanarchism.medium.com/i-want-peace-on-earth-so-i-left-the-quakers-and-became-antifa-889d35aa6f7cFor more on Quakers and slavery: https://www.friendsjournal.org/slavery-in-the-quaker-world/For an insurrectionary take on Quakers (including a really good indigenous history of William Penn): https://contagionp…

I'm back! I never released this episode during the first season because I wasn't ready to talk about all of this. However, my personal backstory with "mental illness" and finding god is an important precursor to the second season, where we're going to delve more into neurodivergence, disability, and ableism. Transcript: https://medium.com/@friendly…

anarchy ...(4)...... jesusOriginally aired 7/15/17.Greg Williams is a Christian anarchist organizer and author I was very pleased to be able to speak with! We spoke about above ground community antifascist mass mobilization, how hate speech shuts down free speech, cops, solidarity, loving your neighbor, and more :)Referenced:"Free Speech and Love o…

anarchy .....(6).... jesus Last week I spoke at the North American Anarchist Studies Network conference in so-called Montreal on the topic "We're Brokenhearted: Understanding Fierce Love in Anarchist Organizing" using lessons from historical anarchic christian mystic movements. There was a great discussion afterwards included in the audio. Notes he…

anarchy .(2)........ jesusSpoke with chemical engineer Sophia Weber about seizing the means of production, anarchist scientists, worker’s cooperatives, the importance of process work, anarcho-syndicalism, stoicism, economies of scale, not-sexy anarchism, creating mutual aid networks, environmental racism and classism, failures of electoral politics…

anarchy ......(7)... jesusSpoke with Matti, a co-conspirator in the Friendly Fire Collective about sacred geometry, what it means to be a “seeking” faith, fascist mysticism, touching the divine, witches, women saints, May Day, charismatic practices, Theater of the Oppressed & dada, atheist hostility, internal labor and liberation, self-discipline, …

Me and Hye Sung Francis from the Friendly Fire Collective were interviewed by Dean and Matt from another radical Christian podcast called The Magnificast about our organizing praxis, our upcoming May Day retreat in Philadelphia, and more! The deadline to apply for the retreat has been extended to March 29th, so if you are interested there is still …

anarchy ....(5)..... jesusSpoke with my friend of circumstance Issac about the Lansing protest, small(big) acts of solidarity, gratitude, athletic musicianship, simplicity, implicit power, affinity groups, instilled hierarchies, being a touring musician, the tyranny of structurelessness, DIY music, balancing idealism and experience, dislodging powe…

anarchy (1)......... jesusCW: Graphic violence, police brutality, mention of sexual harassment-------Note from Nov. 2020: It's hard to listen to how traumatized I am, but amazing to hear in real time the effects of experiencing police brutality first hand for the first time. I had had a number of bad experiences with cops in the past and had seen b…

The House by the Side of the Roadby Sam Walter Foss (1858-1911)There are hermitsouls that live withdrawnIn the peace of their self-content;There are souls, like stars, that dwell apart,In a fellowless firmament;There are pioneer souls that blaze their pathsWhere highways never ran;-But let me live by the side of the roadAnd be a friend to man.Let m…

anarchy (1)......... jesusSpoke with a Bavarian comrade about why we shouldn’t have to fight for normal things, denying abortion to rape victims, changes in the movement, ways to engage with the public, it’s not just about punching nazis, neighborhood organizing and liberated districts, how antifascism can’t get isolated, supporting local community…

anarchy ...(4)...... jesusCW: Discussion about abuse and body issuesBeautiful conversation with my friend Sophia about conflict resolution, accountability, exile as social sanction, how everyone makes mistakes, talking to each other, outsourcing conflict to authority, in-person dialogues, the problems with written communications, positive conflict,…

anarchy .(2)........ jesusCW: Discussion about sexSpoke with long time activist and friend Daniel about 3 distinct subjects. The first 30 minutes is about being asexual, the importance of having ace (asexual) community and spaces, the A in LGBTQIA doesn't mean "ally", a lack of sexuality is a sexual orientation, breaking out of invisibility, format…

anarchy .....(6).... jesusSpoke with Dean and Matt from the Magnificast and had a great conversation covering a wide range of lefty and Christian topics. It was great to find another leftist Christian podcast! Go check them out! You can also follow them on twitter @TheMagnificast and on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheMagnificast/ . I also hav…

anarchy ....(5)..... jesusSpoke with queer radical Christian blogger Hye Sung Francis about making Quakerism militant again, empire as false authority, nonviolence as a lack of empathy, antifa Jesus, escalation and diversity of tactics, prophecy, being heartbroken as a people, radical generosity and solidarity, revolutionary End Times, being at pea…

anarchy .......(8).. jesusSpoke with Adam Weise, an anarchist from Bismarck North Dakota Friends Meeting about Friendly bible study, early morning worship, why anarchism, lost histories and educational redaction, introducing anarchism to people, community projects, Standing Rock court support, state repression and corruption, racism against the ind…

anarchy (1)......... jesusKatherine was interviewed by Kelly Kenoyer from the Eugene Weekly for their article "Antifa". Interview was done on 10/10/17, and this podcast was released on the same day as the article on 10/19/17. Notes: -It's Jeremy Christian, not Joshhttp://eugeneweekly.com/20171019/lead-story/antifaReferenced:Decoding the language of…

anarchy .(2)........ jesusSpoke with UO Theater professor Michael Najjar about Arab theater, how arts humanize, art as a threat, defund & defang, cinema vs. live performance, the power and energy in silence, serious listening, the "Pinter Pause", the importance of contemplation, "Angels in America", waking people up, Middle Eastern feminist theater…

anarchy ......(7)... jesusSpoke with Christian Marxist writer Christian Chiakulas about the religiosity of communism, historical materialism, christian atheism, managing tankies, spiritually driven social justice, leftist semantics, the bible without dogma, growing up atheist, feminism in the early church, St. Thecla, how The Kingdom of God was a c…

anarchy .......(8).. jesusRemastered Nov. 2021 by A. Campbell Payne! Spoke with Jane, a transwoman and member of the Newberg Friends Church about the current split happening in the Northwest Yearly Meeting, double standards in Faith & Practice, trans erasure, othering, trauma caused by intolerance, the tyranny of pacifism, the religious punishment …

On vacation, see you next week!Oleh The Quaker Far Left

anarchy .(2)........ jesusSpoke with performance artist Plaedo about living in a climate change era, art as solace/art as weapon, CDs, societal collapse, denial, joyous rebellion, anarchist disaster relief, how art helps us remember the good things, symbolism, street theater, zipper songs, dance, leftist elitism, planting seed of change, small libe…

anarchy (1)......... jesusCW: Suicide & police brutalitySpoke with Aneka from the SoJust Collective about centering POC, the founding fathers, police brutality, educating allies, being tired, passing the mic, no plaforming/active platforming, confronting your racist family, the allyship industrial complex, rewarding white mediocrity, the Red Cross,…

anarchy (1)......... jesusCW: Bodyshame, violenceNotes 11/20: -I usually interview activists, but this week I spoke to my co-worker who was not politically active. Listening to it now a few years later, there's definitely some problematic things in here, but I decided it still has value to sort of show us struggling to learn. This is an example of …

anarchy (1)......... jesusSpoke to a couple DemSocs (Democratic Socialists) about libertarian socialism, libertarian municipalism, multi-tendency/big tent organizing, "transformative reforms", anti-statism, mutual aid, digital community, the awkwardness of radicalization, democratic confederalism, the 1996 Telecommunications Act & pirate radio, how…

anarchy (1)......... jesusHolding in the light the family of hero Heather Heyer as well as all of the brave people who went out in Charlottesville to oppose fascism knowing how dangerous those people are. Please donate to their medical funds, more info here: https://fundly.com/defendcvilleAnarchist media starter pack: It's Going Down, Submedia, Ida…

anarchy ......(7).... jesusCW: AbuseSpoke to Warren Light from the Wesley Center about sexual violence, concentrating on the risk of perpetration instead of the risk of victimization, white fragility, Micah 6:8, allyship, walking humbly with your God, the discipline of humility & revolutionary values, Bruce Lee, anarchist cooperative praxis, false …

anarchy .(2)........ jesus----------Notes Nov. 2020:-I apologize for the use of some ableist constructs and language around brain damage.-I steered us away from it, but I wanted to mention here explicitly that narratives equating humanity to parasites etc is ecofascist, the problem isn't with population but with resource distribution and capitalism…

anarchy (1)......... jesus"That's the best thing about anarchists & antifa is that we show up when you least expect it...so expect it."Very excited to have spoken this week with Daryle Lamont Jenkins from One People's Project! We spoke about antifa, propaganda, media relations, doxing/citizen journalism, Trump and the rise of white nationalism, sep…

anarchy ...(4)...... jesusGreg Williams is a Christian anarchist organizer and author I was very pleased to be able to speak with! We spoke about above ground community antifascist mass mobilization, how hate speech shuts down free speech, cops, solidarity, loving your neighbor, and more :)Referenced:"Free Speech and Love of Enemies: Anti-Fascism T…

anarchy .(2)........ jesus"Being anarchist means to love yourself for yourself."Note: This was outside and I don't know how to edit, so unless you are a big fan of wind and trains I would be mindful about using headphones.We talked about nihilism, being non-binary, TERFs, toxic masculinity, the Women's March, transmisogyny, bisexuality, semantics, …

anarchy (1)......... jesusCW: Graphic depictions of violence against nazis and cops.------Notes from Nov 2020: I was weirdly defensive about there being POC antifascists in Portland, which is true but also the scene is very white, and it causes a lot of problems. It is important to acknowledge hearing from someone who came from outside of town and …

anarchy ...... (7)... jesusThis is a very contemplative episode on a number of sensitive, emotional topics. We spoke about what it is like to be a Quaker, self-care, mysticism, death, silence, and of course, anarchy."We all do the best we can, now don't we dearie?"Referenced in the podcast: https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2017/feb/24/our-bail-…

anarchy (1)......... jesusWonderful talk with my friend Candice, super smart lady who studies economics and has done a million amazing things. We spoke about communism, the problems with exclusivity in communes, the rural Black experience, being a revolutionary mother, economic theory, living in Oregon, class consciousness, neighborhood organizing,…

anarchy .....(6).... jesusToday we had Lonnie Douglas, the Chair for the Eugene Springfield Solidarity Network (ESSN), ex-military, gun-totin' progressive white guy union organizer. We talk about fake Christians, abortion, guns, Redneck Revolt, Marxism, racism, anti-capitalism, union organizing, anti-globalization, the timber industry, Earth First!…

anarchy ........(9). jesusWe spoke with Friend Sharon Smith, expert on racism within the Quaker community and author of this article: https://www.friendsjournal.org/witness-quaker-racism/It ended up being such an amazing conversation that it went an hour and a half overtime! Apologies for the sound quality.…

anarchy .(2)........ jesusTW: Graphic depiction of violenceWe jumped into the debate surrounding violent vs. nonviolent protest tactics, and it led to discussions about the importance of intersectional feminism, sustaining good anti-authoritarian process, the Portland May Day "riots", and more!Here is a bibliography and reference guide for this epi…

anarchy ....(5)..... jesusQuaker Anarchists talk about how Christ was an anarchist and Christian tradition has deep radical roots.Oleh The Quaker Far Left

anarchy....(5)..... jesusQuaker Anarchist Katherine from "Friendly Anarchism" is interviewed about Christianity and radical politics on KEPW 97.3 Eugene, and she explains what it is to be a Quaker, what anarchism is, and how they intersect.Oleh The Quaker Far Left

anarchy (1).......... jesusThere were nazis on University of Oregon campus today, and since we are in Eugene, we're reporting back and doing some analysis. The conversation developed into a larger discussion about cultural context, media interactions, tactics, and the nature of anarchism. Berkeley and Pepsi both get shout-outs, too.*This was really…