From Embers From Embers

The No State Solution: A Dialogue with Palestinian sociologist Mohammed Bamyeh and Israeli political scientist Uri Gordon

How can anarchist perspectives contribute to Palestinian liberation?

Professor Mohammed Bamyeh, Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh, is author of Anarchy as Order: The History and Future of Civic Humanity (2009)

Dr. Uri Gordon, author of Anarchy Alive!: Anti-Authoritarian Politics from Practice to Theory (2007), is an Independent scholar now based in the UK.

This event took place on the unceded Territories of the Lekwungen-speaking peoples now known as the Songhees and Esquimalt in Victoria, BC Canada, and in the U.K. via Zoom on January 28, 2024. Sponsored by Camas Books & Infoshop, Anarchist Archive at UVic, Sunset Labs, Anarchist Network of Vancouver Island (ANVI)

An interview with Jordan House and Asaf Rashid, authors of the book Solidarity Beyond Bars: Unionizing Prison Labour. 
We discuss the background of the book, some historical and legal precedents, the pros and cons of right-based approaches, the core strategic arguments for a prisoners union, and an exciting new initiative by prisoners in Laval, QC to form a union.
If you're around Montreal, check out their upcoming book launch at Concordia University on Friday, November 24th.
With music from David Parker & Stefan Christoff.

On this special edition of From Embers, we’re sharing a reading of Under New Management: Resistance to Prisons in Ontario & Quebec. Originally published in 2018 on It's Going Down under the title Our Neighbors to the North, this article discusses the establishment of the Canadian prison system and highlights some examples of prisoner resistance in Ontario and Quebec over the decades, with an emphasis on the widespread unrest throughout the 1970s.
This AudioZine was first broadcast by CFRC Prison Radio in Kingston and has been edited and republished with permission. 
With music from Young Spirit, Christian Collins, Beatrice Deer and Cee Reality.

Our fediverse correspondent Lenny returns to discuss the FBI seizure of the servers of Kolektiva.social, the largest anarchist instance on Mastodon. We also talk about the continuing discrediting of big tech companies such as Twitter, Meta and Reddit, and what that might mean for people working to build an open-source, decentralized alternative to corporate social media platforms.
LINKS
Kolektiva.social Security Alert (Statement on seizure)
From Embers - Social Networks, Online Life and The Fediverse
From Embers - New Communication Infrastructure For Anarchists
F-91W Distro - Mastodon OPSEC guide
F-91W Distro - An anarchist introduction to federated social media
CrimethInc - Doxxing Prevention and Aftercare Guide
Anti-Hate.ca Story on Poast Leak
Reddit alternatives Lemmy & Kbin
With music from Deep Sixed

Talking with Louve Rose from P!nk Bloc Montreal about Quebec’s transphobic far right, drag defence, and building a revolutionary anti-capitalist queer organization for both community self-defence and to intervene against gay assimilationism.
Links
P!nk Bloc MTL – Instagram, Facebook, Linktree
August 12 Rad Pride (Facebook Event)
Montreal Antifasciste
MAF reportback from April 12 drag defence
From Embers - Anti-Fascism in Quebec
Revolutionary Trans Politics and the Three Way Fight
Submedia: Pride and Prejudice
Music
The Muslims - Fuck the Cistem
 

Interview with an anti-fascist observer about insights gained from the Public Order Emergency Commission hearings, a public inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act to repress the so-called Freedom Convoy in February 2022.
We discuss why governments invoke emergencies, OPP's Project Hendon, how the Convoy was funded, the relationship between convoy organizers and police, comparisons with #ShutDownCanada, liberal conspiracy theories, the scale of economic disruption during the Convoy, and more.
Links
Public Order Emergency Commission
Our previous episodes on Yellow Vests Canada and the Freedom Convoy 
Ill Winds From Ottawa - Crimethinc report on the Freedom Convoy
Anarchist report from Ottawa during the Convoy
Music: Lee Reed
Note: Due to a technical glitch, this episode was removed, edited and re-published after it's initial release on January 11, 2023.