Sad Francisco

Toshio Meronek, Tofu Estolas
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Sad Francisco

Covering the end of capitalism.

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    Falun Gong and the Chinese Right's Anti-Trans, Anti-Communist Moral Panics with Chris Lee

    Chris Lee studies the emergent Asian and Asian American rightwing in the US, including forces like the Falun Gong cult. We discuss the FLG and its flagship soft power campaigns that include the Shen Yun dance company and the Epoch Times newspaper—and how it’s part of a larger effort to sow anti-communist, anti-trans sentiment in the US.    Support us and find links to our past episodes: patreon.com/sadfrancisco

    39 min

  2. FEB 17

    Radical Demands Only On Anarchism with Margaret Killjoy

    Margaret Killjoy on coming out as an anarchist, why anarchist history is so hidden, and the importance of deescalating conflict that isn't with the enemy (and more). Margaret's Substack [https://substack.com/@margaretkilljoy] has her essay "The Sky is Falling; We've Got This" [https://margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/the-sky-is-falling-weve-got-this] Marget on BlueSky [https://bsky.app/profile/margaret.bsky.social] | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/margaretkilljoy] | Twitter [https://x.com/magpiekilljoy] Support us and find links to our past episodes: patreon.com/sadfrancisco

    39 min

  3. FEB 10

    Ruth Wilson and Craig Gilmore on Prisons and Neoliberalism

    Two founders of the prison abolition movement—renowned thinkers and doers Craig and Ruth Wilson Gilmore—speak on the prison industrial complex's California roots. Also discussed: Why focusing on closing private prisons is too narrow a vision, and Gavin Newsom's campaign to put a kinder, gentler face on mass incarceration via the medicalization of imprisonment (eg. increasing conservatorship, forced rehab, and slapping the words "Rehabilitation Center" on San Quentin).    Support us and find links to our past episodes: patreon.com/sadfrancisco

    49 min

  4. FEB 3

    Zionist Repression at San Jose State and GLIDE Church with Sang Hea Kil and G

    It started when San Jose State University's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion office sponsored a visit from CSU's premier Zionist. Sang Hea Kil describes the repression she experienced as the only faculty member who joined an encampment of Muslim students in solidarity with Palestine last year at the school.  Later in the episode, G, a former worker at GLIDE Church (a San Francisco nonprofit where the head of "Social Justice" is a Zionist rabbi), speaks about explicit and implicit Zionist bias at progressive nonprofits.  Sang's piece in Radical Teacher: "Islamophobia, Dirty Water Tactics, and Student Encampments for Gaza": https://radicalteacher.library.pitt.edu/ojs/radicalteacher/article/view/1310  Sang on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sangheakil/  G on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gay13/  Episodes mentioned: How South African Solidarity Encampments Worked f/ Matt Ray and Matt Wranovics (Left in the Bay):  https://episodes.fm/1653309103/episode/YmVmZmIxY2QtYzg4Ny00OTliLWJmZGYtMjVkOTM1MjYwNWJj  Can't Hide a Genocide f/ Dylan Rodriguez and Loubna Qutami: https://episodes.fm/1653309103/episode/ZmVhOGRjMDYtMmVjOS00NmM4LThmZDktN2JmYjQxMTk0Yjc4  Debt is a Threat to Liberation f/ Maddy Clifford (Debt Collective):  https://episodes.fm/1653309103/episode/MjdhNWQzNmMtNTg4My00NDkwLWIyMmItZmE4NzkwN2RkYzAx  Should Social Movement Work Be Paid? with Dean Spade: [https://episodes.fm/1653309103/episode/ZmY5YTNkMTUtOTkzNC00YTBjLTk0NDQtMzNkOTliY2EzMDdk   Support us and find links to our past episodes: patreon.com/sadfrancisco ]

    1h 15m

  5. JAN 27

    Waymos Aren't Asian with Jasmine Lee Ehrhardt

    A crowd of people set fire to a robotaxi last Lunar New Year in San Francisco's Chinatown. Jasmine explains how Asian American influencers and corporate media outlets used the "death" of a Waymo "self-driving" vehicle to stoke fear about anti-Asian violence. Fundraiser for Yazan in Gaza [https://chuffed.org/project/115145-yazan] Write to Casey Goonan [https://www.abcf.net/blog/update-on-casey-goonans-legal-case] LA Public Press Podcast: https://lapublicpress.org/the-tenant-association/ Episode referenced: Dylan Rodriguez on Zionists and Counterinsurgency in Stop Asian Hate [https://www.patreon.com/posts/zionists-and-in-103600189]   Support us and find links to our past episodes: patreon.com/sadfrancisco

    49 min

  6. JAN 20

    The Anti-Sex Trafficking Industrial Complex f/ Chanelle Gallant and Elene Lam

    Churches, nonprofits and politicians have turned the anti-sex trafficking movement into a billion-dollar industry. The lives and stories of migrant sex workers get used as an excuse to hire more cops, and criminalize a form of labor that pays better than most. Chanelle and Elene, on their new book featuring the stories of migrant sex workers from across North America. Not Your Rescue Project (Haymarket Books) [https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2258-not-your-rescue-project] Butterfly: Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network [https://www.butterflysw.org]

    47 min

  7. JAN 13

    "Abolish Rent" with Leonardo Vilchis and Tracy Rosenthal

    "Abolish Rent" is a new organizing bible from Leonardo Vilchis and Tracy Rosenthal, laying out the reasons why capitalism will never provide everyone with the basic human need of shelter. They discuss tactics from successful rent strikes, how California's COVID-19 eviction moratorium was both a success and failure of tenant activism, and the attempt by landlords to rebrand as "housing providers." Buy Abolish Rent [https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent] "Privatizing Public Housing: 'The Genocide of Poor People'" (Toshio in Truthout) [https://truthout.org/articles/privatizing-public-housing-the-genocide-of-poor-people/]   Support us and find links to our past episodes: patreon.com/sadfrancisco

    55 min

  8. JAN 6

    Japan-Palestine Solidarity f/ Hanin Siam, Mai, and Nadina O

    Hanin, Mai and Nadina met and became friends through the Palestine solidarity movement in Tokyo a little over a year ago.  We cover some of the recent successes of the movement, including Israeli defense company Elbit Systems losing contracts, and Israel being disinvited from the yearly event in Nagasaki that memorializes the day the US dropped an atomic bomb.  They speak to some of the particularities of organizing against imperialism from inside Japan, and ways to sustain the organizing as the latest wave of genocide in Gaza continues. Palestinians of Japan (Instagram) https://www.instagram.com/palestinejapan Mai’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/yudetamai Nadina’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nadina.mp4 Nam Nam Space (Koenji, Tokyo) https://www.instagram.com/namnam_space Support Simo in Palestine https://www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-relief-for-salamas-family-in-gaza

    1h 28m
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Covering the end of capitalism.

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  • Creator
    Toshio Meronek, Tofu Estolas
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    98
  • Rating
    Clean
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    Sad Francisco

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