It Did Happen Here

Celina Flores, Mic Crenshaw, and Erin Yanke
  • 5.0 (178)
  • SOCIETY & CULTURE

It Did Happen Here is an independently produced podcast about anti-fascist struggles that took place in Portland, Oregon following the 1988 murder of Ethiopian immigrant Mulugeta Seraw by racist skinheads. This is the story of how disparate groups used a diversity of tactics to fight neo-nazi violence and right wing organizing in the Rose City in the 1980s and 90s.

  1. 04/29/2024

    IDHH Presents: Fight the Power, Do No Harm: The Story of the Black Cross Healthcare Collective

    The Black Cross Healthcare Collective formed after the WTO protests of 1999, seeing a need for medical care that specifically served people who were attending direct actions, demonstrations and political protests. In the early 2000s they pioneered community-supported trials to find a way to treat pepper spray exposure. These trials resulted in an antidote that has been used in street protests internationally. Produced by Jodi Darby, Honna Veerkamp and Erin Yanke.

    1h 13m

  2. 04/18/2022

    IDHH Episode 01 (repost)

    In the late 1980s, Portland was a known haven for racist skinheads. They roamed the core of Portland unhindered.

    31 min

  3. 05/28/2021

    IDHH Bonus 6: no. NOT EVER.

    Kate Boyd and Cristien Storm of the Seattle-based collaborative group If You Don’t They Will discuss “no. NOT EVER”, an interactive, immersive presentation of cultural resistance to white nationalism practiced by Western rural and suburban groups throughout the 80s and 90s.

    22 min

  4. 05/14/2021

    IDHH Bonus 5: More Fighters

    In this episode we hear from antiracist street fighters: Iran, Jackson, Pan and Tom. The four veterans recount their experiences fighting Portland neo Nazis, how it affected them and where we should direct our energy to continue the fight.

    34 min

  5. 04/23/2021

    IDHH Bonus 4: The Holocaust Denier

    This episode features hosts Mic Crenshaw and Celina Flores as well as Coalition for Human Dignity activists Steve Wasserstrom, Jonathan Mozzochi and Abby Layton. In this special bonus episode we look at how the meticulous collection of data mined for opposition research contributed to a world-famous trial to debunk fascist Holocaust denier David Irving.

    16 min

  6. 04/17/2021

    IDHH Bonus 3.5: IDHH at the library part 2

    The Multnomah County Library sponsored this event, hosted by Enrique Rivera , with the IDHH podcast producers Celina Flores, Mic Crenshaw and Erin Yanke.They play clips of the podcast, talk about their favorite moments in the process of making the podcast, storytelling, book recommendations, and much more.

    1h 32m

  7. 04/09/2021

    IDHH Bonus 3: Racist Recruitment through YouTube

    In this bonus episode, we hear from Coalition for Human Dignity veteran Devin Burghart, now Executive Director of left wing think tank Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights. Burghart talks about the role of YouTube personalitiesin the effective radicalization of white nationalists, especially younger viewers.

    11 min

  8. 04/02/2021

    IDHH Bonus 2.5: IDHH at the Library

    Scot Nakagawa and Eric Ward talk together at "It Did Happen Here: Nothing is Final", recorded March 4, 2021 at an event sponsored by the Multnomah County Library.

    1h 20m
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It Did Happen Here is an independently produced podcast about anti-fascist struggles that took place in Portland, Oregon following the 1988 murder of Ethiopian immigrant Mulugeta Seraw by racist skinheads. This is the story of how disparate groups used a diversity of tactics to fight neo-nazi violence and right wing organizing in the Rose City in the 1980s and 90s.

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  • Creator
    Celina Flores, Mic Crenshaw, and Erin Yanke
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Creative Commons- Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
  • Show Website
    It Did Happen Here