Kite Line

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Kite Line

Kite Line is a radio program devoted to prison issues around the Midwest and beyond. Behind the prison walls, a message is called a kite: whispered words, a note passed hand to hand, or a request submitted to the guards for medical care. Illicit or not, sending a kite means trusting that other people will bear it farther along till it reaches its destination. On the show, we hope to pass along words across the prison walls.

  1. 9 AOÛT

    August 9, 2024: Shoving From All Sides

    In this episode we air a recording from the final talk of the Pittsburgh Anti-Repression Convergence, which served as a space for activists, political prisoner supporters, and former political prisoners to strategize against repression in the context of social movements, with an eye towards total liberation for the earth and all of it’s inhabitants. We’ll hear from Sheila, who defines and discusses anti-repression, counter-repression, and movement defense. They began their presentation with Diane’ Di Prima’s REVOLUTIONARY LETTER #8:   Everytime you pick the spot for a be-in a demonstration, a march, a rally, you are choosing the ground for a potential battle. You are still calling these shots. Pick your terrain with that in mind. Remember the old gang rules: stick to your neighborhood, don't let them lure you to Central Park everytime, I would hate to stumble bloody out of that park to find help: Central Park West, or Fifth Avenue, which would you choose? go to love-ins with incense, flowers, food, and a plastic bag with a damp cloth in it, for tear gas, wear no jewelry wear clothes you can move in easily, wear no glasses contact lenses earrings for pierced ears are especially hazardous try to be clear in front, what you will do if it comes to trouble if you're going to try to split stay out of the center don't stampede or panic others don't waver between active and passive resistance know your limitations, bear contempt neither for yourself, nor any of your brothers NO ONE WAY WORKS, it will take all of us shoving at the thing from all sides to bring it down.

    29 min

  2. 5 JUIL.

    July 5, 2024: Resisting the Rise of State Violence

    This week, we are sharing a piece created for Montreal community radio station CKUT, on the show Other Worlds on Earth. The piece provides an excellent analysis of the case against Krystal and Peppy, two organizers in Pittsburgh targeted by the FBI and who are alleged to have acted in solidarity with trans people. After their analysis and introduction, Other Worlds on Earth interview one of Krystal and Peppy's supporters. This support work has been both vital and difficult, since Peppy has now been held in jail for more than a year, due entirely to alleged conduct at a demonstration. The escalated repression aimed at Krystal and Peppy is part of a society-wide crackdown that affects far more than just political activists. The shredding of environmental regulation due to the Supreme Court's Chevron reversal goes hand-in-hand with the brutal shutdown of refugee claims at the US-Mexico border, throwing the balance of state action decisively away from any claim that it is protecting us, by reducing toxicity or slowing the climate crisis, and orienting it towards police violence. The massive police funding increase since 2020 leads not only towards the construction of big, useless megaprojects like Cop City, but also to the escalation of racial violence as emboldened police attack Black children. On the 4th of July, Pittsburgh police attacked a 14-year old child. Tanisha Long described the incident this way: "Tonight the Pittsburgh police handcuffed and detained a 14 year old child claiming that he was a missing child. They picked a Black child off the street, decided he was the missing child, handcuffed him, and ignored the fact that his mom was on the phone telling them it wasn’t him. They put their hands on advocates, an attorney, and other minors.They pulled a taser on me for asking questions and recording. They told the crowd they weren’t allowed to be near." This experience presents disturbing echoes of the police attack on three Black children in Bloomington earlier this week. Police are emboldened but also understand that significant portions of the population have grown to distrust and hate them, leading them to take aggressive measures to stop bystanders from filming them and to prevent crowds from gathering in response to their violence. Before the feature on Krystal and Peppy, we will share a press release from Bloomington abolitionist group Care Not Cages regarding the police violence here earlier this week.

    29 min

  3. 28 JUIN

    June 28, 2024: Organizing on Both Sides of the Walls with Leon Benson

    After our news, we are sharing the final installment of our conversation with Leon Benson, who was recently exonerated and released after decades in the Indiana prison system.  Leon is an inspiring organizer who fought for freedom for other prisoners, organized self-education circles inside, and has, since release, jumped into important community empowerment projects.  We were grateful for the opportunity to speak with him.

    29 min

  4. 24 MAI

    May 24, 2024: Are We Here for the Camp or for Divestment?

    This week, we spoke with an NYU professor about the Gaza encampment movement there. Through this conversation, the global stakes of place-based struggles come to the foreground, as we wrestle with balancing local demands for divestment versus the way the camps themselves are resonating in Gaza; Palestinians seem most excited by the fact that a solidarity struggle is underway around the world, not that particular demands are being made to particular universities. This question highlights the global character of anti-colonial and abolitionist movements, since the possibility of local struggles overflowing their particular, reformist bounds, and "organizing their space in the most radical way possible" offers their most important contribution to an international momentum.

  5. 3 MAI

    May 3, 2024: The Dunn Meadow Liberated Zone

    Eight days ago, students and others established a tent camp - a Liberated Zone - at IU's Dunn Meadow, as part of a national rising tide of protest against Israel's war in Gaza. Within hours, Indiana State Police arrived from Indianapolis and attacked the students, injuring dozens and arresting 34 students and faculty. The protesters were undaunted, rebuilt their encampment, and faced a repeat assault that Saturday. The repressive apparatus reached this level of violence across the country, with dozens of camps and occupied buildings facing militarized incursions by police. This begs the question of why the state turned so quickly to naked violence, even compared to previous movements that have had to face down and defeat police violence. Many have pointed to Cop City and similar police training facilities, which have worked since the 2020 George Floyd Uprising to prepare cops to squash anti-racist protest. We have covered the Stop Cop City movement previously on Kite Line. There is certainly an intimate relationship between prisons, police violence, and this country's long history of racist repression. We spoke to local IU faculty and other movement participants about this sequence and what it says about the future.

    29 min

  6. 10 FÉVR.

    February 9, 2024: Studies in Dignity

    This week, we focus on two people who are studies in dignity in the face of state repression. Jack Mazurek was arrested in Atlanta yesterday and charged with arson. These allegations stemmed from an attack last July on police motorcycles, which was rooted in the movement against Cop City. He is standing strong despite the serious charges against him, as people around the country mobilize in his defense. After addressing Jack's charges, the rest of the episode features Leon Benson, who survived decades in Indiana prisons, organizing against the guards and admins despite terrifying repression, and who emerged unbroken and exonerated a year ago.

    29 min

  7. 13 JANV.

    January 12, 2024: Leon Benson is Free

    For our first episode of the new year, we wanted to begin sharing an interview with Leon Benson. In this conversation, he covers his release from prison, reflections on the treatment he received from the authorities, and his work on the outside.  This is a special privilege for Kite Line, since we have aired Benson's work and thought many times over the years, since he was a leading organizer and thinker inside the Indiana Department of Corrections.  We are thrilled that he has been released and are excited to share news of his ongoing work to challenge the prison system. In this segment, he shares the story of what led him to be arrested for a murder he didn't commit. We will continue this interview in our next episode. You can hear previous episodes with Leon and his family members: https://www.kitelineradio.org/podcast/you-cant-force-the-state-to-abide-by-the-law/ https://www.kitelineradio.org/podcast/253-truth-never-dies/ https://www.kitelineradio.org/podcast/leon-benson-in-his-own-words-part-one/ https://www.kitelineradio.org/podcast/leon-benson-in-his-own-words-part-two/ https://www.kitelineradio.org/podcast/staying-in-touch-a-conversation-with-leon-benson/

    29 min

  8. 08/12/2023

    December 8, 2023: Written from the Inside

    In this episode, we have our monthly round up of prison disturbances, as compiled by Perilous Chronicle. Afterwards, we have a conversation with Sophia Johnson, also known as Candle, who is an anarchist writer who currently serving a sentence in Oregon. In this conversation, she talks about writing in prison, and her ongoing struggle to receive adequate health care.

    29 min
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Kite Line is a radio program devoted to prison issues around the Midwest and beyond. Behind the prison walls, a message is called a kite: whispered words, a note passed hand to hand, or a request submitted to the guards for medical care. Illicit or not, sending a kite means trusting that other people will bear it farther along till it reaches its destination. On the show, we hope to pass along words across the prison walls.

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    Kite Line
  • Années d’activité
    2016 - 2024
  • Épisodes
    299
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