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Introducing Outlaw
Episode 1
Everyone's a Terrorist with Michael Loadenthal
Why is the government obsessed with framing leftist activists as terrorists? How can we understand this strategy in the context of recent U.S. movement history? Dr. Michael Loadenthal, antifascist data researcher and terrorism studies scholar, joins Outlaw to help answer these questions. Conversation topics include: how post-9/11 counter-terrorism policy shapes repression of social movements today, the Green Scare and the emergence of “domestic terrorism” and “eco-terrorism,” the targeting of non-citizen student activists like Mahmoud Khalil, and much more. The episode closes with a brief update on the Stop Cop City criminal cases.
Intro & Outro Music: Tortuguita by Brass Tapestry
Michael Loadenthal’s Work:
Episode 2
Resisting an FBI Investigation with Jess & Tracy
(Anti-War 23)
“The #1 reason we got free was because no one would talk.”
In this episode, Jess and Tracy discuss their successful fight against a 2010 FBI investigation connected to their organizing with the MN Anti-War Committee against the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN. From resisting grand jury subpoenas to organizing a national speaking tour, they get into how and why they chose not to comply with the investigation. They reflect on this experience of repression and lessons for movements today. The episode closes with part one of Outlaw’s recap of the last year of legal repression faced by Palestine solidarity activists.
More on Grand Juries
Read: 1. What is a grand jury? 2.Grand Jury Resistance Project Statement of Resistance
Listen: Mo on Grand Juries | Live Like the World is Dying. Cyprus Hartford Resists Federal Grand Jury | Final Straw Radio (Check the show notes for other Final Straw Radio interviews with grand jury resistors)
More on the Repression Recap Cases: Casey’s legal defense fundraiser Casey support website Asheville anti-zionist defendants legal defense fundraiser
What’s Snitch-Jacketing? “Not Liking Someone Doesn’t Mean They’re a Cop”
Episode 3
Shifting Trends in Policing Dissent
with Kristian Williams & Garrett
In this episode we are joined by Kristian Williams, anarchist historian and author of Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America, and Garrett, an anti-repression activist and anarchist legal worker who resisted repression as one of the RNC 8.
The conversation covers:
- How models of policing protest have shifted over time
- How they are shifting again today and why it matters
- How this can inform repression preparation and response
Stay tuned after the interview for a poem by Malik Farrad Muhammad, a political prisoner from the George Floyd and Breonna Taylor Uprisings.
Cover Image by Mon M.
Intro & Outro Music: Tortuguita by Brass Tapestry (ft. Rev. Keyanna Jones)