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INTERVIEW
This week, we're airing the formerly only podcast
conversation I had with organizers of the Haymaker Gym
project in Chicago, IL. Haymaker is an explicitly anti-
fascist and feminist self-defense initiative.
If you want to help out the Haymaker project, until
August 14th they have a fund raising page up at
launchgood.com[1] and search for "Haymaker self defense."
If you want to encounter the folks from the gym and get
involved in some of the startup events, you can run into
them at the Breakaway Autonomous Social Center at 2424 S
Western Ave Chicago, IL and more info on that project can
be found here[2].
Announcements
NC Resists the Grand Jury, Donate to Katie Yow!
In July of 2017, long-time activist Katie Yow received a
subpoena to testify before a grand jury in North
Carolina. The subject of this grand jury has been
revealed to be what the government has described as a
bombing at the GOP headquarters in Hillsborough, NC this
past fall. Katie has expressed no knowledge of any
relevant information to this alleged event, yet is
continuing to resist the inquiries of this proceeding.
Grand juries are not regular trials, but rather operate
in secrecy where normal rules of evidence do not apply.
The prosecutor runs the proceedings and no judge is
present. This type of proceeding has been used as tools
of the State to isolate, divide, and destroy social
movements since the 1960 s. They have been used to sow
distrust and coerce information from the Chicano, Puerto
Rican, and Black liberation movements, the anti-war
movement, and more recently the environmental, animal
rights, and anarchist movements. They are currently
especially being wielded against anarchists, anti-
fascists, and indigenous water protectors who struggled
at Standing Rock.
But we have powerful tools as well, those of resolute
silence, courageous refusal, and fierce solidarity. In
honor of her principles and the different world we
struggle for together, Katie is refusing to cooperate
with this witchhunt.
In addition to legal support, navigating the possibility
of an unknown amount of jail time, away from work, can be
expensive. Please consider making a donation to support
Katie s refusal to participate in the grand jury by going
to the support page[3].
You can learn more about this case and keep abreast of
updates by going to NC Resists the Grand Jury[4].
Getting Ready for Cville with It's Going Down
Regular listeners to The Final Straw, and anyone who's
clued in to southern antifascism, will be aware that
there is opposition planned to a Unite the Right rally in
Charlottesville Virginia next Saturday, August 12th. For
any folks still feeling uncertain of what is going on and
who will be there, there is an excellent article on It's
Going Down[5] about the specifics of all the Neo Nazi,
white nationalist, and all around bonehead alt righters
who may be showing their miserable faces in Cville on the
12th, plus some context for why these fashies are
dragging themselves out from behind their computer
screens in the first place.
You'll get to read about such charmers as the
Traditionalist Worker Party, Identity Europa, plus Neo
Nazi Jason Kessler, local to Cville, who is one of the
brains behind this march in the first place, plus many
others.
PANSY FEST
If you can't make Charlottesville but will be in the
Asheville area, consider Pansy Fest. Pansy Fest is a new
queer and trans DIY music and arts fest in Asheville, NC,
August 11-12th. Proceeds will go towards two
beneficiaries: Beloved House[6] and Southerners on New
Ground[7]. If you are local and you would like to help
with support functions (set-up, tear-down, stage
management, local housing, etc) you can contact the
organizers at [email protected].
On August 11th, at Static Age Records in downtown
Asheville at 7pm there'll be a show who's lineup includes
Bryan Estelle, Crooked Ghost, Sister Mantos and many more.
On August 12th, from 12-3pm at Firestorm Books & Coffee
in West Asheville, there'll be workshops and a band
panel. At 7pm at the Odditorium another show will ensue
with bands including Brief Awakening, Laser Beams,
Ghastly & Cloudgayzer. More info at
http://pansyfestavl.com/[8]
Dearest Asheville (and surrounding area) Queers!
"Glitter and Bone is a radical queer collective hosting
what is, basically, a big party. We have no official
status as an event or an organization, nobody makes a
profit or gets paid. We ask for donations only to cover
our expenses. The dis-organizers are queer/trans folx who
are concerned about emotional, psychological and physical
safety of queer and trans people at skills events, and
want to create a safe space for our queer/trans community
to learn skills, be in the wilderness, and thrive.
Registration begins at noon on Friday, August 18. Event
begins Friday evening, 7pm, and ends Sunday afternoon,
6pm. Glitter and Bone provides rustic camping, composting
outhouses, and water/soap for handwashing and meal clean
up. We do not have showers. Meals are not provided, but a
large, rustic communal kitchen area will be maintained,
with both open fire and camp stove cooking. Pack for a
typical weekend of camping, bring whatever food and
supplies you would bring for that. Please see the
specific list of what to bring below. For folx unfamiliar
with rustic camping, we provide support in finding a good
camp spot, pitching a tent, understanding the bathroom
situation, learning how to cook over an open fire, etc.
No judgement here, we want more queers in the wilderness!
We need everyone's help to make this happen! All Glitter
and Bone participants will be asked to volunteer a few
hours to help out at the event. Here is a list of jobs to
help you think in advance about what you would like to
do. If you feel drawn to providing some leadership in a
particular area, email us at [email protected]"
You can get in touch with G&B at that email, keep in
touch with them on tumblr at their tumblr[9], and link up
w them on the Fedbook by searching their name!
Asheville Solidarity Rally with Millions for Prisoners
Human Rights March on Washington DC
The 13th Amendment of the US Constitution still allows
slavery, creating an increasing population of caged
people who provide free or near-free labor to
stockholders of the Prison Industrial Complex and
profiteers of mass incarceration. As a result, American
jobs are lost and job-seekers are victimized because
private industry cannot compete with involuntary
servitude.
Therefore, citizens of Asheville North Carolina invite
you to a Solidarity Rally with Millions for Prisoners
Human Rights March on Washington DC. There, we will
peacefully assemble to let Congress know, it is time to
end slavery once and for all, delete the exception clause
in the 13th Amendment authorizing prison slavery, and
stop profiteering in its tracks - because all workers
deserve living wages.
All Asheville and Buncombe County residents are invited--
especially our elected representatives and those running
for office this election season. Voters, your
constituents, want to know where you stand on this matter.
When: August 19th at 11:30 AM
Where: Pack Square Park (In front of City Hall)
This event is organized by Asheville Black Lives Matter,
Blue Ridge Anarchist Black Cross (BRABC), and Zamani
Refuge African Cultural
Center, with more endorsements forthcoming.
For more information, please check out this Facebook event
[10].
Playlist[11]
References
1. https://www.launchgood.com/project/haymaker_self_defense_gym_in_chicago#/ (…
2. https://breakawaychicago.wordpress.com/ (link)
3. https://www.youcaring.com/ncresiststhegrandjury-881713?utm_campaign=buttons…
4. https://ncresiststhegrandjury.com/ (link)
5. https://itsgoingdown.org/need-know-nazi-rally-charlottesville-va/ (link)
6. http://www.belovedasheville.com/ (link)
7. http://southernersonnewground.org/ (link)
8. http://pansyfestavl.com/ (link)
9. https://xxxglitterandbonexxx.tumblr.com/ (link)
10. https://www.facebook.com/events/721778031363897/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%…
11. http://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=wsfm&ifh=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.…
Date Published: 2017-08-06 20:32:46
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