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This Is America #45 |
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by IGD |
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Welcome, to This is America, December 10th, 2018. |
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Today we are joined with some very special guests. The |
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first are several comrades from Olympia, Washington, who |
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are part of the group, the Olympia Solidarity Network[1]. |
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A solidarity network is a group of people that come |
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together to organize and mobilize in a given community |
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against bosses, landlords, and beyond. They often engage |
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in fights over lost or stolen wages, unfair firings, |
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stolen deposits, and lock out evictions. Unlike tenant |
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and legal clinics however, solidarity networks use direct |
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action to apply pressure. In Seattle, Washington, which |
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has one of the oldest and best known solidarity networks |
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[2], literally thousands of people have participated in |
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actions under its banner, carried out delivery of demands |
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to landlords and bosses, and have also benefited from |
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these collective campaigns by getting stolen wages and |
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deposits back, stopping evictions, and fighting back |
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directly at their workplaces. |
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On today's episode, we talk with members of Olympia |
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Solidarity Network who discuss their recent campaign |
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against various businesses in the downtown area of the |
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city who were fighting to secure a contract with a |
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private security company which aimed to clear out the |
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houseless community from the downtown area. After a |
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heated and lengthy campaign, the contact was finally |
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defeated. Our interview talks about that struggle and how |
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the group saw things through to the end, as well as the |
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push back that they faced from the police and the |
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downtown business class. |
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Next up, we speak with two comrades from so-called |
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Halifax who talk about the recent Postal Strike and how |
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members of the IWW[3] and others have supported the |
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pickets. Currently, the State has forced all postal |
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workers to return to work or face massive fines, but |
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members of the IWW and others have kept up pickets in the |
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streets. Several IWW members in Halifax were also |
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recently arrested for taking part in the pickets, and can |
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be supported here[4]. |
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But first, let's get to the news. |
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References |
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1. https://www.facebook.com/OlySolNet/ (link) |
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2. https://seasol.net/ (link) |
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3. https://www.facebook.com/IWW-Kjipuktuk-Halifax-243370852857000/ (link) |
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4. https://www.gofundme.com/support-the-halifax-6 (link) |
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Date Published: 2018-12-11 03:07:20 |
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Identifier: tia45 |
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Item Size: 93237379 |
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Language: eng |
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Media Type: audio |
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# Topics |
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anarchist |
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anarchism |
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anarchists |
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autonomist |
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anti-capitalist |
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anti-fascist |
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antifa |
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anti-fascism |
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labor |
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labor movement |
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Wobblies |
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IWW |
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strike |
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picket |
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solidarity network |
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homeless |
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gentrification |
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housing crisis |
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capitalism |
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