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Part Two: Anti-Racist Action: Because Nazi Punks Need To Be Dealt With Nov 16, 2022

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In part two of this week's episode, author Shannon Clay continues his conversation with Margaret about the history of Anti-Racist Action, the coalition that formed to counter racist and fascist organizing in subcultures in the midwest.

We Go Where They Go: The Story of Anti-Racist Action: https://bookshop.org/p/books/we-go-where-they-go-the-story-of-anti-racist-action-kristin-schwartz/17909472?ean=9781629639727

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Part One: Anti-Racist Action: Because Nazi Punks Need To Be Dealt With Nov 14, 2022

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Author Shannon Clay talks to Margaret about the history of Anti-Racist Action, the coalition that formed to counter racist and fascist organizing in subcultures in the midwest.

We Go Where They Go: The Story of Anti-Racist Action: https://bookshop.org/p/books/we-go-where-they-go-the-story-of-anti-racist-action-kristin-schwartz/17909472?ean=9781629639727

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Part Two: Baba Yaga: Everyone's Favorite Witch From Folklore Nov 09, 2022

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Jamie Loftus about Baba Yaga, the Slavic legend who eats children and occasionally helps people.

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Part One: Baba Yaga: Everyone's Favorite Witch From Folklore Nov 07, 2022

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Margaret talks with comedian and podcaster Jamie Loftus about Baba Yaga, the Slavic legend who eats children and occasionally helps people.

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Halloween Fiction Special: It Bleeds, It Burrows, It Breaks the Bone Nov 02, 2022

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In this extra-special Halloween fiction special presentation, Margaret reads a ghost story from her new book, We Won't Be Here Tomorrow, to Sophie.

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Part Three: Sholem Schwarzbard: The Jewish Assassin Who Ruled Oct 31, 2022

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In the finale of this special reverse episode, Miriam concludes her conversation with Margaret about Sholem Schwarzbard, the radical Jewish assassin.

Special thanks goes to Anna Elena Torres. Her forthcoming book, With Freedom in Our Ears can be found here.
Thanks to Eliui Damm, whose work can be found in There's Nothing So Whole as a Broken Heart, available from AK Press, With Freedom in Our Ears and Tohubavohu, a zine available here.
Thank you to Ciarán Finlayson.
And thank you to Kelly Johnson, whose 2012 dissertation Sholem Schwarzbard: Biography of a Jewish Assassin was indispensable to the research for this episode.

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Part Two: Sholem Schwarzbard: The Jewish Assassin Who Ruled Oct 26, 2022

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In part two of this special reverse episode, Miriam continues her conversation with Margaret about Sholem Schwarzbard, the radical Jewish assassin.

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Part One: Sholem Schwarzbard: The Jewish Assassin Who Ruled Oct 24, 2022

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In this special reverse episode, Miriam talks with Margaret about Sholem Schwarzbard, the radical Jewish assassin.

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Part Two: The Vampires are on Our Side: Antifascism in Film Oct 19, 2022

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Caitlin Durante about the antifascist filmmaking in Germany and Hollywood that laid much of the foundations for modern cinema.

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Part One: The Vampires are on Our Side: Antifascism in Film Oct 17, 2022

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Margaret talks with Caitlin Durante about the antifascist filmmaking in Germany and Hollywood that laid much of the foundations for modern cinema.

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