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Sad Francisco

By: Toshio Meronek Tofu Estolas
  • Summary

  • The neoliberal nightmares born in the Bay, and the people trying to stop them. sadfrancis.co
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Episodes
  • LAGAI-Queer Insurrection! w/ Deeg (Part 2)
    May 20 2024

    Part 2 of the conversation with Deeg, with more on LAGAI-Queer Insurrection (formerly Lesbians And Gays Against Intervention), the Bay Area collective that started organizing in 1983 in response to the US war machine meddling overseas.

    UltraViolet (LAGAI's zine)

    "How a queer liberation collective has stayed radical for almost 40 years" (Toshio in Waging Nonviolence)

    Episode with Deeg on the Boycott of Manny's in the Mission

    Episode with LAGAI member Kate Raphael: Queers for a Free Palestine

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    40 mins
  • LAGAI-Queer Insurrection! w/ Deeg (Part 1)
    May 13 2024

    Deeg is back for some oral history lessons about LAGAI-Queer Insurrection (formerly Lesbians And Gays Against Intervention), a radical collective that started organizing in 1983 in response to the US war machine meddling overseas.

    Some of the same members from forty years ago continue to meet, plan direct actions, and send thousands of copies of their zine UltraViolet into prisons for free, with no 501(c)3 and next to no funding. We talk: avoiding burnout and cooptation, how to measure movement successes (and why sometimes you can't), and more.

    This is Part 1 of a two-part episode.

    • UltraViolet (LAGAI's zine)
    • "How a queer liberation collective has stayed radical for almost 40 years" (Toshio in Waging Nonviolence)
    • Episode with Deeg on the Boycott of Manny's in the Mission
    • Episode with LAGAI member Kate Raphael: Queers for a Free Palestine
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • War of Information w/ Tiana Reid
    May 7 2024
    In the US, traditional media censorship of pro-Palestinian voices didn't start October 2023. A new report on Zionism's chilling effect on journalists is out this week, spotlighting how some reporters and editors self-censor, and corporate outlets keep Palestinian stories from being published. With Tiana Reid (@tianareid | tianareid.com
) of the National Writers Union's Freelance Solidarity Project.

    *This episode was recorded in March. Subscribers to our Patreon got this episode early. Help support the show there.

    • Red Lines: Retaliation in the media industry during the war on Gaza
    • National Writers' Union Freelance Solidarity Project
    • Writers Against the War on Gaza
    • Media Against Apartheid & Displacement
    • International Federation of Journalists, War in Gaza death count

    Sad Francisco is produced by Toshio Meronek and edited by Tofu Estolas.

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    25 mins

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