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Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
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As long as there’s been oppression, there’ve been people fighting it. This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long to be—and fight to be—free. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for us today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history. That is to say, this podcast focuses on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff.
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Margaret continues her interview with Black history comic author Ben Passmore about his new book Black Arms to Hold You UpSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Margaret interview Black history comic author Ben Passmore about his new book Black Arms to Hold You Up. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Margaret reads you excerpts from a book explaining the ins and outs of mutual aid.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In the second part of a two part series, Margaret and James reflect on their time in Minnesota, the incredible community response to the immigration raids, and what other communities can learn from the Twin Cities. Links: Rent Support for neighbors in Phillips https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-phillips-families-in-urgent-need Rent Support for neighbors in Central https://www.gofundme.com/f/critical-rent-assistance-for-central-neighborhood-families Rent Support for neighbors in Powderhorn https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-powderhorn-families-in-crisis Supplies for Political Art Making https://givebutter.com/spno Protective Gear for Legal Observers https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip-twin-cities-legal-observers-with-ppe Diapers and Menstrual Supplies https://secure.everyaction.com/jLLKnfwWk0qdptMbYLoyPQ2 Abolish Ice Shirts https://www.eaglescreenprint.com/printshop/p/defend-612-abolish-ic3-wnj6e Northstar Front Line Street Medics https://www.paypal.com/biz/profile/northstarhealth Twin Cities Swoletariat Bail Fund Venmo: @TCSwoletariat Cashapp: $TCSwoletariatSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Margaret and James reflect on their time in Minnesota, the incredible community response to the immigration raids, and what other communities can learn from the Twin Cities. Links: Rent Support for neighbors in Phillips https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-phillips-families-in-urgent-need Rent Support for neighbors in Central https://www.gofundme.com/f/critical-rent-assistance-for-central-neighborhood-families Rent Support for neighbors in Powderhorn https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-powderhorn-families-in-crisis Supplies for Political Art Making https://givebutter.com/spno Protective Gear for Legal Observers https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip-twin-cities-legal-observers-with-ppe Diapers and Menstrual Supplies https://secure.everyaction.com/jLLKnfwWk0qdptMbYLoyPQ2 Abolish Ice Shirts https://www.eaglescreenprint.com/printshop/p/defend-612-abolish-ic3-wnj6e Northstar Front Line Street Medics https://www.paypal.com/biz/profile/northstarhealth Twin Cities Swoletariat Bail Fund Venmo: @TCSwoletariat Cashapp: $TCSwoletariatSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Margaret concludes reading you a story about subculture and love and how things changeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Margaret continues her conversation with Samantha McVey about the motley and international assortment of activists who refused to let a fascist off the hook. Sources: The Banner Wars, Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness, 2005 https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/27/international/europe/11-die-in-fire-at-dutch-airport-detention-center.html https://web.archive.org/web/20051210182413/http://www.time.com/time/europe/hero2005/cohen.html https://noborder.org/archive_item.php%3Fid=353.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/blast-damages-muslim-school-in-southern-netherlands-532504.html https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/14/world/europe/arson-suspected-at-dutch-mosque.html https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/average-height-by-country https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2005/10/amst-o28.html https://www.onderzoeksraad.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/report_fire_schiphol_oost.pdf https://www.politico.eu/article/netherlands-right-wing-government-dick-schoof-mark-rutte-party-for-freedom/ https://apnews.com/article/migration-netherlands-wilders-asylum-38a5149bf59fad91d2368350405ba9dd https://www.visaverge.com/news/dutch-parliament-enacts-strictest-asylum-policy-in-history/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Margaret talks to Samantha McVey about the motley and international assortment of activists who refused to let a fascist off the hook. Sources: The Banner Wars, Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness, 2005 https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/27/international/europe/11-die-in-fire-at-dutch-airport-detention-center.html https://web.archive.org/web/20051210182413/http://www.time.com/time/europe/hero2005/cohen.html https://noborder.org/archive_item.php%3Fid=353.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/blast-damages-muslim-school-in-southern-netherlands-532504.html https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/14/world/europe/arson-suspected-at-dutch-mosque.html https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/average-height-by-country https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2005/10/amst-o28.html https://www.onderzoeksraad.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/report_fire_schiphol_oost.pdf https://www.politico.eu/article/netherlands-right-wing-government-dick-schoof-mark-rutte-party-for-freedom/ https://apnews.com/article/migration-netherlands-wilders-asylum-38a5149bf59fad91d2368350405ba9dd https://www.visaverge.com/news/dutch-parliament-enacts-strictest-asylum-policy-in-history/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Margaret reads you a story about the far-post-apocalypse and the joy we find in one another.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Even more of what you wanted to know about our dogs and our show and our thoughts about the future.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Everything you wanted to know about our dogs and our show and our thoughts about the future.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Margaret reads you a story about class and patriarchy but don't worry it's not as pedantic as that makes it sound.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In the finale of this four-part episode, Margaret concludes her conversation with Miriam about two centuries of resistance to American imperialism, from Crazy Horse to Leonard Peltier. Original Air Date: 12.6.2023See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In part three of this four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Miriam about two centuries of resistance to American imperialism, from Crazy Horse to Leonard Peltier. Original Air Date: 12.4.2023See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Margaret reads you a story about what enormous love it will take to rebuild the world and take back what's ours from the powerful. Original Airdate: 7.21.2024See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In part two of this four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Miriam about two centuries of resistance to American imperialism, from Crazy Horse to Leonard Peltier.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Margaret talks with Miriam about two centuries of resistance to American imperialism, from Crazy Horse to Leonard Peltier. Original Air Date: 11.27.23See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Margaret reads you part two (of two) of her own story.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Margaret continues her talk with Chelsey Weber-Smith about the saint who built hidden compartments to hide priests during the persecution of Catholics in England. Sources: https://ewtn.co.uk/article-st-nicholas-owen-builder-of-secret-hiding-places-for-priests/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2005/11/02/hindlip_gunpowder_plot_feature.shtml https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/harvington-hall https://www.ancientpages.com/2017/12/05/nicholas-owen-little-john-paid-highest-price-ingenious-camouflaged-places-hide/ https://fellowshipandfairydust.com/2022/02/18/st-nicholas-owen/ https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/year-8/mary-i-reading/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_monasteries https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/why-was-anne-boleyn-executed/ https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/beyond-the-pale.html https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/9/1055 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26845784?read-now=1&seq=4#page_scan_tab_contents https://www.advocate.com/history/king-james-bible-queer https://www.worldhistory.org/Gunpowder_Plot/ https://www.catholicpamphlets.net/files/pamphlets/mary%20tudor%20and%20the%20protestants.pdf https://catholic.heritage-history.com/site/hclass/saints_heroes/reformation/php/martyrs.php https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/gunpowder_hutton_01.shtmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Margaret talks to Chelsey Weber-Smith about the saint who built hidden compartments to hide priests during the persecution of Catholics in England. Sources: https://ewtn.co.uk/article-st-nicholas-owen-builder-of-secret-hiding-places-for-priests/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2005/11/02/hindlip_gunpowder_plot_feature.shtml https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/harvington-hall https://www.ancientpages.com/2017/12/05/nicholas-owen-little-john-paid-highest-price-ingenious-camouflaged-places-hide/ https://fellowshipandfairydust.com/2022/02/18/st-nicholas-owen/ https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/year-8/mary-i-reading/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_monasteries https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/why-was-anne-boleyn-executed/ https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/beyond-the-pale.html https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/9/1055 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26845784?read-now=1&seq=4#page_scan_tab_contents https://www.advocate.com/history/king-james-bible-queer https://www.worldhistory.org/Gunpowder_Plot/ https://www.catholicpamphlets.net/files/pamphlets/mary%20tudor%20and%20the%20protestants.pdf https://catholic.heritage-history.com/site/hclass/saints_heroes/reformation/php/martyrs.php https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/gunpowder_hutton_01.shtmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.







fyi Margaret is a greek name
it is believing in an American Gods kind of way
it is like Frollo talking about Esmeralda in the Disney hunchback of Notre dame
you should invite Blindboy Podcast as a guest. You'd have a great conversation!
kill the cop inside your gender
I got an ad for bras - if I throw that at a Nazi they're gonna get the wrong idea
Margaret's PSA sent me. ty for the reminder: don't talk to cops!
This episode is unhinged. I love it.
this story 😭 really good
again, conceptually great... Margaret just isn't a great main character...
I like the show conceptually, but execution is poor, and Margets voice lulls me to sleep...
Bolshevik sounds like Bullshitevik to me.
something the man needs shooting <3
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the most sad song ever was a really smart bit!