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Vicky Osterweil

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165 total appearances

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Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

But no, I think we're in this moment where the fascists both are quite empowered and very unfocused. They're confused. They They think Liz Cheney is just as much a revolutionary as Assata Shakur or whatever, right? And that leaves us some space to move and to build things that can maintain a spirit of resistance, that can reproduce a culture of resistance, that can also organize.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

But no, I think we're in this moment where the fascists both are quite empowered and very unfocused. They're confused. They They think Liz Cheney is just as much a revolutionary as Assata Shakur or whatever, right? And that leaves us some space to move and to build things that can maintain a spirit of resistance, that can reproduce a culture of resistance, that can also organize.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

But no, I think we're in this moment where the fascists both are quite empowered and very unfocused. They're confused. They They think Liz Cheney is just as much a revolutionary as Assata Shakur or whatever, right? And that leaves us some space to move and to build things that can maintain a spirit of resistance, that can reproduce a culture of resistance, that can also organize.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

And another thing that has really been important for me recently with Ka is that I've been doing an organizing project that I won't talk about the details of, but that the skills have largely come from punk music that I did in the 20s, in my 20s, being in a touring punk band. And those skills have made this organizing really easy.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

And another thing that has really been important for me recently with Ka is that I've been doing an organizing project that I won't talk about the details of, but that the skills have largely come from punk music that I did in the 20s, in my 20s, being in a touring punk band. And those skills have made this organizing really easy.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

And another thing that has really been important for me recently with Ka is that I've been doing an organizing project that I won't talk about the details of, but that the skills have largely come from punk music that I did in the 20s, in my 20s, being in a touring punk band. And those skills have made this organizing really easy.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

And that's been a huge thing for me because I'm working with other people who are younger, who don't have that experience. Like, oh, how do you do this? I'm like, oh, no, no, it's so easy. You just like do this, you know, here's the skills I learned just from doing music. And like, I don't think that's just like accidental.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

And that's been a huge thing for me because I'm working with other people who are younger, who don't have that experience. Like, oh, how do you do this? I'm like, oh, no, no, it's so easy. You just like do this, you know, here's the skills I learned just from doing music. And like, I don't think that's just like accidental.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

And that's been a huge thing for me because I'm working with other people who are younger, who don't have that experience. Like, oh, how do you do this? I'm like, oh, no, no, it's so easy. You just like do this, you know, here's the skills I learned just from doing music. And like, I don't think that's just like accidental.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

As Julie was saying, like the DIY nature of some of that work, the culture work, you know, maybe the band wasn't revolutionary. The bands I was in certainly weren't like the revolution or whatever. But they gave me all of these powerful skills and ideas and concepts for doing really important work.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

As Julie was saying, like the DIY nature of some of that work, the culture work, you know, maybe the band wasn't revolutionary. The bands I was in certainly weren't like the revolution or whatever. But they gave me all of these powerful skills and ideas and concepts for doing really important work.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

As Julie was saying, like the DIY nature of some of that work, the culture work, you know, maybe the band wasn't revolutionary. The bands I was in certainly weren't like the revolution or whatever. But they gave me all of these powerful skills and ideas and concepts for doing really important work.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

And I think that that's also a reason to pursue DIY culture in a way that's genuinely sustainable and world-building.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

And I think that that's also a reason to pursue DIY culture in a way that's genuinely sustainable and world-building.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

And I think that that's also a reason to pursue DIY culture in a way that's genuinely sustainable and world-building.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

Exactly. And speaking of which, one thing anarchists are famously bad at doing is accepting that we do require money and asking for it. So I'm going to do that for the squad. We are currently fundraising because it's actually really hard to make something sustainable for four people. Yep, yep. And we have a fundraiser going on.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

Exactly. And speaking of which, one thing anarchists are famously bad at doing is accepting that we do require money and asking for it. So I'm going to do that for the squad. We are currently fundraising because it's actually really hard to make something sustainable for four people. Yep, yep. And we have a fundraiser going on.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

Exactly. And speaking of which, one thing anarchists are famously bad at doing is accepting that we do require money and asking for it. So I'm going to do that for the squad. We are currently fundraising because it's actually really hard to make something sustainable for four people. Yep, yep. And we have a fundraiser going on.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

If you like what we're talking about here, you can donate to our Indiegogo. Literally anything helps. Once we fully launch in February, we're going to have a pay what you want subscription model. So everything will be subscribed, but we really want to have three months worth of living wage for all of us to do two days a week on it, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

If you like what we're talking about here, you can donate to our Indiegogo. Literally anything helps. Once we fully launch in February, we're going to have a pay what you want subscription model. So everything will be subscribed, but we really want to have three months worth of living wage for all of us to do two days a week on it, right?