No Quarter Buffalo

We are so thrilled to share with you our very special extended-length season finale!  It’s been a pleasure bringing this podcast to you, and we can’t wait for season two.  We've got a jam-packed episode for your listening pleasure: 

Statler leads a panel of local queer activists, discussing local queer history and remembering queer elders we’ve recently lost 3:03

Song by local legend Madeline Davis 17:44

Rawlf and Brian Nowak do a deep dive on the history of Buffalo’s German American Bund 21:50

Bean and Scooter discuss cops at pride and why it’s a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad idea 43:12

Song by Calamity Orchestra 1:01:53

The Beaker and Bunsen Safety Corner covers internet and digital safety 1:05:50

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Links from this episode: 

• The News with Bean (2:11)
• Rawlf and Joey Cain discuss Tolstoy College, aka College F, and growing up queer and questioning in 1970s Buffalo (5:46)
• Panel Discussion on the Chauvin Verdict's impact on local policing, including the ballot initiative that can generate genuine reform (24:48)
• Music with Tyler Westcott! (45:24)
• Friend of the pod, and solar punk anarchist Joey Ayoub discusses the situation in Lebanon with Rawlf (49:30)

This episode brings you news including local activism in response to the Myanmar coup, a Dyngus Day discussion, reporting and analysis of right wing street thugs and the electeds who support them locally and in Lyon, France. 

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Time Segments:  

Intro; resources re: Myanmar at 2:04; News of the week at 4:37; Dyngus Day discussed at 8:08; Joey Ayoub on the fascist street thug attack on the anarchist bookstore in Lyon at 13:34, follow up panel discussion on the connection between local fascist street thugs and right wing elected officials at 18:17; interview with local refugee activist about Myanmar at 40:31. 

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Myanmar

please note trigger warning for violence against Myanmar citizens by military junta.  You can support the local Myanmar refugee community and the people of Myanmar by attending the vigils happening every Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 11:30 am at the corner of Elmwood Avenue and Bidwell Parkway in Buffalo.  You will learn other ways to help by attending the vigil. 

Our inaugural episode begins with Bean's rundown of anti-fascist news from in and around Western New York.  Rawlf then turns to journalist Debbie Bookchin to learn about the revolutionary anarcho-communist movement in Rojava in Syria.  Next is Bean's analysis of accessibility during anti-fascist events, and we close with a lively discussion about--what else--Andrew Cuomo's sharp elbowed rise and fast descent. 

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