Nina, Derek and Matt talk about the introduction of work committees as a response to Solidarity Collective's massive growth in membership. Derek and Jordy skin a fox, examine an electrical outlet with Jon, and unload a truckload of manure. 

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Solidarity House #28--Committees, Dead Animals & P**P (9/28/21)

Trevor Roberts's Mystery Flesh Pit worldbuilding project is, among other things, a dystopian cosmic horror commentary on commodification and resource extraction. Sara and Damian talk with Trevor about what inspired it and how fans have taken it even further. See Mystery Flesh Pit National Park at https://mysteryfleshpit.tumblr.com/ and the other sites discussed on the episode! 

Solidarity Segments: Mystery Flesh Pit National Park w/Trevor Roberts (9/28/21)

Warning: explicit language. Gillette's News & Record published a letter to the editor claiming same-sex attraction is like alcoholism and is curable, and we have some goddamn questions for their editorial staff. Also, what would a fully automated luxury communist solution to Wyoming's winter driving look like? Support us at patreon.com/solidarityhouse 

Solidarity Wyoming #27 -- Hate Speech in Gillette & Sh**ty Winter Driving Everywhere

Laramie reporter Jeff Victor joins the House to talk mask mandates and anti-maskers in Albany County, and brings a recording of audience members shouting down comments from the public, and public officials, at a school board meeting. Support Jeff's reporting, and read his article about the meeting, at laramiereporter.substack.com

Solidarity Wyoming #26 -- Unmasking Aggression w/ Jeff Victor (9/7/21)

Alexis and Matt talk about types of art that are cooperative and collaborative in both form and ideology, including the NYC performative collective Improv Everywhere (famous for their No Pants Subway performances) to the 1954 independent socialist-feminist film Salt of the Earth. No Pants Subway photo credit is Weekly Dig, via Creative Commons. We looked at Come Together: The Rise of Cooperative Art and Design by Francesco Spampinato (Princeton Architectural Press, 2014) in researching this episode. 

What is Cooperative Art? w/ Alexis Litzky (Solidarity Segments 8/28/21)

New members Nina & Jon describe dystopian L.A. and pass along some advice. Derek talks with Jordy, Madison & baby Lilia about the bus-to-home project. The comrades discuss their viewing of the 1954 independent film classic Salt of the Earth. 

Solidarity House #27 -- These Hands Are Rated for Everyone (8/23/21)

From a year ago, Aunty Fa remembers raging forest fires and the prior president. The comrades discuss contrasting theories of violence and nonviolence, as well as trauma and revolution, with Marco. Matt leads a song circle in "We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years."

Solidarity House #26 -- Fire (7/31/21)

We are very pleased to feature the Wyoming Red Star Coalition's Pedagogy of the Oppressed reading group: Adam and Mel from WRSC are joined by Matt from Tampa to summarize and reflect on Paulo Freire's classic text and what it means for their organizing efforts after the conclusion of the reading group. You can read the study guide at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yRcNdDVOG8xqupatM-CzQCHt59vXAIrR1hLqAtxd-I0/edit You can learn more about WRSC's work at https://www.facebook.com/wyoredcoalition/ ... and the Laramie Tenants' Association at https://www.facebook.com/LaramieTenantsAssociation/  

Issues in Socialism--Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed: A Discussion (7/12/21)

Members of the Collective are helping Jordy and Madison turn a bus into a home. We take you inside the gritty details of the project, from planning to deconstruction to parts and painstaking labor. Photos are available at: https://www.patreon.com/posts/53154782 Keep listening for more segments about the bus project! 

Introducing the Ultimate Solidarity Bus-to-Home Conversion Project (6/30/21)

Sudip Bhattacharya (@ResistRun on Twitter) and Matt Stannard talk about Sudip's article "The Limits of Descriptive Representation" and the need for a new way to think about political diversity. Read that article at: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/02/the-limits-of-descriptive-representation Also, Solidarity Collective hosts a discussion on replacing "A Fair Day's Wage for a Fair Day's Work" with "Abolition of the Wage System." 

Issues in Socialism: Sudip Bhattacharya on Liberal Disillusionment--also a Wage Abolition Forum (6/17/21)

Hannah Rooth visits Solidarity House, performs three songs including her recent technoproletarian song "Give Me that Gold," and talks with Matt about music, politics, and abolishing the prison-industrial complex. She is at wildhummusic.com and all over social media. Support her work at https://www.patreon.com/hannahroothmusic

Music, Vulnerability & Abolition with Hannah Rooth (Solidarity Segments 6/8/21)

The commies fix the window wells. As more members move in, there's discussion of greenhouse ventilation, junk removal, and planting. Nina Crosby talks to Matt about alt-right social media influencers. And there's original music. 

Solidarity House #25 -- This Old Commune w/ Nina Crosby (6/5/21)

A special conversation with Twin Cities activist Briana Rose Lee on the aftermath of the Chauvin trial, continued police repression, and a LONG LIST of good people organizing and creating new political realities in Minneapolis. Follow Briana on Twitter at @BrianaRoseLee 

Solidarity Segments: Military Occupation and Militant Organizing in Minneapolis feat. Briana Rose Lee (5/14/2021)

Donatellia Austin and Yana Ludwig discuss Yana's 2020 Senate campaign, running as an open socialist in Wyoming, how to market and graphically design a radical campaign, and what Wyoming identity is all about. Rihanna Kelver joins the Solidarity House crew to chat about current events in the state and read recent conservative Op-eds from local news sites. Support us at patreon.com/solidarityhouse

Solidarity Wyoming #25--The S Word in the WYO (5/14/21)

As communications and digital organizing manager for PICO California Project, Calvin Abbasi combines his imperatives for social and economic justice with practical legislative advocacy. We discuss current bills in California to decertify police officers. fund emergency non-police services, forgive rental debt, increase post-incarceration housing access, and guarantee legal aid for evictees. Support PICO at http://www.picocalifornia.org/.

Solidarity Segments -- Calvin Abbasi on Material Justice in California (4/30/21)

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