podcast friday
Feb. 17th, 2023 07:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabotabby I'm afraid you'll have to wait yet another week before the post about the fun podcast because things keep happening. So we're back to "It Could Happen Here" for another news-based tragedy.
On January 18, 26-year-old Manuel ‘Tortuguita’ Terán was murdered by Georgia State Patrol while defending the South River Forest in Atlanta. The circumstances of their death are murky, and multiple police and state agencies are clearly lying about what happened. Stop Cop City/Atlanta Forest Defence is at the nexus of various struggles—opposing police militarization, opposing gentrification, race, class, and climate catastrophe. Regardless of whether they shot in self-defence or (the more likely scenario) was framed after being murdered in cold blood, Tort gave their life for the community and the land.
Garr from the podcast has spent a considerable amount of time in the forest documenting the ongoing battle to stop the city bulldozing it in order to put a militarized police training compound there, They've interviewed people on the ground, involved in various levels of the movement, from the neighbours who flier and try to stop the project legally to the forest defenders who camp out and witness equipment that spontaneously combusts sometimes. But the murder of a forest defender changes the story dramatically, and their return to the forest to document the killing and its fallout is heartbreaking and dramatic.
I can't overstate what an incredible journalist Garr is. They've always been an excellent investigative reporter despite them being very young. Before this, they were probably best known for being the person who discovered Kyle Rittenhouse's real identity after he murdered two people at a protest. But their latest series is next level. It tells what's really a massive story, of the intersection of climate, state, fascism, and capital, and humanizes it in the figure of one dead activist and the people who loved them.
I think you should listen to the whole four-part series but I'll highlight the one that I think is the best one, "On the Ground at Stop Cop City, Part 2: Remembering Tortuguita."
From the description: Friends, loved ones, and comrades of Tortuguita share memories and stories of them. The Friday after the police killing, a vigil for Tort is held at Weelaunee People's Park.
Have some Kleenex nearby. It's intensely moving and there's a cover of "Bella Ciao" that is bringing everyone who hears it to tears.
On January 18, 26-year-old Manuel ‘Tortuguita’ Terán was murdered by Georgia State Patrol while defending the South River Forest in Atlanta. The circumstances of their death are murky, and multiple police and state agencies are clearly lying about what happened. Stop Cop City/Atlanta Forest Defence is at the nexus of various struggles—opposing police militarization, opposing gentrification, race, class, and climate catastrophe. Regardless of whether they shot in self-defence or (the more likely scenario) was framed after being murdered in cold blood, Tort gave their life for the community and the land.
Garr from the podcast has spent a considerable amount of time in the forest documenting the ongoing battle to stop the city bulldozing it in order to put a militarized police training compound there, They've interviewed people on the ground, involved in various levels of the movement, from the neighbours who flier and try to stop the project legally to the forest defenders who camp out and witness equipment that spontaneously combusts sometimes. But the murder of a forest defender changes the story dramatically, and their return to the forest to document the killing and its fallout is heartbreaking and dramatic.
I can't overstate what an incredible journalist Garr is. They've always been an excellent investigative reporter despite them being very young. Before this, they were probably best known for being the person who discovered Kyle Rittenhouse's real identity after he murdered two people at a protest. But their latest series is next level. It tells what's really a massive story, of the intersection of climate, state, fascism, and capital, and humanizes it in the figure of one dead activist and the people who loved them.
I think you should listen to the whole four-part series but I'll highlight the one that I think is the best one, "On the Ground at Stop Cop City, Part 2: Remembering Tortuguita."
From the description: Friends, loved ones, and comrades of Tortuguita share memories and stories of them. The Friday after the police killing, a vigil for Tort is held at Weelaunee People's Park.
Have some Kleenex nearby. It's intensely moving and there's a cover of "Bella Ciao" that is bringing everyone who hears it to tears.
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Date: 2023-02-17 06:21 pm (UTC)Re: *
Date: 2023-02-17 09:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-02-17 09:11 pm (UTC)It's not like I wasn't going to listen to this, but goddamn it already
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Date: 2023-02-17 09:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-02-18 12:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-02-18 12:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-02-18 12:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-03-11 04:04 pm (UTC)https://thenarcissistcookbook.bandcamp.com/track/bella-ciao-for-weelaunee-forest
Damn it's good.
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Date: 2023-02-18 01:44 am (UTC)OK, I gotta start listening to this podcast.
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Date: 2023-02-18 01:47 am (UTC)They followed the four-parter up with an episode about raising backyard chickens, which was very cute and happy.
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Date: 2023-02-18 03:01 am (UTC)Kyle Rittenhouse's real identity after he murdered two people at a protest
You can't smear this reputation like that! He was totally acquitted! He's the inspiration for the Hyle H. Rittenhouse Congressional Gold Medal Act!
A model citizen who *checks notes* was "hero who defended his community, protected businesses, and acted lawfully in the face of lawlessness".
God, America is stupid.
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Date: 2023-02-18 11:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-02-18 11:55 am (UTC)I just heard earlier today some tales from Argentinia's "Disappearances" so I am not surprised, and yet... here we are.
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Date: 2023-02-18 11:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-02-18 12:04 pm (UTC)But the economy has always been complicated. :/
Spontaneous burnings are the best burnings.
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Date: 2023-02-18 05:31 am (UTC)Bookmarking this.
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Date: 2023-02-18 11:47 am (UTC)