Solidarity House Cooperative
156 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsSolidarity House, Cowboys on the Commons, & Solidarity Wyoming Podcasts: Communal Living and Cooperative Activism
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Solidarity House #37 -- Gotta Go Into Town for Supplies, Ma (9/12/22)
September 12, 2022 22:29 - 57 minutes - 59.3 MBOur guest is Shane DeLeon of the Billings, Montana-based pop band Miss Massive Snowflake. He's the founder of Kirk's Grocery Music venue and recording studio. Then, comrades discuss the commune's transition to car-sharing and electric vehicle inclusion--and how you can help. Shane and the band's music is at https://missmassivesnowflake.com/ Our Facebook motor pool fundraiser is here: https://www.facebook.com/donate/627176805362132/ The GoFundMe link is https://www.gofundme.com/f/solidarity-c...
Solidarity House #36: On Herbal Abortion (8/26/22)
August 26, 2022 15:46 - 23 minutes - 26.5 MBContent Warning: discussions of abortion, unsafe abortion, discrimination, and death. Felix discusses herbalism and the tough subject of herbal abortifacients--their dangers, and safer alternatives. Support us at patreon.com/solidarityhouse to keep this content coming!
White Cat Pink Visits Solidarity House (Solidarity Music & Art Series 8/13/22)
August 13, 2022 15:10 - 37 minutes - 35.9 MBMore interviews with the heroes who build and sustain our Northern Front & Wyoming music scene! From the Andromeda Galaxy, by way of Colorado, we bring you White Cat Pink. Visit him at whitecatpink.com. He brings a Genesis- and Bowie-inspired repertoire and is a great supporter of the local DIY scene in Wyoming and Colorado. You can find White Cat Pink's music at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClbI0b0P2SKeBHxaIZ73S5g Support us at patreon.com/solidarityhouse
Solidarity House Music & Art Series: Alex of the Greenhouse (8/7/22)
August 08, 2022 02:50 - 32 minutes - 31.6 MBWe kick off our new Solidarity Music & Art series by speaking with Alex Soveroski, owner of Laramie underground venue The Greenhouse, a key venue for the local music scene. We hope you enjoy the new series!
Solidarity House #35 -- Big Decisions (5/24/22)
May 24, 2022 19:24 - 55 minutes - 43.8 MBThere are big decisions coming up at Solidarity Collective--we need to re-finance, sell, or otherwise modify arrangements about the commune property this year. Angel, Damian, Aunty Fa and Matt have a discussion about the big and small questions involved in keeping the commune going. The opening music includes words written by Laura Marx about French harassment of leftists in the immediate wake of the Paris Commune. You can find her entire account at https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/bio/...
Solidarity House #34 -- Social Animals (4/30/22)
May 01, 2022 02:13 - 42 minutes - 43.5 MBBefore he left Solidarity Collective, Derek did some animal imitations. Also, Damian and Sara have a lot to say about our ongoing rabbit project. Join us on social media: facebook.com/solidarityhousecooperative, @solidarityWY on Twitter, @solidarityhousecooperative and animalsofsolidarityhouse on Instagram, and now @solidaritycollectivewyo on TikTok
Lord of the Dunes: on meaningful science fiction (Solidarity Segments 4/15/22)
April 16, 2022 02:07 - 39 minutes - 27.6 MBMara, AuntyFa and Matt discuss current and past science fiction movies including remakes of Dune and the Stand, Space Sweepers and the Arrival; Netflix series the 3 Percent and Altered Carbon, and sci fi musicals Future Folk and 1000 Airplanes on the Roof. Support us at patreon.com/solidarityhouse
Solidarity Wyoming #31 -- The Fight for Medicaid Expansion (4/6/22)
April 06, 2022 18:59 - 24 minutes - 21.3 MBAngel & AuntyFa discuss the ongoing fight for Medicaid Expansion in Wyoming.
Farewell to Derek--Glob Be With You Til We Meet Again (3/31/22)
April 01, 2022 04:56 - 25 minutes - 15.8 MBDerek is heading back home to help out his family. Here he reflects on what made him want to join Solidarity Collective, his political values, how the commune is working and not working, and what he'll miss (spoiler alert: it's tending the chickens). A poignant and bittersweet discussion with an extremely tall comrade.
Solidarity House #33 -- The Dumpster Diving Ethos (3/2/22)
March 03, 2022 00:33 - 1 hour - 48.2 MBWe discuss the ethos, safety considerations, and etiquette of dumpster diving, and what it was like for some members to be quarantined at the commune with a case of Covid-19.
Solidarity House #32 -- Labor Disunion (1/28/22)
January 28, 2022 07:12 - 32 minutes - 24 MBThree comrades discuss the ongoing difficulties establishing labor equity at Solidarity Collective.
Solidarity Wyoming #30: Fascism--What it is and how to fight it in Wyoming and beyond (1/12/22)
January 13, 2022 04:15 - 17 minutes - 18.3 MBWhat is fascism? What fascist and fascist-leaning groups exist in Wyoming? Why is it significant that a handful of Wyoming political leaders and several cops belong to extremist nationalist groups? How can we fight against their influence? What organizations in Wyoming can we join to strengthen the fight? Works cited in this presentation include: Report: White Supremacist Links to Law Enforcement Are an Urgent Concern; Report: The Militia Movement (2020); Whistleblower list names Wyo GOP ch...
Introducing the Law Ain’t Order Podcast & the Story of Selena Not Afraid (1/3/22)
January 04, 2022 04:58 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MBSolidarity House Cooperative is honored to share the premiere episode of Law Ain't Order, an important new podcast by our friend and collaborator Emma Jane. 16-year-old Selena Not Afraid started the night of New Years Eve 2019 at home with her mom. When plans changed spontaneously, she decided to go out and see a friend. Selena's mom had no reason to think that her daughter wouldn't make it home safely. But like far too many other Native American women and girls, Selena went out for the nigh...
Solidarity Wyoming #29 -- So 2021 Happened (w/ Riverton Peace Mission’s Chesie Lee)
January 01, 2022 13:13 - 40 minutes - 31.7 MBWe talk to Chesie Lee of the Riverton Peace Mission, an anti-colonialist community action center in central Wyoming, about efforts in 2021 and 2022 to demand accountability in the still unresolved 2019 police killing of Andy Antelope. Then a bunch of us get together to talk 2021 Wyoming politics--failing fascism, corrupt cops, attacks on librarians and more. PLEASE support the Riverton Peace Mission at this link. Lots of good Wyofile reporting discussed on this episode, check them out here. ...
Solidarity House #31 -- Tell Me about the Rabbits, Comrade (12/22/21)
December 22, 2021 19:55 - 46 minutes - 38.5 MBWe got bunnies!!! Members of the commune discuss getting the rabbits, their role in the farm businesses, building a hutch, and other things about the land, life, and plans of Solidarity Collective. We've posted pictures of all the bunnies on our Facebook and Twitter pages! https://www.facebook.com/SolidarityHouseCooperative and @solidarityWY
”Stop Holding Your Breath” -- Kshama Sawant on Beating the Recall and Working Class Unity (12/17/21)
December 17, 2021 17:15 - 23 minutes - 19.3 MBSeattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant talks to Matt Stannard about beating the right-wing recall effort, the importance of Marxism and the role of electoral politics. Support the independent media work of Solidarity House at patreon.com/solidarityhouse. Kshama Sawant photo courtesy of Seattle City Council
Solidarity House #30 -- Making All Our Saving Throws (12/8/21)
December 08, 2021 09:31 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBThe commune holds its fourth annual retreat (lol sorry haters we've made it four years), discusses the knapweed problem on the land, delivers the annual State of the Commune Report, and plays a game of politically conscious (if occasionally dirty) D&D.
Solidarity House #29 -- We‘re a Countermarket Force (11/24/21)
November 25, 2021 21:07 - 51 minutes - 48.7 MBActivist blogger Emma Jane talks about missing and murdered indigenous women and the upcoming debut of the Law Ain't Order Podcast. Aunty Fa and Matt discuss both the overwhelm and the empowerment of the commune. The commies play Cthulhu: Death May Die.
Solidarity Wyoming #28--The Not-So-Special Session (or, Wyoming GOP Wins Participation Trophy) (11/12/21)
November 12, 2021 19:26 - 27 minutes - 26.6 MBWe discuss the failed "Special Legislative Session" pushed by the far right legislators in Wyoming's GOP, and what that failure means for the power of the party's rightmost wing. Support us at patreon.com/solidarityhouse
SoliSCARITY House 2021: The Impalement
October 30, 2021 23:36 - 1 hour - 109 MBWarning: Explicit language and graphic descriptions! It's our second annual Halloween special! Nightmare Theater writer and actor Chip Chism visits our haunted mansion to give his list of the weirdest horror movies. The corpsical comrades share their favorite North American folklore-based spectres and monsters. Angel talks about queerness in the movie Hellraiser. The skunk-ape picture is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_ape#/media/File:Myakka_ape_photograph.jpg -- Chip Chism's Nigh...
Capitalism, Ethics & Gender: Brecht‘s Good Person of Szechwan (Solidarity Segments 10/28/21)
October 30, 2021 15:34 - 51 minutes - 51 MBHow is Brecht's The Good Person of Szechwan like the movie Trading Places? Shawn, Alexis and Matt discuss the play, Bertolt Brecht's treatment of "crossdressing," and the impossibility of ethics under capitalism. Alexis also reads Brecht's short story "The Job." PLEASE support us at patreon.com/solidarityhouse.
Solidarity House #28--Committees, Dead Animals & P**P (9/28/21)
September 28, 2021 19:26 - 56 minutes - 39.5 MBNina, 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.
Solidarity Segments: Mystery Flesh Pit National Park w/Trevor Roberts (9/28/21)
September 28, 2021 17:03 - 57 minutes - 40.9 MBTrevor 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 Wyoming #27 -- Hate Speech in Gillette & Sh**ty Winter Driving Everywhere
September 19, 2021 17:53 - 31 minutes - 29.6 MBWarning: 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 #26 -- Unmasking Aggression w/ Jeff Victor (9/7/21)
September 07, 2021 18:07 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBLaramie 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
What is Cooperative Art? w/ Alexis Litzky (Solidarity Segments 8/28/21)
August 28, 2021 15:16 - 50 minutes - 50.3 MBAlexis 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 ...
Solidarity House #27 -- These Hands Are Rated for Everyone (8/23/21)
August 23, 2021 23:01 - 56 minutes - 53.1 MBNew 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 #26 -- Fire (7/31/21)
July 31, 2021 18:59 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBFrom 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."
Issues in Socialism--Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed: A Discussion (7/12/21)
July 12, 2021 14:59 - 1 hour - 44.1 MBWe 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/wyoredcoa...
Introducing the Ultimate Solidarity Bus-to-Home Conversion Project (6/30/21)
July 01, 2021 06:01 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBMembers 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!
Issues in Socialism: Sudip Bhattacharya on Liberal Disillusionment--also a Wage Abolition Forum (6/17/21)
June 18, 2021 00:40 - 1 hour - 80 MBSudip 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."
Music, Vulnerability & Abolition with Hannah Rooth (Solidarity Segments 6/8/21)
June 08, 2021 17:50 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBHannah 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
Solidarity House #25 -- This Old Commune w/ Nina Crosby (6/5/21)
June 05, 2021 14:36 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBThe 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 Segments: Military Occupation and Militant Organizing in Minneapolis feat. Briana Rose Lee (5/14/2021)
May 15, 2021 22:30 - 1 hour - 54 MBA 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 Wyoming #25--The S Word in the WYO (5/14/21)
May 14, 2021 22:43 - 1 hour - 87.5 MBDonatellia 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 Segments -- Calvin Abbasi on Material Justice in California (4/30/21)
May 01, 2021 03:44 - 30 minutes - 26.7 MBAs 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 Wyoming #24 -- Landlords & Cops & Chuds Oh My! (4/25/21)
April 25, 2021 17:21 - 53 minutes - 50.2 MBPart 2 of our interview with Laramie reporter Jeff Victor covers the relationship between a City Council member and Laramie's worst landlord. Members of the Solidarity House team discuss the highlights and follies of the 2021 Wyoming legislative season, including, among many other things, Rep. Jeremy Haroldson's comments on slavery and the Holocaust. Jeff's key articles on a landlord and entangled city leader are here: https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/maximus-bossarei-the-...
Issues in Socialism: Religious Socialism Past & Present feat. Russell Arben Fox (4/20/21)
April 21, 2021 00:27 - 36 minutes - 32.3 MBWe talk with Russell Arben Fox of Wichita DSA and the Religion and Socialism Working Group about religious socialism in the past (including 19th Century Mormon communalism) and present, as well as the upcoming conference "Building the Religious Left" which takes place THIS Saturday April 24 and Sunday April 25. You can learn more and register here: https://www.dsausa.org/calendar/building-the-religious-left-dsa-religion-socialism-conference/
Solidarity Wyoming #23 -- the all-Laramie episode about curbing abuse of power (4/12/21)
April 12, 2021 19:07 - 43 minutes - 42 MBDerek and Matt discuss the Laramie City Council's police oversight working group. Then we hear part one of our interview with Jeff Victor, the Laramie-based independent journalist who broke the story on the unbelievably evil landlord Maximus Bossarei and the failure of the Albany County Sheriff's office to serve Bossarei the numerous times he's been sued. Matt's post on the working group is here: https://cowboysonthecommons.org/2021/04/09/laramies-cautious-police-reform-moves-forward/ Jeff ...
Issues in Socialism --J. Sakai's Settlers Part 2 (3/31/21)
March 31, 2021 21:52 - 34 minutes - 32 MBShawn and Derek of Solidarity House Cooperative discuss the second half of J. Sakai's important book Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat, covering such issues as the tendency of white left groups to ignore indigenous land seizures, the weakness of colonial powers' communist and labor movements, and the need for socialists to embrace anti-colonialism. Part 1 of our discussion on this important book is at https://solidarityhouse.podbean.com/e/issues-in-socialism-trans-identity-and...
Rights of Nature -- Upcoming Workshop w/ Kat Houghton (Solidarity Segment 3/18/21)
March 18, 2021 16:48 - 14 minutes - 12.8 MBKat Houghton of Community Roots discusses rights of nature laws, ordinances, and political strategies, and previews a Friday, March 19 workshop, which you can RSVP for at https://fb.me/e/467Bm4mMH
Solidarity House #24 -- Mr. Tar Sands is on Line 3 Boss -- featuring Briana Rose Lee (3/14/2021)
March 14, 2021 18:10 - 1 hour - 77.4 MBBriana Rose Lee joins Matt from Minneapolis to discuss the fight against approval of the Line 3 Pipeline extension. Yana Ludwig and members of her 2020 Senate campaign team reminisce about the challenges of campaigning from the left in Wyoming. Plus we have fragments of brand new, original music! More about the fight against Line 3 at https://mn350.org/ and https://www.stopline3.org/.
HB 206, Wyoming Workers, and the Fight for $15 (March 11, 2021 Forum)
March 12, 2021 23:07 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBWyoming's Republican-dominated legislature killed HB 206 without a hearing. The bill would have increased minimum wage to $15/hr and removed exceptions for tipped workers and youth. Next year, we'll be ready, and this forum on March 11 covered the fight for $15 matters in Wyoming, and across the country. Speakers include HB 206 sponsors Rep. Karlee Provenza and Andi Clifford, Seattle #fightfor15 organizer Jason Call, and Southeast Wyo DSA members Amanda Barnes and Barry McCann. Co-spon...
Solidarity Wyoming #22 -- Chuck Gray's Fossil Fuel Farce (2/26/21)
February 26, 2021 18:45 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBMatt and Derek discuss Wyoming's Republicans' fossil fuel persecution complex including Rep. Chuck Gray's embarrassing comments blaming wind turbines for Texas's power outages, and the sweetheart deal between the Department of Interior and Eagle Specialty Minerals in the Blackjewel bankruptcy.
Solidarity House #23 -- The Winter Survival Episode (2/15/21)
February 16, 2021 16:53 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBAdam from Wyoming Red Star Coalition joins us to talk about the group's new reading series (which you should join--it starts today!). Yana talks about job-hunting under capitalism, from the dehumanization of the labor market to creating good practices in a terrible system. And, we announce our upcoming Solidarity Collective Winter Survival Auction. Wyoming Red Star Coalition (with info on the reading group) is here: https://www.facebook.com/wyoredcoalition More info on our Winter Survival...
Solidarity Segments -- Nina Marie Lozano on her book Not One More! Feminicidio on the Border (2/9/21)
February 09, 2021 13:16 - 57 minutes - 52.1 MBActivist, writer and communication professor Nina Marie Lozano talks to Matt about her book Not One More! Feminicidio on the Border, the politics of the border, and the effects of neoliberal capitalism on working class women in Juarez.
Issues in Socialism: Trans Identity and Socialist History & An Introduction to J. Sakai's Settlers
February 08, 2021 22:59 - 1 hour - 68.2 MBDominique talks with Matt about trans identity and the mixed history of communist and socialist movements on gender and sexual liberation--and the role of indigenist and anti-colonialist thought in trans liberation. Shawn and Derek discuss J. Sakai's Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat. Support us at patreon.com/solidarityhouse
Issues in Socialism -- Marxism is Trans! featuring Kelli Potter (1/31/2020)
January 31, 2021 18:41 - 47 minutes - 42.1 MBMatt Stannard talks with Kelli Potter about how Marxism and dialectical materialism cohere with nonbinary realities of sex and gender, and the importance of socialist transgender activism. Kelli Potter is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Utah Valley University and an organizer with The Party for Socialism and Liberation. Her academic work focuses on the philosophy of religion and gender. Her most recent published article was "Trans and Mutable Bodies" in the Routledge Handbook on Mormoni...
Solidarity Wyoming #21 Coronavirus Likes This, Cheyenne Edition w/ Lindsey Hanlon (1/11/21)
January 11, 2021 21:45 - 51 minutes - 45.4 MBWyoming blogger Lindsey Hanlon joins Matt to discuss the January 4 pro-covid (anti-health measure) demonstration in Cheyenne. Please support Lindsey's patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TheFeministLipstique and check out her other fantastic work @thefeministlipstique on Tik Tok and https://thefeministlipstique.com/.
Solidarity Wyoming #20 -- Coal's False Hope featuring Lynne Huskinson (12/11/2020)
December 11, 2020 22:44 - 22 minutes - 18.8 MBThe coal industry is kaput in Wyoming. When Lynne Huskinson got laid off after 39 years as a coal miner, she decided to run for state House of Representatives on one of the most progressive, honest-about-energy platforms in the Wyoming election of 2020. Here's her story.