Tag Archives: Judah Schept

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | More“Organizing Everywhere” was a panel discussion at Redbud Books organized by the Monroe County anti-jail activist group, Care Not Cages. It convened four organizers involved in related struggles: two organizing against new county jails in Indiana, one in Fort Wayne and one in Bloomington; one Kentucky-based activist …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:03 — 26.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWhiteness: the privileges associated with one’s white skin color.  Racial divides have a starting point in America – Bacon’s Rebellion. This episode traces the origins of the rebellion and the role it played in beginning a long history of racial tension in America. Bacon’s Rebellion gave certain …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 26.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWe start off this week’s episode with an update on Marius Mason’s transfer to a men’s facility.  Marius is an imprisoned environmentalist who, in addition to waging an Earth Liberation Front sabotage campaign, was an important aboveground organizer for social movements in Indiana and Michigan for decades.  …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 26.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn 2008, Monroe County moved to build a new, expanded jail -framed as a “justice campus” using humanitarian rhetoric.  In response, a diverse group of local residents founded an organization called Decarcerate Monroe County (DMC). Judah Schept, who returns as our guest alongside Micol Seigel, was an …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 26.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | More In 2008, Monroe County moved to build a new, expanded jail -framed as a “justice campus” using humanitarian rhetoric.  In response, a diverse group of local residents founded an organization called Decarcerate Monroe County (DMC).  Here is how they later summarized their activities: “DMC’s framework included …