Hard Left News

Hard Left News

An important, no-nonsense show featuring leftist, BIPOC & Queer voices discussing current events, history, community, and direct action. Remember, none of this is new! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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March 3, 2025 47 mins

In this episode Calpi, Clay & Todd talk with Queer & Genderqueer Author, Dog Trainer & Freelance Writer Sassafras (Lowrey) Patterdale. Their first book, Kicked Out, is an anthology written by & about the experiences of unhoused queer youth. When Kicked Out was first published back in 2010 around 40% of unhoused youth openly identified as LGBTQ+. In the face of the recent Grants Pass v Johnson ruling and aggressive r...

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Your online presence & device usage pose certain security risks. What can you do about it?


It can be really difficult to know where to start in your efforts to be more safe about your online presence. Because of this we’ll be producing a series of detailed how-to videos, providing a ton of resources, starting from a foundation of Security Culture, helping you to understand the changes you & your community can make to lim...

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February 17, 2025 72 mins

In this episode of Hard Left News Calpi & Todd had an important talk with Author, Educator & Activist Race Bannon. We all discussed Race’s most recent book, his history of activism, politics & direct action, fascism and what that means for the kink, queer, trans and non-binary communities, as well as vetting and creating safer spaces.


Race Bannon has been an organizer, writer, publisher, educator, commentator, leader...

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January 26, 2025 33 mins

Accidental activist @theempresscjj talks with us about Moms for Liberty tactics, intimidation, and neofascist values. M4L started in Red States but as their funding increases exponentially, they are taking over school boards all over the US. Where did these tactics come from? Where and when will it end?


Originally posted for Fire & Water News


TheEmpressCJJ on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theempresscjj

Hugs & Holy Fi...

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Morris DuBois III talks with Luis Itorio (787) about US Imperialism & Colonialism, navigating and letting go of the Colonized Mindset. What are Puerto Rico’s options as a US Colony? What do the people of PR really want? It turns out that most US Citizens have no idea what the Island’s relationship is to the US. This is why Luis is committed to educating people about Puerto Rico & it’s history using his social media presence...

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As an intro to some of the important conversations we have with people in our community, here’s a Moment of Truth with Ami Chen Mills / Talk of the Bay episode (on KSQD) we did earlier this year with Annie Powers. Annie Powers on the history of political action of the unhoused and the impact of Grants Pass v Johnson.

Annie Powers is a PhD candidate in the Luskin Department of History at UCLA. Annie is a historian of homeless people...

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As an introduction to some of the conversations we have with people in our community, here’s a Subspace Exploration Project episode we did earlier this year with Nate Lundin.


In this episode Todd, Clay, and Ronen talk with Nathaniel Lundin, E-RYT, human physiology nerd, about social health and it’s impact on others. About how community, social and political structures directly impact our health, happiness and safety. From dyspho...

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November 26, 2024 3 mins

An important, no-nonsense show featuring leftist, BIPOC & Queer voices discussing current events, history, community, and direct action.


None of this is new!


We are a team of Queer & BIPOC individuals committed to building healthy communities. We have learned quite a lot about preserving and sharing history, and the barriers capitalism creates to slow and prevent the dissemination of culture & community history.

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