James Tracy Talks About Activism and His Book: Hillybilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power

Organizing: We take on harm reduction, labour organizing, what happens if we succeed in dismantling capitalism, and why we need access to nature — Can we actually find labour that is not extractive but meaningful and fulfilling, and so. much. more!

So…next time you’re at Thanksgiving Dinner, why don’t you ask around and find out a little more about your cousins? Maybe you might have an activist sitting next to you?

My northern California cousin is in the Wild and Precious House this week — I feel really blessed / lucky to be able to talk with James Tracy, long-time social justice organizer in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is the founder of the San Francisco Community Land Trust and has been active in the Eviction Defense Network and the Coalition On Homelessness, SF. He has edited two activist handbooks for Manic D Press: The Civil Disobedience Handbook and The Military Draft Handbook. His articles have appeared in Left Turn, Race Poverty and the Environment, and Contemporary Justice Review.

He’s also in conversation at an event tomorrow night 7:00 PST through San Francisco State University called Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Amy Sonnie and James Tracy, reading and in conversation.

This is the first part of what likely will be 3 part conversation on topics ranging from labour, organizing, working toward a just society and onward from there.

This stuff is important — wouldn’t it be lovely to start with ourselves, create functional families, and then…one day, live in functional communities? I think it’s possible. It all starts with us doing the necessary work to learn to love ourselves (even the mucky unlovable bits)

Notes:

* James Tracy Author — This is where it all starts.

* Linton Kwesi Johnson— Wow - singer mentioned in the podcast

* And Beauty for All

* Jeannie Little

* Sarah L. Jaffe

* Nancy Fraser

* Wild and Precious Patreon — Contribute if you feel like it. Or don’t - that is more than okay!

* Wild and Precious Newsletter

* Wild and Precious Blog

Onward. As we heal the otherness in us, in our communities, in our world.

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