Part I: Who was La Malinche: aztec origin story, aztec imperialism, race traitor, etc Part 1.5: I am La Malinche from school to thinking I could help a revolution NOT started in my own neighborhoods. Part 2: My complicity with a racist classist magnet school system, etc. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/08/fresnos-segregation/567299/ https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2020/06/west-fresno-racism-black-communities/ https://projects.propublica.org/miseducation/district/061455...
Oct 18, 2021•49 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Guilty on all 3 counts. Chauvin in handcuffs, led from courtroom. Unicorn Riot on the streets livestreaming the George Floyd case verdict. Guilty. All 3 counts. [Below written while waiting for the verdict to be read, earlier today] American Verdict or AmeriKKKan Verdict? https://www.facebook.com/unicornriot.ninja/videos/474478437090846/?notif_id=1618948645748993&notif_t=live_video_explicit&ref=notif America, we have a constitution, yet it has never been fully enforced. Will it be enforc...
Apr 20, 2021•13 min•Season 3Ep. 8
It’s a story of a historically inclusive, friendly, nightlife hub in Fresno, symbolic of more than just a really old building that stands very tall among the other Tower District buildings, it’s the spot where Pride Parade stops and starts and it has hosted the Reel Pride Film Festival for decades now—Tower Theatre is also an icon of LGBTQIA civil rights in Fresno, and the diversity of people in Tower spans class, race, gender, sexuality; Tower Theatre is in the one single most diverse and inclu...
Apr 03, 2021•18 min•Season 2Ep. 7
The Atlanta shootings are currently being investigated as both a potential hate crime and as an act of sexist killings by an incel (although acting out on violent fantasies about women is generally more of a darkcel thing to do, as per their sexist ideology on being ‘red pilled’ versus being ‘black pilled’). From the Redpill Handbook, a collection of reddit incel essays being distributed as a kind of incel manifesto, to incelese, a coded dialect of English (includes words like “mogged”, i.e. "th...
Mar 18, 2021•10 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Join me as I interview Dr. Lars Maischak, history PhD and CSU lecturer, as we discuss the definition of fascism; who it applies to and who it does not. Dr. Maischak's background as both a history doctorate specializing in comparative American history, and his life experiences as a German émigré whose family was split between the Nazi side and the leftist, anti-Nazi side, gives the audience a deep, thorough, and historically accurate description of what defines fascism, and how it expresses itsel...
Mar 14, 2021•29 min•Season 3Ep. 2
In 2017, Dr. Lars Maischak, a professor of history at #CaliforniaStateUniversityFresno , tweeted about how history shows us Trump is a fascist, and that, historically, fascists must hang for fascism to die. Dr. Maischak is no stranger to fascism--his family was German leftists during #WWII ......his tweets reflected his life experience, his academic research, and his personal ethics. Not only was he attacked by Breitbart and the alt-right over the tweet, but he was also railroaded by the unive...
Feb 11, 2021•53 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Content warning: contains justification of capitol attack, and encouragement for repeated attacks against those who oppose the attacks and/or the the employment of James Hoak as Sierra Unifed School District board of Trustees member *(18 minutes and on) "[Samantha]: you guys are all subject to what's going on. And if you don't think that they're coming for you-they're coming for you.") #JamesHoak was elected to the school board of trustees for Sierra unified in CA recently and attended / was app...
Jan 13, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 4
F.I.A. Podcast Series with Dr. Lars Maischak - Episode 1: Two Sides of the Same Capitalist Coin This is the first podcast in a series of interviews with Dr. Lars Maischak, a history PhD from Germany who lectures at California State University, Fresno. This series is entitled, “Fascism in America” (F.I.A. Series) and looks at America through historical context, modern day events, and the lived experiences of Dr. Maischak, both his German lived experience, as well as his experiences recently in Am...
Dec 19, 2020•25 min•Season 3Ep. 3
The city of Fresno has received a large shipment of extra body bags in anticipation of a spike in COVID deaths. Businesses and large gatherings are largely vectors for rapid infection in a city, yet Sheriff Mims has formally pledged to not obey California state mandate laws and will not enforce penalties against businesses that do not follow state mandated mask policies and shut down orders. Meanwhile, the oversaturation of neighborhoods south of Shaw Avenue by police continues---disproportionat...
Dec 18, 2020•11 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Sheriff Mims previously refused to obey the CA mandate on COVID quarantine measures. I ask why she ignores a literal public health concern while ignoring another public health concern: overpolicing in areas south of Shaw ave, police brutality during traffic stops, and why businesses flouting the law with no fines while the rest of us get fined for a broken taillight is a type of class privilege. Also, Fresno's New police chief is from Oklahoma City. I recount what little I've seen of our new pol...
Dec 09, 2020•7 min•Season 3Ep. 1
After briefly talking about electoralism, I go into why I think art is essential for activism; it serves as a vent for the overburdened activist to get some respite from the grave and troubling issues they deal with on a daily. The title is a quote from anarchist Emma Goldman, "If I can't dance, I don't want to be a part of your revolution." That is pretty much the theme of the podcast for today. I chat about Asco, the Chicano art collective from decades ago that fought gentrification by tagging...
May 16, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 8
For this podcast, I will be talking to a man who alleges he was falsely accused of being in a gang. Sadly, this is not uncommon, as the ACLU has found. Several cities in America have already banned gang injunctions in the courts due to unconstitutionality and civil rights violations. Not so in Fresno, where half the city feels unfairly profiled and targeted for gang injunctions (South of Shaw) and the other half feels that the cries of racial profiling, false allegations, and excessive force com...
Apr 30, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Today on Radio Free Fresno, the host asks questions about how we can keep our community safe if there is little transparency for those being detained. Particularly, we should reinstate video conferencing visitation rights for inmates in the Fresno County Jail. Host also talks about the homeless in Fresno being forced to move around south Fresno as Fresno police do sweeps on their encampments in the middle of the Corona virus outbreak. Also, more on Four Thieves Vinegar, including what a main rep...
Mar 18, 2020•10 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Yesterday, March 13th, 2020, marked the closure of all schools, colleges, and universities in Fresno, CA due to the Corona virus. FUSD shut down classes through mid-April at the earliest. Fresno State switched to online classes (news links in caption on South of Shaw Media's channel on anchor.fm). It also marked a city-wide shopping frenzy that resulted in empty shelves in many stores across Fresno. Listen to Radio Free Fresno's host as she sips on 4 loko, tokes, and talks why NOW is the time fo...
Mar 14, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Corona Virus (COVID-19) in Fresno County https://abc7news.com/health/health-officials-confirm-first-case-of-coronavirus-in-fresno-county Capitalism, immigration, Fresno, and Medicare4All—what do all of these things have in common? The corona virus will spread faster and do more damage in Fresno due to “crisis” capitalism (that type of especially malevolent capitalism that feeds off manufactured scarcity during catastrophes), and the way the undocumented are being treated in Fresno county. We nee...
Mar 08, 2020•8 min•Season 1Ep. 4
This short monologue podcast is a trailer for an upcoming full length podcast on the topic of Fresno Gang Injunctions. This trailer is a brief background of gang injunctions and police predictive software. For the upcoming podcast, I will be talking to a man who alleges he was falsely accused of being in a gang. Sadly, this is not uncommon, as the ACLU has found. Several cities in America have already banned gang injunctions in the courts due to unconstitutionality and civil rights violations. N...
Feb 28, 2020•9 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Now on Radio Free Fresno: listen to Host chat with a mArXiSt (spongebob font to mock the red scare crowd). We talk capitalism, socialism, and how it relates to the Fresno Shaw Avenue race/class divide that splits the haves from the have-nots. We also talk about Oakland's hero moms, #Moms4Housing, who occupied a house to protest house flipping, gentrification, and to demand housing as a human right. Support S.O.S. Media on patreon for early access and more perks! Support South of Shaw Media and R...
Feb 14, 2020•31 min
Welcome to Radio Free Fresno, coming to you from the South of Shaw! In this episode, we're blessing our podcast by discussing the background of La Santisima Muerte, Santa Muerte, La Nina Blanca, Saint Death. She was originally for anyone, and was especially adored by those who were excluded from the Catholic church in Mexico. She has worldwide popularity, and I will be discussing her origin story before giving a brief overview of the aim of this podcast! *South of Shaw refers to an academically ...
Jan 12, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 1
