On September 17th, 2022, I witnessed something long believed to be impossible: a reunion of “The Original Misfits,” founder, songwriter, and vocalist Glenn “Danzig” Anzalone, bassist Jerry “Only” Caiafa, and guitarist Paul “Doyle” Caiafa. Danzig and Only are well into their sixth decade, with Doyle close behind. They have played a handful of gigs since […]
“The Monster is Actually the Police”: A Discussion with Travis Linnemann
We sat down with Travis Linnemann, a professor of sociology at Kansas State University and a distinguished cultural critic, to discuss his provocative research into the supposed meth epidemic and the ongoing humanitarian disaster of policing in the United States. Hard Crackers: Your first book Meth Wars (NYU Press, 2016) deals with the role of […]
Roe Overturned
no mas, no more babysitting in the doctor’s house waiting for infection to clear before the d & c, the abortion. When I woke the nurse say, You punched him, you punched the doctor. After a week, I flew “home” – nyc. October, 1967 I had missed the March on the Pentagon and used it […]
Abortion Struggles Beyond Voting: Women’s Liberation, Reproductive Care, and Dual Power
At recent pro-choice demonstrations, we have been told that the only way to protect abortion is to vote for Democrats in November. Yet the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade under a Democratic president, house, and senate. The Democrats appear more interested in fundraising off of Roe and attacking grassroots activists than they do fighting […]
Demand What You Really Want! An Interview with Jenny Brown
Jenny Brown is an organizer with the feminist group National Women’s Liberation. She was a leader in the grassroots campaign to make morning-after pill contraception available over the counter in the U.S. and was a plaintiff in the winning lawsuit. She is author of Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight over Women’s Work (PM Press) and Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle […]
American decline? Imperial reckoning. 40 years of Combat Rock by The Clash
Interrupting all programs, but we’re putting out this transmission…a review of the 40th anniversary reissue of The Clash’s Combat Rock. August 21st is Joe Strummer’s birthday. He would have been seventy years old. He died twenty years ago. “It could be anywhere. Most likely could be any frontier, any hemisphere. It’s No Man’s Land. There ain’t no […]