Which Side: A Vegan Anarchist Podcast

Episode 218: We talk with Smaragda Louw of the Ban Animal Trading - South Africa. Ban Animal Trading is a non profit company, based in Gauteng. BAT focuses on local investigations into various forms of animal abuse and neglect. BAT also deals with educational outreach to help South Africans understand animal rights. BAT does not support illegal activism and prides itself on working closely with SAPS, the NSPCA and local council committees. BAT is committed to confronting and eradicating animal exploitation and abuse in all industries that benefit from the misery and suffering of sentient creatures. Compassion in Action is the slogan we live by, and our varied campaigns serve to provide our passionate and heroic supporters with a platform upon which to become directly involved in taking action and, in so doing, bringing about change to prevailing norms and standards as well as to outdated and inappropriate legislation. BAT views ongoing educational initiatives as the most crucial mechanism by which to achieve

Episode 217: We talk with Rebecca Buck of the Eric King Support Crew. Eric G. King, a 30-year-old vegan anarchist, was arrested and charged with an attempted firebombing of a government official's office in Kansas City, MO in September 2014. Eric was being charged with throwing a hammer through a window of the building, followed by two lit Molotov cocktails. The criminal complaint states that both incendiary devices failed to ignite. Eric was identified as a suspect by local police because he had previously come under suspicion for anti-government and anti-police graffiti. On March 3, 2016, he accepted a non-cooperating plea agreement to one count of using "explosive materials to commit arson of property used in or affecting interstate commerce."Then almost three months later on June 28th, at the federal courthouse in Kansas City, Missouri. Eric King was sentenced to ten years, the statutory minimum and maximum for the charge he plead guilty to. His release date is June 2nd, 2023. Since his arrest and subsequ

Episode 216: This week we bring you another installment of our Which Side: Lectures series. This presentation was given by Harsha Waliaon of No One is Illegal during the 2010 Olympics Resistance. The Lecture is called: "10 Points On The Black Bloc". In this lecture, Harsha Walia speaks about the diversity of tactics strategy and the black bloc tactic and experiences of the tactic in the context of 2010 Olympics resistance, Heart Attack. #fsd You can find out more about Which Side: Lectures and all the other podcasts in the collective by visiting: http://whichsidecollective.org Help Contribute: Anyone is free to contribute lectures they've recorded from events they've attended or speeches they have given. We actually encourage it… So please send your audio or video recordings to Lectures@WhichSideCollective.org #fsd Episode Sponsor: This weeks episode is sponsored by The Which Side Media Collective! Did you know proceeds from the which side media collective store go towards helping vario

Episode 215: We talk with Keachia M. Bowers Keachia Bowers is a Registered Clinical Social Work Intern and founder of Movements for Change, LLC where she provides therapeutic services that facilitate life growth and transformation.  Keachia promotes heart-centered healing and radical self-love as the foundation of her work within the community.  She creates customized healing workshops such as Vision Boarding for all audiences.  Her passion for healing is based on the reality that everyone needs a non-judgmental listening ear to support them towards optimum emotional health.  Over the past year, Keachia has transformed communities, serving over 500 students within Dade and Broward County.  She's worked with organizations such as Honey Shine, inc., Broward libraries, The Department of Juvenile Justice and Broward College.  More recently, Keachia's portfolio expanded with an invitation to be a guest on South Florida's Hot 105.1 fm, The Jill Tracy Show; bringing awareness to listen

Episode 214: We talk with Lori Marino, Ph.D.; Board President and Executive Director of The Whale Sanctuary Project, Founder and Executive Director of The Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy, Nonhuman Rights Project Science Director, Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology and a Faculty Affiliate of the Center for Ethics at Emory University. Lori is internationally known for her work on the evolution of the brain and intelligence in dolphins and whales and comparisons to primates.  In 2001 she co-authored a ground-breaking study offering the first conclusive evidence for mirror self-recognition in bottlenose dolphins, after which she decided against further research with captive animals. She is the author of over 100 empirical and review papers on dolphin and primate brain evolution and behavior, and human-nonhuman animal relationships, including the psychological and philosophical bases of animal exploitation and, more specifically, critiques of dolphin assisted therapy and other captivity

Episode 213: We talk with Amanda Schemkes. We discuss the Cleveland 4, connecting movements, security culture, activism, cointelpro, knowing your rights, animal rights, veganism, anarchism & much more. #fsd About the Cleveland 4: The Cleveland 4 were four Occupy Cleveland activists, Brandon, Connor, Doug and Joshua "Skelly."  They were arrested on April 30th, 2012. They were accused of plotting a series of bombings, including that of an area bridge.  However, the real story is that the FBI, working with an informant, created the scheme, produced the explosives, and coerced these four into participating.           Connor, Doug, and Brandon took non cooperating plea deals and pled guilty to all charges.  The judge applied a "terrorist enhancement" charge to each of them, elongating their sentences as well as subjecting them to harsher prison conditions.  Doug is serving 11.5 years, Brandon 9 years 9 months, and Connor 8 years 1 month.  

Episode 212: This week we bring you another installment of our Which Side: Lectures series. This presentation was given by Lauren Regan, Jonathan Paul, and Amanda Schemkes in 2015 in Portland, Oregon at the Resistance Ecology Conference & was recorded by Jeff Wirth of Burning Hearts Media. The Lecture is called: "Resistance & Repression". You can find out more about Which Side: Lectures and all the other podcasts in the collective by visiting: http://whichsidecollective.org Help Contribute: Anyone is free to contribute lectures they've recorded from events they've attended or speeches they have given. We actually encourage it… So please send your audio or video recordings to Lectures@WhichSideCollective.org #fsd Episode Sponsor: This weeks episode is sponsored by Which Side Media Collective! Now until the end of December all Gift Cards at the Which Side Media Collective store are 25% off! Get Some Now: http://www.whichsidecollective.org/product/gift-cards/ W

Episode 211: We talk with Robin Raven; Author of the children's book: Santa's First Vegan Christmas. We discuss her book, get a 10 year old vegan's perspective of it via a book report, salivate our taste buds over good vegan food, talk animal rights, veganism & much more. #fsd Episode Sponsor: This weeks episode is sponsored by Which Side Media Collective! Now until the end of December all Gift Cards at the Which Side Media Collective store are 25% off! Get Some Now: http://www.whichsidecollective.org/product/gift-cards/ Episode Music: Bless This Morning Year - Helios Elegy - Tycho Which Side Are You On - Für Brot und Freiheit Listener Shout Out: No Listener Shout Out this week. Did you know you can shout out anything you desire and help support the show in the process? By donating at least $10 individuals can tell us what to say & be a featured listener shout out during an episode. We will mention your kindness towards the beginning of our episode and shout out whatever you desire.

Episode 210: We talk with Jan Smitowicz; . Author of: REBEL HELL: Disabled Vegan Goes to Prison, Orange Rain and Redwood Falls; We discuss pacifism, prison, toxic masculinity, katrina relief, drug crimes, militancy, undercover animal cruelty investigations, veganism & much more. #fsd Episode Sponsor: This weeks episode is sponsored by Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar! We purchased a bulk order of calendars and will be throwing in a FREE calendar on all orders over $15 at the Which Side Media Collective store while supplies last. No promo code needed. Episode Music: Catastrophe and the Cure - Explosions In the Sky Knocking On Forbidden Doors - Enigma Which Side Are You On - Für Brot und Freiheit Listener Shout Out: No Listener Shout Out this week. Did you know you can shout out anything you desire and help support the show in the process? By donating at least $10 individuals can tell us what to say & be a featured listener shout out during an episode. We will menti

Episode 209: We talk with Ken Damro; Hunter gone Vegan. We discuss life as a hunter turned vegan, happy meat, vegan permaculture, gardening, veganism & much more. #fsd Episode Sponsor: This weeks episode is sponsored by Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar! We purchased a bulk order of calendars and will be throwing in a FREE calendar on all orders over $15 at the Which Side Media Collective store while supplies last. No promo code needed. Episode Music: Open - Com Truise Kong - Bonobo Which Side Are You On - Für Brot und Freiheit Listener Shout Out: This weeks Listener Shout Out comes from Nora Belrose. Nora had this to say: "You guys are awesome! As a vegan anarchist myself, it's great to have a podcast to listen to with so many cool guests. If I'm ever in Salt Lake I'd love to meet up with you guys and say hi." Did you know you can shout out anything you desire and help support the show in the process? By donating at least $10 individuals can tell us what to say &

Episode 208: We talk with Sara Falconer & Daniel McGowan. We discuss the Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar, Supporting Prisoners, Old Times, Kinko Runs, Rush, Cake & much more. #fsd What's up with this goon? Listen to find out! Episode Sponsor: This weeks episode is sponsored by Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar! We purchased a bulk order of calendars and will be throwing in a FREE calendar on all orders over $15 at the Which Side Media Collective store while supplies last. No promo code needed. October 31st is the last day to get all totes at the Which Side Media Collective store on sale for only $7.50! Check them out: http://www.whichsidecollective.org/product-category/all/totes/ Episode Music: Your Hand In Mine - Explosions In the Sky They Move On Tracks of Never-Ending Light - This Will Destroy You Which Side Are You On - Für Brot und Freiheit Listener Shout Out: No Listener Shout Out this week. Did you know you can shout out anything you desi

Episode 207: In this special episode we discuss the history behind our podcast and collective name by delving into & listening to some of our favorite versions of Which Side Are You On? #fsd Episode Sponsor: This weeks episode is sponsored by Which Side Media Collective! Let us know what you'd like to see in our store and get free money towards your next purchase. Check out Facebook or Twitter for more details! Now until the end of October all totes at the Which Side Media Collective store are on sale for only $7.50! Check them out: http://www.whichsidecollective.org/product-category/all/totes/ Episode Music: Which Side Are You On - Florence Reece Which Side Are You On? - The Almanac Singers Which Side Are You On - Pete Seeger Which Side Are You On? - B. Dolan Which Side Are You On - Commandantes - Für Brot und Freiheit Which Side Are You On - Rude Mechanical Orchestra Which Side Are You On - Freedomgivers Which Side Are You On? - Dropkick Murphys Which Side Are You On - Billy Bragg Which Side

Episode 206: We talk with Elizabeth Holtz; Attorney at Paw & For All Animals' Director of Legislative Affairs. We discuss breed specific legislation, trap neuter release, declawing, animal rights, veganism & much more. #fsd Episode Sponsor: This weeks episode is sponsored by Which Side Media Collective! Let us know what you'd like to see in our store and get free money towards your next purchase. Check out Facebook or Twitter for more details! Now until the end of October all totes at the Which Side Media Collective store are on sale for only $7.50! Check them out: http://www.whichsidecollective.org/product-category/all/totes/ Episode Music: Slowly - Amon Tobin Lost In Thought - Jon Hopkins Which Side Are You On - Für Brot und Freiheit Listener Shout Out: No Listener Shout Out this week. Did you know you can shout out anything you desire and help support the show in the process? By donating at least $10 individuals can tell us what to say & be a featured listener shout out durin

Episode 205: We talk with Jonathan Burrier; a vegan American musician whose primary instruments are drums, percussion, xylophone and no-input mixer. He writes and performs compositions in many contexts, including solo, klezmer, grindcore, indie, ambient and avant-garde / free jazz. Burrier has performed with Les Rhinoceros, Lilu Dallas, Me and This Army, Dead Peasants, BJSM, Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang, Plague of Shadows, Deepg, Vagina, Egarra, KTSGB, Reve and more. He has also recorded and performed solo compositions as JB5D. Burrier's solo work has been described as, "Seemingly improvised-primitive, but melodic compositions amidst an ambient dreamworld of soundscapes unadulterated" We discuss religion, nutrition, family abuse, hunt-sabotage, exercise, anarcho-primitivism, the humane league, animal rights, veganism & much more. #fsd Episode Sponsor: This weeks episode is sponsored by Which Side Media Collective! Now until the end of October all totes at the Which Side Media Collective store are on

Episode 204: We talk with Eric Day; Producer of Vegan: Everyday Stories a feature-length documentary that explores the lives of four remarkably different people who share a common thread - they're all vegan. The movie traces the personal journeys of an ultramarathon runner who has overcome addiction to compete in one hundred mile races, a cattle rancher's wife who creates the first cattle ranch turned farmed animal sanctuary in Texas, a food truck owner cooking up knee-buckling plant-based foods, and an 8-year-old girl who convinces her family of six to go vegan. We discuss the movie, animal rights, veganism & much more. #fsd Episode Sponsor: This weeks episode is sponsored by Which Side Media Collective! Now until the end of September all totes at the Which Side Media Collective store are on sale for only $7.50! Check them out: http://www.whichsidecollective.org/product-category/all/totes/ Episode Music: Wet the Day - The Album Leaf A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky - Darshan Ambient Which Side Are You O

Episode 203: We talk with Ria Montana; Writer, Activist, Vegan, Anarchist and Primitivist about rewilding oneself, fighting civilization, animal rights, veganism, anarchism, primitivism, & much more. #fsd Episode Sponsor: This weeks episode is sponsored by Which Side Media Collective! Now until the end of September all totes at the Which Side Media Collective store are on sale for only $7.50! Check them out: http://www.whichsidecollective.org/product-category/all/totes/ Episode Music: Rapture At Sea - Eastern Sun & John Kelley Titan - Moss Of Aura Which Side Are You On - Für Brot und Freiheit Listener Shout Out: No Listener Shout Out this week. Did you know you can shout out anything you desire and help support the show in the process? By donating at least $10 individuals can tell us what to say & be a featured listener shout out during an episode. We will mention your kindness towards the beginning of our episode and shout out whatever you desire. Not only that… but, we will als

Episode 202: We talk with Mat Blackwell Author of Beef a book that explores desire and faithfulness in a dystopian future Australia where bizarre cults thrive, where music is advertising, where psychics are out of the closet, and where meat is no longer murder. We discuss his book, animal rights, veganism, anarchism & much more. #fsd Episode Sponsor: This weeks episode is sponsored by Which Side Media Collective! Now until the end of September all totes at the Which Side Media Collective store are on sale for only $7.50! Check them out: http://www.whichsidecollective.org/product-category/all/totes/ Episode Music: The Unfallen Kingdom - Gramatik Midnight Feast - Mr. Scruff Which Side Are You On - Für Brot und Freiheit Listener Shout Out: This week's Listener Shout Out comes from past guest and friend of the program Charlotte Malerich who said we could shout out whatever we wanted... So this week we wanted to shout out radical media. Check out: Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack Podcast & Crimethi

Episode 201: We talk with Callie Coker & Nichole Dinato of Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack In Studio. We discuss their trip here in Salt Lake City, Utah for the SLC VegFest, spooky mormon things, building a culture around supporting struggling vegans, anarchism & much more. #fsd Episode Sponsor: This weeks episode is sponsored by Which Side Media Collective! Now until the end of September all totes at the Which Side Media Collective store are 25% off! Use code: CLEVELAND Check them out: http://www.whichsidecollective.org/product-category/all/totes/ Episode Music: Breathe - Cillo Blinding (Instrumental) - Jakwob Which Side Are You On - Für Brot und Freiheit Listener Shout Out: No Listener Shout Out this week. Did you know you can shout out anything you desire and help support the show in the process? By donating at least $10 individuals can tell us what to say & be a featured listener shout out during an episode. We will mention your kindness towards the beginning of our episo

Episode 200: This week we bring you another installment of our Which Side: Lectures series. This presentation was given by the Mike Huskisson in 2016 at the Norwich Anarchist Bookfair. This lecture was recorded by the DIT Collective. In this lecture, Mike Huskisson, a long-term animal rights activist who is currently working as part of the Animal Cruelty Investigation Group, talks to a crowd about hunt sabotage and his experiences with other animal liberation activities. This is followed by questions and discussion from the crowd about related topics. #fsd You can find out more about Which Side: Lectures and all the other podcasts in the collective by visiting: http://whichsidecollective.org Help Contribute: Anyone is free to contribute lectures they've recorded from events they've attended or speeches they have given. We actually encourage it… So please send your audio or video recordings to Lectures@WhichSideCollective.org #fsd Episode Sponsor: This weeks episode is sponsored b

Episode 199: We talk with Layla AbdelRahim; Vegan Anarcho-Primitivist, Comparatist Anthropologist and Author of Children's Literature, Domestication, and Social Foundation: Narratives of Civilization and Wilderness and Wild Children – Domesticated Dreams: Civilization and the Birth of Education. Her work can be found at http://layla.miltsov.org/. We discuss anthropocentrism, animal liberation, rewilding and much more. #fsd Episode Sponsor: This weeks episode is sponsored by the Which Side Media Collective! Grocery shop in style with the new Vegan Thank You Canvas Tote Bag! Show your compassion for the animals and the earth with this reusable canvas tote bag. It's available in 3 colors and best of all it's on sale until the the end of August. Check it out: http://www.whichsidecollective.org/product/vegan-thank-you-tote-bag/ Episode Music: Alone In Kyoto - Air Chillaxin' By the Sea - Gramatik Which Side Are You On - Für Brot und Freiheit Listener Shout Out: This week's Listener Shout Out