In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Robert Evans about the awful large amount of people who tried to take Mussolini out.

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Robert Evans about the awful large amount of people who tried to take Mussolini out.

As long as there’s been oppression, there’ve been people fighting it. This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long to be—and fight to be—free. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for us today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history. That is to say, this podcast focuses on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff.

As long as there’s been oppression, there’ve been people fighting it. This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long to be—and fight to be—free. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for us today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history. That is to say, this podcast focuses on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff.

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

As long as there&rsquo;s been oppression, there&rsquo;ve been people fighting it. This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long to be&mdash;and fight to be&mdash;free. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for us today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history. That is to say, this podcast focuses on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff.

Part Two: All the People Who Tried to Kill Mussolini

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/d3cc62d3-8675-40b1-a612-b2410174b984/transcript

In part four of this series, Margaret tells you more about the story of the punks, hippies, and poets in Vancouver, Canada who pioneered the modern harm reduction movement

Sources:

Fighting for Space, Travis Lupick (https://firestorm.coop/products/11537-fighting-for-space.html?referral=killjoy)
https://www.addictionresource.net/heroin/types/china-white/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/poll-taxriot-anniversary-solomon-hughes-382/
https://abcbookworld.com/article/article-15099/
https://globalnews.ca/news/370804/income-by-postal-code/
https://immigrationnewscanada.ca/most-dangerous-cities-in-canada-mid-2025/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/expo-86-evictions-remembered-1.3566844
https://riseupfeministarchive.ca/poster/la-quena-presents-inti-illimani-and-holly-near
personal correspondence
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/christopher-b-r-smith-harm-reduction-as-anarchist-practice
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-dodd-alexander-mcclelland-taking-risks-is-a-path-to-survival
https://inpud.net/who-we-are/
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-dodd-alexander-mcclelland-the-revolution-will-not-be-sober
https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/when-labour-organizing-and-harm-reduction-meet
https://www.drugpolicy.ca/insite-vigil-poem-by-the-late-bud-osborn/
https://www.toronto.com/news/harm-reduction-worker-remembered-at-leslieville-memorial/article_2e6eeeac-47de-57bd-88bc-aa9922ba1e5d.html
https://uppingtheanti.org/journal/article/20-you-get-exactly-what-you-fight-for-and-nothingmore
https://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-the-harm-reduction-worker-who-called-out-trudeau-on-the-opioid-crisis/
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/outintheopen/out-in-the-open-on-july-9-2016-addiction-1.3663909/harm-reduction-worker-by-day-fentanyl-user-at-night-one-man-s-story-of-recreational-opioid-use-1.3663917
https://www.straight.com/news/959286/vancouver-area-network-drug-users-looks-back-20-years-fighting-human-rights#
https://www.thesocialjusticecentre.org/blog/2018/1/14/fighting-for-space-travis-lupick-and-ann-livingston-on-drug-users-struggles-in-vancouver
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/07/13/619546120/watchful-eyes-at-peer-run-injection-sites-drug-users-help-each-other-stay-safe
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dulf-compassion-club-guilty-drug-trafficking-9.6972135
https://www.stalbertgazette.com/health/stopping-overdoses-like-bailing-a-boat-with-a-thimble-bc-court-hears-11535161

https://filtermag.org/dulf-safe-supply-compassion-club-exemption/
https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/04/15/For-One-Day-BC-Activists-Handed-Out-Clean-Heroin-Cocaine/

In part four of this series, Margaret tells you more about the story of the punks, hippies, and poets in Vancouver, Canada who pioneered the modern harm reduction movement
Sources:
Fighting for Space, Travis Lupick (https://firestorm.coop/products/11537-fighting-for-space.html?referral=killjoy) https://www.addictionresource.net/heroin/types/china-white/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/poll-taxriot-anniversary-solomon-hughes-382/ https://abcbookworld.com/article/article-15099/ https://globalnews.ca/news/370804/income-by-postal-code/ https://immigrationnewscanada.ca/most-dangerous-cities-in-canada-mid-2025/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/expo-86-evictions-remembered-1.3566844 https://riseupfeministarchive.ca/poster/la-quena-presents-inti-illimani-and-holly-near personal correspondence https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/christopher-b-r-smith-harm-reduction-as-anarchist-practice https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-dodd-alexander-mcclelland-taking-risks-is-a-path-to-survival https://inpud.net/who-we-are/ https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-dodd-alexander-mcclelland-the-revolution-will-not-be-sober https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/when-labour-organizing-and-harm-reduction-meet https://www.drugpolicy.ca/insite-vigil-poem-by-the-late-bud-osborn/ https://www.toronto.com/news/harm-reduction-worker-remembered-at-leslieville-memorial/article_2e6eeeac-47de-57bd-88bc-aa9922ba1e5d.html https://uppingtheanti.org/journal/article/20-you-get-exactly-what-you-fight-for-and-nothingmore https://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-the-harm-reduction-worker-who-called-out-trudeau-on-the-opioid-crisis/ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/outintheopen/out-in-the-open-on-july-9-2016-addiction-1.3663909/harm-reduction-worker-by-day-fentanyl-user-at-night-one-man-s-story-of-recreational-opioid-use-1.3663917 https://www.straight.com/news/959286/vancouver-area-network-drug-users-looks-back-20-years-fighting-human-rights# https://www.thesocialjusticecentre.org/blog/2018/1/14/fighting-for-space-travis-lupick-and-ann-livingston-on-drug-users-struggles-in-vancouver https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/07/13/619546120/watchful-eyes-at-peer-run-injection-sites-drug-users-help-each-other-stay-safe https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dulf-compassion-club-guilty-drug-trafficking-9.6972135 https://www.stalbertgazette.com/health/stopping-overdoses-like-bailing-a-boat-with-a-thimble-bc-court-hears-11535161
https://filtermag.org/dulf-safe-supply-compassion-club-exemption/ https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/04/15/For-One-Day-BC-Activists-Handed-Out-Clean-Heroin-Cocaine/

Part Four: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/6234d0e9-c993-4c85-91ac-b45000339433/transcript

Margaret goes deeper into the story of the punks, hippies, and poets in Vancouver, Canada who pioneered the modern harm reduction movement

Sources: 

Fighting for Space, Travis Lupick (https://firestorm.coop/products/11537-fighting-for-space.html?referral=killjoy)
https://www.addictionresource.net/heroin/types/china-white/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/poll-taxriot-anniversary-solomon-hughes-382/
https://abcbookworld.com/article/article-15099/
https://globalnews.ca/news/370804/income-by-postal-code/
https://immigrationnewscanada.ca/most-dangerous-cities-in-canada-mid-2025/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/expo-86-evictions-remembered-1.3566844

Margaret goes deeper into the story of the punks, hippies, and poets in Vancouver, Canada who pioneered the modern harm reduction movement
Sources:&nbsp;
Fighting for Space, Travis Lupick (https://firestorm.coop/products/11537-fighting-for-space.html?referral=killjoy) https://www.addictionresource.net/heroin/types/china-white/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/poll-taxriot-anniversary-solomon-hughes-382/ https://abcbookworld.com/article/article-15099/ https://globalnews.ca/news/370804/income-by-postal-code/ https://immigrationnewscanada.ca/most-dangerous-cities-in-canada-mid-2025/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/expo-86-evictions-remembered-1.3566844

Part Three: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/89b7ba2b-f47e-4f4f-b86f-b44d015e84dd/transcript

Margaret continues telling you the story of the punks, hippies, and poets in Vancouver, Canada who pioneered the modern harm reduction movement

Sources:

Fighting for Space, Travis Lupick (https://firestorm.coop/products/11537-fighting-for-space.html?referral=killjoy)
https://www.addictionresource.net/heroin/types/china-white/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/poll-taxriot-anniversary-solomon-hughes-382/
https://abcbookworld.com/article/article-15099/
https://globalnews.ca/news/370804/income-by-postal-code/
https://immigrationnewscanada.ca/most-dangerous-cities-in-canada-mid-2025/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/expo-86-evictions-remembered-1.3566844

Margaret continues telling you the story of the punks, hippies, and poets in Vancouver, Canada who pioneered the modern harm reduction movement
Sources:
Fighting for Space, Travis Lupick (https://firestorm.coop/products/11537-fighting-for-space.html?referral=killjoy) https://www.addictionresource.net/heroin/types/china-white/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/poll-taxriot-anniversary-solomon-hughes-382/ https://abcbookworld.com/article/article-15099/ https://globalnews.ca/news/370804/income-by-postal-code/ https://immigrationnewscanada.ca/most-dangerous-cities-in-canada-mid-2025/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/expo-86-evictions-remembered-1.3566844

Part Two: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/d24dd4d5-55e7-4f09-b8fe-b44900234d3c/transcript

Part Two: All the People Who Tried to Kill Mussolini

In 1 playlist(s)

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

Social links

Follow podcast

Recent clips