In part two of this weeks episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Samantha McVey about the more than a hundred women who provided safe, affordable abortion in pre- Roe v Wade Chicago.

Original Air Date: 5.11.2022

In part two of this weeks episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Samantha McVey about the more than a hundred women who provided safe, affordable abortion in pre- Roe v Wade Chicago.
Original Air Date: 5.11.2022

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.

CZM Rewind: Part Two: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works

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Margaret continues her conversation with Becca Ramos about one of histories most notorious fugitives and his days fighting against the Tsar

Source:

https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/police-forces/city-of-london-police/areas/city-of-london/about-us/about-us/houndsditch-murders/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/gyl24y/were_the_policies_of_the_british_government_under/
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Siege-of-Sidney-Street/
https://web.archive.org/web/20070514215717/http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/O/origination/immigration.html
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Ulmanis
https://kulturaskanons.lv/en/archive/jani/
A Towering Flame, by Phillip Ruff

Margaret continues her conversation with Becca Ramos about one of histories most notorious fugitives and his days fighting against the Tsar
Source:
https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/police-forces/city-of-london-police/areas/city-of-london/about-us/about-us/houndsditch-murders/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/gyl24y/were_the_policies_of_the_british_government_under/ https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Siege-of-Sidney-Street/ https://web.archive.org/web/20070514215717/http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/O/origination/immigration.html https://www.onlatvia.com/tag/christianization https://web.archive.org/web/20250125015207/https://www.onlatvia.com/dievturiba-latvian-neo-paganism-187 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Ulmanis https://kulturaskanons.lv/en/archive/jani/ A Towering Flame, by Phillip Ruff

Part Two: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/6f800551-f333-4ac8-a8b0-b4260010d755/transcript

Margaret talks with Becca Ramos about one of histories most notorious fugitives and his days fighting against the Tsar

Sources:

https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/police-forces/city-of-london-police/areas/city-of-london/about-us/about-us/houndsditch-murders/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/gyl24y/were_the_policies_of_the_british_government_under/
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Siege-of-Sidney-Street/
https://web.archive.org/web/20070514215717/http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/O/origination/immigration.html
https://www.onlatvia.com/tag/christianization
https://web.archive.org/web/20250125015207/https://www.onlatvia.com/dievturiba-latvian-neo-paganism-187
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Ulmanis
https://kulturaskanons.lv/en/archive/jani/
A Towering Flame, by Phillip Ruff

Margaret talks with Becca Ramos about one of histories most notorious fugitives and his days fighting against the Tsar
Sources:
https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/police-forces/city-of-london-police/areas/city-of-london/about-us/about-us/houndsditch-murders/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/gyl24y/were_the_policies_of_the_british_government_under/ https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Siege-of-Sidney-Street/ https://web.archive.org/web/20070514215717/http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/O/origination/immigration.html https://www.onlatvia.com/tag/christianization https://web.archive.org/web/20250125015207/https://www.onlatvia.com/dievturiba-latvian-neo-paganism-187 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Ulmanis https://kulturaskanons.lv/en/archive/jani/ A Towering Flame, by Phillip Ruff

Part One: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/9d8e881c-4db9-4cd3-928d-b42400279123/transcript

Margaret continues her talk with Shuli Branson about the international campaign to end a notorious animal testing lab

Sources:

https://activistfacts.com/organizations/408-shac//
https://newspaper.animalpeopleforum.org/2002/10/01/crackdown-on-shac-hits-activist-for-child-porn-brings-boston-busts/
https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?Id=DAED00C5-802A-23AD-4106-0178D28039D9&Statement_id=CB16330B-2C94-4C18-B3A1-EF426A27966C
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/british-arrest-animal-rights-activists/
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/animal-rights-activists-get-prison-web-threat-case/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/4762481.stm
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+dug+up+a+grave+20+years+ago+but+this+is+appalling%3b+YOXALL...-a0123564625
https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/the-research-they-tried-to-stop
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/may/12/animalwelfare.topstories3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DONT2Aucgs
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/24/animalwelfare.nelsonmandela
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/24/animalwelfare.businessofresearch
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https://aldf.org/article/federal-laws-and-agencies-involved-with-animal-testing/
https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1fkyqaf/cmv_testing_on_animals_is_not_logically_unethical/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36762462/
https://awionline.org/awi-quarterly/summer-2025/animal-experimentation-under-trump-administration-good-bad-ugly
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/administrator-zeldin-gets-epa-back-track-eliminate-animal-testing-after-biden-admin
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/consumer-health/federal-food-drug-and-cosmetic-act-1938
https://bfp.org/the-u-s-is-finally-beginning-to-move-beyond-animal-testing/
https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/animals-used-experimentation-factsheets/animal-experiments-overview/
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408444.2023.2221987#abstract
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https://web.archive.org/web/20080227041442/http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/fileLibrary/pdf/RIA_Report_FINAL-opt.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK32655/
https://humanedecisions.com/charles-darwin-the-lower-animals-like-man-feel-pleasure-and-pain-happiness-and-misery/
https://web.archive.org/web/20130121030113/http://postcog.ucd.ie/files/fulltext.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/aug/14/davidpallister
https://www.stagemilk.com/aaron-monologue-act-5-scene-1/
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https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/2960204-envigos-22-million-guilty-plea-animal-welfare-scandal-unveiled
Puppy Killer, Leave Town, Jon Hochschartner
https://we.riseup.net/imc-uk/barry-horne

Margaret continues her talk with Shuli Branson about the international campaign to end a notorious animal testing lab
Sources:
https://activistfacts.com/organizations/408-shac// https://newspaper.animalpeopleforum.org/2002/10/01/crackdown-on-shac-hits-activist-for-child-porn-brings-boston-busts/ https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?Id=DAED00C5-802A-23AD-4106-0178D28039D9&amp;Statement_id=CB16330B-2C94-4C18-B3A1-EF426A27966C https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/british-arrest-animal-rights-activists/ https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/animal-rights-activists-get-prison-web-threat-case/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/4762481.stm https://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+dug+up+a+grave+20+years+ago+but+this+is+appalling%3b+YOXALL...-a0123564625 https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/the-research-they-tried-to-stop https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/may/12/animalwelfare.topstories3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DONT2Aucgs https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/24/animalwelfare.nelsonmandela https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/24/animalwelfare.businessofresearch https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/this-britain/animal-rights-activists-condemned-as-guinea-pig-farm-gives-up-fight-307872.html https://aldf.org/article/federal-laws-and-agencies-involved-with-animal-testing/ https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1fkyqaf/cmv_testing_on_animals_is_not_logically_unethical/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36762462/ https://awionline.org/awi-quarterly/summer-2025/animal-experimentation-under-trump-administration-good-bad-ugly https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/administrator-zeldin-gets-epa-back-track-eliminate-animal-testing-after-biden-admin https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/consumer-health/federal-food-drug-and-cosmetic-act-1938 https://bfp.org/the-u-s-is-finally-beginning-to-move-beyond-animal-testing/ https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/animals-used-experimentation-factsheets/animal-experiments-overview/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408444.2023.2221987#abstract https://www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/epa-end-animal-testing https://web.archive.org/web/20080227041442/http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/fileLibrary/pdf/RIA_Report_FINAL-opt.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK32655/ https://humanedecisions.com/charles-darwin-the-lower-animals-like-man-feel-pleasure-and-pain-happiness-and-misery/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130121030113/http://postcog.ucd.ie/files/fulltext.pdf https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/aug/14/davidpallister https://www.stagemilk.com/aaron-monologue-act-5-scene-1/ https://awionline.org/press-releases/envigo-settlement-first-step-addressing-companys-abysmal-animal-welfare-record https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/2960204-envigos-22-million-guilty-plea-animal-welfare-scandal-unveiled Puppy Killer, Leave Town, Jon Hochschartner https://we.riseup.net/imc-uk/barry-horne

Part Two: SHAC and Modern Protest Tactics

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CZM Rewind: Part Two: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works

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