In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Garrison Davis about how the Church tried, and largely failed, to stop the wild revelry of the winter solstice.

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Garrison Davis about how the Church tried, and largely failed, to stop the wild revelry of the winter solstice.

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

There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwater’s insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives of the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Hussein’s side career as a trashy romance novelist.

Everything you don't know about History's greatest monsters

Behind the Bastards

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: Keep the Yuletide Gay: Saturnalia & the Puritan War on Christmas

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/23653a3b-7799-497c-b913-af70016a1c66/transcript

In the second part of a two part series, Margaret and James reflect on their time in Minnesota, the incredible community response to the immigration raids, and what other communities can learn from the Twin Cities.

Links:

Rent Support for neighbors in Phillips

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-phillips-families-in-urgent-need

Rent Support for neighbors in Central

https://www.gofundme.com/f/critical-rent-assistance-for-central-neighborhood-families

Rent Support for neighbors in Powderhorn

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-powderhorn-families-in-crisis

Supplies for Political Art Making

https://givebutter.com/spno

Protective Gear for Legal Observers

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip-twin-cities-legal-observers-with-ppe

Diapers and Menstrual Supplies 

https://secure.everyaction.com/jLLKnfwWk0qdptMbYLoyPQ2

Abolish Ice Shirts

https://www.eaglescreenprint.com/printshop/p/defend-612-abolish-ic3-wnj6e

Northstar Front Line Street Medics

https://www.paypal.com/biz/profile/northstarhealth

Twin Cities Swoletariat Bail Fund

Venmo: @TCSwoletariat

Cashapp: $TCSwoletariat

In the second part of a two part series, Margaret and James reflect on their time in Minnesota, the incredible community response to the immigration raids, and what other communities can learn from the Twin Cities.
Links:
Rent Support for neighbors in Phillips
<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-phillips-families-in-urgent-need">https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-phillips-families-in-urgent-need</a>
Rent Support for neighbors in Central
<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/critical-rent-assistance-for-central-neighborhood-families">https://www.gofundme.com/f/critical-rent-assistance-for-central-neighborhood-families</a>
Rent Support for neighbors in Powderhorn
<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-powderhorn-families-in-crisis">https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-powderhorn-families-in-crisis</a>
Supplies for Political Art Making
<a href="https://givebutter.com/spno">https://givebutter.com/spno</a>
Protective Gear for Legal Observers
<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip-twin-cities-legal-observers-with-ppe">https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip-twin-cities-legal-observers-with-ppe</a>
Diapers and Menstrual Supplies&nbsp;
<a href="https://secure.everyaction.com/jLLKnfwWk0qdptMbYLoyPQ2">https://secure.everyaction.com/jLLKnfwWk0qdptMbYLoyPQ2</a>
Abolish Ice Shirts
<a href="https://www.eaglescreenprint.com/printshop/p/defend-612-abolish-ic3-wnj6e">https://www.eaglescreenprint.com/printshop/p/defend-612-abolish-ic3-wnj6e</a>
Northstar Front Line Street Medics
<a href="https://www.paypal.com/biz/profile/northstarhealth">https://www.paypal.com/biz/profile/northstarhealth</a>
Twin Cities Swoletariat Bail Fund
Venmo: @TCSwoletariat
Cashapp: $TCSwoletariat

Everyone vs ICE: On the Ground In Minnesota, Pt. 2

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/87d2ba23-e0e1-42de-bb4e-b3df017c3bac/transcript

Margaret and James reflect on their time in Minnesota, the incredible community response to the immigration raids, and what other communities can learn from the Twin Cities.

Links:

Rent Support for neighbors in Phillips

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-phillips-families-in-urgent-need

Rent Support for neighbors in Central

https://www.gofundme.com/f/critical-rent-assistance-for-central-neighborhood-families

Rent Support for neighbors in Powderhorn

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-powderhorn-families-in-crisis

Supplies for Political Art Making

https://givebutter.com/spno

Protective Gear for Legal Observers

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip-twin-cities-legal-observers-with-ppe

Diapers and Menstrual Supplies 

https://secure.everyaction.com/jLLKnfwWk0qdptMbYLoyPQ2

Abolish Ice Shirts

https://www.eaglescreenprint.com/printshop/p/defend-612-abolish-ic3-wnj6e

Northstar Front Line Street Medics

https://www.paypal.com/biz/profile/northstarhealth

Twin Cities Swoletariat Bail Fund

Venmo: @TCSwoletariat

Cashapp: $TCSwoletariat

Margaret and James reflect on their time in Minnesota, the incredible community response to the immigration raids, and what other communities can learn from the Twin Cities.
Links:
Rent Support for neighbors in Phillips
<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-phillips-families-in-urgent-need">https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-phillips-families-in-urgent-need</a>
Rent Support for neighbors in Central
<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/critical-rent-assistance-for-central-neighborhood-families">https://www.gofundme.com/f/critical-rent-assistance-for-central-neighborhood-families</a>
Rent Support for neighbors in Powderhorn
<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-powderhorn-families-in-crisis">https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-powderhorn-families-in-crisis</a>
Supplies for Political Art Making
<a href="https://givebutter.com/spno">https://givebutter.com/spno</a>
Protective Gear for Legal Observers
<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip-twin-cities-legal-observers-with-ppe">https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip-twin-cities-legal-observers-with-ppe</a>
Diapers and Menstrual Supplies&nbsp;
<a href="https://secure.everyaction.com/jLLKnfwWk0qdptMbYLoyPQ2">https://secure.everyaction.com/jLLKnfwWk0qdptMbYLoyPQ2</a>
Abolish Ice Shirts
<a href="https://www.eaglescreenprint.com/printshop/p/defend-612-abolish-ic3-wnj6e">https://www.eaglescreenprint.com/printshop/p/defend-612-abolish-ic3-wnj6e</a>
Northstar Front Line Street Medics
<a href="https://www.paypal.com/biz/profile/northstarhealth">https://www.paypal.com/biz/profile/northstarhealth</a>
Twin Cities Swoletariat Bail Fund
Venmo: @TCSwoletariat
Cashapp: $TCSwoletariat

Everyone vs ICE: On the Ground In Minnesota

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/399a9e5a-0211-4324-be17-b3df00188987/transcript

Margaret continues her conversation with Samantha McVey about the motley and international assortment of activists who refused to let a fascist off the hook.

Sources:

The Banner Wars, Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness, 2005


https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/27/international/europe/11-die-in-fire-at-dutch-airport-detention-center.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20051210182413/http://www.time.com/time/europe/hero2005/cohen.html

https://noborder.org/archive_item.php%3Fid=353.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/blast-damages-muslim-school-in-southern-netherlands-532504.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/14/world/europe/arson-suspected-at-dutch-mosque.html

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/average-height-by-country

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2005/10/amst-o28.html

https://www.onderzoeksraad.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/report_fire_schiphol_oost.pdf

https://www.politico.eu/article/netherlands-right-wing-government-dick-schoof-mark-rutte-party-for-freedom/

https://apnews.com/article/migration-netherlands-wilders-asylum-38a5149bf59fad91d2368350405ba9dd

https://www.visaverge.com/news/dutch-parliament-enacts-strictest-asylum-policy-in-history/

Margaret continues her conversation with Samantha McVey about the motley and international assortment of activists who refused to let a fascist off the hook.
Sources:
The Banner Wars, Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness, 2005
 https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/27/international/europe/11-die-in-fire-at-dutch-airport-detention-center.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20051210182413/http://www.time.com/time/europe/hero2005/cohen.html
https://noborder.org/archive_item.php%3Fid=353.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/blast-damages-muslim-school-in-southern-netherlands-532504.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/14/world/europe/arson-suspected-at-dutch-mosque.html
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/average-height-by-country
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2005/10/amst-o28.html
https://www.onderzoeksraad.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/report_fire_schiphol_oost.pdf
https://www.politico.eu/article/netherlands-right-wing-government-dick-schoof-mark-rutte-party-for-freedom/
https://apnews.com/article/migration-netherlands-wilders-asylum-38a5149bf59fad91d2368350405ba9dd
https://www.visaverge.com/news/dutch-parliament-enacts-strictest-asylum-policy-in-history/

Part Two: The Banner Wars: How Dutch Squatters Fought Far-Right Immigration Policy

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/0a8a9b3d-547b-40bb-a197-b3d900309c47/transcript

Part Two: Keep the Yuletide Gay: Saturnalia & the Puritan War on Christmas

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