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Free Alex Stokes + Russian Anti-War Saboteur Ruslan Siddiqui
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This week on the show, we're starting out with an interview with Lo and Meghan, two supporters of Jewish independent journalist, artist and antifascist leftist from Albany, NY, Alex Stokes Contompasis. Alex is serving a 20 year sentence for defending himself and 3 other community members attacked by Proud Boys and Oath Keepers at the New York state capital on January 6th, 2021. For the hour, we speak with Lo and Meghan, two friends and supporters of Alex who talk about Alex's media work, the politically-charged court case and his ongoing appeal. More on his case can be found at FreeAlexStokes.Com, you can order his artwork to support his case there as well. They mentioned getting support & attention from the International Anti-Fascist Defence Fund.
Then, you'll hear an interview from our comrades at Frequenz-A in so-called Germany with a recent interview of Anya of the grassroots group called Solidarity Zone that offers legal, media and other support to people facing charges for anti-war direct actions inside of Russia to speak about their work and the case of Ruslan Siddiqui, an anarchist who does not deny railway sabotage against the Russian war efforts in Ukraine. This first aired on episode 75 of B(A)D News: Angry Voices From Around The World from the A-Radio Network.
Solidarity Zone Links- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/solidarityzone
- Telegram: https://t.me/solidarity_zone
- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/solidarity_zone
- LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/solidarity_zone
- Email: solidarity_zone(at )riseup.net
Finally, you'll hear Sean Swain reading from an incomplete list of people killed by law enforcement in the USA during the month of April 2023.
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