The latest Show; On the Circled A is John Constable! John is known as a Writer / Performer / ‘Shaman of Crossbones Graveyard’. He is an English playwright, poet, activist and author of The Southwark Mysteries. He also goes by the name John Crow. A shamanic alter-ego. Yodet will also do a reading from an anonymous anarchist, comments on Luigi Mangione (the man charged with murder in the deadly shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson). We air the New Zealand’s parliament indigenous Haka protest agaist the controversial bill that proposes to radically alter how New Zealand’s treaty between Māori and the crown is interpreted. Also we feature an unreleased song called ‘Elbow Grease’ from the album ‘Incidental Games’ by the band ‘Secluded Bronte’.
An exclusive interview with Professor Jane Somerville professor of cardiology. During her career that spanned over 40 years, Jane worked at both the National Heart Hospital and the Royal Brompton, helping to establish the grown up congenital heart disease service (GUCH) at both hospitals. Jane became the second woman to enter the Paediatric Cardiology Hall of Fame, founded the GUCH Patients Association (later renamed the Somerville Heart Foundation) and the inaugural World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology. Now in retirement, she is dedicating her time campaigning with whistleblowing practising doctors, in the uk who have found themselves centre stage of a widespread culture of institutionalised coverup, that stretches from their places of work, up to the highest levels of power.
Also featured on the show poetry and song from artist Olie Martin.
Olie Martin is an artist, musician, writer, researcher, activist and co-founder of RIGD Media, an independent platform for citizen journalism and creative content. Originally from the South East of England, he is now based in Argyll & Bute, Scotland following a few years in Manchester & then Liverpool. After leaving school at sixteen, Olie worked in carpentry before discovering his love of books and words and returning to education to study Sociology and Politics at Goldsmiths University. Olie’s relocation ‘up North’ included some personal turmoil and a period of street homelessness. Building on his experiences, Olie created ‘The Sounds of the Streets’, an immersive sonic and sculptural piece capturing the ambient sounds of Manchester’s urban street subculture. The piece featured in the International Arts and Homelessness Festival (Manchester, 2018) and the International Sonic Arts Forum (Huddersfield, 2019), and was showcased at Liverpool’s ‘Light Night’ Festival in May 2020. Olie is a prolific writer, whose published work includes a well-received investigative journalism series for independent publication ‘The Manchester Meteor’, fictional short stories in ‘The Lumpen Journal’ (January 2020) and a collection of selected poetry as ‘The Black Fox’. He is currently in discussions around publication of his first novel, ‘A Gust of Wind’ as well as working on new poetry collections for publication and various sound & music projects. To contact details; olie@oliemartin.com.
We pay tribute to the whistleblower following the release of Julian Assange.
Fresh from New Zealand, in this three part interview – We discuss the Freedom Movement over there, from an Anarchist perspective. We also cover topics such as the Anti Globalisation activism/resistance, Anti-fascism’s true history and legacy, Black Bloc, The theory of Anarchism vs any ruling class centralised political systems, Anti-semitism and The Far Right.
On this show Yodet Gherez interviews a long standing Activist who was involved with the Anti Globalization Movements of the late 90’s and early 2000’s. We talk about old and new groups he has been in or is a part of like The Wombles, Plan C, Anti-Fascist organising, varies campaigns and more!
Arthur is a working class Anarchist, anti fascist and one of the key organisers of the Fuck Parade, a demonstration against the increasing gentrification of London UK. We talk about their previous protests, identity politics, Hipsters, The Tories, Class War politics Anarchism and more.
On this show is Swedish journalist, writer and activist, Kajsa Ekis Ekman. She is the author of several works about the financial crisis, women’s rights and Marxism including ‘Being and Being Bought – Prostitution, Surrogacy and the Split Self’. She writes for the major newspaper in Sweden called “Today’s News” and is a columnist at the leftwing daily ETC and is a member of the editing collective of the anarchist magazine ‘Brand’ in English translates as ‘Fire’ (published since 1898).
She is public speaker and was one of the key note speakers at the 2014 ‘Festival of dangerous ideas’ and has delivered a Ted talk on capitalism. She has founded the networks, Feminists Against Surrogacy and the climate action group, Klimax.
Carrie Reichardt is a contemporary artist, who works from a mosaic-covered studio in London. A member of the Craftivism movement, she uses murals, ceramics, screen-printing and graphic design in her work. She is a dedicated advocate of the movement and curated one of the few exclusively Craftivist exhibitions in the UK. She talks about the ‘Disobedient Objects’ exhibition at the V&A, Angola 3 and much more!
Blek Le Rat is a French street Artist known as the father of stencil graffiti. He has earned this title through years of spray painting unforgettable figures on walls across the globe. In the early 80’s he became one of the first street Artists in Paris, known for his iconic rat stencils. His stencil technique has since been adopted by some of the biggest names in graffiti and street art today.
scott crow is an international speaker, author and story teller who is proudly from a working class background . He has engaged his varied life as a coop business co-owner, political organizer, educator and strategist, activist, filmmaker, dad and musician. For over two decades he has focused on diverse socio-political issues and the explorations of creating and exercising counter-power to capitalism, Power and unsustainable civilization.
Donnacha DeLong recently gave two talks – one on Rudolf Rocker at the launch of Freedom’s new edition of Anarchism and Anarcho-Syndicalism on 22 March. A week before that, he gave a talk on the history of the Irish in building mass trade unions in the UK at the launch of Irish History Month. This Circled A Show includes a recording of the full Rocker talk, and some of the Irish history talk.
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You can hear the rest of the Irish history talk in the video.
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