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Death Panel with William C. Anderson:

"Beatrice speaks with William C. Anderson about the liberal tendency to limit political action to voting while simultaneously blaming victims of the electoral system for their own oppression (e.g. dismissal of the south as somehow “deserving” Republican control)."

A 23 minute excerpt of the inspiring discussion can be found here:

soundcloud.com/deathpanel/teas

The essay that they talk about is here:

prismreports.org/2025/06/03/in

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@craig_groeschel I think you’ve mentioned listening to Death Panel? If not, Hayes and Kaba had a really entertaining duo interview when they went on for this book. deathpanel.net/transcripts/let

Mariame Kaba 0:01

We're being conditioned to accept mass death, as the price and the cost of doing business. We are in large part railing against this in our book. We're frogs in boiling water. And what has to happen is that some of us have to be saying, "Oh my god, we're frogs in boiling water. How the fuck do we get out of the boiling water?" And that is the work we're trying to talk about when we talk about reciprocal care, we are saying reciprocal care has to be at the center of getting us the fuck out of the boiling water.

[Intro music]

"Beatrice speaks with Vicky Osterweil about organizing under a second Trump presidency (and why jumping in takes less than you might think), the historic assassination of the CEO of the US’s most profitable health insurance company, and Daniel Penny’s acquittal."

What an awesome conversation. It made me feel something like - no , not hope - what is the word i am looking for? It reawakened my defiance. Thank you #DeathPanel!

soundcloud.com/deathpanel/prop

I was coincidentally gushing about #SunauraTaylor last night, then woke up and realized she's on the latest episode of #DeathPanel to discuss a new book called #DisabledEcologies

I'm 10 minutes in and it's already so good-- looking at ecological damage as both a cause of and a type of disability, and many connected ideas and movements.

Audio, transcript, and notes:

m.soundcloud.com/deathpanel/di

Awesome Death Panel episode with the inimitable Vicky Osterweil.

"Beatrice speaks with Vicky Osterweil about the events we’re encouraged to forget, repress, and reinterpret in order to abet genocide, carcerality, or abandonment to a pandemic, and the power of refusing to forget."

soundcloud.com/deathpanel/refu

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"Alice Wong:

My main message is you are not alone but ableism, like white supremacy, is designed to pit us against each other to fight for the crumbs. We can build power, collaborate, and stir shit up because our cause is righteous and true. It is exhausting just to exist let alone defend our humanity every day. Honestly, I think what I went through last week brought me right to the breaking point. I have never felt so beaten down and defeated. It’s important to admit those dark scary thoughts and not gloss things over just to move on or put on a brave face. Lean into your rage, despair, and fear. Being honest with ourselves and others strips away the need to constantly perform and advocate. Remind yourself it never had to be this way and that all of us can resist in big and small ways. You are a goddamn oracle and your wisdom is a light that can show us the way forward. And we will not be erased no matter how hard these bastards try."

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@dangillmor

"any #woman who—for reasons of failing #health, circumstance,or simple bad luck—does not prove to be an adequate incubator deserves whatever she gets. Every unborn fetus is the priority over the pregnant person carrying it & must be carried to term at all costs.

So goes the moral calculus of the #DeathPanel judges who now determine how to weigh the competing interests between real, existing human #life & a state’s dogmatic fixation with a fetus"
slate.com/news-and-politics/20

In the latest episode (patron only) of the #DeathPanel podcast, Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Abby Cartus speak with Ellie Murray about 'The Sociology of Mask Mandates'. Their conclusion, mask mandates do work.

And as an anarchist this pisses me off so much. It has to be seen as a clear victory for the authoritarian left. As anti-authoritarians we had a chance to convince people to mask voluntarily as an act of solidarity and a stance against ableism. And we have failed.

soundcloud.com/deathpanel/teas

The #DeathPanel hosts reminded me that Bernie's campaign was drafting practical federal covid policy that would have used the pandemic to permanently improve and strengthen public health care in the US while addressing covid as a long term medical and social crisis.

Instead we got 2 year covid plans that forced us to pretend covid was over after 2 years. Liberalism did not meet the moment. It was hypocritical in ways that flung the doors open for fascism. More of us need to think on this.