Death Panel

To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Beatrice and Tracy speak with Lara Sheehi and Sophie Lewis about the role of cultural production in political action, in disrupting genocide, and in standing against hegemonic interests, and about why they worked to organize a boycott for writers, scholars and public figures to refuse to write for the New York Times Opinion section. Find the boycott materials here: https://www.boycottdivestunsubscribe.com/opinion-boycott More from WAWOG here: https://writersagainstthewarongaza.com/ Find New York War Crimes here: https://newyorkwarcrimes.com/ After many, many requests we're testing out a new Bookshop.org page (still under construction), where you can find books by past guests and book recommendations from the hosts. Find it here: bookshop.org/shop/deathpanel Show links: Get Health Communism here: bookshop.org/a/118130/9781839765179 Find Tracy's book Abolish Rent here: bookshop.org/a/118130/9798888902523

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/142681697 Beatrice and Tracy speak with Bench Ansfield about their new book charting the rise of the FIRE economy (finance, insurance, real estate) in the 1970s and how this new evolution of racial capitalism led landlords to set fire to their own buildings in the Bronx and throughout the US, placing the blame on—and pathologizing—the very tenants they were dispossessing. Find Bench's book, Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City, here: https://bookshop.org/a/118130/9781324093510 Runtime 1:22:49 After many, many requests we're testing out a new Bookshop.org page (still under construction), where you can find books by past guests and book recommendations from the hosts. Find it here: https://bookshop.org/shop/deathpanel Show links: Get Health Communism here: https://bookshop.org/a/118130/9781839765179 Find Tracy's book Abolish Rent here: https://bookshop.org/a/118130/9798888902523

Note: This episode was originally released February 20th and is being re-aired today. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Beatrice speaks with Sophie Lewis about the history of “fascist feminisms,” what this history can tell us about the current state of US politics, and the need to embrace more radical and liberatory forms of feminism. Sophie’s new book, Enemy Feminisms: TERFs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses Against Liberation is out this week from Haymarket: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2440-enemy-feminisms Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/142198757 Beatrice speaks with Shira Hassan about reclaiming harm reduction from public health, reclaiming formations of "peer work" from the nonprofit world, and building the politics and practice of surviving together. Find Shira's book, Saving Our Own Lives, here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1938-saving-our-own-lives Runtime 1:32:43 Show links: Get Health Communism here: https://open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g-adler-bolton-beatrice-artie-vierkant-health-communism Find Tracy's book Abolish Rent here: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent

This episode was originally released June 23rd for Death Panel patrons and is being unlocked today for the first time. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 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). We also discuss how this tendency towards indirect democracy vs direct democracy can spur despair and resignation, and how to resist it. Read William's piece, Another way out: Fighting back against inaction here: https://prismreports.org/2025/06/03/inaction-voting-revolutionary-change/ Find William's book The Nation on No Map: Black Anarchism and Aboliton here: https://www.akpress.org/as-black-as-resistance.html and his book, co-authored with Zoé Samudzi, As Black as Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation, here: https://www.akpress.org/as-black-as-resistance.html Health Communism is now out in paperback! Order at this link to add a donation to Sameer Project: https://open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g-adler-bolton-beatrice-artie-vierkant-health-communism Outro by Time Wharp: timewharp.bandcamp.com/track/tezeta Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/141679955 Beatrice speaks with Madeline Lane-McKinley about what it means to build a politics of solidarity with young people against the pervasive right wing attacks that in order to "protect" the children we must deny their trans identities, censor their educations, ban their books and cut social welfare programs that support them. Preorder Solidarity with Children: An Essay Against Adult Supremacy here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2610-solidarity-with-children Runtime 1:23:48 Show links: Get Health Communism here: https://open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g-adler-bolton-beatrice-artie-vierkant-health-communism Find Tracy's book Abolish Rent here: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent

Note: This episode was originally released August 28th and is being re-aired today as the article we discuss in the episode has come back under public scrutiny. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Beatrice and Artie discuss a disturbing set of arguments that evidence of famine in Gaza—and genocide deaths themselves—can be invalidated by showing that the victims had “pre-existing conditions” or “underlying health conditions,” most brazenly demonstrated in a recent Free Press piece called “They Became Symbols for Gazan Starvation. But All 12 Suffer from Other Health Problems.” Donate links for projects mentioned in the episode: Gaza Funds - https://gazafunds.com/ Sameer Project - https://linktr.ee/thesameerproject Medical Campaign x Sameer Project - https://chuffed.org/project/136892-medical-campaign-x-sameer-project South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water (Sameer Project) - https://chuffed.org/project/113222-tent-campaign-the-sameer-project The Refaat Alareer Camp (Sameer Project) - https://chuffed.org/project/113327-refaat-alareer-camp-the-sameer-project North Gaza: Food, Water & Other Distributions (Sameer Project) - https://chuffed.org/project/help-us-deliver-vital-aid-to-gaza-families-in-need Gaza Municipality's Artificial Limbs and Polio Center - https://mogaza.org/campaign/2 Workshops for Gaza - https://www.workshops4gaza.com/workshops Workshops for Gaza Bookstore - https://open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/collections/workshops-4-gaza-bookstore Crips for eSIMs for Gaza - http://cripsforesimsforgaza.org/ Show Links: Health Communism is now out in paperback! Find it here or order at this link to add a donation to Sameer Project: https://open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g-adler-bolton-beatrice-artie-vierkant-health-communism Find Tracy's book, Abolish Rent, here: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent Outro by Time Wharp: https://timewharp.bandcamp.com/track/tezeta As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/141148744 Against the backdrop of the Trump administration’s attempted occupation of Chicago, Beatrice speaks with Kelly Hayes about holding together in times of rising fascism and her new edited collection Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart here: https://www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/item/vCQt68DQBH3U0CUUWZyWRw?ref=organizingmythoughts.org Runtime 1:32:18 Show links: Get Health Communism here: https://open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g-adler-bolton-beatrice-artie-vierkant-health-communism Find Tracy's book Abolish Rent here: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent

Note: This episode was originally released October 6th for Death Panel patrons. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Beatrice speaks with “L,” “B” and Rosa from Workshops for Gaza about their work trying to redirect funds to keep people alive in Palestine, the importance of survival work in this moment, and why we all need to stand up to free the political prisoners facing persecution taking part in the Palestine solidarity movement. Full transcript https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/workshops4gaza Links: Sign and share the petition to free Tarek Bazrouk - https://www.change.org/p/free-tarek-bazrouk-now-no-more-jail-time-sign-his-mitigation-letter Support Leqaa Kordia's defense - https://chuffed.org/project/freeleqaa Gaza Funds - https://gazafunds.com/ Sameer Project - https://linktr.ee/thesameerproject Medical Campaign x Sameer Project - https://chuffed.org/project/136892-medical-campaign-x-sameer-project South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water (Sameer Project) - https://chuffed.org/project/113222-tent-campaign-the-sameer-project The Refaat Alareer Camp (Sameer Project) - https://chuffed.org/project/113327-refaat-alareer-camp-the-sameer-project North Gaza: Food, Water & Other Distributions (Sameer Project) - https://chuffed.org/project/help-us-deliver-vital-aid-to-gaza-families-in-need Gaza Municipality's Artificial Limbs and Polio Center - https://mogaza.org/campaign/2 Workshops for Gaza - https://www.workshops4gaza.com/workshops Workshops for Gaza Bookstore - https://open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/collections/workshops-4-gaza-bookstore Crips for eSIMs for Gaza - http://cripsforesimsforgaza.org/ Show Links: Health Communism is now out in paperback! Find it here or order at this link to add a donation to Sameer Project: https://open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g-adler-bolton-beatrice-artie-vierkant-health-communism Find Tracy's book, Abolish Rent, here: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent

Rasha Abdelhadi, a writer and cultural organizer, dives deep into topics of Palestinian liberation and disability justice. They emphasize the importance of patience and long-term dedication in anti-colonial struggles. Rasha critiques common political frames like ceasefire, urging listeners to reject cooptation. They also explore the intersection of long COVID with activism and the urgent need for equitable health measures. Rasha inspires action, encouraging listeners to express solidarity and redirect resources toward Palestinian aid.