Behind The Bastards

For decades, Portland has been one of the USA's most violent battlegrounds between the white supremacist right and the anti racist left. In 2020, after months of anti police demonstrations, American fascists again took to the streets of Portland for what would be one of the bloodiest brawls in its history.Host: Robert EvansExecutive Producer: Sophie LichtermanWriters: Bea Lake, Donovan Smith, Elaine Kinchen, Garrison Davis, Robert EvansNarration: Bea Lake, Donovan Smith, Elaine Kinchen, Garrison Davis, Robert EvansEditor: Chris SzczechMusic: Crooked Ways by Propaganda Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Part Two, we continue to discuss Hitler's disastrous beer hall putsch. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We continue our study of fascist insurrections with the most famous of them all: Hitler's disastrous beer hall putsch.Footnotes:  https://famous-trials.com/hitler/2524-the-hitler-beer-hall-putsch-trial-an-account  https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/adolf-hitler-s-time-in-jail-flowers-for-the-fuehrer-in-landsberg-prison-a-702159.html https://www.thoughtco.com/hitlers-beer-hall-putsch-1778295 https://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00003880/00001/pdf https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XHJ8685/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1  https://www.amazon.com/1924-Year-That-Made-Hitler-ebook/dp/B011J4H47W Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thousands of Portlanders decided their city had failed them. So they decided to take care of each other.Host: Robert EvansExecutive Producer: Sophie LichtermanWriters: Bea Lake, Donovan Smith, Elaine Kinchen, Garrison Davis, Robert EvansNarration: Bea Lake, Donovan Smith, Elaine Kinchen, Garrison Davis, Robert EvansEditor: Chris SzczechMusic: Crooked Ways by Propaganda Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2017 and 2018 Robert wrote a science fiction novel, set twenty years after a Civil War destroyed the United States. As an insurrection month present, you can listen to chapter 1 now. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Behind the Insurrections Episode 1: Travel back to the very birth of fascism in this episode about the March on Rome. You'll learn how the first trailblazing fascist dictator took power and destroyed a democracy.FOOTNOTES: https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2018/02/01/benito-mussolini-the-fascist-march-on-rome/ https://www.wnyc.org/story/cautionary-lessons-mussolinis-march-rome/ https://www.wkms.org/post/history-democracy-mussolinis-rise-power-italy#stream/0 https://scholar.valpo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1241&context=jvbl https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/j-clark-three-way-fight https://books.google.com/books?id=BrjNJoMD9bQC&pg=PA177&lpg=PA177&dq=the+arditi+del+popolo%27s+action+has+to+be+defensive.+but+defense+means+above+all+to+prevent&source=bl&ots=NHbNEGFHWd&sig=ACfU3U1kdM8t-IV8pIREqrxIrH-V_FERXw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimk6m8ypruAhUcFjQIHeZnAMoQ6AEwAHoECAQQAg#v=onepage&q=the%20arditi%20del%20popolo's%20action%20has%20to%20be%20defensive.%20but%20defen

Introducing: Behind the Insurrections, a new Behind the Bastards miniseries. The insurrection on January 6th, 2021, was just the latest in a long line of fascist attempts to take power. Many of these were successful. And by learning their history, and the historic successes and failures of the antifascists who opposed them, we can better prepare ourselves for the future. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined again by Katy Stoll and Cody Johnston to continue discussing Ben Shapiro's horrible novel. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined again by Samantha McVey to discuss how the Dalkon Shield influenced population control. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined by Samantha McVey to discuss the Dalkon Shield.FOOTNOTES:1.    https://www.silentmother.com/2016/05/04/the-dalkon-shield-a-story-of-corporate-greed-a-lack-of-medical-testing-and-an-ongoing-fear-of-the-iud/2.    http://advocatesaz.org/2016/03/28/instrument-of-torture-the-dalkon-shield-disaster/3.    https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/06/magazine/the-sad-legacy-of-the-dalkon-shield.html4.    https://www.guttmacher.org/journals/psrh/2002/03/checkered-history-and-bright-future-intrauterine-contraception-united-states5.    https://www.motherjones.com/politics/1979/11/charge-gynocide/ 6.    http://imjournal.com/depo/IMCJ_12_1_p27_34Spevack.pdf7.    https://climateandcapitalism.com/2009/11/23/the-dark-past-of-population-confrom/ 8.    https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4125211 9.    https://www.sierraclub.org/washington/blog/2020/01/overpopulation-myth-and-its-dangerous-connotations10. https://www.pop.org/population-control-and-the-new-global-racism/11. https://www.globaljustice.org.uk/blog/2019/mar/9/ho

Throughout the second half of July, Portlanders continued showing up en masse to confront federal agents downtown. As the struggle neared its conclusion, national media attention brought a strange, carnival air to the proceedings.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined again by Jamie Loftus to continue to discuss Nestor Makhno. Happy Holidays! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined by Jamie Loftus to discuss Nestor Makhno, our 2020 holiday non-bastard episodeFOOTNOTES:1. https://www.theyliewedie.org/ressources/biblio/en/Collective_-_The_Personal_Side_of_Nestor_Makhno.html2. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3194162-one-gratifying-aspect-of-our-rise-to-some-prominence-is3. http://www.ditext.com/arshinov/7.html4. https://www.theyliewedie.org/ressources/biblio/en/Collective_-_The_Personal_Side_of_Nestor_Makhno.html5. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/nestor-makhno-and-russian-civil-war6. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-349-04469-6_67. https://libcom.org/history/makhnovists-mennonites-war-peace-ukrainian-civil-war8. https://uofmpress.ca/books/detail/makhno-and-memory Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we discuss how Portland's confrontation with the feds mushroomed from the Battle of July 4th into a massive, nationwide spectacle.Host: Robert EvansExecutive Producer: Sophie LichtermanWriters: Bea Lake, Donovan Smith, Elaine Kinchen, Garrison Davis, Robert EvansNarration: Bea Lake, Donovan Smith, Elaine Kinchen, Garrison Davis, Robert EvansEditor: Chris SzczechMusic: Crooked Ways by Propaganda Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined again by Jordan Holmes ·& Dan Friesen of Knowledge Fight to continue to discuss The John Birch Society. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined by Jordan Holmes ·& Dan Friesen of Knowledge Fight to discuss The John Birch Society.1.   https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2017/04/rise-fall-john-birch-society-50-years-ago/2.   https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.saturdayeveningpost.com/uploads/reprints/Mutiny_in_the_Birch_Society/index.html?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAI3QGKNAHC7QBOIAA%2F20201124%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20201124T035411Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=92cd53a347ae1447de3854390a1897837ddcb4d04ffe347af9c98f7f81453bc73.   https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/01/11/a-view-from-the-fringe4.   https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/growing-john-birch-society/5.   https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/07/16/the-john-birch-society-is-alive-and-well-in-the-lone-star-state-2153776.   https://www.history.com/news/barry-goldwater-1964-campaign-right-wing-republican7.   https://www.theparisr

After more than a month of enduring police violence, Portland protesters finally leveled up enough to fight back. This is the story of the battle of July 4th.Host: Robert EvansExecutive Producer: Sophie LichtermanWriters: Bea Lake, Donovan Smith, Elaine Kinchen, Garrison Davis, Robert EvansNarration: Bea Lake, Donovan Smith, Elaine Kinchen, Garrison Davis, Robert EvansEditor: Chris SzczechMusic: Crooked Ways by Propaganda Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined again by Joelle Monique to continue to discuss Roy Cohn. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined by Joelle Monique to discuss Roy Cohn.FOOTNOTES: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/roy-cohn-and-the-making-of-a-winner-take-all-america https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/roy-cohn-mafia-politics/599320/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-18-vw-1638-story.html https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/eavesdropping-on-roy-cohn-and-donald-trump https://forward.com/culture/431851/how-roy-cohns-shame-made-him-and-trump-shameless/ https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a46616/dont-mess-with-roy-cohn/ https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/21/books/books-of-the-times-2-works-trace-the-turbulent-life-of-roy-cohn.html https://www.actl.com/docs/default-source/default-document-library/journal_87_summer_2018_cohn_article.pdf?sfvrsn=4 https://newrepublic.com/article/155066/covering-roy-cohn http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6444/ https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/educational-resources/age-of-eisenhower/mcarthyism-red-scare https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/j

Over the course of June, 2020, BLM protests in most of the country either fizzled out or started to wane in frequency. Portland kept right on going, every single night, without break. In this episode we explain the infrastructure of resistance that gave birth to the Portland Uprising, and we talk about the fateful decision that turned President Trump's eyes towards the City of Roses.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.