Solidarity House Cooperative

Solidarity House #32 -- Labor Disunion (1/28/22)

Three comrades discuss the ongoing difficulties establishing labor equity at Solidarity Collective. 

Solidarity Wyoming #30: Fascism--What it is and how to fight it in Wyoming and beyond (1/12/22)

What is fascism? What fascist and fascist-leaning groups exist in Wyoming? Why is it significant that a handful of Wyoming political leaders and several cops belong to extremist nationalist groups? How can we fight against their influence? What organizations in Wyoming can we join to strengthen the fight?

Works cited in this presentation include: Report: White Supremacist Links to Law Enforcement Are an Urgent Concern; Report: The Militia Movement (2020); Whistleblower list names Wyo GOP chair, others as Oath Keepers; New Wyoming Libertarian lawmaker’s tattoo has ties to far-right anti-government movement; Michael Curtis: Three Against the Third Republic; Zeev Sternhell: The Birth of Fascist Ideology; Zeev Sternhell: Neither Right nor Left: Fascist Ideology in France; H.R. Morgan: Fascism Codex Collection; Ishay Landa: The Apprentice's Sorceror: Liberal Tradition and Fascism; Caroll Kakel: The American West and the Nazi East; Aime Cesare: Discourse on Colonialism; and writings by Giovanni Gentilly, Gabriele d'Annuzio, and F.T. Marinetti.

Introducing the Law Ain’t Order Podcast & the Story of Selena Not Afraid (1/3/22)

Solidarity House Cooperative is honored to share the premiere episode of Law Ain't Order, an important new podcast by our friend and collaborator Emma Jane. 16-year-old Selena Not Afraid started the night of New Years Eve 2019 at home with her mom. When plans changed spontaneously, she decided to go out and see a friend. Selena's mom had no reason to think that her daughter wouldn't make it home safely. But like far too many other Native American women and girls, Selena went out for the night and the next day was reported missing.

For more on MMIW on the Crow and Northern Cheyenne reservations visit this article.

You can hear the Law Ain't Order podcast here.

Solidarity Wyoming #29 -- So 2021 Happened (w/ Riverton Peace Mission’s Chesie Lee)

We talk to Chesie Lee of the Riverton Peace Mission, an anti-colonialist community action center in central Wyoming, about efforts in 2021 and 2022 to demand accountability in the still unresolved 2019 police killing of Andy Antelope. Then a bunch of us get together to talk 2021 Wyoming politics--failing fascism, corrupt cops, attacks on librarians and more. PLEASE support the Riverton Peace Mission at this link. Lots of good Wyofile reporting discussed on this episode, check them out here. You can hear Matt and Jason discuss the "special" legislative session in November right here.

Solidarity House #31 -- Tell Me about the Rabbits, Comrade (12/22/21)

We got bunnies!!! Members of the commune discuss getting the rabbits, their role in the farm businesses, building a hutch, and other things about the land, life, and plans of Solidarity Collective. We've posted pictures of all the bunnies on our Facebook and Twitter pages! https://www.facebook.com/SolidarityHouseCooperative and @solidarityWY

”Stop Holding Your Breath” -- Kshama Sawant on Beating the Recall and Working Class Unity (12/17/21)

Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant talks to Matt Stannard about beating the right-wing recall effort, the importance of Marxism and the role of electoral politics. Support the independent media work of Solidarity House at patreon.com/solidarityhouse. Kshama Sawant photo courtesy of Seattle City Council

Solidarity House #30 -- Making All Our Saving Throws (12/8/21)

The commune holds its fourth annual retreat (lol sorry haters we've made it four years), discusses the knapweed problem on the land, delivers the annual State of the Commune Report, and plays a game of politically conscious (if occasionally dirty) D&D. 

Solidarity House #29 -- We‘re a Countermarket Force (11/24/21)

Activist blogger Emma Jane talks about missing and murdered indigenous women and the upcoming debut of the Law Ain't Order Podcast. Aunty Fa and Matt discuss both the overwhelm and the empowerment of the commune. The commies play Cthulhu: Death May Die. 

Solidarity Wyoming #28--The Not-So-Special Session (or, Wyoming GOP Wins Participation Trophy) (11/12/21)

We discuss the failed "Special Legislative Session" pushed by the far right legislators in Wyoming's GOP, and what that failure means for the power of the party's rightmost wing. Support us at patreon.com/solidarityhouse 

SoliSCARITY House 2021: The Impalement

Warning: Explicit language and graphic descriptions! It's our second annual Halloween special! Nightmare Theater writer and actor Chip Chism visits our haunted mansion to give his list of the weirdest horror movies. The corpsical comrades share their favorite North American folklore-based spectres and monsters. Angel talks about queerness in the movie Hellraiser.  The skunk-ape picture is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_ape#/media/File:Myakka_ape_photograph.jpg -- Chip Chism's Nightmare Theater is here: https://www.wsre.org/productions/nightmare-theatre/ -- The trailer for Frankenstein's Bloody Nightmare can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D71Vlmj_M4o