Bonus: Chris Talks Hurricane Relief & "Disaster Socialism" with Tallahassee DSA

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🗓️ 22 November 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Here's a little Thanksgiving bonus for you all: Producer Chris talks to members of the Tallahassee DSA about their disaster relief efforts after Hurricane Michael. They discuss their idea of "disaster socialism": the opportunity to bring networks of solidarity created by organizations like DSA to direct aid of afflicted communities in the wake of these (increasingly frequent) climate disasters. We also discuss failures of state relief organizations, the presence of right-wing vigilante groups after the storm, and free pizza as praxis. Tallahassee DSA Disaster Relief Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/dsa-tlh-hurricane-relief-fund Support and donate to Mutual Aid Disaster Relief: https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/donate/ Cosby Hayes is an artist, activist and co-chair of the Tallahassee DSA and co-host of the podcast Tropical Depression with Ryan Ray and Daniel Moran. https://soundcloud.com/tropicaldepressionpodcast Pearson Bolte is the co-host of Coffee with Comrades: http://www.coffeewithcomrades.com/ Ryan Ray is an electoral organizer with Tallahassee DSA.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone and happy Thanksgiving.
0:03.2	I hope you've all finished your turkey and pie and I don't know cranberry torts because
0:08.9	it's time for some veggies.
0:10.8	That's right, it's producer Chris back with one more interview from activists around the
0:15.6	country.
0:17.0	Today we head down to Tallahassee, Florida where in the spirit of giving we'll be talking
0:21.2	to members of the Tallahassee DSA about their work providing disaster aid in the wake of
0:25.9	Hurricane Michael back in October.
0:28.3	They'll be telling us all about how work with socialist groups like DSA can help provide
0:32.6	aid and disasters like this as well as explain their idea of disaster socialism, which I
0:38.0	found quite interesting.
0:39.1	We'll be talking a lot about things like solidarity and practice, so if you like using those
0:44.2	words online, this might be an interesting one for you.
0:47.4	As always, I'm open to hearing more activist stories to discuss and you can DM me at say
0:52.2	what again on Twitter with suggestions for things I should follow up on, but this is honestly
0:56.6	probably the last one of these I'll get to this year.
0:59.6	So enjoy shuffling off up to your room to game with scraps from the Thanksgiving meal
1:03.6	and while you do, please enjoy this interview.
1:06.8	On the week of October 10th, Hurricane Michael made landfall on the Florida Panhandle.
1:11.7	There's the third most intense hurricane to make landfall in the United States and
1:15.1	the second only in sustained wind speed to Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
1:20.1	Michael caused severe damage to communities throughout the region with destruction particularly
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