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Sad Francisco

Toshio Meronek
Palestine
Housing
San Francisco
San Francisco Department Of Public Health
Long COVID
Healthcare Workers
Covid-19
Senior and Disability Action
Mutual Aid
Eviction
Community Organizing
West Side Tenants Association
Displacement
Solidarity
Trans-Black Palestinian Solidarities
California Forever
Lagai
Gaza
Gentrification
Settler Colonialism

Covering the end of capitalism.

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Jenny Chan founded Pacific Atrocities Education in San Francisco after learning about some of Japan's terror campaigns across Asia through World War II. It's history that Japanese conservatives are trying to suppress.

The Japanese Imperial Army's U... more

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Jemma DeCristo RETURNS! Her new book The Aesthetic Character of Blackness is out, and covers how revolutionary Black art is co-opted by capitalists and the state, and art's limits as a revolutionary tool (and it's widespread use as a counterinsurgent... more

Janetta Johnson and zen blossom speak from the home base of Transgender, Gender Variant and Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP) in SF. They speak on Miss Major (who led TGIJP for years); the year Janetta turned down the SF Pride grand marshal title; and... more

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Public universities are under constant threat of budget cuts, but somehow administrators find millions to toss at extractive tech, like ChatGPT Edu.

SF State professor Martha Kenney describes how administrators at the CSUs spent $17 million on a co... more

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Recent Guests

Jenny Chan
Founder of Pacific Atrocities Education and advocate for historical accountability
Pacific Atrocities Education
Episode: Fascist Japan's Unit 731 with Jenny Chan
Chris Roberts
Veteran journalist and cannabis industry expert
San Francisco Chronicle
Episode: White Guys Gamed the Weed DEI Program with Chris Roberts
Dee Dee
A newer friend who shares insights about LGBTQ+ media history and activism
Episode: ZINE SCENE: The Bay's Gay ASF History with dee(dee) c. ardan
Zei Wilder
Community organizer with the TurkX Taylor Initiative
Episode: The Devil Inside Compton's Cafeteria with Zei Wilder
Ms. Major Griffin-Gracy
Black trans revolutionary and co-author of 'Ms. Major Speaks,' known for her activism during the Stonewall Riots and her work in promoting trans rights and abolitionist movements.
TGI Justice Project
Episode: RIP Miss Major
Bench Ansfield
Author of Born in Flames, discussing the history and impact of landlord arson.
Episode: Landlord Arsonists with Bench Ansfield
Alexis Shotwell
Professor at Carleton University and activist in anarchist organizing.
Carleton University
Episode: It's Anarchist Season with Alexis Shotwell
Tracey Helton Mitchell
Advocate for harm reduction and author of The Big Fix
Episode: Origins of Harm Reduction with Tracey Helton Mitchell
Damena Page
Inmate at SF County Jail who discusses the conditions and abuses inside.
San Francisco County Jail
Episode: A Shoplifting Panic to Cover Police Terror with Amy Martyn and Damena Page

Host

Sadie Sinclair
Host of Sad Francisco, passionate about social justice and activism, often engaging in discussions around community and systemic change.

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 113 ratings
  • Shotwell, timed even better

    delighted to hear Alexis Shotwell, whose work on AIDS Activist History i have long admired. speak on the relatable, pragmaticn yet somehow charming ideas and vibes churning and stoking the warmth of 21-century anarchism like Punching Up. grateful for your pod programming!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    JordanAMontreal
    Canada3 months ago
  • ty for bringing real ones on the show

    always thoughtful, always relevant

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    summers1091
    United States7 months ago
  • Radical queer politics

    This is an amazing resource that places local issues in San Francisco within their global context while showing us all the scary gays!! We need MORE radical queer analysis everywhere!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    SF4lyfe
    United Statesa year ago
  • This is Excellent

    Great work! Thank you for producing such thoughtful and important work. This is my new favorite!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Nsheusbzbaisigeb
    United Statesa year ago
  • Thank goodness for this pod

    Every person in the city needs to listen to this podcast.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Faguerreotype
    United Statesa year ago

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The content is seen as informative and engaging, with many finding personal and community relevance in the topics discussed.
Audience feedback highlights the importance of grassroots activism, with many valuing the perspectives shared by marginalized voices.
Overall, the podcast seems to resonate well with those looking for authentic, leftist perspectives on current events.
Listeners appreciate the depth of the discussions and the focus on relevant social issues.

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Talking Points

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Fascist Japan's Unit 731 with Jenny Chan
Q: How do you think that the new conservative prime ministers and the government will treat this history?
I have no hope. The last prime minister acknowledged the history but was called too weak, and he got recalled.
Fascist Japan's Unit 731 with Jenny Chan
Q: Was there accountability like for people like Shiro Ishii eventually at any point?
No, he died of lung cancer from chain smoking, but that's it. He lived comfortably, being wealthy and profiting from Unit 731.
Fascist Japan's Unit 731 with Jenny Chan
Q: How did you first come to this work though? You founded the Pacific Atrocities Education Center. Is that correct?
I started that 10 years ago. I wasn't really a trained historian, but I always heard about what my grandma talked about in terms of World War II and the more I read about it, the more brutal it was.
AI Force Feeding Frenzy with Martha Kenney
Q: At what point in the past couple of years were you so irritated as AI has been forced down all our throats that you felt like you needed to write an article about this?
Martha Kenney discusses her experiences and concerns about the AI decision-making being used in critical sectors like healthcare and its implications amidst a budget crisis at her university.
White Guys Gamed the Weed DEI Program with Chris Roberts
Q: What could go wrong with a prime location like that?
With a prime location in Haight-Ashbury and connections to City Hall, they had an upper hand in the competitive cannabis market.

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1. Jenny Chan
2. Chris Roberts
3. Dee Dee
4. Zei Wilder
5. Ms. Major Griffin-Gracy
6. Bench Ansfield
7. Alexis Shotwell
8. Tracey Helton Mitchell

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