May 4, 2020
Dissident Island Radio episode 246 presents another dose of covid centric content with noises from:
– Rent Strike London and London Renters Union discuss mutual aid and supporting renters during the global #RentStrike2020 (00:01:13 – 00:27:06)
– Communities Against Prison Expansion talking about the situation inside UK prisons during the pandemic, the farce that is the government’s compassionate release scheme, and the growing interest in prison abolitionist narratives (00:29:52 – 00:49:50)
– ACAB Andy telling us about the risks of spitting at cops in the time of coronavirus, the reality of retrials while jury trials are suspended and the current standings in the race to accumulate the highest number of fixed penalty notices for covid related offences (00:54:16 – 01:02:56)
– A brief burst of Bad News from new islander Tifta (01:03:12 – 01:07:07)
– A set of the finest ambient electronica from The Whispering Minority (01:07:38 – 02:14:18)
– Plus tracks from the Wyatt Act, taken from their upcoming album SlamRock In Place
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