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Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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  • Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

    Part Two: The Iceland Women's Strike of 1975: How Iceland Became the Most Gender Equal Country on Earth

    2026-11-11 | 1h 5 mins.
    Margaret continues talking with Allison Raskin about the radicals and feminists and radical feminists who got 90% of a country's women to refuse to do work at the jobsite or at home
    Sources:
    https://bluestockings.com/
    https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/icelandic-women-strike-economic-and-social-equality-1975
    https://kvennasogusafn-is.translate.goog/kvennafri/1975-2/raeda-adalheidar/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
    https://normlex.ilo.org/dyn/nrmlx_en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:11310:0::NO:11310:P11310_INSTRUMENT_ID:312245:NO
    https://kvennasogusafn-is.translate.goog/kvennafri/1975-2/avorp-raudsokka/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
    https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/08/europe/global-womens-strike-international-womens-day-intl/index.html
    https://pages.uoregon.edu/eherman/teaching/texts/Redstockings%20Manifesto.pdf
    https://feministwiki.org/wiki/Redstockings
    https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gender-equality-by-country
    https://villagepreservation.org/2022/05/09/redstockings/
    https://daily.jstor.org/the-bluestockings/
    https://www.icelandreview.com/news/iceland-pay-gap-grows-despite-equality-efforts/
    https://www.forbes.com/advisor/credit-cards/when-could-women-get-credit-cards/
    https://www.france24.com/en/20200731-vigdis-finnbogadottir-the-world-s-first-elected-female-president
    https://www.inspiredbyiceland.com/stories/womens-right-to-vote
    https://english.hi.is/news/womens-strike-2025
    https://www.routesnorth.com/language-and-culture/icelandic-last-names-a-simple-guide/
    https://lens.monash.edu/gender-equality-behind-icelands-paradise-for-women-image-lies-a-hidden-care-gap/
    https://jacobin.com/2019/10/iceland-redstockings-womens-strike-feminism
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    Part One: The Iceland Women's Strike of 1975: How Iceland Became the Most Gender Equal Country on Earth

    2026-11-09 | 48 mins.
    Margaret talks with Allison Raskin about the radicals and feminists and radical feminists who got 90% of a country's women to refuse to do work at the jobsite or at home
    Sources:
    https://bluestockings.com/
    https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/icelandic-women-strike-economic-and-social-equality-1975
    https://kvennasogusafn-is.translate.goog/kvennafri/1975-2/raeda-adalheidar/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
    https://normlex.ilo.org/dyn/nrmlx_en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:11310:0::NO:11310:P11310_INSTRUMENT_ID:312245:NO
    https://kvennasogusafn-is.translate.goog/kvennafri/1975-2/avorp-raudsokka/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
    https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/08/europe/global-womens-strike-international-womens-day-intl/index.html
    https://pages.uoregon.edu/eherman/teaching/texts/Redstockings%20Manifesto.pdf
    https://feministwiki.org/wiki/Redstockings
    https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gender-equality-by-country
    https://villagepreservation.org/2022/05/09/redstockings/
    https://daily.jstor.org/the-bluestockings/
    https://www.icelandreview.com/news/iceland-pay-gap-grows-despite-equality-efforts/
    https://www.forbes.com/advisor/credit-cards/when-could-women-get-credit-cards/
    https://www.france24.com/en/20200731-vigdis-finnbogadottir-the-world-s-first-elected-female-president
    https://www.inspiredbyiceland.com/stories/womens-right-to-vote
    https://english.hi.is/news/womens-strike-2025
    https://www.routesnorth.com/language-and-culture/icelandic-last-names-a-simple-guide/
    https://lens.monash.edu/gender-equality-behind-icelands-paradise-for-women-image-lies-a-hidden-care-gap/
    https://jacobin.com/2019/10/iceland-redstockings-womens-strike-feminism
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    CZM Book Club: "Organizing Social Spaces as if Social Relations Matter," by Cindy Barukh Milstein (Part One of Three)

    2026-11-08 | 38 mins.
    Margaret reads you some non-fiction with advice for organizers
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    Part Two: The Minnesota 15 and the Repression of Anti-fascism

    2026-11-04 | 40 mins.
    Margaret continues talking with defendant Isaac Sant about the resistance to ICE in the Twin Cities and federal repression
    links referenced:
    Alexio fundraiser: https://chuffed.org/project/alexio-mutual-aid
    Wired article on HSI spying: https://www.wired.com/story/ice-is-running-one-of-the-largest-anti-left-surveillance-operations-in-us-history/
    NYtimes article on Operation Puppet Master: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/us/politics/dhs-inquiry-immigration-protests-minnesota.html
    Minnesota 15 legal defense fund: https://chuffed.org/project/186570-minnesota-15-legal-defense-fund
    The first article to note the correlation between the Northside events and the drop in abductions: https://crimethinc.com/2026/02/23/their-escalation-and-ours-how-the-fight-against-ice-in-the-twin-cities-gained-momentum
    Guardian article on nspm-7 defendants union:
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/06/trump-protesters-antifa-defendants-union
    https://nspm7union.com/
    https://minnesota15.org
    https://prairielanddefendants.com/
    https://www.defendmichigan8.org/
    https://pjals.org/spokane3/

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    Part One: The Minnesota 15 and the Repression of Anti-fascism

    2026-11-02 | 39 mins.
    Margaret talks with defendant Isaac Sant about the resistance to ICE in the Twin Cities and federal repression
    links referenced:
    Alexio fundraiser: https://chuffed.org/project/alexio-mutual-aid
    Wired article on HSI spying: https://www.wired.com/story/ice-is-running-one-of-the-largest-anti-left-surveillance-operations-in-us-history/
    NYtimes article on Operation Puppet Master: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/us/politics/dhs-inquiry-immigration-protests-minnesota.html
    Minnesota 15 legal defense fund: https://chuffed.org/project/186570-minnesota-15-legal-defense-fund
    The first article to note the correlation between the Northside events and the drop in abductions: https://crimethinc.com/2026/02/23/their-escalation-and-ours-how-the-fight-against-ice-in-the-twin-cities-gained-momentum
    Guardian article on nspm-7 defendants union:
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/06/trump-protesters-antifa-defendants-union
    https://nspm7union.com/
    https://minnesota15.org
    https://prairielanddefendants.com/
    https://www.defendmichigan8.org/
    https://pjals.org/spokane3/

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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As long as there’s been oppression, there’ve been people fighting it. This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long to be—and fight to be—free. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for us today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history. That is to say, this podcast focuses on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff.
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