Sad Francisco Toshio Meronek, Tofu Estolas

Erin McElroy is back to talk about fresh release "Silicon Valley Imperialism." Starting in the 2010s, the post-socialist Romanian government created special visas to attract tech corporations and digital nomads. They hoped to create a mini-San Francisco; the book looks at how that materialized.
Silicon Valley Imperialism (Duke)
Anti-Eviction Lab
Previous Erin episode: Landlord Tech Watch
Silicon Holler episode f/ Tom Sexton

Nonprofits could never: Three members of the autonomous West Side Tenants Association/WSTA discuss the evergreen problem of charity; what movements gain by putting collectivism before individualism; how knowing your neighbors is the most effective and meaningful survival tactic; and the inspiration we all get from past solidarity work in the Bay, like the thousands of people who came together around the I Hotel in the 1970s.
West Side Tenants Association (also on Instagram)
The Worst Evictors of San Francisco and Oakland
Past episodes mentioned:
Should Social Movement Work Be Paid? f/ Dean Spade
How City College Got Free f/ James Tracy
Landlord Tech Watch f/ Erin McElroy

Politics have turned COVID into a dirty word, but Jillian Crochet, a Senior and Disability Action member, is working to get the San Francisco Department of Public Health to keep masking requirements in medical facilities and jails beyond April 30, when they're set to expire.
Letter to SFDPH to keep masks in healthcare
April 16 Action (IndyBay)
Senior and Disability Action (Instagram | Twitter)
Disability Visibility Project #N95s4UCSF

Well-known drag artists have been using their platforms to combat the genocide in Gaza since last October. In part two, Lady Bunny takes on virtue signaling politicians, and describes her suspicions around the viral photo with her name written on an IDF missile.
Check part one for Nicki Jizz, host of locally beloved drag night Reparations, who explains how politics and drag mix.
And our recent episode with Bay Area-based Palestinian drag artist Mama Ganuush.
"Meet the Drag Artists Using Their Platforms to Combat the Genocide in Gaza" (Truthout)
Lady Bunny on Instagram and Twitter
Nicki Jizz (and Reparations) on Instagram and Twitter

Well-known drag artists have been using their platforms to combat the genocide in Gaza since last October. In this first part, Nicki Jizz, host of locally beloved drag night Reparations, explains how politics and drag mix.
Check part two for Lady Bunny, who talks about virtue signaling politicians, and describes her suspicions around the viral photo with her name written on an IDF missile.
And our recent episode with Bay Area-based Palestinian drag artist Mama Ganuush.
"Meet the Drag Artists Using Their Platforms to Combat the Genocide in Gaza" (Truthout)
Nicki Jizz (and Reparations) on Instagram and Twitter
Lady Bunny on Instagram and Twitter

Instead of demanding free housing or health care, some people think the answer to homelessness is to build "mental health" jails and forced "rehab" centers to stow unhoused people, indefinitely. With Clio/Thatcher Sady and Tory Becker, from Gay Shame.
"Cities Across the US Are Stripping Homeless People of Their Autonomy," by Tory and Toshio, for Truthout In other news:
April 5 at Bluestockings in New York City: Come hang out with Shuli Branson, Zuri Arman, and Toshio, around the anthology "Surviving the Future: Abolitionist Queer Strategies" Sad Francisco is produced by Toshio Meronek; this episode was edited by Caitlin Wood. Support the show and find links to all of our past episodes on Patreon.