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Homeless Organizing in Oakland and the Wood Street Movie

A still from the film showing two figures from behind, leaning up against and peering through a fence at an empty lo next to highway interchanges under a purplish sky, plus "TFSR 3-22-26 | Homeless Organizing in Oakland and the Wood Street Movie" March 22nd, 2026 by

An interview with John Janosko and Freeway, two organizers formerly of the Wood Street Commons encampment in Oakland plus the director, Caron Creighton, of a feature length documentary on the struggle to save the community from eviction to talk about lessons and skills learned during the organizing

Why Is Asheville’s Buncombe County Jail Full of People?

"TFSR 3-8-26 | Why Is Asheville's Buncombe County Jail Full of People?" featuring a photo from the New Years Eve 2021 Noise Demonstration at the jail with the words "Empty The Cages Free The People" projected on the outer walls of one wing March 8th, 2026 by

Julie and Jeremy of the Asheville Community Bail Fund talk about the US system of pre-trial incarceration aka bail and bond, the work of the bail fund locally, the overcrowding of the Buncombe County Jail here in Asheville, the ICE holds happening in the local jail, and how local policy choices regarding criminalization are being compounded by recent and new North Carolina legislation.