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Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
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    Part One: The Banner Wars: How Dutch Squatters Fought Far-Right Immigration Policy

    19/1/2026 | 56 mins.
    Margaret talks to Samantha McVey about the motley and international assortment of activists who refused to let a fascist off the hook.
    Sources:
    The Banner Wars, Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness, 2005

    https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/27/international/europe/11-die-in-fire-at-dutch-airport-detention-center.html
    https://web.archive.org/web/20051210182413/http://www.time.com/time/europe/hero2005/cohen.html
    https://noborder.org/archive_item.php%3Fid=353.html
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/blast-damages-muslim-school-in-southern-netherlands-532504.html
    https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/14/world/europe/arson-suspected-at-dutch-mosque.html
    https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/average-height-by-country
    https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2005/10/amst-o28.html
    https://www.onderzoeksraad.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/report_fire_schiphol_oost.pdf
    https://www.politico.eu/article/netherlands-right-wing-government-dick-schoof-mark-rutte-party-for-freedom/
    https://apnews.com/article/migration-netherlands-wilders-asylum-38a5149bf59fad91d2368350405ba9dd
    https://www.visaverge.com/news/dutch-parliament-enacts-strictest-asylum-policy-in-history/

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    CZM Book Club: Because Change Was the Ocean and We Lived by Her Mercy, by Charlie Jane Anders, Part One

    18/1/2026 | 26 mins.
    Margaret reads you a story about the far-post-apocalypse and the joy we find in one another.
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    Part Two: Q&A 2026: Margaret and Sophie Answer Your Questions

    14/1/2026 | 25 mins.
    Even more of what you wanted to know about our dogs and our show and our thoughts about the future.
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    Part One: Q&A 2026: Margaret and Sophie Answer Your Questions

    12/1/2026 | 20 mins.
    Everything you wanted to know about our dogs and our show and our thoughts about the future.
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    CZM Book Club: A Cup of Tea, by Katherine Mansfield

    11/1/2026 | 25 mins.
    Margaret reads you a story about class and patriarchy but don't worry it's not as pedantic as that makes it sound.
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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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