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It Did Happen Here
It Did Happen Here is an independently produced podcast about anti-fascist struggles that took place in Portland, Oregon following the 1988 murder of Ethiopian immigrant Mulugeta Seraw by racist skinheads. This is the story of how disparate groups used a diversity of tactics to fight neo-nazi violen...
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IDHH Presents: Fight the Power, Do No Harm: The Story of the Black Cross Healthcare Collective
The Black Cross Healthcare Collective formed after the WTO protests of 1999, seeing a need for medical care that specifically served people who were a...

IDHH Episode 01 (repost)
In the late 1980s, Portland was a known haven for racist skinheads. They roamed the core of Portland unhindered.

IDHH Bonus 6: no. NOT EVER.
Kate Boyd and Cristien Storm of the Seattle-based collaborative group If You Don’t They Will discuss “no. NOT EVER”, an interactive, immersive present...

IDHH Bonus 5: More Fighters
In this episode we hear from antiracist street fighters: Iran, Jackson, Pan and Tom. The four
veterans recount their experiences fighting Portla...

IDHH Bonus 4: The Holocaust Denier
This episode features hosts Mic Crenshaw and Celina Flores as well as Coalition for Human Dignity activists Steve Wasserstrom, Jonathan Mozzochi and A...

IDHH Bonus 3.5: IDHH at the library part 2
The Multnomah County Library sponsored this event, hosted by Enrique Rivera , with the IDHH podcast producers Celina Flores, Mic Crenshaw and Erin Yan...

IDHH Bonus 3: Racist Recruitment through YouTube
In this bonus episode, we hear from Coalition for Human Dignity veteran Devin Burghart, now Executive Director of left wing think tank Institute for R...

IDHH Bonus 2.5: IDHH at the Library
Scot Nakagawa and Eric Ward talk together at "It Did Happen Here: Nothing is Final", recorded March 4, 2021 at an event sponsored by the Multnomah Cou...

IDHH Bonus 2: Cultural Organizing with Maximum Rocknroll
How did Anti-Racist Action create a national network without a central dedicated office, staff or phone number? In this episode It Did Happen Here tal...

IDHH Bonus 1.5: IDHH at the OHS
Join IDHH producers Mic Crenshaw Celina Flores and Erin Yanke along with IDHH interviewee China for a discussion of the historical fight against fasci...

IDHH Bonus 1: The Minneapolis Baldies and ARA, Part 2
It Did Happen Here returns to the Midwest for deeper conversations with veterans of the Minneapolis Baldies and Skinheads of Chicago (SHOC) about wha...

IDHH 11: Nothing is Final
In our final episode....In our final episode of the podcast we hear about the end of Portland Anti Racist Action, the consequences of being a SHARP, a...

IDHH 10: Less Booted, More Suited
In this episode we look at the Coalition For Human Dignity’s move to Seattle, the merger with the Northwest Coalition Against Malicious Harassment and...

IDHH 9: The Story of Jon Bair
On December 31, 1992 SHARPs and neo-Nazis met up on icy streets with fatal results. Episode 9 tells the story of the New Year’s Eve that changed the l...

IDHH 8: Sharper Times
In this episode, we hear from the young anti-racist skinheads who physically confronted local racist boneheads, who took direct action to kick nazi sc...

IDHH 7: A Research Capacity
In this episode, we offer another example of the Coalition for Human Dignity's dedication to using a diversity of tactics in the fight to drive white...

IDHH 6: House Defense
With the police unwilling to help people under threat of fascist attack, Portland activists mobilized their own self-defense projects. This episode fo...

IDHH 5: They Thought We Were Everywhere: the Portland ARA
Overwhelmed by the increasing violence of racist skinheads, punks teamed up for community defense. In 1989 they formed Portland’s chapter of Anti Raci...

IDHH 4: The Minneapolis Baldies and the ARA
This episode brings us to mid 80s Minneapolis to tell the story a small group of friends–including our host and producer Mic Crenshaw–founded first th...

IDHH 3: Building Community Defense
At the end of 1988 racist skinheads flexed power on the streets and in the show spaces of Portland. This episode is about Portlanders who came togethe...

IDHH 2: The Murder of Mulugeta Seraw
Late one night in November 1988 racist skinheads attacked a group of Ethiopian immigrants in the working class Kerns neighborhood of Southeast Portlan...

IDHH 1: Setting the Scene
In the late 1980s, Portland was a known haven for racist skinheads. They roamed the core of Portland unhindered.
In this episode...

IDHH: Trailer
It Did Happen Here is a history of the unlikely collaboration between groups of immigrants, civil rights activists, militant youth and queer organizer...