Building A Cadre For Community Defense w/ Atlas Defense

<p>What does it mean to defend your community when the state has already decided it won&#39;t? Today we sit down with Alex, Manuel, and Solaris of Atlas Defense, a Twin Cities community defense collective. We get into what community defense actually means, how they built a cadre with no hierarchy, and how Indigenous sovereignty and death work shape the way they think about safety. We also talk about how their organizing shifted once ICE occupied the Twin Cities, and what it takes to keep each other safe under repression. </p><p>Show Notes on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/TheDugoutPod" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Patreon</a></p><p>------------------------------------------------</p><p><strong>Guests:</strong> Alex, Manuel, and Solaris of Atlas Defense</p><ul><li>📷 Alex: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alex_does80" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">@alex_does80</a></li><li>🛡️ Atlas Defense: <a href="https://www.atlasdefensemn.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">atlasdefensemn.com</a></li><li>📷 Atlas Defense: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/atlasdefensemn/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">@atlasdefensemn</a></li><li>🖨️ Atlas Defense Print Subscription (People&#39;s Printer): <a href="https://www.atlasdefensemn.com/product/people-s-printer/180?cs=true&cst=custom" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">atlasdefensemn.com/product/people-s-printer</a></li><li>🌐 Solaris: <a href="https://solarisism.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">solarisism.org</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>On Atlas Defense:</strong> Atlas Defense is a Twin Cities community defense collective founded in 2016, built on the idea that abolition means abundance; training neighbors in everything from verbal de-escalation to firearms so that safety becomes a shared responsibility, not something outsourced to police or the state.</p><p>-------------------------------------------------</p><p>📚 Mentioned Media</p><p><strong>Books &amp; Texts</strong></p><p>📚 <em>Black Liberation Army</em> dictionary/resource — referenced re: &quot;group and split&quot; organizing model</p><p>📚 George Jackson&#39;s work: </p><p><strong>Historical Reference</strong></p><p>🔗 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis_general_strike_of_1934" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Minneapolis General Strike of 1934</a> — Teamsters Local 574, referenced as historical precedent for general strikes</p><p><strong>Other Media</strong></p><p>🔗 <a href="https://solarisism.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Solarism</a> — Solaris&#39;s website</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://solarisism.org/inner-city-blues-a-black-childs-lament/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">A Black Child&#39;s Lament</a> — Solaris&#39;s essay</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/swopmpls/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">SWOP MPLS</a> — sex worker organizing partner referenced re: firearm training</p><p>-----------------------------------</p><p>Stay connected with <em>The Dugout</em>! Follow us for updates, exclusive content, and more:</p><p><strong>🔗</strong><a href="https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/"><strong>OUR WEBSITE: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/</strong></a></p><p><strong>🔗</strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/"><strong> </strong><u>⁠</u><strong>Instagram</strong><u>⁠</u></a><strong>:</strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/"> <u>⁠https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/⁠</u></a></p><p><strong>🔗</strong><a href="https://tdugout.substack.com/"><strong> </strong><u>⁠</u><strong>Substack</strong><u>⁠</u></a><strong>:</strong><a href="https://tdugout.substack.com/"> <u>⁠https://tdugout.substack.com/⁠</u></a></p><p> <strong>🔗</strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod"><u>⁠</u><strong>YouTube</strong><u>⁠</u></a><strong>:</strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@thedugoutpod"> <u>⁠https://www.youtube.com/@thedu