It Did Happen Here

About 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 violence and right wing organizing in the Rose City in the 1980s and 90s.

Publisher

Celina Flores, Mic Crenshaw, and Erin Yanke

Category

music · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

11 Nov 2020

Latest episode

29 Apr 2024

Latest episodes

23 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Apr 2024

   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 attending direct actions, demonstrations and political protests. In the early 2000s they pioneered community-supported trials to find a way to treat pepper spray exposure. These trials resulted in an antidote that has been used in street protests internationally. Produced by Jodi Darby, Honna Veerkamp and Erin Yanke.

2. 

   18 Apr 2022

   IDHH Episode 01 (repost)

   In the late 1980s, Portland was a known haven for racist skinheads. They roamed the core of Portland unhindered.

3. 

   28 May 2021

   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 presentation of cultural resistance to white nationalism practiced by Western rural and suburban groups throughout the 80s and 90s.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

179 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

103 ratings