Ep.3: ”Before the Shooting” Interview w/ Connar Klock, The Origins of the Anti-Abortion Movement & The Dems Lackluster Opposition

In today's episode we are joined with theatre director Connar Klock to discuss an upcoming play going up at Doormouse Theater- "Before the Shooting," an adaptation of a poetry collection by local artist Denise Miller about the American mass shooter. We talk about how the project came together, the importance of art in addressing such a difficult subjects, and more.

 

In the second half of the episode we give a partial history of the origins of the American anti-abortion movement- how evangelicals were very deliberately lead into a regressive voting block based on something that was not always a particularly controversial issue in American christian circles. We also look at an article from Jacobin that parses out in detail the many ways the Democratic Party COULD be protecting abortion rights- but are not.

 

0:00- 23:30 Interview w/ Director Connar Klock about "Before the Shooting" a Local Play About the American Mass Shooter
24:20- 49:42 The Anti-Abortion Movement: It's Origins and the Democrats' Lack of Will to Protect Abortion Rights

 

SOURCES

"The Real Origins of the Religious Right"

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-right-real-origins-107133/

"We Need a Left Strategy For Confronting the Anti-Abortion Movement"

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/07/anti-abortion-movement-choice-reproductive-justice?fbclid=IwAR2-EqRPAszabuL6MNz5uEnCiKJhpdNu32rc-0tghhA18sgigO2NBDvhNnc

"Congressional Dems Are Failing to Secure Abortion Rights"

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/09/congress-democrats-abortion-rights-legislation-majority-womens-health?fbclid=IwAR1mLKrQX1WwCard0jYBiDDm03FhvKs4DuLh0r4_jsApJqIQKd2m1yu54AA