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The Fault Line: Dying for a Fight

24 EpisodesProduced by Somethin' Else / Sony Music EntertainmentWebsite

Portland-based anti-fascist Sean Kealiher was killed in 2019, months before the uprising that would bring Portland international attention. Nearly two years later, his homicide remains unsolved. His mother, Laura, believes she hasn't received justice because of police hatred for her son and his poli… read more

24 Episodes | 2020 - 2024

Introducing... The Fault Line: Bush, Blair and Iraq

September 15th, 2020

3:14

On September 11th 2001, as he faced incalculable losses after the terrorist attacks that day, President George W Bush made a call to his greatest …

Blair, Bush & Iraq | 1. The Truth Shall Set You Free

September 29th, 2020

38:08

Was there a chance to stop the 2003 invasion of Iraq before it even began? In February 2003 CIA agent Bill Murray chased a high level, top secret new source across the middle east. Bill was looking for a piece of …

Blair, Bush & Iraq | 2. Up the Arse of the White House

October 6th, 2020

45:21

How did Bush and Blair get so close? We go back to the late 90s and hear how British Ambassador in Washington Christopher Meyer carried out Blair’s instruction to ‘get up the arse of the White House and stay there’. …

Blair, Bush & Iraq | 3. Shoulder To Shoulder

October 13th, 2020

48:26

On September 11th 2001 the world changes in an instant. George Bush calls his greatest international ally, Tony Blair, and the two leaders stand …

Blair, Bush & Iraq | 4. The Alpha Dog

October 20th, 2020

47:31

How did WMD become central to the case for war in Iraq? We go back to 1991 - just after the first Gulf War - to find out why the argument for …

Blair, Bush & Iraq | 5. Curveball

October 27th, 2020

35:58

An Iraqi defector’s evidence becomes crucial to the case for regime change in Iraq. His codename is Curveball. Meanwhile journalists at the Knight Ridder news organisation investigate whether the White House is using …

Blair, Bush & Iraq | 6. With You Whatever

November 3rd, 2020

42:14

Tony Blair writes to George Bush “I’m with you whatever”. But now he needs to do two things: persuade the UK that war against Saddam is necessary, and the Americans that they need to seek international support for …

Blair, Bush & Iraq | 7. Seven Days and Seven Nights

November 10th, 2020

39:07

US Secretary of State Colin Powell is tasked with making a public case for war at the United Nations. As he tries to sort fact from fiction he …

Blair, Bush & Iraq | 8. The Pieces of the Puzzle

November 17th, 2020

51:51

Tony Blair finally has to come face to face with his party and his country. To sell his war to parliament and to the public. Little does he know that in a few short months the weapons' inspectors, searching through the …

Bush, Blair & Iraq | 9. Iraq

November 24th, 2020

40:43

After the arguments over intelligence, the debates between politicians and the meetings behind closed doors in this final episode we ask what …

Introducing... The Fault Line: Dying for a Fight

August 30th, 2021

3:25

Portland-based anti-fascist Sean Kealiher was killed in 2019, months before the uprising that would bring Portland international attention. 


Nearly …

Dying For A Fight | 1. The Death of Sean Kealiher

September 13th, 2021

39:02

Sean Kealiher was killed on Oct 12, 2019, near a popular bar for Portland’s antifascist scene.


An SUV ran him over and crashed outside the …

Dying For A Fight | 2. A Fight Brews

September 20th, 2021

49:58

Portland, Oregon, had been a hotbed for political clashes between the far left and the far right for years before 2020. 


Sean Kealiher was among the …

Dying For A Fight | 3. It’s a Conspiracy

September 27th, 2021

47:29

Oregon’s long history of racism was what brought Sean Kealiher and so many protesters like him to the streets. 


The fights between anti-racist skinheads and neo-Nazis in the 80s and 90s set the stage for Portland to …

Dying For A Fight | 4. This Isn't a Game

October 4th, 2021

38:40

When Sean Kealiher and his friend Micah Fletcher began confronting racists in their community, neither one could have predicted the consequences. 


Dying For A Fight | 5. It’s Personal

October 11th, 2021

38:22

After Sean Kealiher was killed, his mother Laura was subjected to brutal harassment from conservative trolls at her home and online—and it was Sean’s …

Dying for a Fight | Portrait of a Young Anarchist: An Interview with Ani Raven

October 12th, 2021

20:00

Ani Raven is a longtime activist and community radio host in Portland. 

She was also one of Sean Kealiher’s mentors when he joined the Occupy …

Dying For A Fight | 6. Summer 2020

October 18th, 2021

55:43

The uprising of Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 swept the country. 


As many as 1 in 10 adult Americans attended a protest. They got a taste of …

Dying For A Fight | 7. Life Is Cheaper

October 25th, 2021

53:59

In some ways, Sean Kealiher’s homicide has remained a mystery because people closest to him have long declined to talk publicly about what happened the night he was killed. 


For the first time ever, two antifascists …

Dying For A Fight | 8. Who Gets Justice

November 1st, 2021

52:28

Laura Kealiher doesn’t believe the state has made a good faith effort to solve Sean’s case. 


We attempt to get answers from Portland’s progressive …

Dying For A Fight | 9. No Justice No Peace

November 8th, 2021

33:38

After the largest year of protests in recent memory, an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, and sometimes deadly fights between political factions at …

Dying for a Fight | BONUS: Inside Rose City Antifa

November 15th, 2021

20:40

We sat down with Rose City Antifa, a different kind of anti-facist group in Portland than we've previously discussed. 


We get a window into what it's like to be a member of the only antifa group with a website in …

Dying For A Fight | 10. An Arrest Has Been Made

October 31st, 2022

29:19

Nearly three years after Sean’s death an arrest has been made. Senior producer Ryan Haas  is joined by reporter Jonathan Levinson to discuss why the …

Farewell

February 22nd, 2024

0:39

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