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The post Broken Windows, Falling Empires: A Discussion with Kristian Williams appeared first on It's Going Down.
“It is sometimes said that insurgents start with nothing but a cause and grow to strength, while the counter-insurgents start with everything but a cause and gradually decline in strength to the point of weakness.” – Kitson Cover Image from Spilt Cocoa with Permission On this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast we caught... Read Full Article
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The post This Is America #120: Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop appeared first on It's Going Down.
Welcome, to This Is America, June 28th, 2020. On this episode we feature an interview with journalist Robert Evans, known for his work on the Behind the Bastards and It Could Happen Here podcasts. Evans speaks on the Boogaloo Boys, the rise of far-Right violence and attacks against Black Lives Matter demonstrations and also what... Read Full Article
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The post A Discussion with Kinłani Mutual Aid on Building Conflict Infrastructure in the Face of COVID-19 appeared first on It's Going Down.
In this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we speak with two members of Kinłani/Flagstaff Mutual Aid about the growing Indigenous Mutual Aid network, the devastating impact of COVID-19 within indigenous Diné and Hopi communities, and how people in Kinłani/Flagstaff have organized to provide material support across a vast land base. View this post... Read Full Article
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The post This Is America #119: Down To Their Level appeared first on It's Going Down.
Welcome to This Is America, June 17th, 2020. In this episode, first we talk with two people who have been spending time in the Capital Hill Autonomous Zone, or CHAZ. We discuss their experiences, the extreme amount of misinformation that has been pushed by the far-Right, and what day to day life looks there. We... Read Full Article
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The post Yannick Marshall on Anti-Colonial Rebellion and Pushing Back Against Liberal Co-option appeared first on It's Going Down.
Cover Image from Spilt Cocoa with Permission In this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we speak with Yannick Giovanni Marshall, an author, poet, educator, and contributor to Black Perspectives. We discuss the ongoing rebellion, and broadly about what support looks like as the liberal manager class attempts to grab control over the movement... Read Full Article
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The post Rebellion, Counter-Insurgency, and Cracks Within the Ruling Class appeared first on It's Going Down.
In this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we discuss the current moment two weeks into the uprising. While the demonstrations continue, a real counter-insurgency effort is underway. Across the social terrain, the neoliberal media is attempting to isolate any actually disruptive and proletarian elements from the rebellion, the far-Right is pushing each and... Read Full Article
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The post This Is America #118: From Pandemic to Uprising appeared first on It's Going Down.
Welcome, to This Is America, June 5th, 2020. It’s been a while, but we’re back! First up, we feature an interview with a resident from Minneapolis, MN who discusses the first day of protests against the police murder of George Floyd which kicked off the nation wide rebellion. We then feature an interview with two folks... Read Full Article
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The post This Is America #117: Out of the Firing Pan, Into the Fire appeared first on It's Going Down.
Welcome, to This Is America, May 20th, 2020. In this episode, first we bring you an interview with Robert Ovetz, an autonomous anti-capitalist historian who speaks with us on the current spread of wildcat strikes and self-organized workplace actions which have grown in scale in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. We discuss current labor... Read Full Article
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The post “Don’t Be On the Side of the Executioners”: In Conversation with Bomani Shakur appeared first on It's Going Down.
On April 11th, 1993, prisoners launched an uprising at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, outside of the town of Lucasville. The uprising was marked by prisoners across racial, religious, and gang lines coming together to push a set of demands. Graffiti written throughout the prison spoke to this reality, with slogans like “Convict Race” and... Read Full Article
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The post This Is America #116: Against the Economy of Death appeared first on It's Going Down.
Cover Photo: Familias Unidios Welcome, to This Is America, May 13th, 2020. In this episode, first we speak with people involved with Appalachians Against Pipeline and the Yellow Finch Treesit in the Hellbender Autonomous Zone, which has been at the heart of active resistance to blocking the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline in so-called... Read Full Article
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The post Between Exploitation and Exposure: Little Village Solidarity Network on the Fight Against Child Detention in Chicago appeared first on It's Going Down.
On this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we caught up with two members of the Little Village Solidarity Network (LVSN), to speak about the ongoing fight against the Heartland Alliance in Chicago. The Heartland Alliance is a non-profit that runs a network of facilities across the Chicago-land area that jails undocumented children who... Read Full Article
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The post Workers From Amazon, Whole Foods, Instacart, & Shipt Speak Out on May 1st Strike appeared first on It's Going Down.
On this special episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we host a round table discussion featuring essential workers who are planning May Day strike actions this Friday. Our guests include workers from Amazon, Whole Foods, Instacart, and Shipt. We discuss how the coronavirus crisis has played out in each workplace and how corporations have... Read Full Article
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The post This Is America #115: Brooklyn Tenants on Rent Strike Talk May 1st appeared first on It's Going Down.
Welcome, to This Is America, April 25th, 2020. On this episode, we speak with tenants in Brooklyn, New York on rent strike. We discuss how their strike has been going since it began on April 1st, how the tenant movement has grown throughout the month, and what people can expect on May 1st, where a... Read Full Article
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The post This Is America #114: We Would Prefer Not To appeared first on It's Going Down.
Welcome, to This Is America, April 18th, 2020. In this episode, first we talk with people on rent strike in Philadelphia. We discuss how the rent strike came about, the process of getting organized, and so far, how the strike is going. We then feature an interview from the folks at Perilous Chronicle with an... Read Full Article
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The post From Southern Strategy to Ruling Power: Chip Berlet on Trumpism & the far-Right in 2020 appeared first on It's Going Down.
photo from @sjdemas Chip Berlet is our guest on this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, and is a long time author, journalist, and activist who has just published their new book, Trumping Democracy: From Reagan to the Alt-Right. For decades, Berlet has written about and tracked the far-Right, conspiracy theories, and racist groups, reporting on... Read Full Article
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The post This Is America #113: Set It Off appeared first on It's Going Down.
Welcome, to This Is America, April 10th, 2020. On this episode, first we speak with someone from Mountain Access Brigade, who discusses the “relaunch of a confidential abortion support line” in the Appalachian region. From a press release: Starting Sunday, April 12th, people seeking information and support about their reproductive options can call or text... Read Full Article
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The post This Is America #112: Choosing Sides, Getting Organized appeared first on It's Going Down.
Welcome, to This Is America, April 3rd, 2020. In this episode we present interviews with someone involved in Reclaiming Our Homes, a group of formerly homeless families who have occupying vacant housing owned by CalTrans in Southern California. For more information on their struggle, see our report here. No one should be homeless when homes... Read Full Article
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The post All Fall Down: The Economic Meltdown and What It Means for the Future appeared first on It's Going Down.
In this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we spoke with Jasper Bernes, the managing editor at the autonomous anti-capitalist publication, Commune, and also the author of The Work of Art in the Age of Deindustrialization (Stanford, 2017) and two books of poetry: We Are Nothing and So Can You, and Starsdown. All of... Read Full Article
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The post This Is America #111: Get Busy Living appeared first on It's Going Down.
Welcome, to This Is America, March 26th, 2020. On this episode, we speak with a member of the Four Thieves Vinegar Collective, a group of anarchists (read their recent text on the coronavirus here) making DIY medicine in the face of the corporate stranglehold of the pharmaceutical industry. We discuss the group’s past exploits, the... Read Full Article
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The post We Talked with a Doctor About Coronavirus, the State’s Response & Building Mutual Aid appeared first on It's Going Down.
In this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we spoke with Frank, an ER doctor in the Northeast, who also is involved with the autonomous anti-capitalist space, Woodbine, about the coronavirus, how medical workers are dealing with the stress of the pandemic, the State’s response to the outbreak, and how we can respond. Throughout... Read Full Article
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