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01:38:25 This Is America #73: ROAR Conference, Shallow ‘Socialism vs Capitalism’ Debate
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Welcome, to This Is America, May 17th, 2019. On today’s show we talk with one of the organizers of the Revolutionary Organizing Against Racism (ROAR) Conference (happening this weekend in the bay area of California) about how they have been organizing for three years to put on a gathering that brings people together across several […]
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The Imperial Border & the Growing Attack on Migrants
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In this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we talk with two long time organizers who have worked both with migrants who have traveled with caravans as well as those stuck in limbo at the border in places like Tijuana. We discuss not only the current situation facing refugees and migrants fleeing political repression, […]
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This Is America #72: Reclaim the Streets
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Welcome, to This Is America, May 8th, 2019. In this episode, first we talk with people involved in the Arizona Palestine Solidarity Alliance about the connections between policing and counter-insurgency, as well as new surveillance technologies, in both occupied Palestinian territories and along the so-called US and Mexico border. We then open up into a […]
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Inside the Growing Indonesian Anarchist Movement
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In this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we speak with two anarchists from Indonesia about the growing movement, it’s history both in the colonial period and in the aftermath of the post-Suharto era. Our guests discuss how the movement, made up of a variety of tendencies, organizations, networks, and formal and informal organizations, […]
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This Is America #71: Spring Is Here Again
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Welcome, to This Is America, May 1st, 2019. Happy May Day! In this episode, we start off by speaking with antifascists from Long Beach Antifa about recent mobilizations against the far-Right in Southern California that took place last weekend. Please donate to help get two remaining comrades out of jail. #Bandung, #Indonesia: Anarchist Bloc at […]
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This Is America #70: New Haven Explodes Against the Police
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Welcome, to This Is America, April 23nd, 2019. In this episode, we talked with two people from the New Haven, Connecticut area about the recent anti-police rebellion that has taken place in the last week, after police, including officers from Yale University, opened fire on a couple sitting in a car in the early morning […]
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This Is America #69: #FreeMasonique & #TheArizona3
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Welcome, to This Is America, April 19th, 2019. In this episode, we present two interviews, one with someone involved in the #FreeMasonique campaign, which is fighting in Columbus, Ohio to get murder charges dropped against Masonique Saunders, who after police shot and killed her boyfriend, was incredibly charged, with his death. Join our national call […]
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Adolf & Algorithms: A Personal Journey Out of the Alt-Right
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In this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we talked with Faraday Speaks, a YouTuber who has begun to share their personal journey out of the Alt-Right online world. While never involved in an organized group, Faraday’s story represents the experiences of many rank-n-file millennials who went from “edgy teens,” to video gamers excited […]
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This Is America #68: From Dekalb County to John Hopkins University
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Welcome, to This Is America, April 12th, 2019. In this episode, first we talk with the mother of one of the young men who organized the protest inside of Dekalb County Jail outside of Atlanta, GA, and about the horrifying conditions they are fighting against. Thanks to the 9 new people who signed up today […]
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Lessons From A Year of Striking Teacher Insurgency
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In this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we again caught up with Michael from the West Virginia Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). In 2018, we interviewed Michael several times as the initial strike in 2018 broke out in early March. The strike and the growing #Red4Ed movement was monumentous for several reasons, which […]