Episodes
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The post This Is America #88: We Only Want the World appeared first on It's Going Down.
Welcome, to This Is America, September 11th, 2019. On this episode, first we speak with King Poet about the upcoming day of action protesting the passing of Biden’s Crime Bill on September 13th which also sets the stage for an upcoming mobilization in DC against prison slavery in the Alabama prison system. #BurnDay Noise Demo... See Full Article
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The post The Greek Anarchist Movement Responds to Assault on Exarchia appeared first on It's Going Down.
In this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we speak with a long-time anarchist based in the Greek neighborhood of Exarchia. This discussion takes place at a time when the new government, New Democracy, is in the middle of launching a violent assault against the neighborhood which for decades has been a hotbed of... See Full Article
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The post “When Workers Shot Back”: Discussion with Robert Ovetz appeared first on It's Going Down.
In this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we speak with Robert Ovetz, author of the new book, When Workers Shot Back: Class Conflict from 1877 to 1921. During our discussion, we speak about insurrectionary labor history, touching on the post-Civil War eruptions of the Great Upheaval, the Pullman Strike, the Seattle General Strike,... See Full Article
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The post This Is America #87: What We Leave Behind appeared first on It's Going Down.
Welcome, to This Is America, August 28th, 2019. In this episode first we speak with Smolgelgem, the hereditary chief of the Sun House of the Likhts’amisyu Clan of the Wet’suwet’en Nation. We speak about the history of resistance to colonization and resource extraction on unceded Native land in so-called British Columbia and how new generations... See Full Article
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The post This Is America #86: ICE Resistance, Portland Report, Recession appeared first on It's Going Down.
Welcome, to This Is America, August 22nd, 2019. We have a great show for you today. First, we start with a report from West Virginia, on how people are mobilizing against threats of ICE raids and then speak with someone in Rhode Island about a recent mass mobilization against an ICE detention facility that ended... See Full Article
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The post This Is America #85: Once Now Into the Breach appeared first on It's Going Down.
Welcome, to This Is America, August 15th, 2019. In this episode we speak with someone from the New London Mutual Aid Collective about their ongoing work of planting a food forest on land left vacant after a giant pharmaceutical company’s land grab of an entire neighborhood through eminent domain feel through. We then speak to... See Full Article
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The post Repression, Surveillance & Social Movements: Lauren Regan appeared first on It's Going Down.
In this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we speak with Lauren Regan, an attorney at the Civil Liberties Defense Center (CLDC), based out of Eugene, Oregon. In this amazing interview, we speak with Regan about how people are pushing back against the current trajectory of government repression, surveillance, and harassment against participants in... See Full Article
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The post This Is America #84: Kentucky Miners Blockade Coal Train appeared first on It's Going Down.
Welcome, to This Is America, August 6th, 2019. In this episode, we bring you an interview with both a miner and an on the ground supporter, who are taking part in the coal blockade of the Black Jewel company over unpaid wages. Miners are occupying the train tracks in a town located in Harlan County,... See Full Article
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The post Mark Bray on Anarchist Revolution In Spain & Lessons for Today appeared first on It's Going Down.
In this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we speak again with historian Mark Bray about the anarchist movement in Spain as well as the Spanish Civil War and Revolution that broke out in 1936 against a fascist coup. We discuss how the movement grew, in all its complexities, and Bray describes the discussions... See Full Article
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The post TIA #83: Border Resistance Camp; Call to Support Anti-MVP Fight appeared first on It's Going Down.
Welcome, to This Is America, July 29th, 2019. In this episode we feature a special interview with someone involved in the upcoming Border Resistance camp kicking off on September 1st in so-called El Paso, Texas, and be sure to catch their upcoming tour to promote it, hitting cities on the west coast and beyond starting... See Full Article