In the last week at the University of North Florida, Ken Parker, a former grand dragon of the Ku-Klux-Klan, and current member of the National Socialist Movement (NSM), one of the largest neo-Nazi groups in the US today, made violent threats against a campus organization through social media, which went viral. Parker was an attendee at … Continued
“The nation state as we have known it in the 20th century, is in decline. Mainly because the sorts of issues that affect people are now out of the control of states, including economic forces, global political violence, global warming…people see less and less legitimacy in the state…so I think the question is what replaces that system?” … Continued
In this episode, we talk with antifascist author and organizer Shane Burley, who has just released a new book, Fascism Today: What It Is, and How to End It. We spend the majority of the hour looking back on both the first year of the Trump administration as well as the far-Right, with Burley arguing that Trump … Continued
On this episode, we are joined with someone from IDOC Watch, a group which is organizing alongside and amplifies the voices of incarcerated people in Indiana. In this episode we talk about the history of prison organizing in Indiana as well as the work that IDOC Watch is doing. We also talk about the recent … Continued
In this episode of the IGDcast, we talked with one of the organizers of #NoNazisAtUF, about the recent demonstrations organized in Gainesville, Florida against neo-Nazi leader, Richard Spencer. We discuss not only the nuts and bolts dynamics of the day, including how organizers were able to get tickets and get inside the speech, how Spencer … Continued
In the past month, millions have taken to the streets of Spain as part of an independence movement to break with the Spanish State and form and autonomous Catalonia government. After massive police repression took place during a voting referendum, anger grew at the government crack down and it looked like the nationalist movement might … Continued
In this episode, we caught up with Franklin Lopez of Sub.Media, a native of Puerto Rico, to discuss his recent trip to the island, the history of colonialism and how it has affected the Puerto Rican people, and the recent tragedy of Hurricane Maria. In our discussion, Frank talks about the impact of the storm, … Continued
In this episode of the IGD podcast, we caught up with historian, anarchist, and author Mark Bray, who recently published Antifa: The Antifascist Handbook, and is also the author of Translating Anarchy: The Anarchism of Occupy Wall-Street. Bray is in the middle of a tour across the US, and shares his thoughts about the the kinds of people who … Continued
The situation in Puerto Rico is one of disaster – and things are only looking worse. Already, it has been over 7 days since hurricane Maria touched down, killing between 16 to 30 people so far, and shutting off power to entire island. It is reported that electricity is not expected to return to the island for … Continued
Repression, counter-insurgency, mass incarceration, and surveillance now pervade all aspects of many peoples lives. In the aftermath of the counter-insurgency war against liberation struggles and black resistance in the 1960s and 70s, both community policing and the militarization of repressive apparatuses began to grow across all aspects of society, but specifically targeting poor black and … Continued
