It’s Going Down – May 20, 2022
Featuring interviews with participants in social movements, struggles, rebellions, projects, thinkers, and organizers.
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It’s Going Down speaks with journalist and author Natasha Lennard from The Intercept, who talks about the recent attacks on abortion rights, reproductive freedom, and LGBTQ people across the US and the need for people to organize instead of looking for salvation from elected leaders. photo: chloe s.via Unsplash
Today on It’s Going Down, with our legal correspondent, we break down the recent leak from Politico and the growing push from the Right to overturn Roe V Wade. We talk about what this means for a variety of “right to privacy” laws, an increasing push towards criminalization, and beyond. Photo via Unsplash
Today on It’s Going Down, we discuss with Marcela from Feel The News the situation in New York, as we look at Eric Adams, the growing eviction crisis and attacks on the houseless. We also talk about growing networks of resistance and Elon Musk potentially buying social media giant, Twitter. photo: Jalen Banks via Unsplash
In this episode, we speak with Austin based journalist Kit O’Connell about the growing attacks on abortion access and the LGBTQ community across Texas. We discuss how anti-LGBTQ legislation, pushed by a wave of far-Right conspiracy theories which have repackage trans and homophobia into a panic around “groomers,” which is creating and atmosphere of fear … Continued
On this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we speak to Modibo Kadalie and Andrew Zonneveld about their new book, Intimate Direct Democracy: Fort Mose, the Great Dismal Swamp, and the Human Quest for Freedom. We talk about how racialized slavery gave rise to global capitalism and how maroon societies in places like the Great … Continued
On this episode, IGD hosts discuss the broadening social war in the US, as wage fall, corporate profits rise, evictions threaten tenants across the country, and the poor are five times more likely to die than the rich due to COVID-19. In this context, Republicans continue to push a slew of draconian measures aimed at … Continued
On this episode of It’s Going Down, we again speak with anarchist theorist and author Peter Gelderloos, who discusses his new book, The Solutions are Already Here: Strategies for Ecological Revolution from Below, which is part indictment of capitalist civilization and part collection of interviews with those on the frontlines of ecological and anti-colonial struggles … Continued
On It’s Going Down, Ben Lorber of Political Research Associates (PRA) speaks on the growing crossover between the Trumpian wing of the GOP and a new iteration of the white nationalist movement, known as the Groypers, led by Unite the Right marcher, Nick Fuentes. We also present a short interview with two folks involved in … Continued
Walkouts Spread Against ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill in Florida; Anti-Capitalist Analysis of High Gas Prices
It’s Going Down speaks with a member of the Youth Liberation Front (YLF) in Florida about the wave of student walkouts resisting the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill in Florida, a piece of legislation aimed at stopping any discussion of LGBTQ+ issues in school. We also present an anti-capitalist analysis of why gas prices are so … Continued
It’s Going Down – February 25, 2022
Featuring interviews with participants in social movements, struggles, rebellions, projects, thinkers, and organizers.