It’s Going Down – November 25, 2022
Featuring interviews with participants in social movements, struggles, rebellions, projects, thinkers, and organizers.
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In this episode of the It’s Going Down show, we talk with two members of the Black Rose Anarchist Federation about the historic strike happening across the University of California. We discuss how the strike grew out of a wildcat strike wave in 2020 and the fight to win a cost of living wage increase … Continued
On this episode, It’s Going Down hosts discuss what all happened during the 2022 midterms. How did the pundit class get it so wrong? What do the elections say about young people, the Democrats, and hard-Right MAGA supporters? We unpack the election results while arguing that movements from below must continue to organize and push … Continued
On this episode of It’s Going Down, we speak with antifascist author and researcher Shane Burley, the editor of the new anthology from AK Press, “No Pasaran: Antifascist Dispatches from a World in Crisis.” Burley speaks on the post-J6 landscape, how both the Proud Boys and the GOP are targeting marginalized communities in an escalating … Continued
On this episode of It’s Going Down, historian Robert Ovetz talks about his new book, We the Elites: Why the US Constitution Serves the Few. Ovetz argues that far from being a “living, breathing document” that enshrines freedom and civil liberties, the US Constitution was created by and for a wealthy class of land and … Continued
On this episode of It’s Going Down, we speak with two people involved in the Omni Commons, a massive autonomous community center located in North Oakland. Born out of Occupy Oakland, over the past ten years, the space has grown to include many collectives, projects, and hold many community events. Join us as we speak … Continued
On this episode of It’s Going Down, we speak with a long-time resident of the San Francisco Mission District, about attempts by non-profits, police, and local officials to fence off and clamp down on working-class activity at the 24th BART plaza. We also speak about mutual aid organizing which has attempted to intervene in the … Continued
On this episode of It’s Going Down, we speak with two antifascists in Boise, Idaho about defending Pride from violent far-Right groups and a member of Cooperation Tulsa about how their group is building dual power through a variety of community based programs. photo: Redoubt Antifascists
On this episode, we are joined by members of Unity and Struggle, who discuss their recent analysis piece, Big Brick Energy, and look back on the nation wide uprising that kicked off following the police murder of George Floyd. We discuss what the media got wrong, the role and impact of conspiracy theories, the State’s … Continued
On this episode of It’s Going Down, we speak with two organizers from Sacramento IWOC (Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee) about their group which builds relationships with prisoners on the insider while support their demands and struggles. We also speak with an organizer of the Merritt on Third Tenant Union, which is part of the larger … Continued
Today on It’s Going Down, we speak with Rhiannon Firth, author of Disaster Anarchy: Mutual Aid and Radical Action, about the growth of autonomous disaster relief efforts, grassroots responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, and collective responses to climate change, both in the UK and in the US. photo: Pixabay