It’s Going Down – May 10, 2023
Featuring interviews with participants in social movements, struggles, rebellions, projects, thinkers, and organizers.
The Growing Crisis In Policing: In Conversation With Alex Vital
On this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we speak with abolitionist Alex Vitale, author of the new book, The End of Policing. In our discussion, we look at the abolitionist movement one year after the George Floyd uprising, with Vitale arguing that we have seen a massive shift, both in terms of gains made by the movement … Continued
This episode features a special report from our friends at the Final Straw about pro-choice activists fighting heavy charges that steam from graffiti. photo: Jakob Rosen on Unsplash
Report From Tijuana: Building Autonomous Mutual Aid As The Border Continues To Militarize- April 19, 2023
In this episode, we speak with someone involved with El Comedor, an autonomous mutual aid hub and organizing center in so-called Tijuana, Mexico, which was founded by anarchists and asylum seekers in 2018. During our discussion, we speak about autonomous, mutual aid, and anarchist projects in Tijuana, Mexico as well as the rapidly militarizing borderlands. … Continued
It’s Going Down speaks with an organizer for the upcoming Bash Back! convergence in Chicago and also an update on the movement to Stop Cop City. photo: Austin Chan Via UnSplash
On today’s episode, It’s Going Down hosts ponder the meaning of rich and powerful elites like Trump not going to jail, despite decades of breaking the law. Along with special guest-host Marcela from Feel the News, we ponder what this state of exception means and its implications for abolitionists. We also take apart a recent article … Continued
In this episode we interview a member of Colorado Spring Antifascists, who speaks broadly about the new hit podcast show, The Alphabet Boys, which looks at police infiltration and repression in the Denver, Colorado area during the 2020 George Floyd uprising. We discuss how this was part of a much longer trajectory and a much … Continued
On this episode, we speak with the support crew of anarchist political prisoner Eric King and the directors of Elements of Mutual Aid, a new film project which seeks to chronicle current grassroots projects responding to the current crisis. photo: Elements of Mutual Aid / It’s Going Down
On this episode, we speak with Clark from the Atlanta Community Press Collective (ACPC), as we look at both the inspiring resistance that took place during the recent ‘week of action’ against ‘Cop City’ in Atlanta and the state’s ongoing attempts to crush the movement through mass arrests and charges of ‘domestic terrorism.’ photo: It’s … Continued
In this episode, IGD hosts unpack the political and economic causes of the unfolding ecological disaster in East Palestine, Ohio. photo: Ankush Minda via Unsplash