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Featuring interviews with participants in social movements, struggles, rebellions, projects, thinkers, and organizers.
On this episode we speak with longtime anarchist Scott Branson, author of the new book, Practical Anarchism. We discuss print media, culture, DIY music subcultures, and the need for radical autonomous movements to create points of encounter to bring new people into movements outside of street protests and rebellions. photo: WikiCommons – CC BY-SA 2.0
On this episode, we speak with independent journalist Vishal P. Singh about the continued wave of attacks and online threats directed against trans people by Donald Trump. We also talk about far-Right trolls targeting Vishal for their ongoing reporting, far-Right groups under Biden, and much more. We also hear a new audio selection from CrimethInc. … Continued
On this episode, IGD hosts look at the debt ceiling, the brutal case of the police murder of Tyre Nichols and also a report from Kite Line Radio on ongoing resistance to ‘Cop City’ in Atlanta, GA. Photo: Andre Taissin via Unsplash
On today’s show, It’s Going Down speaks with author Ben Case about their new book, Street Rebellion: Beyond Violence and Non-Violence. Case argues that far from adhering to strict doctrines, robust and emerging social movements embrace a holistic and nuanced approach to rebellion that exists outside the rubrics of both pacifism and armed struggle. photo: … Continued
On this episode, we speak with a supporter of Alex Stokes, and community organizer and journalist who was recently sentenced to 20 years in prison for defending counter-protesters from Proud Boys at a “Stop the Steal” rally at the New York state capitol. We discuss the case and how people are working to support Stokes. … Continued
Over the last few months, residents of the Wood Street Commons, a self-organized community located in Oakland, CA have organized protests and filed lawsuits, in an attempt to stop their eviction and push the city to grant them access to public land. After a series of massive sweeps throughout 2022, remaining residents face another round … Continued
Victoria Law joins It’s Going Down to discuss their new book, “Prisons Make Us Safer: And 20 Other Myths of Mass Incarceration.” We discuss the myths brought up in Law’s new book, prisoner resistance in an age of COVID-19, how the struggles of women and trans prisoners are often overlooked and under-reported, and how the … Continued
In this episode, a rag-tag group of angry locals, anarchists, progressives, and environmentalists speak from the US/Mexico border about how they mobilized to blockade and shut down construction of the Republican Governor of Arizona’s shipping container wall.
In this episode, we speak with journalist Dell Cameron, about how Trump’s DHS in the hot summer of 2020, attempted to manufacture a non-existent terror network led by ‘ANTIFA.’ Guided by far-Right conspiracies and Trump’s tweets, DHS officials set to work violating the rights of protesters and flooding the streets of Portland with federal troops, … Continued
On today’s episode of It’s Going Down, we speak with long-time anarchist, musician, author, and activist Margaret Killjoy, the host of the podcast, ‘How to Live Like the World is Dying.’ We discuss the concept of ‘prepping,’ or preparing for disasters, and how it intersects with mutual aid and community building in an age of … Continued
