It’s Going Down – December 25, 2020
Featuring interviews with participants in social movements, struggles, rebellions, projects, thinkers, and organizers.
It’s Going Down – December 18, 2020
Featuring interviews with participants in social movements, struggles, rebellions, projects, thinkers, and organizers.
Dean Spade on Mutual Aid, COVID-19, and Beyond
On this episode of It’s Going Down, we speak with long-time anarchist and organizer Dean Spade, author of the new book, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next), published by Verso Press. We discuss the explosion of mutual aid projects which have formed in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and the … Continued
How Systemic Police Corruption Exposes the Limits of Reform
Today on the It’s Going Down show, we finish out discussion with Brandon Soderberg, co-author of the book, I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of America’s Most Corrupt Police Squad, which details the exploits of police in Baltimore, Maryland. It argues that despite continuous reforms and investigations, the nature of police as an … Continued
“Like a Bludgeon”: Corruption, Counter-Insurgency & the Limits of Reform within the Baltimore Police
On this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast we speak with journalist and author Brandon Soderberg about the book they recently co-authored, I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of America’s Most Corrupt Police Squad, which details the notoriously corrupt Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF) in Baltimore, MD. The book discusses how the … Continued
On today’s It’s Going Down show, hosts discuss the fallout of the 2020 election, as Trump weights what little options he has in an effort to hold on to power and carve out a future for himself within a hostile political landscape. Trump is also calling on the far-Right and his supporters for help, as … Continued
Ben Fletcher: Building the IWW’s Interracial Class War Politics
It’s Going Down speaks with labor historian and professor Peter Cole about African-American labor leader Ben Fletcher, who played a key role in Local 8 of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), a radical syndicalist and anti-capitalist labor union. We talk about how the IWW rejected white supremacy and promoted anti-racist politics, went up … Continued
Trump, the far-Right, the Supreme Court, and the Struggle for Power
On today’s show, we discuss Trump’s continued push towards a coup, as he continues to repeat that he will deem mail-in ballots void in a last ditch effort to remain in power. We touch on the role of both the far-Right as well as the Supreme Court in this effort, as November 3rd hurdles towards … Continued
On this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we spoke with William C Anderson, who alongside Zoé Samudzi, is the co-author of As Black As Resistance, published by AK Press. We discuss the major themes of the book, its reception, and its growing impact in a post-rebellion world. We then switch gears and discuss … Continued
Organizing in the Face of Crisis and Far-Right Terror: A Conversation with Unity & Struggle
On this episode, we speak with two members of Unity and Struggle an anti-state/autonomous Marxist organization about Trump threats to remain in office by any means necessary, the far-Right’s push for a civil war, and how working-class people can organize to stop a coup.