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Libcom- Retaliation 101: Requesting Access to Respite Areas at the Allred Unit in Texas is a Big No No August 24, 2019Jason Walker disciplinary.png In an article the mailroom tried to censor, Texas inmate Jason Walker describes the repression and retaliation directed against prisoners trying to get relief from the extreme summer heat. On this day, the heat index was 110⁰ degrees, and 107⁰ outside. A lot of inmates denied themselves respite to avoid... made-up accusations […]R Totale
- Seizing the Means of Production: A Spotlight on Vio.Me August 22, 2019ckk18.png A video report about the occupied Vio.Me factory in Thessaloniki. By Unicorn Riot, 2019. https://en.labournet.tv/seizing-means-production-spotlight-viome The capitalist economy doesn't care for a working economy. It cares for profits Vio.Me worker read moreJohanna Schellhagen
- Former child detention center staff speaks out: “This is Legalized Kidnapping” August 20, 2019Heartland alliance.jpg Recently, It’s Going Down was approached about publishing a testimony by a former Child Detention Center staff employee, Ramona Benitez. Their report details what they saw during several years inside one of the facilities operated by a non-profit currently running a child prison in Chicago: the Heartland Alliance. What follows is their story. […]R Totale
- “They Say in Harlan County… ”: A Look At the Miners’ Blockade Stopping Coal in its Tracks August 15, 2019harlan-county.jpg An interview from the Earth First! Journal about the ongoing coal blockade in Harlan County, Kentucky. ...we know that we are gonna have to step outside of our comfort zone and build with people who haven’t had access to the same spaces as us, and we are happy to do it. It’s pretty beautiful […]R Totale
- Zealots and ditherers August 15, 2019demo1.jpg The UK government seems hell-bent on crashing out of the European Union without a deal on 31 October. What does this say about the politics of the ruling class? The roots of this crisis in the Tory party are in the decline of British capital on the international stage, the changing character of the […]Gabriel Levy
Its Going Down- We are More than Just Antifascists: A Reportback from Portland August 23, 2019The post We are More than Just Antifascists: A Reportback from Portland appeared first on It's Going Down. A critical reflection on the mass antifascist actions in Portland on August 17th. Since Trump’s election, the Alt-Right, fascists and neo-Nazis (as well as racists and misogynists of all stripes) have been bolder than ever. Around the […]Anonymous Contributor
- New York Anarchist Bookfair to feature Ben Morea and Silvia Federici August 23, 2019The post New York Anarchist Bookfair to feature Ben Morea and Silvia Federici appeared first on It's Going Down. Announcing this years New York Anarchist Bookfair, taking place on September 6th and 7th. As climate emergency looms, the specter of war and fascism haunts us. In the media and in the world around us, we […]Anonymous Contributor
- Spencer Tenants Block Landlord from Stealing Furniture August 23, 2019The post Spencer Tenants Block Landlord from Stealing Furniture appeared first on It's Going Down. Report from Parkdale Organize on recent action by tenants against their landlord. Today our neighbours from 116 Spencer blocked their landlord from stealing their patio furniture and barbeque. “We sat here having coffee and donuts while he tried to throw […]Parkdale Organize
- On Willem van Spronsen Passing from Occupy Northwest Detention Center Participants August 23, 2019The post On Willem van Spronsen Passing from Occupy Northwest Detention Center Participants appeared first on It's Going Down. Reflections on the life and passing of anarchist Willem an Spronsen from some anonymous participants in Occupy North West Detention Center. Willem van Spronsen took radical direct action sabotaging the Northwest Detention Center’s infrastructure. He targeted […]Anonymous Contributor
- This Is America #87: ICE Resistance, Portland Report, Recession August 23, 2019The post This Is America #87: ICE Resistance, Portland Report, Recession appeared first on It's Going Down. Welcome, to This Is America, August 22nd, 2019. We have a great show for you today. First, we start with a report from West Virginia, on how people are mobilizing against threats of ICE raids and then speak […]It's Going Down
- Neo-Nazi Posters Target Modesto LGBT Center As White Nationalist “Straight Pride” Rally Draws Close August 22, 2019The post Neo-Nazi Posters Target Modesto LGBT Center As White Nationalist “Straight Pride” Rally Draws Close appeared first on It's Going Down. Community members in Modesto, California, already outraged that a group of white nationalists and local GOP insiders are planning a “Straight Pride” rally in their city on August 24th, are furious after learning […]The Grouch
- Scout’s Honor?: Authority, Conditioning, and Gender August 21, 2019The post Scout’s Honor?: Authority, Conditioning, and Gender appeared first on It's Going Down. rior to becoming the transfeminine anarchist rascal that I am today, I was a Cub Scout. Although my fervor for scouting was certainly present when I joined the grade school division of the Boy Scouts of America, my enthusiasm would dwindle […]Tranarchy
- Wobbly Sues Seattle Police, City August 21, 2019The post Wobbly Sues Seattle Police, City appeared first on It's Going Down. Targeted by Seattle police for thirteen years, Wobbly and anarchist hoping to settle in major lawsuit. A Wobbly from Utica, NY is back in Seattle, WA to settle a lawsuit against the city and the Seattle Police Department, a lawsuit that stems […]Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
- Bemidji, MN: Water Protectors Lock to Enbridge Office Gates, Work Halted August 21, 2019The post Bemidji, MN: Water Protectors Lock to Enbridge Office Gates, Work Halted appeared first on It's Going Down. Report from recent action against Embridge in Minneapolis against the Line 3 pipeline. Bemidji, MN — In the early morning, 6 water protectors locked to the gates of a key Enbridge office in Bemidji, MN in […]Anonymous Contributor
- “We Burned What We Could”: Anti-Police Revolt in Mexico City August 21, 2019The post “We Burned What We Could”: Anti-Police Revolt in Mexico City appeared first on It's Going Down. Cover photo from Ediciones Ineditas A week ago, a riotous demonstrations broke out in Mexico City after it was discovered that four police officers had abducted a 17 year-old woman and raped her in a police car. […]It's Going Down
Crimethinc- The Speech of Russian Anarchist Alexei Polikhovich in Moscow : For Which He Is Currently Imprisoned August 14, 2019In Moscow, on August 10, police arrested the anarchist Alexei Polikhovich for speaking at Russia’s largest opposition demonstration since 2011.CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective
- What They Can't Do with Badges, They Do with Torches : A Poster August 12, 2019Two years after the tragedy in Charlottesville, we present a poster clarifying the relationship between police and white supremacist organizations.CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective
- Looting Back : An Account of the Ferguson Uprising August 9, 2019Five years after the murder of Michael Brown, we present the diary of an anarchist from St. Louis who participated in the subsequent uprising.CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective
- The Importance of Print Media : And the Digital Censorship to Come August 8, 2019When digital media is the dominant form of communication, we remain passionately committed to print media. Here's why.CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective
- We Defend Each Other : A Line of Posters Expressing Solidarity with Everyone under Attack August 6, 2019Please put up these posters in public places, including business establishments, universities, and schools, as well as homes and social centers.CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective
Empires Crumble- EPISODE 15: CONSPIRACY! August 18, 2019The official narratives of politicians, governments, and the media no longer hold the same power upon the people. Conspiracy theories abound. But aren't governments technically conspiracies? And revolutions...those are too. So how do we tell who's lying, who's in charge, and what's really a conspiracy and what's really just a theory? Or is that even […]
- Episode 14: Collective Delusions June 28, 2019"We thought we had more time..." With more and more news that the climate collapse is accelerating, it's time we seriously look at the pretty little lies we tell ourselves to keep ourselves going. Alley and Rhyd discuss some of these, including the latest leftist delusion, "Fully Automated Luxury Communism."
- Episode13: The New Dark Ages June 6, 2019"The dark ages were really only dark for the rich..." With more and more reports that "civilization" may end because of catastrophic climate change, we may be entering into a new "dark ages." But is that really something to fear? Alley & Rhyd discuss the previous dark ages, as well as recent moments of civilizational […]
- Episode 12: HERESY! April 13, 2019Hannah Arendt, bell hooks, Slavoj Zizek...just a few names on an ever-growing list of philosophers that good leftists aren't "allowed" to read anymore because of something "problematic" they said. In this episode, Alley and Rhyd discuss the "canceling" of artists, philosophers, and other creators and trace the roots of our obsession with "right belief" to […]
- Episode 11 March 15, 2019The revolution won't be tweeted... From toxic "social justice" crusades to internal sabotage, "internet leftism" is destroying itself and fueling the far-right. In this episode, Alley Valkyrie & Rhyd Wildermuth discuss the mechanisms of these problems and their roots in our alienation from ourselves and each other, and propose solutions to help the Left remember […]
- EPISODE TEN: Anarchy & Art February 17, 2019What's the relationship between anarchism and art? How do we create the kind of world we want to see? And how we learn to believe that we are "good enough?" In this episode, Alley and Rhyd talk with guest Margaret Killjoy and share stories of how they became who they are.
- Episode 09: Globalization & Globalism February 5, 2019While many people have begun to use Globalization and Globalism inter-changeably, they are absolutely not the same thing. In this episode, Alley & Rhyd discuss the damage done by global Capital, the history of Globalization, the anti-semitic conspiracy theories of Globalism, and the solution: Internationalism.
- Episode 8: Paganism™ December 22, 2018"I have met my own people, and I hate them all." --Claudia, from Interview With The Vampire In this episode, Alley and Rhyd discuss their own journeys into Paganism and witchcraft and how they differed radically from the "business" of Paganism and witchcraft in America.
- Episode 7: Nationalism November 24, 2018Alley and Rhyd discuss the problems of nationalism and explore the important differences between indigenous and colonized people's struggles for national independence and the far right and white nationalist struggles, and the role of global capitalism in the destruction of cultural differences.
- Episode 6: Egregrores October 12, 2018What’s an Egregore? What’s an egregore got to do with America? And what really happened to the dude who made KONY2012? In the sixth episode Alley Valkyrie and Rhyd Wildermuth discuss how the ingredients of the ritual that manifested American make it impossible to change, and discuss how an egregoric understanding can inform resistance and […]
Nortshore Counter Info- Every Death is a Murder – Prisoners Justice Day, Hamilton August 12, 2019On the evening of Prisoners Justice Day, August 10th 2019, a small group of prison hating folks gathered in Hamilton, Ontario at Beasley park for a noise demo. HPS (Hamilton Police Sevices) observed the rally with excessive numbers including bike cops, a cop van, a supervisor suv and two cruisers. As our numbers grew we […]northshore
- Answering Back: Windsor’s “Drug Den”, or How We Choose to See Things August 9, 2019Two prominent recent articles in The Windsor Star describe a burnt out building on Wyandot St as a “drug den” and the people using the space as “a problem crowd” of “addicts” and push for the building to be demolished. The total lack of humanity in how the situation is described is striking. Drawing heavily […]northshore
- From Embers: New Content in July 2019 August 4, 2019From Embers is a regular anarchist podcast produced in Kingston, Ontario. We produce a few episodes each month about actions and projects going on in so-called Canada that inspire us, or about topics that we think will be relevant to anarchists living north of the border. We are a proud member of the Channel Zero […]northshore
- Mike McGahan, CEO of CLV Rental Properties, not flattered July 30, 2019About a month ago, we at North Shore received an unusual email from an "executive concierge" named Sarah about a single photo in a single article that we re-posted back in December 2018 from the Hamilton Tenants Solidarity Network. Read More ...northshore
- Pride attacker Chris Vanderweide missed his own rally: a Reportback July 28, 2019Fascists in Kitchener-Waterloo had a rally today to celebrate Chris Vanderweide's homophobic attacks on Hamilton Pride. I put on my hot pink war shirt and took my horse down to twirl a rainbow flag at them. Read More ...northshore
Infoshop News- No Citizens: Abolishing Borders Beyond the Nation-State August 24, 2019The very existence of borders is one of the founding injustices of this world. Most of us recognize this implicitly, and I won’t spend too much time here trying to argue what’s been clearly argued by generations of anarchists: Borders and citizenship are constitutive elements of the nation-state, and as such must be overturned and […]Infoshop Staff
- Political upheaval over Tlaib and Omar shows the power of BDS August 24, 2019We are in the middle of a political upheaval on Israel/Palestine in the United States, and Americans who are concerned with Palestinian human rights live for these moments. They are the moments of potential change: When more tarnish is added to Israel’s image, and Americans get a clearer picture of what the Jewish state actually […]Infoshop Staff
- Maoism vs. Libertarian Socialism? Review of Elliot Liu, Maoism and the Chinese Revolution; A Critical Introduction August 24, 2019Elliot Li's book analyzes Maoism, and its roots in the Chinese Revolution, from an anarchist and libertarian Marxist perspective. The post Maoism vs. Libertarian Socialism? Review of Elliot Liu, Maoism and the Chinese Revolution; A Critical Introduction appeared first on Infoshop News.Infoshop Staff
- Precursors of Syndicalism III August 23, 2019After discussing the rise of syndicalist ideas in the First International (Precursors of Syndicalism I) and then in the Chicago-based International Working People’s Association (Precursors of Syndicalism II), we now turn to debates within the European anarchist movement before the rise of revolutionary syndicalism in France. In other words, communist-anarchism in the form of its […]Infoshop Staff
- Love, anarchy, and Emma Goldman August 23, 2019Hidden love letters reveal a great woman who struggled to match her political vision with her personal reality. The post Love, anarchy, and Emma Goldman appeared first on Infoshop News.Infoshop Staff