“It is sometimes said that insurgents start with nothing but a cause and grow to strength, while the counter-insurgents start with everything but a cause and gradually decline in strength to the point of weakness.” – Kitson Cover Image from Spilt Cocoa with Permission On this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast we caught... Read Full Article

Welcome, to This Is America, June 28th, 2020. On this episode we feature an interview with journalist Robert Evans, known for his work on the Behind the Bastards and It Could Happen Here podcasts. Evans speaks on the Boogaloo Boys, the rise of far-Right violence and attacks against Black Lives Matter demonstrations and also what... Read Full Article

In this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we speak with two members of Kinłani/Flagstaff Mutual Aid about the growing Indigenous Mutual Aid network, the devastating impact of COVID-19 within indigenous Diné and Hopi communities, and how people in Kinłani/Flagstaff have organized to provide material support across a vast land base. View this post... Read Full Article

Welcome to This Is America, June 17th, 2020. In this episode, first we talk with two people who have been spending time in the Capital Hill Autonomous Zone, or CHAZ. We discuss their experiences, the extreme amount of misinformation that has been pushed by the far-Right, and what day to day life looks there. We... Read Full Article

Cover Image from Spilt Cocoa with Permission In this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we speak with Yannick Giovanni Marshall, an author, poet, educator, and contributor to Black Perspectives. We discuss the ongoing rebellion, and broadly about what support looks like as the liberal manager class attempts to grab control over the movement... Read Full Article

In this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we discuss the current moment two weeks into the uprising. While the demonstrations continue, a real counter-insurgency effort is underway. Across the social terrain, the neoliberal media is attempting to isolate any actually disruptive and proletarian elements from the rebellion, the far-Right is pushing each and... Read Full Article

Welcome, to This Is America, June 5th, 2020. It’s been a while, but we’re back! First up, we feature an interview with a resident from Minneapolis, MN who discusses the first day of protests against the police murder of George Floyd which kicked off the nation wide rebellion. We then feature an interview with two folks... Read Full Article

Welcome, to This Is America, May 20th, 2020. In this episode, first we bring you an interview with Robert Ovetz, an autonomous anti-capitalist historian who speaks with us on the current spread of wildcat strikes and self-organized workplace actions which have grown in scale in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. We discuss current labor... Read Full Article

On April 11th, 1993, prisoners launched an uprising at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, outside of the town of Lucasville. The uprising was marked by prisoners across racial, religious, and gang lines coming together to push a set of demands. Graffiti written throughout the prison spoke to this reality, with slogans like “Convict Race” and... Read Full Article

Cover Photo: Familias Unidios Welcome, to This Is America, May 13th, 2020. In this episode, first we speak with people involved with Appalachians Against Pipeline and the Yellow Finch Treesit in the Hellbender Autonomous Zone, which has been at the heart of active resistance to blocking the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline in so-called... Read Full Article