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Last Notes npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Antifascists in #Millvale, #Pennsylvania held a march on the home of neo-Nazi Brandon Cahall, handing out and putting up hundreds of stickers and posters along the way. https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/106/017/355/165/399/original/d38ce9efadd4fa29.png npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Banners dropped in Queens, New York against #CopCity project. https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/105/275/669/195/615/original/42a650d5f2e50fb1.png npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down #Palestine graffiti at Starbucks in #Tucson, #Arizona. https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/032/566/750/625/170/original/e5ea2fa1c0f97dcb.png npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Another Running Down the Walls event added - check out our list here. https://itsgoingdown.org/running-down-the-walls-2024-the-25th-anniversary/?swcfpc=1 https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/970/480/380/125/512/original/167c3f0d36d1f8a6.webp npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Support 'Big Tex' Here: https://www.spotfund.com/story/1263b271-b07d-4894-bb16-8675a3482dea npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "An Israeli airstrike hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City early Saturday, killing more than 60 people, Palestinian health authorities said, in one of the deadliest strikes in the 10-month-old [genocide]." https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israeli-airstrike-on-a-school-turned-shelter-in-gaza-city-kills-over-60-people-palestinian-health-officials-say/ar-AA1oywvZ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Far-Right rallies in the UK fizzled in the face of mass antifascist mobilizations. https://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/08/07/far-right-weds-roundup/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "We believe that the university encampment movement in the United States is a significant political development that will, for better or worse, determine the immediate future of the Palestine solidarity movement and also help set the stage for the next wave of mass struggle on a more generalized scale—the likes of which we saw in 2020 and will surely see again before long. It is thus essential to map its contours and contradictions." https://itsgoingdown.org/reflections-on-the-uchicago-popular-university-for-gaza-encampment/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "Yesterday, the anticolonialist and anticapitalist contingent, led by the F.A.G.S., Mubaadarat, P!nk Bloc, the IWW, and TRAPs, Nous ne Serons Pas Sages, and independent queer Muslim and SWANA organizers, took over the narrative and the front of the 2024 Trans March." #Montreal https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/907/715/714/952/871/original/968abc5832d6ac48.png https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/907/717/127/457/007/original/cc9a9afa2ec0a85f.png npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Against a backdrop of a climate change fueled heat wave, prisoners across the US are launching work and hunger-strikes. Check out our roundup here: https://itsgoingdown.org/in-contempt-43/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down @npub1phu…6myy https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/900/449/577/718/991/original/9dd1e64b3bb4cbe0.jpg npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "I recently flew out to Portland to attend the Dual Power Gathering and while I was there I gave a presentation on dual power. Rowan Glass was so kind as to make a recording of me summarizing that presentation. Enjoy." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bwBFkrtkDk npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down In #Cleveland, via @cleveland.palestine: "Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department attacks county residents. After Palestine protestors disrupted the county meeting to demand that Cuyahoga County halt all foreign investments into Israel bonds multiple police officers attacked residents by pushing and choking them. Officers can be seen quickly turning and assaulting a young woman who was simply doing media on her phone." https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/894/162/698/720/071/original/d715ab670ce1db0a.png npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Don't miss our latest installment of #InContempt, featuring a round-up of news on political prisoners, action inside the prison walls, and updates on campaigns to support those facing repression! https://itsgoingdown.org/in-contempt-43/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Upcoming event for Amber Kim at the Pipsqueak Infoshop in #Seattle. Who recently was on "hunger strike protesting her involuntary transfer to a men’s prison." More info here: https://truthout.org/articles/even-when-trans-women-win-transfers-to-womens-prisons-they-still-arent-safe/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/883/182/649/184/075/original/47f9590afeac7e89.jpg npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down On the latest episode of #ThisIsAmerica, we spoke with organizers of the Health Autonomy Convergence, an anarchist and abolition gathering of healers and health-care workers in #Vermont this October. https://itsgoingdown.org/this-is-america-198/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/883/103/142/485/398/original/3919ac12381f568f.png npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down #Seattle! Come out to this event tomorrow! https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/873/978/178/057/529/original/66ee078a4613240b.jpg npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Antifascist graffiti in Longmont, CO. Via @/FrontRangeAFA · https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/873/915/884/741/847/original/4091da17f98e7733.jpg npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down We spoke with Steve Ongerth about the radical history of #RedwoodSummer, and how #IWW and #EarthFirst organizer Judi Bari worked to bring together timber workers and radical environmentalists fighting to save old-growth forests. https://itsgoingdown.org/steve-ongerth-on-the-bombing-of-judi-bari-and-redwood-summer/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Another Proud Boy turned neo-Nazi. https://latenightafa.noblogs.org/caleb-john-downs-of-collinsville-and-tulsa-ok-identified-as-gdl-and-wlm-nazi-hissing-possum-and-wokie-okie/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Running (and Pushing) Down the Walls events are being announced across the country! Check out this one in SoCal! https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/854/300/545/349/844/original/15e05d9ccebac8d9.jpg npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "Dozens of U.S. doctors and nurses who have returned from volunteer trips to Gaza say in a scathing new letter that Israel’s assault, along with the famine and epidemics raging across Gaza, have killed a conservative estimate of at least 92,000 Palestinians so far — over double the widely-cited official death count by health officials." #Palestine #FreePalestine #Gaza https://truthout.org/articles/us-health-workers-back-from-gaza-calculate-death-toll-at-92000-at-a-minimum/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Antifascist prisoners like Alex Stokes are facing 20 years for defending a friend against a Proud Boy on J20. Please take some time to organize a benefit or letter writing event and support these frontline prisoners on #July25. https://itsgoingdown.org/july-25th-international-day-of-solidarity-with-antifascist-prisoners/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "A video of maggots dumped around the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly staying on his trip to the U.S., has gone viral on social media on Wednesday." https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/video-of-maggots-dumped-at-netanyahus-hotel-goes-viral/ar-BB1qz923 npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "The state's ultimate goal is to scare us, but as the Palestinians have been telling us, as the Sudanese have been telling us, there's nothing left to lose. There's nothing left to be afraid of." https://www.teenvogue.com/story/stop-cop-city-protesters-felony-charges npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Hundreds of activists with Jewish Voice for Peace were arrested tonight in DC by capitol police for staging a sit-in against a visit by the far-Right Israeli prime minister, Netanyahu, who is set to address congress on Wednesday. https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/839/997/414/126/810/original/c8788e61ce2ef055.jpg https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/840/013/082/771/864/original/a7f34efba84ed279.webp npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "On Monday, an Ohio Republican lawmaker introducing GOP vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance suggested that, should Vance and presidential nominee Donald Trump fail to win the 2024 election, their supporters should engage in a “civil war to save the country.” https://truthout.org/articles/republican-at-vance-rally-says-civil-war-may-be-needed-if-trump-loses-election/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Announcing Running Down the Walls in #Chicago. September 15th. 5K marathon will feature a march and rally with bands and DJs. https://abcchicago.noblogs.org/running-down-the-walls-2024/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/837/040/950/330/939/original/d317516f35e128cc.png npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down On our most recent podcast, we spoke with #IWW organizer and author Steven Ongerth about the wild history of Redwood Summer, how the #IWW and Earth First informed and influenced each other in the late 1980s and early 1990s, how organizers like Judi Bari worked to bridge a gap between radical environmental activists and timber workers, and the assassination attempt on her life. https://itsgoingdown.org/steve-ongerth-on-the-bombing-of-judi-bari-and-redwood-summer/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "In this essay, I will define and describe some defining features of contemporary antifascism, discuss ways to strengthen the antifascist movement, revisit the past decade of movement development on both fascist and antifascist sides, and finally, cover one contemporary fascist threat and how we might better prepare and act accordingly." https://itsgoingdown.org/power-punch-theory-action-reflection/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "How can you and your community be prepared, ready, and able to defend or outmaneuver these steps? If Trump loses, you'll still have built the basis for real community counterpower, regardless of what the state does." via @npub1fgx…j6yf https://all-cats-are-beautiful.ghost.io/the-new-american-natc-party/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "A working-class hero is something to be." Support #Nashville bartender who stood up to violent neo-Nazi scum. https://www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with-deago-buck-against-hate npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Locals in #Nashville, #Tennessee are calling for a counter-protest against a group of violent neo-Nazi who attacked a bartender yesterday while waving swastika flags. Antifascists have also exposed the group, which includes whites supremacists from Canada and across the US, as staying in a rental home in #Kentucky. https://itsgoingdown.org/rental-home-nazis-nashville/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down JD Vance took part in the "National Conservative" conference. "He later speculated that a “post-white America” would denigrate “much of the cultural, political, and social legacy that built the country” and spoke of a need to “reform” civil-rights laws." https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/national-conservative-conference-josh-hawley-j-d-vance.html npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "If we are to truly make lasting change, and fundamentally create a less violent world, then at the center of our project needs to be the abolition of the institutions and systems of domination which perpetuate violence on a mass scale." https://itsgoingdown.org/lipstick-on-a-pig-white-anxiety-anti-blackness-gun-violence/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "The comments are, at best, irresponsible, and at worst, designed to incite violence against the left — something that right wingers, including Trump, have long done." https://truthout.org/articles/republicans-immediately-seize-on-trump-rally-shooting-to-incite-more-violence/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down @npub1phu…6myy Imagine arguing that white people are a minority in Colorado just to justify you're Hitler worship. npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Don't miss the latest podcast episode of #ThisIsAmerica, featuring an interview with anarchist author and theorist, Peter Golderloos on Trump, #Project2025, and the recent Supreme Court rulings. https://itsgoingdown.org/this-is-america-197/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Check out this new project! "This website centers perspectives from people resisting genocide, settler colonialism, and state violence around the world. We acknowledge this list is incomplete and hope it can invite more conversations, organizing, and ways of gathering." On IG: https://www.instagram.com/peoplenotstates/ https://peoplenotstates.wordpress.com/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/774/737/690/543/182/original/836d7e64182faa82.png npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "Over issues of poor basic conditions in their housing unit, Casey went on hunger strike, refusing trays and only taking liquids from June 22nd to June 27th." https://itsgoingdown.org/an-update-on-casey-goonans-recent-hunger-strike/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down @npub12t2…456z just put 'an email' in there and you get past it. npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "In a post to Telegram announcing the hack, SiegedSec called Project 2025 “an authoritarian Christian nationalist plan to reform the United States government.” In its Telegram post, SiegedSec said it obtained passwords and other user information for “every user” of a Heritage Foundation database, including Roberts and some U.S. government employees." https://theintercept.com/2024/07/09/gay-furry-hackers-claim-credit-for-hacking-heritage-foundation-over-project-2025/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "The memo shows the ADL collected information on a Black Indianapolis activist, Tatjana Rebelle, who worked on Deadly Exchange, a national campaign against an ADL-backed program to send US police officials for training with the Israeli military." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/08/anti-defamation-league-surveillance npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down We spoke with Shane Burley and Ben Lorber, authors of the new book, "Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Anti-Semitism," about Trumpism, the far-Right, antifascism, and the struggle in solidarity with #Palestine. https://itsgoingdown.org/burley-ben-safety-solidarity-interview-igd/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "While these political frameworks previously belonged more exclusively to liberals, the post-2020 explosion of the Instagram-Infographic-Industrial-Complex has produced a new wave....who mix this more liberal identitarian framework with more anarchistic political positions on non-profits, the state, and mutual aid." https://itsgoingdown.org/follow-the-fires-insurgency-against-identity/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Don't miss our roundup of antifascist research, analysis, action, and beyond! https://itsgoingdown.org/this-week-in-fascism-137/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Anarchist distro table at event in #Houston, #Texas. https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/737/393/952/269/131/original/409793115d45652a.png npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "This morning we learned of the death of Julien Terzics. A lifelong antifascist in Paris and member of the notorious 1980’s anti-n*zi crew, The Red Warriors. An anarcho-syndicalist militant in the Confédération Nationale du Travail-France (CNT). The drummer and co-founder of the band and collective, Brigada Flores Magon @brigada_fm . One of the most important popularizers of the international Red and Anarchist Skinhead movement." - Via Three Way Fight https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/732/469/773/222/503/original/c48256a73e35d0ed.jpg npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Posters up in #Buffalo, #NewYork in support of Peppy and Krystal, two community members from #Pittsburgh, facing federal charges stemming from a protest against a far-Right gender fascist. More info at: https://freepeppyandkrystal.blackblogs.org/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/732/416/176/919/271/original/c6b1f52e1e064ac5.png npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "Anarchism is the political philosophy and practice that opposes all hierarchies along with their “justifying” dogmas and proposes the unending pursuit of anarchy, where free association, self-determination, and mutual aid form the basis of our society. But what does that mean? Let's explore how we might organise anarchy." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrTzjaXskUU npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Growing links between neo-Nazi groups like Patriot Front and the Active Club networks and international fascist groups points to an escalating threat - especially as many white supremacists attempt a "patriotic" rebranding. https://itsgoingdown.org/active-clubs-neo-nazi-international/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "Police previously received a complaint from the family that Booth had made an obscene gesture and told them to go back to where they came from and “speak English"...." https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-recluse-shoots-neighbors_n_6682e635e4b05d5a5eb2db11 npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Anarchists in #Houston, #Texas took down and destroyed neo-Nazi banners. https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/708/155/660/271/316/original/e45d86a172797601.jpg npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "But a decade’s worth of records, provided exclusively to The Washington Post in response to a congressional probe, show Postal Service officials have received more than 60,000 requests from federal agents and police officers since 2015, and that they rarely say no." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/06/24/post-office-mail-surveillance-law-enforcement/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down @npub1tey…qcz6 Another one worth looking at: https://freeskoolsantacruz.wordpress.com/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down @npub1tey…qcz6 One current project: https://bafs.noblogs.org/classes/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Just as under Trump, far-Right protesters engaging in actual violence against people are let off, while protesters on the Left face felonies and conspiracy charges. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-21/man-arrested-in-attack-on-ucla-pro-palestinian-protesters-wont-face-felony-charges npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down A journalist covering the George Floyd uprising is now in hospice care after being shot in the face with a rubber bullet from riot police. https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/journalist-linda-tirado-minneapolis-police-dying-hospice-care/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "What follows is an interview with Louis, an anarchist humanitarian aid worker who, at the time of this interview, is waiting in Amman, Jordan to enter Gaza for a second deployment providing volunteer medical services in the midst of the ongoing genocide. He was previously in Gaza for a month this spring." https://itsgoingdown.org/interview-with-an-anarchist-medical-volunteer-in-gaza/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "However, the 2023 median salaries listed for the top three most common jobs — and many others — do not offer a living wage in any state across the country." We are working more than ever, while the bosses reap the profits and price gouge us at every turn, while rents explode, the climate crisis expands, and fascism is on the march. We must continue to grow and build a fighting anti-capitalist movement. https://truthout.org/articles/the-most-common-essential-jobs-in-the-us-dont-pay-a-living-wage/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "[F]from the rotting carcass of the disastrous and defunct National Justice Party. A recent ‘inaugural event’ in North Carolina introduced the new organization’s leadership but the amateurish launch has become a clusterfuck of epic proportions. As testament to the bad blood and rat-fuckery behind the group’s formation, it is no surprise that their founding membership roster has already been leaked by a tipster." https://accollective.noblogs.org/post/2024/06/19/fascist-fiasco-neo-nazi-nationalist-coalition-exposed/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "Tenants living in a Vancouver West End apartment claim they’ve faced “bad-faith evictions,” harassment, intimidation, and privacy concerns since a new property management company took over the building." https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-tenants-fight-landlord-evictions-harassment npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down A tiny group of neo-Nazis rallied in #Philadelphia in an effort to take advantage of a recent stabbing of a three year old white child by an African-American woman. Ironically, the rally included a "registered sex offender with a long criminal history." https://idavox.com/index.php/2024/06/16/pa-nazis-rally-for-murdered-child-alongside-a-registered-sex-offender/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Anarcho-punks in #Myanmar are confronting a devastating poverty and inflation by organizing a Food Not Bombs chapter. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-16/hunger-soars-in-myanmar-and-electricity-rises-punks-bring-hope/103877068 npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Don't miss the latest video short from @npub1geu…me8z on the meaning of 'dual power.' https://itsgoingdown.org/what-is-dual-power/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "It is a stark reminder that relying on “leaders” to tell us what to do, how to feel, and what to think is a surefire way to undermine relationality and co-opt a “diversity of tactics” into nonprofit and vanguardist organizational hegemony that leaves us all marching in circles designated by cops and yelling at politicians week after week." https://itsgoingdown.org/how-we-deal-with-criticism-in-our-movements-a-follow-up-to-open-letter-to-the-encampments-and-protests-in-support-of-palestine/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Neo-Nazis followers of Nick Fuentes are in #Detroit, #Michigan. They've reportedly been kicked out of several venues already. https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/624/898/987/606/313/original/eeb9d6d2f8fe0c38.jpg npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down New anarchist festivals and bookfairs announced in #NewYorkCity, #Halifax, and #Victoria. https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/616/445/892/498/756/original/4cfa8eeb8e408fab.webp npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down On our latest podcast, we spoke with a member of the #UAW on strike in #SantaCruz, a professor at #Columbia who was fired after right-wing backlash, and someone on the ground in #Austin, who speaks about ongoing organizing in solidarity with #Palestine. https://itsgoingdown.org/voices-from-the-growing-anti-war-movement/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down On our latest podcast, we spoke with a member of the #UAW on strike in #SantaCruz, a professor at #Columbia who was fired after right-wing backlash, and someone on the ground in #Austin, who speaks about ongoing organizing in solidarity with #Palestine. https://itsgoingdown.org/voices-from-the-growing-anti-war-movement/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Demonstrators in solidarity with #Palestine have occupied the student services building at California State University #LosAngeles. "A group of 50 to 100 protesters barricaded the exits on the first floor and blocked off areas around the building..." https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/13/us/cal-state-palestinian-protests/index.html npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Thousands walk out of strike, protesters take over buildings in solidarity, while police continue a violent crackdown on encampments and demonstrations. Check out our roundup here on growing solidarity actions with #Palestine. https://itsgoingdown.org/occupations-blockades-and-direct-actions-continue-to-spread-in-solidarity/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Against the backdrop of a massive strike by #UAW members in California against brutal police repression - building occupations, targeted direct action, mass blockades, and protest encampments in solidarity with #Palestine have only continued to spread. Check out our roundup here: https://itsgoingdown.org/occupations-blockades-and-direct-actions-continue-to-spread-in-solidarity/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Against the backdrop of a massive strike by #UAW members in California against brutal police repression - building occupations, targeted direct action, mass blockades, and protest encampments in solidarity with #Palestine have only continued to spread. Check out our roundup here: https://itsgoingdown.org/occupations-blockades-and-direct-actions-continue-to-spread-in-solidarity/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "An autonomous group has established a Palestine Liberation encampment named Sidra's Sanctuary in front of the Phillip Burton Federal Building in SF. Please come through to drop off supplies, camp, hang out, or otherwise show support!" More info: https://instagram.com/climatealliance4palestine #Palestine #SanFrancisco https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/594/337/977/749/004/original/74b80a3f9dadb6cc.png npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "Opposition from the FBI remains the biggest obstacle to freedom for Peltier, who is considered by many to be America’s longest-serving political prisoner. The problem with the bureau’s argument for keeping Peltier in prison, though, is that it is full of holes." https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fbi-leonard-peltier-clemency-biden_n_62473d07e4b0587dee695e6e npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down @npub136q…ts8m https://truthout.org/articles/as-far-right-makes-gains-in-eu-contests-frances-macron-calls-for-snap-election/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "More than a dozen people were arrested at Stanford University in California on Wednesday after pro-Palestinian student protesters barricaded themselves inside the office of the school president, the latest clash between U.S. students and authorities over the Israel-Gaza conflict." https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/stanford-students-arrested-in-pro-palestinian-protest-that-took-over-presidents-office/ar-BB1nHaHl npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down The Israeli state spent millions on a social media disinformation campaign using ChatGPT to create fake social media accounts that posted pro-war, pro-Israel content, pressured politicians, and also attacked growing campus protests. The campaign even "created three fake English-language news sites featuring pro-Israel articles." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/technology/israel-campaign-gaza-social-media.html npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "An Idaho jury awarded a drag performer $1,176,000 in damages after finding that a right-wing blogger defamed him by falsely claiming that he exposed himself to minors at an LGBTQ+ Pride event." https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/other/a-drag-performer-was-awarded-1-1m-after-a-blogger-falsely-accused-him-of-exposing-himself-to-minors-during-a-pride-event/ar-BB1nfUZM npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Announcing the Bay Area Anarchist Free School, with classes happening across the bay area of #California. More info here: https://bafs.noblogs.org/classes/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/572/401/176/548/283/original/ed8b500d4b611b30.png npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "The extent to which such “anti-racism” has become a dominant social discourse today is not a victory of the 2020 uprising, but a consequence of its defeat. It is an operation intended to bury its memory." https://itsgoingdown.org/race-treason-and-may-28th-a-reflection-on-the-george-floyd-uprising/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down As #Pride events are held across the US and beyond, we're sharing this collection of resources about countering far-Right counter-protesters once again. https://itsgoingdown.org/defendpride/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/568/425/719/326/732/original/9ee5ce0805894e6e.jpg npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "Students and non-students joined in by building barricades, covering for people exiting IOP, kettling the cops, joining other actions throughout the day, and opposing co-optation." https://itsgoingdown.org/fight-like-a-flea-lessons-from-the-casbah-of-basel-al-araj/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Tenant mobilization against Cop Campus in the bay area. https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/06/04/18867017.php https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/566/107/378/113/352/original/23482df123352abf.jpg npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Report on autonomous march in solidarity with #Palestine in #Durham. https://itsgoingdown.org/durham-nc-autonomous-march-in-solidarity-with-palestine-targets-jail-and-google-offices/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Antifascists like Alex Stokes - who is currently doing 20 years for defending his friend at a far-Right rally on January 6th - need support. July 25th is the international day of solidarity with antifascist prisoners. More info here: https://itsgoingdown.org/july-25th-international-day-of-solidarity-with-antifascist-prisoners/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Our monthly roundup of political prisoner, prison rebel, and repression news, happenings, announcements, action and analysis. https://itsgoingdown.org/in-contempt-41-june-11the-events-malik-on-hunger-strike/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Actions and occupations across the US in solidarity with #Palestine continue. Today at #Stanford, "Pro-Palestine protesters entered and barricaded themselves inside Building 10, the president’s office..." https://stanforddaily.com/2024/06/05/pro-palestine-protesters-occupy-presidents-office/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "It is obvious that we are a menace to the university. For them, it is more important to eliminate the threat posed by a space that doesn’t depend on any institution or political party, than to attend to the demands of their students and their “community” whom the same authorities beat, expel, detain, discriminate against, harass, rape, revictimize, and kill (classic move of the institutions)." https://itsgoingdown.org/okupa-che-yorch-to-the-streets/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down The second member of a violent neo-Nazi group famous for decrying drag queens and the LGBTQ+ community as "pedophiles" has been arrested for possessing child pornography. https://www.npr.org/2023/07/19/1188111769/active-club-hate-groups npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down @npub175n…2a7p stay! npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Community organizer in North #Texas is under attack from a neo-Nazi group. Please stand with them in court if you can! https://itsgoingdown.org/fort-worth-tx-court-support-needed-for-community-organizer-targeted-by-fascist-group/ https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/554/636/051/530/776/original/4a1f7e0ef4f970e4.png npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "As revolutionary antifascists, we believe that building movements of defense and solidarity with those locked behind the prison walls is fundamental in the three-way fight against both the far-right and the State. This July 25th, we call on antifascists worldwide to take part in the International Day of Solidarity with Antifascist Prisoners!" https://itsgoingdown.org/july-25th-international-day-of-solidarity-with-antifascist-prisoners/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down @npub1x9m…vp3x Looks like Jigsaw from the Saw franchise ate Cher. npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "During our discussion, we speak with Lee about how elites, capitalists, and city bureaucrats are banking on gentrification and how people are pushing back against displacement. We also discuss the crisis of rising rents, how gentrification is tied to a push to better police the poor and communities of color, growing attacks on the houseless, and the tenant union movement." https://itsgoingdown.org/andrew-lee-on-displacement-rising-rents-and-social-war/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "These recent events at UNC Chapel Hill provide a case study in how campus police – rather than making students safer — regularly create a dangerous environment." https://truthout.org/articles/police-are-sending-student-protesters-to-the-er-campus-cops-wont-keep-us-safe/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down Announcing our new column of #InContempt, our monthly roundup of political prisoner, prison rebel, and repression news, happenings, announcements, action and analysis. Packed in as always are updates, fundraisers, and birthdays. https://itsgoingdown.org/in-contempt-41-june-11the-events-malik-on-hunger-strike/ npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "Atlanta police have been carrying out around-the-clock surveillance in several neighborhoods for months, on people and houses linked to opposition against the police training center colloquially known as “Cop City”. The surveillance in Georgia has included following people in cars, blasting sirens outside bedroom windows and shining headlights into houses at night, the Guardian has learned." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/29/atlanta-police-cop-city-surveillance npub1ztkzuu8cl5rfeah0k26yxvylvchkg9xzmw7l5jvekkc9263sjnrs9258pt It's Going Down "Two days after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel to halt its military offensive on Rafah, dozens of displaced Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes. On Sunday night, the Israeli military bombed civilians whom it had previously ordered to move to the designated “safe zone” of Tal Al-Sultan in the northwestern part of Rafah." https://truthout.org/articles/rafah-invasion-was-once-bidens-red-line-but-israel-continues-to-cross-it/