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“Stop the World For Gaza”: Thousands Take Part in Direct Actions and Blockades Against the War
April 17, 2024 3:15 pmThousands took part in mass direct actions and blockades on Monday, in protest of the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing within the... Read Full Article
Canadian Tire Fire #69: Direct Action Against NorthVolt, Solidarity with Palestine Roundup, and Renewed Forestry Blockades in Atikamekw Territory
March 20, 2024 1:31 pmphoto cover: @[email protected] via Mastodon In this month’s column, we’ve got updates on a wide range of struggles. First, some headlines. Mining... Read Full Article
Workers’ Revolutionary Direct Action Against War
March 1, 2024 8:55 amAn editorial from the Anarchist Union Journal about how anarchist formations in the past have organized to oppose wars. For at least... Read Full Article
Blockades and Direct Actions in Solidarity with Palestine Continue to Grow
January 9, 2024 2:21 pmAs funding for war reaches new heights alongside growing inequality and declining conditions within the US amidst growing repression, the war and... Read Full Article
Mass Protests and Direct Actions in Solidarity With Palestine Grow into Student Occupations and Blockades
November 19, 2023 2:47 amphoto: Ash Agony on X/Twitter / Support Here Direct actions, mass demonstrations, and increasingly, disruptive protests in support of occupied Palestine and to... Read Full Article
Blockades, Demonstrations, and Direct Actions Continue in Solidarity With Palestine
November 7, 2023 7:22 pmphoto header: Alissa Azar, NullAgent, and @Wearedissenters Hundreds of thousands of people hit the streets this weekend, the latest in a wave... Read Full Article
Direct Actions Shut Down Multiple Mountain Valley Pipeline Construction Sites
October 17, 2023 9:52 pmReport from Appalachians Against Pipeline on continued direct actions against the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). Originally posted to social media. Direct actions... Read Full Article
Night Owls: Seasonal Chronicle of Sabotage and Direct Action
June 10, 2022 3:50 amNight Owls is a seasonal chronicle documenting actions against power, claimed and unclaimed, from across the territory occupied by the United States.... Read Full Article
Canadian Tire Fire #36: May Day Report Backs, More Direct Action Against RBC
May 9, 2022 1:54 amThis week we round up some news from International Workers’ Day, or May Day. We also share news from the struggle against... Read Full Article
This Is America #165: Report from Grand Rapids; Direct Action Reports; Eviction Wave in NYC
April 30, 2022 4:03 amWelcome, to This Is America, April 30th, 2022. On this episode, first we present an interview with someone on the ground in Grand... Read Full Article
Passaic, NJ: Queer Youth Walk Out, Direct Action Gets the Goods
March 31, 2022 1:47 amReport on recent walkouts in Passaic County in so-called New Jersey against anti-LGBTQ measures. Queer youth in Passaic County took to the... Read Full Article
Two Attacks Against the Police in Two Days: Direct Action as a Voice Against Prison Abuse
January 1, 2022 7:53 amBy: La Zarzamora The following is an English translation of an article from the independent feminist media outlet La Zarzamora, contextualizing two... Read Full Article
Vancouver Island, BC: Direct Action and Forest Defense Continues in Face of Arrests
June 16, 2021 5:47 amResistance on the ground in so-called British Columbia on Vancouver Island against old-growth logging continues to heat up, as police attempt to... Read Full Article
Direct Action in the Motor City: Restaurant Workers Fight Back
June 15, 2021 4:14 amReport from the Detroit Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) on a recent direct action campaign at a small restaurant. “The Moby... Read Full Article
Five Months of Direct Action Disrupt Old Growth Logging on So-Called Vancouver Island
January 8, 2021 5:15 amReport on ongoing direct action campaign against old-growth logging on so-called Vancouver Island. January 10th, 2021, Unceded Pacheedaht Territory: The San Juan... Read Full Article
Direct Action to #FreeThemAll: From Stateville Prison to the Front Yard of its Warden
April 20, 2020 3:40 amReport and video on recent action in solidarity with prisoners at Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet, IL. There has been a major... Read Full Article
From Nukes to Occupy: The Rise and Fall of the Non-Violent Direct Action Movement in the United States, 1976 – 2012
November 30, 2019 11:33 amA look at the impact of the ideology of non-violence on the direct action movement in a variety of struggles, as well... Read Full Article
After Five Years of Direct Action, Timber Harvest Plan in Mattole Forest Expires
September 20, 2019 12:02 amReport from Save the Mattole Ancient Forest on the expiring of the Timber Harvest Plan after five years of fierce direct action.... Read Full Article
What’s The Use Of Direct Action?
April 2, 2019 5:00 pmNew essay from Conflict Minnesota that looks at what tactics of direct action are as opposed to symbolic or activist approaches which... Read Full Article
Direct Action or Bust: Courts & Politicians Won’t Beat Border
February 27, 2019 6:50 pmIn the immediate aftermath of Trump’s national emergency declaration condemnations and legal challenges have been issued from numerous sources. The declaration circumvents... Read Full Article
Direct Action Gets Satisfaction: Anti-Homeless Security Patrols Suspended
December 10, 2018 3:12 pmAnnouncement that long running campaign in the Pacific Northwest has won a key victory against an anti-houseless initiative supported by the local... Read Full Article
Olympia Campaign Advances Through Direct Action & Mutual Aid
November 30, 2018 1:21 pmAn update on Olympia’s continuing campaign to push back against gentrification and the City’s attempt at socially cleansing the downtown. DIRECT ACTION... Read Full Article
Portland, OR: Direct Action Against Right-Wing Violence; “We Refuse to be Victimized”
November 16, 2018 10:13 amThe following communique was sent anonymously to It’s Going Down, which we reprint here. It reads: On the night of November 15th,... Read Full Article
Fighting Gentrification: A Conversation on Direct Action w/ Defend Boyle Heights and Gay Shame
September 11, 2018 2:12 pmJoin Defend Boyle Heights (LA) and GAY SHAME (SF) for a conversation on direct action followed by a short and festive march.... Read Full Article
Seattle, WA: IWW Direct Action Campaign Forces Bosses to End Lockout
June 21, 2018 12:44 pmSeattle based members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) wrote the following report about their ongoing organizing efforts at Grassroots... Read Full Article
Growing Eco Direct Action & the Need for Movement Media
May 25, 2018 12:24 amIn this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we caught up with two members of the Earth First! Journal collective, to... Read Full Article
Montreal: Direct Action Against Police Equipment Supplier
November 13, 2017 2:07 pmThe following communique was submitted anonymously to the website, Montreal Counter-Info. On November 7th, early in the morning, we broke the store window... Read Full Article
Growing the Movement for Mutual Aid: Invite Trainers & Prepare Your Community for Grassroots Direct Action Disaster Response
October 19, 2017 4:56 pmClimate Chaos is happening. Adaptation and preparation are essential. Grassroots disaster response will be more and more necessary as we see more catastrophes... Read Full Article
Direct Action Ramps Up Resistance to Line 3
September 18, 2017 3:40 pmSuperior, WI – Resistance against Enbridge’s Line 3 Pipeline expansion is ramping up. Near the Fon du Lac Reservation, at the frontline... Read Full Article
Nashville, TN: Direct Action Wins Back Stolen Wages for Maintenance Workers
September 11, 2017 3:33 pmNashville, Tennessee – On August 2nd, we reported that Nashville Antifa together with Workers’ Dignity (Dignidad Obrera) and a broad coalition of community activists... Read Full Article
When the Statues Fall, Uproot the Pedestals: The Promise of Direct Action
August 16, 2017 2:30 pmCourageous demonstrators pulled down a Confederate statue in Durham, North Carolina yesterday. In the face of state indifference and racist backlash, they took... Read Full Article
Combatting Wage Theft in Nashville Through Collective Direct Action
August 2, 2017 10:57 amNashville, Tennessee – On Sunday, July 23rd Workers’ Dignity organized an action in front of the Nashville West location of Target. This store... Read Full Article
Revoking Permits Won’t Stop Fascism; Only Direct Action Can
May 30, 2017 3:31 amIn the wake of two horrific racist murders and another near fatal stabbing on board a Portland MAX train, anger has mounted... Read Full Article
Teaching Revolution: What Role for “Direct Action Training”?
March 14, 2017 4:00 amThe variations are infinite, but certain elements are almost inevitable. Most of us have been exposed to some version of it. A... Read Full Article
US Consulate Shut Down, Call for Continued Direct Action to End Canadian Complicity in Racist Violence
February 4, 2017 1:21 pmOn Monday in Tiohtia:ke (aka Montreal in occupied Kanien’kehá:ka territory), hundreds of people outraged and sorrowed by the horrifying intensification of Islamophobic... Read Full Article
Disrupt J20 Coverage from DC Direct Action News
January 21, 2017 7:39 amOn the 20th of January, protesters managed to get out in the streets and blockade Inaugural checkpoints in spite of a blizzard... Read Full Article
Olympia Blockade: Direct Action in Defense of Mother Earth
November 17, 2016 1:49 pmSubmitted to It’s Going Down This short documentary film interviews active participants in an ongoing blockade of trains which are carrying fracking materials.... Read Full Article
Monterey: Direct Action Montrerey Network Raises $400 for Sacramento Antifa
August 15, 2016 11:31 amFrom Direct Action Montrerey Network (DAMN) On August 13th, 2016 the Direct Action Monterey Network invited people from up and down the central coast... Read Full Article
Direct Action Gets The Goods: Occupation of NYC City Hall
August 3, 2016 11:50 amCity Hall Park is now #abolitionsquare#SHUTDOWNCITYHALLNYC pic.twitter.com/I7yVyicPL1 — Amanda Alcántara (@YoSoy_Amanda) August 2, 2016 From Love and Rage Media by Derek Scarlino An... Read Full Article
Theft, Direct Action, Solidarity
July 3, 2016 2:00 pmFrom Contreletat Today is July 1st, the day when the founding of the state of Canada is celebrated. We have chosen this day... Read Full Article