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About It's Going Down

In search of new forms of life. It's Going Down is a digital community center and media platform featuring news, opinion, podcasts, and reporting on autonomous social movements and revolt across so-called North America from an anarchist perspective.

Sep 8, 25

Tens of Thousands March in DC and Chicago Against ICE and Trump Occupation

On Saturday, September 6th, tens of thousands of DC and Chicago residents took to the streets against ICE and ongoing threats by... Read Full Article

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Aug 25, 25

“The Whole City is Fighting Back”: Remora House on Grassroots Resistance to Military Occupation in DC

For the last several weeks, federal agents and National Guard troops have flooded the streets of Washington DC, setting up an authoritarian... Read Full Article

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Aug 23, 25

“Neighbors Are Buying Gas Masks for Their Toddlers”: Alissa Azar on ICE’s Continued Brutality in Portland

Over the summer, we’ve seen people in Los Angeles and across the US mobilize in the face of the ramping up of... Read Full Article

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Jul 25, 25

Your Guide on How to Support Mutual Aid Groups in Palestine as Humanitarian Crisis Deepens

As we speak, up to two million people in Gaza are being threatened with starvation, as the state of Israel, backed by... Read Full Article

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Jul 2, 25

To Live and Fight in LA: People’s City Council on the Growing Mobilization in the Streets Against ICE

In early June, demonstrations exploded after ICE carried out militarized raids in working-class communities and workplaces in Los Angeles, CA, leading to... Read Full Article

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Jun 22, 25

Hundreds Protested Gender Fascists Who Called for “Biblical War” in Seattle, the Police Arrested Them and the Mayor Called them “Infiltrators”

cover photo: screenshot via Alex Garland On May 24th in Seattle, WA, hundreds of people mobilized against a far-Right, anti-LGBTQ+ rally at... Read Full Article

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Jun 13, 25

Don’t Let LA Stand Alone: A Message to the Gathering Resistance

Over the past week, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Los Angeles, fighting to defend their neighborhoods... Read Full Article

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Jun 9, 25

National Guard Sent Into Los Angeles as Thousands Hit the Streets Against ICE; SEIU President David Huerta Injured and Arrested

The Trump administration has federalized and sent in hundreds of National Guard soldiers to Los Angeles, CA, following ongoing popular protests against... Read Full Article

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May 25, 25

Protesters Mobilize at Courthouses Against ICE as Trump Pushes White Nationalist Conspiracies

Communities are mobilizing in protest, clashing with ICE, and offering support to people targeted for rapid deportation, after masked officials this past... Read Full Article

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May 10, 25

Anger Boils in the Streets As Tens of Thousands March Across the US & Beyond on May Day

On May Day weekend, tens of thousands of people across the US and the world took to the streets, celebrating the rebellious... Read Full Article

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Apr 24, 25

Strike by Wobblies at Urban Ore in Berkeley, CA Enters Fifth Week

Workers, members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), at Urban Ore in Berkeley, California, have now been out on strike... Read Full Article

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Mar 30, 25

#TeslaTakedown Protests Grow as Proud Boys and White Supremacists Fail to Intimidate Demonstrators off the Streets

Protests against billionaire Elon Musk and his growing attacks on federal workers, veterans, and social programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid,... Read Full Article

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Feb 24, 25

Entrevista con Tempestad, anarquista y ex-presa en la Ciudad de México

Entrevista con anarquista y ex-presa Tiara Tempestad sobre su experiencia de casi cuatro años en prisión en la Ciudad de México, un... Read Full Article

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Feb 24, 25

Interview with Tempestad, Anarchist and Ex-Prisoner in Mexico City

Interview with Mexican anarchist and ex-prisoner Tiara Tempestad on their experience doing almost four years in prison in Mexico City, a fanzine... Read Full Article

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Feb 14, 25

Anti-ICE Activists Disrupt Border Patrol Hiring Event in Atlanta, GA

Anger against ICE is continues to grow, as immigration officials continue to push for increased numbers of deportations and the targeting of... Read Full Article

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Feb 13, 25

“Good Night, Tech Right” PDF Zine

We’re excited to announce a new zine version of Good Night, Tech Right: Pull the Plug on AI Fascism, a deep-dive into the... Read Full Article

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Feb 4, 25

Protests Spread, As Tens of Thousands Hit the Streets Against Trump’s Far-Right Agenda

Over the weekend, tens of thousands of people rallied against Trump’s widening attacks and continuing ICE raids targeting immigrant workers. In San... Read Full Article

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Feb 1, 25

Students Shut Down Pro-ICE Neo-Nazi Demonstration on ASU Campus

On Friday, January 31st, up to a thousand students and community members mobilized against four neo-Nazis involved in College Republicans United, a... Read Full Article

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Jan 31, 25

Protests and Student Walkouts Against ICE Spread Across the US

Anger is boiling over in the streets, as demonstrations, protests, and school walkouts are spreading against ICE raids and attacks on undocumented... Read Full Article

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Jan 26, 25

Good Night, Tech-Right: Pull the Plug on AI Fascism

On January 20th, at a ceremony attended by both far-Right and neo-fascist leaders from around the globe and some of the richest... Read Full Article

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Jan 13, 25

Protests Spread Throughout Central Valley Following ICE Raids in Farmworker Communities

Hundreds of people are mobilizing in protest of raids by ICE in an operation termed, “Return to Sender,” which targeted several working-class... Read Full Article

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Jan 7, 25

Festivals of Resistance Planned As Communities Mobilize Against Attacks from Trump Oligarchy

In early December, a call was published, which called for community mobilizations and festivals of resistance in the wake of Trump’s recent... Read Full Article

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Jan 4, 25

New Year’s Eve Noise Demos Denounce Horrific Conditions Inside Against Backdrop of Rising Repression

On New Year’s Eve, dozens of cities across the world held noise demonstrations outside of jails, detention centers, and prisons, as hundreds... Read Full Article

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Dec 28, 24

Going Forward: An Update from the Editors

A week ago, It’s Going Down published a statement announcing that we were putting this project on hiatus after ten years. Tired... Read Full Article

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Oct 28, 24

This Is America #202: Report from North Carolina on Mutual Aid Efforts, Interview with ‘The Dugout’

Welcome, to This Is America, September 27th, 2024. On this episode, we feature an interview with an organizer with Rural Organizing and... Read Full Article

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Oct 26, 24

How Antifascists in Pennsylvania Mobilized Their Community Against an Active Neo-Nazi

In early September, around 50 people in Millvale, PA organized a march on the home of Brandon Cahall, a local landlord and... Read Full Article

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Oct 5, 24

“The Utopia we Dream of Becomes Most Visible in the Dark”: Dispatches from Firestorm in Asheville, NC

The following are several dispatches from Firestorm, a radical anarchist community center and cooperative bookstore in Asheville, NC, which in the aftermath... Read Full Article

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Oct 4, 24

This Is America #201: Report on Mutual Aid Efforts in North Carolina; War Expands to Lebanon

Welcome, to This Is America, October 4th, 2024. On this episode, first we have an interview with someone on the frontline of... Read Full Article

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Oct 3, 24

Andrew Lee on How Capitalists Are Raising Rents, Not Immigrants

During the recent election cycle, politicians from both parties have attempted to shift anger around gentrification, rising rental costs, and lack of... Read Full Article

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Sep 29, 24

Mutual Aid and Autonomous Disaster Relief Groups Mobilize in Wake of Hurricane Helene

A Category 4 storm, Hurricane Helene, one of the largest storms to hit the Gulf Coast in a century, collided into the... Read Full Article

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Sep 18, 24

This Is America #200: Trump Pushes Racist Attack on Haitians in Ohio, Resistance Roundup

Welcome, to This Is America, September 17th, 2024. On this episode, first we present an interview with a community member and participant... Read Full Article

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Sep 11, 24

“Shake in Your Boots Bureaucrats!”: Resistance, Recuperation, and the Legacy of the Situationists

In this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, with speak with Bill Brown, author of the publication Not Bored, about the history... Read Full Article

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Sep 3, 24

Protests in Solidarity with Palestine Resume at Columbia as Universities Across the US Attempt to Clamp-Down on Dissent

Pickets and protests continued today at Columbia university in New York, in solidarity with Palestine and to demand that the university divest... Read Full Article

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Sep 3, 24

Three Way Fight on the Changing Terrain of the Far-Right, the State, and Resistance from Below

On this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we speak with antifascist authors Matthew Lyons and Xtn Alexander of Three Way... Read Full Article

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Aug 22, 24

This is America #199: Antifascist Report from the UK, Vicky Osterweil on Election Cycle Amidst Ongoing Genocide

Welcome, to This Is America, August 21st, 2024. In today’s episode, first we speak with the host of 12 Rules for What?,... Read Full Article

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Aug 12, 24

The Election Cycle as Counter-Insurgency

It has been four years since a deadly pandemic ripped through the social terrain and the George Floyd uprising brought millions out... Read Full Article

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Aug 10, 24

As Texas Antifascist Found “Not Guilty,” Billionaire GOP Mega-Donor Reportedly Bankrolling Lawsuit for Fascist, Anti-Semitic Group

On Thursday, August 8th, Chris “Big Tex,” was found not guilty by a jury in a criminal trial on charges of “assault... Read Full Article

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Aug 6, 24

UK Communities Mobilize to Defend Themselves as Police Fail to Stop Far-Right Attacks Spurred by Viral Misinformation

Following the tragic murder of three children, a viral campaign of far-Right misinformation pushed by neo-Nazi groups like Patriotic Alternative, far-Right grifters... Read Full Article

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Jul 30, 24

Building Support for Anarchist Political Prisoner Jorge “Yorch” Esquivel and Okupa Che

On this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, IGD contributor Scott Campbell speaks with Flor, a compa in so-called Mexico actively... Read Full Article

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Jul 29, 24

This Is America #198: Boeing 5, Heath Autonomy Convergence, Deep-Dive on Project 2025

Welcome, to This Is America, July 29th, 2024. In this episode first we present an interview on the case of the Boeing... Read Full Article

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