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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.

Mar 29, 18

Charlottesville Organizing 7 Months After Unite the Right

7 months after Unite the Right, a turning point for both the anarchist and antifascist movements in the United States, as well... Read Full Article

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Mar 26, 18

Actions Across North America In Solidarity with Afrin

Across the world, actions took place in solidarity with Afrin and the Rojavan revolution. From Tokyo to Afghanistan, thousands marched, carried out... Read Full Article

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Mar 24, 18

Lipstick On A Pig: White Anxiety, Anti-Blackness, and Gun Violence

America is breaking down. Everywhere we turn, we see crisis after crisis. Workers unable to afford rent in cities where they work... Read Full Article

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Mar 23, 18

As Afrin Falls, the World Rises for Rojava

The city of Afrin has fallen in recent days, as Turkish fighters, backed by former ISIS and Jihadi forces, have taken over and... Read Full Article

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Mar 22, 18

IGD Sacramento: Sac Town Shuts it Down for #StephonClark

On March 18th, Stephon Clark, a 22 year old father of two, died after Sacramento Police shot him 20 times in his... Read Full Article

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Mar 21, 18

This Declining American Life: On the Shifting Terrain of Empire

In this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we speak with two ongoing IGD contributors Peter Gelderloos and Scott Campbell about... Read Full Article

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Mar 21, 18

The Return of the Strike and Lessons for the Future

In this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we speak with two members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW),... Read Full Article

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Mar 21, 18

Looking Back on the California Student Occupation Movement

In this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we talk with a participant in the worker-student occupation movement that exploded in... Read Full Article

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Mar 20, 18

All the News You Didn’t Even Know Was Going Down

The political crisis grows in DC, as Jeff Sessions fired the Deputy Director of the FBI. In response: Former CIA Director John... Read Full Article

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Mar 16, 18

What You Need to Know About Afrin and March 24th

“We all live together in Syria as Arabs, Kurds, Syriacs in brotherhood. The invasion of the Turkish state is aimed at our... Read Full Article

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Mar 14, 18

Three Sisters Camp Digs in to Resist the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

The following video announces the start of a public campaign against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in so-called Virginia. The video communique reads:... Read Full Article

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Mar 14, 18

Camp Cloud: “This is a Call For Boots On the Ground” Against Kinder Morgan

Last weekend in so-called British Columbia, up to ten thousand converged against the construction of a Kinder Morgan pipeline. However, there are... Read Full Article

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Mar 14, 18

Vancouver, WA: Antifascists Respond to Hanging Effigies in Neighborhood

The following campaign was originally reported on by the Pacific Northwest Antifascist Workers Collective, and details a community effort and response to... Read Full Article

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Mar 13, 18

All the News You Didn’t Even Know Was Going Down

It’s been about a month and a half since our last roundup, and the several times when we have attempted to sit... Read Full Article

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Mar 12, 18

Vermont to Seattle: From the Black Bloc to the Picket Line

In the age of Trump, talk of “globalism” and the devastating impact of free trade deals has been recuperated by the far-Right... Read Full Article

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Mar 8, 18

Campus Arson Attacks Follows Months of Alt-Right Activity

Over the last several days, while journalists have noted the downward spiral at work within the Alt-Right, in terms of fractures within... Read Full Article

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Mar 7, 18

Zeskind on the History & Threat of the Revolutionary Right

Centrists and media pundits have long presented the white nationalist movement as simply the home of backwards and “uneducated” people, while in... Read Full Article

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Mar 5, 18

IGD East Lansing: Michigan Confronts the Alt-Right

Donate to Bail Fund Here On March 5th, hundreds converged in East Lansing to mobilize against Richard Spencer, a leader among Alt-Right,... Read Full Article

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Mar 5, 18

The Iron Is Hot: Strike Wave Grows Beyond Teachers

On Monday, March 5th, West Virginia teachers will remain on strike for the 8th consecutive day, as the Senate within the State’s... Read Full Article

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Mar 4, 18

Motor City Meltdown: Alt-Right Event Falters in Detroit as East Lansing Gears up to #StopSpencer

As a mass mobilization in East Lansing prepares to confront Richard Spencer and a host of various neo-Nazi groups such as Patriot... Read Full Article

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Mar 3, 18

Audio Report: Teachers’ Strike Enters Second Week

In this audio report, we again catch up with Michael, a striking teacher in West Virginia, who is also a member of... Read Full Article

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Mar 2, 18

In the Northwest, People Are Outing Neo-Nazis in Their Neighborhoods

In the last few weeks, antifascists in the Pacific Northwest have begun to out neo-Nazis, Proud Boys, and members of the Alt-Right... Read Full Article

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Mar 1, 18

Week of Action Against Bayou Bridge Pipeline Kicks Off

The Bayou Bridge pipeline is a project being financed and carried out by the notorious polluter and pipeline spiller, Energy Transfer Partners... Read Full Article

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Mar 1, 18

Wildcat Roars in West Virginia: Teachers to Stay Out on Strike

Thousands of teachers, bus drivers, and other school employees across West Virginia defied union and government orders for a “cooling off” period... Read Full Article

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Feb 28, 18

Audio Report: Tree Sit Resists Mountain Valley Pipeline in Appalachia

In this audio report, we talk with people on the ground in West Virginia who are fighting the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP),... Read Full Article

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Feb 26, 18

Mutual Aid Disaster Relief on Building Dual Power & Upcoming Tour

In this episode of the IGDcast, we spoke with someone involved in Mutual Aid Disaster Relief (MAD), which is a network of... Read Full Article

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Feb 24, 18

Audio Report: From the Picket Lines of the West Virginia Teachers’ Strike

Photos used with permission from Kyle Mad Jenkins On Instagram and Twitter In this audio report we caught up with a teacher... Read Full Article

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Feb 20, 18

Far From a Gift: What the Center Got Wrong & Antifa Got Right

“Writing on The Daily Stormer Anglin argued, “[Organizing] large rallies on public property, where we know there is going to be confrontation... Read Full Article

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Feb 16, 18

How the Midwest Was Won: The Bloody Rise of Anti-Racist Action

The following is a recording of a presentation which features two founding members of the group, Anti-Racist Action (ARA), both of whom... Read Full Article

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Feb 15, 18

Blood, Red, MAGA: What We Know About the Parkland Shooting

“Elliot rodger will not be forgotten.” – Nikolas Cruz Photo collage from The Daily Beast UPDATE: Since this article was first released there... Read Full Article

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Feb 13, 18

“What They Awakened”: Audio Documentary on Defense of Chicano Park

In the following audio documentary about the defense of Chicano Park in San Diego, located in the working-class neighborhood of Logan Heights,... Read Full Article

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Feb 12, 18

Solidarity and Support Across the US with Russian and Italian Comrades

Across the US and the world, people stood in solidarity this week with anarchists and antifascists facing repression at the hands of... Read Full Article

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Feb 11, 18

Slumlords on the Run: Tenants Are Launching Rent & Hunger Strikes

Across the US and Canada, while wages are stagnant or falling, rent prices are always increasing, as tech capital and in many... Read Full Article

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Feb 10, 18

Eye of the Troll Storm: Tariq Khan on far-Right Outrage Engine

In November, PhD student of history in Illinois, father, and Air Force veteran Tariq Khan, found himself in the center of a... Read Full Article

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Feb 9, 18

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Refuses to Cut Ties With Student Linked to Atomwaffen and ‘Unite the Right’

What does it take to be kicked off campus? Well, it seems if you are a neo-Nazi in Nebraska, you can’t. Daniel... Read Full Article

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Feb 9, 18

Hunger and Work Strike Launched at Tacoma Detention Center

Between 120-150 people detained at the Northwest Immigrant Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, have launched a hunger strike and work stoppage. The... Read Full Article

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Feb 8, 18

San Diego Far-Right Trolls Outnumbered at Chicano Park, Fight Among Themselves

Last weekend on February 3rd, a collection of about 50 far-Right Trump supporters, Alt-Right livestreamers, and militia members, converged on Chicano Park... Read Full Article

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Feb 6, 18

Audio Report: Burgerville Workers Union Finish Three Day Strike

In this audio report, we talked to someone with the Burgerville Workers Union (BVWU), which is a part of the Industrial Workers... Read Full Article

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Feb 4, 18

Burgerville Strike Spreads to Four Stores as Three Day Strike Ends

On Saturday, February 3rd, members of the Burgerville Workers Union, (BVWU), a part of the revolutionary anti-capitalist labor union, the Industrial Workers... Read Full Article

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Jan 31, 18

“The Center Can’t Hold”: Building Power from Below

In this episode we talk with two members of the Black Rose Anarchist Federation, a federation of anarchist collectives (referred to as... Read Full Article

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