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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.

Jul 29, 17

Dispatches from the Borderlands: Blurred Lines Between State and Cartel

It is difficult to summarize all of the things which have occurred the last few months. It is now monsoon and the... Read Full Article

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Jul 26, 17

Anti-Black Racism Lies at the Center of the Alt-Right

Seconds before Richard Spencer was known to the world as the person that “everyone saw cry on the internet,” he was giving... Read Full Article

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Jul 25, 17

Gelderloos on 6 Months of Trump, Climate Change, & Class War

This week on the IGD podcast, we speak again to long term anarchist writer and analyst Peter Gelderloos, as we look back... Read Full Article

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Jul 24, 17

Police Are Giving the Alt-Right Free Reign – And They Know It

On the most recent episode of the Fash the Nation podcast, (fash, as in fascist), neo-Nazi organizers Mike Peinovich from New York along with... Read Full Article

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Jul 22, 17

The Revolutionary Horizon in the Shadow of the Plantation

In this episode of the IGD podcast, we caught up with two members of The Base in New York, to talk about... Read Full Article

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Jul 21, 17

IGD St. Louis: Hundreds Clash with Cops to Shut Down Jail Workhouse

Hundreds of demonstrators converged in St. Louis at the local jail workhouse to protest ongoing horrific work and living conditions. In the... Read Full Article

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Jul 20, 17

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

How much news can we pack into one roundup? The big stories of the last few weeks is that another crappy version... Read Full Article

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Jul 17, 17

Fox News Hosts Alt-Right Trolls to Talk About IGD Article

Over a week ago IGD published a submitted article entitled, “An Open Letter to Liberals and Progressives from the Black Bloc.” The... Read Full Article

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Jul 14, 17

Snakes in the Grass: Spencer Sunshine on the Militia Movement

In this episode of the IGD podcast, we sat down with longtime antifascist researcher and analyst Spencer Sunshine to talk specifically about... Read Full Article

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Jul 14, 17

Ex-Military Man Accused of Bombing Air Force Office Faces Less Time than J20 Defendants

Currently, over 200 people that were mass arrested on January 20th in Washington DC in a massive police kettle face up to... Read Full Article

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Jul 11, 17

San Francisco IGD: Clashes Erupt as Police Fire Projectiles on Hundreds of Skateboarders

Cover Photo from Mark Rabine Clashes broke out after 8 PM in San Francisco, California, as hundreds of young skateboarders gathered at Dolores... Read Full Article

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Jul 10, 17

American Anarchist Killed in Battle to Liberate Raqqa from ISIS

According to the IRPGF (International Revolutionary People’s Guerrilla Forces), an anarchist militia fighting within the Rojava revolution against ISIS in so-called Syria,... Read Full Article

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Jul 10, 17

New Haven, CT: Proud Boys Rallying for White Nationalist & Accused Abuser Shut Down

Around 200 community members converged on the City Green in New Haven to oppose the Alt-Right group the “Proud Boys” along with... Read Full Article

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Jul 8, 17

From La ZAD with Love

In this episode of the IGDCAST, we catch up with longtime radio show and podcast The Final Straw, who has been producing high-quality anarchist... Read Full Article

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Jul 1, 17

Fake Event Mobilizes far-Right at Gettysburg; Militia Member Shoots Himself in Leg

In the last two weeks, Alt-Right trolls have attempted to replay the events in Houston, Texas in June, where using over the top... Read Full Article

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Jul 1, 17

Anti-Colonial #Unsettle150 Actions Across Canada

Today, Native people across so-called Canada are taking part in actions against the colonial state and non-Native settlers including anarchists, autonomists, and... Read Full Article

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Jun 26, 17

Minnesota Soccer Fans Made a Banner for Philando Castile – And Got Banned

Mill City Ultras, a group of supporters of the Minnesota United soccer team, which describes itself as: A left-wing working class Ultras... Read Full Article

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Jun 26, 17

Fighting Pipelines and Displacement with Camp White Pine

What would you do if your family’s home was threatened by eminent domain to make way for a pipeline of fracked gas?... Read Full Article

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Jun 23, 17

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

Yesterday, the Republicans in the Senate returned with a newly updated health care plan that did what pretty much everyone thought it... Read Full Article

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Jun 22, 17

#Flint to #GrenfellTower: The Elite Only Want to ‘Manage the Disaster’

Last Friday, thousands of people flooded into the streets of London to protest government cause and response to the recent fire which... Read Full Article

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Jun 21, 17

Fox News Re-Uses Alt-Right Media to Target IGD

On Monday, June 19th, far-Right troll and video game blogger Ian Miles Cheong, who has argued that “Pepe the Frog isn’t racist” and... Read Full Article

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Jun 20, 17

#NoDAPL to #SabalTrail: Lessons in Florida’s Pipeline Wars

In the wake of the #NoDAPL struggle, resistance encampments across the US have grown as thousands step up to fight pipeline and... Read Full Article

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Jun 19, 17

Beyond ‘Bash the Fash’: A Critical Discussion

There’s no question that antifascism has taken up a lot of space on both IGD and within the wider anarchist movement. Talk... Read Full Article

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Jun 16, 17

St. Paul, MN: Thousands Converge After Philando Castile Verdict

This evening, thousands converged at the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul, to response to the jury in Philando Castile’s murder finding the... Read Full Article

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Jun 15, 17

Antifa Sticker Packs! Restocked on Shirts and Old Packs

We now have ANTIFA STICKER PACKS! $15 gets you 24 stickers! Every orders includes two of each sticker shown in the photo.... Read Full Article

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Jun 14, 17

Austin, TX: Audio Report Back from Anti-Muslim Rally Shutdown

Photos from Ann Harkness In this audio reportback, we speak with Kit O’Connell, of the OSWN Collective in Austin, Texas. In the interview,... Read Full Article

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Jun 13, 17

Thousands Outnumber and Disrupt Anti-Muslim Demonstrations

On Saturday, June 10th, thousands of people across the United States converged, disrupted, fought back, and demonstrated against anti-Muslim rallies organized by... Read Full Article

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Jun 9, 17

PDF HandOut: ISIS and the Alt-Right: Two-Sides of the Same Fascism

Download and Print Here With far-Right forces mobilizing for anti-Muslim street marches and confrontations on June 10th across the US, we present to... Read Full Article

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Jun 8, 17

Object to the State: A Tilted Guide to Being a Defendant

The Tilted Scales Collective has recently published a brand new book entitled, A Tilted Guide to Being a Defendant, which discusses various strategies, both... Read Full Article

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Jun 6, 17

Against Alt-Right and Anti-Muslim Terror: June 10th

On Saturday, June 10th, across the US, Trump supporters along with members of the far-Right and Alt-Right, will converge in various cities... Read Full Article

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Jun 4, 17

IGD Portland: Pacific Northwest Converges Against Alt-Right Terror

Donate to Help Those Arrested Here On Sunday, June 4th, people swarmed into downtown Portland for a series of demonstrations against the Alt-Right... Read Full Article

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Jun 1, 17

Developing Movement Media Strategies

Here at IGD we talk a lot about strategy, about building our capacity, and also about growing as a material force within our communities.... Read Full Article

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May 31, 17

Texas: ‘Based Stickmen’ and Militias Continue to Take Bait from Alt-Right Trolls

As confrontations between the far-Right and anarchists and antifascists have heated up over the last several months, the Alt-Right has played a... Read Full Article

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May 30, 17

Revoking Permits Won’t Stop Fascism; Only Direct Action Can

In the wake of two horrific racist murders and another near fatal stabbing on board a Portland MAX train, anger has mounted... Read Full Article

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May 29, 17

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

Since our last update, several stories have broken out that deeply affect every single person that reads these words. The first is... Read Full Article

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May 27, 17

Portland to Manchester: Alt-Right & ISIS Produce the Same Nightmare

The recent bombing in Manchester, England by an ISIS supporter and a string of horrific murders across the US and Canada to many on the... Read Full Article

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May 26, 17

Daryle Lamont Jenkins on Richard Collins III & Rising Alt-Right Terror

Less than a week ago, according to witnesses at the University of Maryland, Richard Collins III, who was about to receive his... Read Full Article

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May 25, 17

Why the Far-Right Hates Freedom & Loves Bullshit

For many of us, it feels like we are sliding back into a feudal system. Wages have stagnated since the 1970s, when... Read Full Article

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May 24, 17

Territory, Presence, & Building a Base of Support

It’s going to be a hot summer. Not only in the sense that it will be one of the hottest on record,... Read Full Article

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May 23, 17

George Ciccariello-Maher on Free Speech & White Supremacy

On this episode, we caught up with George Ciccariello-Maher, a radical professor, organizer, and author of the recent book, Decolonizing Dialectics. We discuss... Read Full Article

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