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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.

Jan 22, 17

Marius Mason Statement on Trans Prisoner Day: Events Across the World

From Trans Prisoners Dear Family and Friends, This has been a strange and intense year, both for me personally and for so many... Read Full Article

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Jan 20, 17

The #DisruptJ20 Revolt Spreads

Originally posted to It’s Going Down Donald Trump piñata set on fire just now after Dallas protest #inaugshorthorn @UTAShorthorn pic.twitter.com/P40xvIJtRx — LIL... Read Full Article

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Jan 20, 17

Strike, Walk-Out, Mobilize: #DisruptJ20 Across the World

Social Media Roundup of #DisruptJ20. (This page is slow, please be patient.) Chicago: #Chicago #NoTrumpRacism #DisruptJ20 #ResistTrump #fuckTrump #ResistFromDay1 pic.twitter.com/TaVGUf0ZY6 — BLACK... Read Full Article

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Jan 20, 17

Send It’s Going Down Your Action Report Backs and #DisruptJ20 Analysis

Originally published to It’s Going Down Today, IGD will run multiple live update pages as well as update our twitter feed about #DisruptJ20 events... Read Full Article

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Jan 20, 17

Clashes Break Out in the Streets of DC, as Alt-Right Runs from Antifa

Originally published to It’s Going Down Alt-Right guy just walked into demo to antagonize and got wrecked. Stay behind the cops, #DeploraBall cowards... Read Full Article

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Jan 19, 17

The Limits and Possibilities of Anti-Fascism

Originally published to It’s Going Down There’s no doubt that IGD has spilled buckets of internet ink on the far-Right since we launched in the... Read Full Article

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Jan 19, 17

Massive Crowd Converges in DC Outside of Alt-Right ‘DeploraBALL’

Originally published to It’s Going Down Riot cops move in at DeploraBall protest. #disruptj20 #Inauguration pic.twitter.com/jkoSZvdLx9 — Hailey Branson-Potts (@haileybranson) January 20, 2017... Read Full Article

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Jan 19, 17

The Potential for a Renewed Workers Movement in an Era of Dangers

From Recomposition It’s no secret that the labor movement of the United States is in serious danger. Every year union membership continues to... Read Full Article

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Jan 18, 17

Portland, OR: Fast-Food Chain Burgerville Union Busting Against IWW Organizer

Submitted to It’s Going Down As many of you know, on Friday January 6th, union leader Jordan was suspended and accused of violating... Read Full Article

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Jan 17, 17

Please Support Coyote Acabo and His Family

From Denver Anarchist Black Cross (ABC) Print PDF Here Donate Here Coyote is a local comrade and disabled person of color soon to... Read Full Article

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Jan 17, 17

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

Welcome to 2017. This is the first installment of the All the News column this year and already it feels as if so much... Read Full Article

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Jan 17, 17

The Election of Trump and Struggles for Liberation

From Writing with Movements On December 9, 2016, I was honored to speak in Toronto alongside Himani Bannerji, David McNally, and a former... Read Full Article

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Jan 16, 17

A New Year’s Update on Antifascist Prisoners

From NYC Antifa 2017 promises to be a busy year for antifascists around the world. We will continue the fight against fascism and... Read Full Article

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Jan 16, 17

Soros, ‘Globalism,’ and Grassroots Revolt: How the Right Uses Conspiracy Theories to Appear Revolutionary

In the 1990s and into the early 2000s, a global movement against corporate globalization and neoliberal capitalism developed, with anti-authoritarian and anarchist... Read Full Article

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Jan 16, 17

Civilization, Climate Change, Resistance, Hope

Everyday seems to bring a new sign of the coming apocalypse, as even mainstream and government institutions proclaim that human caused climate... Read Full Article

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Jan 16, 17

Looking back on Obama’s Deportation Regime

From LibCom The Obama administration’s approach to illegal immigration was to severely enforce penalties for immigration related crimes. This approach led to record... Read Full Article

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Jan 15, 17

Body of YPG Volunteer Michael Israel Returns to U.S. to be Laid to Rest

Submitted to It’s Going Down Donate to Memorial Fund Here This past week on January 11th, the body of Michael Israel, Sacramento organizer... Read Full Article

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Jan 15, 17

Call for a week of actions by the COBP

From Montreal Counter-Information For over a decade, the COBP, through the International Day Against Police Brutality, has been denouncing police-related phenomena such as... Read Full Article

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Jan 14, 17

Call for a Militant Femme Bloc at Women’s March on Washington!

Submitted to Its Going Down: We call for militant femme and queer folk to march together at the “Women’s march in Washington”... Read Full Article

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Jan 12, 17

#DisruptJ20 Actions Across the US Against the Trump Regime

Originally published to It’s Going Down What is happening in the United States is unprecedented. All aspects of the American ruling structure: the... Read Full Article

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Jan 12, 17

Vancouver: Report Back from Anti-Alt-Right Demo

From Vancouver Antifa On Saturday December 17th 2016, roughly 30-40 demonstrators converged in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside at Pigeon Park, the site of the... Read Full Article

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Jan 12, 17

Matthew Heimbach and Traditionalist Workers Party Sneak Rally in Daley Plaza

From South Side Anti-Racist Action (ARA) On Sunday January 8th, Matt Heimbach and his petty hate brigade, better known as the Traditionalist Workers... Read Full Article

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Jan 12, 17

Charlie Nash at Breitbart Claims IGD “Real Fascists;” Fan of White Nationalists and MRAs in Real Life

Originally published to It’s Going Down Today IGD got an email from Charlie Nash, a young Breitbart tech writer asking to get a quote about... Read Full Article

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Jan 12, 17

Sean Swain is on Hunger Strike

From Free Sean Swain We received word recently from a friend of Sean’s that Sean is currently on hunger strike and has been... Read Full Article

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Jan 11, 17

When Trolls Cry: A Response To The Click-Bait “Journalists” at The Daily Cal and The Washington Times

Originally published to It’s Going Down I have come to believe, in the course of our bizarro unfriendship, that Milo believes in almost... Read Full Article

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Jan 10, 17

No Honor Among Trolls: ‘The Right Stuff’ Gets Doxed By Their Own ‘Movement’

Submitted to It’s Going Down There’s been another round of doxing at the extreme alt-right podcast The Daily Shoah, and this time, we... Read Full Article

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Jan 10, 17

Florida: Mass Action Continues to Stop Sabal Trail Suwannee River Crossing

From Sabal Trail Resistance Mass resistance continues in Florida to the Sabal Trail pipeline project, as more people are joining action camps and... Read Full Article

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Jan 7, 17

Mexico: #Gasolinazo Uprising Spreads Through Blockades, Looting, and Clashes with Police

Originally published to It’s Going Down by Scott Campbell There will be more coverage coming out soon on It’s Going Down but since... Read Full Article

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Jan 6, 17

If the Sabal Trail Pipeline Goes Online it will be an Environmental Disaster

From Sabal Trail Resistance (STR) By now, you’ve likely heard that there is a fracked gas pipeline under construction through the Southeast... Read Full Article

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Jan 5, 17

Richmond, VA: Reportback from our first Autonomous Assembly

Submitted to It’s Going Down Almost 100 people turned out to Richmond’s first autonomous assembly this past Monday. The assembly was called specifically... Read Full Article

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Jan 4, 17

Omaha, NB: Report Back from NYE

Submitted to It’s Going Down On New Years Eve a few of us gathered in downtown Omaha, unfurled a banner, and walked to... Read Full Article

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Jan 3, 17

To Stop Police Murders, We Need to Block the Ability of the State to Govern

Originally posted to It’s Going Down 1,152. That’s the total amount of people that were killed by American law enforcement in 2016. Every... Read Full Article

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Jan 3, 17

Durango, CO: Autonomous Assembly Jan. 8th 2017

From AnimaSubterra In light of the recent presidential election and the upcoming Trump presidency, we are reaching out to community members and organizations... Read Full Article

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Jan 3, 17

The Year for Indigenous Liberation

From Imperial No More From the home fires to the front lines, from our hearts and our minds, we enter the so called... Read Full Article

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Jan 3, 17

Call-In for New Afrikan Black Panther Kevin “Rashid” Johnson

From Kevin “Rashid” Johnson Call-In Social Media Campaign Here On December 21, 2016 I was set up for both assault and to have... Read Full Article

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Jan 3, 17

New Year Insurrections: January Actions, Assemblies, and Workshops in Durham

From Workers Assemble Across the country, we’re seeing massive demonstrations of resistance against the threat of Trump’s looming regime in the form of... Read Full Article

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Jan 2, 17

IGDCAST: When the Smoke Clears, Reflections on the J26 Antifa Mobilization

The anti-fascist convergence in Sacramento, CA on June 26th was only one of many recent large scale mobilizations against the far-Right, but... Read Full Article

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Jan 2, 17

Portland: Report Back from NYE Noise Demo

Submitted to It’s Going Down On New Year’s Eve, before the festivities began, some anarchists gathered outside the Multnomah County Justice Center to... Read Full Article

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Jan 2, 17

Oakland: NYE Noise Demo

Submitted to It’s Going Down Oakland’s end of 2016 anti-prison noise demo was small but loud. Around 45 people gathered at Oscar Grant... Read Full Article

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Jan 1, 17

NYC: Over 150 in the streets for NYC ABC NYE Noise Demo

From NYC Anarchist Black Cross (ABC) 2016 started strong as we welcomed home Albert Woodfox. Throughout the year, we saw more comrades released... Read Full Article

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