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@cwebber Watching a young woman get #SnatchedUp by masked "cops" is likely to be a #GeorgeFloyd type of catalyst.
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It's Going Down
In search of new forms of life, #ItsGoingDown, is a digital community centre and media platform featuring news, opinion, podcasts, and reporting on autonomous movements across so-called #NorthAmerica from an #Anarchist perspective.
The political State exists to uphold a class divided and settler-colonial society. We believe that a better world can be created in its place, organized from the ground up, where power is spread out horizontally, with human labour going towards human needs, not profit. We act in the spirit of autonomy, mutual-aid, and direct action.
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#ItsGoingDown - This Week in #Fascism #139: Communities Hit Back Against #NeoNazis As #Trump Comes to Power; Thousands Protest Against #ICE & in Solidarity with #TransPeople
February 13, 2025
"The second Trump administration has officially begun and less than a month in, we are already in a #ConstitutionalCrisis. As the #Trumpian state embraces the threat of ignoring court orders, it also risks pushing the US into an all out #TechnoDictatorship. But as the line between the State and the far-Right becomes increasingly blurred – the question must be asked, what does the antifascist struggle mean when an oligarch like Trump is in power? We don’t have any easy answers, but antifascists have a lot of skills that we can bring to the table: both in terms of analysis, understanding the players in the unfolding terrain, and skills that we can share with people.
"More importantly, we have movement memory of battles fought and lessons learned: from the working-class kids who formed the backbone of #AntiRacistAction (#ARA) and took on the #KKK and neo-Nazi skinheads, to the fight against the #AltRight during Trump’s first term, which saw tens of thousands of people hitting the streets against #WhiteSupremacists. These past struggles can inspire and inform what is happening today.
"And there’s a lot to do. With the pardoning of the January 6th rioters, Trump has signaled that far-Right loyalists will receive a pass from the State to engage in violence against enemies of the regime. This is a reality that only amplifies what we saw during the first Trump administration, when Chad Wolf’s DHS pushed for #antifascists to be targeted by law enforcement and for the state to downplay the threat from the far-Right. This move lead to federal forces descending on Portland, OR during the #GeorgeFloydUprising, and the outright assassination of #MichealReinoehl. The more we can build public opposition to this new reality and encourage widespread #resistance to Trump’s policies, the safer we all will be."
Read more:
https://itsgoingdown.org/this-week-in-fascism-139/
#ResistFascism #ResistICE #TransRightsAreHumanRights #GenderFascists
It's Going Down · This Week in Fascism #139: Communities Hit Back Against Neo-Nazis As Trump Comes to Power; Thousands Protest Against ICE & in Solidarity with Trans PeopleWelcome back fellow antifascists! As always, we have a lot to cover in this column, especially important analysis and roundups of antifascist action. With so much to address, let’s dive right in! Trump and the Tech-Right Take Power The second Trump administration has officially begun and less than a month in, we are already in...
#InContempt #47: #Trump Administration Gears Up to Attack #AntiWar Movement
December 1, 2024
"Judging from what has been pushed thus far, there are several legal measures most likely to be used once Trump returns to Washington. One would be deporting foreign college students in the U.S. on a visa after they’re found to have openly advocated for #Hamas or another U.S.-designated terror group, or after they participated in an unauthorized campus protest and were suspended, expelled or jailed.
Another measure would be to pursue federal prosecutions of #demonstrators who block synagogue entrances or disrupt Jewish speakers at events. A third approach is to charge #protest leaders and nonprofits that aid in fundraising for protest groups with failing to register with the U.S. Justice Department as an 'agent of a foreign principal.' And a fourth avenue is to open investigations into protest leaders who are in direct contact with U.S.-designated terror groups while advocating on their behalf.
"…#AmericaFirstLegal has in the past year filed four lawsuits that provide a glimpse into how the Trump administration could differ from its predecessor. America First Legal alleges in the suits that the State Department, the Justice Department, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Education have protected pro-Hamas extremists.
"In court papers and in letters to several federal oversight officials, America First Legal has also said it believes the Justice Department should have forced several leaders of pro-Palestinian groups to report themselves under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, known as #FARA, which requires individuals acting as 'an agent of a foreign principal' to register themselves."
Read more:
https://itsgoingdown.org/in-contempt-47/
#SilencingDissent #Authoritarianism #USPol #FreePalestine #HR9495 #Project2025 #ProjectEsther #ItsGoingDown
Dear scientists, especially the R-community:
The NZ government wants to scrap all soc social sciences and humanities. 
I probably don't have to explain why this is a totally bonkers milei-ish idea. (maybe just add the detail that Māori researchers will be overproportionally affected by these budget cuts, but this is probably anyway a feature of the plan)
I address the #RStats community explicitely, since R was developed in Aotearoa. And here in the Fediverse we are *many* R nerds!
So, @kjhealy or other kiwis, is there something the international academic community could do to express our thoughts and support your struggle?
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Small example of a useless New Zealand academic research project (with strong Māori representation) expressly designed to not directly be commercially viable and not innovative insofar as it copied an existing product on the market.
#InContempt #47: #Trump Administration Gears Up to Attack #AntiWar Movement
December 1, 2024, #ItsGoingDown
"In this column, we present our monthly roundup of political prisoner, prison rebel, and repression news, happenings, announcements, action and analysis. Packed in as always are updates, fundraisers, and birthdays. There’s a lot happening, so let’s dive right in!
"On the Future of this Column
"The US/online #anarchist media space is going through a process of change at the moment, and this column is not immune from that. So far, this column has been primarily a one-person effort, but collective projects are always more stable than individual ones, and the more people that get involved, the more chance the project will have of surviving if the main contributor gets hit by a bus, feels like a break or catches a charge.
"If you’re involved in any kind of anti-repression or prisoner support work and there’s any aspect of it that you think people should hear about, please send reports and descriptions into this column. If you don’t have a project that you want to publicize yourself, but you have time and energy to help collect news about other people’s, that’s very welcome too.
"Call for New Year’s Eve Noise Demonstrations
"It’s that time of the year! The #NewYorkAnarchistBlackCross (ABC) has put out a call:
"This is a call for a raucous night of strong solidarity with those imprisoned by the state on one of the noisiest nights of the year. On #NewYearsEve gather your crew, collective, community, organization, or just yourself and come together to raise a racket and remind those on the inside that they are not alone.
"Internationally, noise demonstrations outside of prisons are a way to remember those who are held captive by the state and a way to show solidarity with imprisoned comrades and loved ones. We come together to break the loneliness and isolation.
"Wherever you are, meet on New Year’s Eve at the prisons, jails, and detention centers, be loud in solidarity with those imprisoned and to push forward the idea of a world free from domination.
"Read the full call here! If you’re in Brooklyn, NY on NYE, check out the call here.
"Political Prisoner News
"The support crew for long-term indigenous political prisoner Xinachtli has put out a new statement and call for donations which you can read here.
"Long-term Native political prisoner Leonard Peltier has been released from hospital back into prison, but still needs ongoing medical care, and so there’s an ongoing call for people to pressure politicians and prison staff to provide Leonard with the medical care that he needs. Amnesty International also is pressuring the outgoing Biden administration to grant Peltier a pardon.
"The Rattling the Cages series of talks continues, with the most recent talks including 'Until All Are Free' with Eric King, Jason Hammond and Jeremy Hammond."
Read more (includes story links):
https://itsgoingdown.org/in-contempt-47/
From 2022: How an Undercover Colorado Springs Police Officer Tried to Entrap #Leftists with Illegal Firearms Charges
March 8, 2022, #ItsGoingDown
"Thanks to reporting from Colorado Springs Independent, it is now public knowledge that #ColoradoSprings Police infiltrated the #ChinookCenter and a number of groups that organize there such as Colorado Springs #DemocraticSocialistsOf merica (#DSA) and Colorado Springs #TenantUnion, using a pink haired cop named April Rogers who went by 'Chelsie Kurti' and pretended to be a sex worker.
"#CSPD’s infiltration of Chinook Center initially looked exactly like their infiltration of Colorado Springs Socialists back in 2017: Go undercover into an easy-to-join leftist group, surveil, and arrest as many people as possible as soon as they take a march off the sidewalk. However, we recently had a couple of local activists who had previously been involved with Chinook Center reach out to us with their experiences involving CSPD officer April Rogers. These experiences show a police department desperate to entrap leftist organizers. If there’s no crime, Colorado Springs Police Department will create one.
"If you are involved in any level of left-wing, anti-capitalist, or anti-state political organizing – tighten up your security. We highly encourage anyone involved in radical organizing to create an alias for yourself and use a separate phone number and email for organizing purposes. Apps like Burner and MySudo provide burner phone numbers and emails. You can also follow this guide to create an anonymous Signal number.
"As this situation with the Chinook Center also shows, standing with survivors of abuse can also protect you from police infiltration.
"The CSPD undercover wasn’t going around smashing windows or planting piles of bricks in order to justify violent police repression, she was quietly surveilling everyone she could, asking for personal information, adding folks on social media, and as we’ve recently learned, working to get local leftists to buy firearms for her illegally. Officer April Rogers repeatedly asked about levels of gun knowledge, about building firearms, and suggested making straw purchases. She also spoke about some kind of front range gun running operation, and suggested starting a leftist 'militia.'
"We’ve attached statements from two leftist organizers who had the misfortune of being targeted by Officer April Rogers posing as Chelsi Kurti. These statements provide an important look into the tactics of the police, and show that they’ll create crimes where there are none. The idea that your group is above ground and therefore you were never in any danger is incredibly naive."
Read more:
https://itsgoingdown.org/how-colorado-springs-police-tried-to-entrap-leftists/
It's Going Down · How an Undercover Colorado Springs Police Officer Tried to Entrap Leftists with Illegal Firearms ChargesA look into how undercover police in Colorado Springs attempted to go after left-wing organizers on weapons and conspiracy charges. For background, read this piece from the Colorado Springs Independent. Thanks to reporting from Colorado Springs Independent, it is now public knowledge that Colorado Springs Police infiltrated the Chinook Center and a number of groups...
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https://itsgoingdown.org/steven-monacelli-on-texas-mobilizing/
#IGD #ItsGoingDown 28 July 2022
#StevenMonacelli on How Communities in #Texas Are Mobilsing Against Rising #FarRight and #AntiLGBTQ+Forces
It's Going Down · Steven Monacelli on How Communities in Texas Are Mobilizing Against Rising Far-Right and Anti-LGBTQ+ ForcesOn this episode of the It's Going Down podcast, we speak with journalist Steven Monacelli of Protean Magazine on how communities across so-called Texas are mobilizing in the face of increasing far-Right violence and harassment. https://twitter.com/stevanzetti/status/1546323420866125824 During our discussion, Steven talks about how far-Right grifters act as online megaphones for the wider movement, finding targets...
https://itsgoingdown.org/dont-panic-organize-meeting-the-moment-of-trumps-second-term/
Don't Panic, Organise: Meeting the Moment of #Trump's Second Term
It's Going Down · Don’t Panic, Organize: Meeting the Moment of Trump’s Second TermDonald Trump has once again ascended to the Presidency. Below we lay out our recommendations for how to respond. 1. No Choice But to Fight The “choice” of this election, like all elections, presented us with no choice at all: one program of open reaction and the other friendly-faced genocide. Still, a Trump victory was...
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Interview with anti-fascist writer and researcher Matthew Lyons lives and works in Philadelphia, author of Insurgent Supremacists: “The U.S. Far Right’s Challenge to State and Empire” and co-editor of the book “Three Way Fight: Revolutionary Politics and Antifascism.”
It's Going Down · Resisting Trump and the MAGA Movement: Interview with Antifascist Matthew Lyons of Three Way FightNo Borders Media speaks with Matthew Lyons from Three Way Fight on Trumpism. This episode of No Borders Media, recorded on the eve of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, features an interview with anti-fascist writer and researcher Matthew Lyons. Matthew, who lives and works in Philadelphia, is the author of Insurgent Supremacists: The U.S. Far...
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“It Doesn’t Matter How Peaceful You Are”: Report on Repression at the #UniversityOfMichigan
#DefendStudentProtesters #Michigan #umich
#ProtestIsNotACrime
#NotAnotherBomb
#StopArmingIsrael
#RejectAIPAC #BDS
#CeasefireNow #EndUSAidToIsrael #DivestFromIsrael
#StopGazaGenocide
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#EndTheOccupation #SettlersOut
#PalestinianLivesMatter
#FreePalestine #LetGazaLive
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #politics #MiddleEast
#USA #US #USPolitics
#media #news #press @palestine @israel
It's Going Down · “It Doesn’t Matter How Peaceful You Are”: Report on Repression at the University of MichiganReport on violent police repression of recent rally in support of Palestine at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. At the University of Michigan, a coalition of organizers from campus and the community, held one of the first actions of the new academic year to draw attention to the ongoing genocide in Palestine and...
#GenX and #GenZ take note: “How a student-run uprising led to the ouster of Bangladesh’s longest-serving prime minister” - #DirectAction #Protest #politics #TakeItToTheStreets #ItsGoingDown https://apnews.com/article/fc19afbef9d1c50aaef08648bf37437f
AP News · Sheikh Hasina: How Bangladesh’s PM fell from power over a student demand
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@randahl And considering Ukraine attacked #Kursk... Maybe #Putin should take a hint? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_submarine_disaster #itsgoingdown https://music.apple.com/us/album/down/1439281458?i=1439281463
en.m.wikipedia.orgKursk submarine disaster - Wikipedia
20 Millionen Menschen leben in UK in Armut, während sich die herrschende Klasse astronomische Gewinne einverleibt und an der Armut verdient.
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How #Transphobia Built a Coalition of #EcoRadicals, #WhiteNationalists and #RightWing Think Tanks | It's Going Down
https://itsgoingdown.org/transphobia-dgr-wolf-rnc/
Hate brings arseholes together
"#Netanyahu, the Global far-Right, and Building Solidarity with #Palestine": On this episode of the #ItsGoingDown podcast 
, Scott Campell @susurros gives a short history of the occupation of Palestine by the state of #Israel, the political players involved, and what possible avenues #socialmovements could take in the fight against #occupation: https://itsgoingdown.org/netanyahu-solidarity-with-palestine-scott/ #IGD @igd_news
If you're interested in secure #messengers, their use cases, workings, and how they perform in terms of #privacy, #anonymity, and #security, here's a long (looong!) post that gives a pretty decent overview of the basics:
Written from an #anarchist perspective, still found it useful as a text I can point not-so-deeply techy people to, anyway.
