The Ex-Worker

Hundreds of thousands of high school students defy adult authority and walkout against mass shootings; anti-pipeline camps hold strong from Virginia to West Virginia to so-called British Columbia; we interview an anarchist in Brazil as protests erupt there after an anti-police brutality politician was assassinated; the annual march against police brutality in Montreal beats cops back; Russian anarchists explain in an interview why it’s not just Putin that’s the problem, or Trump for that matter, but the systems of power they inhabit; plus a repression round up, announcements for Saturday’s international day of action to #DefendAfrin, and calls for exciting upcoming anarchist bookfairs and speaking tours. {March 21, 2018}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {1:50} Interview: anti-police brutality protests erupt in Brazil {6:47} Interview: anarchists stand up to elections and repression in Russia {15:05} Historic student walkouts roundup {21:02} Repression Round

This episode we bring you two roundups: one for women’s strike actions on International Women’s Day, and another for #DefendAfrin actions across Europe. We also share a call for and international day of solidarity to #DefendAfrin on March 24. The West Virginia teachers’ strike has ended, and we share our complicated takeaways from the longest strike in West Virginia history. The alt-right is unraveling, but anti-fascists arrested in Michigan last week still need your help. Things are heating up in Hamilton, Ontario as anarchists demonstrate against gentrification and face right-wing backlash for it. Listen until the end for announcements of speaking tours, J20 updates, political prisoner birthdays, and upcoming anarchist bookfairs. {March 14, 2018}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {1:30} International Women’s Day roundup {5:30} #DefendAfrin solidarity {10:50} West Virginia teachers’ strike ends {14:40} Repression Roundup {21:10} Next Week’s News {26:50}

This episode we bring you two interviews. The first is an on-the-ground report from the days of anti-fascist action against Richard Spencer’s visit to Detroit and Lansing, with a plea for bail funds to help arrested anti-fascists. Next, we interview a West Virginian anarchist about what makes the teachers’ strike there so unique and important. We plug a call from the West Virginia IWW for how to support and spread the strike. Throughout the episode we make the case for an international, revolutionary movement that can do away with all forms of hierarchy and kyriarchy! {February 28, 2018}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {1:40} Interview: Michigan holds it down against fascism {12:50} Interview: West Virginia teachers strike—how to support and spread it {20:20} Next Week’s News {29:50} Go here if you’d like to join the L’eau Est La Vie anti-pipeline camp in Louisiana. Support and spread the West Virginia teachers’ strike! Check out this article from th

While students walk out of classes all over the country (and occasionally fight cops) we make the pitch for an anarchist youth liberation movement. In wild, wonderful, and apparently rebellious West Virginia, striking school employees have shut down every public school in the state, while treesitters are putting up resistance to the Mountain Valley Pipeline. We also share calls to support political prisoner Joy Powell, as well as a fundraising drive for a radical café in Istanbul. Listen until the end for announcements of three different speaking tours in March: one about anarchist responses to natural disasters, one about the anarchist critique of democracy, and one all about the J20 case and why the remaining 59 defendants deserve your utmost support. {February 28, 2018}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {1:30} Youth liberation now! {9:20} Repression Roundup {21:35} Next Week’s News {23:00} Download 29:30 long version Check out the Hamilton, Ontario anarc

This episode is packed to the gills with news! There is antifa activity in Tennessee and folks in the Northwest continue to hold it down against the fascist creep. Solidarity for Afrin spreads and an inspiring model to fight ICE raids emerges out of Koreatown, Los Angeles. We offer some analysis about the school shooting in Parkland, FL and interview both an anarchist attending the student led rallies there and an anarchist author who’s written about gun control. There is a short update on the repression Florida prisoners are enduring due to Operation Push. Walter Bond is in need of support and we have some good news about accused confederate statue topplers in Durham, NC. To wrap things up, there are loads of upcoming events, so stay tuned until the end! {February 21, 2018}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {1:25} Parkland school shooting & interviews {11:30} Repression Roundup {25:40} Prisoner Birthdays & Next Week’s News {29:55} Antifascists in

The second episode of our second season! There is antifa activity in Olympia, Athens, and Seattle. Vaneesa Hopson died while in the custody of Olympia police and we report on the death and the subsequent protests.. There are strikes by delivery drivers across Hong Kong and Europe, by prisoners detained at an immigrant detention center in Washington, and walkouts across the country as part of the Fight for 15 campaign. We interview an anarchist active in the resistance to the Westlake Landfill. In honor of Valentine’s Day there’s a rant against conventional love. Stay tuned until the Repression Roundup to hear about the Black Pride 4. {February 14, 2018}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {2:23} Interview {10:00} Rant on Love {17:40} Anarchist media roundup {23:12} Repression Roundup {24:15} Next Week’s News {29:12} J20 support resources: J20 Legal Defense Fund Twitter Fed book An Open Letter to Former J20 Defendants, with useful dos and don’ts Teen Vogue: T

The first episode of our new season! This week we run down the list of antifascist confrontations from San Diego to Olympia, Washington. We also share a call for opposing Richard Spencer in Lansing, Michigan on March 5. Fast food workers in Portland, sex workers in New Orleans, and Uber drivers in Indonesia are all getting organized. Camille, Camille, and Camille from the ZAD explain their complicated victory over the planned airport at Notre-Dame-des-Landes, and Flint Arthur from Stand With Afrin phones in with an update on the Turkish assault on Rojava. Stay tuned until the Repression Roundup to hear about a new wave of repression against humanitarian aid workers on the US-Mexico border. {February 7, 2018}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {2:05} Turkish military’s assault on Rojava {8:00} Chilean resistance to the Pope’s visit {10:00} J20—where things stand a year later {13:25} The ZAD beat the airport! {20:05} Repression Roundup {27:50} Next Week’s News

In Episode 63 of the Ex-Worker, we conclude our series of reflections on 2017 with an audio version of the recently published essay “Anarchists in the Trump Era: Scorecard, Year One.” It analyzes five key turning points in 2017, assessing how anarchists took part and what lessons we can learn for the battles ahead. While recognizing all we’ve accomplished under incredible stress, it argues for the importance of broadening our efforts to challenge authority and dismantle hierarchy in every area of our lives and our societies in 2018. Afterwards, Clara and Alanis debate themes from the essay and our year in review episodes, around relating to non-anarchists on the left, organizational formats, resiliency and care, and more. {Feb 7, 2017}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:01} Anarchists in the Trump Era: Scorecard, Year One {2:02} Dawn of a New Apocalypse {3:43} J20: A Call to Revolt {6:20} The Airport Blockades: A Message to the Center {13:02} Shutting Down Milo in Berkeley: A R

As we reconnect to plan a new year of resistance this January 20th, what lessons can we take from the inspiring but traumatic year that was 2017? In Episode 61 of the Ex-Worker, we interview three anarchists who reflect on their role on the front lines of struggles against the state and fascism over the past year. Hex, who survived a shooting attack by a fascist at a Seattle anti-fascist demonstration last January 20th, offers perspective on questions of justice, violence, patriarchy, and compassion, the critical importance of healing, and redefining resistance. An anarchist of color from Charlottesville discusses how the events there have impacted anti-fascist resistance and updates us on court cases, grand jury proceedings, and opportunities to show solidarity. And Miel, who was recently acquitted on all charges in the first trial of J20 defendants from the DC counter-inaugural protests, traces the significance of the J20 case, state strategies of repression, and lessons we can take with us as we move fo

In this episode, we take an in-depth look at the blockade in Olympia, WA that stopped a train carrying fracking supplies for twelve days. {January 19, 2018}   -------SHOW NOTES------     Table of Contents: Introduction {0:05} How Did This Happen? {10:07} It Was Fun! {24:42} Can It Be Repeated? {32:53} Tensions and Disagreements {39:27} Media and the “General Public” {57:12} Conclusion {1:08:20} Additional Resources Demands from the Libertarian Socialist Caucus Satirical demands And for updates on ongoing struggle in the region, go to: pugetsoundanarchists.org Audio The Hotwire #15 Solecast On the Olympia Blockade IGD Cast on the Olympia Blockade Audio Report Behind the Olympia Fracking Blockade Video Native News Interview 2017 raid video Communiques and Analysis How do we turn olympia stand into the Olympia Commune Letter Of Solidarity from the Year 3017 Decolonize Turtle Island Shabbos Behind The Barricades Otherworlds #4 Commune Against Civilization A Requiem For the Olympia Blockade

In the first of two episodes looking back over 2017, we present an audio version of the recently published CrimethInc. feature “How Anti-Fascists Won the Battles of Berkeley: 2017 in the Bay and Beyond: A Play-by-play Analysis.” The article charts the rise and fall of the alt-right through the lens of the conflicts that erupted in the San Francisco Bay Area, and how anarchists and anti-fascists successfully built coalitions to stop them. We also review the last year’s worth of articles, books, posters, and podcasts from the CrimethInc. Ex-Worker’s Collective. {January 8, 2018}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:01} How Anti-Fascists Won the Battles of Berkeley: 2017 in the Bay and Beyond {2:25} 2016: A New Era Begins {4:45} Starting the Year off with a Bang {12:27} The Real Dangerous Faggots {15:37} A Repulsive Rainbow of Reaction {21:48} The Alt-Right Strikes Back {26:18} The Turning Point {35:41} The Final Battle of Berkeley {47:30} Make Total Decomposition {1:00:16} Solidari

Our final episode for the season! But we’ll be back in February. This week, antifascist students were active with a #StopSpencer week of action at the University of Michigan and shutting down Lucian Wintrich at the University of Connecticut. Racist remarks keep coming up during police testimony at the [#J20 trials](https://itsgoingdown.org/drop-j20-podcast-update–3-police-take-stand/). We have updates on the massive, sweeping raids against anti-capitalists in Germany over the successful protests against the G20 in Germany in July. New York City Anarchist Black Cross call for international New Year’s Eve noise demonstrations outside prisons, jails, and detention centers. Finally, we get mushy and grateful for the past year of resistance. Let us know how our show can better serve anarchist activity in your town by emailing us at podcast@crimethinc.com. {December 6th, 2017}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {2:05} Anti-fascism worldwide {5:27} Repression Roundup

The Rebel Girl goes over the last week of anti-colonial, anti-#ThingsTaken actions across Turtle Island. The anti-fracking blockade in Olympia is going strong, opening up space for struggle and churning out innumerable demands. Anarchists in Chile demonstrate what anti-electoral action looks like, and decentralized mutual aid is spreading across Puerto Rico. Stay tuned until the end for updates on the first J20 trial and a new guide to supporting the defendants. We also have announcements for anarchist book fairs, marches, and other calls to action. {November 29th, 2017}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {2:15} No thanks given for #ThingsTaken {9:45} Olympia Blockade {13:30} Repression Roundup {20:45} Next Week’s News {26:15} The New Orleans Anarchist Bookfair Saturday, December 9 from 11 AM to 5 PM at Clouet Gardens, near the corner of Clouet Street and Royal, New Orleans J20 support resources: Seven Things You Can Do to Support the J20 Defendants As t

This week’s episode is packed with resistance news from across Turtle Island and beyond. Struggles led by water protectors against gas and oil infrastructure are happening, seemingly, everywhere. This past week, students have been busy, while prisoners have not. We have a brief update on the work stoppage and Holman Prison. We also have interviews with a comrade at the anti-fracking blockade in Olympia, WA, and with a J20 supporter about the trials that have just begun. Stay tuned until the end for CrimethInc.’s call for January 20, 2018: “Build the Base, Take the Initiative. A Call to Expand Our Capacity.” {November 22nd, 2017}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {1:55} Pipeline Resistance {7:20} Olympia Blockade Interview {12:20} Repression Roundup {17:45} Next Week’s News {23:10} J20 support resources: J20 Legal Defense Fund Sub.media’s Defend J20 Resistance info video Twitter Fed book How to Support the First Round of J20 Trials Agency: The J20 Case, Wha

Today is the beginning of the J20 inauguration protester trials in DC. There are some important developments in the case, so we interview Sam from DC Legal Posse about what’s going on and how to support the defendants. We also interview a Polish anti-fascist from Warsaw about this weekend’s 60,000 person far-right march that was littered with Nazi slogans. The folks at the IRL squat in Chicago called us to talk about resisting their eviction and squatting as a window to a world outside of capitalism. Stay tuned until the end for exciting calls for upcoming action camps and decentralized days of action. {November 15th, 2017}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {1:45} Ultranationalist march in Poland {9:50} IRL squat in Chicago {18:00} J20 updates{25:50} Next Week’s News {30:50} J20 support resources: J20 Legal Defense Fund Sub.media’s Defend J20 Resistance info video Twitter Fed book Agency: The J20 Case, What You Need to Know The Nation published a really go

In this episode, we share the first-person stories of three comrades on the frontlines of grand jury resistance. As the state escalates repression through a new grand jury investigation in North Carolina against longtime anarchist Katie Yow, this episode offers perspectives from those who have successfully fought a grand jury summons. Tune in to demystify the process of how and why to resist testifying at a grand jury. For more information on her case and to support Katie, check out https://ncresiststhegrandjury.com/ and to learn more about resources available for those resisting and their supporters, check out https://saynothing.noblogs.org/grand-jury-resources/. For more information on how to stay strong during state repression, see our article How to Survive a Felony Trial. To hear more about North Carolina Grand Jury Resistance and other cases of ongoing state repression, listen to this episode of The Hotwire. {November 13th, 2017}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction: Grand Jury

This week we have a greater amount of animal liberation actions to report on than usual. We interview Sam from DC Legal Posse about the first J20 trials beginning next week, and what people can do to support the defendants. After the mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas on Sunday, we explore whether it makes sense to designate white men as the “real terrorists.” We also interview an anarchist in Brazil about the Operation Érebo repression campaign against anarchists there. Anarchists from throughout history travel forward in time to warn us about the horrors of state socialism and about the dangers of standardized time itself!. {November 8th, 2017}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {1:40} Texas Shooting and White Masculinity {6:15} Daylight Saving {9:30} Anarchist Media Jingles {16:40} Repression Roundup {18:00} Next Week’s News {27:38} Upcoming anarchist book fairs: Boston Anarchist Book Fair November 11–12 775 Commonwealth Ave Boston, MA The Cascadi

This week we bring you two interviews: one with a southern anarchist who went to Tennessee to oppose the failed “white lives matter” rally on Saturday, and another with an anarchist in Catalonia about developments and reflections on the independence process there. Our headlines and repression roundup take us around the world, from anti-capitalist queer and trans action in DC to general revolt in Haiti to sweeping anti-anarchist repression in Brazil and even back in time to the Russian Revolution! Listen until the end for announcements of upcoming anarchist book fairs and calls to action. {November 1st, 2017}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {2:00} Fascists fail in Tennessee {9:35} Catalonia {14:25} Repression Roundup {23:00} Welcome home Dane Powell {24:18} Anti-anarchist Operation Érebo in Brazil {25:55} Next Week’s News {27:15} Upcoming anarchist book fairs: Boston Anarchist Book Fair November 11–12 775 Commonwealth Ave Boston, MA Click on the following

In this Hotwire we have three different interviews about the alt-right’s defeat in Gainesville. As democratic confederalist Kurdish forces in Rojava are beating back ISIS, the nationalist, capitalist Kurdish Regional Government in Iraq is threatening civil war with the Iraqi military. In response, Kurdish anarchists speak out against war and the state. The discovery of Santiago Maldonado’s body in Argentina has sparked the fiercest clashes with police that the South American country has seen in years. Some good news: the first J20 political prisoner is about to be released; but hundreds more are awaiting trial and facing years in prison. Listen until the end for announcements of anarchist bookfairs, anti-fascist action, and east coast CrimethInc. speaking events this week. {October 25, 2017}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {2:10} Anarchists in Kurdistan {7:10} Catalonia {10:05} Anti-fascists win the day in Gainesville {11:55} Jingles {24:55} Repression Round

In this Hotwire we share the anti-fascist call from Florida to oppose Richard Spencer in Gainesville on October 19. We discuss the upcoming J20 trials in which nearly 200 protesters are charged with conspiracy for protesting the inauguration, as well as the outcome of the burning cop car case that just concluded in Paris. Considering the bullshit repression and liberal lawsuits in the wake of #Charlottesville, we make the case about why anti-fascism must mean anti-statism. We also borrow part of a great interview with Puerto Rican anarchist Frank Lopez on mutual relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Stay tuned until the end because we have some important calls to support political prisoners, calls to support forest defenders in Oregon, political prisoner birthdays, announcements for upcoming anarchist book fairs, and the repression roundup. {October 18, 2017}     -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {1:42} Puerto Rico: Mutual Aid vs. the State {11:35} An