The Hotwire #42: October 24, 2018
:Migrant Caravan—Antifascist Assembly in Carbondale—NOLA Proud Boy Alert Hotline
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Summary
We have a flurry of headlines from around the globe, with the migrant caravan from Honduras breaking through the Mexico-Guatemala border, indigenous comrades and their allies building prayer lodges in the path of the line 3 pipeline, London antifascists successfully blocking an anti-Muslim march, anarchists rioting in Barcelona after being evicted from their squat, and accounts of Chilean police attacking student protestors. Water protectors have been hard at work opposing the Mountain Valley Pipeline, and Panama City landlords have begun evicting devastated residents from their homes. You’ll hear from Carbondale anarchists mobilizing against Trump and right-wing reaction, and a hotline created by New Orleans antifascists to document Proud Boy activity—plus much more! Send us news, events, or ideas on how our show can better serve anarchist activity in your town by emailing us at podcast@crimethinc.com.
Notes and Links
- Table of Contents:
- Introduction {0:00}
- D-beat news {4:30}
- Regular news {7:00}
- Migrant caravan breaks through the Mexican border {9:25}
- No Wall They Can Build audiobook preview {14:40}
- Antifascist assembly in Carbondale, IL {20:00}
- Anti-Proud Boy alert line in New Orleans {24:30}
- Repression Roundup {27:35}
- Next Week’s News {32:40}
- Upcoming events/demos/etc:
- October 27: A pro-choice counter demo and march in Munich, Germany. Meet at 1pm at Max-Joseph-Platz in Munich.
- November 6: an anti-ICE march in Portland, Oregon at 6pm. Meet at City Hall and check out @OccupyICEPDX on twitter for more information.
- November 16–18: School of the Americas Watch is hosting a border encuentro directly on the US/Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona and Sonora.
- Upcoming anarchist book fairs and gatherings:
- October 26–28: Anarchist Book Fair in Lisbon, Portugal
- November 17–18: The Seattle Anarchist Book Fair
- November 17–18: The Boston Anarchist Book Fair
- November 1–2, Anarchist Book Fair in Santiago, Chile
- November 10: Anarchist Bookfair Amsterdam
- Mutual Aid Disaster Relief is on tour until late November! This week’s dates:
- October 26: Portland, OR. 6:30 pm @ Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201
- October 27: Portland, OR. 11:00 am @ Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201
- October 30: Olympia, WA. 7:00 pm @ Evergreen State College, 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW, Olympia, WA 98505
- October 31: Olympia, WA. 3:00 pm @ Evergreen State College, 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW, Olympia, WA 98505
- A complete list of tour dates and locations can be found here.
IWOC member and prison rebel, Keith “Malik” Washington is asking for support after being repeatedly strip searched, including while being videotaped. He requests that people call the Texas Department of Corrections executive director, Bryan Collier, at 936–295–6371.
6 pipeline resisters were arrested and are being held on a collective $17k bail — you can donate to their fund here. Visit Appalachians Against Pipelines for more information about this and ongoing/upcoming anti-pipeline actions.
It’s Going Down, one of our favorite online sources for anarchist and resistance news, is launching a fundraising campaign to ensure they can keep funding all their bad ass (and important!) revolutionary projects. Visit their website to learn more about how you can donate or otherwise support their very important work.
- CrimethInc output we cited this episode:
- Alive in the Land of the Dead
- Music as a Weapon: The Contentious Symbiosis of Punk Rock and Anarchism.
- No Wall They Can Build: A Guide to Borders & Migration Across North America
- Also, check out CrimethInc.’s bandcamp for a newly-uploaded selection of all their old hardcore releases, and check out the related essay.
Use this straightforward guide to writing prisoners from New York City Anarchist Black Cross to write a birthday message for Eddie Africa of the MOVE 9, who celebrates a birthday next week:
Edward Goodman Africa.
#AM4974 SCI Mahanoy
Post Office Box 33028
St Petersburg, Florida 33733
{Birthday: October 31}Sales are OPEN for the 2019 Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners calendar! The theme of next year’s calendar is Health/Care, and it features art and writing from current and former political prisoners like David Gilbert, Mike and Chuck Africa, and Laura Whitehorn. If you buy 10 or more, be sure to use the discount code “BULK” to get 10 or more calendars for $10 each—you can then sell the calendars to fundraise for your own organizing.
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