The Hotwire #14: Olympia blockade—J20 opening statements—Build the Base call to action

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}

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• 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, What You Need to Know
• Call-in campaign to #DropJ20: Call Mayor Bowser’s Office at 202–727–6263. Find a sample script to use here.
• Supporters have called for a rally to support J20 defendants outside the courthouse in DC for the morning of November 27. Keep up with @DefendJ20 on Twitter for more info.
• January 20, 2018: Build the Base, Take the Initiative. A Call to Expand Our Capacity
• The Cascadia Forest Defenders are fighting against the Goose Timber Sale of 2,500 acres of the Willamette National Forest in Oregon. Go here to donate to their struggle or find out how to get involved.
• Call Burgerville corporate at (360) 694–1521 to demand they call off the use of private security against picketing workers.
• The full communiqué from the occupation of the Cathedral of Learning in Pittsburgh, PA.
• An introduction to the Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement – Inland Empire, California.
• Black Snake Killaz, Unicorn Riot’s brand new documentary about the indigenous-led resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016.
• Anti-Rape and Police Abolition march in New York City November 30 6:30 PM, Washington Square Park, New York City
• Hudson Valley Earth First! is hosting an action camp from December 1–4. RSVP or ask questions by emailing hudsonvalleyearthfirst[at]riseup[dot]net or by going to hudsonvalleyearthfirst.org.
• The RojiNegro infoshop in Bogotá, Colombia needs your help to establish a permanent space.
• Other anarchist podcast episodes mentioned in this Hotwire:
  • An audio report about the anti-Klan rally held Monday at the University of North Florida.
  • This episode of The Final Straw has interviews with Cascadia Forest Defenders about their anti-logging occupation in the Willamette National Forest.
• Videos & Pictures
  • Camp Makwa water protectors locking down to disrupt Line 3 construction in so-called Minnesota.
• The 2018 Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners calendar is now available! Your group can buy 10 or more at the rate of $10 each. Single issues are available from LeftWingBooks.net and AK Press. This year’s theme is “Awakening Resistance,” and features art and writings by Jesus Barraza, Fight Toxic Prisons, Serena Tang, Andrea Ritchie, Roger Peet, Sophia Dawson, Rasmea Support Committee, EE Vera, Herman Bell, Fernando Marti, Alexandra Valiente, Billie Belo, Arlene Gallone Support Committee, Marius Mason, David Gilbert, UB Topia, April Rosenblum, Design Action Collective, Sundiata Acoli, CrimethInc, Annie Banks, Mutope Duguma, Xinachtli, Zola and more. You can sponsor copies for prisoners for only $8, postage included! Just be sure to specify their full legal name and prisoner number. Any questions can be sent to info@certaindays.org.
• Ongoing grassroots disaster relief efforts:
  • Florida: Mutual Aid Disaster Relief
  • Texas: Bayou Action Street Health, Greater Houston Grassroots Relief, World on My Shoulders, Austin Common Ground, the Black Women’s Defense League, Redneck Revolt Houston, West Street Response Team, Houston Food Not Bombs
  • California: Sonoma County IWW wildfire rebuilding fund
  • Puerto Rico: Submedia’s grassroots disaster relief support, Hurricane Maria Community Recovery Fund, Mutual Aid Disaster Relief: here and here. Also, check out Mutual Aid Disaster Relief’s website for on-the-ground reports from Puerto Rico.
  • Mexico: Oaxaca Earthquake Autonomous Solidarity Campaign
• Political prisoner birthdays:
  • Check out this guide from New York City Anarchist Black Cross.
  • Josh Williams #1292002 Jefferson City Correctional Center 8200 No More Victims Jefferson City, MO 65101 {November 25}
• Corrections & clarifications: Last Hotwire we reported that anti-fascists had driven a professor out of his job at Virginia Tech University. He wrote directly to It’s Going Down to state that he still has his job and position at the university. Check out what he had to say here.