The Hotwire #16: Repression from #J20 to #G20—New Year’s noise demos—antifascist student actions

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}

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• Table of Contents:
  • Introduction {0:00}
  • Headlines {2:05}
  • Anti-fascism worldwide {5:27}
  • Repression Roundup {11:39}
  • Looking back, looking forward {20:40}
  • Anarchist media roundup {27:20}
  • Next Week’s News {29:35}
• 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 the Trials Get Underway
  • J20 Legal Defense Fund Sub.media’s Defend J20 Resistance info-video
  • Unicorn Riot’s regular trial updates
  • A useful, concise summary of the case so far
  • Twitter
  • Fed book
  • 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.
• Noon, December 16 at Union Square in San Francisco: Anti-fascist counter-protest against the racist March Against Sanctuary Cities.
• International Call For New Year’s Eve Noise Demonstrations at prisons, jails, and detention centers from New York City Anarchist Black Cross.
• Community Self-Defense Conference Lansing, Michigan January 19–21 Hosted by Solidarity and Defense
• 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.
• Detailed information on the recent raids in Germany can be found in English here and in German here.
• Great anarchist media and news sources to enjoy until The Hotwire returns in February:
  • It’s Going Down
  • The Final Straw
  • The Earth First! Newswire
  • Insurrection News Worldwide
  • Sub.media
  • Unicorn Riot
  • CrimethInc.
• In this episode, we do a brief overview of all the exciting action anarchists have taken over the past year. For a video that compiles much of the last year of rebel activity, check out A Chorus of Versus: 14 Months of Rebellion in the “United States” from NC Piece Corps.
• Other anarchist shows related to this Hotwire:
  • [#J20 Podcast Update #3](https://itsgoingdown.org/drop-j20-podcast-update–3-police-take-stand/)
  • Trouble #3: Refugees Welcome
  • PSA Charlottesville documentary, Part 1 & Part 2.
  • Check out the recent episode of the anarchist podcast The Final Straw with an interview about the forest occupation and re-contextualizing forest defense in a time of climate change.
• CrimethInc. texts mentioned in this Hotwire:
  • January 20, 2018: Build the Base, Take the Initiative. A Call to Expand Our Capacity
  • Seven Things You Can Do to Support the J20 Defendants As the Trials Get Underway
  • This Is Not a Dialogue: Not Just Free Speech, but Freedom Itself, with an anarchist Free Speech FAQ
  • Preparing for Round Two Coming to Blows with the Trump Regime
  • Immigrants Welcome stickers
  • Borders: The Global Caste System posters
  • The text Fight Capitalism! Win Millions of Dollars in Prizes! has details on the civil suits faced by police in Washington, D.C. after previous mass arrests of protesters.
  • The Rise of Neo-Fascism in Germany Alternative für Deutschland Enters the Parliament
• The last year of resistance, in chronological CrimethInc. reports:
  • The Ex-Worker #55: The J20 Protests and Beyond: Anarchists Bring in the Trump Era
  • Don’t See What Happens, Be What Happens Continuous Updates from the Airport Blockades
  • It’s Not Your Speech, Milo. Understanding the UC Berkeley Protests
  • Interview: The Standing Rock Evictions (Audio and Transcript)
  • The Ex-Worker #57: Reports from the G20 in Hamburg
  • DON’T TRY TO BREAK US–WE’LL EXPLODE. The 2017 G20 and the Battle of Hamburg: A Full Account and Analysis
  • The Ex-Worker #56: Charlottesville - Triumph & Tragedy in the Struggle Against Fascism
  • One Dead in Charlottesville Why the Right Can Kill Us Now
  • Hotwire #2 includes an interview with someone at the anti-confederate commune in Chapel Hill, NC right after Charlottesville.
  • We take an excerpt from the inspiring interview with a comrade at the Olympia Blockade that we included in Hotwire #14.
• 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.
• Write to imprisoned CopWatcher Ramsey Orta:

  Ramsey Orta, 16A4200 Franklin Correctional Facility P.O. Box 10 Malone, New York 12953–0010 Use this straightforward guide to writing prisoners from New York City Anarchist Black Cross.

• 70-year-old black liberation prisoner Herman Bell needs his letters for the Parole Board before December 15. Go here to find out how you can support his efforts for parole.
• 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