The Ex-Worker

This Hotwire we bring you an interview with an anarchist in Managua about the past few weeks of anti-government revolt in Nicaragua. We also report on the arrests of anti-fascists in Georgia, a school bus drivers’ strike also in Georgia, a hunger strike in San Diego’s jails, and community resistance to ICE raids in North Carolina. Next week we’ll bring you our regular episode a day late, but look out for a May Day special we’re releasing to tide you over—and don’t forget to e-mail us your May Day action reports at podcast@crimethinc.com! {April 25, 2018}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {1:30} Interview: A Week of Revolt in Nicaragua {16:40} Repression Roundup {27:10} Next Week’s News {32:55} Download 29:30 minutes long version Events this weekend: April 26–29: The Southeast Trans and/or Women Action Camp in the smoky mountains of western North Carolina. Find out more by e-mailing setwac@protonmail.com.   April 26–28: the Anarchist Black Cross solidarity festival at EKH in Vienna, Austria. April 28–29: The Revolutionary Organizing Against Racism Conference (ROAR) returns to Ohlone land, the so-called Bay Area, California, in both Oakland and San Francisco. April 29: MACC in NYC is hosting a pre-May Day gathering in Tompkins Square Park at 1 PM. MAY DAY! In Montreal, anarchists will gather at 6 PM on the corner of Amherst and Sherbrooke. New York City: anarchist contingent in the big May Day march. Durham, NC: autonomous actions and a march starting at the old Durham Police headquarters at 6 PM. Seattle, WA: decentralized, autonomous actions Olympia. WA: decentralized, autonomous actions Portland, OR: coordinated, decentralized actions Eugene, OR: a really free market at the First Christian Church on Oak Street. Los Angeles, CA: a disruptive march Make sure to e-mail your May Day action reports to podcast@CrimethInc.com by May 2 so we can include them in our May Day roundup. Fundraising: Donate to the anti-fascists arrested in Newnan, Georgia on Saturday while protesting against neo-Nazis. Donate to the legal support fund for the four people charged over last year’s May Day actions in Olympia. Other podcasts mentioned on this Hotwire: Unicorn Riot and End of the Line podcast are keeping people up to date as the struggle against the Mountain Valley Pipeline unfolds. We sample Alanis’ aetheistic rant from The Ex-Worker Holiday Special before we lambast The Church of Satan. Hotwire 19 describes the anti-ICE organizing going on in Koreatown, Los Angeles. Episode 50 of The Ex-Worker has an interview with about the Lucasville prison uprising and how it informs contemporary prison rebellion and organizing We sampled the 99% Invisible episode “Church (Sanctuary, Part 1)” when discussing the sanctuary movement of the 1980s. Part 2 is also great. Get inspired to do something AWESOME for May Day by listening to the very first episode of The Ex-Worker, which is all about Haymarket. Anarchist texts related to this Hotwire: From Confronting Fascists to Facing the Police State: Reflections on the Anti-Fascist Mobilization in Newnan, Georgia God and the State by Mikhail Bakunin June 11: The History of a Day of Anarchist Prisoner Solidarity The May Days: Snapshots from the History of May Day Start gearing up for a summer of anarchy in Quebec! The anarchist film festival (May 17–20 in Montreal) The Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival (May 22–23 in Montreal) The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair (May 26–27 in Montreal) The North American Anarchist Studies Network Conference (June 1–3 in Montreal) Anti-G7 mobilization (June 7–9 in Quebec City) Mutual Aid Disaster Relief tour April 25, 26, and 27 at 5:00 PM at Youth Initiative High School 500 East Jefferson St Viroqua, WI 54665 April 28 at 5:30 PM at Menomonie Market Food Co-op 814 Main Street E Menomonie, WI 54751 April 29 at 10:00 AM at Family & Learning Center 523 Cedar Ave. E. Menomonie, WI 54751 May 2 at 6:00 PM at Walker Community Church 3104 16th Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55407 May 3 at 6:00 PM at UROC 2001 Plymouth Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55411 Use this straightforward guide to writing prisoners from New York City Anarchist Black Cross to write birthday greetings to political prisoner Janine Phillips Africa. Janine Phillips Africa #006309 SCI Cambridge Springs 451 Fullerton Avenue Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania 16403 {Birthday: April 25} Also, please write a letter to Cedar, a comrade in Ontario who is in jail over conspiracy charges stemming from the March 5 anti-gentrification march in Hamilton, Ontario. Please address the envelope to Peter Hopperton and the letters to Cedar: Peter Hopperton Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre 165 Barton St East Hamilton ON L8L 2W6 Phone zaps: Call the warden of Central Ohio Correctional Facility at 330–743–0700 and use this script: “Hello, my name is _____. I’m calling to demand you reverse Friday’s policy changes that imposed new restrictions on prisoners impacted by the Lucasville uprising. None of these prisoners violated any rules and there’s no justification for rolling back important policies that help them survive the 25 years of solitary confinement the ODRC has cruelly subjected them to.” Support the 200+ hunger strikers in Santa Clara County Jails by calling the Sheriff Administration at 408–808–4900 or the Board of Supervisors at 408–299–5001 and demanding that they enter into negotiations with the hunger strikers. Call DeKalb County, GA School Superintendent Stephen Green at 678–676–1200 to demand immediate reinstatement, with no pay lost, of all fired drivers. You can use this script: “Hello, my name is ________. I would like to let you know that I support the school bus drivers. I think it is shameful that the immediate reaction in response to the sick- out was to fire drivers, rather than to negotiate with them. The drivers have a right to organize without fear of retaliation, including by withdrawing their labor. I support their efforts to improve their jobs, and demand that the district immediately reinstate all fired drivers, with no pay lost and no other kind of discipline. None of the drivers who participated should be retaliated against. I also demand that the district immediately recognize the drivers committee and begin negotiating with them. Will you agree to rehire the drivers and recognize their committee?” Call the City of Olympia prosecutor’s office at 360–753–8449 to demand they drop the charges against the four May Day defendants. J20 support resources: POSTER: The J20 Prosecution—Trumped up Charges J20 Legal Defense Fund Twitter Fed book An Open Letter to Former J20 Defendants, with useful “do”s and “don’t”s  Teen Vogue: The J20 Arrests and Trials, Explained Tell the prosecutor’s boss to drop the charges by calling (202) 252–7566  

It’s been a week of battle at La ZAD, and we share a day-to-day play-by-play of the resistance to the government’s eviction operation. Elsewhere in France, the Tarnac Nine’s legal victory shows that with a little luck and courage, we can beat the state. Direct action gets the goods for a university occupation against a racist student body president at Texas State University in San Marcos, we finally have an address where you can write Cedar, who is in jail on charges of conspiracy over the anti-gentrification prole stroll in Hamilton, Ontario, and we close the episode by sharing calls for May Day actions in Los Angeles, Eugene, Portland, Olympia, and Seattle. {April 18, 2018}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Down with the state and its taxes! {0:33} A week of battle over La Zad {3:25} Headlines {11:00} Legal victory for the Tarnac Nine! {20:25} Next Week’s News {26:56} Download 29:30 minutes long version Check out these full reports of resistance to the eviction of la ZAD. Enough is Enough continue to have live updates in English from la ZAD. E-mail taalahooghan@protonmail.com for ways to support those facing multiple charges for allegedly defacing a police station in Arizona the same weekend as an anti-fascist, anti-colonial gathering. To hear more about Turning Point USA’s alt-lite politics and campaigns of harassing leftist and anarchist presences at universities, check out the Black Rose Anarchist Federation’s interview with Kristina Khan, or the IGDcast interview with Tariq Khan, an anarchist PhD candidate at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign. CALLS FOR MAY DAY ACTION: Los Angeles: a disruptive march Eugene, Oregon: a really free market Portland, Oregon: coordinated, decentralized actions Seattle: coordinated, decentralized actions Olympia: coordinated, decentralized actions Other shows mentioned on this Hotwire: Hotwire #26 has our interview with a participant in the Syrian Revolution, who states, “freedom and justice… can only be achieved through a struggle against all authoritarian murderous parties, whether Assad or Islamist jihadists on the one hand or Russia and the U.S. on the other hand.” Episode 50 of The Ex-Worker has an interview with about the Lucasville prison uprising and how it informs contemporary prison rebellion and organizing Get inspired to do something AWESOME for May Day by listening to the very first episode of The Ex-Worker, which is all about Haymarket. Anarchist texts mentioned in this Hotwire: We Don’t Need Gun Control, We Need To Take Control June 11: The History of a Day of Anarchist Prisoner Solidarity The May Days: Snapshots from the History of May Day Start gearing up for a summer of anarchy in Quebec! The anarchist film festival (May 17–20 in Montreal) The Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival (May 22–23 in Montreal) The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair (May 26–27 in Montreal) The North American Anarchist Studies Network Conference (June 1–3 in Montreal) Anti-G7 mobilization (June 7–9 in Quebec City) The Southeast Trans and/or Women Action Camp, taking place April 26–29 in Western North Carolina, has had their donation page shut down twice, so if you have some bucks to spare you can donate at PayPal.me/setwac2018. Mutual Aid Disaster Relief tourdates this week: April 18 at 6 PM at University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee 2200 E Kenwood Blvd Milwaukee, WI 53211: Giving Our Best, Ready For The Worst: Community Organizing as Disaster Preparedness April 19 at 5 PM at University of Wisconsin – Rock County 2909 Kellogg Ave Janesville, WI 53546: Protectors v. Profiteers: Communities in Resistance to Disaster Capitalism April 20 at 12 PM at Angelic Organics Learning Center 1545 Rockton Rd Caledonia, IL 61011: Giving Our Best, Ready For The Worst: Community Organizing as Disaster Preparedness April 25 at 5:00 PM at Youth Initiative High School 500 East Jefferson St Viroqua, WI 54665: Protectors v. Profiteers: Communities in Resistance to Disaster Capitalism Use this straightforward guide to writing prisoners from New York City Anarchist Black Cross to write birthday greetings to political prisoners Mumia Abu-Jamal and Janine Phillips Africa. Mumia Abu-Jamal AM8335 SCI Mahanoy 301 Morea Road Frackville, Pennsylvania 17932 {Birthday: April 24} Janine Phillips Africa #006309 SCI Cambridge Springs 451 Fullerton Avenue Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania 16403 {Birthday: April 25} Also, please write a letter to Cedar, the comrade in Ontario who was arrested last week over conspiracy charges stemming from the March 5 anti-gentrification march in Hamilton, Ontario. They are currently being held in segregation, so these letters are especially crucial for helping break the isolation they might experience in prison. Please address the envelope to Peter Hopperton, but address the letters to Cedar: Peter Hopperton Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre 165 Barton St East Hamilton ON L8L 2W6 J20 support resources: POSTER: The J20 Prosecution—Trumped up Charges J20 Legal Defense Fund Twitter Fed book An Open Letter to Former J20 Defendants, with useful “do”s and “don’t”s  Teen Vogue: The J20 Arrests and Trials, Explained Tell the prosecutor’s boss to drop the charges by calling (202) 252–7566    

As we go to press, hundreds of squatters and eco-rebels are battling against cops at La ZAD in France. We interview someone there, as well as a participant in The Syrian Revolution about the no-state-solution to the Syrian government’s ongoing attacks on rebel areas. The treesits in West Virginia against the Mountain Valley Pipeline are expanding. Anarchist prisoner Sean Swain needs support. {April 11, 2018}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {1:30} Rebellion across France {5:07} Interview about Douma, Syria and the Syria Revolution {17:54} Repression Roundup {25:40} Next Week’s News {33:53} Download 29:30 minutes long version J20 support resources: POSTER: The J20 Prosecution—Trumped up Charges J20 Legal Defense Fund Twitter Fed book An Open Letter to Former J20 Defendants, with useful “do”s and “don’t”s  Teen Vogue: The J20 Arrests and Trials, Explained Tell the prosecutor’s boss to drop the charges by calling (202) 252–7566 Enough is Enough has live updates in English from the resistance to the eviction of la ZAD. Check out the Anarchy in Action page about the Syrian Revolution for more anarchist perspectives on it. Please donate to help The Tower anarchist social center in Hamilton, Ontario recover from a fascist attack on their space. Other shows mentioned on this Hotwire: End of the Line, an ongoing podcast about the pipeline struggles in Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic. The Fucking News from Sub.Media The Final Straw: Charlotte Uprising: Repression and Resistance Go On Episode 50 of The Ex-Worker has an interview with about the Lucasville prison uprising and how it informs contemporary prison rebellion and organizing Get inspired to do something AWESOME for May Day by listening to the very first episode of The Ex-Worker, which is all about Haymarket. Anarchist texts mentioned in this Hotwire: We Don’t Need Gun Control, We Need To Take Control June 11: The History of a Day of Anarchist Prisoner Solidarity The May Days: Snapshots from the History of May Day La ZAD: Another End of the World Is Possible The Southeast Trans and/or Women Action Camp, taking place April 26–29 in Western North Carolina, has had their donation page shut down twice, so if you have some bucks to spare you can donate at PayPal.me/setwac2018. Mutual Aid Disaster Relief tour April 11 at 6:30 PM at First Presbyterian Church 510 W Ottawa St Lansing, MI 48933: Giving Our Best, Ready For The Worst: Community Organizing as Disaster Preparedness April 13 at 6 PM at The Boiling Point 143 Burr Oak Street Kalamazoo, MI 49001: Protectors v. Profiteers: Communities in Resistance to Disaster Capitalism April 14 at 12 PM at The Boiling Point 143 Burr Oak Street Kalamazoo, MI 49001: Giving Our Best, Ready For The Worst: Community Organizing as Disaster Preparedness April 15 at 6 PM at Girls, Inc 1108 W 8th St Bloomington, IN 47404: Protectors v. Profiteers: Communities in Resistance to Disaster Capitalism April 16 at 3 PM at Girls, Inc 1108 W 8th St Bloomington, IN 47404: Giving Our Best, Ready For The Worst: Community Organizing as Disaster Preparedness April 17 at 6 PM at University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee 2200 E Kenwood Blvd Milwaukee, WI 53211: Protectors v. Profiteers: Communities in Resistance to Disaster Capitalism April 18 at 6 PM at University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee 2200 E Kenwood Blvd Milwaukee, WI 53211: Giving Our Best, Ready For The Worst: Community Organizing as Disaster Preparedness   Use this straightforward guide to writing prisoners from New York City Anarchist Black Cross to write birthday greetings to political prisoners Janet Holloway Africa and Walter Bond. Janet Holloway Africa #006308 SCI Cambridge Springs 451 Fullerton Avenue Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania 16403 {Birthday: April 13} Walter Bond #37096–013 FCI Terre Haute - CMU Post Office Box 33 Terre Haute, Indiana 47808 {Birthday: April 16} Herman Bell still needs help to secure his release from prison: 1) CALL New York State Governor Cuomo’s Office NOW: 518–474–8390 2) EMAIL New York State Governor Cuomo’s Office 3) TWEET at Governor Cuomo: use the following sample tweet: “@NYGovCuomo: stand by the Parole Board’s lawful & just decision to release Herman Bell. At 70 years old and after more than 40 years of incarceration, his release is overdue. #BringHermanHome.”  Use this script for phone calls and emails:  “Governor Cuomo, my name is __________and I am a resident of [New York State/other state/other country]. I support the Parole Board’s decision to release Herman Bell and urge you and the Board to stand by the decision. I also support the recent appointment of new Parole Board Commissioners, and the direction of the new parole regulations, which base release decisions more on who a person is today than on the nature of their crime committed years ago. Returning Herman to his friends and family will help heal the many harms caused by crime and decades of incarceration. The Board’s decision was just, merciful and lawful, and it will benefit our communities and New York State as a whole.”  Start gearing up for a summer of anarchy in Quebec! The anarchist film festival (May 17–20 in Montreal) The Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival (May 22–23 in Montreal) The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair (May 26–27 in Montreal) The North American Anarchist Studies Network Conference (June 1–3 in Montreal) Anti-G7 mobilization (June 7–9 in Quebec City)  

As we go to press, anti-police protests are ongoing over the police killing of Stephon Clark, students at Howard University in DC are still occupying the recently re-named Kwame Ture Student Center, and teachers in Kentucky and Oklahoma are on strike. This week we interview Uri Gordon, an anarchist from Israel, about the deadly repression in Gaza. We also reflect on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plus announcements for upcoming bookfairs, gatherings, and protest mobilizations. {April 4, 2018}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {1:45} Remembering Paul Z. Simons {5:07} Interview about deadly repression in Gaza {6:34} Teachers strike in Kentucky and Oklahoma {11:05} 50th anniversary of the assassination of MLK {13:25} Repression Roundup {26:15} Next Week’s News {32:00} Download 29:30 minutes long version   There’s a day of solidarity with J20 defendants called for April 10. The next trial is coming up April 17! Use this poster to spread awareness about the case, or call those responsible for the repression themselves and tell them to drop ALL the charges. J20 support resources: J20 Legal Defense Fund Twitter Fed book An Open Letter to Former J20 Defendants, with useful “do”s and “don’t”s  Teen Vogue: The J20 Arrests and Trials, Explained Resources for the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Reflection On Doctor King by Black anarchist and former Black Panther Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin This nonviolent stuff’ll get you killed - Charles Cobb Dixie Be Damned: 300 years of insurrection in the American South - Neal Shirley and Saralee Stafford “It’s a Police State Mentality” — J20 and the Racist Origins of Criminalizing Protest – Sam Adler-Bell Dr. King’s Long Assassination – Paul Street The Ex-Worker #53: “Anti-Globalization” Walking Tour of Washington, D.C. features some history on the uprising in DC after Dr. King’s assassination, including an interview with one of the more militant participants. Events this weekend: April 6–8: Anti-Colonial & Anti-Fascist Community Defense Gathering in Flagstaff, Arizona. Registration IS required, which you can fill out here. April 6–8: The Opening Space for the Radical Imagination at Oregon State University in Corvallis. More than a few anarchist-sympathetic speakers, like Walidah Imarisha and Hillary Lazar are speaking. April 6–8: The fourteenth Zagreb Anarchist Bookfair in Croatia. For more info in Croatian and English, go to ask-zagreb.org. April 7: The Liverpool Anarchist Bookfair in England. Anarchist texts mentioned in this Hotwire: We Don’t Need Gun Control, We Need To Take Control Remembering Paul Z. Simons An Unyielding Anarchist, Author, and Rebel Anarchists Against the Wall: Direct Action and Solidarity with the Palestinian Popular Struggle Dixie Be Damned: 300 years of insurrection in the American South Rojava: Democracy and Commune From Democracy to Freedom Start gearing up for a summer of anarchy in Quebec! The anarchist film festival (May 17–20 in Montreal) The Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival (May 22–23 in Montreal) The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair (May 26–27 in Montreal) The North American Anarchist Studies Network Conference (June 1–3 in Montreal) Anti-G7 mobilization (June 7–9 in Quebec City) The Southeast Trans and/or Women Action Camp, taking place April 26–29 in Western North Carolina, has had their donation page shut down twice, so if you have some bucks to spare you can donate at PayPal.me/setwac2018. Mutual Aid Disaster Relief tour April 4 @ 7 PM at Glitter Box Theater 460 Melwood Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213: Giving Our Best, Ready For The Worst: Community Organizing as Disaster Preparedness April 6 @ 6 PM at Guide to Kulchur 5222 Lorain Ave, Cleveland, OH 44102: Protectors v. Profiteers: Communities in Resistance to Disaster Capitalism April 7 @ 12 noon at Guide to Kulchur 5222 Lorain Ave, Cleveland, OH 44102: Giving Our Best, Ready For The Worst: Community Organizing as Disaster Preparedness April 8 at 2 PM at Off Center 64 N. Huron Street, Ypsilanti, MI 48197: Giving Our Best, Ready For The Worst: Community Organizing as Disaster Preparedness April 9 at 6:30 PM at Capital Area District Library – Downtown 401 S Capitol Ave, Lansing, MI 48933: Protectors v. Profiteers: Communities in Resistance to Disaster Capitalism April 11 at 6:30 PM at First Presbyterian Church 510 W Ottawa St Lansing, MI 48933: Giving Our Best, Ready For The Worst: Community Organizing as Disaster Preparedness   Use this straightforward guide to writing prisoners from New York City Anarchist Black Cross to write birthday greetings to political prisoner Romaine ‘Chip’ Fitzgerald. Romaine ‘Chip’ Fitzgerald #B–27527 California State Prison - LAC Post Office Box 4490 B–4–150 Lancaster, California 93539 Address envelope to Romaine Fitzgerald, address card to Chip {Birthday: April 11} Herman Bell still needs help to secure his release from prison: 1) CALL New York State Governor Cuomo’s Office NOW: 518–474–8390 2) EMAIL New York State Governor Cuomo’s Office          3) TWEET at Governor Cuomo: use the following sample tweet: “@NYGovCuomo: stand by the Parole Board’s lawful & just decision to release Herman Bell. At 70 years old and after more than 40 years of incarceration, his release is overdue. #BringHermanHome.” Use this script for phone calls and emails:  “Governor Cuomo, my name is __________and I am a resident of [New York State/other state/other country]. I support the Parole Board’s decision to release Herman Bell and urge you and the Board to stand by the decision. I also support the recent appointment of new Parole Board Commissioners, and the direction of the new parole regulations, which base release decisions more on who a person is today than on the nature of their crime committed years ago. Returning Herman to his friends and family will help heal the many harms caused by crime and decades of incarceration. The Board’s decision was just, merciful and lawful, and it will benefit our communities and New York State as a whole.”  Robert Seth Hayes, one of the longest-held political prisoners in the U.S., who was active in the Black Panther Party and, later on, formed the Black Liberation Army, is in the infirmary and is need of support. The Jericho Movement calls on people to call the superintendent at Sullivan Correctional Facility and demand that Robert Seth Hayes be taken immediately to the Albany Medical Center. Superintendent Keyser’s number is 845–434–2080.    

As we go to press, protests in Sacramento and beyond are ongoing over the police murder of Stephon Clark. We interview an anarchist sex worker about the new FOSTA-SESTA bill and its impact on sex workers’ safety and organizing. We also feature an interview with a comrade from Quebec about the anti-capitalist mobilization against the G7 summit in Quebec in June. Don’t miss our roundup of #DefendAfrin actions that took place on March 24, or our reflections on the political moment we’re in after the March For Our Lives. {March 28, 2018}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {1:35} FOSTA-SESTA interview {5:23} Sacramento against killer cops {11:07} March For Our Lives {12:35} #DefendAfrin actions roundup {16:50} Repression Roundup {24:25} Next Week’s News {29:45}   Download 29:30 minutes long version CrimethInc. texts mentioned in this Hotwire: We Don’t Need Gun Control, We Need To Take Control Why the Torture Cases in Russia Matter: How the Tactics that the Russian State Uses against Anarchists Could Spread Other anarchist shows mentioned in this Hotwire: In Hotwire 22 we cover the controversial anti-gentrification black bloc in Hamilton, Ontario The Ex-Worker #53: “Anti-Globalization” Walking Tour of Washington, D.C. This Is Parkdale, a documentary about grassroots tenant organizing in Toronto   Start gearing up for a summer of anarchy in Quebec! The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair (May 26–27) The anarchist theatre festival (May 22–23 in Montreal) The anarchist film festival (May 17–20 in Montreal) The North American Studies Network Conference (June 1–3 in Montreal) Anti-G7 mobilization (June 7–9 in Quebec City) Fundraising: Crimean anarchist political prisoner Evgeny Karakashev is in need of support. You can donate by PayPaling money to abc-msk@riseup.net, and please mention “for Evgeny Karakashev.” In the wake of FOSTA-SESTA, there are groups like Saint James Infirmary, Red Light Legal, and a new group called New Whore-izons which are all focusing in different ways on redistributing both and wealth and resources by sex workers and for sex workers. The Southeast Trans and/or Women Action Camp has had their donation page shut down twice, so if you have some bucks to spare you can donate at PayPal.me/setwac2018. Indigenous water protector Mason Neck is also in need of help. You can donate to his commissary here (TO MASON NECK, HUGHES COUNTY), and you can send him letters and books here: MASON NECK HUGHES COUNTY PRISON 3100 E. HWY 34 PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA 57501 Author Mark Bray speaking about his book Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook Thursday, March 29: Appalachian State University, NC, 7 PM in Belk Library, Room 114   Mutual Aid Disaster Relief tour March 30 @ 6 PM at The Park Church 208 W Gray St Elmira, NY 14901: Protectors v. Profiteers: Communities in Resistance to Disaster Capitalism March 31 @ 10 AM at The Park Church 208 W Gray St Elmira, NY 14901: Giving Our Best, Ready For The Worst: Community Organizing as Disaster Preparedness April 2 @ 6:30 PM at Pittsburgh Public Library, Pittsburgh, PA: Protectors v. Profiteers: Communities in Resistance to Disaster Capitalism April 3 @ 7 PM at Glitter Box Theater 460 Melwood Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213: Giving Our Best, Ready For The Worst: Community Organizing as Disaster Preparedness April 4 @ 7 PM at Glitter Box Theater 460 Melwood Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213: Giving Our Best, Ready For The Worst: Community Organizing as Disaster Preparedness   Use this straightforward guide to writing prisoners from New York City Anarchist Black Cross to write birthday greetings to political prisoners Chuck Sims Africa and Delbert Africa. Charles Sims Africa #AM–4975  SCI Dallas  1000 Follies Road  Dallas, Pennsylvania 18612 {Birthday: April 2}   Delbert Orr Africa #AM–4985  SCI Dallas  1000 Follies Road  Dallas, Pennsylvania 18612 {Birthday: April 2} J20 support resources: J20 Legal Defense Fund Twitter Fed book An Open Letter to Former J20 Defendants, with useful “do”s and “don’t”s  Teen Vogue: The J20 Arrests and Trials, Explained Corrections & Clarifications:   We were just going to press last week when reports about actions for the week of solidarity with Russian anarchist prisoners were coming in. We want to update our list to mention that solidarity rallies and marches were also held in Stockholm; Helsinki; Kharkiv; Prague; Turku, Finland; Brno; Barcelona; Bern; Leipzig; and Canberra, Australia. Last episode we incorrectly reported that Herman Bell was released. Rather, he was granted release on parole after over four decades in prison—hurrah! But now New York City’s mayor, the governor, and the police unions are trying to reverse that decision. Here’s what you can do to support Herman: 1) CALL New York State Governor Cuomo’s Office NOW: 518–474–8390 2) EMAIL New York State Governor Cuomo’s Office       3) TWEET at Governor Cuomo: use the following sample tweet: “@NYGovCuomo: stand by the Parole Board’s lawful & just decision to release Herman Bell. At 70 years old and after more than 40 years of incarceration, his release is overdue. #BringHermanHome.” Use this script for phone calls and emails:  “Governor Cuomo, my name is __________ and I am a resident of [New York State/other state/other country]. I support the Parole Board’s decision to release Herman Bell and urge you and the Board to stand by the decision. I also support the recent appointment of new Parole Board Commissioners, and the direction of the new parole regulations, which base release decisions more on who a person is today than on the nature of their crime committed years ago. Returning Herman to his friends and family will help heal the many harms caused by crime and decades of incarceration. The Board’s decision was just, merciful and lawful, and it will benefit our communities and New York State as a whole.”     

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 Roundup {26:55} Next Week’s News {32:27} Download 29:30 minutes long version Youth liberation texts, possibly to be used by anti-authoritarian youth looking to connect with others at March For Our Lives events on March 24: Gun Control? No, Youth Liberation! Mass Shootings—School Walkouts—Getting Free No! Against Adult Supremacy The Child and its Enemies Youth Liberation Anarchism and Youth Liberation The Teenage Liberation Handbook Make sure to check out the new blog Cutting Class, counterinfo for the ungovernable generation. Saturday, March 24 is also the international day of solidarity to defend Afrin. Find an event near you. J20 support resources: J20 Legal Defense Fund Twitter Fed book An Open Letter to Former J20 Defendants, with useful “do”s and “don’t”s Teen Vogue: The J20 Arrests and Trials, Explained Other anarchist shows mentioned in this Hotwire: Check out this video report from the March 15 demonstrations against police brutality in Montreal This video report documents some of the anti-pipeline resistance from Camp Cloud up in Burnaby Mountain, British Columbia. Check out episode 30 of The Ex-Worker to listen to an interview with Tortuga, an anarchist in Chile who openly admits to attempting to bomb a closed bank and who faced anti-terrorism charges for it. Watch this documentary about the 2010 Caso Bombas repression case in Chile. In Hotwire #21 we report on the opposition Richard Spencer and the alt-right faced in Michigan In Hotwire #19 we explain why radical social movements are better equipped to solve the problem of mass shootings than the state is In Hotwire #16 we announced Herman Bell’s parole efforts Trouble #9: Learning to Resist Trouble #10: School’s Out IGDcast: Mutual Aid Disaster Relief on Building Dual Power & Upcoming Tour You can read The Coming Insurrection here, we particularly enjoyed the sixth circle. We also recommend watching Glenn Beck’s hilarious review of the book. Fundraising: Donate to the anti-Mountain Valley Pipeline treesitters in West Virginia. Donate here to support Alejandra Pablos, an undocumented activist in the clutches of ICE as a result of her outspokenness. You can PayPal money to support anarchists and anti-fascists facing repression in Russia through abc-msk@riseup.net. We recommend to send euros or dollars, as other currencies are automatically converted to euro according to PayPal rates.In case you need another option for money transfer, including digital crypto currencies, please contact the Anarchist Black Cross of Moscow: abc-msk@riseup.net Author Mark Bray speaking tour on his book Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook Thursday, March 22: The Civic Theatre, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada Monday, March 26: Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY Tuesday, March 27: Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY Thursday, March 29: Appalachian State University, NC, 7 PM in Belk Library, Room 114 Mutual Aid Disaster Relief tour March 21 @ 3:00 PM at Friends Meeting House 1104 Forest St. Charlottesville, VA 22903: Giving Our Best, Ready For The Worst: Community Organizing as Disaster Preparedness March 23 @ 7 PM at The Base 1286 Myrtle Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11221: Protectors v. Profiteers: Communities in Resistance to Disaster Capitalism March 24 @ 12 PM at The Base 1286 Myrtle Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11221: Giving Our Best, Ready For The Worst: Community Organizing as Disaster Preparedness March 27 @ 5:30 PM at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church 42 N Eagleville Rd., Storrs, CT 06268 : Protectors v. Profiteers: Communities in Resistance to Disaster Capitalism March 28 @ 1 PM at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church 42 N Eagleville Rd., Storrs, CT 06268 : Giving Our Best, Ready For The Worst: Community Organizing as Disaster Preparedness Use this straightforward guide to writing prisoners from New York City Anarchist Black Cross to write to political prisoner Jaan Laaman of the United Freedom Front: Jaan Karl Laaman #10372–016 USP McCreary Post Office Box 3000 Pine Knot, Kentucky 42635 {Birthday: March 21, 2018} You can support Alejandra Pablos, an outspoken undocumented activist in the clutches of ICE, by signing this petition and donating here. Show valve turner Michael Foster some love as he has been transferred to a new prison. Write a letter or send a book to: Michael Eric Foster #51974 Missouri River Correctional Center P.O. Box 5521 Bismarck, ND 58506 You can help Mexican anarchist political prisoner Luis Fernando Sotelo, who has been imprisoned in Mexico since 2014, by e-mailing the supreme court at contacto@scjn.gob.mx or by tweeting them at @SCJN on Twitter about Luis and the unconstitutionality of Article 362, under which he was imprisoned. Herman Bell was released on parole after over four decades in prison—hurrah! But now New York City’s mayor, the governor, and the police unions are trying to fuck with him—FUCK THAT! Here’s what you can do to support Herman: 1) CALL New York State Governor Cuomo’s Office NOW 518–474–8390 2) EMAIL New York State Governor Cuomo’s Office 3) TWEET at Governor Cuomo: use the following sample tweet: “@NYGovCuomo: stand by the Parole Board’s lawful & just decision to release Herman Bell. At 70 years old and after more than 40 years of incarceration, his release is overdue. #BringHermanHome.” Use this script for phone calls and emails: “Governor Cuomo, my name is ________and I am a resident of [New York State/other state/other country]. I support the Parole Board’s decision to release Herman Bell and urge you and the Board to stand by the decision. I also support the recent appointment of new Parole Board Commissioners, and the direction of the new parole regulations, which base release decisions more on who a person is today than on the nature of their crime committed years ago. Returning Herman to his friends and family will help heal the many harms caused by crime and decades of incarceration. The Board’s decision was just, merciful and lawful, and it will benefit our communities and New York State as a whole.”  

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} Download 29:30 minutes long version March 15 is the 22nd annual March Against Police Brutality in Montreal. The march meets at 7:30 PM at Parc LaFontaine. March 24 is the Defend Afrin International Day of Action. Go to TheNAKA.org to find out more about the day of action or to register your own local event. J20 support resources: West Coast J20 solidarity speaking tour J20 Legal Defense Fund Twitter Fed book An Open Letter to Former J20 Defendants, with useful “do”s and “don’t”s Teen Vogue: The J20 Arrests and Trials, Explained Other anarchist shows mentioned in this Hotwire: The Ex-Worker #49 contains the excerpt we used about spreading anti-cop sentiment through service worker solidarity. We are currently in the middle of a week of solidarity with anarchists in Russia. To find out more about the repression anarchists face in Russia, check out this recent episode of The Final Straw podcast, which has an interview with someone from Moscow Anarchist Black Cross. For a history of the amazing occupation of the Hambacher Forest, check out episode 37 of The Ex-Worker. The episode “Striking Gets the Goods” on the number one anarcho-comedy podcast Street Fight Radio has a really great on-the-ground interview with one striking West Virginia teacher. CrimethInc. texts mentioned in this Hotwire: Brazil 2016–2017: The Political Crisis and Coup d’État, an Anarchist Analysis From Democracy to Freedom Fuck Abuse, Kill Power: Addressing the Root Causes of Sexual Harassment and Assault Fundraising: Anti-fascists arrested for confronting the alt-right in Michigan need legal defense funds. The Southeast Trans and/or Women Action Camp in late April has had their fundraising page shut down TWICE. If you have some bucks to spare you can donate to the action camp at PayPal.me/setwac2018. J20 Legal Defense Fund National Jericho Movement 20th anniversary celebration fundraiser J20 solidarity speaking tour: March 14: Los Angeles, CA – The Y (1811 Johnston Street, Suite C), 7:00 PM March 15: San Diego – Metate Infoshop March 16: Flagstaff, AZ – Taala Hooghan Infoshop (1704 N. 2nd St) March 17: Phoenix, AZ March 18: Tucson, AZ – Global Justice Center (225 E. 26th St) From Democracy to Freedom Speaking Tour by CrimethInc.. March 17: St. Louis, MO – 3:00 PM at Foam Coffeehouse If you’d like to arrange a presentation in your town or at your university, just contact rollingthunder@crimethinc.com. Mutual Aid Disaster Relief tour March 18 @ 7:00 pm at Soft Web Collective 3110 W. Leigh St. Richmond, VA 23220: The Birdhouse 800 N 4th Ave Knoxville, TN 37917: Protectors v. Profiteers: Communities in Resistance to Disaster Capitalism March 19 @ 12:00 pm at Soft Web Collective 3110 W. Leigh St. Richmond, VA 23220: Giving Our Best, Ready For The Worst: Community Organizing as Disaster Preparedness March 20 @ 7:00 PM at Friends Meeting House 1104 Forest St. Charlottesville, VA 22903: Protectors v. Profiteers: Communities in Resistance to Disaster Capitalism March 21 @ 3:00 PM at Friends Meeting House 1104 Forest St. Charlottesville, VA 22903: Giving Our Best, Ready For The Worst: Community Organizing as Disaster Preparedness Use this straightforward guide to writing prisoners from New York City Anarchist Black Cross to write to political prisoner Ruchell Cinque Magee: Ruchell Cinque Magee #A92051 B3–138 California Mens Colony Post Office Box 8103 San Luis Obispo, California 93409–8103 {Birthday: March 17, 2018} Political prisoner Robert Seth Hayes is in need of support. Please call 518–457–7073 and 845–434–2080 to respectfully demand that Robert Seth Hayes gets new insulin sensors and the medical treatment he deserves.    

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 the West Virginia Industrial Workers of the World on how to support and spread the strike. Tidewater IWW are hosting an education workers’ assembly in Norfolk, VA on March 9 to explore the possibility of spreading the West Virginia teachers’ strike to Virginia. They’re encouraging other anticapitalists in Virginia to host similar assemblies. If you’re within driving distance, go to the strike and bring agitational materials like this, this, this, this, this, this, this, [this]https://crimethinc.com/posters/capitalism-is-a-pyramid-scheme), this, this, this, and these. IGDcast Audio Report: Teachers’ Strike Enters Second Week Donate to the West Virginia IWW solidarity fund for the teachers’ strike here. Donate to the official teacher’s strike fund here. Other anarchist shows mentioned in this Hotwire: IGDcast: Appalachia Resists the Mountain Valley Pipeline The Final Straw: Anarchist Perspectives on DACA Hotwire #19 has an overview of the Koreatown popular assembly, which has organized a grassroots alert system for responding to ICE raids Trouble #9: Learning to Resist Fundraising: Anti-fascists arrested for confronting the alt-right in Michigan are STILL IN JAIL as we go to press. Please donate to help get them out of jail and to support their upcoming legal battles. Donate to the anti-Mountain Valley Pipeline treesitters in West Virginia. The Southeast Trans and/or Women Action Camp in late April has had their fundraising page shut down TWICE. If you have some bucks to spare you can donate to the action camp at PayPal.me/setwac2018. Donate to the West Virginia IWW solidarity fund for the teachers’ strike here. Donate to the official teacher’s strike fund here. J20 solidarity speaking tour: March 8: Chico, CA – Pageant Theater (351 East 6th Street), 7:00 PM March 9: Sacramento, CA – Organize Sacramento (1714 Broadway), 5:00 PM March 10: San Francisco, CA – Station 40 (3030 16th Street, Suite B), 7:00 PM March 11: Oakland, CA – Hasta Muerte Coffee (2701 Fruitvale Ave @ East 27th Street), 5:00 PM March 13: Santa Cruz, CA – Freight Building (119 Center Street), 6:30 PM March 14: Los Angeles, CA – The Y (1811 Johnston Street, Suite C), 7:00 PM From Democracy to Freedom Speaking Tour by CrimethInc.. March 7: Pittsburgh, PA – 7:00 PM at the Mr. Roboto Project, 5106 Penn Avenue March 9: Cleveland, OH – 7:00 PM at Guide to Kulchur, 5222 Lorain Avenue March 10: Bowling Green, OH – 6:00 PM at The Common Good, 113 Crim Street March 11: Chicago, IL – 7:00 PM at 2424 S. Western Avenue. Organized by Breakaway Chicago March 12: Bloomington, IN – 7:00 PM at the Monroe County Public Library March 13: Carbondale, IL – 7:00 PM at The Flyover, 214 North Washington. If you’d like to arrange a presentation in your town or at your university, just contact rollingthunder@crimethinc.com. Mutual Aid Disaster Relief tour March 7 @ 2:00 pm at The Birdhouse 800 N 4th Ave Knoxville, TN 37917: Giving Our Best, Ready For The Worst: Community Organizing as Disaster Preparedness March 9 @ 7:30 pm at Firestorm Books & Cafe 610 Haywood Rd Asheville, NC 28806: Protectors v. Profiteers: Communities in Resistance to Disaster Capitalism March 10 @ 12:00 pm at Firestorm Books & Cafe 610 Haywood Rd Asheville, NC 28806: Giving Our Best, Ready For The Worst: Community Organizing as Disaster Preparedness March 13 @ 6:00 pm at Turchin Center for the Visual Arts 423 West King St Boone, NC 28608: Protectors v. Profiteers: Communities in Resistance to Disaster Capitalism March 14 @ 6:00 pm at SAMS Community Center 707 W Main St Unit A Wise, VA 24293: Protectors v. Profiteers: Communities in Resistance to Disaster Capitalism J20 support resources: West Coast J20 solidarity speaking tour J20 Legal Defense Fund Twitter Fed book An Open Letter to Former J20 Defendants, with useful “do”s and “don’t”s Teen Vogue: The J20 Arrests and Trials, Explained  

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 anarchist bookfair this weekend! Join antifascists in Lansing, Michigan at noon on March 5 as they gather to oppose white nationalist Richard Spencer’s visit to Michigan State University. J20 support resources: West Coast J20 solidarity speaking tour J20 Legal Defense Fund Twitter Fed book An Open Letter to Former J20 Defendants, with useful “do”s and “don’t”s Teen Vogue: The J20 Arrests and Trials, Explained Other anarchist shows mentioned in this Hotwire: End of the Line #12: Irreparable This is Parkdale, documentary about tenant organizing and rent strike in Toronto In Hotwire #19 we explain why radical social movements are better equipped to solve the problem of mass shootings than the state is Trouble #9: Learning to Resist Trouble #10: School’s Out IGDcast: Audio Report from the Picket Lines of the West Virginia Teachers’ Strike IGDcast: Mutual Aid Disaster Relief on Building Dual Power & Upcoming Tour Also, check out the decades of prison radio done by ex-death row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. Youth Liberation Texts, possibly to be used by anti-authoritarian youth looking to connect with others at March For Our Lives events on March 24: No! Against Adult Supremacy The Child and its Enemies Youth Liberation Anarchism and Youth Liberation The Teenage Liberation Handbook Fundraising: Donate to the anti-Mountain Valley Pipeline treesitters in West Virginia. Support Kris Thompson, the widow of Kiwi Herring, a black trans woman who was murdered by St. Louis police, who is now facing charges Donate to the new International Anarchist Defence Fund, even though they spell “defense” all weird Please support Komşu Kafe, a radical spot in Istanbul that exists for everyone, “overwhelmed and disillusioned by exploitation, hierarchy, inequality and hate.” J20 solidarity speaking tour: March 3: Seattle, WA – Pipsqueak Gallery (173 16th Ave), 7:00 PM March 4: Olympia, WA – New Moon (113 4th Ave W), 7:00 PM March 5: Portland, OR – Cider Riot (807 NE Couch), 6:30 PM March 6: Eugene, OR – Wesley Center (2520 Harris St), 6:30 PM From Democracy to Freedom Speaking Tour by CrimethInc.. March 7: Pittsburgh, PA – 7 pm at the Mr. Roboto Project, 5106 Penn Avenue If you’d like to arrange a presentation in your town or at your university, just contact rollingthunder@crimethinc.com. Mutual Aid Disaster Relief tour March 3 @ 5:00 pm CST First Congregational Church (Fight For 15 office) 1000 S. Cooper St. Memphis, TN 38104: Protectors v. Profiteers: Communities in Resistance to Disaster Capitalism March 4 @ 12:00 pm CST First Congregational Church (Fight For 15 office) 1000 S. Cooper St. Memphis, TN 38104: Giving Our Best, Ready For The Worst: Community Organizing as Disaster Preparedness March 6 @ 6:00 pm EST The Birdhouse 800 N 4th Ave Knoxville, TN 37917: Protectors v. Profiteers: Communities in Resistance to Disaster Capitalism March 7 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm EST The Birdhouse 800 N 4th Ave Knoxville, TN 37917: Giving Our Best, Ready For The Worst: Community Organizing as Disaster Preparedness Write to political prisoner imprisoned Reverend Joy Powell: Reverend Joy Powell #07G0632 Bedford Hills CF Post Office Box 1000 Bedford Hills, New York 10507–2499 Use this straightforward guide to writing prisoners from New York City Anarchist Black Cross. Also call in to Superintendent Joseph at 914–241–3100 and Don Venetozzi at 518–457–2337 and say, “Hello, I am calling to ask that DSS Michael Daye, Lt. McBride and Sgt. McDaniels NOT be allowed to harass inmates and violate the legal and medical safeguards of Joy Powell #07G0632 and that Joy Powell be released IMMEDIATELY from SHU, as she is a senior citizen with health issues, and has been placed in there in retaliation for speaking to the media about the abhorrent conditions at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility! I also request that she be allowed to have snacks on her at all times, that she be allowed to monitor her blood sugar three times daily and that she be free of harassment when going to and from the law library.”  

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 Washington, D.C. are calling for protests this Saturday, February 24 against a fancy alt-right dinner. This weekend, February 23 to the 26, the Earth First! Winter Rendezvous will take place near Kiln, Mississippi. There will be workshops, trainings, and movement building. J20 support resources: J20 Legal Defense Fund Twitter Fed book An Open Letter to Former J20 Defendants, with useful “do”s and “don’t”s Teen Vogue: The J20 Arrests and Trials, Explained Other anarchist shows mentioned in this Hotwire: The Ex-Worker #62: Support, Healing, and Redefining Resistance—2017 in Review, Part II The Hotwire #7 The Hotwire #12 An audio account on It’s Going Down about the ongoing #OperationPush prison strike in Florida CrimethInc. texts mentioned in this Hotwire: What We Need from You How You Can Help with CrimethInc. Projects Escaping Washington for Freedom (Also, check out this informative Twitter thread about why every single American president was a scumbag.) Immigrants Welcome stickers Borders: The Global Caste System posters No Wall They Can Build CrimethInc. is taking their new book From Democracy to Freedom on tour in the Midwest in March! Here at the dates: March 7: Pittsburgh, PA March 8: Morgantown, WV March 9: Cleveland, OH March 10: Bowling Green, OH March 11: Chicago, IL March 12: Bloomington, IN March 13: Carbondale, IL March TBD: St. Louis, MO If you’d like to arrange a presentation in your town or at your university, just contact rollingthunder@crimethinc.com. Legal fundraiser for Scott Warren, a humanitarian aid worker on the border who is now facing charges of human trafficking in retaliation for his solidarity work. Daniel McGowan’s article on the restrictive Communications Management Units, also called “little Guantanamos.” Call in to support Joy Powell, a prisoner being retaliated against for exposing conditions at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. Call the superintendent at 914–241–3100. You can find a sample call-in script here. Write to recently transferred Animal Liberation Front political prisoner Walter Bond: Walter Bond 37096–013 FCI Terre Haute CMU PO Box 33 Terre Haute IN 47808 Political prisoner birthdays: Kamau Sadiki (Freddie Hilton) #0001150688 Augusta State Medical Prison, Building 13A–2 E7 3001 Gordon Highway Grovetown, Georgia 30813 Address envelope to Freddie Hilton, address card to Kamau {February 19} Oso Blanco (Byron Chubbuck) 07909–051 USP Victorville Post Office Box 3900 Adelanto, California 92301 Address envelope to Byron Chubbuck, address card to Oso Blanco {February 26} For a good introduction to writing prisoners, check out this guide from New York City Anarchist Black Cross. CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS Last week we reported that Michael Foster, the valve turner who temporarily halted the flow of tar sands oil in TransCanada’s Keystone pipeline in October 2016, was sentenced to three years, but in fact he is only serving one. Thanks to the listener who caught that, and we’ll still post Michael’s address once we have it so you can write him letters.