
From It's Going Down
A week ago, It’s Going Down published a statement announcing that we were putting this project on hiatus after ten years. Tired and burned out, we were gambling our absence wouldn’t be missed. In short, the response from readers, friends, and long time collaborators was overwhelming and clear: many feel this project is important and should continue. We appreciate all of the incredibly kind words and those who took the time to reach out to us.
With this encouragement in mind, we have decided to continue publishing at It’s Going Down and operating the platform for the near future. Going forward, we want to focus on quality over quantity and also attempt to cultivate again a culture of report-backs and movement journalism as we go into the second Trump period. We also realize that this isn’t 2017 anymore; the site may be updated less as it has been in the past.
We also want to salute all of the new (and old) anarchist and autonomous media projects that have sprung up in the last few years: hopefully we can continue to be part of a burgeoning grassroots media eco-system where we learn and grow from each other.
A few updates:
- The columns In Contempt and This Week in Fascism will continue to appear on It’s Going Down. If you are interested in pitching another column idea, please reach out to us at: info [at] itsgoingdown [dot] org. In exchange, the folks at CrimethInc. made us give up all our best vinyl and wash all their dishes, but it was worth it.
- Our social media accounts on Mastodon and Blue Sky will continue to post regularly.
- We will continue to publish submissions sent to us. Going forward, we are especially looking for report-backs, movement analysis, and editorials aimed at the wider public.
- We will continue to update our event calendar.
- While we have a few episodes of This Is America that are yet to be released, we encourage people to check out the new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, of which, future episodes will be posted here.
- We will continue to update the IGD zine generator feature. Expect more updates soon.
Moreover, if you are interested in contributing to the columns In Contempt, which features a roundup of news, action, and updates about political prisoners, repression, and abolition, or This Week in Fascism, which discusses the far-Right and antifascist resistance to it, please reach out to us at: info [at] itsgoingdown [dot] org. Have other ideas? Drop us a line!
Lastly, since folks have asked if they could help donate to support our work, we want to instead encourage people to donate and help sustain mutual aid and autonomous infrastructure in their local areas. If you can, also consider helping these organizations and their work:
- Mutual Aid Disaster Relief
- Anarchist Black Cross (ABC)
- International Antifascist Defense Fund
- The Final Straw
- Sub.Media
Life, finds a way. So will we. See you soon.
Comments
Fine, let us knwo when you shut down again in a few weeks
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 10:00
Also will there be any nudity now?
What a curious (and hasty)
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 10:02
What a curious (and hasty) backpedal.
i'm actually very proud of them for not listening
CalvinSmith (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 10:08
In reply to What a curious (and hasty) by anon (not verified)
to any of you. I can't think of anything more self-defeating than insulting people in total anonymity. At least the collective reads a high percentage of the shit on here.
phew! I was starting to get
EmmaAintDead Sat, 12/28/2024 - 10:14
phew! I was starting to get worried there wouldn't be any leftist activist reporting around to cheerlead the crimethinc "Get a couple dozen young people arrested for absolutely no reason" festival this January. I can't wait for their wholly sympathetic coverage on this completely unforeseeable disaster of a throwback to the summit years!
parking these now so everyone knows we've had solidarity since Before the massive pointless arrests in January:
#FreeTheDC23
#ReleaseTheRoanoke12
#UnhandTheUtahUhhleven
for the works!
Sorry, this is an anarchist
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 12:42
In reply to phew! I was starting to get by EmmaAintDead
Sorry, this is an anarchist website. Radical liberal news and commentary goes on reddit.
Happy IGD is prioritizing report backs again. If our politics are only producing commentators and spectators, they are literally a part of the problem.
Who do you work for?
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 13:04
In reply to phew! I was starting to get by EmmaAintDead
Who do you work for?
Or is it just that the notion of people anywhere doing anything is just too anxiety-provoking for you?
The thing in January is literally a bunch of educational gatherings. If that's too high-risk for you, fine (I bet you have COVID anxiety!), but for chrissakes, shut up with your dumbass whining, you just sound ridiculous.
y'all both fucks isn't
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 15:01
In reply to Who do you work for? by anon (not verified)
y'all both fucks isn't getting emma's wise content down y'all throats.
the prob with strugglismo isn't "doing to much," it's "indirect actions that make symbolic appeals to existing political powers that be"
naturally you org types would conflate *getting intentionally arrested* with *accomplishing literally anything*
if you can't actually get a crew together to burn down your local city hall AND courthouse, AND to make the streets unsafe for pigs at all hours, indefinitely, then just go do something that helps someone/something/yourself materially. everyone's food still comes from the grocery store or the industrial local organic farm for godssakes, and i don't see anyone practicing under the table general medicine!
so as of today just like 100 years ago there's still tons of hard stuff to learn and do, and none of it has to do with insurance companies, city councils, or presidents. this at least is my understanding of means/ends and prefiguration.
You are advocating
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 17:04
In reply to y'all both fucks isn't by anon (not verified)
You are advocating neoliberalism
no, but you would think that,
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 17:27
In reply to You are advocating by anon (not verified)
no, but you would think that, given your proclivities. you think the ability to pass laws is power? real power is the ability to do whatever you deem, no matter the laws. THAT's what organizing means. orgs, otoh, can't understand how to get people together to break social norms and get every crazy twacked bum into a couch or bedroom with a household who has unlimited patience for them. let alone getting massive numbers of people to recognize theft as a legitimate use case and property as an artifact of a phantasm'd bourgeoisie mass media...
recognizing neoliberalism as not going away due to mutual aid or hopes and prayers is not supporting neoliberalism, it's simply practicing no gods no masters by refusing to live on faith and assumptions. having no hope is fine akchually... if you ever try it you could see
Super funny that people like
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 20:12
In reply to y'all both fucks isn't by anon (not verified)
Super funny that people like you who throw around the "strugglismo" epithet don't even know what the people you're caricaturing actually believe. Yeah, yeah, I know the whole point of a smear is to paint your opponent as something they're not, but come on. Strugglismo is to the insurrecto as woke is Tucker Carlson.
feel free to let me know what
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 20:27
In reply to Super funny that people like by anon (not verified)
feel free to let me know what you mean by the term, but what i mean is prioritizing "actions" for action's sake without meeting material needs along the way, typically indirect actions while thinking that politicians are the actual power wielders...
To 15:02 - Wow, that's not
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 20:14
In reply to y'all both fucks isn't by anon (not verified)
To 15:02 - Wow, that's not adolescent posturing at all...
you sound pretty goddamn rediculous
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 15:39
In reply to Who do you work for? by anon (not verified)
To me, as you seem you seem to look down on those who don't do anything. I guess no one should be surprised that when they go looking for anarchists, they just find a small group of people yelling over weird bullshit, LOL.
What's ridiculous is not
Pete Preston (not verified) Tue, 12/31/2024 - 11:25
In reply to you sound pretty goddamn rediculous by anon (not verified)
What's ridiculous is not being able to spell the word "ridiculous" correctly ( a hallmark of a generation who has spent their entire lives talking in text-speak and abbreviated abominations)! And yeah, they WON"T be coming after anarchists because (despite your inflated sense of self importance) we are absolutely no threat to the power structure.
bookmarking this comment to
EmmaAintDead Sat, 12/28/2024 - 16:33
In reply to Who do you work for? by anon (not verified)
bookmarking this comment to come back to when all the J18/J19/J20 Bail Funds get posted. Might be able to score a cool tshirt off one or two of them. i always look forward to the merch table at these things, the art really pops when teenagers and 20somethings get their lives totally fucked up for years over nothing.
Yeah, I'm sure people are
anon (not verified) Sun, 12/29/2024 - 04:16
In reply to bookmarking this comment to by EmmaAintDead
Yeah, I'm sure people are going to get arrested at a street medic workshop, you low-grade moron. Good thing we have someone as informed as you to tell us this. You aren't even succeeding in spreading fear the way you want to because you literally haven't even checked what the announcement was for. You are an incredibly stupid and lazy person, and literally no one gives a fuck what you think whatsoever.
Translation: after being told
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 10:51
Translation: after being told about the immediate threat from FBI Trump Faction the admins moved to Mexico with all their assets so they could lead the Anti-Trump Resistance from there, and from BlueSky of course...
Greetings boppers! We posted
RIFFS_YEAH_RIGHT! (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 20:00
In reply to Translation: after being told by anon (not verified)
Greetings boppers! We posted a new update about what's really going down with IGD but the collective saw fit to delete it? What gives?
Well said "Emmaain'tdead"..
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 11:56
Well said "Emmaain'tdead"...What a joke this allegedly "anarchist" project is!
Y'all both fuck get a room
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 22:20
In reply to Well said "Emmaain'tdead".. by anon (not verified)
Y'all both fuck get a room and kiss on stream for us okay? Bag of funyuns and coolwhip incorporated into it please. Setup a venmo and I send american dollars to y'all both fucks. This is your peak enjoy it while it lasts! KC BBQ in there too. Thank UWU
No addressing or
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 13:19
No addressing or acknowledgment of any of the genuine criticism given from others in their space, nor any meaningful self-reflection as a platform. So yeah, 2016/2017 but with even less liberals to convert seems like the rerun we're heading into.
what exactly do you want though, they
CalvinSmith (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 13:54
In reply to No addressing or by anon (not verified)
Claim they are part of a "burgeoning grassroots media eco-system where we learn and grow from each other." The libs haven't gone anywhere, i think the trump administration will just have more anti-fa and feminists: it's all kinda dispiriting if you think about it. The fascists, liberals, and anti-fascists have all become very similar. They have facebook accounts.
geologists cannot respond to
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 14:58
In reply to No addressing or by anon (not verified)
geologists cannot respond to every complaint from flat earthers
go pour soup on the glass
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 15:05
In reply to geologists cannot respond to by anon (not verified)
go pour soup on the glass protecting a painting by an absurd romantic surrealist
Would love to, as soon as I'm
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 20:14
In reply to go pour soup on the glass by anon (not verified)
Would love to, as soon as I'm done reading the third "communique" you've posted this week about hanging a banner.
so we're the same...?
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 20:51
In reply to Would love to, as soon as I'm by anon (not verified)
so we're the same...?
This sounds like The Who's
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 21:47
This sounds like The Who's Final Tour. Followed soon after by The Who's Reunion Tour.
Make sure to drive home that
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 21:51
Make sure to drive home that petulant adolescent thing with phrasing like, 'so-called Mexico.' I know for an absolute fact that vast numbers of actual grown-ups in Mexico definitely call it that.
what is your objection to
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 22:00
In reply to Make sure to drive home that by anon (not verified)
what is your objection to using that phrasing to denote that states are just collective hallucinations? what many people do proves what's right?
Y'all fucks like a flock of
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 22:24
Y'all fucks like a flock of hens shooting eggs out they anuses. This is the peak of yall fucks lives IGD coming back so cream your filthy pants and type more kewl comments fellow anorcs. Happy New Year YallFucks
Wait, how the fuck is this
anon (not verified) Tue, 12/31/2024 - 01:56
In reply to Y'all fucks like a flock of by anon (not verified)
Wait, how the fuck is this completely incoherent, unintelligible comment acceptable, but my objections that it is incoherent and unintelligible are deleted? Seriously.
Perhaps, and hear me out,
anon (not verified) Tue, 12/31/2024 - 10:20
In reply to Wait, how the fuck is this by anon (not verified)
Perhaps, and hear me out, YOUR objections were the actual completely incoherent, unintelligible ones?
Anarchist rejection of authority includes your own brainworms, brah!
vaxxed?
anon (not verified) Sun, 12/29/2024 - 02:03
vaxxed?
Glad more anarchist projects
anon (not verified) Mon, 01/06/2025 - 09:46
Glad more anarchist projects exist. I'd rather quibble over the particulars of the politic than type into a void.
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