From It's Going Down
10 years ago a group of people set out to create a new media platform to document and give voice to autonomous social movements happening across so-called North America. It’s Going Down (IGD) has had an impact and audience beyond what many of us thought was possible, and we’re proud of the work that we’ve done over the past ten years.
In the last year however, we’ve come up against the wall of decreasing capacity to continue running this project on a consistent basis. With the coming to power of another Trump administration, we think its important for us to announce that we are taking a hiatus from working on this platform, with the hopes that other projects can find their footing.
A lot has changed since this project started: anarchist and autonomous anti-capitalist voices are louder and more common, as is the push back from elites against them. Both corporate parties are looking to silence and attack those speaking out against the growing push towards authoritarianism, war, inequality, and ecological destruction. We need vibrant media platforms that can speak to the lived realities and conditions of working-class people while also covering grassroots rank-n-file movements from below.
We know that It’s Going Down has been a project that a lot of people have utilized as a resource over the years and we want to encourage participants in social struggles to develop media infrastructure in the coming period. Think about what you can do, who you can connect with, and how you can get your reporting out into the world.
Going forward, we do have several podcasts that we intend to get out into the world in the next few weeks, and we encourage people to check out a new collaborative podcast project, The Beautiful Idea. Our social media accounts on BlueSky and Mastodon will continue to share and post news, upcoming events, and boost other projects. Our columns In Contempt and This Week in Fascism will also now be appearing on CrimethInc. starting in 2025. Finally, we will
This is far from the end for us, and what is coming next is still forming, but incredibly exciting.
In a world of influencers, grifters, and algorithms, we hope that we a created space for an alternative and built a platform for movements and struggles that challenge domination and exploitation.
The old Indymedia slogan rings as true today as it ever did: make media, make trouble!
Comments
it is truly, going down.
anon (not verified) Fri, 12/20/2024 - 16:57
it is truly, going down.
At least we'll always have
anon (not verified) Fri, 12/20/2024 - 17:29
At least we'll always have this backbiting shithole.
Anews being jilted that they
anon (not verified) Fri, 12/20/2024 - 17:36
Anews being jilted that they didn't get a mention despite constantly shitting on IGD with snide remarks in tags and image captions. Truly a "I don't think about you at all" moment.
Good riddance
Stormy (not verified) Fri, 12/20/2024 - 19:01
A few more arrogant pricks will not be missed.
Don't let the pansexual bathroom door hit your skinny jeans asses on the way out.
Sayonara....
I love your pornos. I hope
anon (not verified) Fri, 12/20/2024 - 19:35
In reply to Good riddance by Stormy (not verified)
I love your pornos. I hope Dump doesn't have you merc'd.
Speaking of. Don't be down about IGD taking a hiatus. Anews will always have Crimethinc to cry about. Instead just watch a porno!
what no comment section does
anon (not verified) Fri, 12/20/2024 - 21:45
what no comment section does to a website
Goodbye edgy CNN, dont know
anon (not verified) Fri, 12/20/2024 - 22:20
Goodbye edgy CNN, dont know what anarchists will do without you.
How about some intelligent
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 01:28
How about some intelligent critical, clearly worded criticism of what people feel were the strengths and weaknesses of this effort?
It's Getting Delusional calls
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 03:47
It's Getting Delusional calls it quits before It Got Deleted. But really they just merged with Groupthinc.
Anarcho-liberal pivot
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 05:00
I'm concerned that IGD as a project is ending more or less where they started, appealing to left liberals &;uncritically redirecting people to white-domonated anglo anarchist "institutions." It would be nice for one of the upcoming reflection pieces to contradict this, but where's the (collective) self criticism about their scene being not much differently positioned than it was the last time Trump was becoming president? Is someone going to talk about their lack of interest in the Caribbean region, or any of the various public controversies & criticisms involving them originating from other anarchists? Or are they wanting to be another Crimethinc, where criticism & pressure to change course is disloyalty to The Cause? The "some of us are hopping on a podcast now" announcement isn't encouraging wrt these questions.
Anarcho-liberal pivot cont.
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 05:10
In reply to Anarcho-liberal pivot by anon (not verified)
For example, their podcast, website, & author recommendations feel like they could be mostly unchanged from 8 years ago. Are they convinced that the usual suspects—mostly white u.s.ians—remain the best representatives of anarchist politics? Why else would they literally recommend billionaire-funded liberal media like The Intercept over new efforts, some of which they've promoted on the site themselves?
is the carribbean a part of
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 05:31
In reply to Anarcho-liberal pivot cont. by anon (not verified)
is the carribbean a part of north america technically? i feel like there was lots of engagement on haiti, but youre right it would have been cool to have more. IGD def could have done better on many things. it is still good that it existed. and good that it worked hard to communicated subversive ideas to lots of people, since the insurrection is a mass armed uprising, not some urbanites gluing locks and breaking windows alone at night. in any case, would be nice to see future anarchist projects more engaged in cultivating dialogue around strategy and not just activism. but that is mostly a problem for the anarchist movement to solve, not a media collective.
"Technically" implies an
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 09:15
In reply to is the carribbean a part of by anon (not verified)
"Technically" implies an objective, depoliticized answer, which I don't think there really is with geographical boundaries. But I think that IGD didn't have to answer the question either way (no mention of it in the geographical breakdown, no pressure from readers asking why they didn't discuss it more) is itself telling about the environment they operated in.
While I agree that petty vandalism isn't necessarily the Most Important Thing they didn't publish, I still think their choice to stay quiet about the kind of reportbacks typical on other counterinfo sites should've been further explained. Did they come under explicit legal pressure? Did they just feel like it wasn't worth their time? Did others disagree (for example, Night Owls moving off the website)?
Generally speaking, I have seen other anarchist web projects leave closing statements that directly & critically addressed critical aspects of the anarchist "movement"/media space & their own role in it (https://anarchistnews.org/content/we-close-door-publicaci%C3%B3n-refrac…). This isn't one of them, though I would like to believe such an assessment is on its way. We'll see.
100%
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 12:48
In reply to "Technically" implies an by anon (not verified)
100%
good post, but the american instututions
CalvinSmith (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 10:38
In reply to Anarcho-liberal pivot by anon (not verified)
You mention are no longer "white-dominated"
"Crimethinc, where criticism
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 12:36
In reply to Anarcho-liberal pivot by anon (not verified)
"Crimethinc, where criticism & pressure to change course is disloyalty to The Cause"
Citation needed!
Sounds like maybe somebody wanted to have a vote in a collective project without doing any work in one?
Trump watch
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 08:50
I will miss the endless analyses about Washington DC politics in the podcasts.
No wait, that's why I unsubscribed.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
EmmaAin'tDead (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 09:25
IT'S (not) GAININ' DOLLARS, BITCH!
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i love ASCI art, plz do not erase
CalvinSmith (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 10:01
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Technically not ASCII art
Tim Declercq (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 12:34
In reply to i love ASCI art, plz do not erase by CalvinSmith (not verified)
Technically not ASCII art though, as the characters used aren't part of the ASCII character set. More like UTF-8 art. Pretty cool indeed nevertheless
I call it POTK art. Patience
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 15:17
In reply to Technically not ASCII art by Tim Declercq (not verified)
I call it POTK art. Patience on the keyboard.
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yes, but the elaborate ones were
CalvinSmith (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 17:23
In reply to I call it POTK art. Patience by anon (not verified)
Probably copied and pasted, but regardless, i like how it looks. Posting ASCII/UTF art manually would require a lot of buddhist non-attachment on anarchist news, so hats off to you if that's how you do it!
This is what it looks like
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 09:35
This is what it looks like when the comments are filled with moderator sockpuppets in concert with right-wing reactionaries applauding the demise of an anarchist media project.
Make you think.
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EmmaAintDead Sat, 12/21/2024 - 09:39
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Emma IS dead, brah. Neato
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 10:48
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Emma IS dead, brah. Neato ascii art though. Your mom must be very proud. UwU
IGD isn't that great
CalvinSmith (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 10:02
In reply to This is what it looks like by anon (not verified)
Just trolling or do you have some hang ups?
Are the moderator sockpuppets
Your Therapist (not verified) Sun, 12/22/2024 - 19:41
In reply to This is what it looks like by anon (not verified)
Are the moderator sockpuppets and right-wing reactionaries in the room with us right now?
What is this neurodivergent
anon (not verified) Sun, 12/22/2024 - 21:17
In reply to Are the moderator sockpuppets by Your Therapist (not verified)
What is this neurodivergent shaming AND bootlicking amalgam dogshit doing on my beloved Anews???
Interesting... are the
Your Therapist (not verified) Mon, 12/23/2024 - 07:26
In reply to What is this neurodivergent by anon (not verified)
Interesting... are the "bootlickers" present in the room w us right now? Along with the "moderator sockpuppets" and "right-wing reactionaries?"
It's ok anon, they can't hurt you here. This is a safe space.
lol who the parents who knew
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 11:13
lol who the parents who knew to make a descendents reference.
yes i sympathize with the trump disgust
CalvinSmith (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 11:47
strongly, but you're aware he's basically just a very wealthy troll, correct? The biden administration has done horrible things overseas to the brown ones in Gaza.
What exactly makes you
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 17:42
In reply to yes i sympathize with the trump disgust by CalvinSmith (not verified)
What exactly makes you believe that the Trump admin will be any nicer with the brown people of Gaza?
the guy has already appointed
EmmaAintDead Sat, 12/21/2024 - 18:13
In reply to What exactly makes you by anon (not verified)
the guy has already appointed Huckabee as ambassador to Israel and Hegseth as pentagon chief.
huckabee: "There is no such thing as a West Bank. It's Judea and Samaria. There's no such thing as a settlement. They're communities. They're neighborhoods. They're cities. There's no such thing as an occupation."
hegseth: "There's no reason why the miracle of the reestablishment of the temple on the Temple Mount is not possible."
it'll be American boots on the ground by February.
i never said that he will:
CalvinSmith (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 20:29
In reply to What exactly makes you by anon (not verified)
i was just responding to the apparent FEAR of the folks at IGD in relation to trump. I clearly stated that I strongly dislike Donald Trump, but whenever I start wondering whether I should live my life any differently because of his election win, I can't come up with any solutions because none of the political parties will impact my ability to do the things I need to do to survive, or at least not in predictable and clear ways. It's not like i'm trying to immigrate anywhere, and both parties have failed to improve the medical system time and time again. You could argue Obama improved it, but reducing the cost of getting treatment isn't terribly meaningful from an anarchist perspective.
No one said that???? What
anon (not verified) Sun, 12/22/2024 - 09:09
In reply to What exactly makes you by anon (not verified)
No one said that???? What makes you need to defend the fascist democrats by comparing them with the fascist republicans?
Mimicing anon posting style??
anon (not verified) Sun, 12/22/2024 - 11:26
In reply to No one said that???? What by anon (not verified)
Mimicing anon posting style??? Find a nickel and get your own personality, kid.
..????
anon (not verified) Thu, 12/26/2024 - 16:39
In reply to Mimicing anon posting style?? by anon (not verified)
..????
So back to how you want to make excuses for the Dems and the genocide
It's not surprising that IGD
rocinante Sat, 12/21/2024 - 11:56
It's not surprising that IGD didn't mention ANews, nor have they pretty much ever - along with CrimethInc.
In the above announcement, Shane Burley is mentioned as a recommended author. Here is a direct quote from Burley's social media where they were having a conversation with Kevin Tucker:
"I think we can all agree that Atassa should go in the dumpster, Aragorn is a fascist creep, and we can drop LBC into the sea."
- Shane Burley
While Burley has already denied the relationship, it sounds like they are recommending that the former anarchist publisher LBC (Little Black Cart) be helicopter dropped into the ocean like the governments across Latin America have done to anarchists previously. Burley is the kind of "anarchist" where if you're not part of their brand, they have no problem recommending your death.
yeah fuck these creeps
CalvinSmith (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 12:00
In reply to It's not surprising that IGD by rocinante
Yes...
I met aragorn and the guy was no fascist, he just had a subtle and kinda endearing form of arrogance.
IGD outlasted LBC. Winning!
Darth Burley (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 12:19
In reply to It's not surprising that IGD by rocinante
IGD outlasted LBC. Winning! Stop living in the past seething with ressentiment and don't be such a sore looser complaining all the time and help we anarchists Make Antifascists Great Again, you thin-lipped Atassa-cuck!
dude, you really don't seem to think or do research.
CalvinSmith (not verified) Mon, 12/23/2024 - 13:24
In reply to IGD outlasted LBC. Winning! by Darth Burley (not verified)
they're just giving anarchists a way to bypass all the intimidating "publisher" bullshit. I personally don't like having other people do any part of the book-making process for me, because actually making books is fun. It might be even better than little black cart:
https://opendistro.net/
You superiority and victory obsessed anarchists are nothing. Do you know how to fearlessly click on links? You might actually learn something if you did! They even have a forum to discuss printing methods, so in my opinion, they killed their old Aragornian! and insurrectionary-left based brain child and are doing something beyond wailing painfully about colonialism/capitalism. RAH RAH RAH!
I just hope that this project is better than Lulu press, they kinda rip you off, and they have patronizing rules about what you can put in books (i admitted my book had violent and dark references in it to see what happens, and for that reason, they blocked my book from showing up on the website to "protect the kids", fucking losers. There aren't even any references to the christian god in my book, and there are no stories about fucking your drunk dad to continue the bloodline like there are in the bible!)
Dude
anon (not verified) Mon, 12/23/2024 - 14:08
In reply to dude, you really don't seem to think or do research. by CalvinSmith (not verified)
Dude
Shane burley is one step away
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 12:22
In reply to It's not surprising that IGD by rocinante
Shane burley is one step away from going the ARR route.
This is what happens when we
anon (not verified) Sun, 12/22/2024 - 10:32
In reply to Shane burley is one step away by anon (not verified)
This is what happens when we deplatform and ostracize brave, interesting anarchs over Internet rumors — the Shane Burleys, Margaret Killjoys, and Cindy Milstiens take over. 99/100 people referring to themselves as anarchists today are also liberals and globalists. You may recall anarchists starting and leading the 21st century antiglobalist movement.
Is this comment written by a
anon (not verified) Mon, 12/23/2024 - 00:56
In reply to This is what happens when we by anon (not verified)
Is this comment written by a fucking Trumpist bot? No anarchist says "globalist." And certainly not those of us who participated in the so-called anti-globalization movement, which we just called the anti-capitalist movement (and we didn't exactly start it, that was the Zaps).
I'd bet anything your explanation of how Margaret Killjoy is a "globalist" is the stupidest fucking thing I have ever heard in my entire goddamn life. Fuck off back to Truth Social.
Aww, did the cute little
anon (not verified) Mon, 12/23/2024 - 02:51
In reply to Is this comment written by a by anon (not verified)
Aww, did the cute little commie get their feelings hurt?
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/topic/anti-globalization
partial fail, noticing a dog
lumpy (not verified) Mon, 12/23/2024 - 09:31
In reply to Aww, did the cute little by anon (not verified)
partial fail, noticing a dog whistle and laughing about how stupid nazis are... is technically a feeling but it doesn't hurt, so you're incorrect!
I'm not a commie, bitch, and
anon (not verified) Mon, 12/23/2024 - 20:21
In reply to Aww, did the cute little by anon (not verified)
I'm not a commie, bitch, and no, my feelings are not hurt, I'm just noting that when you don't know the cultural difference between saying "globalist" and saying "globalization" you are a Trump-licking shitbrain and have no fucking business among anarchists. Get killed.
Lmao nope, feelings not hurt
anon (not verified) Tue, 12/24/2024 - 03:59
In reply to I'm not a commie, bitch, and by anon (not verified)
Lmao nope, feelings not hurt at all. Why would a Trump supporter be here?
If we simply refer to
anon (not verified) Tue, 12/24/2024 - 08:28
In reply to I'm not a commie, bitch, and by anon (not verified)
If we simply refer to globalism as internationalism, Papa Marx and his zealous acolytes won't be disturbed.
Maybe Wayne will jump in and explain the nuances to us.
nuance? "globalism" is very
lumpy (not verified) Tue, 12/24/2024 - 09:58
In reply to If we simply refer to by anon (not verified)
nuance? "globalism" is very lightly coded, you can totally do this
the translation is always and only "tHe JeWs", as in "THEM", as in "the antisemitic swindle", as neech called it
aka: you're getting punked by people who are laughing about how stupid you are if you actually believe them
It'd be nice if you superwoke
anon (not verified) Tue, 12/24/2024 - 10:10
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It'd be nice if you superwoke id politicians stopped fash jacketing this convo in a sorry attempt to derail it. If one says internationalism you're a marxist,, globalist, you're a fascist—what word would you prefer used?
You can't cite that quote
anon (not verified) Tue, 12/24/2024 - 10:13
In reply to It'd be nice if you superwoke by anon (not verified)
You can't cite that quote because it's fake. Nietzsche was not an antisemite. Don't you have a birthrite plane to catch?
... how are you this bad at
lumpy (not verified) Wed, 12/25/2024 - 07:59
In reply to You can't cite that quote by anon (not verified)
... how are you this bad at reading? the quote isn't supposed to prove neech is an antisemite? it's him criticizing the antisemites ... which is literally in the quote ... are you a bot or have brain damage? or what?
There's still one or two
anon (not verified) Mon, 12/23/2024 - 08:56
In reply to Is this comment written by a by anon (not verified)
There's still one or two MAGAtards hanging out here with their version of "anarchy" that in the end means closeted monarchism. i.e. bootlicking and lapdogging for the clown at Mar-A-Lago. But hey they'll get pwned soon, doggy-style, by these billionaire Botox idiots when they find out it's not about justice, Truth or Freedumb, and that their masters are equally Globalist *cough* Elon and Thiel *cough* and their own Deep State.
SHEEPLE! All of dem!
^TRUTH
lumpy (not verified) Mon, 12/23/2024 - 15:11
In reply to There's still one or two by anon (not verified)
^TRUTH
mencius moldbug's acolytes are so smug and certain they'll have the last laugh buuuut monarchists never used to be able to literally kill the entire world. their little ego-tantrums were limited to what conventional weapons could do at the time
now, we can easily see their dim-witted, sweaty terror when somebody points out that the navy seals they hired to guard their doomsday bunkers will obviously remove the shock collars and kill and eat them on like, week 3 after "day zero"
you gonna be laughing then? most of you little dipshits won't even be invited to the bunker in the first place!
now that i know that i could have triggered you by voting
CalvinSmith (not verified) Mon, 12/23/2024 - 17:40
In reply to ^TRUTH by lumpy (not verified)
for Donald Trump, i wish that I did. Dammit!
Want to add that
anon (not verified) Tue, 12/24/2024 - 08:20
In reply to now that i know that i could have triggered you by voting by CalvinSmith (not verified)
Want to add that international users who might not have learned English as a first language comment here and are welcomed, and perhaps "globalist vs. globalization" is a sjlly grammar dispute and not much else.
those people would do well to
lumpy (not verified) Tue, 12/24/2024 - 10:00
In reply to Want to add that by anon (not verified)
those people would do well to learn when they're being manipulated by fascists.
not such a small distinction, unless you'd prefer they stay clueless?
Any non-fascist usage of
anon (not verified) Tue, 12/24/2024 - 10:56
In reply to Is this comment written by a by anon (not verified)
Any non-fascist usage of globalism, if you're gonna cry about fashjacketing, is necessarily anarchist. Nations which require in-group and out-group hierarchies are anything but anarchist. You don't need me to repeat this to know it. People at the time also called it alter-globalization for a reason.
"non-fascist usage of
lumpy (not verified) Wed, 12/25/2024 - 08:10
In reply to Any non-fascist usage of by anon (not verified)
"non-fascist usage of globalism" <--- it's just a boring political science word
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalism
"globalist", on the other hand, is a brainworms word
https://crimethinc.com/2020
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 12:25
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https://crimethinc.com/2020/02/19/aragorn-elegy-for-an-antagonist-on-ho…
https://crimethinc.com/2020
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 12:28
In reply to It's not surprising that IGD by rocinante
https://crimethinc.com/2020/02/19/a-hell-of-a-mistress-the-beautiful-id…
CrimethInc. is a kid-friendly
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 12:32
In reply to It's not surprising that IGD by rocinante
CrimethInc. is a kid-friendly public outreach project, whereas anews is a place for scenesters to shit all over each other, so it's sort of understandable why the one wouldn't mention the other (and the other would shit all over it just the same). When A! passed, CrimethInc. posted a very earnest thing in memory of him, arguing for his significance to all the people who had written him off (and anews people shit all over it just the same). CrimethInc. also never said a single syllable about Atassa, for good or ill.
ha, whooops, while I was
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 12:34
In reply to CrimethInc. is a kid-friendly by anon (not verified)
ha, whooops, while I was posting this comment, someone else had the same idea. Oh well
They called him a tireless
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 21:14
In reply to CrimethInc. is a kid-friendly by anon (not verified)
They called him a tireless polemicist. Imagine dying sudenly at 50-something, just to be referred to as a tireless sickhead. Almost as funny as lumpy confessing he can't make friends and he ruined his life and wasted his time. Fucking tears are delicious
*dickhead
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 21:15
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*dickhead
if i missed lumpy confess that during my
CalvinSmith (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 21:58
In reply to They called him a tireless by anon (not verified)
Troll hiatus, then i really have been wasting my life as a pathetic loser
Let St. Luigi inspire you!
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 22:32
In reply to if i missed lumpy confess that during my by CalvinSmith (not verified)
Let St. Luigi inspire you!
oh dude, he did! He inspired so many!
CalvinSmith (not verified) Sun, 12/22/2024 - 00:54
In reply to Let St. Luigi inspire you! by anon (not verified)
I even felt sorry for that CEO's kids (but obviously not anyone who was crying in the news about it). I probably felt more of a sense of joy about Matthew Crooks though, because he proved to the world that you don't have to be a card-carrying democrat to hate the clown man. I was hoping the imaginary Nintendo plumber wouldn't get caught, but my thought was "meh, this isn't going to have any effect on how much i hate doctors".
In fact, Matthew Crooks is a truly-american story of bravery: the rifle school told him he sucked, but he still tried to kill an ex-president anyways. Unbelievable! And he got his reward, he's not going to have to sit around and think about what he did like all of the rest of us hateful bastards....well, my parents were married, but you get what i'm sayin' dawg...
i feel that on such mis-interpretation friendly website, i
CalvinSmith (not verified) Sun, 12/22/2024 - 08:26
In reply to oh dude, he did! He inspired so many! by CalvinSmith (not verified)
should clarify this silly troll post I made: Luigi and Crooks are very similar kinds of "terrorists", "rebels", or "activists" in my eyes:
-they both were fairly young people clearly dissatisfied with their lives
-they both carried out very lucid acts of violence against "powerful" people
-their actions were both praised, and if Crooks had killed Trump, he would have gotten a lot more praise than Luigi did...
Differences:
-Luigi's attack was both more complex and successful: he exploited a vulnerability in shareholder meetings (i wonder how these will change as a result..._), built his own gun, successfully killed someone, and successfully escaped without being shot. He also did not execute his attack as a nihilist, but had a very well thought out ideological premise for his action.
Need i say more? Crooks was more of a nihilist, and according to the internet, he was also looking to take out biden.
You failed at two things here
anon (not verified) Sun, 12/22/2024 - 19:40
In reply to i feel that on such mis-interpretation friendly website, i by CalvinSmith (not verified)
You failed at two things here, Calvin Troll:
First off, Mangione is still a suspect. And the evidence that led to the cops arresting him was suspicious.
"-they both were fairly young people clearly dissatisfied with their lives"
If there's anything surprising with Mangione being the assassin -if he was-is that he's your typical wealthy Ivy League cool kid, so much it's farcical to have such a dude going full UNA Bomber. So if some gross structure planted in his spine is what caused him a breakdown, that makes sense... but to the point of killing a CEO? I dunno.
The tacit implication that
anon (not verified) Mon, 12/23/2024 - 02:43
In reply to You failed at two things here by anon (not verified)
The tacit implication that people with disabilities or chronic pain are more justified in these kinds of actions, and illicit more sympathy, is one of the most interesting angles of this story.
yeah, but i've watched a lot of "true crime" documentaries, and
CalvinSmith (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 08:02
In reply to You failed at two things here by anon (not verified)
the court of public opinion already convicted mangione. His innocence really doesn't look promising IMO, yet someone can always bring forth new evidence and suspects. People can do amazing things themselves, and to me, this ranks pretty high in terms of what a lone wolf assassin can do.
Plus, his backstory for doing this makes sense to me, so i can't save him if he's getting railroaded. That scenario, however, would be utterly unsurprising, and the police only railroad people as their job demands.
No, he was as "well thought
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 05:27
In reply to i feel that on such mis-interpretation friendly website, i by CalvinSmith (not verified)
No, he was as "well thought out ideological"(ly) as his eyebrows were, they stuck out like dog's balls! He was throwing out a narcissistic tantrum as his ultimate source of emotional vampirism, a wealthy white boy seething with negative vanity!
You ever read anarchic psychology, we don't think like Luigi!
so anarchists just passively usher themselves to the nearest
CalvinSmith (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 08:06
In reply to No, he was as "well thought by anon (not verified)
therapist?! I think you're making too big of a deal about the man children and the rich! It's possible to be an emotional vampire no matter your class, TK wasn't as privileged as this guy was, and his narcissistic tamtrum is probably going to live in people's minds for much longer.
Lol, he rEAllY thought it out
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 05:40
In reply to i feel that on such mis-interpretation friendly website, i by CalvinSmith (not verified)
Lol, he rEAllY thought it out, ---"Crooks attempted to join the school's rifle club, participating in "preseason", but was such a bad shot he was considered "dangerous", being rejected from the team and asked not to come back" --Wikipedia -- lol, his chances would have been better if he'd done the ol' banzai attack with a hand grenade!
yeah, i completely agree with you, anon, but Crooks did
CalvinSmith (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 07:28
In reply to Lol, he rEAllY thought it out by anon (not verified)
not seem to be in a lucid enough of frame-of-mind to get his hands on a grenade! It's kinda hard for some depressed and miserable white boy from conservative butt-fuck pennsylvania to become a suicide bomber. The muslims do that kinda shit because there's already some ideological hierarchy in those groups, and people who never rejected the abusive foundations of that religion don't have a hard time finding nihilists ready to die for some religious crap.
Ok on further extrospection I
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 16:28
In reply to yeah, i completely agree with you, anon, but Crooks did by CalvinSmith (not verified)
Ok on further extrospection I think you've described the complex value/ideological mentality of the shooters, and I think this is uniquely a Western personality type, Western in so far as the capitalist/consumerist society excludes young unemployed males who thus cannot maintain a competitive status amongst their peers, succumb to the materialistic depression which isolates them from the sexual physiological/psychological harmony that all humans yearn for. (Nope, not woke, just a realist). With youth, this condition festers and seethes and eventually explodes in testosterone fuelled demonstrations of violence including terminal selfharm. The muslim suicide bombers are also a variation of this socio-biological phenomena. Ever studied overcrowded rats in a cage, this happens with or without ideological/religious input. Have a good New Year.
you're really gonna try and
lumpy (not verified) Mon, 12/23/2024 - 09:27
In reply to They called him a tireless by anon (not verified)
you're really gonna try and run with that? that's what i said? post the link then lol
This is fantastic news. The
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 12:40
This is fantastic news. The new podcast actually reports on news from counter-info sites including clandestine actions in addition to less spicy stuff. That's all I ever wanted from IGD.
Anews next? Dead whale or
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 21:10
Anews next? Dead whale or sunk boat
No website is "dead" for as
anon (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 21:39
In reply to Anews next? Dead whale or by anon (not verified)
No website is "dead" for as long as people keep reading it... and commenting on it,
but still, commentor's post still
CalvinSmith (not verified) Sat, 12/21/2024 - 21:54
In reply to No website is "dead" for as by anon (not verified)
sounds like a hilarious news article.
Free Peppy!
anon (not verified) Sun, 12/22/2024 - 08:51
Free Peppy!
Just posted from IGD's
anon (not verified) Mon, 12/23/2024 - 01:17
Just posted from IGD's Mastodon:
Thanks to everyone's kind words. We do appreciate it.
A reminder: we are not dying, fading into the dark night, or doing a full-stop on media work.
We will continue to run this account and work on a variety of media projects, however at the current moment, we aren't able to do IGD as a web based platform and podcast at the same rate as we have in the past, and we feel like we owe it to folks to give you all a heads up about that.
The media landscape for autonomous anti-capitalist and anti-colonial projects has really shifted in the last few years, with people doing less 'report-back' style journalism and more just posting onto social media.
This reality requires people willing to slog through the swamp so to speak to bring the rest of us a report on what's going on and also reaching out to organizers on the front-lines for interviews, etc. We feel like IGD helped do this well, but it is very time consuming. We also feel the shift from reporting and having space for movement dialog and talking about social struggles and critiquing our lived realities has been replaced with more 'reaction' style content generation - which is a mixed bag.
There's also been a drop off in people from autonomous movements attempting to have a wider conversation with the rest of society - but if recent events are any indication, people are angry and fed up. If we don't speak to them, someone else will.
As people that both make and consume a lot of media, let's think about how to fill these voids.
can we finally call it a day
EmmaAintDead Mon, 12/23/2024 - 14:13
In reply to Just posted from IGD's by anon (not verified)
can we finally call it a day and just put IGD in the "not anarchist" category now? cause "autonomous anti-capitalist and anti-colonial project" is a whole lot of dancing to avoid the (A)-word.
Do you need other people's
anon (not verified) Mon, 12/23/2024 - 14:16
In reply to can we finally call it a day by EmmaAintDead
Do you need other people's permission to call it a day EmmaAintDead? I believe in you, you can do it without external validation. You can do it!
Congratulation!
Now what will you do with all the extra time?
HeeHaw
the world is incredibly
EmmaAintDead Mon, 12/23/2024 - 14:19
In reply to Do you need other people's by anon (not verified)
the world is incredibly frightening and i am immobilized by the concept of being perceived. it is all so much easier when my thinking is done for me. it all feels softer when my hand is held.
will you hold my hand, anon? now that igd isn't there to do it anymore?
Witness!
Warboy (not verified) Mon, 12/23/2024 - 14:23
In reply to the world is incredibly by EmmaAintDead
Witness!
I'm gonna give you at least 3
anon (not verified) Tue, 12/24/2024 - 05:14
In reply to can we finally call it a day by EmmaAintDead
I'm gonna give you at least 3 dollars if you stop crying about It's Going Down.
i like that communique better than many of their podcasts and
CalvinSmith (not verified) Mon, 12/23/2024 - 14:51
In reply to Just posted from IGD's by anon (not verified)
essays, but it still sounds like boring altruism. "let us tend to the marginalized"
Some criticism from twitter
anon (not verified) Mon, 12/23/2024 - 04:18
Igd says (correctly) ppl and movements should build their own media, lists projects but doesnt list a single counter info site. Leaving with one final disappointment.
https://xcancel.com/Gays_4_Galleani/status/1870248571578266029#m
90% of IGD was sharing articles, but that 10% of playing "More Anarchist Than Thou" while also promoting liberal ratfuckers, especially from elitist colleges was something else.
https://xcancel.com/Ergoat/status/1870275133606395950#m
Let all that “communities!” “neighbors!” “abolitionist!” bullshit find its grave alongside the very American poison of trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator.
https://xcancel.com/lilsteeptech/status/1870266402302579087#m
EXQUISITE VENOM
anon (not verified) Mon, 12/23/2024 - 05:18
In reply to Some criticism from twitter by anon (not verified)
EXQUISITE VENOM
EXQUISITE BULLSHIT
anon (not verified) Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:11
In reply to Some criticism from twitter by anon (not verified)
EXQUISITE BULLSHIT
SO-CALLED EXQUISITE
anon (not verified) Mon, 12/23/2024 - 16:11
In reply to EXQUISITE BULLSHIT by anon (not verified)
SO-CALLED EXQUISITE
mods are asleep
anon (not verified) Mon, 12/23/2024 - 17:58
In reply to SO-CALLED EXQUISITE by anon (not verified)
self-styled and self-proclaimed mesquite BBQ
This comment is just quoting
anon (not verified) Mon, 12/23/2024 - 20:24
In reply to Some criticism from twitter by anon (not verified)
This comment is just quoting the most terminally online Elon Musk lovers so we have to read their trash here too? Why?
"We" don't have to read
anon (not verified) Mon, 12/23/2024 - 21:05
In reply to This comment is just quoting by anon (not verified)
"We" don't have to read anything here, brah. "We" are free to not read anything here, brah. Go watch a porno!
Kind of a bad look not to
anon (not verified) Fri, 12/27/2024 - 04:00
In reply to Some criticism from twitter by anon (not verified)
Kind of a bad look not to reference ongoing media projects on the continent in their final send off, but after MANY years of just not publishing and on at least one occasion editing anonymous submissions they didn't like (or feared legal consequences of) publishing, they do now have a list of counter-info sites in their contact page.
The word from some anarcho
RIFFS_YEAH_RIGHT! (not verified) Fri, 12/27/2024 - 04:27
The word from some anarcho-friendly peeps on the Biden / Kamala team is that the incoming Trump admin have greenlighted a black ops hit squad to take out anybody who has anything to do with the IGD website. The situation was considered extremely serious to the point that representatives of a DEM-friendly faction of the FBI visited the more prominent members of IGD and advised them to publicly announce that IGD was going on hiatus in the hope that once Team Trump heard the news that the hit would be put on the back-burner for a while. Understandably everybody at IGD are pretty freaked out but are putting on a brave public face as they don't want the nationwide movement fracturing and scattering in fear before the battle to depose Trump even begins. All IGD staff have now been given new identities along with corresponding identification and have been relocated to safe-houses in DEM-friendly US states whilst the more prominent staff members have been relocated to either Canada or Australia. Some DEM-Allied Black Ops veterans who assisted members of the Weather Underground Organization back in the day have come out of retirement to help coordinate what is looking to be an IGD-led Anti-Trump Underground Resistance. Stay tuned for more updates soon boppers.
... boppers?!
lumpy (not verified) Fri, 12/27/2024 - 09:04
In reply to The word from some anarcho by RIFFS_YEAH_RIGHT! (not verified)
... boppers?!
man you gotta watch the
EmmaAintDead Fri, 12/27/2024 - 09:08
In reply to ... boppers?! by lumpy (not verified)
man you gotta watch the warriors ASAP
ohhh thank you! i remember
lumpy (not verified) Fri, 12/27/2024 - 09:11
In reply to man you gotta watch the by EmmaAintDead
ohhh thank you! i remember now haha
i will rewatch because it's been too long
Wait... that's an awesome
anon (not verified) Fri, 12/27/2024 - 10:41
In reply to The word from some anarcho by RIFFS_YEAH_RIGHT! (not verified)
Wait... that's an awesome Netflix premise. Is there a trailer yet?
Moving much further forward a
RIFFS_YEAH_RIGHT! (not verified) Sat, 12/28/2024 - 04:32
In reply to Wait... that's an awesome by anon (not verified)
Moving much further forward a Netflix limited series is definitely part of the long-term strategy or so we've heard!
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