Notices by It's Going Down (igd_news@kolektiva.social)

Activists in solidarity with #Palestine have published new website calling for actions on April 15th.

"The global economy is complicit in genocide. Join participating cities in blocking the arteries of capitalism and jamming the wheels of production."

They state demonstrations are already planned in many major US cities.

Website found at: https://www.a15action.com/

Billboard for #AaronBushnell put up in the bay area.

Recent anti-war banner drop in #Seattle as protests oppose trade show of weapons contractors. https://pugetsoundanarchists.org/anti-boeing-banner-drop-seattle/

Antifascists have unmasked the creator behind the white supremacist 'StoneToss" comics.

They document his direct ties to the neo-Nazi movement in the US - with StoneToss even attending a meet-up with members of Patriot Front.

https://accollective.noblogs.org/post/2024/03/12/stonetoss-redpanels/

Report from @eff and @indybay on beating attempt by police in #SanFrancisco to get information on IP addresses and text messages related to anonymous post.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/victory-eff-helps-resist-unlawful-warrant-and-gag-order-issued-independent-news

Anti-war demonstrators broke windows and shut down a talk from a leading member of a far-Right think-tank, the Kohelet Policy Forum, which is linked to far-Right parties in Israel, the Netanyahu government and the Republican party. Event was scheduled to be held at UC Berkeley in the bay area of #California.

#Palestine #FreePalestine #Ceasefire #CeasefireNow #FreeGaza #Gaza

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2024/02/27/uc-berkeley-israeli-speaker-protest

Online trolls are predictably spreading around a fake screenshot, claiming it is from Aaron Bushnell's Reddit account, and states that Palestine will be free only "when all the Jews are dead."

This is a fabrication and a fake. Don't get fooled and don't share.

"Food Not Bombs Houston, the organization that has been ticketed 90 times over the last year for providing free meals to homeless individuals near City Hall, has declared victory after a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction.

U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen granted two orders Wednesday essentially telling the City of Houston to stop citing volunteers with the organization, at least for now."

https://abc13.com/food-not-bombs-wins-injunction-houston-volunteers-ticketed-for-feeding-homeless-downtown-free-meals-near-city-hall/14426341/

"When the managers of a small bookstore in this Appalachian mountain town received a call from a distributor wondering if they could take in 22,000 books rejected by a Florida school district, it felt like a colossal ask.

At the book-packing event, volunteers dropped surprise gifts in each box — a sticker that says, “Trash Fascism Not Books,” and a small paper pamphlet that looks like a coloring book titled “I Am a Unicorn and I like to Fight: A Kid’s Guide to Standing up to Fascism and Bullies.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/10/florida-book-ban-duval-schools/

"Oklahoma’s culture war-obsessed superintendent has appointed professional harasser Chaya Raichik — of the account Libs of TikTok — to the state’s Department of Education Library Media Advisory Committee.

Raichik’s activity has been linked to bomb threats against schools and hospitals, and intimidation campaigns against those featured in her content."

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/chaya-raichik-libs-tiktok-oklahoma-schools-committee-1234952518/

Antifascists have exposed a long-time neo-Nazi organizer in #Pennsylvania as being connected to pro-Trump groups and having participated in the attempted coup in DC on January 6th.

Read more here: https://jerseycounterinfo.noblogs.org/nj-hate-watch-white-lives-matter-pa-leader-and-unidentified-j6-rioter-insider-140-evan-plumlee/

Yesterday, protesters shut down the massive I-5 freeway in #Seattle, backing up traffic for 6 miles for hours. Protesters in cars and on foot blocked traffic while supporters marched to the site in support.

Following nearly ten years of incarceration and numerous attempts by the State to frame, murder, and break him - anarchist prisoner Eric King has now been released and is headed to a half-way house.

Imprisoned for taking direct action in solidarity with the Ferguson uprising, Eric King survived everything from COVID, to attacks by neo-Nazi prisoners, and years of abuse and torture from guards.

More info with ways to support Eric in his post-release here: https://itsgoingdown.org/anarchist-prisoner-eric-king-released-to-halfway-house-after-ten-years/

Just as Republicans and Democrats in the House of Representatives are pushing through a resolution that literally defines antisemitism as being opposed to Zionism - Republicans in #Texas REJECTED a resolution condemning antisemitism and the neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes, after local journalists exposed the white supremacists meeting with a Republican linked Political Action Committees (PAC).

Republicans, backed by the vast majority of the Democratic Party, are thus defining antisemitism not as hatred of Jews, holocaust denial, and the "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory, but instead, opposition to the State of Israel and its genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians.

Demonstrators in solidarity with #Palestine are shutting down events organized by #Democrats, occupying university halls, and much more. Check out our latest roundup here:

https://itsgoingdown.org/solidarity-palestine-protests-student-occupations/

Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine rocked a red and black #IWW hat as Rage Against the Machine was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He said:

"Rage is not here, but you are. The job we set out to do is not over. Now you are the ones that must testify. If you've got a boss, join a union. If you're a student, start an underground paper. If you're an anarchist throw a brick, if you're a soldier...follow your conscience, not your orders."

Repression is constant. It is a strategy employed by the State - not in response to "violence" or actual threats to the public, but in order to police and attack movements from below that threaten the ability of power and capital to rule and police us.

"The emails show that, from 2016 to 2023, the Medford Police Department coordinated heavy-handed police responses to peaceful rallies and protests, tracked activist groups’ social media pages, and consistently treated typical, First Amendment-protected activity as a potential crime worthy of law enforcement scrutiny."

https://theintercept.com/2023/11/08/oregon-police-surveillance-protests-activists/

As the death toll in #Gaza / #Palestine hits 10,000 and Israeli forces surround Gaza City, hundreds of thousands hit the streets, as direct action campaigns and actions targeting weapons companies and logistics take shape across the US.

Check our roundup here: https://itsgoingdown.org/blockades-demonstrations-and-direct-actions-continue-in-solidarity-with-palestine/

Neo-Nazis across the US are attempting to embed themselves within rallies in support of #Palestine. But fascists aren't 'anti-war' or in 'solidarity' with Palestinians - they're white supremacists attempting to use the movement as a way to mainstream their anti-Semitic and racist conspiracy theories. They don't oppose settler-colonialism or State violence - its at the heart of their entire political project.

https://itsgoingdown.org/neo-nazi-groups-are-attempting-to-worm-their-way-into-rallies-against-the-war-on-gaza/

Local antifascist activists are calling for a counter-protest in Brooklyn against gender fascists on October 26th.