The Ex-Worker

The Hotwire #17: ZAD interview—anarcho-syndicalism isn’t for losers—anti-pope actions in Chile

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The first episode of our new season! This week we run down the list of antifascist confrontations from San Diego to Olympia, Washington. We also share a call for opposing Richard Spencer in Lansing, Michigan on March 5. Fast food workers in Portland, sex workers in New Orleans, and Uber drivers in Indonesia are all getting organized. Camille, Camille, and Camille from the ZAD explain their complicated victory over the planned airport at Notre-Dame-des-Landes, and Flint Arthur from Stand With Afrin phones in with an update on the Turkish assault on Rojava. Stay tuned until the Repression Roundup to hear about a new wave of repression against humanitarian aid workers on the US-Mexico border. {February 7, 2018}   -------SHOW NOTES------   Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {2:05} Turkish military’s assault on Rojava {8:00} Chilean resistance to the Pope’s visit {10:00} J20—where things stand a year later {13:25} The ZAD beat the airport! {20:05} Repression Roundup {27:50} Next Week’s News