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"Death To The Dictator: Uprising & Repression in Iran (with Anarchism Perspective" and a photo of masked people posing with a torn-down poster of Khamenei

Aryanum of @anarshism.com talks about the recent uprisings and repression in Iran, the contribution of the last 9 years of protest, monarchist attempts to seize the momentum and the role of religion in the power of the regime

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ICYMI: Organizers in New Orleans talk about pushing back against ICE. Check it out here!

Mutual Aid as Prevention: Resisting ICE in New Orleans Mutual Aid as Prevention Resisting ICE in New OrleansMutual Aid as Prevention Resisting ICE in New Orleans.mp352 MBdownload-circleMutual Aid as Prevention Resisting ICE in New Orleans0:00/2289.6849171...

New episode out now!

"We speak with an organizer based in New Orleans about the community’s efforts to confront ICE during a special operation that took place there in December of 2025." thebeautifulidea.show/mutual-aid-a...

Minneapolis Montage: Interviews from the Filter Blockades and More Minneapolis Montage Interviews from the Filter Blockades and MoreMinneapolis Montage Interviews from the Filter Blockades and More.mp357 MBdownload-circleMinneapolis Montage Interviews from the Filter...

"In this episode we talk to a variety of people on the ground in Minneapolis about their thoughts on the filter blockades and other things happening there currently relating to anti ICE resistance." thebeautifulidea.show/minneapolis-...

Incredible coverage applicable everywhere

Minneapolis Montage: Interviews from the Filter Blockades and More Minneapolis Montage Interviews from the Filter Blockades and MoreMinneapolis Montage Interviews from the Filter Blockades and More.mp357 MBdownload-circleMinneapolis Montage Interviews from the Filter...

"In this episode we talk to a variety of people on the ground in Minneapolis about their thoughts on the filter blockades and other things happening there currently relating to anti ICE resistance." thebeautifulidea.show/minneapolis-...

Minneapolis Responds to ICE Committing Murder On January 7, 2026, an ICE agent murdered Renee Good. This is an account from a participant in the protests that broke out on scene of the murder.

Today marks one month since ICE mercenary Jonathan Ross murdered Renee Good.

It was not the first public execution ICE carried out. But because rapid responders caught it on film and angry locals forced ICE to withdraw after, there can be no question about what happened.

Resisting makes us safer.

New It Could Happen Here @iwriteok.bsky.social's keynote speech for the Japanese American National Museum on combatting authoritarianism in the modern world. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/what-must-be-done-the-battle-against-fascism-321137537

New It Could Happen Here

@iwriteok.bsky.social's keynote speech for the Japanese American National Museum on combatting authoritarianism in the modern world.

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Check out our 2018 biographical interview with Zolo to get some of his amazing back story in his own words: thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2018/09...

Or the 2020 panel he did with IDOCWatch (plus a followup Q&A)
thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/05...

Fires In the Distance During Dark Days: One Year of Trump 2.0 Fires In the Distance During Dark DaysFires In the Distance During Dark Days.mp3111 MBdownload-circleFires In the Distance During Dark Days0:00/4862.1191881× In this episode we sit down with a member...

New episode is out!

In this discussion I talk to a friend from @crimethinc.com about the past year, how we got here, and what strategic horizons may be open to us now.

The days have been dark, but the fires burning in the distance are getting brighter.

thebeautifulidea.show/fires-in-the...

a photo of TA militants playing chess in the front lines, February 2025 plus "TFSR 2-2-26 | Rojava Revolution In Peril: a perspective from Tekoşîna Anarşîst and a voice in Qamişlo"

Updates from a member of Tekoşîna Anarşîst and a heval in Qamişlo about the seige of Kobanê, SDF conflicts with the Syrian transitional government and defending the #Rojava Revolution

thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/02...

Fires In the Distance During Dark Days: One Year of Trump 2.0 Fires In the Distance During Dark DaysFires In the Distance During Dark Days.mp3111 MBdownload-circleFires In the Distance During Dark Days0:00/4862.1191881× In this episode we sit down with a member...

We sat down with someone from @crimethinc.com to talk about the past year, growing social movements in the streets, and the fight against a government hell bent on consolidating authoritarian violence and repression. thebeautifulidea.show/fires-in-the...

“To make sense of everything we have experienced over the last year we start with events that occurred almost 40 years ago, with the fall of the Soviet Union and the rise of neoliberalism to primacy.”

this episode is 🔥

“we will be sitting down with an editor for the upcoming publication BREACH Digest to talk a little bit about operational theory. We discuss what operational theory is, the history of anarchists studying the operational arts, and some resources that you can get into if you want to dig deeper.”

“Something has shifted fundamentally since those ICE vans got themselves looted…Now, the question becomes how communities assert autonomy, defend that autonomy from the state, and mobilize uncontrollable elements to help make that happen.” ~ @creativenothing.bsky.social (on fedi)

Rayhunter: Detecting Cell-Site Simulators (aka Stingrays) with Cooper Quintin | The Final Straw Radio Get more from The Final Straw Radio on Patreon

Join our patreon for $3+ per month and get early release content like this interview with Cooper Quintin of the Electronic Frontier Foundation ( @eff.org ) talking about open-source tools to detect cell-phone surveillance by law enforcement

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Fires In the Distance During Dark Days: One Year of Trump 2.0 Fires In the Distance During Dark DaysFires In the Distance During Dark Days.mp3111 MBdownload-circleFires In the Distance During Dark Days0:00/4862.1191881× In this episode we sit down with a member...

Should be a direct download link in the show notes on the podcast player and on the website, you can download directly here: thebeautifulidea.show/fires-in-the...

The Beautiful Idea The Beautiful Idea is a media project bringing you interviews, ideas, and stories from the frontlines of social movements and struggles, from a distinctly anarchist perspective.

We have a bunch of new shows up! Check your podcast feed or download here: thebeautifulidea.show

I listened to this, got to the end and immediately jumped back to the beginning. Everyone should listen to this imo

Sign reading "FUCK ICE" flys on flag in Minneapolis after murder of Renee Good.

"ILWU Local 34 members in the Bay Area commemorated the life of Renee Good by loading a ship with containers to spell her name. The ship then went to Tacoma, Washington." via Indybay.org

Students in California walkout against ICE.

Demonstrators in Chicago hold signs condemning ICE terror and murder. Person holds sign reading, "ICE murders Moms and Nurses" as others march with signs around them.

A general strike in Minneapolis. Student walkouts across the country. Demonstrations break out everywhere, organized by prisoners, workers, and youth - are all picking up speed.

Masses of people are working together to organize mutual aid + community solidarity on a growing scale. A thread.

Don't miss this episode interview on organizing in Minneapolis!

Fires In the Distance During Dark Days: One Year of Trump 2.0 Fires In the Distance During Dark DaysFires In the Distance During Dark Days.mp3111 MBdownload-circleFires In the Distance During Dark Days0:00/4862.1191881× In this episode we sit down with a member...

We sat down with someone from @crimethinc.com to talk about the past year, growing social movements in the streets, and the fight against a government hell bent on consolidating authoritarian violence and repression. thebeautifulidea.show/fires-in-the...

“We are stuck in a race between administrative authoritarianism and the collapse of the American state as we understand it…

Operational theory is often described as the space that exists between strategy (large-scale movements over time) and tactics (the immediate techniques of fighting).”

Excited to give a re-listen to this chat with @breachdigest.bsky.social about conflict and strategy

if you are also not sure why operational security might be necessary in zones of resistance like Minneapolis but you're not constitutionally incapable of not fighting literally anyone who talks to you about things, check this podcast out

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Getting Operational With It: A Discussion With BREACH Digest We are at a moment of impasse, a time where political spaces and dynamics are shifting drastically. In the past months we have seen military units deploy to streets, the DOJ get used as an overt weapo...

ICYMI: Operational security nerds unite! thebeautifulidea.show/getting-oper...

ICE vs Ice: On the Ground in Minneapolis In this episode, we speak with some organizers involved in anti-ICE resistance at the peak of the show-downs in Minneapolis, one week after ICE agents killed Renee Good, and 20 minutes after Julio Ces...

As students across the country walkout and a general strike roars in #Minneapolis as part of ongoing #ICEOut actions, we sat down with grassroots organizers in the twin cities to talk about the nuts and bolts of resisting authoritarian ethnic-cleaning. thebeautifulidea.show/ice-vs-ice-o...

Today is #ICEout day in MN with high temps reaching -11°F & masses are protesting at MSP Airport while hundreds are outside the Whipple Fed Building. On one side a blockade prevents ICE vehicles from driving thru while ice balls are thrown at vehicles on the other side. At least 2 arrests so far.

ICE vs Ice On the Ground in Minneapolis by @Bill Worthington In this episode, we speak with some organizers involved in anti-ICE resistance at the peak of the show-downs in Minneapolis, one week after ICE agents killed Renee Good, and 20 minutes after Julio Ces...

Really interesting, new episode of the @beautifulidea.bsky.social podcast with two organizers involved in anti-ICE resistance in #Minneapolis

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Check out a transcript of our interview on @htwvmag.bsky.social here!