Welcome back to The Beautiful Idea, a new project from a collective of several anarchist and autonomous media producers scattered around the world. We’re bringing you interviews and stories from the front-lines of autonomous social movements and struggles, as well as original commentary and analysis.

On today’s show we feature our Behind the Barricades roundup of movement news, events, and updates. We then speak with Autumn from Nor Cal Resist [https://www.norcalresist.org/], about the looming threat of mass deportations and then look at the attempt by the incoming Trump administration to consolidate executive power. We then sit down with a member of the Black Rose Anarchist Federation [https://www.blackrosefed.org/] in Los Angeles, to talk about the unfolding ecological disaster in Southern California and how mutual aid groups are mobilizing [https://itsgoingdown.org/report-from-los-angeles-mutual-aid-hubs-fires/].

Music: Seaside Tryst, [https://seasidetryst.bandcamp.com/album/different-places] Breakaway [https://breakawaybreakaway.bandcamp.com/album/hiding-out-in-the-open], Evolve "Reality Guerilla" [https://evolve23.bandcamp.com/album/reality-guerrilla] and "Nightmares/Dreams [https://evolve23.bandcamp.com/album/reality-guerrilla]," and David Sandström "1968 [https://youtu.be/l7a_iHQXmjg?si=q9eLE0EBiDPbe1A0]."

The Beautiful Idea: Mass Deportations Loom as Trump Moves to Amass Power; LA Mutual Aid Groups Organize as Fires Burn

On this episode of The Beautiful Idea, with the second Trump administration only weeks away, we sit down to speak with two anarchist authors and thinkers, Peter Gelderloos and Prince Shakur.

Peter is the author of such classics as How Non-Violence Protects the State [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-how-nonviolence-protects-the-state]and Worshiping Power [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-worshipping-power], and also has recently published two new books, They Will Beat the Memory Out of Us [https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745349770/they-will-beat-the-memory-out-of-us/] and Organization, Continuity, Community [https://detritusbooks.com/products/organization-community-continuity-by-peter-gelderloos]. Peter is also currently publishing on substack [https://petergelderloos.substack.com/].

Prince Shakur [https://www.princeshakur.com/] is an organizer, author, and one of two hosts who run The Dugout [https://thedugout.carrd.co/], a Black anarchist podcast which you can check out here [https://thedugout.carrd.co/] and follow on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/dugoutpodcast/]. Shakur is also the author of When They Tell You To Be Good [https://bookshop.org/p/books/when-they-tell-you-to-be-good-a-memoir-prince-shakur/18299855?ean=9781953534422].

During our episode we speak with both Peter and Prince about their thoughts on the coming Trump administration and how people involved in social movements and struggles should ready themselves and their communities. Is it fair to call Trump a fascist and what can we expect from the incoming administration? What cracks can we see forming within the ruling order going forward, and what opportunities and challenges do autonomous rebels face in this new terrain?

Episode 2:  Peter Gelderloos and Prince Shakur

On today's show we feature our Behind the Barricades roundup of movement news, events, and updates, along with a look at the recent media explosion following the shooting of a United Healthcare CEO in New York.

We then speak with someone involved in a new campaign to support Stop Cop City defendants facing both RICO and domestic terrorism charges.

Finally, we speak with a long-time anarchist to look back on the historic mobilization against the World Trade Organization in Seattle in 1999.

Music featuring:
Seaside Tryst @ https://seasidetryst.bandcamp.com/album/different-places
Gary Lamaar, "Freedom Rap" (garylamaar.bandcamp.com [https://garylamaar.bandcamp.com/album/rejuvenation-ep])

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Bill Worthington

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