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Learning from Chile's RevoltsOn October 18, 2019 - a breaking point was reached. Revolts spread like wildfire in different territories that are dominated by the state of Chile. What has been gained, and what has been lost? Who is writing the future and what is at stake? We translated and recorded an interview with Isa from Valparaìso, who reflects on the revolts, the frontlines, the Mapuche struggle, anarcho-feminism and the territorial assemblies.subMedia is entirely funded by our listeners ...

Greece's War on AnarchistsAt the beginning of March 2021, the streets of Athens exploded. After months of repressive lockdown measures and a hunger strike by well-known Greek political prisoner, Dimitris Koufontinas, the atmosphere was akin to a pressure cooker and the inevitable rupture was enormous, even by Greek standards.To gain some perspective on the goings on, we checked in with Tasos, an Anarchist from the Void Network. His interview touches on everything from the history and cu...

Peter Gelderloos on Counter Insurgency. In this episode we revisit an interview we did with Anarchist author, Peter Gelderloos, in 2017. He talks to us about the constant war being waged by states against their populations and gives an overview of how this played out in Spain during the police operations known as Pandora and Piñata. He also touches on the historical process of militarization which he explores fully in his book Worshipping Power: An Anarchist View of Early State Formation.For ...

The Enemy of My Enemy is Also My Enemy. In this episode, Sima Lee joins us to talk about Left responses (good, bad and ugly) to the Capitol Hill ordeal of Jan 6th 2021. She goes in depth on the essential and unseen parts of anti-fascist work, discusses the rise of Black anarchism in the United States and delves into some of the history of Maroon resistance.Sima is an anarchist MC, a member of the Maroon Movement as well as the Food, Clothing and Resistance Collective and is also a fellow...

In this episode we take one last parting swipe at Donald Trump by revisiting the riots that happened on his first day in office as well as the months long solidarity campaign which managed to beat the resulting charges. We revisit an interview with April Goggans from Black Lives Matter DC where she talks about stirring shit up on inauguration day, 2017 and also about the Defend J20 campaign which set the bar for collective legal defense moving forward.For a thorough chronology of the Defend J...

Make America Go Away: An Anarchist's Take on the 2020 US ElectionFor this episode we're featuring a conversation with anarchist theorist and author, Tom Nomad who sat down with us to talk about the fallout from the American election. He goes over the implications of a Biden administration for Anarchists and other Left militants as well as some predictions on how the new power structure will impact the alt-right.Just a heads up, we've made some digital alterations to Tom's voice which is why i...

For episode 2 of subMedia's new podcast, we've dug through our archives to Trouble#20: Inside Out and selected the full in depth conversation with Halifax based prison abolitionist El Jones. She walks us through the specific mechanisms of Canada's prison industrial complex and shares stories of the terrible conditions and inspiring resistance on the inside of Canadian jails, prisons and immigration detention centers.If you haven't seen the original episode or want to re watch it, head to http...

Content Warning: This episode has descriptions of police violence from 07:15-08:07.In our first ever episode, we meet up with Skyler Williams, spokesperson for the 1492 Land Back Lane reclamation camp just outside of Six Nations Reserve in the part of Turtle Island that Canada calls Ontario. He shares inspiring words about the initial occupation and reoccupation of the site after a police raid and then answers some of our questions about the historical context at Six Nations as well as some o...