Contents:

The Hot Wire [1:35]

People’s Climate March [9:49]

Listener Feedback [22:16]

Anarchist Struggles in Chile: History and Context [29:45]

Anarchism in Villa Francia: Interview with Felipe [1:00:16]

The Anarchist Book and Propaganda Fair in Santiago: Interview with Kiwi and Nico [1:05:38]

Political Imprisonment in Chile: Interview with Felipe [1:13:31]

Next Week’s News [1:19:27]

Our discussion of the history and background context of anarchism in Chile draws heavily on the 2009 article “Chile: From Popular Power to Social War,” which appeared in Rolling Thunder #8, along with contemporary updates.

One of the best sources about the history and contemporary reality of anarchist struggle in Chile can be found in the documentary The Chicago Conspiracy by our friends at Subversive Action Films. Tune in next episode for a full review of the film on the Chopping Block.

For contemporary reports on anarchism in Chile, see HommoDolars (counter-information in Spanish); you can find translations of many communiques and reports on actions via the blogs War on Society, Contra Info, and 325. Felipe, who we interviewed, is part of Social Communication Productions.

To learn more about the Mapuche struggle, see the Chile Bolivia Wallmapu blog, especially the article “The Intensification of Independence in Wallmapu”.

For more on Chile’s economy: the article “Anatomy of an Economic Miracle” from Black Flag Magazine in 1999 critiques Chile’s neoliberal experiment that was so admired by free market pundits. Naomi Klein expands on these themes in her 2007 bestseller The Shock Doctrine, which is well worth a read. An Al-Jazeera feature from last year titled “The Other Side of Chile’s ‘Economic Miracle’” grounds these critiques in contemporary realities.

To learn more about the resistance to environmental destruction at the ZAD du Testet in southeastern France, check out the occupation’s blog, this short film in French, and the latest episode of The Final Straw, which features an interview with folks from the occupation. For news about the original Zone a Defendre (ZAD) anti-airport occupation in Notre-Dame-des-Landres, stay posted to zad.nadir.org.

PLEASE TAKE A MINUTE TO READ this newly updated Cell Phone Guide for US Protestors from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It gives extremely useful suggestions about pre-protest preparations, encryption, court cases and legal precedents, what to do if arrested, and so forth. The more you know, the less they know!

Kansas City anarchist Eric King has been arrested for an alleged attack with Molotov cocktails on a politician’s office. You can write to Eric at this address: Eric King #27090045

CCA Leavenworth

100 Highway Terrace

Leavenworth, KS 66048

Luke O’Donovan was recently transferred to the Georgia prison where he will serve the rest of his two year sentence for defending himself during a homophobic attack. Here is his mailing address: Luke Patrick O’Donovan

#1001372271

Washington State Prison

P.O. Box 206

Davisboro, GA 31018

This news broke too late to make it into this episode, but our fellow CrimethInc. Ex-Workers are finishing up a hugely ambitious new multimedia outreach project, To Change Everything, intended to introduce anarchist ideas to a broad audience. The centerpiece of the project is a 48-page pamphlet, of which our fellow Ex-Workers plan to print 100,000 copies to distribute for free. They are currently raising the funds for this via a Kickstarter campaign; learn more here, and help out if you can!