Welcome, to This Is America, November 13th, 2022.
First, we speak with someone behind the Fediverse zine about the growth of Mastodon, the dumpster fire currently surrounding Twitter in the wake of billionaire Elon Musk taking over, and how anarchists are building up an alternative to the corporate platforms.
We then switch to our discussion, where we are joined by John Zerzan of Anarchy Radio, where we discuss everything from ocean die-offs to the proliferation of mass shootings.
All this and more, but first, let’s get to the news!
Living and Fighting
Class War
As price gouging and the explosion in corporate profits continues to drive inflation, rent strikes by tenants and strikes by Starbucks workers and others continue across the so-called US, as education workers in Canada have launched a series of wildcat strikes and graduate student workers across the University of California system are set to strike next week.
