The Beautiful Idea
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Podcast bringing your news and analysis on frontline autonomous struggles and social movements across the US and beyond from a distinctly anarchist perspective. Proud member of the Channel Zero Network (CZN). Listen and Subscribe: thebeautifulidea.show/
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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.
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"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 Montage: Interviews from the Filter Blockades and More
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thebeautifulidea.show
February 9, 2026 at 4:58 PM
"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-...
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Incredible coverage applicable everywhere
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...
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...
thebeautifulidea.show
February 8, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Incredible coverage applicable everywhere
"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 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...
thebeautifulidea.show
February 9, 2026 at 4:58 PM
"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-...
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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.
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.
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.
crimethinc.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:35 AM
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.
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.
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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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@iwriteok.bsky.social's keynote speech for the Japanese American National Museum on combatting authoritarianism in the modern world.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
February 5, 2026 at 9:53 PM
New It Could Happen Here
@iwriteok.bsky.social's keynote speech for the Japanese American National Museum on combatting authoritarianism in the modern world.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
@iwriteok.bsky.social's keynote speech for the Japanese American National Museum on combatting authoritarianism in the modern world.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
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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...
Or the 2020 panel he did with IDOCWatch (plus a followup Q&A)
thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/05...
February 6, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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...
Or the 2020 panel he did with IDOCWatch (plus a followup Q&A)
thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/05...
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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...
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...
Fires In the Distance During Dark Days: One Year of Trump 2.0
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In this episode we sit down with a member...
thebeautifulidea.show
January 26, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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...
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...
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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...
thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/02...
February 2, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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...
thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/02...
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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...
Fires In the Distance During Dark Days: One Year of Trump 2.0
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In this episode we sit down with a member...
thebeautifulidea.show
January 27, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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...
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“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 🔥
this episode is 🔥
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...
Fires In the Distance During Dark Days: One Year of Trump 2.0
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In this episode we sit down with a member...
thebeautifulidea.show
February 3, 2026 at 1:58 AM
“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 🔥
this episode is 🔥
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“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.”
ICYMI: Operational security nerds unite! thebeautifulidea.show/getting-oper...
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...
thebeautifulidea.show
February 3, 2026 at 2:15 AM
“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.”
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“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)
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...
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...
thebeautifulidea.show
February 3, 2026 at 3:40 AM
“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)
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January 28, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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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We have a bunch of new shows up! Check your podcast feed or download here: thebeautifulidea.show
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.
thebeautifulidea.show
January 28, 2026 at 7:05 PM
We have a bunch of new shows up! Check your podcast feed or download here: thebeautifulidea.show
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I listened to this, got to the end and immediately jumped back to the beginning. Everyone should listen to this imo
Everyone vs ICE: On the Ground in Minnesota
Important episode & reporting by @jamesstout.bsky.social & @margaret.bsky.social out now
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Important episode & reporting by @jamesstout.bsky.social & @margaret.bsky.social out now
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Everyone vs ICE: On the Ground In Minnesota
Podcast Episode · It Could Happen Here · 01/27/2026 · 57m
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January 27, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I listened to this, got to the end and immediately jumped back to the beginning. Everyone should listen to this imo
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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.
Masses of people are working together to organize mutual aid + community solidarity on a growing scale. A thread.
January 27, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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.
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!
Podcasts such as @beautifulidea.bsky.social and @coolzonemedia.bsky.social are also putting out interviews with activists on the ground to inform other organizers. thebeautifulidea.show/ice-vs-ice-o...
ICE vs Ice: On the Ground in Minneapolis
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In this episode, we speak with some organizers involved in anti-ICE resistance ...
thebeautifulidea.show
January 28, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Don't miss this episode interview on organizing in Minneapolis!
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...
Fires In the Distance During Dark Days: One Year of Trump 2.0
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In this episode we sit down with a member...
thebeautifulidea.show
January 27, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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...
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“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).”
Operational theory is often described as the space that exists between strategy (large-scale movements over time) and tactics (the immediate techniques of fighting).”
ICYMI: Operational security nerds unite! thebeautifulidea.show/getting-oper...
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...
thebeautifulidea.show
January 23, 2026 at 11:32 PM
“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).”
Operational theory is often described as the space that exists between strategy (large-scale movements over time) and tactics (the immediate techniques of fighting).”
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Excited to give a re-listen to this chat with @breachdigest.bsky.social about conflict and strategy
ICYMI: Operational security nerds unite! thebeautifulidea.show/getting-oper...
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...
thebeautifulidea.show
January 23, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Excited to give a re-listen to this chat with @breachdigest.bsky.social about conflict and strategy
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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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ICYMI: Operational security nerds unite! thebeautifulidea.show/getting-oper...
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...
thebeautifulidea.show
January 23, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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
bsky.app/profile/beau...
bsky.app/profile/beau...
ICYMI: Operational security nerds unite! thebeautifulidea.show/getting-oper...
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...
thebeautifulidea.show
January 23, 2026 at 7:05 PM
ICYMI: Operational security nerds unite! thebeautifulidea.show/getting-oper...
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...
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...
thebeautifulidea.show
January 23, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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...
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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.
January 23, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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.
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Really interesting, new episode of the @beautifulidea.bsky.social podcast with two organizers involved in anti-ICE resistance in #Minneapolis
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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...
zencastr.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Really interesting, new episode of the @beautifulidea.bsky.social podcast with two organizers involved in anti-ICE resistance in #Minneapolis
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