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title: The Hotwire #10: October 25, 2017
subtitle: Anti-fascism in Gainesville, J20 trials, anarchist Kurds against capitalist wars
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[**Listen here.**](https://crimethinc.com/podcast/hotwire-10) In this [Hotwire](https://crimethinc.com/podcast/) we have three different interviews about the [alt-right’s defeat in Gainesville](https://itsgoingdown.org/gainesville-media-murder-complete-alt-right-failure/). As democratic confederalist Kurdish forces in Rojava are beating back ISIS, the nationalist, capitalist Kurdish Regional Government in Iraq is threatening civil war with the Iraqi military. In response, [Kurdish anarchists speak out against war and the state](https://insurrectionnewsworldwide.com/2017/10/19/kurdish-speaking-anarchist-forum-no-to-state-no-to-war-yes-for-self-administration-the-social-revolution/). The discovery of Santiago Maldonado’s body in Argentina has [sparked the fiercest clashes with police](https://insurrectionnewsworldwide.com/2017/10/23/argentina-santiago-maldonado-presente/) that the South American country has seen in years. Some good news: the first J20 political prisoner is [about to be released](http://www.dclegalposse.org/dane-powell-is-coming-home/); but [hundreds more are awaiting trial](https://www.thenation.com/article/the-prosecution-of-inauguration-day-protesters-is-a-threat-to-dissent/) and facing years in prison. Listen until the end for announcements of anarchist bookfairs, anti-fascist action, and [east coast CrimethInc. speaking events](https://crimethinc.com/2017/10/23/from-democracy-to-freedom-presentations-in-philadelphia-richmond-and) this week.