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title: The Hotwire #14: November 22, 2017
subtitle: Olympia blockade—J20 opening statements—Build the Base call to action
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[**Listen here.**](https://crimethinc.com/podcast/hotwire-14) This week’s episode is packed with resistance news from across Turtle Island and beyond. Struggles led by water protectors [against gas and oil infrastructure](https://itsgoingdown.org/water-protectors-shut-wisconsin-line-3-construction-warn-enbridge-stay-minnesota/) are happening, seemingly, everywhere. This past week, [students have been busy](https://libcom.org/news/texas-school-students-walk-out-over-teacher-racism-16112017), while prisoners have not. We have a brief update on [the work stoppage and Holman Prison](https://anarchylive.noblogs.org/post/2017/11/15/ongoing-work-strike-at-holman-prison/). We also have interviews with a comrade at [the anti-fracking blockade in Olympia, WA](https://itsgoingdown.org/audio-report-behind-anti-fracking-blockade-olympia/), and with a [J20](http://defendj20resistance.org/) supporter about the trials that have just begun. Stay tuned until the end for CrimethInc.’s call for January 20, 2018: [“Build the Base, Take the Initiative. A Call to Expand Our Capacity.”](https://crimethinc.com/2017/11/15/january-20-2018-build-the-base-take-the-initiative-a-call-to-expand-our-capacity)