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title: The Hotwire #17: February 7th, 2018
subtitle: ZAD interview—anarcho-syndicalism isn’t for losers—anti-pope actions in Chile
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[**Listen here.**](https://crimethinc.com/podcast/hotwire-17) The first episode of our new season! This week we run down the list of antifascist confrontations from [San Diego](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sd-officer-punched-20180203-story.html) to [Olympia, Washington](https://itsgoingdown.org/patriot-prayer-back-olympia-february-2nd-report-back/). We also share a call for [opposing Richard Spencer in Lansing, Michigan](https://www.facebook.com/StopSpencerMSU/) on March 5. [Fast food workers](https://itsgoingdown.org/burgerville-strike-spreads-four-stores-three-day-strike-ends/) in Portland, [sex workers](https://itsgoingdown.org/fighting-back-police-raids-new-orleans-strip-clubs/) in New Orleans, and [Uber drivers](http://blackrosefed.org/indonesian-uber-drivers-fight-back-with-anarcho-syndicalism/) in Indonesia are all getting organized. Camille, Camille, and Camille from the ZAD explain their [complicated victory](https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/dec/28/end-of-la-zad-frances-utopian-anti-airport-community-faces-bitter-last-stand) over the planned airport at Notre-Dame-des-Landes, and Flint Arthur from [Stand With Afrin](https://www.facebook.com/StandWithAfrin/) phones in with an update on [the Turkish assault on Rojava](https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2018/02/04/sores-ronahi-on-turkish-assaults-on-afrin-canton-rojava-syria/). Stay tuned until the Repression Roundup to hear about a new wave of repression against [humanitarian aid workers on the US-Mexico border](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/24/us-immigration-activists-arizona-no-more-deaths-charged).
{February 7, 2018}