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title: The Hotwire #41: October 17, 2018
subtitle: Proud Boys assaults—Hurricane Michael autonomous relief—squats and rent strikes
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[**Listen here.**](https://crimethinc.com/podcast/hotwire-41) Our features for this Hotwire are interviews about the Proud Boys attacks in [New York City](https://itsgoingdown.org/metropolitan-anarchist-coordinating-council-statement-on-proud-boy-attack/) and [Portland, Oregon](https://twitter.com/AmericanSHARP1/status/1051433279394480128), and we have an interview about autonomous relief after [Hurricane Michael](https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2018/10/14/mutual-aid-in-the-wake-of-hurricane-michael/), which is also seeing organizing from neo-confederate fascists. We have a whirlwind of headlines from around the world, with [breast-baring feminists burning barricades](https://www.clarin.com/sociedad/kirchnerismo-izquierda-coparon-marcha-mujeres-transformaron-acto-gobierno_0_sR1rUMtz4.html) in Argentina, squatters from [Ireland](https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/housing-protesters-occupy-airbnb-offices-in-dublin-protest-37416786.html) to [Germany](https://en-contrainfo.espiv.net/2018/10/12/hambach-forest-we-squatted-manheim/), and indigenous resistance in [Canada](https://earthfirstjournal.org/newswire/2018/10/12/grassy-narrows-land-declaration-bans-all-industrial-logging/). Connor Stevens of the [Cleveland 4](http://www.cleveland4solidarity.org/) is getting out soon, Jalil Muntaqim could use letters of support for his [parole hearing](https://www.freejalil.com/), and we have [calls to action from the L’eau Est La Vie anti-pipeline camp](https://itsgoingdown.org/stop-bayou-bridge-pipeline-call-to-disrupt-and-protest-bank-recruitment-events/), plus much more! Send us news, events, or ideas on how our show can better serve anarchist activity in your town by emailing us at [podcast@crimethinc.com](mailto:podcast@crimethinc.com).