Robert and James are joined  by Steven Monacelli and Snow from Yellow Peril Tactical to discuss a recent Cato Institute panel on armed groups, and the history of armed resistance to white supremacy

Robert and James are joined  by Steven Monacelli and Snow from Yellow Peril Tactical to discuss a recent Cato Institute panel on armed groups, and the history of armed resistance to white supremacy

It Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens, and an exploration of how we might build a better future. Every day Robert Evans, Garrison Davis, Mia Wong, and James Stout take you on a jaunty walk through the burning ruins of the old world and towards a better one that lays just on the horizon.

It Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens, and an exploration of how we might build a better future. Every day Robert Evans, Garrison Davis, Mia Wong, and James Stout take you on a jaunty walk through the burning ruins of the old world and towards a better one that lays just on the horizon.

It Could Happen Here

The Cato institute Guns, and the Left

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Andrew and James talk about the idea of “normalcy” and the bias towards it.

 

 

Andrew and James talk about the idea of &ldquo;normalcy&rdquo; and the bias towards it.
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Normalcy feat. Andrew

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Garrison explains why the online right are memeing about a penguin who fled its colony to march to its own death, and how this deranged penguin reflects fascism as a suicidal state.

Sources:

Paul Virilio, “The Suicidal State,” in J. DerDerian, ed. The Virilio Reader

https://files.libcom.org/files/A%20Thousand%20Plateaus.pdf 

https://contactos.tome.press/welcome-to-the-suicidal-state/ 

https://jacobin.com/2024/10/death-drive-trump-freud-liberalism 

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trumps-penguin-breaks-internet-sends-left-frenzy

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/penguin-walking-toward-mountain-nihilist-penguin

https://trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/what-is-the-nihilist-penguin-meme-why-a-video-of-a-penguin-walking-toward-a-mountain-from-a-werner-herzog-film-is-going-viral-explained 

https://x.com/DOWResponse/status/2014869279850496358 

https://x.com/HHSGov/status/2014772131242877320?s=20 

https://x.com/policylaila/status/2015359679279337808 

https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2015068422980182214 

https://x.com/RepMikeCollins/status/1954555969515450790 

Garrison explains why the online right are memeing about a penguin who fled its colony to march to its own death, and how this deranged penguin reflects fascism as a suicidal state.
Sources:
Paul Virilio, &ldquo;The Suicidal State,&rdquo; in J. DerDerian, ed. The Virilio Reader
<a href="https://files.libcom.org/files/A%20Thousand%20Plateaus.pdf">https://files.libcom.org/files/A%20Thousand%20Plateaus.pdf</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://contactos.tome.press/welcome-to-the-suicidal-state/">https://contactos.tome.press/welcome-to-the-suicidal-state/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://jacobin.com/2024/10/death-drive-trump-freud-liberalism">https://jacobin.com/2024/10/death-drive-trump-freud-liberalism</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trumps-penguin-breaks-internet-sends-left-frenzy">https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trumps-penguin-breaks-internet-sends-left-frenzy</a> 
<a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/penguin-walking-toward-mountain-nihilist-penguin">https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/penguin-walking-toward-mountain-nihilist-penguin</a> 
<a href="https://trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/what-is-the-nihilist-penguin-meme-why-a-video-of-a-penguin-walking-toward-a-mountain-from-a-werner-herzog-film-is-going-viral-explained">https://trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/what-is-the-nihilist-penguin-meme-why-a-video-of-a-penguin-walking-toward-a-mountain-from-a-werner-herzog-film-is-going-viral-explained</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/DOWResponse/status/2014869279850496358">https://x.com/DOWResponse/status/2014869279850496358</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/HHSGov/status/2014772131242877320?s=20">https://x.com/HHSGov/status/2014772131242877320?s=20</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/policylaila/status/2015359679279337808">https://x.com/policylaila/status/2015359679279337808</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2015068422980182214">https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2015068422980182214</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/RepMikeCollins/status/1954555969515450790">https://x.com/RepMikeCollins/status/1954555969515450790</a>&nbsp;

Why Fascists Have Adopted A Suicidal Penguin as a Mascot

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Margaret continues to read you excerpts from a book explaining the ins and outs of mutual aid

Margaret continues to read you excerpts from a book explaining the ins and outs of mutual aid

CZM Book Club: Mutual Aid by Dean Spade, Part Two

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The Cato institute Guns, and the Left

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