To celebrate Lunar New Years, Mia investigates how the Chinese state actually mobilizes its resources to do campaigns and how the process differs from the Mao period state's approach.

To celebrate Lunar New Years, Mia investigates how the Chinese state actually mobilizes its resources to do campaigns and how the process differs from the Mao period state's approach.

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.

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The Lunar New Years Special: Is China Maoist?

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Garrison explains the indictment against members of Turtle Island Liberation Front, their alleged bombing plan, and the operational security practices they advocated while planning the bombing alongside an FBI informant and undercover agent. 

Sources:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/grand-jury-charges-four-members-anti-government-group-terrorism-felonies-stemming-new

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/member-anti-capitalist-and-anti-government-group-arrested-and-charged-threatening-ice

https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/turtle-island-indictment.pdf
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26378204-tilf-complaint-signed-redacted/

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26379390-08918333876/ 

https://www.instagram.com/turtleislandliberationfrontla/

Garrison explains the indictment against members of Turtle Island Liberation Front, their alleged bombing plan, and the operational security practices they advocated while planning the bombing alongside an FBI informant and undercover agent.&nbsp;
Sources: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/grand-jury-charges-four-members-anti-government-group-terrorism-felonies-stemming-new">https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/grand-jury-charges-four-members-anti-government-group-terrorism-felonies-stemming-new</a>
<a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/member-anti-capitalist-and-anti-government-group-arrested-and-charged-threatening-ice">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/member-anti-capitalist-and-anti-government-group-arrested-and-charged-threatening-ice</a>
<a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/turtle-island-indictment.pdf">https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/turtle-island-indictment.pdf</a> <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26378204-tilf-complaint-signed-redacted/">https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26378204-tilf-complaint-signed-redacted/</a>
<a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26379390-08918333876/">https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26379390-08918333876/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/turtleislandliberationfrontla/">https://www.instagram.com/turtleislandliberationfrontla/</a>

The Alleged Far-Left Bombing Plot

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Mia talks with organizer Elly Belle about ICE’s kidnapping of Albeiro Remolina, the campaign to free him, and how you can help.

Sources/Links: 

Albeiro's Family's Crowd Fund

Change.org Campaign

Instagram Campaign Post #1

Instagram Campaign Post #2

Instagram Campaign Post #3

Elly Belle on Instagram

Elly Belle Website

Mia talks with organizer Elly Belle about ICE&rsquo;s kidnapping of Albeiro Remolina, the campaign to free him, and how you can help.
Sources/Links:&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/hyde-park-migrant-family-needs-support">Albeiro's Family's Crowd Fund</a>
<a href="https://c.org/H5HYF6484B">Change.org Campaign</a>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DS8KN_slcHB/?img_index=1">Instagram Campaign Post #1</a>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DS-64JzEjXZ/">Instagram Campaign Post #2</a>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DTQQ6yXlF-7/">Instagram Campaign Post #3</a>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/literelly/">Elly Belle on Instagram</a>
<a href="http://literelly.com/">Elly Belle Website</a>

The Campaign to Free Albeiro From ICE

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Margaret reads you a story about the far-post-apocalypse and the joy we find in one another.

Margaret reads you a story about the far-post-apocalypse and the joy we find in one another.

CZM Book Club: Because Change Was the Ocean and We Lived by Her Mercy, by Charlie Jane Anders, Part One

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The Lunar New Years Special: Is China Maoist?

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