It Could Happen Here - CZM Rewind: The Green Hell: Migration Through the Darién Gap

In the first of five episodes, James describes his journey to the Darién gap in Southern Panama, and the journeys that thousands of migrants take each week on one of the most dangerous land migration routes on earth.

Original Air Date: 10.28.24

Sources:

https://www.notiparole.com

https://www.instagram.com/p/DAaDkSwh1Jk/?igsh=bmgyanBteW10czd5

https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/20/archives/a-new-canaldug-by-atom-bombs-nuclear-energy-is-the-key-to-replacing.html

https://www.themanual.com/outdoors/darien-gap-feature/

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/18/panama-darien-gap-jose-raul-mulino

https://americasquarterly.org/article/the-darien-gaps-fearsome-reputation-has-been-centuries-in-the-making/

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/10/27/the-darien-gap-a-deadly-extension-of-the-us-border

https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/supporting_resources/jmhs.pdf

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/20/snakes-swamps-whisky-british-explorers-went-ultimate-boys-adventure/

https://www.strausscenter.org/publications/asylum-processing-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-august-2024/

https://www.gob.mx/inm/prensa/el-gobierno-mexicano-y-el-inm-articulan-corredor-emergente-de-movilidad-segura-para-el-traslado-de-personas-extranjeras-con-cita-cbp-one

https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-03-23/kidnapping-and-escape-of-95-ecuadorian-migrants-in-chiapas-if-you-continue-informing-we-will-return-them-in-bags.html

https://humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Asylum-Policies-Harm-Black-Asylum-Seekers-FACTSHEET-formatted.pdf

https://respondcrisistranslation.org/en/newsb/cbp-ones-obscene-language-errors-create-more-barriers-for-asylum-seekers

https://www.msf.org/lack-action-sees-sharp-rise-sexual-violence-people-transiting-darien-gap-panama

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It Could Happen Here - CZM Rewind: Abundance, Or How To Sell Tech Fascism To Liberals

Mia talks about the new Abundance movement, its ideas and how it operates as a Trojan horse for its funders Peter Thiel and the Koch Brothers.

Orignal Air Date: 9.9.25

Sources:

https://thebaffler.com/latest/whats-the-matter-with-abundance-harris?ref=newintermag.com

https://newintermag.com/abundance-big-techs-bid-for-the-democratic-party/#fn16

https://archive.vn/zgPJ8

https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Abundance-Ecosystem-Report-Final.pdf

https://www.semafor.com/article/08/17/2025/with-the-argument-the-left-gets-a-new-publication

http://www.thinktankwatch.com/2022/01/washingtons-newest-think-tank-institute.html

https://www.vcinfodocs.com/venture-capital-extremism

https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/who-is-behind-the-growing-abundance-movement/

https://www.vcinfodocs.com/the-tech-fascist-axis

https://www.abundancedc.org/speakers

https://www.vcinfodocs.com/the-tech-fascist-axis

https://archive.vn/GKRmw#selection-377.0-377.19

https://www.theargumentmag.com/about

https://prospect.org/economy/2024-11-26-abundance-agenda-neoliberalisms-rebrand/

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/dc-attorney-general-inks-first-settlement-realpage-price-fixing-lawsuit-2025-06-02/

https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/economic-liberties-launches-2025-end-rental-price-fixing-campaign/

https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/cea/written-materials/2024/12/17/the-cost-of-anticompetitive-pricing-algorithms-in-rental-housing/

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-realpage-algorithmic-pricing-scheme-harms-millions-american-renters

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-realpage-algorithmic-pricing-scheme-harms-millions-american-renters

https://techfascism.substack.com/p/the-network-state-and-infrastructure

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It Could Happen Here - Antisemitism in America feat. Dana El Kurd

Dana El Kurd speaks with Ben Lorber, Senior Research Analyst at Political Research Associates and co-author of Safety through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism. They discuss trends in antisemitism we are seeing today, why the far right is talking about Palestine, and how establishment organizations are not meeting the moment. 

Sources:

Jewish Currents article by Mari Cohen on the ADL - https://jewishcurrents.org/the-adls-antisemitism-findings-explained 

Jewish Currents article by Shane Burley and Naomi Bennett on the ADL - https://jewishcurrents.org/examining-the-adls-antisemitism-audit 

Safety through Solidarity book - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741043/safety-through-solidarity-by-shane-burley/ 

Article by Ben in Convergence Magazine on What Antisemitism Is and Isn’t – https://convergencemag.com/articles/what-antisemitism-is-part-1/ 

Nexus Project - https://nexusproject.us/ 

Diaspora Alliance - https://diasporaalliance.co/ 

Jewish Currents podcast on the confronting the anti-zionist right - https://jewishcurrents.org/confronting-the-anti-zionist-right 

Arielle Angel on the need for new Jewish institutions - https://jewishcurrents.org/we-need-new-jewish-institutions 

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It Could Happen Here - CZM Book Club: Everything that Isn’t Winter, by Margaret Killjoy, Part One

Margaret reads you part one (of two) of her own story about post-apocalyptic love and violence

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It Could Happen Here - It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 

- The Tech Fascist Takeover of the Media

- Strikes, Walkouts, and Union Busting At Nestlé's Blue Bottle

- Grenada with Andrew, Pt. 1

- Grenada with Andrew, Pt. 2

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #46

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Sources/Links:

The Tech Fascist Takeover of the Media

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nbc-and-cbs-cuts-hit-race-and-culture-verticals/

https://archive.ph/gg6UO#selection-471.223-471.275

https://tech.yahoo.com/social-media/articles/elon-musk-reportedly-helped-larry-112145682.html

https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/ceos-everything-david-larry-ellison-oracle-skydance-paramount-kimmel-carr.php

https://archive.ph/xBjST

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nbc-and-cbs-cuts-hit-race-and-culture-verticals/

https://www.theroot.com/massive-black-firings-at-cbs-but-what-about-gayle-king-2000070868

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/media/ellison-wbd-trump-warner-bros-discovery-bid

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/gayle-king-leaving-cbs-mornings-b2855747.html

https://www.status.news/p/washington-post-layoffs-cuts-morale

https://x.com/JeffBezos/status/1894757287052362088

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/07/nyt-opinion-bennet-resigns-cotton-op-ed-306317

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/media/trump-cnn-sold-paramount-warner-bros-netflix

https://fortune.com/2025/09/28/larry-ellison-ai-surveillance-oracle-tiktok-deal-social-media/

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/14/new-york-times-bari-weiss-resigns-360730

https://newrepublic.com/article/203758/bari-weiss-cbs-news-strategy

https://nwasianweekly.com/2025/10/nbc-news-dissolves-asian-america-blk-latino-and-out-teams-in-sweeping-cuts/

Strikes, Walkouts, and Union Busting At Nestlé's Blue Bottle

Website: bluebottleunion.org
Strike fund: tinyurl.com/bbiu-strike

Want to organize your store? Email us at bluebottleunion@gmail.com with the Subject Line: [Your city] Barista Interest

Grenada with Andrew

Grenada: Revolution and Invasion by Patsy Lewis et al

None Shall Escape by Fundi

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #46

https://gothamist.com/news/ice-enters-nyc-shelters-armed-and-without-judicial-warrants-reports-show

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/designating-fentanyl-as-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction/ 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/ 

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70255703/united-states-v-dugan/ 

https://bsky.app/profile/klasfeldreports.com/post/3ma4gf7vm772z 

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71930356/pablo-pablo-v-lyons/  

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g562vz34ro

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It Could Happen Here - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #46

The gang discuss escalation with Venezuela, an AI executive order, the trial of Judge Dugan, the mass shooting at Brown University, and a new travel ban.

Sources:

https://gothamist.com/news/ice-enters-nyc-shelters-armed-and-without-judicial-warrants-reports-show

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/designating-fentanyl-as-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction/ 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/ 

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70255703/united-states-v-dugan/ 

https://bsky.app/profile/klasfeldreports.com/post/3ma4gf7vm772z 

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71930356/pablo-pablo-v-lyons/  

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g562vz34ro

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It Could Happen Here - Grenada with Andrew, Pt. 2

In the second of two parts, James and Andrew talk about the downfall of the revolution in Grenada and what we can learn from the failure of the revolution and the New JEWEL Movement.

Sources:

Grenada: Revolution and Invasion by Patsy Lewis et al

None Shall Escape by Fundi

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It Could Happen Here - Grenada with Andrew, Pt. 1

In the first of two parts, James and Andrew talk about the events of the revolution in Grenada and those leading up to it.

Sources:

Grenada: Revolution and Invasion byPatsy Lewis et al

None Shall Escape by Fundi

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It Could Happen Here - Strikes, Walkouts, and Union Busting At Nestlé’s Blue Bottle

Mia talks with two members of Blue Bottle Independent Union about their campaign of strikes and walkouts against management's contract negotiation delay tactics.

Website: bluebottleunion.org
Strike fund: tinyurl.com/bbiu-strike

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It Could Happen Here - The Tech Fascist Takeover of the Media

Mia discusses Larry Ellison’s takeover of CBS, Jeff Bezos’ transformation of the Washington Post, Teen Vogue, and the broader wave of tech fascists buying out the media.

Sources:

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nbc-and-cbs-cuts-hit-race-and-culture-verticals/

https://archive.ph/gg6UO#selection-471.223-471.275

https://tech.yahoo.com/social-media/articles/elon-musk-reportedly-helped-larry-112145682.html

https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/ceos-everything-david-larry-ellison-oracle-skydance-paramount-kimmel-carr.php

https://archive.ph/xBjST

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nbc-and-cbs-cuts-hit-race-and-culture-verticals/

https://www.theroot.com/massive-black-firings-at-cbs-but-what-about-gayle-king-2000070868

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/media/ellison-wbd-trump-warner-bros-discovery-bid

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/gayle-king-leaving-cbs-mornings-b2855747.html

https://www.status.news/p/washington-post-layoffs-cuts-morale

https://x.com/JeffBezos/status/1894757287052362088

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/07/nyt-opinion-bennet-resigns-cotton-op-ed-306317

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/media/trump-cnn-sold-paramount-warner-bros-netflix

https://fortune.com/2025/09/28/larry-ellison-ai-surveillance-oracle-tiktok-deal-social-media/

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/14/new-york-times-bari-weiss-resigns-360730

https://newrepublic.com/article/203758/bari-weiss-cbs-news-strategy

https://nwasianweekly.com/2025/10/nbc-news-dissolves-asian-america-blk-latino-and-out-teams-in-sweeping-cuts/

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