The Beautiful Idea

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The Beautiful Idea is a media project dedicated to bringing you the news and ideas from frontline struggles around the US, and the world, from a distinctly anarchist perspective.

09/19/2025

War At Ground Level: A Discussion About Experiencing the War in Ukraine

The war in Ukraine is often, like many conflicts, discussed through the lens of foreign policy and the interests of these entities that we call states. This is not the framing that we simply inherit from media, it is one that the Left globally has embraced just as thoroughly as liberals and conservatives. Discussions become... Read Full Article

1h 9m
07/24/2025

Big Beautiful Social War: Six Months Into Trump 2.0

On this episode of The Beautiful Idea, we speak with several authors and organizers, marking six months into the second Trump administration coming to power. During our multiple discussions, we look at the recent deployment of the military into Los Angeles, CA, the ramping up of ICE raids and arrests across the US, and the passing of... Read Full Article

2h 14m
07/01/2025

Self-Managed Medication Abortion: Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It

For as long as people have been getting pregnant, they’ve also been figuring out how to get un-pregnant. A self-managed abortion (SMA) is when a person ends their pregnancy outside of the formal medical system. Most often, self-managed abortions are done as “medication abortions” — abortions induced by medication. In this episode of The Beautiful... Read Full Article

1h 7m
06/24/2025

ICE Melts as Streets Erupt, Revolt at Delaney Hall Migrant Prison, UW Campus Occupation Against War Profiteers

Welcome back to The Beautiful Idea. So much has happened since we started to put this episode together. We’ve got a lot to cover, so let’s not waste any time and dive right into it! On today’s episode, first we present a interview with an organizer on the recent “Statelessness” conference that took place in Evansville,... Read Full Article

2h 5m
05/23/2025

International Solidarity Movement Volunteers Speak on Building Solidarity in the West Bank

In this conversation, we speak with two recent International Solidarity Movement (ISM) volunteers about their experiences accompanying Palestinians in the West Bank. International Solidarity Movement is an initiative based in Palestine that enables international volunteers to physically accompany Palestinians facing harassment and attacks from the Israeli occupation. We discuss what everyday resistance — both large... Read Full Article

1h 15m
05/04/2025

A Discussion on “InterRebellium” with subMedia

Join us as we sit down with members of the subMedia collective to discuss their upcoming series InterRebellium. In this conversation we run down the history of subMedia, beginning in the 90s rave scene, the development of anarchist media in the first 25 years of this century, and what the future holds. Finally we discuss... Read Full Article

51 min
04/27/2025

Tearing Into It: A Conversation with Dean Spade

Dean Spade is the author of Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During this Crisis and the Next, and Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law. Well known for highlighting the ways that mutual aid can be a direct response to societal needs as well as a transformative practice that shifts our... Read Full Article

1h 18m
04/17/2025

People Hit the Streets As Trump’s Trade War Heats Up

Welcome back to The Beautiful Idea! We’re excited to bring you a jam-packed show today and we have some amazing content planned, so be sure to subscribe to the show and follow us on Mastodon and BlueSky. In today’s episode, we feature: An interview with an organizer for the recent Florida Abolitionist Gathering. A participant... Read Full Article

2h 9m

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Dry but important

01/20/2022

athoughtfulbee

Let’s be real, IGD is often extremely dull or dry. But the analysis they present often has really good points that can really help the way I think about struggle, especially from a strategical perspective. I just have to work at listening and I think that’s ok.
More buzzwords than a terrible business seminar

07/22/2023

L. Blownapart

My favorite is when they say stuff like 'It happened in so-called Oregon.' So-called indeed.
Must listen podcast

10/14/2022

autonomy 01

IGD covers a wide range of self-organized and autonomous movements. They call it like it is and don’t fall for the corporate funded ngo manufactured stories that get wide coverage on the left. This is the show we need and a model for others to follow.
LISTEN NOW!

08/02/2022

AntonioItaliano

The most revolutionarily optimistic podcast around. Hear from the folx doing the work of organizing to empower working class BIPOC to topple the ruling class!

The Beautiful Idea is a media project dedicated to bringing you the news and ideas from frontline struggles around the US, and the world, from a distinctly anarchist perspective.