It Could Happen Here

Robert talks to Laura Jedeed for her account of the July 4th festivities at the Great American State Fair which was totally all those things. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mick and James pick up their discussion of Human Rights where they left off yesterday and discuss how we can all ensure people are treated properly.  Sources: Human Rights as Moral Progress? A Critique by Jarett Zigon CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Vol. 28, Issue 4, pp. 716–736. ISSN 0886-7356, online ISSN 1548-1360. C 2013 by the American Anthropological Association. All rights reserved. DOI:...

Mick and James discuss the concept of Human Rights and how they sometimes fail to ensure people around the world are treated with dignity. Sources: Human Rights as Moral Progress? A Critique by Jarett Zigon CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Vol. 28, Issue 4, pp. 716–736. ISSN 0886-7356, online ISSN 1548-1360. C 2013 by the American Anthropological Association. All rights reserved. DOI: 10.1111/cuan.120...

Dana El Kurd talks about the significance of Palestine at the 2026 World Cup, comparing it to the 2022 Qatar World Cup.  Sources: https://jewishcurrents.org/de-normalizing-israeli-normalization-at-the-world-cup   https://agsi.org/analysis/palestine-activism-in-the-world-cup/ https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/6/12/activists-form-human-palestine-flag-at-world-cup-opener-in-mexi...

For our longer summer read, Margaret reads you a novella about punk houses and identity and growing up written by a master of the medium See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The Media Context for the Belfast Pogrom The Fakest Economy of All Time The London Dockworkers Strike Executive Disorder: Supreme Court Edition You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple...

The gang discuss the batch of recent Supreme Court rulings from birthright citizenship and mail in voting, the president's ability to end Temporary Protected Status and fire independent agency heads, and the strengthening of gun rights and digital privacy rights. Sources: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/hegseth-moves-to-order-military-lawyers-to-be-immigration-judges https://apnews.com/a...

Andrew and James discuss the strike of London dockworkers in 1889 and the solidarity and support it received. Sources: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-about-a-strike  https://libcom.org/article/great-london-dock-strike-1889  https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/blog/the-1889-london-dockers-and-tailors-strikes/  https://www.britannica.com/event/London-Dock-Strike...

Mia is joined by writer Vicky Osterweil to discuss the rollercoaster of the Korean stock market and how it’s gambling all the way down Sources: https://bsky.app/profile/assignedmale.bsky.social/post/3mp7473bzrs2e   https://www.investopedia.com/single-stock-etf-5667162   https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-kospi-plunges-nearly-10-after-regulator-cautions-leverage...

James is joined by Elia Ayoub to talk about how British media framing paved the way to a Pogrom in Northern Ireland.  Sources: https://chuffed.org/project/185445-support-people-and-groups-impacted-by-racist-attacks    https://shado-mag.com/articles/opinion/the-belfast-pogrom-was-predictable/    https://eliaayoub.com/      See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

Margaret reads you two stories and a poem from an anthology of young, Palestinian authors See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The Truth Behind the Alleged Terror Plot at the White House UFC Fight An Update from Belfast The Condition of the Trans Working Class in America Executive Disorder: Prairieland Sentencing, DOGE Deaths, DSA Sweep in New York How Graham Platner Won the Democratic Primary You can now listen to all Cool Zone Medi...

We discuss anti-ICE protesters being sentenced to 30-100 years in prison, updates on immigration and Iran, how Elon Musk’s cuts to USAID may have caused millions of potential child deaths, and a deadly heatwave in India, Pakistan, France, and the UK. Prairieland Support: https://prairielanddefendants.com/ https://www.givesendgo.com/supportDFWprotestors https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-maricel...

Garrison outlines Graham Platner’s campaign platform, his ties with labor unions and local organizing in Maine, and how those relations paved the way for Platner’s working class campaign to win the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, despite personal scandals and controversies.  Sources: https://maineaflcio.org/news/maine-afl-cio-endorses-graham-platner-us-senate https://uaw.or...

Mia discusses the economic and social condition of trans workers in the US and what it means for trans workers as a class Sources: https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2023/article/unemployment-rate-returned-to-its-prepandemic-level-in-2022.htm https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/over-400000-transgender-people-have https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2025/demo/p60-287.html https://endhomelessness.o...

Lee Hurley, a writer and resident of Belfast, participated in relief efforts after vicious racist riots spread through the city, targeting non-white residents. In this essay he lays out what he saw and experienced. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison talks with Bailey Newposter about how a group of military LARPers from TikTok planned to spark a second American revolution by attacking UFC Freedom 250 at the White House. Sources: https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/ufc-fight-white-house-hokit-obama/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/14/white-house-ufc-fighters-crypto https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/18/white-house-fight-ticket-br...

Margaret reads you several short stories written by the one of the ideological leaders of the Mexican Revolution Original Air Date: 6.1.2025 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - How the United States Shaped the Dominican Republic’s Immigration Enforcement Machine - Settler Colonialism with Andrew - Anti-ICE Protesters in Minnesota Charged with Conspiracy - The Necessary War on Data Centers - Executive Disorder: Iran Deal, UFC at the White House, Dialog Hack You can now listen...

The gang discuss a police killing of a 1 year old boy in Mississippi, visa restrictions affecting the World Cup, an alleged terrorist plot targeting UFC Freedom 250, the MOU with Iran, and a hack of Peter Thiel’s IRL social network Dialog. Sources: Short Stories: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/spacex-ipo-makes-elon-musk-worlds-first-trillionaire-2026-06-11/ https://www.justic...

Robert argues that the current groundswell of public anger against data center projects represents an opportunity to hit Silicon Valley oligarchs where it hurts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James is joined by Olive, Margaret, Mo, to discuss the indictment of 15 anti ice protesters in Minnesota and what it means for the first amendment. Sources: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/everyone-vs-ice-on-the-ground-in-minnesota-319435576 https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/outlaw-criminalization-of-ice-watch-in-minne...

Andrew and James discuss settler colonialism across several contexts. Sources: Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native by Patrick Wolfe https://www.britannica.com/place/Liberia/History Liberia: The Violence of Democracy by Mary H Moran.  The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi The Question of Palestine by Edward Said https://rpublc.com/story/2024/02/08/intern...

Journalist Carlos Berríos Polanco speaks with James about how the Dominican Republic’s border and immigration enforcement was shaped by the United States. Sources: Help Bring Ezra Home and Seek the Truth ( https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring-ezra-home-seek-the-truth ) More than a Massacre; Racial Violence and Citizenship in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands by Sabine Cadeu Empire of...

This week, In The Belly is doing a take over to feature the poems of incarcerated writers in their own voices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.