{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#102: How They Stopped Work at Raytheon","description":"On November 13, 2023, demonstrators in southern California blockaded a facility of Raytheon, a defense contractor, in solidarity with the Palestinians on the receiving end of the bombs that it produces. They managed to block the facility for more than seven hours, supported by waves of hundreds of activists joining the action, and succeeded in shutting down operations for the day. This episode offers an audio version of  How They Stopped Work at the Raytheon Facility: Report on a Day of Blockading, published on November 15th. Participants summarize how the action was organized and unfolded, police responses, the background of direct actions against the war machine and mobilization in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, and reflections for future resistance. {November 25, 2023} -------SHOW NOTES------ &amp;nbsp;  Table of Contents:  Introduction {0:37} The Action {3:25} Background {8:39} Going Forward {11:56} Outro\/PSA {12:38}    This episode offers an audio version of  How They Stopped Work at the Raytheon Facility: Report on a Day of Blockading, published on November 15th.   For evaluations of direct action strategies towards Palestinian solidarity, see our previous articles and episodes \u201cShutting Down the Port of Tacoma: Reflections from the Salish Sea,\u201d also available as Episode 101 of the Ex-Worker; and \u201cStrategizing for Palestinian Solidarity: Expanding the Toolkit From Demands to Direct Action,\u201d also available as Episode 99.   Our coverage of the war in Palestine so far includes \u201cFrom the Galilee to Gaza\u2014A Voice From Palestine\u201d \u2013 also available as Episode 98 \u2013 and  \u201c\u201cA Nuclear Superpower and a Dispossessed People\u201d: An Anarchist from Jaffa on the Escalation in Palestine and Israeli Repression\u201d. For further background, see  \u201cA Coup d\u2019\u00c9tat in Israel? The Bitter Harvest of Colonialism\u201d (March 27, 2023) \u2013 also available as Episode 92 of the Ex-Worker -  \u201cThe Revolt in Haifa: An Eyewitness Report\u201d (2021), and  \u201cContemporary Israeli Anarchism: A History\u201d (2013).   For classic strategic analysis, you can also read more about  why we don\u2019t make demands and what we mean by direct action.   ","author_name":"The Ex-Worker","author_url":"http:\/\/crimethinc.com\/podcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/28828928\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/164327623"}