Killing the Black Snake: Behind the Scenes of the #NODAPL Struggle

March 3, 2017

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Trouble - S1 - E1

The first episode of Trouble looks beyond the mainstream narratives surrounding the Standing Rock encampment to get a better understanding of some of the camp’s overlooked dynamics, including serious disagreements over which tactics to use to best stop the Dakota Access Pipeline.

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Trouble: Season 1 - 24 Episode s

1x1 - Killing the Black Snake: Behind the Scenes of the #NODAPL Struggle
March 3, 2017
The first episode of Trouble looks beyond the mainstream narratives surrounding the Standing Rock encampment to get a better understanding of some of the camp’s overlooked dynamics, including serious disagreements over which tactics to use to best stop the Dakota Access Pipeline.
1x2 - Bash the Fash: Confronting the Rise of the New Right
April 28, 2017
In the wake of Trump’s ascendancy to the US presidency, this episode analyzes the toxic mix of white nationalism, Islamophobia, transphobia, misogyny, and anti-migrant hysteria that is coalescing into a movement that has, in turn, sparked more interest in anti-fascist organizing.
1x3 - Refugees Welcome: Creating Solidarity Across Borders
May 26, 2017
In this month’s episode of Trouble, anarchist media collective we interview a number of individuals from around the world who are helping to chart a course for the future based on living practices of solidarity and mutual aid, and who are invested in tearing down the physical and imaginary borders that seek to keep us divided.
1x4 - No Justice... Just Us: Movement Defense Against State Repression
June 23, 2017
In this episode of Trouble, we interview a number of individuals engaged in legal defence and prisoner solidarity, and look at some of the ways we can begin to build movements that are more resilient in the face of state repression.
1x5 - You Are Being Watched: Movement Defense Against State & Corporate Surveillance
July 28, 2017
In Trouble #5 we bring you first-hand accounts of people dealing with snitches and undercover cops and how to navigate the brave new world of digital surveillance.
1x6 - Adapt and Destroy: Counterinsurgency and Social War
September 29, 2017
In this month’s episode of Trouble, we interview individuals as they explain some of the main principles of counterinsurgency, and identify historical and contemporary examples of how they are put into practice.
1x7 - No Permission Needed: Mutual Aid in an Age of Climate Catastrophe
October 27, 2017
In this month’s episode of Trouble, we look at individuals carrying out front-line disaster relief using a decentralized framework rooted in solidarity and mutual aid.
1x8 - Hack the System: The Internet as a Battlefield
November 24, 2017
In Trouble #8 we look at hacking as an act of resistance and how states are weaponizing the internet
1x9 - Learning to Resist: Student Struggles Against Capital and the State
January 26, 2018
subMedia pays homage to the insurgent youth who partook in the global uprisings of 1968by taking a look at some contemporary student-led movements that are still tearing things up around the world.
1x10 - School's Out: Student Struggles Against Capital and the State
February 23, 2018
The second in a two-part series marking the 50th anniversary of the student-led uprisings of 1968, sub.Media continues to shine a light on contemporary student struggles from around the world.
1x11 - Destroying Domination: Revolutionary Feminism in an Age of Misogynist Reaction
March 23, 2018
In this month’s edition of Trouble, sub.Media takes a look at patriarchy as an enduring system of social, economic and political control.
1x12 - There Goes the Neighbourhood: Gentrification as Class Warfare
April 27, 2018
This episode examines gentrification as a process of capitalist urban development, by taking a closer look at how it’s playing out in three mega-cities: Toronto, New Orleans and Istanbul.
1x13 - Defend the Block: Fighting Back Against Gentrification
May 25, 2018
In this month’s Trouble, sub.Media talks to comrades in Montreal, the Bay Area and Berlin to see how people in these cities are fighting back on attacks on their communities by developers, real estate speculators and the tech industry.
1x14 - Fighting Where We Stand: Struggles for Autonomous Spaces
June 15, 2018
In this month’s episode of Trouble, subMedia showcases three ongoing land defence struggles: the Unist’ot’en Camp, the autonomous spaces movement in Ljubljana, Slovenia and the eco-defence occupation known as La ZAD.
1x15 - And You Don't Stop: Hip Hop as Resistance
September 14, 2018
This installment of Trouble is subMedia’s 35-minute love letter to radical hip hop
1x16 - Conspiracy to Riot: The Case of the J20 Resistance
October 26, 2018
This episode of Trouble looks at the riotous protests against the inauguration of Donald Trump, carried out under the banner #DisruptJ20… and the historic trial that followed.
1x17 - Mad Worlds: Redefining Sanity Through Struggle
November 30, 2018
Trouble #17 explores mental health, and radical solutions to the problems causing mental un-wellness.
1x18 - ACAB
February 25, 2019
For the first Trouble episode of 2019, subMedia rings in the new year by looking at the institution we love to hate: the cops.
1x19 - Quiet Storm: Technology & Social Control
March 29, 2019
In this month’s episode of Trouble, we look at technology – specifically at the growing nexus between mass data collection, artificial intelligence and surveillance.
1x20 - Inside-Out: Against Prison Society
May 3, 2019
In the 20th edition of Trouble, subMedia takes a closer look at the Prison-Industrial-Complex.
1x21 - Land & Freedom
August 2, 2019
Trouble #21 episode takes a deep dive into anti-colonial struggles in Turtle Island and in Palestine.
1x22 - Crossing the Line
September 27, 2019
In episode 22, we take a look at the worsening situation at the US/Mexico border, the US immigration system, and the implications of heavily militarized borders on stolen land.
1x23 - Prelude to a Disaster
November 29, 2019
Trouble 23 takes a closer look at climate change, its implications, and the shortcomings of the mainstream environmental movement.
1x24 - Organize: For Autonomy & Mutual Aid
April 10, 2020
The final installment of Trouble looks at anarchist strategies, visions and methods of organizing.

Trouble: All seasons

S1: Season 1
24 Episode s

1x1 - Killing the Black Snake: Behind the Scenes of the #NODAPL Struggle

1x2 - Bash the Fash: Confronting the Rise of the New Right

1x3 - Refugees Welcome: Creating Solidarity Across Borders

1x4 - No Justice... Just Us: Movement Defense Against State Repression

1x5 - You Are Being Watched: Movement Defense Against State & Corporate Surveillance

1x6 - Adapt and Destroy: Counterinsurgency and Social War

1x7 - No Permission Needed: Mutual Aid in an Age of Climate Catastrophe

1x8 - Hack the System: The Internet as a Battlefield

1x9 - Learning to Resist: Student Struggles Against Capital and the State

1x10 - School's Out: Student Struggles Against Capital and the State

1x11 - Destroying Domination: Revolutionary Feminism in an Age of Misogynist Reaction

1x12 - There Goes the Neighbourhood: Gentrification as Class Warfare

1x13 - Defend the Block: Fighting Back Against Gentrification

1x14 - Fighting Where We Stand: Struggles for Autonomous Spaces

1x15 - And You Don't Stop: Hip Hop as Resistance

1x16 - Conspiracy to Riot: The Case of the J20 Resistance

1x17 - Mad Worlds: Redefining Sanity Through Struggle

1x18 - ACAB

1x19 - Quiet Storm: Technology & Social Control

1x20 - Inside-Out: Against Prison Society

1x21 - Land & Freedom

1x22 - Crossing the Line

1x23 - Prelude to a Disaster

1x24 - Organize: For Autonomy & Mutual Aid

S1: Season 1