It Could Happen Here

Mia discusses the history of general strikes starting with another strike over armed occupiers killing unarmed protesters: the Shanghai general strike of 1925.
Sources:
Shanghai on Strike: The Politics of Chinese Labor: https://libcom.org/article/shanghai-strike-politics-chinese-labor

From War to Nationalism - China’s Turning Point, 1924-1925
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James is joined by Mick and Georgio to discuss the Sarajevo Safari documentary and establish context for the investigations of people who travelled to Sarajevo to kill people during the siege of the city.
Sources:
https://www.icty.org/x/cases/dragomir_milosevic/trans/en/070222ED.htm?utm_source=copilot.com
https://sarajevotimes.com/prosecution-in-milan-opens-case-against-giuseppe-vegnaduzzo-first-suspect-in-sarajevo-safari-investigation/
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Garrison and Lance from The Serfs discuss the online right’s attempt to weaponize the tragedy, misinformation about the shooter’s politics, and how the shooter's online footprint shows a growing obsession with other mass shooters.
Sources:

https://www.isdglobal.org/digital-dispatch/terror-without-ideology-the-rise-of-nihilistic-violence-an-isd-investigation/
https://archive.ph/9ACYN
https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com/search?fun=posts_search&author=jesseboy347&limit=10&sort=desc
https://www.adl.org/resources/article/tumbler-ridge-shooter-had-interest-gore-and-guns
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/world/canada/tumbler-ridge-shooting-suspect-social-media.html
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/florida-man-with-ties-to-wisconsin-school-shooter-accused-of-mass-shooting-threats/3603745/?amp=1
https://www.wisn.com/article/research-details-colorado-teen-shooters-online-idolization-of-madison-school-shooter-others/66130619
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Happy Valentine's Day! Margaret reads you a story about codependent lesbian mushroom parasites.
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- Why Fascists Have Adopted A Suicidal Penguin as a Mascot
- Normalcy feat. Andrew
- Fighting ICE’s Warehouse Prisons
- The Art of Petty with Prop & Amanda Nelson
- Executive Disorder: Turning Point Halftime Show, Pam Bondi’s Epstein Hearing & ICE Detention of Liam Conejo Ramos
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Sources/Links:
Why Fascists Have Adopted A Suicidal Penguin as a Mascot
Paul Virilio, “The Suicidal State,” in J. DerDerian, ed. The Virilio Reader
https://files.libcom.org/files/A%20Thousand%20Plateaus.pdf
https://contactos.tome.press/welcome-to-the-suicidal-state/
https://jacobin.com/2024/10/death-drive-trump-freud-liberalism
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trumps-penguin-breaks-internet-sends-left-frenzy
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/penguin-walking-toward-mountain-nihilist-penguin
https://trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/what-is-the-nihilist-penguin-meme-why-a-video-of-a-penguin-walking-toward-a-mountain-from-a-werner-herzog-film-is-going-viral-explained
https://x.com/DOWResponse/status/2014869279850496358
https://x.com/HHSGov/status/2014772131242877320?s=20
https://x.com/policylaila/status/2015359679279337808
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2015068422980182214
https://x.com/RepMikeCollins/status/1954555969515450790
Fighting ICE’s Warehouse Prisons
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/24/ice-immigrants-detention-warehouses-deportation-trump/?itid=lk_inline_manual_7
Executive Disorder: Turning Point Halftime Show, Pam Bondi’s Epstein Hearing & ICE Detention of Liam Conejo Ramos
https://rumble.com/v75hvqg-tpusa-presents-the-all-american-halftime-show.html?e9s=rel_v2_ep
https://www.thebiglead.com/most-watched-super-bowl-halftime-shows-bad-bunny-v/

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/television/2026/02/09/how-many-people-watched-the-halftime-show-2026-bad-bunny-super-bowl/88586255007/
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2321.pdf?q=20260210145058
https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Gatalog%20Complaint_FINAL.pdf
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977.67.0_1.pdf
https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2021292068065153476
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/hisd/article/hisd-loses-immigrant-students-21307427.php
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-26/family-of-student-arrested-outside-arlete-high-allege-racial-profiling-trump-administration
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26708008-us-district-judge-fred-bierys-opinion-ordering-release-of-5-year-old-liam-arias-and-father/ https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/10/g-s1-109413/maxwell-appeals-for-clemency
https://x.com/domarkus/status/2020882509525893536?s=46
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/casey-wasserman-epstein-fallout-1236500784/
https://www.foxla.com/news/la28-casey-wasserman-epstein-maxwell-investigation-results
https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-s-opening-statement-at-hearing-slamming-attorney-general-bondi-s-epstein-cover-up-betrayal-of-the-principle-of-justice-for-all
https://apnews.com/live/trump-bondi-epstein-updates-2-11-2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcEXpOSBE7I
https://x.com/calltoactivism/status/2021617879750455415?s=46
https://x.com/antunes1/status/2021625934919369208?s=46
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021661313429082564?s=46
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021629409606676989?s=46

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