Trouble
2017•30m
DocumentaryWar & Politics
A documentary series offering in-depth anarchist analysis on a range of topics, themes and spaces of resistance. Intended to be watched in groups.
Production
subMedia
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
March 3, 2017
Last Aired
April 10, 2020
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
No providers available for this region.
Available in Your Library
Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season

E1
Killing the Black Snake: Behind the Scenes of the #NODAPL Struggle
Air date: 2017-03-03
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.

E2
Bash the Fash: Confronting the Rise of the New Right
Air date: 2017-04-28
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.

E3
Refugees Welcome: Creating Solidarity Across Borders
Air date: 2017-05-26
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.

E4
No Justice... Just Us: Movement Defense Against State Repression
Air date: 2017-06-23
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.

E5
You Are Being Watched: Movement Defense Against State & Corporate Surveillance
Air date: 2017-07-28
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.

E6
Adapt and Destroy: Counterinsurgency and Social War
Air date: 2017-09-29
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.

E7
No Permission Needed: Mutual Aid in an Age of Climate Catastrophe
Air date: 2017-10-27
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.

E8
Hack the System: The Internet as a Battlefield
Air date: 2017-11-24
In Trouble #8 we look at hacking as an act of resistance and how states are weaponizing the internet

E9
Learning to Resist: Student Struggles Against Capital and the State
Air date: 2018-01-26
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.

E10
School's Out: Student Struggles Against Capital and the State
Air date: 2018-02-23
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.

E11
Destroying Domination: Revolutionary Feminism in an Age of Misogynist Reaction
Air date: 2018-03-23
In this month’s edition of Trouble, sub.Media takes a look at patriarchy as an enduring system of social, economic and political control.

E12
There Goes the Neighbourhood: Gentrification as Class Warfare
Air date: 2018-04-27
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.

E13
Defend the Block: Fighting Back Against Gentrification
Air date: 2018-05-25
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.

E14
Fighting Where We Stand: Struggles for Autonomous Spaces
Air date: 2018-06-15
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.

E15
And You Don't Stop: Hip Hop as Resistance
Air date: 2018-09-14
This installment of Trouble is subMedia’s 35-minute love letter to radical hip hop

E16
Conspiracy to Riot: The Case of the J20 Resistance
Air date: 2018-10-26
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.

E17
Mad Worlds: Redefining Sanity Through Struggle
Air date: 2018-11-30
Trouble #17 explores mental health, and radical solutions to the problems causing mental un-wellness.

E18
ACAB
Air date: 2019-02-25
For the first Trouble episode of 2019, subMedia rings in the new year by looking at the institution we love to hate: the cops.

E19
Quiet Storm: Technology & Social Control
Air date: 2019-03-29
In this month’s episode of Trouble, we look at technology – specifically at the growing nexus between mass data collection, artificial intelligence and surveillance.

E20
Inside-Out: Against Prison Society
Air date: 2019-05-03
In the 20th edition of Trouble, subMedia takes a closer look at the Prison-Industrial-Complex.

E21
Land & Freedom
Air date: 2019-08-02
Trouble #21 episode takes a deep dive into anti-colonial struggles in Turtle Island and in Palestine.

E22
Crossing the Line
Air date: 2019-09-27
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.

E23
Prelude to a Disaster
Air date: 2019-11-29
Trouble 23 takes a closer look at climate change, its implications, and the shortcomings of the mainstream environmental movement.

E24
Organize: For Autonomy & Mutual Aid
Air date: 2020-04-10
The final installment of Trouble looks at anarchist strategies, visions and methods of organizing.






















