Sep 13, 2026 · 56 min · 9 segments
We’re in some real end times shit, man. In this week's episode, Sam steers the ship by himself in his first solo news episode. He analyzes the accelerating timeline of state repression and the…
Sam BeardHost
Jamie PeckHost
As folks might know, the United States borders other countries, including Mexico, to the south.
So today, or a couple days ago, I guess, when this came out, marks the six-week anniversary since a group of courageous land defenders have stood in front of a bulldozer to prevent the death of an ancient, sacred grandmother cottonwood tree.
Later, these defenders scurried up the branches and established what activists call a tree sit, which is when you take a tree and you sit in it in order to prevent it from getting cut down.
With that act, Tierra Libre was created, and for the past six weeks, land defenders have been occupying that tree sit and preventing further border wall construction across the San Rafael Valley, resisting incursions of Border Patrol and other law enforcement.
establishing an autonomous commune where people can eat, work, sleep, make decisions directly, and live free lives together.
The zone we have created, which for folks who don't know, the San Rafael Valley is a high grass valley in eastern Santa Cruz County in Arizona, The zone we have created together offers hospitality, asylum, and a welcome to all regardless of citizen status in neighboring states.
Residents, visitors, and supporters of Tierra Libre come from a variety of backgrounds and are choosing to build a life together in deep harmony with this land, innovate new ways of living and being together, and combining our diverse ancestral traditions to form a new life way together.
By creating territory free from the colonial notions of private property and centralized authority and control, Tierra Libre has also tangibly and politically declared solidarity with the indigenous lifeways that were once the norm across this land.
Each morning at Tierra Libre begins with a sunrise ceremony to greet the sun as it rises in the east and stand together in prayer and meditation and collective grounding in the source of all life.
Days at the camp, as you might be curious, are filled with play, music, ceremony, collective work, meetings, as you might imagine.
have imagined, to coordinate the day's responsibilities eating together in resisting incursions by the repressive and colonial forces that would seek to end this experiment in joyful collective autonomy.
Tierra Libre recognizes the legitimacy of no nation state, neither the United States nor Mexico, and declares itself free of external impositions of law, state violence, and coercion.
Norms and their enforcement are collectively determined by camp participants and the responsibility to hold one another accountable to these norms is held collectively.
Every disillusioned Everyone disillusioned with battling for crumbs in a crumbling economy and living at the whims of tyrants thousands of miles away are welcome to join.
Everyday camp infrastructure improves as more and more people arrive to help, bringing new talents, skills, and resources with them.
Residents here include engineers, musicians, healthcare workers, lawyers, spiritual leaders, construction workers, farmers, and poets.
If you want to help build this experiment, come to the San Rafael Valley and join Tierra Libre.
As folks might know, the United States borders other countries, including Mexico, to the south.
So today, or a couple days ago, I guess, when this came out, marks the six-week anniversary since a group of courageous land defenders have stood in front of a bulldozer to prevent the death of an ancient, sacred grandmother cottonwood tree.
Later, these defenders scurried up the branches and established what activists call a tree sit, which is when you take a tree and you sit in it in order to prevent it from getting cut down.
With that act, Tierra Libre was created, and for the past six weeks, land defenders have been occupying that tree sit and preventing further border wall construction across the San Rafael Valley, resisting incursions of Border Patrol and other law enforcement.
establishing an autonomous commune where people can eat, work, sleep, make decisions directly, and live free lives together.
The zone we have created, which for folks who don't know, the San Rafael Valley is a high grass valley in eastern Santa Cruz County in Arizona, The zone we have created together offers hospitality, asylum, and a welcome to all regardless of citizen status in neighboring states.
Residents, visitors, and supporters of Tierra Libre come from a variety of backgrounds and are choosing to build a life together in deep harmony with this land, innovate new ways of living and being together, and combining our diverse ancestral traditions to form a new life way together.
By creating territory free from the colonial notions of private property and centralized authority and control, Tierra Libre has also tangibly and politically declared solidarity with the indigenous lifeways that were once the norm across this land.
Each morning at Tierra Libre begins with a sunrise ceremony to greet the sun as it rises in the east and stand together in prayer and meditation and collective grounding in the source of all life.
Days at the camp, as you might be curious, are filled with play, music, ceremony, collective work, meetings, as you might imagine.
have imagined, to coordinate the day's responsibilities eating together in resisting incursions by the repressive and colonial forces that would seek to end this experiment in joyful collective autonomy.
Tierra Libre recognizes the legitimacy of no nation state, neither the United States nor Mexico, and declares itself free of external impositions of law, state violence, and coercion.
Norms and their enforcement are collectively determined by camp participants and the responsibility to hold one another accountable to these norms is held collectively.
Every disillusioned Everyone disillusioned with battling for crumbs in a crumbling economy and living at the whims of tyrants thousands of miles away are welcome to join.
Everyday camp infrastructure improves as more and more people arrive to help, bringing new talents, skills, and resources with them.
Residents here include engineers, musicians, healthcare workers, lawyers, spiritual leaders, construction workers, farmers, and poets.
If you want to help build this experiment, come to the San Rafael Valley and join Tierra Libre.
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