Brooklyn College Sociology Professor, writer for the Appeal, the Nation, and Truthout, and author of “The End of Policing” Alex Vitale talks with us about the recent FTP protests in New York and various other struggles against the carceral state.
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Have you ever asked yourself what weird 1980s Hollywood live-action/cartoon crossover films have to say about the infamous General Motors Streetcar Scandal of the mid-20th century? Well do we have a film for you!
Sean sits down with fellow socialist railfan Justin Roczniak, AKA donoteat1, to get at the real and sordid history behind Robert Zemekis' 1988 blockbuster Who Framed Roger Rabbit? How the hell...
2019-12-04 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In our second Real Kollontai Hours, Rachel Rabbit White (@rabbitwhite) and Oyster (@oyster_nyt) take up Alexandra Kollontai's 1921 essay "Prostitution and Ways of Fighting It." Was Kollontai right about the evils of prostitution, or should we say "okay boomer" to this outdated comintern moralism as we move toward our glorious FALC future? Most importantly, whomst among us is going to incorporate "fucking for sacks of flour" into their sexy roleplaying from now on?
2019-11-29 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Sex workers of the world, unite! Jamie and Andy are joined by poet/journo Rachel Rabbit White (@rabbitwhite), organizer Nina Luo (@theninaluo) and whore-of-all trades Oyster (@oyster_nyt) to talk organizing in the world of sex work and why any socialist worth their clever display name should care. What's Decrim NY and what are they after? How has sex trafficking discourse been used to enforce borders and police the marginalized? What can the average person do to facilitate the self-liberation...
2019-11-27 11:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Trash Future leads us in a reading of James Kirkup's dsytopian fanfic "How the Lib Dems could seize power." Excuse the laddery we were many cans deep.
Read along: https://unherd.com/2019/07/how-the-lib-dems-could-seize-power/
Closing song: anthem of British liberalism "The Land"
Andy and Sean go to UK to suck some cans with the lads and lass of England's only podcast, TRASH FUTURE. We discuss the upcoming elections, the deep insecurities at the center of posh life motivating Boris Johnson's political career, the LibDem and ChUK cucks, and Corbyn's cheeky plan to nationalize Nandos and put Mr. Bean on the dole or whatever.
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In this edition of Vampire Castle, Jamie and Leslie tackle two very different (but both very '80s) vampire movies: Tony Scott's 'The Hunger' (1983) and Joel Schumacher's 'The Lost Boys' (1987). Contains discussions of Susan Sarandon as sexy scientist, Catherine DeNeuve as fickle floozy, David Bowie as hideous nosferatu, Corey Feldman as teenage vampire hunter, and Jim Morrison as ultimate symbol of a counterculture in decay. Also: Bauhaus invents goth rock!
Intro: Intellectual Da...
2019-11-15 11:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In this long awaited Antifada x Trillbillies crossover, Jamie speaks with Tom Sexton (@tomsexton), Tarence Ray (@tarenceray) and Tanya Turner (@auntiebernice) of Trillbilly Workers Party (@t...
2019-11-13 11:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Sean is back with Billy O'Connor to share some classic stories about union organizing and getting your head chopped off and left in the swamp.
2019-11-08 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
In this special episode of The Antifada, Sean KB is joined by fellow building tradesmen Billy and John to do a little workers inquiry on themselves.
We discuss our own work histories and how we became radicalized through historical events and our experiences on the job. We poke holes in the JD Vance 'white working class' mythos that sees cultural regression as the wellspring of Trumpism. Lastly, we talk about the structures we've encountered in our particular unions and how the wo...
2019-11-06 11:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Matt Christman and Sean KB bring our story of suburbia up to the present moment, when the periphery is in crisis and urban areas are suffering late-stage gentrification: How was Los Angeles the archetypal American city? Who developed suburbia and why? Which class interests are upheld by the primacy of real estate in American political economy? And whither suburban life in the 21st century?
All this and more along with an analysis of that class fraction everyone's talking about these day...
2019-11-01 10:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We celebrate MISCHIEF NIGHT with the scariest show on the internet MINION DEATH CULT. Hosts Anthony Edwards and Tony Boswell find the scariest, most derange, and dumbest boomer posts online and read them slow enough to truly grasp their inanity. After sharing some dumb Halloween stories, we look at an evangelical plot to infiltrate Halloween Stores, commemorate last years' Nov 4 Antifa supersoldier revolution, recall the Infowars attack Jamie earlier this year, and close out with some Tim Poo...
2019-10-30 10:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Matt and Sean dive into the historical materialist trenches once more!
On this HIAW, we address suburbia and its discontents: How has the unique social geography of the United States affected its political and economic development? How are class relations reflected in the built environment? Why did the suburbs arise as a unique solution to social crisis in the post-war era? And what sort of mentalities and ideologies arose out of these milieux?
Part 2 on the decl...
2019-10-25 13:14:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Shyam Khanna, editor of Commune mag, joins us for a sneak peek into issue #4 and a breakdown of Saturday's Bernie Sanders rally from an ultraleft wrecker POV. Josh Strawn, half of darkwave duo Azar Swan, also joins us for a discussion of his band's new record, what the kids are listening to these days, fascism and music, and why Billy Joel has better politics than Nick Cave. The first of two Halloween episodes!
Catch Azar Swan live at Jamie's benefit show for El Comedor this coming Frid...
2019-10-23 10:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings, patrons.
Some of you have asked us if there was going to be video of this past weekend's live show for those of you who couldn't make it out to Littlefield. Well here you go!
PDA CREW: Jake Flores, Alex Ptak, Anders Lee
ANTIFADA: Jamie Peck, Sean KB, AP Andy
SPECIAL GUESTS: Matt Christman, Virgil Texas, Leslie Lee III, Comrade Communicator, Comrade Barbie
Footage by Nate Borgman and Matt Levy. Edited by Nate Borgman
2019-10-18 20:57:20 +0000 UTC View Post
The first episode of Andy's newest side project focusing on Latin American politics and history! BreadTuber BAD EMPANADA joins us to talk about the upcoming elections in Argentina that will return Kirchernismo to power after four years of Mauricio Macri's neoliberal buffoonery, but can left-populist Peronism walk the country back from the brink of econ...
2019-10-18 09:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Everyone loves Bernie Sanders and hates Angela Nagle, but when it comes to the enforcement of borders, their politics are basically the same. Using the power of HISTORICAL MATERIALISM, returning guest Ross Wolfe (@RossWolfe) traces the origins of the modern nation state, explains the limits of economic nationalism and social democracy in one country, and makes the case for why nothing short of GLOBAL COMMUNIST REVOLU...
2019-10-09 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
On this edition of Vampire Castle, Jamie and Leslie (@leslieleeiii) discuss the iconic 1994 film The Crow starring the late Brandon Lee, as well as its somewhat less iconic 1996 sequel, The Crow: City of Angels. "But wait, that's not a vampire movie!" Are you sure about that? Listen and be convinced.
Intro: Intellectual Dark Wave - Vampire Castle
Outro:...
2019-10-04 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Two years ago, prison abolitionists succeeded in convincing the government of the city of New York to agree to close the torturous jail on Rikers Island. The solution? A kinder, friendlier, "neighborhood" jail in each borough! With a decisive city council vote coming up, prison abolitionist Nadja Guyot from No New Jails joins us to talk about the fight against these absurd "Justice Hubs," decarceration, and practical abolitionism.
Andy goes on Corey Pein's News From Nowhere podcast to discuss the new To The Stars Academy video, the Navy's admission that the videos of Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon are real, and what Tom DeLonge and Robert Bigelow might be after (money). Afterwards he answers Corey's questions about Posadism. Listen to the end of the episode for an essay about the Blink 182 song "Aliens Exist."
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Novara Media's Aaron Bastani calls in to talk Brexit before we dive into Fully Automated Luxury Communism, the meme he created way back in the mid '10s, now a book available from Verso. What is luxury? Are we coming closer to FALC with each bite of the Impossible Whopper? Should it more appropriately be c...
2019-09-25 10:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The United Auto Workers union is striking General Motors in the largest work stoppage since the same union struck in 2007. Andy and Sean jump on mic with an emergency pod to discuss the context of this job action, how the left might relate to the recent upsurge in labor militancy, and what labor history tells us about how to organize and win!
Show notes:
UAW workers on strike:
2019-09-17 01:39:25 +0000 UTC
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Sophie Saint Thomas visits us to talk about Jamie's LA trip, hurricane sex, PUA magic, octopus weed, relationship bordigism, and Alexandra Kollontai's Make Way for Winged Eros
Check out Sophie on Twitter: @TheBowieCat
And read more of her work here: https://sophiesaintthomas.com/
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We cut out some of our favorite conspiracy theories from the Gladio episode, including New Criticism, Operation Bloodstone, and the mysterious deaths of Francis Parker Yockey and Allan Francovich.
https://www.military.com/video/guns/pistols/cias-secret-heart-attack-gun/2555371072001
2019-09-06 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
In this special crossover of Antifada, Proletkult, History is a Weapon, and Parallax Views we take a dive into the "stay behind operations" after World War II designed to protect Western Europe from leftist victory at any cost--including coups, assassinations, and false flag terror plots. Conspiracy theory? Nope! PARAPOLITICS.
Bibliography:
Phillip Welan - Puppetmasters
Marcelo Laraquy - Lopez Rega
Pasolini - What is this coup d’état? I know
2019-09-04 10:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Editors of PINKO, the new journal of GAY COMMUNISM, join us to talk about their kickstarter stretch goals, contents of the new issue, meta-pinkwashing, and space colonialism. In the second half of the episode we do a reading of their awesome editorial statement and Jasmine gives us a crash course in Philly slang
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2019-08-28 09:59:59 +0000 UTC
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In this patrons-only bonus, Molly Crabapple (@MollyCrabapple) translates some choice lyrics from the official song of the protests in Puerto Rico, "Afilando los Cuchillos" by Residente, iLe and Bad Bunny. Turns out it bangs even harder when you understand all the sick owns!
Friend of the show Molly Crabapple (@mollycrabapple) joins us to talk about getting arrested with a bunch of her fellow Jews at last week's Amazon/ICE protest, the Punisher logo, and the importance of antifascism. She then gives us an overview of the protests in Puerto Rico that exploded when now-former governor Ricardo Rosselló's ghoulish frat boy chat logs were leaked to the press. Asambleas! Flags! The nationalism ...
2019-08-21 10:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Simone discusses her viral "praxis" video. More irony talk, anti-intellectualism on the left, and the pitfalls of "normie socialism." We conduct a worker's inquiry into Simone's nanny job and her experience with Gen-Z, a group of kind and rational humans we are definitely not afraid of being turned into pelts by. Andy spills the beans about his online chess habit.
Closing song: In School - Praxis of Hate
2019-08-16 10:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post