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Arch Enemies w/ Devin Thomas O'Shea Jun 29, 2026 4015 Devin Thomas O’Shea stops by to chat about his new book The Veiled Prophet: Secret Societies, White Supremacy, and the Struggle for St. LouisSupport the show at https://www.patreon.com/c/thiswreckagePeter Thiel's Dialog leak: https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/ Song: Bryan Ferry - In Your Mind

Platnerpus Unaffiliated Society Jun 24, 2026 3195 Sean reports back on Labor Note drama!In the fun half, we listen to some of Graham Platner's town hall in an effort to redeem the term ULTRA. Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/c/thiswreckage to hear it!For a Fighting Workers Movement, A Militant Critique of Labor Notes panel: https://youtu.be/lt5X16UQ6bA?is=T_W0N0gkrCqkl9DwNYT piece on how ultra is a slur: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/magaz

Upstate Anarchist Bookfair May 7, 2026 5191 Interviews from this past weekend's Upstate Anarchist Bookfair with Riot Act Books, Solarpunk writer Phoebe Wagner, Flock Off Ithaca, Bolshevik Tendency, and Warzone DistroFor an extended version of this episode, sign up for FREE at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageAt the end I include a snippet of our Armed Love interview with Ben Morea, who passed away this weekend. Check out the full interview he

Consumption Junction w/ Nicolas D Villarreal Apr 27, 2026 3478 We take another break from WW3 and various attempted assassinations with a sojourn into some economic shit with our guest Nicolas D Villarreal, an independent researcher focusing on the capitalist political economy.For the full episode, support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageFull piece: https://cosmonautmag.com/2026/04/the-capitalist-in-the-21st-century/Response https://cosmonautmag.co

LaRouche Bag w/ A.J.A. Woods Apr 22, 2026 3803 Sean and Andy are joined by researcher A.J.A. Woods to discuss their new book The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy: Why the Right Blames the Frankfurt School for the Decline of the West. How did this basket of conspiracies come together in the post-60s moment? Who was Lyndon Larouche and how did he provide a bridge from quasi-Leninist elitism to the Reaganite New Right? What does culture even mean for

Summer of Ludd Apr 15, 2026 4066 NEWS EP! Andy is a bestseller. Sean becomes a Luddite Gnome. Orbon is Or-gone. Situation monitoring Hormuz, and looking back at the Suez crisis. In the bonus we discuss AI-generated Iranian propaganda. To hear that, support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckage Metropolitans B&N event with Noah Kulwin: https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062206054-0 ‘Summer of Ludd’ https://www

Sun's Out, Bund's Out w/ Molly Crabapple Apr 15, 2026 3530 Catching up with Molly Crabapple about Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund, available TODAY!! See also Molly's "My Great Grandfather was a Bundist" in New York Review of Books Support the show / get bonus content at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageSong: New Yiddish Chorale/Workers Circle Chorus feat. Adrienne Cooper - Barikadn (Barricades)

METROPOLITANS release week! Mar 30, 2026 4094 Everybody preorder Metropolitans now!!!! One of the longest and weirdest baseball books ever written, METROPOLITANS is a marxist history of America’s pastime in which the Mets serve a messianic main character. Check out this excerpt, this interview, or this Adam Gopnik New Yorker review.PREORDER from Penguin, Bookshop.org, Amazon and/or find me at one of the following launch events: April 1: Of

International Unrealism w/ Deep State Kuba Mar 18, 2026 3649 Sean and Andy are joined by Deep State Kuba Ph.D., international relation expert to the podcasting stars, to discuss current events in an unraveling world. Who is winning the wars in Iran and Ukraine? How has the media coverage of war and peace gotten so bad since the last great period of wars in the early 2000's? What kind of divisions exist within the global ruling class and what aspects of gove

Kharg of War (Half) Mar 9, 2026 3224 We go through different theories of WHY the Iran war is happening: ZOG/Epstein, Venezualizing Iran, Destabilizing the Gulf, Neo-Neoconservativism, immamentalizing the evangelical eschaton, or just because they canFor the full episode, support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageKharg theory: https://www.eenews.net/articles/the-oil-island-that-could-break-iran/https://x.com/guy_laron/status/

The Tariff Rift w/ C. Derick Varn (PART 1) Feb 23, 2026 3989 News ep! We talk striking nurses, MLBPA drama, SCOTUS vs POTUS, the changing tactics of ICE, looksmaxxing, and more with our cool Social Studies teacher, future governor of New York, the Sigma Marxist, C. Derick Varn!In part two of our new episode we chat with Varn about his DSA organizing in SLC, the Board of Peace and its plans for Gaza, and read a scene report from a Nick Land/Curtis Yarvin mee

The Donroe Mocktrin Jan 19, 2026 5109 Our thoughts on the wars, foreign and domestic, covering Greenland, Canada, China, Venezuela, EU, NATO, Israel, Minneapolis, the consolidation of neo-fascist lumpen imperialismSupport the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageShow notes: EU’s “anti coercion tool”, the Trade bazooka, turns against Trump https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/world/europe/greenland-us-trade-war.htmlEstonia's suppressio

Au Revoir Simón Jan 5, 2026 3362 Our initial reaction to Trump's first regime change and some thoughts on the end of the Bolivarian Revolution.Statement from La Clase: https://laclase.info/content/abajo-la-agresion-yanqui-defendamos-a-venezuela/Support the show at http://patreon.com/c/thiswreckageSong: Rebel Diaz - Work Like Chavez

Year of the Youthquake w/ Adrian Wohlleben Dec 17, 2025 4693 We talk about Adrian's new Ill Will Editions essay Revolts Without Revolution, a development of the memetic theory from his previous essays on Gilet Jaunes and George Floyd for a year of coordinated youth revolts and right-populist power-grabs.Memes With Force: https://illwill.com/print/memes-with-forceMemes Without Ends: https://illwill.com/memes-without-endMaucio Lazzarato - The United States an

Microfascist Machines w/ Jack Z. Bratich Nov 26, 2025 4388 Jack Z. Bratich chats about the concept of "microfascism," a term coined by Deleuze as part of their project of tracing “the genealogy and the permanence of certain fascist machineries” in order “to refuse to allow any fascist formula to slip by, on whatever scale it may manifest itself, including within the scale of the family or even within our own personal economy." Happy Thanksiving!The concep

🔥HELLWORLD🌏 w/ Phil Neel Oct 29, 2025 5407 Phil Neel guides our Halloween descent into HELLWORLD--his epic new horror-theory analysis of the megastructures of global capitalism, and a search of the revolutionary subjectivity necessary to revolt against our domestication into the planetary factory.Phil Neel's substack: https://philneel.substack.com/ Theory of the Party: https://illwill.com/theory-of-the-partySong: Merle Haggard - Are the G

Criminal Anarchy w/ Aaron J. Leonard Oct 22, 2025 3995 Longtime friend of the show, historian Aaron J. Leonard joins us to talk about his new book Menace of Our Time: The Long War Against American Communism. It's a history of the monitoring, infiltration, and legal suppression of the Communist Party USA that begins with a very familiar-sounding "black scare" against anarchists after a high-profile assassination in 1901. For the full episode, sign u

Texas in an Outrage Oct 1, 2025 2830 A member of DFW Defendants Support reports from the first court hearing for 17 activists being charged with terrorism after attending a July 4 noise demo in Dallas gone very wrong. While details of the events are limited, it has been centrally cited by the Trump admin to justify their assault on protest and dissent, offering some clues of how similar prosecutions might proceed in the future, and h

Book of Revelation Part 2 Jun 19, 2026 969 Henry Wallis of the FORMS podcast returns to help us read through Books 10-19 of BOOK OF REVELATION! We meet the whore of Babylon, the Beast, and 666 On the next episode, we’ll finish Revelation and move on to Capital Vol III!For the full episode support the show at http://patreon.com/c/thiswreckagesong: Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around

Notes on Labor Notes 1 w/ Independent Labor Club of Chicago Jun 17, 2026 3579 Thanks to friends in International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers: Caucus of Rank and File Electrical Workers, Sean was able to attend the 2026 Labor Notes convention in Chicago, Illinois. A bunch of fellow workers from ILC Chicago were also there so Sean sat down with them at a loud bar in the convention center hotel to discuss their experiences at various panels they went to.Whither the Teams

Notes on Labor Notes 2 w/ Joyce from Teamsters Mobilize and ILC Chicago Jun 17, 2026 3496 The second episode from the Hyatt Regency in Rosemont, Illinois for Labor Notes 2026 convention. This time Sean sits down with fellow workers JoJo and Gav from ILC Chicago to discuss various panels that they had just seen. In a surprise appearance, friend from New York, Joyce of the dissident Teamsters Mobilize stops by to talk about the trouble their group had at the conference due to TM's advers

E336 - The Nine Rigors w/ Rax King Jun 3, 2026 3430 Sean is joined by favorite guest and wife Rax King to discuss her upcoming essay in journalism cooperative Flaming Hydra on why organizing in the food service industry is so difficult but also so vital. What will it take for labor to break through in this industry? What can restaurant work teach us about labor in general? Why are these restaurant owners always clenching their jaws and sweating so

Diving into the Wreckage: Welcome to the Summer w/ C Derick Varn May 27, 2026 3306 As Sean and Varn reconvene we are faced with the unenviable task of trying to understand what the hell the Democratic Party is going to run on in 2026 and 2028, How to understand this economic moment? How to understand the various geopolitical crises around the globe? How are counterhegemonic actors like Graham Platner and Alex Jones going to politically confront the brave new world of AI? Stay tu

E335: That's What Xi Said May 20, 2026 3207 NEW EP! Was Trump's China trip a Nothing Burger or a soy slop?Why does the Deep State care so much about Taiwan?And Sean's NY☭ hat came from WHERE?All that plus choo-choo talk (LIRR Strike) in the bonus! For the full episode, sign up at http://patreon.com/thiswreckagehttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/nyregion/lirr-strike-long-island-rail-road.htmlhttps://nypost.com/2026/05/16/us-news/hochul-pushe

E334: Milkin' It May 13, 2026 4184 NEWS EP! Sean reports back from the a Beverly Hills Hedge Fund summit. Europe goes solar punk. US debt passes GDP as Project Freedom fails, and the Mideast bases lie in ruin. Is America through, or just through being cool? Billionaires Unfazed by Iran: https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/19bda51e-fb62-4432-bc37-b9b425f19edd Labor Market Unfazed by Iran https://giftarticle.ft.com/

BONUS: Book of Revelations Part 1 May 8, 2026 1650 We're joined by Henry Wallis of the FORMS podcast to guide us through one of the most obscure and challenging, yet arguably most consequential Biblical texts: the Book of Revelations.For the FULL episode, Discord access, and all bonus content support the show at http:///patreon.com/ThisWreckageWritten by a Christian exile on an Aegean Island in a time of intense imperial Civil War and internal rep

Weeding out our Library (&&& 420 special) Apr 20, 2026 893 &y & &ers celebrate weed's birthday with our annual reading of "Wally B" (Walter Benjamin)! This year, we read Leon Wieseltier's weasel-tier preface to Benjamin's Illuminations, then "Unpacking My Library" and a section of Berlin Childhood. For the full episode, subscribe at http://patreon.com/thiswreckage & listen to the end for a story of Anders' Benjamin-inspired direct action a

Diving into the Wreckage: Vive La Commune w/ C. Derick Varn & Henry Wallis Apr 10, 2026 3348 Sean and Varn are joined (eventually) by Henry Wallis, official France correspondent of This Wreckage and Varn Vlog, to talk about upcoming elections on the commune level and France Unbowed's plan to grow from municipal power to a mass political movement. Beforehand we had a brief discussion of the economic fallout from the Iran war which has subsequently went into a tentative two-week ceasefire.

Boss Fight: Labor Organizing in the Gaming Industry (ILC Public Assembly) Mar 25, 2026 4844 audio from the Independent Labor Club of New York City's 03/21 panel at the NYU Games Center featuring JD Calvelli, Nathan Greyson, and Goran, Svorcan-Mercola. Moderated by Alexander King. To find more info about the ILC check out ILCLabor.com to sign up.Become a supporter of our podcast at www.patreon.com/thiswreckageSong: LDR - Video Games (Live at Stagecoach)

&&&: Clim&te Defi&nce w/ Nate Smith Mar 16, 2026 506 The full episode is avaiable for FREE members at http://patreon.com/thiswreckagePaid subscribers can watch the video version of the pod here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/152718531We're joined by actor, comedian, activist, & Anders lookalike NATE SMITH! The two mog each other as we discuss the roots of his two action groups Climate Defiance & Extinction Rebellion, the recent interest both

Diving into the Wreckage: Iran Crisis w/ C Derick Varn Mar 4, 2026 3570 To access the entire conversation, all of our bonus content and more become a supporter at www.patreon.com/thiswreckageThe boys are back to discuss the latest war in West Asia. How should socialists view this recent outbreak of violence? What role does Zionism have in US foreign policy? Is the tail wagging the dog or has Dr Frankenstein lost control of his creation?In the fun half we discuss Ameri

BONUS: Smothering Heights w/ Susannah Grossman Wolfe Feb 27, 2026 335 Our gothic romance correspondent Susannah returns to chat about Emerald Fennell's kinkified adaptation of the Brontë classic, Wuthering Heights!For the full episode, Discord access, and all bonus material, support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckage

E325 (PART 2): Nick Land Acknowledgment w/ C. Derick Varn Feb 25, 2026 556 For the full episode, Discord access, and all bonus material, support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageIn part two of our news episode we chat with Varn about his DSA organizing in SLC, the Board of Peace and its plans for Gaza, and read a scene report from a Nick Land/Curtis Yarvin meet-and-greet in SF.

ARMED LOVE 14: Sixties Surrealism w/ Abigail Susik Feb 20, 2026 5714 Abigail Susik is an art historian, vice president of the International Society for the Study of Surrealism, and editor of Resurgence! Jonathan Leake, Radical Surrealism, and the Resurgence Youth Movement, 1964-1967, a compilation of publications by a surrealist sixties' anarchist group in NYC.For this Armed Love episode, we challenge ourselves to understand the political potency of the interwar av

DitW: The Dam Breaks in 2026 w C. Derick Varn Feb 11, 2026 5384 Sean and Varn tackle the important question regarding the release of the much-vaunted 'Epstein Files': which ones of 'our faves' might be implicated? How do we avoid the 'socialism of fools' after this and Gaza? What does the Epstein story tell us about the rot at the heart of our ruling class? What do the files tell us about the absolute state of barbarism we currently live in and must find some

E324: Blockade Party w/ Noah Kulwin & Brendan James Feb 4, 2026 3945 The hosts of Blowback Podcast report back from Colombia and Cuba!For an extended version of this episode, support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageIn Bogota, they attended a conference of the Progressive International that drafted a declaration for countering the Donroe Doctrine. And in Havana, they witnessed immediate results of Trump's full blockade of oil imports, leaving the island w

E323: Chai El See w/ Chicago Independent Labor Club Jan 29, 2026 3896 Gavin and Hope from the Chicago chapter of the Independent Labor Club join Sean to discuss national news and local chapter news in Chicagoland.Join us for a conversation about the recent events (pig murders) in Minneapolis, what it means to organize against the state, how not to become fodder in blue vs red politics and what autonomous class self-activity looks like amid general crisis.For access

E322: L'Internationale (Derogatory) w/ Connor Mulhern & Henry Wallace PREVIEW Jan 23, 2026 1130 Sean and Andy are joined by Connor Mulhern, lead researcher at the Reactionary International Research Consortium, and Henry Wallace, head honcho at the New International Magazine and Franco-American raconteur, to discuss the networks of power and influence behind the rise of right populist movements across the globe. How might this reactionary global influence network compare to the unsuccessful 2

E320: This Angry Wreckage w/ Angry Workers of the World Jan 17, 2026 4137 Sean and Andy are joined by Marco and Luke of the UK collective Angry Workers of the World, here to discuss their practical activity and intellectual output since the publication of Class Power on Zero Hours several years ago. They also present their relatively new healthcare industry project whose publication Vital Signs seeks to analyze how medical labor, in all its industrial diversity and its

The Warmth of Collectivism Jan 12, 2026 447 We discuss PLURIBUS: Vince Gilligan's new show about a misanthropic writer who has to deal with the annoying communist singularity.for the FULL EPISODE subscribe at patreon.com/thiswreckage

E319: Good and Evil Jan 9, 2026 1012 Sean is drunk and angryListen to the full episode free and subscribe for our bonus ep about Pluribus at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageShow notes:NYE murder in Cali https://abc7.com/amp/post/keith-porter-death-advocates-want-legal-action-man-shot-killed-off-duty-ice-agent-northridge/18359155Feds block investigation https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/minnesota-ice-shooting-news.html?smid=nytcore

Diving into the Wreckage: One Crisis after Another w/ C. Derick Varn Dec 24, 2025 3610 Sean and Varn are back to talk current events, discuss theory and gripe about everyone and everything. On the tumbrils this week: artificial intelligence, the DSA, sovereign debt, multipolarity and how not to debate with Colin Drumm online. In the second half we talk about 'The Mamdani Moment', Varn's recent ascension to Chief Fly-in-the-Ointment in the DSA, the pre-political theories of the ILC a

E316: The Bovine of Western Civilization Dec 10, 2025 4843 NEWS EP! We cover the true origins or the Warner Brothers buyout, Trump's new National Security manifesto, the death of the West, and say farewell to Asad Haider. Sign up on patreon to hear the fun half!! in which we discuss Death by Lightning, a miniseries about James Garfield and American crankery: http://patreon.com/c/thiswreckageReferenced articles: https://www.endnotes.org.uk/palabre/angels-a

E315: Conservative Marxism w/ Ralph Leonard Dec 8, 2025 3387 Sean and Andy are joined by British-Nigerian writer and podcaster, Ralph Leonard, to talk about identity, politics and the Anglo Ummah. We discuss the parlous state of the nationalist left, what a proletarian socialist politics might look like in the 21st century and what might possibly be conserved of the classical Marxist movement which died in the beginning of the last century. Along the way we

&&&: DSA Drama & Conan Watching Dec 5, 2025 569 For the full episode (in audio only OR video) sign up at http://patreon.com/c/thiswreckage!&y and &ers J. Lee talk about Zohran's walkbacks, meeting with Trump, and relationship with the Satmar community. Then we watch and comment on a few old Conan monologues and interviews with Marc Maron, Kevin Spacey, and Jay Leno.

E313: Imagining a Zoomer Marxism w/ Tony 1dime Nov 19, 2025 3784 Sean interviews the ever charming Tony from video essay channel 1Dime and political podcast 1Dime Radio about what it's like to be young and/or Canadian. They discuss politics up north, the vagaries of the so-called left and what a younger cohort might teach us old-timers about the world.This is a preview of the extended version of this episode, to access the whole thing become a patron at www.pat

E312: We Must Imagine Frankenstein Happy Nov 14, 2025 443 We talk about Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein and decide: Worth it and/or woke?For the full episode subscribe at http://patreon.com/c/thiswreckageDel Toro interview: https://www.npr.org/2025/10/23/nx-s1-5577963/guillermo-del-toro-frankensteinMarx on alienated labor: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/manuscripts/labour.htmSong: Alice Cooper - Teenage Frankenstein

ARMED LOVE 13: White Panther Party w/ DJ PreSkool Nov 12, 2025 4815 In 1968, Huey P. Newton told an interviewer that whites who wanted to support the Black Panthers should create the White Panther Party. Later that year, a trio of Michigan radical artists (John Sinclair, Leni Sinclair, and Pum Plamondon) did just that. Gaining notoriety from their campaigns to legalize marijuana, support political prisoners, and the popularity of revolutionary rockers the MC5, the

E311: Z-Day + Bugonia w/ Payton McCarty-Simas Nov 7, 2025 2450 We give our first reflections of Zohran's mayoral victory in New York: Sean from his coworkers, Andy from the Commie Corridor.Subscribe at http://patreon.com/c/thiswreckage for the fun half, in which film critic Payton McCarty-Simas pops in to discuss Yorgos Lanthimos' new film Bugonia.Bessner post: https://x.com/dbessner/status/1986204448092528758Song: Earth Wind and Fire - Where Have All the Flo

Diving into the Wreckage - New Old Crises Nov 5, 2025 3957 Sean and Varn meditate on a moment full of incoherence that somehow coheres.Song: Nirvana - DiveFor the full episode sign up at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageBecome a patron of Varnvlog at www.patreon.com/varnvlog

DITW: On Terrorism and the State by Gianfranco Sanguinetti (RIP) Oct 15, 2025 3692 Andy, Varn, and Alex of Antipolitika Journal read and discuss Gianfranco Sanguinetti's 1979 text "On Terrorism and the State."A follow-up on his "Truthful Report on the Last Chances to Save Capitalism in Italy" hoax from a few years earlier, the text accuses the Italian State of arranging the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro, and being behind all acts of terrorism as a short-sighted strategy of

E308: Snake Mistakes Oct 8, 2025 2533 NEWS EP! Government Shutdowns past and present, ICE in Chicago, Trump vs. Big Capital, and Sean's essay on the implications of the international spread of the American petit-bourgeois. We discuss the essay in detail in the fun half! read along: https://seankb.substack.com/p/gadsdens-over-rio Subscribe for the full episode and Discord discussion: https://www.patreon.com/c/thiswreckage Fall prom

E307: Time doesn't exist, yet it controls us anyway Oct 3, 2025 1393 We discuss our new podcast name, and Paul Thomas Anderson's new film, One Battle After Another.For the full episode support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageAnd for a FREE copy of Jarrod's book, subscribe or upgrade your subscription to annual Antifada supterstars tier (a 16% discount!)more info: https://www.patreon.com/posts/fall-promotion-138957785

E305: Years of Lard Sep 26, 2025 2702 Catching up on the news, and announcing the show's rebrand! A must listen for all longtime friends and fans.Bailing out Argentina: https://on.ft.com/4nmFPeiDysphoria Dimes’ take on Trans terror designation: https://www.instagram.com/p/DO6EqTYjqT_/Klip on Dallas shooter's motives: https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-ice-shooters-motiveFor the full show and Discord info support us at https://www.p

E304: DSA with Bruv Characteristics w/ Max Shanly Sep 22, 2025 3495 Max Shanly calls in from the UK to give his thoughts on the formation of the new party challenging Labor and Reform. Shanly argues that it should be modeled on the American DSA, with an eye towards renewing the Republican tradition in the UK.support us at https://www.patreon.com/c/thiswreckage for the fun half, in which we talk about the social conservative and petit bourgeois elements in the part

Every Fire Needs A Little Bit of Help w/ Aristilde Kirby, O.K. Fox, Samantha Hinds, Heatwave, Antipolitika, Payton McCarty-Simas & Jarrod Shanahan Sep 19, 2025 1644 Audio from our public reading + NYC Anarchist Bookfair afterparty at Book Row! A celebration of the publication of Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help: A Decade of Rebellion, Reaction, and Morbid Symptoms from @PMPress.For the full reading support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada And for a FREE copy of Jarrod's book, subscribe or upgrade your subscription to annual Antifada supterstar

E302: Which Way, Western Marxist? w/ Ross Wolfe (HALF) Sep 10, 2025 3448 BASED Western Marxist Ross Wolfe EVISCERATES Domenico Losurdo for poor scholarship and neo-Stalinist zig-zagging.For the full episode, including paywalled content about the conspiracy theories of Losurdists Gabriel Rockhill and the ACP, and some discussion of their hatred of Nietzsche and "going back to Marx," subscribe at http://patreon.com/theantifadaPart I: https://newintermag.com/against-losur

E301: National DCification w/ Rax King Sep 3, 2025 4043 Sean is joined by James Beard Nominated author, Rax King, to discuss her long-suffering hometown, Washington DC and the new trials it faces now that President DJT has decided to declare a crime emergency. The police have been federalized and the National Guard called in to suppress the lives of DC residents. How did this come to pass? What should we do about it? And how might DC be a portent of wh

E300: Late Antifascism Aug 27, 2025 2839 We celebrate 300 (+) Antifadas with a news episode and Q+A! New hits include Trump's Intel buy, the alt-right power and schisms within the Trump admin, ICE raid updates, and the theories of late capitalism and late fascism and if we're seeing the emergence of a late antifascism. In the Q&A we talk about Grossmanism, TRPF, pre-politics, "partyism" and neo-kautskyism, our political trajectories

E299: Wrecking Crew w/ Caucus of Rank-and-file Electrical Workers Aug 22, 2025 4054 Sean is joined by Scott, Leo and Emily of the new nationwide initiative within the International Brotherhood [sic] of Electrical Workers called CREW. What made these union militants decide to organize for power within their union? How does business unionism let us all down? What sort of organizational principles should workers uphold? What would working class independence look like if we broke fre

Trump's Big DC Takeover / In the Year Two-thous&&& Aug 18, 2025 2225 &y & &ers speculate on the deeper motives behind the move to end Home Rule in DC, then hop in Naomi Wolf's Apple Time Machine way back to THE YEAR 2000 to watch and discuss old Conan monologues and bits!For the full episode, including a VIDEO version, support the show at http://www.patreon.com/c/theantifada

Antifada LIVE: Platforms of Proletarianization w/ Cured Quail & Clocked Out Aug 13, 2025 7037 Audio from our live event! A panel about the way social media and technology effect our day to day lives and our future as a species with Eric-John Russell of Cured Quail, and Fiona Pearl Miller and Zoe Laris-Djokovic of Clocked Out Magazine. Recorded (mostly) last Friday, August 8 at Woodbine. Support Antifada! http://patreon.com/theantifadaBuy Cured Quail volume 3: https://curedquail.bigcartel.

E298: This Town is Too Hot w/ Heatwave Collective Aug 6, 2025 4133 Andy and Sean are joined by two anon members of the Heatwave Collective to discuss their new project: a better magazine for a worse world. How might we imagine the communist project under conditions of climate chaos? What does political economy tell us about the limits to capitalist politics in the current moment? How has history led us to such an impasse and what might we, as a class, do about it

BONUS: Eddington was a Documentary Aug 1, 2025 1129 Our mysterious Anarcho Film Critic returns to debate EDDINGTON, Ari Aster's new Western farce set in a small New Mexico town experiencing the pandemic, George Floyd Uprising, and the rise of an AI data facility outside town. Is it a nihilistic farce with no message, or a powerful rebuke to impoverished mainstream narratives?For the full episode support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifadaSop

E297: Malcolm in the Meltdown w/ Malcolm Harris Jul 30, 2025 3586 Malcolm Harris, author of Kids These Days and Palo Alto returns to talk about his new book What’s Left: Three Paths Through the Planetary Crisis--a trip through the three leftist conceptions of how to survive the climate crisis with recommendations for the present. For the full episode subscribe at http://patreon.com/theantifadaArticle about Shell consulting gig: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/

E296: Conflicted Solidarity w/ Sarah Schulman Jul 23, 2025 2894 Sarah Schulman chats about her latest book "The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity", a meditation on the category of solidarity informed by her decades of experience as a writer, academic and activist. Also by Sarah Schulman and mentioned in the episode: "Conflict Is Not Abuse," "Let the Record Show," an oral history of ACT UP, "The Gentrification of the Mind," and the lesbian noir Maggie Terry.S

&&&: SUPERM&N Jul 18, 2025 477 &ers & &y talk about James Gunn's woke, punk, millennial, pro-Palestinian, anti-ICE Superman!For the full episode sign up at http://patreon.com/theantifada

Diving into the Wreckage: Communization w/ C. Derick Varn Jul 16, 2025 3499 To listen to the bonus portion of this episode (where all the deportable offenses might happen) become a patron at www.patreon.com/theantifada for this and all our great bonus content.Resources on Communization: https://thecharnelhouse.org/2017/02/28/resources-on-communization/To watch this episode on video become a patron of the excellent, independent Varn Vlog at www.patreon.com/varnvlogSong: Ga

E295: Let them Eat ICE w/ Zhana Kurti Jul 9, 2025 3240 Z's back to dive deep into Trump's BBL, Alligator Alcatraz and future detention centers, LA and Chicago's immigration showdowns, and the Brandon Johnson's failed campaign against the restaurant from The Bear. In the fun half we talk about if the Cuomo-voting Bronx will join the New York Commune, and share some HILARIOUS Hot Commie Summer tips from McSweeney's.For the full show, Discord access, a

E294: Hot Communist Summer Part 1 w/ C. Derick Varn Jun 30, 2025 4071 As history repeats itself, we dissect Zohran Mamdani's stunning Democratic primary victory over former Governor Andrew Cuomo in NYC's mayoral race—a win that sent shockwaves through Wall Street and sparked what hedge fund CEO Dan Loeb dubbed "Hot Commie Summer." How did the Democratic Socialist candidate pull of one of the biggest political upsets in recent New York history? And what potentials d

E293: Mom-Dommy vs. Tammany Daddy w/ Mattie Lubchansky Jun 23, 2025 3317 Our final predictions and analysis for the 2025 NYC Democratic mayoral primaries with Mattie Lubchansky of the No Gods, No Mayors podcast.For the full episode sign up at http://patreon.com/theantifadaModern Ferret Monthly: https://web.archive.org/web/20070610044439/http://www.modernferret.com/pressreleases/nyc05212001.htmlMcMansion Hell endorsement: -https://mcmansionhell.com/post/7865401934843412

UNLOCKED: Veiled Threats w/ Arya Zahedi Jun 20, 2025 3411 Part 2 of our April, 2024 discussion with Middle East scholar Arya Zahedi of Insurgent Notes about the essay Class Struggle, Autonomy, and the State in Iran from Ill Will Editions. He talks about the uprisings in Iran, including the murder of Mahsa Amini, and his feelings about Iran's role in the proxy wars surrounding the siege of Gaza.Listen to Part 1 here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/10153632

E292: LA TACO w/ Victor Artola Jun 16, 2025 2928 Report-back from the streets of LA with Victor Artola, author of Los Angeles, Or the End of Assimilation from Ill Will Editions.For the full episode subscribe at http://patreon.com/theantifadaFurther reading: https://crimethinc.com/2025/06/08/los-angeles-stands-up-to-ice-a-firsthand-report-on-the-clashes-of-june-6TACO Trump backing down at behest of farm and hotel lobby: https://www.nytimes.com/20

E291: MF DOOM Outro w/ S.H. Fernando Jr. Jun 11, 2025 2889 Sean and Andy chat with S.H. Fernando Jr., aka Skiz, the author of Chronicles of DOOM Unraveling Rap's Masked Iconoclast. We cover some hip hop history, DOOM's origins in underground hip hop and his emergence as crossover phenomenon in the aughts, his Nuwaubian background, getting kicked out of the US, and much more!Sign up for our Patreon to hear the fun half, in which we talk about DOOM's relati

Independent Labor Assembly 5: Education and Labor 5/30/25 Jun 6, 2025 2618 For the full episode (FREE!), sign up at http://patreon.com/theantifadaThe following is the audio from the Independent Labor Club of New York's assembly on Education and Labor:Education in the US is at a crossroads. In recent months the Trump administration has proposed to abolish the Department of Education, and has threatened to rescind federal grants to universities across the country unless th

Garveyism 2: Three Way Fight w/ John Garvey Jun 2, 2025 3435 John returns for our special miniseries discussing his decades of experience theorizing and organizing, current events and life/work in New York City. On this episode he and Sean talk about this article from Dandy Andy at Three Way Fight, John's historical taxi driver organizing campaign and what it takes for commies to be accepted at the workplace.If you like this episode, want to talk about in o

E290: French President SLAPPED by FURIOUS wife!!! w/ Henry Wallis May 28, 2025 3489 Our French correspondent joins us to talk about the SLAP heard 'round the world. We also get some updates on Melanchon's US tour, discuss Hasan Piker's detainment, death with dignity, the abundance agenda, Zohran, Robert Moses vs. Tammany Hall, the 5 year anniversary of the George Floyd Uprising.Subscribe at http://patreon.com/theantifada for the fun half, in which we listen to some clips from Jor

E289: Freedom Zone of Interest w/ Malek Rasamny May 19, 2025 2904 Malek Rasamny walks us through the moving gears of Middle East geopolitics in the wake of Trump's visit to Riyadh, opening relations to the Syrian regime under Ahmed Al-Saraah (fka Mohammed al-Julani), nuclear talks with Iran, PKK disarmement, the current situation in Lebenon, and much more.Listen to the full episode for FREE by becoming a free member at http://patreon.com/theantifada. Or show you

E288: Fraudian Ziz-o Analysis w/ David Z Morris May 12, 2025 3509 Tech and finance writer David Z. Morris talks us through the mental illness behind Silicon Valley's fascist immortalists, rationalists, effective altruists, abundists, etc.Support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifdada for the fun half, in which we speculate on Luigi's connection to this world, what's behind the assassination attempts on Trump, and if we should "buy the dip" on the technofutu

AI Caramba 3 w/ Paris Marx May 9, 2025 1302 Sean talks with Paris Marx about AIfor the full episode, support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifadaSong: Barry Manilow - Aye Caramba!

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