Coffee with Comrades

Holy shit, y'all, we fucking did it! 150 episodes of this silly, radical, wholesome podcast. 150 conversations, discussions, dialogues, interviews, chit-chats, back-and-forths. Wow wow wow wow wow wow. To celebrate, we do a bit of house-keeping and have a Q&A to mark the occasion. If you'd like, you can read the transcript for this episode. We also have a poll going for t-shirt designs. Let us know which you like the best! Be sure to stick around 'til the very end for some wild-ass bloopers. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitterand Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Nathanael Whale.

"The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make and could just as easily make differently." David Graeber, The Utopia of Rules Dedicated to the memory of David Graeber. Rest in power. Recently, I sat down with Nate and Tom, two of the co-hosts of Works in Theory podcast, to commemorate the passing of David Graeber. Together, we read through my favorite Graeber essay, "What's the Point if We Can't Have Fun?" and discussed everything from anthropocentrism to economics to joy and the jubilee of play. Read "What's the point if we can't have fun?" by David Graeber. Follow Works in Theory on Twitter and Instagram and visit their website. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

I recently sat down with the folks behind the forthcoming documentary East of Town to talk about immigration, justice, and borders in the Deep South town of Lumpkin, GA. Our sprawling conversation touched on a whole lot--from the depressing constancy of immigration policy in the so-called U.S. to fortress Europe and the global regime of border violence enforced across the planet. Support East of Town's GoFundMe. Follow East of Town on Twitter. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

This week, Justine and Hal join us to discuss the brand new Solarpunk magazine! In this wide-ranging conversation, the three of us define "solarpunk" as both a literary/aesthetic genre, but also as a way-of-life. We pick apart the anti-authoritarian impulse implicit in the name "solarpunk," but also problematize the limitations of aesthetic revolt. Our dialogue touches on the tensions between (post-)humanism and biocentrism, abolishing anthropocentrism, anti-capitalism in solarpunk, queer and liberatory story-telling, and so much more! Production Note: I mention at the top of the episode that this is Ep. 146, but it's actually Ep. 147. Visit Solarpunk magazine's website and sign-up to be notified of their Kickstarter, which launches October 1, 2021! You can also follow Solarpunk magazine on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, if that's your jam. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

On today's edition of Coffee with Comrades, we spoke with Lee—better known as Your Friendly Butch Anarchist—about community accountability. YFBA's thread on community accountability. Follow YFBA on Twitter and Instagram. Support YFBA on Patreon or send her funds on CashApp at $ButchAnarchy! Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitterand Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

Ep. 145 of Coffee with Comrades features a conversation with Geo Maher, author of the new book A World Without Police: How Communities Make Cops Obsolete. Geo and I discuss abolition as presence, connect the history of reconstruction to the present, examine the obstacles presented by the Fraternal Order of Police in order to explore strategies to "break the spinal column of police power," chat about community self-defense, and close with a dialogue about abolition as a central facet of revolutionary social transformation. Pick up a copy of A World Without Police: How Communities Make Cops Obsolete. Follow Geo on Instagram and visit his website! Attend the special book release event on Sept. 1, 2021. Support Coffee with Comradeson Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comradesis a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

I recently sat down with Jay Dragon, lead designer behind Possum Creek Games and developer of the new tabletop roleplaying game, Wanderhome. The two of us proceeded to have quite a lovely conversation that I'm so excited to share with you today. Jay is wonderful and the insight, passion, and heart Jay brought to this dialogue was beautiful to behold. Jay and I talk a lot about the mechanics behind Wanderhome, discuss the "GM agnostic" systems of Wanderhome, get into the weeds of the different philosophies behind game design, discuss the pastoral, gentle adventures of player-characters in the world of Hæth, and speak at length about queerness in the tabletop gaming space. I cannot recommend Wanderhome enough, regardless of whether you're a veteran TRPG player or a total novice! Visit Possum Creek Games' website and pick up a copy of Wanderhome today! Follow Jay on Twitter. Follow Grub on Twitter. Check out Kazumi's Twitter, as well. I Hope We Choose Love by Kai Cheng Thorn A Dozen Fragments on Playground Theory by Jay Dragon What's the Point if We Can't Have Fun? by David Graeber Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comradesis an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

I recently sat down with Robert Ovetz to chat about his book Workers Inquiry and Global Class Struggle! The conversation jumped around a bunch. We chatted about the strike as a tactic, the unique types of struggle that are occurring in places like China and Argentina, and the necessity of international solidarity as we fight to abolish capitalism. Follow Robert on Twitter! You can check out his essays and journal articles, as well. Pick up a copy of Workers' Inquiry & Global Class Struggle! Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitterand Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

I recently caught up with my comrade Cory, who hosts the show The Mind of a Skeptical Leftist. The two of us chatted over a coffee about why SWERFs suck, how awful Joe Biden is, and some other fun stuff. The discussion was engrossing and we had a blast. I hope you'll enjoy the chat, too. Follow Cory on Twitter and Instagram and subscribe to their YouTube You can also support them on Patreon! Support Coffee with Comradeson Patreon, follow us on Twitterand Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comradesis a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comradesis an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

On this week's edition of Coffee with Comrades, we're doing something a little special. In the first part of Ep. 141, I sat down with Scott Branson to talk about the new English language version of a book they translated for AK Press, The Abolition of Prison, by French revolutionary and prison abolitionist Jacques de la Haye. Scott and I talked about their work translating the new edition, the capaciousness of anarchism and abolition, as well as the cancerous forms of carceral logic that plague the left even to this day. In the second part, I include an English language rendition of a conversation with Jacques de la Haye himself! Then, finally, we close with a French version of that same dialogue. Below are the time stamps for each of the three parts: 6:05 – Interview with Scott Branson 53:32 – English Language Interview with Jacques de la Haye 1:02:21 – French Language Interview with Jacques de la Haye I also want to give a big shout-out to Scott, who translated Jacques' answers and my comrade, Travis, who leant his voice-acting skills to read out Jacques' replies for our English-speaking audience. Pick up a copy of The Abolition of Prison! You can follow Scott Branson on Twitter. You can also find a digital transcript for our interview with Jacques Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitterand Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comradesis a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comradesis an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

On today's episode, historian, professor, and author Michael Reagan joins me to discuss his new book, Intersectional Class Struggle, available now through AK Press! Michael and I chat at length about the necessity of intersectionality, the modern dynamics of class struggle, the fetishization and veneration of the "working class" as it exists in the minds of many on the left today, the history and lineage of the Black feminist tradition and how it informed Michael's work, and a whole bunch more. Michael was a lovely person to chat with and I hope you enjoy listening to this episode just as much as we enjoyed recording it. Follow Michael Reagan on Twitter, visit his website, and pick up a copy of Intersectional Class Struggle! Support Coffee with Comradeson Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

On today's episode, I sat down with Jonathan Bailey, a labor organizer who recently ran for a seat on NYC's City Council, to discuss working at Amazon, labor and unionization efforts at Amazon, and why anticolonialism is such a crucial facet of his analysis. Check out Amazonians United and follow Jonathan Bailey on Twitter. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

I recently caught up with the anarchist street artist, printmaker, and graphic designer NO Bonzo, a Portland-based illustrator who's been working on PM Press's forthcoming Mutual Aid: An Illuminated Factor of Evolution, Pyotr Kropotkin's seminal work on evolution, politics, and economics. The book is absolutely brilliant, you've never seen an edition of Kropotkin's magnum opus like this before. And, yes, Mutual Aid is his best work, not the Bread Book. Fight me, theory nerds. Bonzo and I had an absolutely lovely conversation ranging from me gushing over their work to us discussing art as praxis to the themes and inspirations behind their art to me gushing over their work more. There's a lot of me geeking out over how sick their stuff is. If you've frequented any lefty meme pages on Instagram, you've probably seen Bonzo's work floating around before. If you haven't already acquainted yourself with their aesthetic, you should definitely give it a peep before listening to this episode just because it'll provide a bit more context for our discussion. Follow Bonzo on Twitter and Instagram and visit their website. Purchase prints, patches, and stickers from Bonzo's Etsy Store. Pick up a copy of Mutual Aid: An Illuminated Factor of Evolution and/or Off With Their Heads: An Anti-Fascist Coloring Book for All Ages for 20% off using the promo code "COFFEE" at PM Press Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

On today's edition of the program, I sat down with my pal John Duffy to discuss the new podcast he's producing, After the Uprising: The Death of Danye Dion Jones. John is a journalist, writer, film-maker, and podcaster, as well as a dear friend and we had a lovely chat over coffee the other morning talking about After the Uprising, a podcast which investigates the tragic death of a young man in Ferguson following the uprising for Black liberation inspired by Mike Brown and one mother's dogged quest to find answers. The podcast is harrowing, moving, and powerful stuff and I cannot possibly recommend it enough. Check out After the Uprising wherever you get your podcasts! Visit Double Asterisk Media online and follow on Twitter and Instagram. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

Today, we bring you a special collaboration with our Channel Zero Network friends and colleagues, 12 Rules For What!? In this edition of the program, Sam, Alex, and I discuss the current iterations of reactionary politics, unpack the fascist imaginary, discuss ways to cope with the horrors of staring into the abyssal ugliness of far-right politics, and take some time to chat about Alex and Sam's new book, The Post-Internet Far-Right. The three of us had a lovely conversation. I hope you'll enjoy it as much as we did. Check out 12 Rules for What!? wherever you get your podcasts, support their Patreon, and follow them on Twitter! Pre-order a copy of The Post-Internet Far-Right from Dog Section Press. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

This week, I am joined by my lovely friend Kathrin, who hosts a YouTube channel that discusses political science and anthropology through a feminist lens. Kathrin and I spent the hour discussing prisons, police, and abolition. We chatted about the cancer of carceral feminism, the need to address patriarchal and masculinist fantasies of power on the left, the urgency of abolition as an anti-statist position that must be prefigured in the here and now, as well as the ways in which abolition is a presence: a thing we must actively build with our own communities. Support Kathrin on Patreon, follow her on Twitter, and subscribe to her YouTube channel! Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

We are back, once again, with your weekly dosage of Coffee with Comrades. Joining me this week, once again, for the second half of our special two-part collaboration are Jesse and Matt, co-hosts of the excellent podcast, The Future is a Mixtape. Today, we examine the praxis of anti-anti-utopia, digging into the theory's implications for literature, media, and culture, but also (and, arguably, much more importantly) discussing how anti-anti-utopian fiction galvanizes action and transformation. I had an absolute blast chatting with Jesse and Matt, they are positively delightful. If you haven't already, definitely be sure to check out Ep. 133 of Coffee with Comrades, "Imagining an Alternative: The Theory of Anti-Anti-Utopia," before you listen to this episode. Otherwise, ya might be a bit lost. Visit The Future is a Mixtape's website and follow them on Twitter. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

This week, I am pleased to share with you a subject that is very close to my heart (and often on my mind, for that matter.) I recently sat down with Jesse and Matt, co-hosts of the Future is a Mixtape, to discuss the theory and praxis of anti-anti-utopia. Anti-anti-utopia happens to be the subject of my doctoral research and, as such, is something that I have been writing about ad nauseum for the last, oh, I dunno, two and a half years or so? And I've been thinking about it for at least twice as long so, suffice to say, it's something that I'm really passionate about and interested in. But what, exactly, is anti-anti-utopia, anyway? Well, in this first episode of our two-part special collaboration with the Future is a Mixtape, Jesse, Matt, and I lay out the theory of anti-anti-utopia by discussing four main vectors: utopia, dystopia, anti-utopia, and anti-anti-utopia. Stay tuned for next week's episode where we'll move on from discussing the theory of anti-anti-utopia and share a dialogue about anti-anti-utopian praxis. Visit The Future is a Mixtape's website and follow them on Twitter. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is proud to be part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

We are back in action, once again, with another episode of Coffee with Comrades. I recently sat down with my friend and comrade, Cindy Milstein, to talk about her new edited anthology, There is Nothing So Whole as a Broken Heart: Mending the World as Jewish Anarchists. Cindy is one of the most gentle, compassionate, and lovely people we've ever had the pleasure of hosting on this show. Cindy and I discussed the compatability of Judaism and anarchism, the synthesis of identity, antifascism and antisemitism, international solidarity against settler colonialism and state oppression, queer and feminist Judaism(s), and the joys of youth and rebellion. Pick up a copy of There is Nothing So Whole as a Broken Heart: Mending the World as Jewish Anarchists! Follow Cindy on Twitter and Instagram. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is proud to be part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

We are back with your weekly helping of Coffee with Comrades and, boy, do we have a show for you! I sat down with my friend and comrade, author and activist Shane Burley, who's new book, Why We Fight, is available now through AK Press! Shane and I discussed a whole host of topics: fascism and the far-right, anti-fascism and militant resistance, and the ongoing apocalyptic times we're all living through. The conversation was lovely. Shane kicks ass and this collection of essays is absolutely spectacular—I cannot recommend it enough. Pick up a copy of Why We Fight! Follow Shane on Twitter and support his Patreon! Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is proud to be part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

This week, author and activist Eric Laursen joins me to discuss his new book, The Operating System: An Anarchist Critique of the Modern State available May 4th, 2021 through AK Press. Eric and I discuss the origins of the modern state, its relative brevity in world history, the ways the State insinuates itself into our lives and perpetuates itself through replicative cycles of colonization, command, and control, and the folly of revolutionaries who believe they can strike down capital without also felling the State. Pick up a copy of Eric's book, The Operating System! Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is proud to be part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

This week, we're bringing your Coffee with Comrades fix a little early. Apparently, some bourgeoisie Hollywood socialites are throwing themselves a party this evening so, in light of the festivities, we're sharing our recent collaboration with Kino Lefter on the Oscar-bait flick Trial of the Chicago 7 and the Cannes award-winning film, Another Round. Follow Kino Lefter on Twitter and support them on Patreon. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is proud to be part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

Episode 128 of Coffee with Comrades features a conversation with independent journalist Abby Lee Hood. We discuss the storied history of the term "redneck," critiquing liberal elitism and self-righteousness, exploring the labor history of rednecks, and analyzing how these consequential struggles for working class people were coopted by the ruling class and sold back to us in the form of pop country stars and reactionary nationalism. As is often the case in conversations like these, our dialogue bounced around a lot. One of the things we touched on briefly was the Derek Chauvin trial. We recorded this interview before the police killing of Daunte Wright. Obviously, the terrain has shifted a bit since Abby Lee and I's conversation as folks in Minneapolis have been engaged in the struggle for justice against Brooklyn Center PD. All power and solidarity to the folks bravely standing up to the cops in Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis, Chicago, and all across this country as we continue to fight for abolition and justice. Follow Abby Lee Hood on Twitter, visit their website, and check out the fundraiser for the Southern & Appalachian Co-Op Press! Art for this week's episode is taken from Abby Lee's article in the NYT, designed by Eleni Kalorkoti. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is proud to be part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

This week, Michael Pons joins me for a discussion of the hit indie video game, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut. Pons and I explore the game's politics of insincerity, the philosophical existentialism of the game and its universe, the masculinist power fantasies in RPGs, and why endings are so critical to get right in video games. As you might imagine, this discussion is filled with spoilers for the game, so tread lightly. Follow Pons on Twitter. Disco Elysium was too afraid of sincerity to be revolutionary The mysterious, magical end of Disco Elysium Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is proud to be part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

This week, I hung out with my pal Frank from the Left Page podcast and talked about Ursula K. Le Guin's novel, The Left Hand of Darkness. In the ensuing dialogue, Frank and I discussed the book's ambisexuality, queer critiques of the text and Le Guin's response, the nature of being and the impermanence of knowledge, how different knowledge bases are gendered and how we dismantle and reinterrogate the chauvinistic approach to science and reclaim a more emancipatory framework for the scientific method. We also talk about spirituality? I dunno, it was a lot and we bounced around quite a bit, but I had a blast and I hope you'll enjoy this episode, too. The Left Hand of Darkness is available online! Follow Frank on Twitter. Check out the Left Page podcast on Twitter, visit their website, and support them on Patreon. Check out our episodes of The Dispossessed with the Left Page podcast, Ep. 47 and Ep. 48! Macabre Media podcast has a new episode! Check it out wherever you get your podcasts. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is proud to be part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

Today, I'm sharing an interview I did with my homie, Steven, who's running for city council in Minneapolis. Steven and I chat about the George Floyd uprising, the abolitionist struggle in the city, Steven's platform and politics, and I also ask him some tough questions from the left about political struggle and the limitations of the ballot box. Follow Steven on Twitter, visit his website, and volunteer to support his campaign! Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is proud to be part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie Interlude: "Erase the Rat" by Backtrack Outro: "Call My Name" by Harms Way

This week marks the one year anniversary of the so-called U.S. being placed under lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. One year ago, I was in New York city visiting childhood friends and the comrades in Dumb & Awful. I was literally in the middle of making plans to chill with Amy and Liz from Rebel Steps when the coronavirus was officially declared a national emergency. In the time that's passed, our society has become more isolated and alienated than ever before. Worldwide, millions have died. To this day, the U.S. has continued to absolutely bungle this debacle. To mark this historic year, I wanted to do a retrospective, reflective episode on how COVID-19 has impacted human society and how human beings have become atomized, but also how we've banded together, rose up against white supremacy in this country, and instituted sweeping projects of tenant-organizing and mutual aid when the state left us out to dry. Joining me today is Jules Taylor, a musician, producer, and podcaster living in upstate, NY. Jules and I spend the episode chatting about the emergence of new conspiracies, the way capitalism exacerbated this crisis (fueling and profiting off our ongoing immiseration,) and—most importantly—the ways we've fought back. But it's also a heavy episode, where we leave some space to mourn and grieve and contemplate mortality. Things mentioned by Jules during our conversation: The Slow Cancelling of the Future – Mark Fisher Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher Cover of the New Yorker Magazine 12.7.20 Women With Cancer Awarded Billions in Baby Powder Suit The fiasco of the 1976 'swine flu affair' The Spanish Flu actually came from Kansas Notes: Check out Jules' podcast, No Easy Answers, and his website: JulesTaylorMusic.com. You can find all his various projects here: https://bit.ly/julestaylorbio You can follow him on social media: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram And you can stream his music here: https://bit.ly/julestaylormusicsongwhip Also, you can challenge Jules to a game of chess here: LiChess | com Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is proud to be part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie Interlude: "Anthem for No State, Pt. 1" by Godspeed You! Black Emperor Outro: "Paralyzed" by LANDMVRKS

I recently sat down with Harsha Walia, author of the new book Border & Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism, to discuss the displacement crisis, the struggle for migrant justice, the resurgence of far-right ethnonationalism across the planet, and the internationalist framework necessary to confront the specific sort of violence conjured by borders. Follow Harsha on Twitter and pick up a copy of her book, Border & Rule! Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is proud to be part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie Interlude: "An Ordinary Extinction" by Architects Outro: "System/Meltdown" by Enter Shikari

I sat down with the comrades in the South New England Socialist Rifle Association to discuss their efforts to create the first explicitly leftist gun range. Stick around 'til the very end for possibly the goofiest blooper reel in Coffee with Comrades history. Support the SNE SRA's fund-raising efforts! Follow the SNE SRA on Twitter and Instagram. Check out It's Going Down's coverage of the SNE SRA, as well. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is proud to be part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie Interlude: "If I Had a Hammer" by Pete Seeger Outro: "Faces" by Whitechapel

In this episode of Coffee with Comrades, I am joined by Nic, host of our Channel Zero Network sister-show, Pynk Spots, to chat about managing shyness and introversion in media work, teaching, and community-organizing. This wide-ranging conversation covers it all: prepping for public speaking, decentering yourself at rallies and demonstrations, figuring out how to cope with introversion, mitigating awkward situations, commiserating over embarrassing moments, etc. The fist half of our dialogue covers tips and tricks. The second chunk deals with how to apply these lessons to organizing in your own community, whether you're doing community gardening or engaging in militant direct action. Follow Pynk Spots on Twitter and Instagram and subscribe to their YouTube channel! They're almost to 1000 subscribers. Also make sure to support Pynk Spots on Patreon. Speaking of which, you can watch this entire conversation on video! Pearson is now a co-host of Macabre Media podcast! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram and Patreon. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is proud to be part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie Interlude: "Two Queens in a King-Sized Bed" by girl in red Outro: "HYD" by Hayley Williams

This week, my friend George stopped by to talk about the intersections of straight-edge and radical politics. We talked about being sober, punk and hardcore, and the how revolutionaries might benefit from the clarity and focus of being drug-free. But, fear not--neither of us are here trying to provide some prescriptive dogma. Honestly, it was just fun to catch up and shoot the shit. George also talks a bit about the new Stick to Your Guns EP, The Meaning Remains, which comes out this week so stick around 'til the very end of the episode to hear a bit more about the record. Pick up a copy of The Meaning Remains EP. Follow George on Twitter and follow Stick to Your Guns while you're at it! Pick up a copy of Sober Living for the Revolution. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is proud to be part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World Anymore" by Woody Guthrie Interlude: "Amber (Acoustic)" by Stick to Your Guns Outro: "Hasta La Victoria (Demo)" by Stick to Your Guns

After we put out our three-part series introducing socialism, communism, and anarchism, I had a flood of folks message me on Twitter or shoot me an email and ask, "What happened to the social ecology episode?" As I've said before, sadly, it got lost to the eldritch gods of audio-editing. Rest assured that we'll do a deep-dive into social ecology at some point in the near future as it's a branch of leftist theory I'm profoundly interested in, but—in the mean time—hopefully this week's episode of the podcast can tide you over. I recently sat down with Daniel Baryon, better known by his YouTube alias, Anark, to discuss possibly the most important text of Murray Bookchin's career, The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy. Daniel and I spent some time digging into some of the text's major themes, argued that The Ecology of Freedom is a work as monumental as Marx's Capital, and offer some critiques of the text, as well. Check out Anark on YouTube and follow Daniel on Twitter. The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy .pdf Episode 61 of Coffee with Comrades, "Anarchy or Annihilation" Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie Interlude: Interlude: "Solar" by Northlane Outro: "Wake the Dead" by Comeback Kid

On January 15, in Tallahassee, FL, the FBI arrested Daniel Baker, a local leftist, veteran, and a former combat medic with the YPG, on trumped-up charges meant to silence dissent and criminalize community armed defense. FBI agents bullrushed Dan's apartment, guns drawn, broken open the front door, and threw a flash bang grenade before making the arrest. Dan, who has been described by various news outlets as being involved in some insidious "Florida Cspitol plot" and having connections with a "Marxist guerilla organization" has been charged by the federal government, denied bail on the grounds that he's a flight risk, and held in solitary confinement in a segretated housing unit because authorities fear he will "radicalize" other prisoners. Allegations surrounding Dan's arrest stem from flimsy, circumstantial evidence, derived almost entirely from social media posts Dan allegedly made, some fliers Dan allegedly printed off and distributed in the community calling for folks to arm themselves against a possible white supremacist coup, and a few pithy memes he allegedly reposted on the internet. Should Dan be convicted, he could face up to 5 years in prison and over $250,000 in fines. But who is Dan Baker, really? Today, we set the record straight. In this edition of Coffee with Comrades, I am joined by Eric, Dan's friend and former roommate, and our mutual comrade, Jack, to discuss the allegations, the anti-repression work surrounding Dan's case, the DeSantis administration's anti-protest bill, and a whole lot more. I want to preface by saying I think this is an immensely vital case of vindictive, opportunistic repression against the left, the opening salvo of the repression that is sure to come from Biden's neoliberal administration which has made no pretense of being friendly with the left. But this moment can prove instructive to folks interested in doing the hard work of defending their communities from the horrors of white supremacist and fascist violence by understanding how the state will crackdown on those of us who choose to stand up for our neighbors and take proactive measures to ensure our communities can continue to survive in spite of the crises engendered by capitalism and the state. You can write to Dan at the following address: Daniel Baker Reg. No. 25765-509 FDC Tallahassee, 501 Capital Circle NE Tallahassee, FL 32301 If you wanna help Dan: - Follow @GuerillaGalleryTLH to stay up to date with Dan's case on Instagram - Venmo or PayPal @echampagneart - Circulate this flier as widely as you can - Read Jacobin's coverage of Dan's case Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

Honestly, this is probably one of my Top 5 favorite Coffee with Comrades episodes so you should probably stop reading this description and just listen. No, seriously. You sure? Okay, then. This week, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Carla Bergman, one of the authors of Joyful Militancy and co-host of Silver Threads and Grounded Futures, to discuss militant joy. This conversation lead us on a whirlwind of topics. We discussed unschooling, ridiculed rigid radicalism, analyzed Joyful Militancy and The Dispossessed, geeked out over Ursula K. Le Guin's rendition of the Tao Te Ching, talked about Breaking Bad, and generally just shot the shit. Truly, it was a lovely time. Follow Carla on Twitter and Instagram. Pick up a copy of Joyful Militancy from AK Press. Check out Silver Threads and Grounded Futures wherever you get your podcasts. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie Interlude: "Whirring" by the Joy Formidable Outro: "Joy Will Find a Way (A Song About Dying" by Bruce Cockburn

On this week's edition of Coffee with Comrades, Pearson sits down with James, a member of the Oglala Lakota nation, co-host of the Voices of the Resurgence podcast, and an activist with the Creek Patrol to talk about Camp Mniluzahan, an encampment on indigenous land in the Black Hills providing food, shelter, mutual aid, and even DIY COVID-19 tests to houseless relatives in need. Donate to Camp Mniluzahan and support their fundraising efforts. Follow Camp Mniluzahan on Twitter and Instagram and visit their website. Follow James on Twitter. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: - Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie - Interlude: "Burn Your Village to the Ground (Neon Nativez Remix)" by A Tribe Called Red - Outro: "Warpath" by Drezus

In light of current events, we're bringing you the program a little early this week and, in case you haven't already guessed it, yes, this is yet another lefty podcast about the far-right insurgency and attempted coup at the U.S. Capitol Building earlier this week. We at the CZN are definitely interested in the possibility of doing more of these roundtable discussions with different members of the network so if you dug this vibe, be sure to reach out. Follow IGD News, Indigenous Action, Sole, and Ransom Notes on Twitter. Check out IGD's website for the latest reports on the far-right from an anti-fascist perspective. Read up on the IAF-FAI's Survival Skills Series, check out CrimethInc.'s Demonstrator's Guide collection, and peruse the zine library of Sprout Distro. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie Outro: "The Only Good Fascist is a Very Dead Fascist" by Propagandhi

Happy New Year! Episode 114 of Coffee with Comrades features our conversation with John, one of the folks behind the Working Class History project. In this edition of the program, we discuss WCH's new book, Working Class History: Everyday Acts of Resistance and Rebellion, WCH's unique approach to historical records and story-telling, how to use WCH's new book to enrich historical education, the efficacy of punching Nazis, and the secret history of tea breaks. Follow Working Class History on Twitter and Instagram, visit their website, and support them on Patreon. Pick up a copy of Working Class History: Everyday Acts of Resistance & Rebellion. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie Interlude: "Failed State" by David Rovics Outro: "Punch a Fascist in the Face" by the String-Bo String Duo

I recently got the chance to sit down with my friends in ABC w/Danny and Jim for a collaborative episode to interview Ruth Kinna about her book, The Government of No One. The resulting discussion was an absolute blast and I can't wait to share it with you all. But, first, a couple quick announcements. Pick up a copy of Ruth's book, The Government of No One Follow ABC w/Danny & Jim on Twitter Our conversation with Danny in 75 of Coffee with Comrades Our conversation with Ruth in 99 of Coffee with Comrades Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie Interlude: "Brick Wall" by A Day to Remember Outro: "Desperate Pleasures" by Every Time I Die

This week, we're sharing a recent collaboration we did with our friends over at Dumb & Awful, discussing Florida in all its weirdness and excess. Follow Dumb & Awful on Twitter, pick up their merch, and support them on Patreon. Follow Rob and Brett on Twitter, too! Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

This week, my pal Kevin from Turnip Greens Radio and Open Source Farms joins me to talk about mutual aid and why it is good and we should do more of it. We also talk about the forthcoming Biden presidency, Obama being in the news again, and much more. Support Turnip Greens Radio on Patreon, follow them on Twitter, and buy some tea from Open Source Farms! Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: - Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie - Outro: "Black Lungs" by Architects

In this week's edition of Coffee with Comrades, I'm pleased to be joined by some intrepid comrades from Tallahassee collaborating on community gardening, building autonomy, and generating dual-power in our neighborhood. Live Oak Radical Ecology are on Twitter and Instagram. Donate to L.O.R.E.'s PayPal! Check out Ep. 39 and Ep. 40 of Coffee with Comrades for more context on Tallahassee's food systems. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: - Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie - Interlude: "Which Side Are You On?" by Pete Seeger - Outro: "Keeper of the Ecosystems" by MC Sole

This week, I sat down with Brandon, Jaiden, and Koi from the K'é Infoshop to talk about indigenous mutual aid, moving beyond anarchism, and kinship. Visit the K'é Infoshop's website, follow them on Twitter and Instagram and Facebook, and donate to their mutual aid efforts "In the Navajo Nation, anarchism has indigenous roots," The Nation, by Cecilia Nowell Election Spotify playlist put together by Rebel Steps Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: - Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie - Interlude: "Indomitable ft. Northern Cree Singers" by DJ Shub - Outro: "Land Back ft. Boogey the Beat & Northern Voice" by A Tribe Called Red

This week, we share a special collaborative edition of Coffee with Comrades hosted by my friend, Jordan, who coordinates the programming for the Student Life Cinema at the ASLC. My colleague, Liz, and I sat down for a chat about queer horror, transphobia in the music industry, LGBTQ+ representation on the silverscreen, and the future of queer cinema. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie Interlude: "Animals" by Architects Outro: "Selective Sacrifice" by Like Moths to Flames

We're back again with another episode of Coffee with Comrades. This week, we feature a collaborative episode with the Green & Red podcast on the history of street demonstrations. Plus, we talk about how you can do a street demo of your own! Follow Black & Green on Twitter. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie Outro: "Zzzonked" by Enter Shikari

This week, Margaret Killjoy joins us for the hour to discuss her podcasts, fiction, and music. We spoke about Margaret's visionary fiction, how to write anarchist characters without being a polemic ideologue, the tension between survival and the creative work that makes life worth living, the dialectical nature of art and reality, and why death makes life precious. Follow Margaret on Twitter, visit her website, and support her on Patreon. Check out Nomadic War Machine on Bandcamp. Scope Feminazgul on Bandcamp. Peep Alsarath on Bancamp, too! Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie Interlude: "The Fields Lay Fallow" by Nomadic War Machine Outro: "Bury the Antlers with the Stag" by Feminazgul

This week, we're wrapping up the third installment of our mini-series on lefty ideologies by closing with what I suspect is the most radical, uncompromising horizon of revolutionary politics: anarchism. As I've said on every single episode of this three part mini-series, don't take my word on what you're about to hear. I'm biased. I am an anarchist because I reckon that anarchy is the most dangerous and powerful idea in all of human history and that it is a material philosophy that has the potential to eradicate unnecessary human suffering and institute full communism for all living beings on this planet. Also, if you think it would be helpful, you can check out the PowerPoints for each of these introductory philosophical episodes. PowerPoints: Socialism Communism Anarchism Notes: Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie Interlude: "Proudhon in Manhattan" by Wingnut Dishwashers Union Outro: "Anarchy, My Dear" by Say Anything

In this week's edition of Coffee with Comrades, we continue our exploration of the three prevailing leftist tendencies with a discussion of the big, scary c-word: communism. I said this last week and, doubtless, I'll say it again next Tuesday, but I wanna provide a quick caveat before we launch into today's edition of the program. A lot of people have a lot of different feelings and perspectives on what "socialism," "communism," and "anarchism" mean. Plenty of folks simply regurgitate whatever they hear on social media—for good or ill. Others actually take the time to read the theory. Some of those folks form their own perspectives and insights, while a good chunk of others just follow a party-line. Don't take my word for things here. This episode series is meant to serve as a very brief introduction to each of these rich, vast, and complex ideological positions. So, take everything I have to say here with a grain of salt, read and explore these theories for yourself, and—most importantly—use these ideas to improve the lives and material conditions of your friends, family, neighbors, and comrades. That said, this discussion of communism did get the stamp-of-approval from one of my Marxist-Leninist comrades so, take that for whatever it's worth. Also, if you think it would be helpful, you can check out the PowerPoints for each of these introductory philosophical episodes. PowerPoints: Socialism Communism Anarchism Notes: Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie Interlude: "The Red Flag" by Billy Bragg Outro: "Common People" by Street Dogs

So, a lot of listeners who're new to left politics have asked us in the past to do introductions to the major theoretical and ideological positions on the broad left. The good news is we've done just that! Last year, I sat down with some friends and comrades in the Center for Participant Education to outline, in broad strokes, the differences between socialism, communism, and anarchism. What you'll hear today is the first of those dialogues. This edition of the podcast is all about the economics, politics, and philosophical perspectives of socialism as it is broadly construed. I talk about Marxism, labor, and try to distinguish socialism from communism. Keep in mind, this is all coming from someone who falls pretty firmly into anarchic tendencies, so take everything I have to say with a grain of salt. I encourage you, first and foremost, to investigate different positions on the revolutionary left for yourself and think critically about these ideas so that you can come up with you own convictions and conceptions. Just the same, I hope this mini-series paints each of these distinct philosophies in a fair, clear, and concise light so that you can hopefully begin to understand and distinguish the differences between these complex and complicated philosophies. Also, if you think it would be helpful, you can check out the PowerPoints for each of these introductory philosophical episodes. PowerPoints: Socialism Communism Anarchism Notes: Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie Interlude: "R.E.D." by A Tribe Called Red Outro: "Work Song" by Hozier

This week, I am joined by two lovely guests: Soph and Izzy. I wanted to check in with two of the coolest kids I know to get a new perspective on the world. While I obviously think it's valuable to listen to authors and journalists, musicians and community-organizers, or chat with other podcasters, I think it's equally important to elevate the imaginations, passions, and perceptions of younger generations. To get those viewpoints on the program, I sat down with my partner Megan's two kids, Soph and Izzy. In this episode, we chat about raising chickens, climate change, bees and trees and penguins, boring liberal black lives matter protests, homeschooling, COVID-19, and so much more. I think this is definitely a unique episode, so it may not be for everyone, but I found our conversation immensely edifying and I hope you will, too. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie Interlude: "Burn the House Down" by AJR Outro: "Dove and Fist" by Stick to Your Guns

This week, I'm pleased to be joined by the lovely Vicky Osterweil, author of the new book In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action. In this wide-ranging conversation, we talk about the inextricable nature of class and race, the abolition of whiteness as a necessary step for police and prison abolition, the efficacy of riots, and why joy is what scares cops and politicians the most whenever the looting starts. Follow Vicky on Twitter and pick up a copy of her book. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie Interlude: "Start a Riot" by Duckwrth, Shaboozey Outro: "Blue Lies" by Year of the Knife