This Wreckage

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 and Fascistic Capitalism: https://illwill.com/fascistic-capitalismNueva Icaria - New Fascisms and the Reconfiguration of Global Counterrevolution: https://illwill.com/new-fascismsPreorder Depose–the first publication from Ill Will Editions: https://store.illwilleditions.com/products/depose-luigi-mangione-and-the-right-to-healthSong: Youthquake - Manuver

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-and-demons https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/world/europe/zelensky-ukraine-war-peace-talks-europe-london.html?smid=nytcore-ios-sharehttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/world/europe/trump-europe-strategy-document.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share https://www.ft.com/content/953635f0-4b87-41a4-a087-e8b1d71470b6?accessToken=zwAGRXR0h59AkdOVNjXwS4dBpNOgh-ix1xRwtg.MEYCIQCiIhSoXOIILWLPg-7ZjoHpI708TFPiQa5dgUpQcYcNOAIhAIMOrTTL9rQQWQgwir0APRqS6mXhN5TCt2yC234GZ2rX&sharetype=gift&token=30118284-df0a-41b5-bea7-ddfbb92fc2e9https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/us/politics/biden-immigration-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-shareAsad Haider's writing:https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/3972-mistaking-identity-politics-a-conversation-with-asad-haider-part-ihttps://viewpointmag.com/author/asad-haider/Our interview with Asad from 2020: https://www.patreon.com/posts/36803245 Song: Justice - Civilization

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 bring up the morphing politics of identity, the uneasy cohabitation between left populism and Islamism in the UK, remigration as capitalist politics and how pre-politics might could get us out of this mess.This is the first half of a full length conversation you can access by becoming a supporter of our show at www.patreon.com/thiswreckageFall book promotion: https://www.patreon.com/posts/fall-promotion-138957785Articles mentioned:https://buffsoldier-96.medium.com/can-israel-survive-for-100-years-8dbdd5bc9abfhttps://unherd.com/2023/07/mcdonalds-made-me-a-marxist/https://unherd.com/newsroom/is-kemi-badenoch-downplaying-her-nigerian-identity-for-political-gain/Song: The Equals - Baby Come Back

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.

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 concept suggests that fascist impulses don't just come from "above" (authoritarian leaders) but can emerge from "below" in how people treat each other daily. Deleuze and Guattari believed everyone has some "fascist" potential—desires for domination, control, or submission. Bratich's work looks at the idea in the current context of MAGA, stochastic terrorism, and the manosphere.Buy his book On Microfascism: Gender, War, Death and Conspiracy Panics: Political Rationality and Popular Culture from Common Notions.3WF interview: https://threewayfight.org/antifascism-in-2025-shane-burley-interviews-xtn-alexander-and-matthew-n-lyons/Klaus Theweleit's Male Fantasies: https://monoskop.org/images/5/54/Theweleit_Klaus_Male_Fantasies_Vol_1_Women_Floods_Bodies_History.pdfSupport This Wreckage and join our Discord discussion by signing up to Patreon

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.patreon.com/thiswreckageSong: Blind Lemon Jefferson - One Dime Blues

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

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 White Panthers formed chapters around the country, and continued their activity through the seventies, long after other New Left formations dissolved.Among them was our guest today, Larry Weissman, aka DJ PreSkool. He joined the party in 1971 until he was jailed during a public dispute over gun rights against mayor Dianne Feinstein. We talk about the history of WPP, their political line, their alliances and disagreements with other New Left groups, the importance of weed and rock n' roll to their program, and how he continues that spirit today as house DJ in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.Check out PreSkool's Underground Syllabus Friday at Casette in Ridgewood, Queens: https://dice.fm/event/eoanp6-dj-preskools-underground-syllabus-14th-nov-cassette-new-york-city-ticketsDJ PreSkool's BandcampRead Guitar Army by John SinclairMore on WPP food program: https://www.foundsf.org/Hard-Left_Politics_Enters_the_People%E2%80%99s_Food_SystemMore on WPP wiretaps and entrapment: https://www.necessarystorms.com/home/watergate-wiretaps-and-the-white-panther-partyhttps://fifthestate.anarchistlibraries.net/library/101-march-19-april-1-1970-the-history-of-president-pigCheck out the rest of the Armed Love Series: https://www.patreon.com/collection/87680?view=expandedSong: Henry Rollins & Bad Brains - Kick Out the Jams

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 Flowers Gone?

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

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 Good Times Really Over?

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 up to support the show! And, while supplies last, sign up to the SUPERWRECKERS tier at the discounted, ANNUAL level and we'll send you a free copy of Jarrod Shanahan's new book Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help: A Decade of Rebellion, Reaction, and Morbid Symptoms 📙, with an introduction from Andy!+For the Wrecking Krew tier You can receive Every Fire AND a copy of Andy's I Want to Believe: Posadism, UFOs and Apocalypse Communism 📗👽Article on the book: https://truthout.org/articles/how-a-century-of-anti-communism-cleared-the-way-for-trumps-authoritarianism/ Video: Trump says "we took free speech away": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4VqMY8djOM Indypendent article on Antifa: https://indypendent.org/2025/10/what-is-antifa/Song: billy woods - Source Awards

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 defense. The piece also condemns leftwing arm struggle as reproducing the Spectacle, ultimately proposing its own vision of proletarian insurrection.Subscribe for the full episode and Discord discussion: https://www.patreon.com/c/thiswreckageFall promotion! Subscribe annually for free books. More info: https://www.patreon.com/posts/fall-promotion-138957785In the fun half we judge this thesis in the context of the post 9/11 security state, with a final autobiographical note saying farewell to Sanguinetti, who passed away in Prague as we were planning this episode.Some obituaries can be read here: https://www.gianfrancosanguinetti.com/https://x.com/illwilleditions/status/1975228886741868743https://libcom.org/article/farewell-gianfranco-sanguinetti-1948-2025Sanguinetti texts: On Terrorism and the State: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/gianfranco-sanguinetti-on-terrorism-and-the-state?v=1632580307Truthful Report: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/censor-truthful-report-on-the-last-chances-to-save-capitalism-in-italy?v=1632737089The Orgasm of History: https://francosenia.blogspot.com/2017/10/un-orgasmo-della-storia.htmlCorrespondenses with Debord on SI's dissolution: https://libcom.org/article/notes-serve-history-si-1969-1971-debord-sanguinettiSplit in the International: https://libcom.org/article/veritable-split-international-situationist-internationalSong: Nirvana - Dive

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 promotion! Subscribe annually for free books. More info: https://www.patreon.com/posts/fall-promotion-138957785 Song: Digital Octopus - Don't Tread on Me

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

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 highlighting the necessity of solidarity with those targeted for their political beliefs and associations.Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/c/thiswreckageFundraiser for defdantsDFW Support Comittee IGDes’ support committee IGNLG StatementFinal Straw interview with Moira Meltzer-CohenInfo on the pro-Palestine activist mentioned: https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2025-09-24/tarrant-county-raunaq-alam-perjury GF Uprising support Free Casey GoonanImage from YDSA Texas

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.patreon.com/c/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

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 party, why Corbyn's actions have been misguided so far, Max's opinion on what's fundamentally wrong with the US political structure, and our suggestions on what the new party should be called.*Fall promotion*: For a FREE copy of Jarrod Shanahan's new book: Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help: A Decade of Rebellion, Reaction, and Morbid Symptoms, subscribe or upgrade your subscription to annual Antifada supterstars tier (a 16% discount!), and include your mailing address in a DM. more info: https://www.patreon.com/posts/fall-promotion-138957785)Some texts from Shanly:https://medium.com/@maxshanly/towards-a-new-model-left-party-5947dc71b727https://medium.com/@maxshanly/born-for-life-or-marked-for-death-a12d87220e42https://medium.com/@maxshanly/drafting-the-future-adbce6f51aa4Song: Dave Feat. Stormzy - Clash

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 supterstars tier (a 16% discount!) more info: https://www.patreon.com/posts/fall-promotion-138957785Order of readers:Aristilde KirbyO.K. Fox Samantha Hinds Heatwave MagazineAntipolitika Journal Payton McCarty-SimasJarrod Shanahan Song: Chumbawamba - Give the Anarchist a Cigarette

A conversation with Chicago's Lake Effect Collective about the pro-Palestine University Occupations, the Chicago DNCs of 2024 and 1968, the current struggles against ICE, and their experience forming an organization.Lake Effect's texts: UChicago Occupation: https://lakeeffect.noblogs.org/post/2024/08/01/reflections-on-the-uchicago-popular-university-for-gaza-encampment/DNC: https://lakeeffect.noblogs.org/post/2024/09/07/seattle-is-never-coming-back/ ICE: https://lakeeffect.noblogs.org/files/2025/03/previoustactics_FINALREAD.pdfOn organizing: https://lakeeffect.noblogs.org/post/2025/05/29/bring-the-ruckus-2008-notebook-on-cadre-revolutionary-organization/https://lakeeffect.noblogs.org/post/2025/07/03/getting-organized/Jarrod Shanahan's new book: Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help: A Decade of Rebellion, Reaction, and Morbid SymptomsFor a FREE copy of the book, subscribe or upgrade your subscription to annual Antifada supterstars tier (a 16% discount!), and include your mailing address in a DM(more info on Fall promotion: https://www.patreon.com/posts/fall-promotion-138957785)Song: Fall Out Boy - Lake Effect Kid

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-losurdo/Part II: https://newintermag.com/losurdos-lies/Part III: https://newintermag.com/revisionism-revisited/Song: Drope Soviético - Audi

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 what we all might face soon enough?Support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifadaMutual aid links:Remora HouseMigrant Solidarity Mutual AidWard 2 Mutual AidFLARESong: Chuck Brown - Wind Me Up

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 historical moments that inspire us, and what we're reading/watching/listening to lately.Subscribe at http://patreon.com/theantifada for the fun half, Discord access, and all bonus material!Alberto Toscano on Late Fascism: https://www.historicalmaterialism.org/notes-on-late-fascism/DJT state capitalism, our new stupid FDR: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/business/trump-intel-us-steel-nvidia.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShareICE detentions dropping: https://journalistsresource.org/home/ices-recent-detention-data-what-journalists-need-to-understand/https://www.axios.com/2025/08/05/ice-arrests-july-decline-immigrantsDid the alt-right win? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/us/politics/trump-far-right.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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 free from the politicians and the cartels? Join us for the coming out party of this new and exciting initiative.Contact CREW and get involved: https://rankandfilecrew.org/Music: 7 Seconds - The Crew

&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

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.com/How to Smile Without Using You Eyes: https://curedquail.com/How-to-Smile-Without-Using-Your-Eyes Preview of Platforms of Proletarianization: https://curedquail.com/Platforms-of-ProletarianizationBuy Clocked Out Magzine: https://clockedoutmagazine.com/purchase Water Cooler Talk/Icarus Again: https://clockedoutmagazine.com/water-cooler-talk Bottomless Wheatgrass Margaritas (and other apparatuses of deceit): https://clockedoutmagazine.com/bottomless-wheatgrass Interview with Roy Lee: Maybe We'll Want to Be AI's Servant: https://clockedoutmagazine.com/roy-lee Song: Audrey Nuna & Niki - Clocked Out

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?Become a patron of this podcast for bonus content, reading groups and more: www.patreon.com/theantifadaSubscribe to Heatwave to get print editions of the magazine delivered to your door: https://www.patreon.com/HeatwaveMagOr by individual issues: https://shop.haters.life/products/heatwave-1DFW Support Committee for arrested protesters and their fundraiser with updates: http://givesendgo.com/supportdfwprotestorsSong: Julien Baker - Heatwave

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/theantifadaSophie Lewis essay: https://communemag.com/the-satanic-death-cult-is-real/Thomas Chatterton Williams book: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/22/summer-of-our-discontent-by-thomas-chatterton-williams-reivew-a-muddled-take-on-us-race-politics-and-classShemon & Arturo texts: The Return of John Brown: White Rice Traitors in the 2020 Uprising: https://illwill.com/the-return-of-john-brown-white-race-traitors-in-the-2020-uprising On car caravans: https://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/cars-riots-black-liberation The Revolutionary Meaning of the George Floyd Uprising Book George Floyd Uprising book by Vortex Group Song: Bonnie Gentry - Courtyard

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/2020/03/shell-climate-change.htmlEmmanuel Carrere on the G7: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jul/15/my-trip-g7-summit-emmanuel-macron-emmanuel-carrereTooze's NYT review that calls Harris “ the left-wing alter ego to the liberal journalists Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson": https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/books/review/whats-left-malcolm-harris.htmlSong: The Walters - What's Left

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.Song: Black Uhuru - Solidarity

&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

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: Gary Numan - This Wreckage

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, and all bonus content, support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada Show notes: Trump's Big Beautiful Bill Passes - The Intercept Prison Officials Discuss Trump Budget - Mother Jones Tim Dillon Video Exclusive: Operation Excalibur - Ken Klippenstein Cross the Courts Off the List - Hamilton Nolan Chicago Braces for Immigration Raids - Block Club Chicago Chicago Alderman capitulates to Trump Mr. Beef Mansion Tax Plan - Illinois Policy Defend Harlem How to Have a Hot Commie Summer - McSweeney'sSong: Bjork - Declare Independence

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 does the win provide outside political spectacle? For the second half of the episode, including discussion Thiel and Zuckberg's leaked emails plotting to kill the millennial left, support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifadaLinks:ICE Update in LAZohran wins "Broad Middle"NYT Commie Corridor AnalysisBillionaire Meltdown CompilationChris Hayes with Ezra KleinWall Street ReactionsPeter Thiel's Millennial LetterRoss Douthat on ThielSong: Childish Gambino - Feels Like Summer

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/786540193484341248/mcmansion-hell-urges-all-new-yorkers-to-rankLander will keep Jessica Tisch: https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2025/02/lander-would-keep-nypd-commish-jessica-tisch-several-his-mayoral-opponents-would-too/403280/Pre-order Mattie’s new book Simplicity: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739012/simplicity-by-mattie-lubchansky/Intro music: Avalon Emerson DJ snippet: https://www.instagram.com/p/DK9xVm6sMxa/?img_index=1Outro music: Avalon Emerson - Treat Mode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R7XLqeDRmk

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/101536326For all our bonus content support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifadaRead the essay here: https://illwill.com/iranSong: Tudeh Party's Hymn to Socialism

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/2025/06/13/us/politics/trump-ice-raids-farms-hotels.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/opinion/ice-protests-la.htmlNewark ICE facility riot: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/nyregion/newark-ice-detainees-escape.html Song: Doors - LA Woman

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 relationship with Kanye and Diddy, his philosophy on art, what baseball team he likes, and hear some of Skiz's music recommendations.Doom's Kanye assassination video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V5jOg_VGMASongs in order: King Geedorah - No Snakes Left AliveKMD - Humrush KMD - Who MeMadvillain - Late Night TailsDANGERDROOM - Crosshairs

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 they accede to its demands. Meanwhile public education continues to lose ground to charter and private schools, where unionization rates are much lower, as lawmakers consider providing vouchers and tax credits in the name of “school choice.” Teachers and professors at every level face increased precarity, lower pay, larger class sizes, and deteriorating work conditions, even as their political speech off the job comes under greater scrutiny.Featuring:Susannah Grossman, former private school teacher Alexander King, Assistant Professor (The New School & NYU) | ACT-UAW 7902 Tom Quick, NYC DoE | United Federation of Teachers MCR, charter school teacher Lauren Wolfe, Brooklyn Institute for Social ResearchModerated byJake Kinzey, NYC DoE | United Federation of TeachersSong: Pink Floyd - Another Brick in The Wall Pt 2 ( v a p o r w a v e )

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 our discord, or want access to all our bonus material, please support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifadaSong: Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey

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 Jordan Peterson's debate with 20 Reddit Athiests, and talk about what the "radical left" means.Check out https://newintermag.com/ and subscribe for updates.articles mentioned: https://newintermag.com/assisted-suicide-or-social-murder/https://newintermag.com/the-defeat-of-biopolitics/https://newintermag.com/abundance-big-techs-bid-for-the-democratic-party/song: Ludacris - Slap

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 your support by signing up for a $5/mo, $10/mo or discounted annual Patreon membership Malek is one directors of Native and the Refugee a film about the commonalities native american life on reservations and palestinian life on refugee camps"Beyond the Axis of Resistance" panel: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-beyond-of-118617202US/Israel/Arab League ceasefire talks: https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/trump-netanyahu-saudi-arabia-arab-gulf-hamas-qatar-ceasefire https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/witkoff-hamas-trump-deal-edan-alexander-lift-blockade”Saudi-US investment forum” clip: https://x.com/hxhassan/status/1922390556740550962Trump on Syria sanctions: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/5/16/trumps-decision-to-lift-syria-sanctions-fuels-dreams-of-economic-revival PKK disarmament and its regional significance: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/5/14/what-does-the-pkks-disarming-mean-for-its-regional-alliesSong: Logic - 44 More

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 technofuturist dystopiaread/subscribe to his substack: https://davidzmorris.substack.com/Especially on the Zizians: https://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/deepseek-and-the-ai-murder-cultOn Tesla: ​https://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/tesla-enters-its-memetic-death-spiralhttps://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/tesla-is-on-fireIn Luigi Mangione: https://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/luigi-mangione-reformed-techno-rationalistExcerpt from his upcoming book on Sam Bankman-Fried: https://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/the-ai-timelines-scam-expanded-free Song: Madvillain - Accordion

Sean talks with Paris Marx about AIfor the full episode, support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifadaSong: Barry Manilow - Aye Caramba!

Jasper Bernes chats with us about his new book on the history of revolution from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising and the task of communists today.Buy the book: https://www.versobooks.com/products/977-the-future-of-revolutionExcerpt: https://illwill.com/inquiry-and-organizationCheck out Red May: https://www.redmayseattle.org/BK Rail debates: https://brooklynrail.org/2025/05/field-notes/on-the-future-and-past-of-revolution/https://brooklynrail.org/2025/05/field-notes/workers-councils-solution-or-problem/https://brooklynrail.org/2025/05/field-notes/jasper-bernes-responds/Jasper’s critique of Bevins’ If We Burn: https://brooklynrail.org/2024/06/field-notes/What-Was-To-Be-Done-Protest-and-Revolution-in-the-2010s/Song: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Council Skies

Tribute to a recently-departed comrade."nothing is over, that is the only certainty. the other certainty is that everything ends, even this" -Poem (Sept 26, 2023)Clip from Occupy Oakland: https://x.com/poetryc0mmunity/status/1917001969467838652Reading from The Totality for Kids at Bowery Poetry Club in 2006: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgfMT58xkTgYoutube clip of Joshua talking about his book on the Modern Lovers' song Road Runner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6qc8EqN_XI&t=468sRiot. Strike. Riot pdf: https://fighttowin.noblogs.org/files/2020/06/riot-strike-riot-intro.pdfOn "Old Town Road": https://communemag.com/the-high-rise-and-the-hollow/Cleaning up fascist trash right up to the end: https://x.com/outsidadgitator/status/1916845565725520303 ideo/1Episode image from a painting by Dianna Settles: https://www.instagram.com/platonicyouth/Full Commie Camp episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ep-57-old-road-w-28280348Check out Jamie’s awesome new podcast Party GirlsSongs: Modern Lovers - Road RunnerJoshua Clover's sing-a-long cover of Old Town Road by Lil Nas X

Sean and Varn catch up on the first 100 days or so of Trump 2.0, the inanities and indignities of history forced to move again in dumb, but possibly productive ways. Most of all this moment calls for humility amidst radical political and economic changes we might only be able to 'sane-wash' in 20 or 30 years, if ever. How have recent events challenged our priors as Marxists or as Millennials or as Americans? Even if the Left is largely powerless to affect global events, do we at least have the courage to situate ourselves and our own subjectivities within the massive changes of the last 10 to 15 years? How might the left wing of capital respond to the current chaos and how might we?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.To watch this episode on video become a patron of the excellent, independent Varn Vlog at www.patreon.com/varnvlog

For the full episode support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada&y & &ers smoke a joint and read Walter Benjamin's On the Concept of HistoryRead along: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/benjamin/1940/history.htm Song: Johnny Thunders - You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory

Alex Bazeley and Bobby Wagner of the labor-focused baseball podcast Tipping Pitches join Andy to chat about the 2025 season, the upcoming 2026 showdown by the players' union and owner on the salary cap, the gap between "rich" and "poor" teams, why we might miss the Yankee Empire one day, and why leftists stay interested in America's Pastime as America itself collapses.For the full episode, support the show or sign up for a FREE membership on our Patreon:: http://patreon.com/theantifadaSupport Tipping Pitches on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tippingpitchesSong: Simpsons - Talkin' Softball

Sean and Andy discuss JDPon Don's Great Reset, the #HandsOff protests, the Mar-A-Lago accords, and the death of the American DreamIn the fun half, available for patrons, we chat about Bong Joon Ho's Mickey 17 and it's sauce-obsessed Musk-Trump hybrid villain Support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada!Ken Klip on Hands Off protest: https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/i-went-to-the-anti-trump-protestSpeculation on Mar-A-Lago Accords: https://www.nordea.com/en/news/mar-a-lago-accord-explained-a-new-era-for-the-dollarKrugman and Klein: https://youtu.be/DhabG-dyQu0?si=UWMvD4m_JmqwWyPC Washington Post on Miran's tariff pans: https://archive.is/UYkXb https://www.hudsonbaycapital.com/documents/FG/hudsonbay/research/638199_A_Users_Guide_to_Restructuring_the_Global_Trading_System.pdf Fun half: https://jacobin.com/2025/03/bong-mickey-17-film-reviewhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/opinion/elon-musk-doge-technocracy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=189C7F22-A755-4591-95F4-C8714166236Dhttps://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-your-enemy-becoming-elon-musk-part-one/ Song: Kiska - Liberation Day