This Wreckage

Merry Christmas, everyone! This year, the Santifada is bringing you the same present as always: an episode about the themes of Jewish identity and antisemitism! We discuss Brady Corbet's new epic film, The Brutalist, starring Adrien Brody as a Bauhaus architect and Holocaust survivor trying to rebuild his life in the absurd New World of America.In the first half of the episode, our brutalism scholar guests, Ross and Susannah, explain what brutalism is and how it relates—or doesn’t relate—to Brody's character, Laszlo Toth, and the themes of the movie in general.In the second half, available for subscribers at patreon.com/theantifada, we discuss the film's final chapter and epilogue, which features an infuriating, although perhaps excusable, political twist ending.Music for the episode is mostly from the brutalist soundtrack by Daniel Blumberg. Closing song is La Bionda - One For You, One For Me

For the full episode, support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifadaThe Antifada sideproject about the paranormal, the parapolitical, science fiction, and science futurism returns to check in on the New Space Age! While the left typically perceives Elon Musk as an all-talk grifter, our guest Beka Valentine argues his Starship program will make many off-earth industries, like drug manufacturing and solar harvesting, inevitable through dramatically lowering the cost of launching to low-Earth orbit. Could his and Bezos's fantasies of colonies on the moon, Mars, or in asteroid belts be far behind?If so, what happened to the late-2010s enthusiasm for "Fully Automated Luxury Space Communism"? Is the left now anti-space, and is that position leaving the future entirely in the hands of capitalists and imperialist states? In her new essay for Strange Matters, Valentine argues we should begin strategizing for this new era so we don't get stranded from Elysium.Guest co-host Nick Chavez gives the engineer's perspective, and describes his critique of ME Obrien and Eman Abdelhadi's vision of expropriating a SpaceX-like factory in their speculative novel Everything for Everyone.Beka Valentine's essay in Strange Matters: https://strangematters.coop/political-economy-of-near-future-space-industries/Inside Musk's Starfactory: https://wccftech.com/spacex-is-using-robots-to-make-starship-rockets-in-texas-shows-footage/Nick Chavez's review of Everything for Everyone: https://designformanufracture.com/2023/01/25/review-everything-for-everyone-an-oral-history-of-the-new-york-commune-2052-2072-by-m-e-obrien-and-eman-abdelhadi/Don't Let Them Leave! zine: https://ia903003.us.archive.org/20/items/dontletthemleave/Dont-Let-Them-Leave-zine-unimposed%20.pdfPast episodes of Proletkult: https://www.patreon.com/collection/87627 Song - Giorgio Moroder - Racer

Andy and Sean read about Prospera, a libertarian City State in Honduras that is attempting to abolish death and bankrupt the country in the process. Then sean reads Ross Douthat's analysis of the Trump administration's Musk and Vance wings.For the full episode subscribe at http://patreon.com/theantifada

Sean is BACK from hopital with Stroke Updates + Syria, South Korea, UHC Shooter and other political assassinationsListen to Part 2 and support Sean and the show by signing up at http://patreon.com/theantifadaSong: The Strokes - Reptilia (Stroked and Reverbed)

&y and &ers Lee read Leon Trotsky's predictions about the glorious future of a 1930s Soviet America, in which tipping and chewing gum have been abolished.For the full episode support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada

Audio from our November 23rd event at Woodbine with Jamie Merchant about his new book Endgame: Economic Nationalism and Global Decline. He sketches the economic background of the rise of populist right internationally before we transition to questions about the current moment and WI2BD. Jamie Merchant is a Chicago-based writer, contributor to Brooklyn Rail, Baffler, and In These Times, and a member of the Chicago chapter of the Independent Labor Club (@ilcofchi).excerpt: https://brooklynrail.org/2022/03/field-notes/Endgame-Finance-and-the-Close-of-the-Market-System/For all bonus material and Discord access support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifadaSupport Woodbine: https://www.patreon.com/woodbineThanks to Mike, Peter, and Chris from ILC NYC for the recording!Song: Natalie Merchant - This House is on Fire

In Part II, Henry discusses the New International article Erasing the Pregnant as a way into talking about religious politics and secularism in regards to issues like abortion, death with dignity, Zionism, and sex.For the full episode support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada. We now offer a free membership tier and 7-day trials!Henry's Podcast with George Floyd's Pastor: https://www.formspodcast.com/episode-xiii-the-gospel-and-george-floydSong: KRS-ONE - Why Is That?

Henry's back for France Popular front updates to unveil his new journal, the New International! From there, we discuss Andy and Varn's essay The Undying Appeal of Brunch, and if it conflicts with the organizational method of Henry's Party, France Unbowed.For Part II of this episode and Discord access, support the show at: http://patreon.com/theantifada. We now have a free membership tier and 7-day trials! Follow New International on Twitter and BlueSky Follow Antifada on BlueSky New International editorial note: https://newintermag.com/our-goal/Long-read on France Unbowed: https://newintermag.com/communism-lives-in-the-france-unbowed/ Henry's write-up on France Unbowed's structure: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zs2eG-GfiFTkXuXxPxJaJb9JDaAa7S9TD0rLuLLC-XI/edit?usp=sharingKristin Ross on the Commune Form: https://illwill.com/a-common-horizon-for-situated-strugglesHenry's podcast episode on Citizen Marx: https://www.formspodcast.com/episode-xxiv-citizen-marxSong: X - Year One

Varn, Sean, and Regrettable Century continue their reading of Dugin's Fourth Political Theory!This is the section where it becomes clear that Dugin uses a different intellectual framework about civilizations than left anti-imperialists.Patrons can listen to full episode here (we now offer free 7 day trials!): https://www.patreon.com/posts/boundless-and-114052745See this episode and prior videos in this series on VarnVlog

A report from the Valencia inundation zone by B from the propaganda powerhouse Prole.info! We discuss the floods and the political aftermath, including mudslinging at the King and the future of the Spain's tenuous socialist government. From there were move on to his thoughts about Trump, the Democrats, and the second edition of the Housing Monster (with an intro by Sean! pre-order now from PM Press!). Show notes: https://schengen.news/spains-congress-approves-bill-to-cancel-golden-visa-program-in-january-2025/ https://jacobin.com/2024/05/spain-sanchez-psoe-vox-eu-elections Housing Monster PDF: https://www.prole.info/pdfs/thm_english.pdf All other prole.info material: www.prole.info B on Twitter: https://x.com/@proledotinfoJazz and Blues Radio show from Ben Kritikos https://buenavida.co.uk/red-white-blues/ Lazo Edicioneshttps://lazoediciones.blogspot.com/ Cuadernos de Negaciónhttps://cuadernosdenegacion.blogspot.com/ Song: Waka Flocka Flame - I Remember

On November 9th, 2024 the Independent Labor Club of NY hosted a panel at Woodbine in Ridgewood, Queens. Sean moderated this discussion between:Aaron Lelonde of the International Longshoremen's AssociationSou Mi of WGA-East and Left VoiceGregory Butler of Int'l Union of Operating Engineers and Gangbox NewsEllie Pfeffer of Maoist Communist Union, formerly of Amazonians UnitedWhat accounts for the realignment seen in 2024? Did large swathes of workers (including Black and Hispanic) vote Trump solely from racism and misogyny? What was the role of organized labor in the recent election? What effects might the results of the election have on the prospects for organizing labor in the future?If you like what you hear, support our podcast and access great bonus content: www.patreon.com/theantifadaIf you're interested in joining the ILC, we have chapters across the country and in Australia: https://ilclabor.com/The event was held @woodbine.nyc in Ridgewood, Queens Saturday November 9th. Contribute to Woodbine's Fall Fundraiser drive.Song - Capital STEEZ x Joey Bada$$ - Survival Tactics

Our roundtable discusses the meaning of Trump's victory--the election's stakes, its international reverberations, what it tells us about the crisis of capitalist accumulation, how economics connect with the the race/class/gender demographic voting shifts, and the historic characters of the Republican and Democratic Parties.In Part 2, available for patrons at http://patreon.com/theantifada, we plot THE RESISTANCE!Panelists: C. Derick Varn Zhandarka Kurti Reid KaneSong: Los 3 de La Habana - Cancion de Trump

Sean and Andy are joined by Sean, prolific poster and blogger and short fiction writer, to talk about the changes he has seen over the last decade as an expat worker in both mainland China and Hong Kong. What shifts in politics, the economy and social life has he seen? What is the material basis for Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign? In what ways is the 'reform and opening up' period of 'market Stalinism' similar to Tony Blair's New Labour Britain? What does the imperial and post-imperial gaze on Hong Kong and the east more generally say about western precepts of China and Chinese capitalism? Is a new social explosion in China on its way or are we all, even in the west, lying flat for the foreseeable future?To support our work, become a patron today at www.patreon.com/theantifada Follow Sean on the shit app: https://x.com/nise_yoshimiCheck out his excellent blog: https://lateralthinkingtechnology.wordpress.com/

Sean is joined by labor activist and historian Jeff Schuhrke to discuss his new book Blue Collar Empire: The Untold Story of US Labor's Global Anticommunist Crusade out now from Verso Books.Why did American unions become a junior partner in US Empire during the Cold War ? How did anti-communists come to control US labor organizations in the 20th Century? What sort of high jinx were the AFL-CIO up to in Europe and the developing world? What did union activists do to expose this class collaboration and fight back against it? What might a reinvigorated working class internationalism look like in the 21st century? Join us for this great conversation about a great book that's absolutely essential reading for unionists and their allies.To access the bonus portion of this episode and years worth of other premium content, support the show at www.patreon.com/theantifadaBuy Jeff's book: https://www.versobooks.com/products/2979-blue-collar-empireGet involved:https://ilclabor.com/https://rankandfileproject.com/https://workerorganizing.org/training/https://rankandfilecrew.org/https://labornotes.org/Song: Neil Young - Union Man

Aidan Beatty, author of The Party is Always Right: The Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism joins us to trainspot the British Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP), a Trotskyist cult that was tight with Qaddafi, boasted Vanessa Redgrave as a member, and collapsed after the revelation of years of its leader's sexual abuse of membership.Sign up at http://patreon.com/theantifada for the bonus where we talk about Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon, the shared historical dynamics of the Irish and Jews, the WSWS's fascination with Woody Allen and Michael Jackson, and the macabre fate of Trotsky's death mask.Get the book from Pluto PressSong: Pop Smoke - For the Night

Jason, Daniel, and Andy talk about Fight Club to celebrate to the 25th anniversary of the movie and the Battle of Seattle that followed it. We look at the history of the book and Chuck Palahniuk's situationist influence and his embrace of his rightwing fans, the Gen-X ennui behind the creation of Tyler Durden, the politics of Project Mayhem, and Marla Singer's character as the story's ethical core.The full episode is available for free at http://patreon.com/theantifada. Sign up to support the show for the second episode about Joker 2!Check out Jason's essay on Fight Club and his New York on Earth substack: https://newyorkonearth.substack.com/

Sean and Andy are joined by returning guest and cofounder of ILC-Chicago Jamie Merchant (@pathtopraxis) to discuss his new full-length monograph, out now from Reaktion Books, called Endgame: Economic Nationalism and Global Decline. In it, Jamie provides a masterful, insightful and readable account of the political economy of the present moment.What is the connection between the functioning of the profit system and the world-historic shift away from globalization? How do ruling class ideas like economic nationalism spread and why has conspiracism racked the left and right in recent years? Why has a bipartisan consensus emerged around state industrial policy and beggar-thy-neighbor trade policy? And what might the left do about all this except tail the least worst elements of it? This, along with an update on Independent Labor Club of Chicago and how civil-social organizing might pose a path forward that doesn't end in WWIII or a Brave New World.Read an excerpt at Brooklyn Rail: https://brooklynrail.org/2022/03/field-notes/Endgame-Finance-and-the-Close-of-the-Market-System/ And stay tune for his 11/23 release event at https://www.woodbine.nyc/To support our work become a patron at www.patreon.com/theantifadaInterested in joining the Independent Labor Club of North America? There may be a branch near you or other workers nearby interested in starting one, here's our Telegram: https://t.me/+TNXgQOPkV18yOGRhSong: Rage Against the Machine - People of the Sun

&nders Lee and AP &y guest on the Quorators podcast to field questions about UFOs, cyptids, Pompeii, and, of course, ampersands. video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udhh_BrLui8

NEWS EP! We talk about the hurricane disaster, the Middle East disaster, the Ukraine disaster, and the Longshoremen's strike as a prelude to the war on Christmas.Sign up at http://patreon.com/theantifada for the fun half! We look at a proletarian get-rich quick scheme, an LAPD robbery gone wrong, and speculate on the REAL reason the Feds are taking down Mayor Eric Adams.Organized abandonment & campaign strategy in Appalachia: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/09/30/helene-aftermath-live-updates-monday-north-carolina/75447978007/https://www.axios.com/2024/09/27/kamala-harris-asylum-rules-border-crossingshttps://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/harris-alcohol-prices-trump-tariff-plan-1235113532/Biden on settling the "strike" https://x.com/greg_price11/status/1840576548992106698The strike he’s probably thinking of: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/us-east-coast-port-strike-set-start-tuesday-says-union-2024-09-29/Cruise ships and weapons shipments not effected by strike: https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/baltimore-cruise-ships-military-cargo-not-affected-by-dock-worker-strike/65-93d26a57-812c-44ba-bff6-5704ce08c292https://apnews.com/article/longshoremen-strike-ports-pay-consumers-automation-october-77289c12bf3c3eff5e42cb6372126576Asheville Mutual Aid Disaster Relief info: https://itsgoingdown.org/mutual-aid-hurricane-helene/Proletarian self activity: https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/infinite-money-chase-bank-customers-in-trouble-after-viral-glitch/article_4b062eb2-6978-11ef-8c96-2346f53d638b.htmlSong: Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees

While Marxist friend and historian Cosimo Pataleoni was in town from Italy, Sean decided to bring along Ross Wolf to get a taste of some badass history of piracy. We discuss Cosimo's work on the Uskoks, Croatian rebel sailors of the early modern period, as a lens for understanding the rise of commercial capitalism, proletarianization, debt bondage, and incarceration on the frontiers and the high seas. How do Cosimo's studies-inspired by figures like Eric Hobsbawm, Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker-help us understand the transition towards capitalism and, ultimately, how the transition towards communism might unfold?In the second half we talk about Cosimo's Italian Bordigist futurism project N+1 (no, not that one) then speculate about Houthi rebels and Yemeni pirates, maritime multipolarity, the fetters that your home wifi imposes on production and why intellectual property and the internet have become the new frontier in capitalist development... and perhaps its overcoming?For this bonus content, and so much more, become a supporter of our work at www.patreon.com/theantifadaSong: Vandals - Pirate's Life

Sean and Varn are joined by special guest, A.P. Andy of the Antifada podcast, to round out their previous conversation on current impasses on the left. For access to the full episode, and all our years of great bonus content, become a patron today at www.patreon.com/theantifadaHow did Andy’s Platypus Affiliated Panel go? What’s new with the American Communist Party and how have they Stalinized Bordigism? What has happened to make Marxism-Leninism into an anachronistic meme ideology? And, in the bonus section, out of all this decay what hope is there in some sort of renewal? (We’ve got some ideas on this front that are better than tailing MAGA and streaming it to underemployed 20-year-olds.) Platypus panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQxb86UTmCoSong: Gary Numan - This Wreckage

NEWS ep! We talk about Sean's upcoming well-deserved Alaska vacation before shifting into some preliminary analysis on Israel's brief anti-Netanyahu general strike, the contradictions of the Israeli working-class and war economy, and the legacy of labor Zionism.Support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada for the second half, in which we talk about AfD's victory in Thuringia and the meaning of the cleavages within neoliberalism, including Brazil banning Twitter and the absence of left partisanship in free-speech discourse. Israel general strike: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/2/what-are-israels-protests-and-general-strike-about-and-how-big-are https://www.ft.com/content/e0e5de2d-46a7-43c2-a0e5-1bf4c710efdehttps://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/8/23/gaza-war-extends-toll-on-israels-economyhttps://x.com/bar_peleg/status/1831033750601474400 https://www.histadrut.org.il/eng/P%7Cfs%7CF_workers_in_Israel https://www.histadrut.org.il/eng/SolidarityEcuador: https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/ecuador-left-us-linked-prosecutorPreshow ad: https://bostonanarchistbookfair.org/, https://www.instagram.com/bostonanarchistbookfair/ Song - Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black - Alaska

Rachel Kushner joins us to talk about her new novel Creation Lake--the story of an American agent provocateur infiltrating a rural commune in France.We go through some of the inspirations behind her characters in this and past books (including Jacques Camatte, Julian Coupat, and Ben Morea), a Soviet historian's theory of the Neanderthal origins of class war, and the RKCU (Rachel Kushner Cinematic Universe)The full episode is FREE at http://patreon.com/theantifada. While you're there, support the show with a free, $5, $10, or annual discounted membership for access to all bonus content and our Discord community!Megabasin protests: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/06/water-mega-basins-reservoirs-france-drought/674313/https://lessoulevementsdelaterre.org/blog/stop-mega-basins---international-mobilization-from-july-16-to-21-2024Drift Mag interview: https://www.thedriftmag.com/history-as-it-is-happening/Nation Review: https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/rachel-kushner-creation-lake/Info on Eric McDavid entrapment case: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/01/18/40682.phpThe Tribe: Interviews with Jean-Michel Mension Jacques Camatte - This World We Must LeaveTiqqun - Introduction to Civil WarThe Invisible Comittee - The Coming InsurrectionThe Zad and NoTAV: Territorial Struggles and the Making of a New Political IntelligenceSong: Daft Punk - Get Lucky (V A P O R W A V E)

REUPLOAD of our collaborative commentary with Swampside Chats of S3ep11 of Star Trek: Deep Space NineIn this two part episode, the crew goes back in time to a San Francisco homeless camp at the time of the a riot against neo-liberalism on September 1, 2024 that spiraled into international revolution. Written in the '90s, the episode presciently predicts the economic crises of the current day, Trump's plan of rounding California's homeless population into camps, and the coming lumpen revolution.Listen to Part II: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41951161/DS9: "Past Tense, Part I", "Past Tense, Part II"Check out Swampside Chats at: patreon.com/swampsidechats

Enjoy this seventh episode of a sideproject with Varn, Sean, and Regrettable Century, where they "explain right-wing thought to you so you can actually do something with it."For the full episode subscribe on http://patreon.com/theantifada or view the episode on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f_qKnAxV2I&list=PL3jOfuAY4QruaeI1PbA6aTHNzYpi4yI_A&index=1In this episode they read chapter 5 of Dugin's Fourth Political Theory"Previous episodes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3jOfuAY4QruaeI1PbA6aTHNzYpi4yI_AWork Cited: Dugin, Alexander (2012). The Fourth Political Theory. Translated by Sleboda, Mark; Millerman, Michael. Arktos Media. Prior Video in this Series:

Bronx expat Zhana Kurti reports back from the Chicago DNC and the protests against it. We go through the context of the 1924 and 1968 DNCs, the issues of Palestine and race in the election, how the left should relate to the elections, and if we should even be talking about it all.Check out last week's episode of Party Girls podcast for more in depth discussions of the protests in Chicago, and why some found them underwhelming. Support the Antifada for all bonus content and discord community discussion at http://patreon.com/theantifada Essay about CLR James' American Civilization: https://aeon.co/essays/c-l-r-james-foresaw-the-crisis-of-us-liberal-democracyCheck out Zhana's books: Treason to Whiteness is Loyalty to Humanity and States of Incarceration (buy them from Chicago's radical bookstore Pilsen Community Books!)song: Charli XCX - 360 + 365 (ガキ brat - slowed and reverbed)

Situ-Punk Bill Brown of "NOT BORED!" zine fame chats with Andy about Raoul Vaneigem's The Revolution of Everyday Life and its influence on the punk subculture of the seventies, eighties, and nineties. Towards the end of the episode we talk about his Vaneigem's prediction of the "End of Christianity" in relation to heresy and queerness. Greil Marcus’s Liptick Traces https://monoskop.org/log/?p=12932Bill Brown's Not Bored! anthology: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Not_Bored_Anthology_1983_2010/1wQlAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0Bill's translation of Vaneigem's Resistance to Christianity: https://eris.press/Resistance-to-ChristianityVaneigem’s The Revolution of Everyday Life: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/raoul-vaneigem-the-revolution-of-everyday-lifeVaneigem on Coronavirus: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/raoul-vaneigem-coronavirusWriting on Tarnac affair: https://notbored.org/tarnac.htmlArmed Love series: https://www.patreon.com/collection/87680Songs: Chrissy Hynde - Love Minus Zero (No Limits) Wanda Jackson - Riot Goin’ On Sex Pistols - Holiday in the Sun The Strokes - NYC Cops The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Survival Sickness

Sean and Varn are back to talk about the various paroxysms of the American left: why are the sects getting weirder and weirder? Why do we have to pay attention to capitalist politics while realizing we have no stake in it? Why do we focus on labor and what the hell is the Independent Labor Club trying to do?This is an extended preview of the complete episode. To listen to this, the rest of the DitW series and years worth of bonus content become a subscriber at www.patreon.com/theantifadaCheck out Varn's work at www.patreon.com/varnlogSong: Gary Numan - This Wreckage

Ross Wolfe, Alex Gendler, Morgan, and Matthew Donovan join us for an extensive review and analysis of last week's Hegelian E-Girl Symposium and a discussion of fascist mystique in counterculture, social alienation, and different interpretations of HegelFor the full episode support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifadaMatthew Donovan's review/analysis of the party: https://matthewdonovan.substack.com/p/i-hosted-the-hegelian-e-girl-partySanje call-out: https://x.com/sanjehorah/status/1820166696021131470Manifesto: https://x.com/tenshi_anna/status/1819922668704944403

Our France correspondent Henry J. Wallis returns to give updates since the New Popular Front's surprise victory on July 7. Will Macron block them from power after the Olympics? Will the French return from vacation in fighting mode? And how does Kamala's emergence compare to the antifascist electoral block? Support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifadaFirst episode with Henry: https://www.patreon.com/posts/e253-populaire-w-106800367Check out Henry's Forms Podcast and his post-election essay.International Communist Tendency: Popular Front in France: A Deception in 1936, A Deception in 2024 Lundi Matin - Poplar Front in the Streets (by Georges Bataille):Bordiga on activism: https://libcom.org/article/activism-amadeo-bordigaSong: Zouzou - Il est parti comme il était venu

Our favorite engineers of the fouriest future return! We talk about an obscure marxist concept, dispel some myths of multipolarity, and provide some updates on the US Fire Festival-esque attempts to onshore/friendshore/reshore tech manufacturing.In the bonus half, available to supporters at http://patreon.com/theantifada, we share our utopian visions for the would to come when the children of Bordigists, instead of Gramscians, take over the Democratic Party to lead the communization revolution. Chavez and Neel in Endnotes: https://endnotes.org.uk/posts/forest-and-factoryPhil Neel's dissertation on China and Global Crisis: https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/items/90b923c4-509b-4612-9be7-70f36486aa1cPhil and Komite interview: https://brooklynrail.org/2023/11/field-notes/Phil-Neel-with-KomiteGuido Starosta on Productive Subjectivity: https://cicpint.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2011_Starosta_Machinery-Productive-Subjectivity-and-the-Limits.pdfStarosta's book: Marx’s Capital, Method and Revolutionary Subjectivity https://brill.com/display/title/18792?language=enSome background on civil war in Sudan: https://acleddata.com/2024/04/14/sudan-situation-update-april-2024-one-year-of-war-in-sudan/TSMC plant in Phoenix: https://www.manufacturingdive.com/news/tsmc-delays-second-arizona-chip-factory-to-2027/704937/Song: Jenny Hval - Female Vampire

The world is ending. Home Depot workers are responsible, and Alexander Edward and Tony Boswell of Minion Death Cult join Sean to document it.For the full episode, all other bonus content, and Discord access, support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifadaCheck out Sean's other appearance on MDC this weekSupport MDC on patreon

&ers, &y, and Sean look at the career of New Left sociologist JACK SCOTT, who founded a "Jock Liberation Army," overhauled the Oberlin Athletics Department, and linked up with the Symbionese Liberation Army. For all our bonus content and access to our Discord community support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifadaJack Scott: https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/kw/jack-scott-the-athletic-revolution/ https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/spring-2020/wild-ride-jack-scott-and-jock-liberation/ https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/21/archives/radical-jocks-how-jack-scott-once-known-as-chief-who-would-go.html Bill Walton: Bill Walton On The Road With The Portland Trail Blazers by Jack Scott https://www.motherjones.com/media/2024/05/searching-for-bill-walton/ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/bill-walton-activism/tnamp/Audio clips: Interviews with Harry Edwards, Bill Walton, and SLA communiques Past ARMED Love episodes: https://www.patreon.com/collection/87680?view=expandedPast &&& episodes: https://www.patreon.com/collection/500909?view=expandedSong: Patti Smith - Hey Joe (Patty Hearst)

Sean sits down with Los Angeles-based Antifada political economy correspondent, Jason Smith of the Brooklyn Rail, to discuss demographic decline, a hot button issue relatively untouched by the Marxist left.Why has fertility gone up in the past? Why has it gone down in the developed world? What do Marx, Adam Smith and Keynes have to say about this phenomenon? Why has the potential for population decline made the capitalists so crazy?For the complete episode and much more bonus content become a patron today at www.patreon.com/theantifadaCheck out Jason's article in Brooklyn Rail: https://brooklynrail.org/2024/07/field-notes/After-the-Wave-WinterReferenced article: https://newleftreview.org/issues/i137/articles/wally-seccombe-marxism-and-demographySong: Dystopia - Population Birth Control

Audio from ILC's first Independent Labor Assembly July 7th, 2024 assembly at Talon Bar in Brooklyn with guest Gregory ButlerFor the full episode, Discord access, and all our bonus content, support the show at http:///patreon.com/theantifadaThe Independent Labor Club is an organization that seeks to bring workers together from all over to build bonds of free association and strengthen the power of labor. Our guest speaker Gregory A. Butler is a lifelong New Yorker as well as a carpenter in local 608, United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America. With decades of experience in the trades, he focuses on the history of working class struggle and union organizing in New York. He is the author of Disunited Brotherhood: Race, Racketeering and the Fall of the New York Construction Unions and is owner and moderator of Gangbox: Construction Workers News Service on the yahoo groups network.Song: Johnny Cash - One Piece At A Time

We consult with our Berliner Critical Theorist rabbi Jacob Blumenfeld about his recent Cured Quail essay Managing Decline. How do we shift the climate crisis from disaster communism and inhabitable barbarity to a communism of repair?https://curedquail.com/Managing-DeclineClimate Barbarism: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1467-8675.12596The Deluge by Stephen Markley: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/books/review/stephen-markley-deluge.htmlFor all bonus content and Discord discussion support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifadaSong: Mekons - Hard to be Human

Our France correspondent/flaneur Henry J. Wallis takes us on a leisurely derive through the French political spectrum, explaining his support as an Appelist for the Popular Front opposition to Le Pen and Macron in the upcoming snap elections.Check out Henry's Forms Podcast and his essay on the Popular FrontMacron and Lula support billionaire tax: https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-brazil-lula-da-silva-global-minimum-tax-billionaires-wealthiest-people/Recent clashes in New Caledonia: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/24/new-caledonia-unrest-independence-activists-france-detentionhttps://x.com/illwilleditions/status/1804965294672347603The Hollande campaign song mentioned: https://pitchfork.com/news/46275-watch-french-presidential-candidate-uses-jay-z-and-kanyes-niggas-in-paris-in-campaign-ad/Andy's Bordiga/Antifa article: https://communemag.com/anti-anti-antifa/Song: Brazz - Killing In The Name (French Version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj-C2O4YSuc

Enjoy this fifth episode of a side project with Varn, Sean, and Regrettable Century, where they "explain right-wing thought to you so you can actually do something with it."In this episode they read chapters 2 and 3 of Dugin's Fourth Political Theory" and ask: "What is it that liberalism does? Who is it's actors? What is the political economy? All that and more as we finish Chapter 2 and begin Chapter 3 of "The Fourth Political Theory."Patrons can hear the full episode on our patreon feed This and all previous episodes are also available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3jOfuAY4QruaeI1PbA6aTHNzYpi4yI_AWork Cited: Dugin, Alexander (2012). The Fourth Political Theory. Translated by Sleboda, Mark; Millerman, Michael. Arktos Media. Prior Video in this Series:

NEWS EPISODE! We talk about the the 4hr Star Wars Youtube video, and strike updates, Russian War Keynesian updates, COVID propaganda updates, and a preview of Sean's new AI show.Spectacular Failure of Star Wars Hotel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0CpOYZZZLabor: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/business/economy/supreme-court-starbucks-nlrb.html?smihttps://www.labornotes.org/2024/06/teamsters-and-amazon-labor-union-announce-affiliation-member-vote-still-aheadhttps://thehill.com/homenews/education/4711847-judge-orders-uc-workers-pause-strike-israel-hamas-war/https://x.com/thehousered/status/1799216761872458085Covid:https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/coronavirus-lab-escape-theory.htmlhttps://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/08/opinion/covid-fauci-hearings-health.htmlGood podcast refuting lab-leak hypothesis, (thanks to Kie from discord for suggestion): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ1FGCPennsBolerium Books: https://www.bolerium.com/Song: John Williams - First Order March [EPIC VERSION]

For the full episode and all other bonus content, support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifadaAnarcho-Anon Film Critic Daniel and Andy discuss the politics of Furiosa and the rest of the Mad Max franchise through the theories of Pierre Clastres, Donna Haraway, Maggie Nelson, Bruno Latour, Nick Land, Hillary Clinton, punk, and disaster anarchism. I considered calling this episode "Anya Taylor Armed Joy" but decided against it.

Sean KB welcomes to the show two teachers (Carolyn Hietter and Ian Seda) from the John Jay College Department of Economics (Marxist) to discuss their program and the goings-on at the City University of New York since the beginning of the atrocities in Gaza: the McCarthyite administration's war on free speech, the massive shifts within the bourgeois university over preceding decades which led to it, and how John Jay's Econ department is pushing in another direction.We ask the essential question: What might a working class education by and for the working class might look like? Find out for yourself and apply to the CUNY if you are looking for a radical education.For Discord access and all our bonus content support the Antifada at http://patreon.com/theantifadaAttend the CUNY JJ econ rock show: People’s Garden in Bushwick, June 8th 2pmContact Ian Seda, Graduate Program Director [email protected] about Masters Program: https://johnjayeconomics.org/how-to-apply/Rick Wolff and Ian Seda on heterodox economics at John Jay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyLY-ftZnF0Ludy Thenor and Geert Dhondt on heterodox economics at John Jay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU8dT6jWHHI&t=32sMusic: Phony ppl - John Jay

It's been four years since the demise of Sandersism in the United States. It's been two years since the COVID-19 crisis upended society and Russia invaded Ukraine. Socialist politics is, if anything, even more fractured and impotent than it was last decade.What do we make of the deep melancholy gripping politics today? How have the various political solutions on offer been delegitimated? And why is Sean KB seemingly immune to this melancholy? (Hint: it's the Independent Labor Club.)This is an extended preview of the full three-hour discussion. To access the whole audio file, become a patron at www.patreon.com/theantifada And for a video version of the recording become a supporter of C. Derick Varn's work at www.patreon.com/varnvlog

Sean and Andy are joined by Reid Kane to discuss the tortured legacy of the Socialist Party of America. Why doesn't the United States have a nominally working class party like the UK, where unions formed the institutional base for an independent party? How come state repression was so effective in undermining working class self-organization in the early-20th century? In which ways did the Old Left and the New Left fail to learn the lessons of the SPUSA and why are we still stuck with the Stalin-era Popular Front? Reid gives a powerful account of American socialism past and how we might vindicate the struggles of past generations.This is an extended preview of the full episode. To access this bonus content and much more, become a patron today at www.patreon.com/theantifadaWorks by Reid:YouTube series on American socialismWritings in Sublation Magazine

Sean is joined by friend of the show, Ted Reese, to discuss his brand new book: Abundant Material Wealth for All. How does Henryk Grossman's breakdown theory help us understand the economics and politics of this current moment? In what ways are crisis tendencies affecting the United States and the UK? What type of program should socialists offer as a way out of the crisis? Join us in fleshing out Ted's expansive vision for how we might overcome the current crisis and build a world with abundant material wealth for all as its basis.Order the book: https://grossmanite.medium.com/new-book-abundant-material-wealth-for-all-out-now-7d1ec5e9ac05Free PDFs for all coming out this month!Song: Kendrick - Humble

For the tenth episode of our series about the revolutionary culture of the sixties, Andy talks to China scholar Ralf Ruckus about the Cultural Revolution in China, during which large factions of youth competed to renew and complete the revolutionary vision of Mao. The result was a seizure of power by the PLA and an estimated 2.8 million death between 1966-1976. For more episode of Armed Love, and all other bonus material and Discord access, please become a patreon at http://patreon.com/theantifadaRalf Ruckus recently published The Left in China, an excerpt of which can be read here: http://illwill.com/mapping-the-left-in-chinaHe previously published The Communist Road to Capitalism: How Social Unrest and Containment Have Pushed China's (R)evolution since 1949Other resources mentioned: Darren Byler - Terror Capitalism https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/4/monograph/book/97897Chuang: https://chuangcn.org/about/Gonggchao: https://www.gongchao.org/en/the-left-in-china/China strike-map: https://maps.clb.org.hk/?i18n_language=en_US&map=1&startDate=2023-11&endDate=2024-05&eventId=&keyword=&addressId=&parentAddressId=&address=&parentAddress=&industry=&parentIndustry=&industryName=&pageEmbed=Wu Yiching - Cultural Revolution from the Margins https://files.libcom.org/files/Yiching%20Wu-The%20Cultural%20Revolution%20at%20the%20Margins_%20Chinese%20Socialism%20in%20Crisis-Harvard%20University%20Press%20(2014).pdfTelegram Link for Southwest ILC: https://t.me/+TNXgQOPkV18yOGRhSong: Sailing the Seas Depends On The Helmsman

We report on our visits to pro-Palestine encampments and take listener questionsJoin our Discord community by signing up to our Patreon! http://patreon.com/theantifadaCheck out the ILC BBQ in McCarren park in Williamsburg 3-7 followed by a party/screening at Woodbine: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6Rj8UzuoYs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==First We Take Columbia text: https://illwill.com/columbia https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2979646/pro-palestinian-activists-spread-occupation-guidebook-overrun-schools/Communique From an Absent Future: https://illwill.com/print/communique-from-an-absent-futureAdam Tooze - Columbia University's "crisis" - a political economy sketch map https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-279-columbia-universitysUnrest in the MLBPA: https://theathletic.com/5352704/2024/03/18/mlbpa-unrest-players-bruce-meyer/Big Sean - Control

Boris and Rey from the anti-nationalist Empire Never Ended podcast and Antipolitika journal chat about the far rights in the US and ex-Yugoslavia, the legacy of Balkan nationalism, cursed Balkan Youtube comments and Greater Idaho.For the full episode, support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifadaEmpire Never Ended patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tenepodAntipolitika journal:Read: https://antipolitika.noblogs.org/ Buy: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1440 Songs: Infracrvena - Politika Ultima Videosex - Detektivska Priča

And(y) & And(ers) smoke a hash joint and read selections from the "Protocols of Drug Experiments" in which German Marxist philosopher Walter Benjamin ate a hash edible and wandered around Marseille being weird.For the full episode subscribe at http://patreon.com/theantifadaPDF: https://anarch.cc/uploads/walter-benjamin/on-hashish.pdfNew Yorker review of On Hashish: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/08/21/the-philosopher-stoned

The communist milieu lost a titan last week. Our kind friend and mentor, Loren Goldner (1949-2024), passed away on Friday, April 12th 3:00am, at age of 76. As a tribute to his life and legacy we were able to gather a handful of people who were close to him to share stories, memories and inspirations. Special thanks to Arya Zahedi, Zhana Kurti, Jarrod Shanahan, Joe Lombardo, Ross Wolfe and Billy O'Conner for coming on to memorialize a great thinker and a great friend.Copious Loren Goldner Links:Website archive https://breaktheirhaughtypower.org/category/articles/Melville book https://libcom.org/article/herman-melville-between-charlemagne-and-antemosaic-cosmic-man-loren-goldnerInsurgent Notes Journal http://insurgentnotes.com/author/loren/Articles mentioned in orderAryaTurkish history- https://libcom.org/article/agrarian-question-russian-revolution-material-community-productivism-and-back-loren-goldnerBolivia- https://libcom.org/book/export/html/58156Fictitious capital for beginners https://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/fictitious-capital-beginners-imperialism-anti-imperialism-and-continuing-relevance-rosa-luxemburgRossRace and the enlightenment https://libcom.org/article/race-and-enlightenment-part-i-anti-semitism-white-supremacy-1492-1676Critic of post-colonial theory https://cominsitu.wordpress.com/2014/05/10/the-universality-of-marx/Revolution in the Air critique https://libcom.org/article/review-revolution-air-max-elbaum-loren-goldnerSeanBordiga https://files.libcom.org/files/Loren%20Goldner%20-%20Amadeo%20Bordiga,%20the%20Agrarian%20Question,%20and%20the%20International%20Revolutionary%20Movement.pdfAudio clips from: https://libcom.org/article/loren-goldner-audioSongs: Monsieur Jack - The Internationale Leonard Cohen - Solidarity Forever

Enjoy this blast from the distant pass: January 2023!Check out all the other Histories is a Weapon on our patreonIn light of the depressing denouement of 2022's railroad conflict, Sean and Matt sit down, in person at last, to discuss the deep history behind how American organized labor got so disorganized and why the labor movement hasn't moved in decades.Why was it that, in the United States, workers institutions had trouble evolving past the infancy of narrow, sectoral, decentralized craft unionism towards broad-based, nationally-coordinated industrial unionism? How did capital, in the face of militant organizing, help choose the weaker of the two as their partner to bargain with? In what ways is worker self-organization in this country truly, as our enemies always say, anti-American? And importantly what is to be done now that private sector union density is so low, workers institutions so captured and the national labor relations regime has fallen apart?STAY TUNED AFTER THE OUTRO MUSIC FOR A SPECIAL LAST MINUTE ADDENDUM