Brett from Revolutionary Left Radio and The Guillotine joins The Antifada in a special collaborative episode to discuss the current state of the US left and the future of global capitalism! We had a blast talking with our new friend and comrade. If you dig the unabashedly anti-capitalist Antifada, you'll be sure to enjoy Brett's open-minded (but critical and uncompromising) discussions on politics, economics and culture. We hope this is the first of two, three, many cooperative endeavors with Re...
Jun 28, 2018•2 hr 39 min
We finish out our discussion on race, identity politics, organizing, and DSA. Then the crew punches left by dragging on socialist thinker Elon Musk. Join today starting at just $2/month to access this episode and other premium content! www.patreon.com/theantifada
Jun 27, 2018•2 min
In part one of a monster episode, we sit down with Justin Charles of North Brooklyn DSA and the AfroSocialists and Socialists of Color Caucus. Sean is scarred by a perilous bus journey. Rachel Maddow and the libs freak out about potential peace (oh no!) on the Korean Peninsula. Democrats 'Russia Russia Russia' themselves into becoming the NatSec party. Who cares if 81% of South Koreans want an end to the war? (Not the lamestream media!) Super deep dive: where does 'identity politics' come from? ...
Jun 20, 2018•1 hr 29 min
On this special premium episode of the Antifada, we take a bunch of questions from our Patreon subscribers. Is it better to forward left politics through the lens of material self-interest or notions of collectivity? What's the best first wave goth band? Which was our favorite revolutionary movement? What's the political economy of the "Handmaid's Tale"? What reformist policy is the best "tip of the spear" towards growing the socialist base? Why the fuck do you call your show...
Jun 11, 2018•2 min
The AF crew takes on Jonathan Chait's recent word turd: the things he's wrong about re: "the radical left," as well as the things he's right about but which are actually fine. We discuss the latest labor uprisings in France and the ridiculous choice of Nazi lady vs. neoliberal POS...which leads to a spirited game of "fuck, marry, kill" complete with Justin Trudeau conspiracy theory. Finally we talk about the Dead Kennedys and Jello Biafra for some reason. Sorry for the poor s...
Jun 03, 2018•49 min
Our friend and comrade Natasha Lennard joins us for a discussion themed around her forthcoming book with Brad Evans, "Violence: Humans in Dark Times." Tash's thoughts on the royal wedding. The US media's problematic framing of the most recent killings in Gaza. Angela Davis on the violence of the status quo. The uncounted millions who've met premature deaths due to the predations of capitalism. The connection between racist police murders, private property and the capitalist state. Why ...
May 23, 2018•2 hr 48 min
Jamie, Sean and Andy take a field trip to the occupied New School to interview "K," an anonymous student, about New School students' latest direct action in solidarity with cafeteria workers (repped by UNITE HERE Local 100) and grad students (SENS-UAW). Later, back at the ranch, the gang contextualizes this occupation with some history of the modern university: its roots, its social function, and how it has developed as a site of struggle. What happened in the '70s and '80s that made c...
May 17, 2018•2 hr 41 min
A brief taste of our premium content, which can be yours for as little as $2/month!
May 13, 2018•2 min
Our guest canceled so Jamie picked up a rando at the DSA convention to fill in. Thanks for being such a good sport, rando! Jamie and the rando — whose name, it turns out, is Andrew Callaway — recap a bit of what went down at the convention, including a "turn-to-industry" proposal and a spicy debate around Bernie 2020. The gang tackles the van attack in Toronto, the "incel rebellion" and why dudes who can't get laid and complain about it online are a kind of hate group. The po...
May 10, 2018•2 hr 42 min
If you thought last episode was arcane, get a load of this shit! We sit down with Ross Wolfe of https://thecharnelhouse.org to venture into the farthest, darkest reaches of left theory... in order to resurrect the nightmares of dead generations within the minds of our listeners. Ross discusses how Sean nearly came to blows with famous fashy troll Kantbot at a Verso Books party. Jamie informs Sean that she thought he was a violent horror man when they first dated. We debate the monetary value of ...
Apr 30, 2018•2 hr 51 min
In the most cerebral episode yet of The Antifada, Jamie and Sean welcome old friend Asher Dupuy-Spencer of Verso Books into the studio. The gang talks about Jamie's near death experience at a nazi swimming hole in New Hampshire. We celebrate the memory of all-around feminist icon and totally-not ruling class monster-person Barbara Bush... leading Jamie to use the strongest genital-related epithet in the English language. Asher presents two articles by Vivek Chibber and Charlie Post that debate t...
Apr 25, 2018•2 hr 53 min
In The Antifada's HARD LAUNCH episode, Jamie and Sean speak with socialist power couple Doug Henwood and Liza Featherstone about aggression in Syria, the governor's race in New York, and liberal derangement syndrome. Liza does an on-air version of her socialist-feminist advice column in The Nation, "Asking for a Friend." Jamie almost sells out, but mistakes ice cream for soap so w/e. Sean reminds us that leftists don't make heroes of i-banking cops like James Comey. Doug and Liza talk ...
Apr 17, 2018•2 hr 35 min
Up the punx! Jamie, Sean and guest Aaron Petcoff of the ISO discuss music, religion and sacred cows. We talk shit on Fiverr. Sean confuses Epitaph with Hellcat records like an old idiot. Jamie revisits one of her childhood favorites. We try nuance for the first time with regard to religion and socialism. We discuss our lame faves. Jamie cucks Sean thrice. Uber-producer Matt couldn't make it, so we screwed up the levels. Sorry!
Apr 14, 2018•2 hr 6 min
Sean delves deep into tankiebook and brings back some scintillating slash fic about Comrade Stalin. Tankie Lena Dunham is introduced. The guys get excited and talk over Jamie. Whatever.
Apr 14, 2018•19 min
Everybody knows that legendary soul singer Barry White and Zionist writer Bari Weiss are not the same person. What this episode presupposes is, maybe they are? Jamie, Sean and Matt sit down with Niral Shah, DSA member and managing editor of Blunderbuss Magazine, to talk hasbara hack Bari Weiss, no platforming, and the collapse of respectable centrist discourse.
Apr 14, 2018•1 hr 21 min
In our FIRST EVER episode, we talk to DSA member, grad student, and Leftvoice editor Tatiana Maria Cozzarelli about the International Women's Strike, building a feminism for the 99%, and women's contributions to labor struggles worldwide. ALSO: What we can learn from the West Virginia teachers' strike. Visit Leftvoice.org to read Tatiana's work! Intro music by Jamie Ingalls Art by Debbie Allen
Apr 14, 2018•41 min
