We close out our three-part recap of the decade that was with 2015-now. Jake gives his grand unified theory of the black and blue dress (or is it white and gold?!). Rachel Dolezal. Trump's epic pwnage of Hillary Clinton and us, and the even more embarrassing rise of the #resistance. The libs go un poco loco. Mask off time. The gang gets sincere. And more. Thanks for all your support this decade, fam! Closing song: Drake - Headlines
Jan 08, 2020•2 hr 46 min
Ebola, the Fappening, ISIS, The Ice Bucket Challenge, #Doom. Simpler times: 2014! Listen to the full episode at http://patreon.com/theantifada
Jan 03, 2020•3 min
Obamacare! Occupy! The Tea Party! Taylor Swift! ISIS!!!!!! An epochal Antifada spectacular! The whole crew + Jake and Simone take on the decade year by year. In Part 1 we go from 2009-2013. Simone's 2014 will be released Friday, and we get caught up with the rest next Wednesday. Closing song: Kanye West, Jay Z - No Church in the Wild
Jan 01, 2020•2 hr 37 min
HⒶ HⒶ HⒶ! Ⓐnti-Saint Nick here with an XMas Xpost of Andy and Sean's recent appearance on Minion Death Cult! Alex and Tony lead us in a reading of what is sure to become a holiday classic, a 2017 piece from the Boston Police Union magazine titled, "The Antifan Who Stole Christmas." "A reaction to the enormous anti-racist Boston protest held directly after Charlottesville, "The Antifan" chronicles a pesky critter who wishes to destroy the town of Bhlueville and their holi...
Dec 25, 2019•1 hr 22 min
Writer, translator, and historian of the revolutionary left Mitch Abidor joins Andy and Sean to discuss the life, legacy, and relevance of "The Bolshevik's Pet Anarchist" Victor Serge! An illegalist anarchist turned anarcho-syndicalist, turned Bolshevik, turned left-oppositionist before being completely blackpilled, Serge is a rare example of a revolutionary who jumped from tendency to tendency while still maintaining his principals. Abidor and Richard Greenman recently translated Serg...
Dec 18, 2019•1 hr 7 min
In episode 2 of @ spaceprole 's side project on contemporary and historical political issues in Latin America. This month we have Camilo Gómez, a Peruvian writer with bylines at Counterpunch and the Center for a Stateless Society, and the host of the History and Politics podcast. Listen to the full podcast at https://www.patreon.com/theantifada We discuss how the lavajato spilled into Peru, making anti-corruption a focus of the upcoming legislative elections. Gomez goes into details on the 3-4 c...
Dec 16, 2019•9 min
Brooklyn College Sociology Professor, writer for the Appeal, the Nation, and Truthout, and author of “ The End of Policing ” Alex Vitale talks with us about the recent FTP protests in New York and various other struggles against the carceral state. Lots more from Alex Vitale at his website and The Appeal: https://theappeal.org/authors/alex-s-vitale/ Description of FTP marches in New York: https://itsgoingdown.org/off-the-rails/ Stay tuned for details of the December 20th action by following Deco...
Dec 11, 2019•1 hr 16 min
Have you ever asked yourself what weird 1980s Hollywood live-action/cartoon crossover films have to say about the infamous General Motors Streetcar Scandal of the mid-20th century? Well do we have a film for you! Sean sits down with fellow socialist railfan Justin Roczniak, AKA donoteat1 , to get at the real and sordid history behind Robert Zemekis' 1988 blockbuster Who Framed Roger Rabbit? How the hell was this crazy film made? What does it tell us about the history of public transit in Los Ang...
Dec 04, 2019•1 hr 12 min
In our second Real Kollontai Hours, Rachel Rabbit White (@rabbitwhite) and Oyster (@oyster_nyt) take up Alexandra Kollontai's 1921 essay "Prostitution and Ways of Fighting It." Was Kollontai right about the evils of prostitution, or should we say "okay boomer" to this outdated comintern moralism as we move toward our glorious FALC future? Most importantly, whomst among us is going to incorporate "fucking for sacks of flour" into their sexy roleplaying from now on? l...
Nov 29, 2019•8 min
Sex workers of the world, unite! Jamie and Andy are joined by poet/journo Rachel Rabbit White (@rabbitwhite), organizer Nina Luo (@theninaluo) and whore-of-all trades Oyster (@oyster_nyt) to talk organizing in the world of sex work and why any socialist worth their clever display name should care. What's Decrim NY and what are they after? How has sex trafficking discourse been used to enforce borders and police the marginalized? What can the average person do to facilitate the self-liberation of...
Nov 27, 2019•1 hr 26 min
Trash Future leads us in a reading of James Kirkup's dystopian fanfic "How the Lib Dems could seize power." Excuse the laddery we were many cans deep. Read along: https://unherd.com/2019/07/how-the-lib-dems-could-seize-power/ Listen to the full episode at: https://www.patreon.com/theantifada
Nov 22, 2019•5 min
Andy and Sean go to UK to suck some cans with the lads and lass of England's only podcast, TRASH FUTURE. We discuss the upcoming elections, the deep insecurities at the center of posh life motivating Boris Johnson's political career, the LibDem and ChUK cucks, and Corbyn's cheeky plan to nationalize Nandos and put Mr. Bean on the dole or whatever. Subscribe and support Trash Future: https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture And follow them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trashfuturepod Riley: @raaleh ...
Nov 20, 2019•1 hr 12 min
In this edition of Vampire Castle, Jamie and Leslie tackle two very different (but both very '80s) vampire movies: Tony Scott's 'The Hunger' (1983) and Joel Schumacher's 'The Lost Boys' (1987). Sign up at patreon.com/theantifada to hear the whole episode!
Nov 15, 2019•48 sec
In this long awaited Antifada x Trillbillies crossover, Jamie speaks with Tom Sexton ( @tomsexton ), Tarence Ray ( @tarenceray ) and Tanya Turner ( @auntiebernice ) of Trillbilly Workers Party ( @thetrillbillies ) about their media project, Kentucky's recent election, and how they became dyed-in-the-wool radicals and electoral skeptics. Also: jobs vs. environmentalism, the pitfalls of the "just transition" program, and an update on Penny the Pony! https://thebaffler.com/salvos/hollowed...
Nov 13, 2019•2 hr 31 min
In this special episode of The Antifada, Sean KB is joined by fellow building tradesmen Billy and John to do a little workers inquiry on themselves. We discuss our own work histories and how we became radicalized through historical events and our experiences on the job. We poke holes in the JD Vance 'white working class' mythos that sees cultural regression as the wellspring of Trumpism. Lastly, we talk about the structures we've encountered in our particular unions and how the working class mig...
Nov 06, 2019•1 hr 29 min
Matt Christman and Sean KB bring our story of suburbia up to the present moment, when the periphery is in crisis and urban areas are suffering late-stage gentrification: How was Los Angeles the archetypal American city? Who developed suburbia and why? Which class interests are upheld by the primacy of real estate in American political economy? And whither suburban life in the 21st century? All this and more along with an analysis of that class fraction everyone's talking about these days: the Pr...
Nov 01, 2019•4 min
We celebrate MISCHIEF NIGHT with the scariest show on the internet: MINION DEATH CULT. Hosts Anthony Edwards and Tony Boswell find the scariest, most derange, and dumbest boomer posts online and read them slow enough to truly grasp their inanity. After sharing some dumb Halloween stories, we look at an evangelical plot to infiltrate costume shops, commemorate last years' Nov 4 Antifa supersoldier revolution, recall the Infowars hit piece on Jamie earlier this year, and close out with some Tim Po...
Oct 30, 2019•1 hr 18 min
Matt and Sean dive into the historical materialist trenches once more! On this HIAW, we address suburbia and its discontents: How has the unique social geography of the United States affected its political and economic development? How are class relations reflected in the built environment? Why did the suburbs arise as a unique solution to social crisis in the post-war era? And what sort of mentalities and ideologies arose out of these milieux? For the full upside, and all our bonus material, be...
Oct 25, 2019•6 min
Shyam Khanna, editor of Commune mag, joins us for a sneak peek into issue #4 and a breakdown of Saturday's Bernie Sanders rally from an ultraleft wrecker POV. Josh Strawn, half of darkwave duo Azar Swan, also joins us for a discussion of his band's new record, what the kids are listening to these days, fascism and music, and why Billy Joel has better politics than Nick Cave. The first of at least two Halloween episodes! Catch Azar Swan live at Jamie's benefit show for El Comedor this coming Frid...
Oct 23, 2019•2 hr 30 min
The first episode of Andy' s newest side project focusing on Latin American politics and history, Talkin' 'Tina! BreadTuber BAD EMPANADA joins us to talk about the upcoming elections in Argentina that will return Kirchernismo to power after four years of Mauricio Macri's neoliberal buffoonery, but can left-populist Peronism walk the country back from the brink of economic collapse, or will there be a new insurrection like in 2000? And who do the Posadists support? After that we discuss the life ...
Oct 18, 2019•16 min
In this installment, Matt and Sean shoot a little shit about the radical geography of Europe before we plunge into the pool of disco and despair that was the 1970s: how the global crisis upended the 'Golden Age' of American capitalism, how Richard Nixon rode a wave of aggrievement to become the voice of a 'silent majority' in backlash, and how the uneasy alliance between organized labor and the Democratic Party began to fracture as stagflation undermined the post-war compromise. Part II (another...
Oct 16, 2019•1 hr 11 min
Everyone loves Bernie Sanders and hates Angela Nagle, but when it comes to the enforcement of borders, their politics are basically the same. Using the power of HISTORICAL MATERIALISM, returning guest Ross Wolfe ( @RossWolfe ) traces the origins of the modern nation state, explains the limits of economic nationalism and social democracy in one country, and makes the case for why nothing short of GLOBAL COMMUNIST REVOLUTION is necessary to avoid a descent into fascism and horror. Read Ross's piec...
Oct 09, 2019•1 hr 18 min
On this edition of Vampire Castle , Jamie and Leslie (@leslieleeiii) discuss the iconic 1994 film The Crow starring the late Brandon Lee, as well as its somewhat less iconic 1996 sequel, The Crow: City of Angels . "But wait, that's not a vampire movie!" Are you sure about that? Listen and be convinced. BECOME A SUBSCRIBER AT PATREON.COM/THEANTIFADA TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE! Intro: Intellectual Dark Wave - Vampire Castle Outro: Hole - Gold Dust Woman (Fleetwood Mac cover)...
Oct 04, 2019•1 min
Two years ago, prison abolitionists succeeded in convincing the government of the city of New York to agree to close the torturous jail on Rikers Island. The solution? A kinder, friendlier, "neighborhood" jail in each borough! With a decisive city council vote coming up, prison abolitionist Nadja Guyot from No New Jails joins us to talk about the fight against these absurd "Justice Hubs," decarceration, and practical abolitionism. https://www.nonewjails.nyc/ https://twitter.c...
Oct 02, 2019•1 hr 21 min
Andy goes on Corey Pein's News From Nowhere podcast to discuss the new To The Stars Academy video, the Navy's admission that the videos of Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon are real, and what Tom DeLonge and Robert Bigelow might be after (money). Afterwards he answers Corey's questions about Posadism. Listen to the end of the episode for an essay about the Blink 182 song "Aliens Exist." If you like Corey Pein's work, subscribe to his podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/newsfromnow...
Sep 27, 2019•5 min
Novara Media 's Aaron Bastani calls in to talk Brexit before we dive into Fully Automated Luxury Communism, the meme he created way back in the mid '10s, now a book available from Verso. What is luxury? Are we coming closer to FALC with each bite of the Impossible Whopper ? Should it more appropriately be called FALKensyianism? Will the Green New Deal lead to FALC or continued late capitalist Dystopia? Bastani answers all these burning questions and more. Follow Aaron Bastani on Twitter: https:/...
Sep 25, 2019•1 hr 27 min
The United Auto Workers union is striking General Motors in the largest work stoppage since the same union struck in 2007. Andy and Sean jump on mic with an emergency pod to discuss the context of this job action, how the left might relate to the recent upsurge in labor militancy, and what labor history tells us about how to organize and win! Show notes: UAW workers on strike: https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/general-motors/2019/09/16/strike-uaw-workers/2338281001/ UAW Corruption cases com...
Sep 17, 2019•1 hr 3 min
Sophie Saint Thomas visits us to talk about Jamie's LA trip, hurricane sex, PUA magic, octopus weed, relationship bordigism, and Alexandra Kollontai's Make Way for Winged Eros Check out Sophie on Twitter: @TheBowieCat And read more of her work here: https://sophiesaintthomas.com/ Support our show by becoming a Patron at patreon.com/theantifada And come see our live show with Pod Damn America October 12th at Littlefield in Brooklyn! https://www.littlefieldnyc.com/e/the-goth-socialist-variety-hour...
Sep 11, 2019•1 hr 24 min
We cut out some of our favorite conspiracy theories from the Gladio episode, including New Criticism, Operation Bloodstone, the mysterious deaths of Francis Parker Yockey and Allan Francovich. Listen to the full episode by becoming a Patron at: https://www.patreon.com/theantifada Audio taken from: https://www.military.com/video/guns/pistols/cias-secret-heart-attack-gun/2555371072001...
Sep 06, 2019•1 min
In this special crossover of Antifada, Proletkult, History is a Weapon, and Parallax Views we take a dive into the "stay behind operations" after World War II designed to protect Western Europe from leftist victory at any cost--including coups, assassinations, and false flag terror plots. Conspiracy theory? Nope! PARAPOLITICS. Bibliography: Phillip Welan - Puppetmasters Marcelo Laraquy - Lopez Rega Pasolini - What is this coup d’état? I know https://overland.org.au/2012/03/what-is-this...
Sep 04, 2019•2 hr 36 min
