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&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
Jul 18, 2025•8 min
This Wreckage
Communist podcast exploring political economy, history and the class struggle with AP Andy, Sean KB and guests. Become a patron to enjoy bonus content, access to our Discord community and more at: https://www.patreon.com/c/thiswreckage
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Diving into the Wreckage: Communization w/ C. Derick Varn
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/varnvlog Song: Gary Numan - This Wreckage...
Jul 16, 2025•58 min
E295: Let them Eat ICE w/ Zhana Kurti
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 Beau...
Jul 09, 2025•54 min
E294: Hot Communist Summer Part 1 w/ C. Derick Varn
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 discus...
Jun 30, 2025•1 hr 8 min
E293: Mom-Dommy vs. Tammany Daddy w/ Mattie Lubchansky
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/theantifada Modern Ferret Monthly: https://web.archive.org/web/20070610044439/http://www.modernferret.com/pressreleases/nyc05212001.html McMansion Hell endorsement: - https://mcmansionhell.com/post/786540193484341248/mcmansion-hell-urges-all-new-yorkers-to-rank Lander will keep Jessica Tisch: https://www.city...
Jun 23, 2025•55 min
UNLOCKED: Veiled Threats w/ Arya Zahedi
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/101536326 For all our bonus content support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada Read the essay here...
Jun 20, 2025•57 min
E292: LA TACO w/ Victor Artola
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/theantifada Further reading: https://crimethinc.com/2025/06/08/los-angeles-stands-up-to-ice-a-firsthand-report-on-the-clashes-of-june-6 TACO 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/opinio...
Jun 16, 2025•49 min
E291: MF DOOM Outro w/ S.H. Fernando Jr.
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 ...
Jun 11, 2025•48 min
Independent Labor Assembly 5: Education and Labor 5/30/25
For the full episode (FREE!), sign up at http://patreon.com/theantifada The 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 priv...
Jun 06, 2025•44 min
Garveyism 2: Three Way Fight w/ John Garvey
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.co...
Jun 02, 2025•57 min
E290: French President SLAPPED by FURIOUS wife!!! w/ Henry Wallis
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 ...
May 28, 2025•58 min
E289: Freedom Zone of Interest w/ Malek Rasamny
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 d...
May 19, 2025•48 min
E288: Fraudian Ziz-o Analysis w/ David Z Morris
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 dystopia read/subscribe to his substack: https://davidzmorris.substack.com/ Especially on the ...
May 12, 2025•58 min
AI Caramba 3 w/ Paris Marx
Sean talks with Paris Marx about AI for the full episode, support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada Song: Barry Manilow - Aye Caramba!
May 09, 2025•22 min
E287: Studying for the Communism Test w/ Jasper Bernes
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-revolution Excerpt: https://illwill.com/inquiry-and-organization Check 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-co...
May 05, 2025•1 hr 10 min
RIP Joshua Clover
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/1917001969467838652 Reading from The Totality for Kids at Bowery Poetry Club in 2006 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgfMT58xkTg Youtube clip of Joshua talking about his book on the Modern Lovers' song Road Runner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6qc8EqN_XI&t=468s ...
Apr 30, 2025•39 min
Diving into the Wreckage: Into the Train Wreck w/ C. Derick Varn
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 c...
Apr 23, 2025•1 hr 2 min
&&& 🌿420🌳 SPECIAL- Walter Benjamin's 👼On The Concept of History 😇
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 History Read along: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/benjamin/1940/history.htm Song: Johnny Thunders - You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory...
Apr 21, 2025•10 min
E286: Indefinite Baseball General Strike 2027 w/ Tipping Pitches
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/theantifada Support ...
Apr 14, 2025•1 hr 4 min
E285 - Liberation Day
Sean and Andy discuss JDPon Don's Great Reset, the #HandsOff protests, the Mar-A-Lago accords, and the death of the American Dream In 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-protest Speculation on Mar-A-Lago Accords: https://www.nordea.com/en/news/mar-a-lago-accord-expla...
Apr 07, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Independent Labor Assembly 4: Trump, Tariffs and the Working Class
This is a recording of the ILC's fourth public assembly at Woodbine Space in Queens on March 29th, 2025 featuring Cyrus Cappo of John Jay College CUNY, Daniel Jacobs of Sublation/Platypus Affiliated and Ryan Castello of the Maoist Communists Union. For more info on the Independent Labor Club of North America-including upcoming events, how to join, how to start a chapter, etc-visit the website at https://ilclabor.com/ Song: Dodos - Trades and Tariffs...
Apr 04, 2025•1 hr 28 min
E284 - Betar, then Ezra w/ Eli Valley (Part 1)
To listen to the full episode support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada Political cartoonist and writer Eli Valley joins us to talk about his new book Museum of Degenerates: Portraits of the American Grotesque , another Senate Antisemitism hearings, the future of the Israeli-American fascist alliance, and a bit about AI, Jabotinski, Betar, and Ezra Klein's Abundance agenda. In the fun half we talk about Eli's pre-cartoonist life giving tours in Europe and the movie A Real Pain, and wher...
Mar 31, 2025•1 hr 10 min
E283- Once Upon a Time in Aragua (Part 2)
Preview of Part 2 in which we talk more with Jarrod and Zhana about the pitfalls of performatively moving on from identity politics, the Bukele-prison model of the fascist future, the historical anti-revolutionary basis of the 1798 Enemy Aliens Act, how a union protection racket in Chavez's Venezuela became the gang Trumpists believed were poised to takeover major metro regions of the United States, and why we should've been siding with the "woke left" all along. To listen to the episode and all...
Mar 28, 2025•15 min
E283 - Prison Planet w/ Jarrod Shanahan, Zhana Kurti (Part 1)
Jarrod and Zhana return to talk about their new book "Skyscraper Jails: The Abolitionist Fight Against Jail Expansion in New York City"! We look at how the liberal apparatus used identity politics and divert the abolitionist movement to expand incarceration, and check in how the De Blasio-era plan to closer rikers and replace it with four "community" "justice hubs" has fared under the anti-Woke era of the Adams administration. Lastly, we talk about the the recent "Wildcat" CO strike in state pri...
Mar 24, 2025•1 hr 1 min
AI Caramba 2: Crap Fartman vs Ned Ludd w/ Jathan Sadowski
Our artificial intelligence miniseries returns with a guest spot by This Machine Kills cohost, Jathan Sadowski, about his brand new second book The Mechanic and the Luddite: a Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism . For the full episode support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada Song: Manuel Göttsching - E2 - E4...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 3 min
&&& - Minne&polis Te&mster Strike of 19&4
Audio from a Twitch stream in which &ers & &y go through the history of the Minneapolis General Strike of 1934 and reflect on what lessons we can take from it as we approach the National Strike on May 1, 2028 If you like what we do support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada Past episode of &&&: https://www.patreon.com/collection/500909 https://libcom.org/article/minneapolis-teamsters-strike-1934-jeremy-brecher https://www.marxists.org/glossary/events/m/i.htm#minne...
Mar 12, 2025•1 hr 3 min
E282 - Garveyism 1 w/ John Garvey
Sean is joined by old friend, John Garvey, to introduce our new miniseries: Garveyism! In this first episode we discuss some current events--the Ukrainian War as seen from Brighton Beach, horse racing subsidies and working class social life, and the first month of the Trump Administration. The series will continue monthly with bonus episodes featuring John talking about his experience in (and against) the New Left, prospects for class power in the current epoch and lessons learned in organizing ...
Mar 05, 2025•59 min
E281 - Remember the Alamo Workers w/ NYC Alamo United
Sean and Andy chat with a worker organizer at one of the three Alamo Drathouse locations striking against seasonal firings. We cover how Barbenheimer weekend inspired the union effort, frustrating interactions with management, the weird subterranean Wall Street location, some ancient NYC organizing history, service sector organizing, and how a worker-run theater could make the nerdy-niche "experience" far better. All links for union press statements and fundraisers: https://beacons.ai/nycalamoun...
Feb 24, 2025•1 hr 12 min
E280: Imagining the Burger Reich w/ Phil Neel
Hinterland author Phil Neel returns to explain value-form to an American by asking us to imagine a burger. Listen to the full episode by joining our paid or free membership tiers at http://patreon.com/theantifada Phil Neel's burger essays: https://brooklynrail.org/2024/12/field-notes/quarter-pounds-of-flesh/ https://brooklynrail.org/2025/02/field-notes/quarter-pounds-of-flesh-2/ Cuban hamburgerismo: https://www.sm28.org/articles/j11-the-return-of-the-cuban-proletariat/ Song: Tyler the Creator - ...
Feb 17, 2025•57 min
E279: What's going on?
NEWS EP! We sort out the class forces behind the Muskite restructuring underway, the meaning of the tariff trade war, and argue for why we should stay partisans of woke. For the full episode, support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada Ganz: https://www.unpopularfront.news/p/what-happened-here-c9f Nolan: https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/dark-times-are-coming...
Feb 10, 2025•51 min
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