Mia and James discuss Trump's imperialist drive to take Canada, the Panama Canal, Gaza and Greenland and how it differs from previous versions of free trade American imperialism. Sources: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0sg0782h https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-direct-action https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/07/politics/trump-expansion-ideas-what-matters/index.html https://www.businesstoday.in/world/canada/story/make-them-pay-canada-puts-trumps-first-friend-elon-musks-tesla-in-th...
Feb 10, 2025•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Margaret from the future relays a fateful battle in the forests of Catalonia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 09, 2025•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. The Internationalists Fighting Fascism in Burma (Maybe Don't) Read Siege How Trump is Killing Science (And You) Greenwashing Genocide In Artsakh Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #2 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media”...
Feb 08, 2025•4 hr 42 min•Transcript available on Metacast The gang discuss Elon Musk's cyber coup of the federal government, trade wars with Mexico and Canada over immigration, and we follow up on Trump's order to require misgendering and detransition in schools. Sources: https://apnews.com/article/trump-netanyahu-washington-ceasefire-1c8deec4dd46177e08e07d669d595ed3 https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-lackeys-general-services-administration/ https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-lieutenant-gsa-ai-agency/ http://wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-y...
Feb 07, 2025•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast James is joined by Nevdon Jamgochian to discuss the use of COP 29 to greenwash Azerbaijan’s attempts at the removal of Armenian people from their ancestral lands in Artsakh and the the history of the conflict. Donations: VOMA https://www.voma.center/en VOMA is a non-governmental movement that aims to strengthen the defenses of the Republic of Armenia through preparing Armenians and Diaspora to face the immanent threat of invasion by Azerbaijan and Turkey. A defensive organizati...
Feb 06, 2025•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Mia talks with doctors Arghavan Salles and Kaveh Hoda about how Trump's illegal disruptions of federal funding is putting everything from vaccine development to trans healthcare at risk. Call your Congressperson: https://arghavan.substack.com/p/we-cannot-let-the-trump-administration Tik Tok: arghavansallesmdphd Instagram: arghavansallesmd Bluesky: arghavansallesmd Twitter: arghavan_salles https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-house-of-pod/id1225096382 See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...
Feb 05, 2025•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Molly talks to Spencer Sunshine about his book, Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s Siege. Sunshine's book explores the history of Siege, the book that is today's nazi terrorist's bible. https://www.routledge.com/Neo-Nazi-Terrorism-and-Countercultural-Fascism-The-Origins-and-Afterlife-of-James-Masons-Siege/Sunshine/p/book/9780367190606 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Feb 04, 2025•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast James talks to Azad about the Anti-fascist Internationalist Front in Myanmar, Myanmar - Rojava solidarity, and the revolution in Chinland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 03, 2025•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Margaret from the future continues her reporting from the front in Catalonia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 02, 2025•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. The Decline and Fall of the American Post Office Nut Country Revisited feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips They're Trying to Put Women Into Men's Prisons How Unions Can Protect Trans Rights Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #1 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your App...
Feb 01, 2025•3 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this new weekly series, the gang get together to speed run the first two weeks of Trump’s second term, his deluge of executive orders, and what they mean on the ground. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 31, 2025•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Mia and Gare talk with Starbucks Workers United about their fight to secure gender affirming healthcare through unionizing and how you can too. Solidarity Pledge: https://crm.broadstripes.com/ctf/SJID0H Sources: https://sbworkersunited.org/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-sign-orders-ending-diversity-programs-proclaiming-there-are-only-two-sexes-2025-01-20/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-orders-end-federal-support-gender-affirming-care-minors-2025-01-28/ https:/...
Jan 30, 2025•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Margaret talks with former prisoner Eric King about conditions for trans people in prison, what the new policies can mean, and how you can help advocate for people on the inside. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 29, 2025•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Since before the fall of the Alamo, Texas has served as an incubator for unhinged conspiracy theories about the motives behind the Texas Revolution, feared rebellions by the enslaved, Mexican plans to retake Texas, the supposed plot by Franklin Roosevelt to impose communism in the United States, why water is being fluoridated, who killed Kennedy, and the various fever dreams of the QAnon movement. In this episode, we explore what makes Texans, and Americans in general, particularly susceptible t...
Jan 28, 2025•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Mia talks with Bad Mouth, a letter carrier and organizer, and Tommy Espinoza, a former union steward, about the new awful Post Office union contract and the campaign to privatize the Post Office through sabotaging service. Sources: https://www.nalc.org https://www.fightingnalc.com https://concernedlettercarriers.com https://www.nalc.org/member-benefits/nalc-disaster-relief-foundation See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jan 27, 2025•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Margaret from the future describes the terrifying battle of ogre hill. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 26, 2025•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. The Lost Post Office Union Episode The Age of Cowards and What Happens Next How to Evacuate Your Home A Firsthand Account of the Inauguration & Trump's First Days About That Nazi Salute You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media&rdq...
Jan 25, 2025•3 hr 50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Mia discusses Elon Musk's Nazi salute, why everything feels like this, and how to get out. Sources: https://apnews.com/article/jair-bolsonaro-politics-brasilia-united-states-government-florida-state-29fad1e6c79a5737641932c939021e62 https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ch01.htm https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/debord/society.htm https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/the-invisible-committe-to-our-friends See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jan 24, 2025•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Robert and Gare sit down with D.C. resident, Bridget Todd to discuss her experiences at the inauguration, the return of the Proud Boys, and what it all means for everyone in and out of the District. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 23, 2025•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast James is joined by Margaret Killjoy to talk about evacuating from wildfires and what to put in your go bag. You can hear Margaret and James talk about prepper stuff more on the Live Like The World is Dying podcast: https://www.liveliketheworldisdying.com/ Sources: https://www.fire.ca.gov/prepare/get-ready-to-go See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jan 22, 2025•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast The fascists have won. Where do we go from here, and how can we turn the tide? Robert reads an essay on just that, and Emily Gorcenski debuts a poem about the moment we've just entered. https://emilygorcenski.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 21, 2025•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Somehow this episode vanished into the ether, so enjoy early 2024 Mia and now former letter carrier and union steward Tommy Espinoza discussing the state of workers rights at the Post Office. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 20, 2025•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Margaret from the future reads a report from behind the Iron Curtain in fascist-occupied Spain. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 19, 2025•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Mutual Aid & the LA Fires CES 2025: AI Toys Are Coming For Your Kids From Anti-Satanic Crusaders to Congresswoman: Tracing an Anti-Trans Harassment Campaign CES 2025: The Best And Worst Tech Products Coming Soon The Years of Lead Paint (Or Why There Will Be More Tesla Car Bombs) You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available excl...
Jan 18, 2025•3 hr 53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Mia talks with writer and organizer Vicky Osterweil about the Tesla car bombing, the current state of fascism, and how to defeat it https://www.cawshinythings.com/support-us/ Sources: https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole https://davidgraeber.org/articles/a-practical-utopians-guide-to-the-coming-collapse/ https://defector.com/how-crazy-was-the-las-vegas-cybertruck-bomber See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jan 17, 2025•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Robert and Gare sit down with a panel of traumatized experts to sum up the years first and greatest trade show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 16, 2025•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Mia talks with LA trans artist Precious Child about how she was the target of a series of anti-trans harassment campaigns against her art culminating in Congresswoman Nancy Mace censoring her work. https://preciouschild.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 15, 2025•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Robert and Garrison round up all the horrifying childcare products with AI jammed in them from CES 2025. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 14, 2025•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast James talks to Andreina from Ktownforall about the devastating fires in Los Angeles and how mutual aid groups are mobilizing to help the community. http://ktownforall.org/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 13, 2025•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Margaret from the future talks about all of the terrible creatures that fascists have invented to attack internationalist forces. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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