- Oct 18, 2019Become a member of The Antifada in order to view this post
- Oct 16, 201900:00:0001:10:43
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 goddamn hour-and-a-half of historical goodness: the complete the story of how this thing called neoliberalism came to dominance, how it, too, is now crumbling, and how we might dialectically overcome the limitations of working class self-organization evident in previous cycles of struggle) available here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/antifadas-is-4-w-27337372
Outro: The Mekons - 'Hello Cruel World'
- Oct 9, 201900:00:0001:18:06
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 piece, 'Nationalism, Borders and the State' at The Brooklyn Rail or MR online.
Outro music: Antischism - Lines on a Map
- Oct 4, 2019Become a member of The Antifada in order to view this post
- Oct 4, 201900:0001:00
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.
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Intro: Intellectual Dark Wave - Vampire Castle
Outro: Hole - Gold Dust Woman (Fleetwood Mac cover)
- Oct 2, 201900:00:0001:20:40
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://twitter.com/nadjaguyot
https://twitter.com/nonewjails_nyc
Notes:
Rebranding Mass Incarceration: The Lippman Commission and Carceral Devolution in New York City Zhandarka Kurti & Jarrod Shanahan: https://search.proquest.com/openview/7f95de7b70ab31d0f92c51bc61ade9df/1.pdf?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=48122
A Jail to End all Jails: https://urbanomnibus.net/2017/12/jail-end-jails/
Justice Hubs: https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/07/designing-the-opposite-of-rikers/533361/
Kalief Browder: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/nyregion/kalief-browder-settlement-lawsuit.html
Closing song: Lil Wayne - Light Up (Rikers version)
- Sep 27, 2019Become a member of The Antifada in order to view this post
- Sep 27, 201900:0004:56
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."
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- Sep 25, 201900:00:0001:27:04
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://twitter.com/AaronBastani
Buy the book from Verso (50% off until the end of the month!):
https://www.versobooks.com/books/2757-fully-automated-luxury-communism
Aaron's Green New Deal piece:
https://novaramedia.com/2017/11/19/fully-automated-green-communism/
Some of the critiques of FALC referenced are mentioned in this piece:
https://libcom.org/blog/poverty-luxury-communism-05042018
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Closing song: Jamiroquai - Automaton
- Sep 17, 201900:00:0001:02:55
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 complicate bargaining: https://www.labornotes.org/2019/09/corruption-cases-auto-workers-complicate-bargaining
GM Workers have one chance: Vote No https://labornotes.org/2019/09/gm-strikers-have-one-chance-vote-no
Detroit DSA call to action: https://twitter.com/detroitdsa/status/1173379608063946757
Teamsters refusing to transport GM vehicles: https://www.foxbusiness.com/industrials/teamsters-refusing-transport-gm-vehicles-solidarity-with-uaw
https://www.viewpointmag.com/2019/05/16/plan-mood-battlefield-reflections-on-the-green-new-deal/
Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theantifadaShow notes:
UAW workers on strike: https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/general-motors/2019/09/16/strike-uaw-workers/2338281001/
UAW Corruption cases complicate bargaining: https://www.labornotes.org/2019/09/corruption-cases-auto-workers-complicate-bargaining
GM Workers have one chance: Vote No https://labornotes.org/2019/09/gm-strikers-have-one-chance-vote-no
Detroit DSA call to action: https://twitter.com/detroitdsa/status/1173379608063946757
Teamsters refusing to transport GM vehicles: https://www.foxbusiness.com/industrials/teamsters-refusing-transport-gm-vehicles-solidarity-with-uaw
https://www.viewpointmag.com/2019/05/16/plan-mood-battlefield-reflections-on-the-green-new-deal/
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