- Jun 2, 2021Become a member of The Antifada in order to view this post
- Jun 2, 202100:00:0001:17:41
Our buddy Virgil Texas (@VirgilTexas) calls in to discuss the 1970 exploitation film "Joe," starring Peter Boyle, Dennis Patrick, and — in her first ever movie role!— Susan Sarandon. In a spiritual sequel to Episode 17, the crew examines the rise of neoliberalism and concurrent dissolution of the American working class through the lens of this low-budget sleeper hit, in which the titular character, fed up with the degeneracy of hippie youth culture, teams up with a well-to-do dad to get revenge.
Part II of the episode is available now to Patrons at [Patreon.com/TheAntifada](Part II of the episode is available now to Patrons)
Check out Bad Faith, Virgil's podcast with Briahna Joy Gray, at patreon.com/badfaithpodcast
Follow us at Twitch.tv/TheAntifada to watch our livestreams Wednesdays and Fridays at 3pm and assorted additional times. We usually take calls!
Intro: Dean Michaels - Hey Joe
Outro: Exuma - You Don't Know What's Going On
- May 28, 202100:0000:38
On this episode of Vampire Castle, Jamie and Leslie are joined by special guest Dan Boeckner (@DanBoeckner), of the bands Wolf Parade and Operators, to discuss "Salem's Lot," the 1979 TV miniseries based on the horror novel by Stephen King.
Note: contains spoilers for "The Outsider," so don't listen to 6:00-7:00 if you don't want em! (I'm the fucking worst, my exes were right about me, etc.)
Check out Dan's latest music stuff at patreon.com/operators ! Also check out his super Canadian podcast that Jamie has been on, The Bottlemen (@BottlemenPod).
Become a Patron at Patreon.com/TheAntifada to unlock the full version of this episode, our Discord community, and tons of other bonus content!
Check out our live streams (Wednesdays, Fridays, other days) at Twitch.tv/TheAntifada
- May 28, 2021Become a member of The Antifada in order to view this post
- May 26, 202100:00:0001:00:31
Sean and Andy are honored to sit down with Marxist historian of the Transatlantic World and Anglo-Irish labor history, Peter Linebaugh, to discuss his 2019 book, "Red Round Globe Hot Burning: A Tale at the Crossroads of Commons and Closure, of Love and Terror, of Race and Class, and of Kate and Ned Despard".
What is revolutionary love? How were the commons enclosed? What's the connection between capital and the anthropocene? How can the racialization of proletarians be overcome? How do we wrest back the commons for ourselves?
This was a great conversation and we're really proud to present this episode.
Outro: Robert Johnson - Crossroads Blues
Check out Peter's excellent book: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520383036/red-round-globe-hot-burning
For access to bonus content, our discord service and to call in for our live twitch.tv/theantifada streams become a patron at www.patreon.com/theantifada
- May 21, 2021Become a member of The Antifada in order to view this post
- May 21, 202100:0008:50
Jamie and Sean are joined by C. Derick Varn, host of Varnblog, Pop the Left, and Mortal Science, in a wide-ranging discussion: the role of the Democratic Socialists of America and its orientation towards the Democratic Party, the ongoing slaughter in Palestine, communization theory and more. Part 2 of 2!
For access to this premium content and more, become a patron at www.patreon.com/theantifada
Check out our live streams at twitch.tv/theantifada
Follow Derrick - https://symptomaticcommentary.wordpress.com/ @skepoet
Texts discussed -
Amedeo Bordiga: "Onward, Barbarians!" - https://libcom.org/library/onwards-barbarians
Endnotes: "Onward Barbarians" - https://endnotes.org.uk/other_texts/en/endnotes-onward-barbarians
Outro: Sheer Mag - Expect the Bayonet
- May 19, 202100:0058:02
Jamie and Sean are joined by C. Derick Varn, host of Varnblog, Pop the Left, and Mortal Science, in a wide-ranging discussion: the role of the Democratic Socialists of America and its orientation towards the Democratic Party, the ongoing slaughter in Palestine, communization theory and more. Part 2 for patreons out later this week!
Become a patron at patreon.com/theantifada for bonus content, access to our Discord and more.
Follow Derrick - https://symptomaticcommentary.wordpress.com/ @skepoet
Texts discussed -
Amedeo Bordiga: "Onward, Barbarians!" - https://libcom.org/library/onwards-barbarians
Endnotes: "Onward Barbarians" - https://endnotes.org.uk/other_texts/en/endnotes-onward-barbarians
Outro: Sheer Mag - Expect the Bayonet
- May 10, 202100:0044:00
For this episode of our side project on Latin American history and politics, we talk to a Human Rights lawyer from the Colombian movement Congreso del Pueblos about the recent uprising against far-right President Ivan Duque's pandemic austerity measures, and the brutal repression that followed.
Earlier this year Duque proposed a new tax on consumer goods, a regressive tax disproportionately effecting the poor population already struggling against booming unemployment. A series of nationwide strikes against the tax and austerity called for late April turned out to be far more massive than anyone had predicted, overcoming some of the deep divisions between the popular movements and Duque's base. But the dozens of deaths, disappearances, countless beatings and sexual assaults that followed have only galvanized the struggle further--and our guest has concluded that the State has "already lost."
Special thanks to Projet Accompagnement Solidarité Colombie
Relevant reading:
Song: Dead Hero - Dime quevas hacer?
Previous episodes of Talkin' 'Tina on Peru, Brazil, and Argentina are available for our Patreon subscribers
- May 5, 202100:00:0001:21:40
Sean and Jamie are joined by Gabe Winant (@gabrielwinant), historian and author of "The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America," to discuss the composition of the US working class yesterday and today.
Gabe's excellent historical work has given us a picture of the remarkable changes seen in Pittsburgh, once an emblematic blue collar town and one now dominated by hospitals and pink collar work. But, as we see in the interview, Pittsburgh is merely a microcosm of an epochal shift from one regime of accumulation to another; from the post-war "Golden Age," to the (decaying) neoliberal order of today. Together we pick apart the contradictions within both as we look at real examples of class struggle (alongside the grand dialectic of capital) and wonder what the future might look like for the American working class as a whole.
Buy "The Next Shift" https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674238091
Outro - Wiz Khalifa: Black and Yellow (Vaporwave)
Become a supporter at Patreon.com/TheAntifada to unlock tons of bonus episodes and access to our Discord community! Patrons can also call into our Twitch channel; follow us at Twitch.tv/theAntifada for live streaming content.
search