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This Wreckage

Sean KB and AP Andy

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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10:46

&&& - This Trotskyist American Life

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2024/12/06

&y and &ers Lee read Leon Trotsky's predictions about the glorious future of a 1930s Soviet America, in which tipping and chewing gum have been abolished.For the full episode support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada

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E272 - Merchant of Doom w/ Jamie Merchant

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2024/12/04

Audio from our November 23rd event at Woodbine with Jamie Merchant about his new book Endgame: Economic Nationalism and Global Decline. He sketches the economic background of the rise of populist right internationally before we transition to questions about the current moment and WI2BD. Jamie Merchant is a Chicago-based writer, contributor to Brooklyn Rail, Baffler, and In These Times, and a member of the Chicago chapter of the Independent Labor Club (@ilcofchi).excerpt:

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BONUS: Even Jesus Had a Girlfriend w/ Henry J. Wallis

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2024/11/29

In Part II, Henry discusses the New International article Erasing the Pregnant as a way into talking about religious politics and secularism in regards to issues like abortion, death with dignity, Zionism, and sex.For the full episode support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada. We now offer a free membership tier and 7-day trials!Henry's Podcast with George Floyd's Pastor: https://www.formspodcast.com/episode-xiii-the-gospel-and-george-floydSong: KRS-ONE - Why Is That?

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E271 - New International Year One w/ Henry J. Wallis

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2024/11/27

Henry's back for France Popular front updates to unveil his new journal, the New International! From there, we discuss Andy and Varn's essay The Undying Appeal of Brunch, and if it conflicts with the organizational method of Henry's Party, France Unbowed.For Part II of this episode and Discord access, support the show at: http://patreon.com/theantifada. We now have a free membership tier and 7-day trials! Follow New International on Twitter and BlueSky Follow Antifada on BlueSky New International

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14:55

Boundless and Bottomless Seas 9: Dugin on Civilizations

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2024/11/22

Varn, Sean, and Regrettable Century continue their reading of Dugin's Fourth Political Theory!This is the section where it becomes clear that Dugin uses a different intellectual framework about civilizations than left anti-imperialists.Patrons can listen to full episode here (we now offer free 7 day trials!): https://www.patreon.com/posts/boundless-and-114052745See this episode and prior videos in this series on VarnVlog

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E270 - The Rain in Spain w/ Prole.info

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2024/11/18

A report from the Valencia inundation zone by B from the propaganda powerhouse Prole.info! We discuss the floods and the political aftermath, including mudslinging at the King and the future of the Spain's tenuous socialist government. From there were move on to his thoughts about Trump, the Democrats, and the second edition of the Housing Monster (with an intro by Sean! pre-order now from PM Press!). Show notes:

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E269 - What Does the Election Mean for Labor? w/...

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2024/11/13

On November 9th, 2024 the Independent Labor Club of NY hosted a panel at Woodbine in Ridgewood, Queens. Sean moderated this discussion between:Aaron Lelonde of the International Longshoremen's AssociationSou Mi of WGA-East and Left VoiceGregory Butler of Int'l Union of Operating Engineers and Gangbox NewsEllie Pfeffer of Maoist Communist Union, formerly of Amazonians UnitedWhat accounts for the realignment seen in 2024? Did large swathes of workers (including Black and Hispanic) vote Trump solely

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E268 - Antifada Election Desk (Part 1) w/ Varn,...

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2024/11/08

Our roundtable discusses the meaning of Trump's victory--the election's stakes, its international reverberations, what it tells us about the crisis of capitalist accumulation, how economics connect with the the race/class/gender demographic voting shifts, and the historic characters of the Republican and Democratic Parties.In Part 2, available for patrons at http://patreon.com/theantifada, we plot THE RESISTANCE!Panelists: C. Derick Varn Zhandarka Kurti Reid KaneSong: Los 3 de La Habana - Cancion de

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E267: Ex-Pat Zerg Rush w/ Nise_Yoshimi

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2024/11/04

Sean and Andy are joined by Sean, prolific poster and blogger and short fiction writer, to talk about the changes he has seen over the last decade as an expat worker in both mainland China and Hong Kong. What shifts in politics, the economy and social life has he seen? What is the material basis for Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign? In what ways is the 'reform and opening up' period of 'market Stalinism' similar to Tony Blair's New Labour Britain? What does the imperial and post-imperial gaze

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E266: Amerikkkan FEDeration of Labore w/ Jeff Schuhrke

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2024/10/30

Sean is joined by labor activist and historian Jeff Schuhrke to discuss his new book Blue Collar Empire: The Untold Story of US Labor's Global Anticommunist Crusade out now from Verso Books.Why did American unions become a junior partner in US Empire during the Cold War ? How did anti-communists come to control US labor organizations in the 20th Century? What sort of high jinx were the AFL-CIO up to in Europe and the developing world? What did union activists do to expose this class collaboration

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59:38

E265: The Party is Always Right w/ Aidan Beatty

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2024/10/23

Aidan Beatty, author of The Party is Always Right: The Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism joins us to trainspot the British Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP), a Trotskyist cult that was tight with Qaddafi, boasted Vanessa Redgrave as a member, and collapsed after the revelation of years of its leader's sexual abuse of membership.Sign up at http://patreon.com/theantifada for the bonus where we talk about Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon, the shared historical dynamics of the Irish and

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17:08

Fight Club Club w/ Jason & Daniel

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2024/10/21

Jason, Daniel, and Andy talk about Fight Club to celebrate to the 25th anniversary of the movie and the Battle of Seattle that followed it. We look at the history of the book and Chuck Palahniuk's situationist influence and his embrace of his rightwing fans, the Gen-X ennui behind the creation of Tyler Durden, the politics of Project Mayhem, and Marla Singer's character as the story's ethical core.The full episode is available for free at http://patreon.com/theantifada. Sign up to support the show

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Ep 264: Endgame Two - 2 End, 2 Game w/ Jamie Merchant

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2024/10/16

Sean and Andy are joined by returning guest and cofounder of ILC-Chicago Jamie Merchant (@pathtopraxis) to discuss his new full-length monograph, out now from Reaktion Books, called Endgame: Economic Nationalism and Global Decline. In it, Jamie provides a masterful, insightful and readable account of the political economy of the present moment.What is the connection between the functioning of the profit system and the world-historic shift away from globalization? How do ruling class ideas like

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65:23

&&& vs. General Ham w/ Quorators

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2024/10/09

&nders Lee and AP &y guest on the Quorators podcast to field questions about UFOs, cyptids, Pompeii, and, of course, ampersands. video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udhh_BrLui8

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E263: ILWU/Houthi Solidarity Strike

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2024/10/02

NEWS EP! We talk about the hurricane disaster, the Middle East disaster, the Ukraine disaster, and the Longshoremen's strike as a prelude to the war on Christmas.Sign up at http://patreon.com/theantifada for the fun half! We look at a proletarian get-rich quick scheme, an LAPD robbery gone wrong, and speculate on the REAL reason the Feds are taking down Mayor Eric Adams.Organized abandonment & campaign strategy in Appalachia:

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E262: Piratical Bordiga w/ Cosimo Pantaleoni & Ross Wolf

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2024/09/25

While Marxist friend and historian Cosimo Pataleoni was in town from Italy, Sean decided to bring along Ross Wolf to get a taste of some badass history of piracy. We discuss Cosimo's work on the Uskoks, Croatian rebel sailors of the early modern period, as a lens for understanding the rise of commercial capitalism, proletarianization, debt bondage, and incarceration on the frontiers and the high seas. How do Cosimo's studies-inspired by figures like Eric Hobsbawm, Peter Linebaugh and Marcus

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59:49

Diving into the Wreckage: Decay and Renewal 2

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2024/09/18

Sean and Varn are joined by special guest, A.P. Andy of the Antifada podcast, to round out their previous conversation on current impasses on the left. For access to the full episode, and all our years of great bonus content, become a patron today at www.patreon.com/theantifadaHow did Andy’s Platypus Affiliated Panel go? What’s new with the American Communist Party and how have they Stalinized Bordigism? What has happened to make Marxism-Leninism into an anachronistic meme ideology? And, in the

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56:46

E261 - Histadrut is a Weapon

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2024/09/09

NEWS ep! We talk about Sean's upcoming well-deserved Alaska vacation before shifting into some preliminary analysis on Israel's brief anti-Netanyahu general strike, the contradictions of the Israeli working-class and war economy, and the legacy of labor Zionism.Support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada for the second half, in which we talk about AfD's victory in Thuringia and the meaning of the cleavages within neoliberalism, including Brazil banning Twitter and the absence of left

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E260 - Stone Age Noir w/ Rachel Kushner

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2024/09/04

Rachel Kushner joins us to talk about her new novel Creation Lake--the story of an American agent provocateur infiltrating a rural commune in France.We go through some of the inspirations behind her characters in this and past books (including Jacques Camatte, Julian Coupat, and Ben Morea), a Soviet historian's theory of the Neanderthal origins of class war, and the RKCU (Rachel Kushner Cinematic Universe)The full episode is FREE at http://patreon.com/theantifada. While you're there, support the

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65:32

Happy Bell Riots day to all who celebrate

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2024/09/01

REUPLOAD of our collaborative commentary with Swampside Chats of S3ep11 of Star Trek: Deep Space NineIn this two part episode, the crew goes back in time to a San Francisco homeless camp at the time of the a riot against neo-liberalism on September 1, 2024 that spiraled into international revolution. Written in the '90s, the episode presciently predicts the economic crises of the current day, Trump's plan of rounding California's homeless population into camps, and the coming lumpen

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