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Party Girls

Jamie Peck and Sam Beard

A podcast about communism and gossip from Jamie Peck (The Majority Report, The Antifada, Everybody Loves Communism) and Sam Beard, an organizer based in Chicago.

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00:07:28

How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage w/...

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2022/10/10

***Sign up as a supporter at fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism or Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism to unlock the rest of this interview, tons of other bonus content and our Discord community!*** Jamie and Jorge continue their interview with author, educator, and activist Jarrod Shanahan about his book, "Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage," out now on Verso. After wrapping up their discussion of the history of Rikers, they move into modern day territory: what came out

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00:47:14

How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage w/...

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2022/10/05

Jamie and Jorge speak with author, educator, and activist Jarrod Shanahan about his book, "Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage," out now on Verso. In part 1 of this interview, Jarrod explains how the now-infamous prison at Rikers Island began as a reform, and why he chose to focus on the tenure of the progressive Anna M. Kross, who served as New York City's Commissioner of Correction from 1953-1966. Part 2 is out for patrons on Friday! Buy the book:

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00:05:12

WMBries: Weapons of Ass Destruction w/ Tarence Ray...

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2022/10/03

Jamie, Aaron and Tarence discuss the family-friendly trend of taking MDMA wrapped in Brie cheese at dinner parties. Don't try this at home! Follow us on Twitter: @ELCpod Follow us on IG: everybodylovescommunism Sign up as a supporter at fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism or Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism to unlock the rest of this episode as well as tons of other bonus content and our Discord community! Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts :)

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01:20:04

Flooding in Eastern Kentucky w/ Tarence Ray

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2022/09/29

From July 26-29, Eastern Kentucky was hit with a one-in-a-thousand-year flood, wreaking carnage on a region already devastated from decades of intense extractive capitalism and poverty. Jamie and Aaron are joined by Tarence Ray (@tarenceray) from the Trillbilly Worker's Party to talk about the causes of the historic flooding, the state's abysmal response, and working class solidarity amid climate disaster. Tarence's article: Flooding in the Sacrifice Zone Link to disaster relief mutual

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00:03:26

An Oral History of the New York Commune w/ M.E....

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2022/09/26

M.E. O'Brien (@genderhorizon) sticks around to chat some more with the ELC crew about her speculative fiction novel, "Everything For Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072" (co-authored by Eman Abdelhadi (@emanabdelhadi) and out now on Common Notions). Part 2 touches on many topics from the book, including national liberation, eco-socialism, gender, and space travel! Buy the book: https://www.commonnotions.org/everything-for-everyone Follow us on Twitter:

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00:48:11

An Oral History of the New York Commune w/ M.E....

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2022/09/21

M.E. O'Brien (@genderhorizon) and Eman Abdelhadi (@emanabdelhadi) join the ELC crew to talk about their speculative fiction novel, "Everything For Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072" (out now on Common Notions). In this visionary work, they tell the story of the global proletarian revolution through the memories of its participants, a group that includes sex workers, scientists, Palestinian freedom fighters, and more. If you've ever spent time dreaming about what

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01:55:29

NEWS: Darth Brandon

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2022/09/07

The ELC crew discusses the Biden administration's student debt relief plan, contextualizing the current debate around who deserves to go to college with a memo from 1971 laying out the right's plan for a long march through the institutions. Re: Brandon's reiterated commitment to law and order, is there any overarching analysis that can account for increased government intervention in the economy + a beefed up security state, or is it just the various drugs talking? Jamie lays out a plan to communize

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00:06:26

Cultural Marxism: Nope (PREVIEW)

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2022/08/31

Jamie, Aaron and Jorge give their takes on writer/director Jordan Peele's latest film, "Nope." What does it all mean?! Spoilers, obvi. To listen to the full episode, be sure to subscribe on our fans.fm (https://fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism) or our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism). Follow us on Twitter: @ELCpod Follow us on IG: everybodylovescommunism

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01:40:12

Lost Futures: The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas w/...

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2022/08/17

In this debut episode of our newest series on science fiction and futurism, the gang is joined by editor at Blood Knife Magazine and host of the Podside Picnic podcast, Kurt Schiller (@mechanicalkurt), for a discussion about Ursula K. Le Guin's rather short but famous 1973 story, The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas. Is it about exploitation under capitalism? Imperialism? That utopia is not possible or cannot exist without sacrifice and suffering, but only for a few? In the decades since its

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01:24:21

Socialist Feminism: Kollontai On Abortion

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2022/08/10

In the third and final edition of their Alexandra Kollontai mini-series, ELC presents her 1921 work, "The Labour of Women in the Evolution of the Economy." In addition to elaborating on the Soviet Republic's plans to support women in their dual roles as workers and mothers, she lays out her opinions on abortion, which the Soviet Republic became the first country to legalize in 1920. What can we learn from these essays, as well as from subsequent Soviet history? Is the language of

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02:00:26

Socialist Feminism: Communism and the Family

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2022/07/27

In this episode of our series on Socialist Feminism, the gang continues our Alexandra Kollontai mini-series and discuss her 1920 work Communism and the Family, where she argues the family has been eroded under capitalism and how socialism can solve the problems surrounding marriage, children, and the role of women in society. Tune in to know more! Communism and the Family: https://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/1920/communism-family.htm Follow us on Twitter: @ELCpod Follow us on IG:

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01:28:08

Socialist Feminism: Introduction to Alexandra Kollontai

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2022/07/20

In this debut episode of our new theory and history series on Socialist Feminism, the gang begins with an introduction on Russian socialist revolutionary, politician, diplomat, Marxist theoretician, and overall badass Alexandra Kollontai. There is a brief discussion of her incredible life and we also discuss her 1909 work The Social Basis of the Woman Question, where she makes a break from the liberal feminism of her day to establish the foundation for a Marxist and socialist feminism. Tune in to

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01:25:14

NEWS: Abolish The Supreme Court

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2022/07/07

Just a chill news ep where the gang talks about the SCOTUS decision overturning the rights of half the population and why it's time for a new constitution...and a social revolution, obvi. Join DSA: https://dsausa.org/join Follow us on Twitter: @ELCpod Follow us on IG: everybodylovescommunism Sign up as a supporter at fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism or Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism to unlock bonus content! Like what you heard? Be sure to give us a 5 Star Rating on Apple Podcasts!

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01:46:41

Honey I Shrunk the Crypto Market w/ Edward Ongweso Jr

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2022/06/29

We have all heard much talk about cryptocurrencies and NFT's. We also heard how it totally collapsed and crypto bros are shaking in their boots. Aaron and Jorge are joined by Edward Ongweso Jr (@bigblackjacobin) from Vice Motherboard and the This Machine Kills podcast to talk about the big crypto crash and to find out what happened. Tune in to learn whether crypto is here to stay and what it means about the direction capitalism is going after neoliberalism. Edward's article quoted in the episode:

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02:03:29

The Right and Its Discontents w/ Know Your Enemy

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2022/06/15

Despite the GOP not having power in the White House or Congress, the American Right still have tremendous power and appear to be ascendent once again. The ELC crew is joined by Sam Adler-Bell and Matthew Sitman from the Know Your Enemy podcast to talk about the current state of the Right in America. Sam is a writer and co-host of the Know Your Enemy Podcast. Matthew Sitman is also a writer, co-host of the Know Your Enemy Podcast, and is on the editorial board of Dissent Magazine. Tune in to find out

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00:45:00

Interview with Stephanie Gallardo

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2022/06/08

In this first episode of interviewing socialist politicians, Jorge interviews Stephanie Gallardo, a Democratic Socialist running for U.S. Congress in Washington's 9th Congressional District. Stephanie is a Seattle native who is a teacher, union leader, and a DSA endorsed candidate for office. Stephanie's campaign is distinct from many running for office because she is running on an explicitly anti-imperialist platform. For her, being an anti-imperialist is personal for the U.S. intervention in Chile

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01:51:10

How to Think About America w/ Marvin Gonzalez

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2022/06/03

In light of the current impasse and recent events in America, the ELC crew is joined by Marvin Gonzalez to talk about his new essay about how to think about our current "conjuncture". Marvin is the newest member of the National Political Committee of DSA, which is the highest national body of the organization. He is also the President of the Campaign Workers Guild, a labor union representing campaign workers. Furthermore, he has served on the Secretariat for DSA's International Committee

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01:40:36

3.13 - The State and Revolution, Chapter 6 and Post...

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2022/05/13

In this exciting conclusion to our series on State and Revolution, the ELC crew engages with Chapter 6, which is Lenin's summary of different arguments had by his contemporaries. Lenin dissects arguments made by reformist Marxists like Georgi Plekhanov and Karl Kautsky, contemporary anarchist thought, and "left Radicals" like Antonie Pannekoek. He simultaneously attacks those he calls opportunists like Kautsky, while distinguishing his position from those of Anarchists. What is the

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02:04:20

3.12 - The State & Revolution, Chapter 5 (part 2)

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2022/05/04

The ELC crew finishes out Chapter 5 of State and Rev. In this EXCITING and HOTLY DEBATED passage, Lenin lays out his plan for transitioning from capitalism to communism via a transitional phase of "lower stage communism." In this phase, you still have to go to work and earn money but now your boss is the state, albeit a state whose foundational goal is its own death-by-withering. Only once the economic basis for that withering is achieved can we ascend to "higher-stage communism"

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01:28:36

NEWS: Castrating The Bitcoin Bull

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2022/04/20

In their first ever CURRENT EVENTS episode, the ELC crew of Jamie, Aaron and Jorge take on various topics of the day, including Peter Thiel's Bitcoin meltdown and NYC mayor Eric Adams' love of crypto. Okay, so it's mostly about Bitcoin. What does it mean that various capitalists are having it out over this dumb new commodity? Follow us on Twitter: @ELCpod Sign up as a supporter at fans.fm/everybodylovescommunism or Patreon.com/everybodylovescommunism to unlock bonus content and our Discord

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