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BONUS PREVIEW: Hard Hat Riot and DSA Hair w/ Virgil Texas Jun 04, 2021

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Virgil and the Antifada crew continue their discussion of this dark and lascivious tale, placing it in historical context vis-a-vis the rise of right-wing populism, the Hard Hat Riot of 1970 and a disturbingly similar murder committed after the film was shot but before it was released. Plus: racial dynamics, modern day analogs and a bonus-to-the-bonus review of the New York City Press Corp's abortive attempt at satirizing the youth of today.

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Music: Dean Michaels - Hey Joe

Ep 145 - Classploitation w/ Virgil Texas (Part I) Jun 02, 2021

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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)

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Intro: Dean Michaels - Hey Joe

Outro: Exuma - You Don't Know What's Going On

PREVIEW: Vampire Castle - Salem's Lot w/ Dan Boeckner May 28, 2021

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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).

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Ep 144: Commoners All! w/ Peter Linebaugh May 26, 2021

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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

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PREVIEW - Ep 143.2 Omnium-Gatherum w/ C. Derick Varn May 21, 2021

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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!

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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

Ep 143 - Omnium-Gatherum w/ C. Derick Varn May 19, 2021

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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

Talkin' 'Tina - Colombia Fights the Plan w/ Santi May 10, 2021

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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:

https://crimethinc.com/2020/09/11/uprising-in-colombia-an-example-of-what-is-to-come-a-report-and-interview-on-the-background-of-the-revolt

Song: Dead Hero - Dime quevas hacer?

Previous episodes of Talkin' 'Tina on Peru, Brazil, and Argentina are available for our Patreon subscribers

Ep 142 - The Healthcare Monster w/ Gabriel Winant May 05, 2021

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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)

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Ep 141 - The Long March Through The Applications w/ Edward Ongweso Jr. Apr 28, 2021

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Jamie and Sean are joined by Edward Ongweso Jr. (@bigblackjacobin), staff writer at Motherboard and co-host of This Machine Kills (@machinekillspod), for a discussion of all things tech. Rather than freeing us from drudgery, technology has been used by capitalists to make things worse for the vast majority of humanity. How did we get here? How can workers fight back? What does it mean to be a 21st century Luddite? How does this relate to police abolition? Plus: Edward's answer to Andy's Twitter poll about turning off the internet.

Outro music: Chumbawumba - the Triumph of General Ludd

Check out Edward's reporting at Motherboard: https://www.vice.com/en/contributor/edward-ongweso-jr

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Hardcore History w/ Jarrod Shanahan, Dave ToolUsingMammal (Bonus Preview) Apr 23, 2021

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A free-form discussion on the history of hardcore, from its origins in the '77 punk explosion in LA, NY, DC, Boston, and Canada. We talk about our experiences in the scene and the various class backgrounds and political sentiments at play. Discussions include: anti-racism, youth crew, straightedge, veganism, political hardcore, if anarchopunk really exists, the concept of "unity", and why hardcore singers keep saying "all lives matter" at their reunions.

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Including tracks from: John Joseph, Pg.99, Slapshot, SSD, Gorilla Biscuits, Catharsis, and Twisted Thing

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