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BONUS (PREVIEW) - Interssssssectionality w/ Shuja Haider Mar 06, 2020

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The gang delves into some of the discourse around Bernie, Warren and "intersectionality" to figure out just what liberal pundits mean when they say that word.

Closing song: Kayla Nicole - Move Like A Snake

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Ep 86 - Bernardism-Sanderism w/ Shuja Haider Mar 04, 2020

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The gang is back with special guest Shuja Haider, @shujaxhaider, writer-at-large for Outline Magazine and contributing editor of Viewpoint.

We begin with an analysis of the political economy of coronavirus, then continue with a lengthy discussion of the Bernie Sanders campaign. (You know we had to talk electoral politics eventually!) What kind of social forces are being brought together? What potentials might the campaign bring? What are the limits of electoralism and how does a robust anti-capitalist movement relate to politics-at-large?

Coronavirus article: http://chuangcn.org/2020/02/social-contagion/

Shuja's superdelegates article: https://theoutline.com/post/8721/democratic-debaste-superdelegates-dnc-convention

Outro: Chumbawumba - The Wasteland

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Ep 85 - Berning Down The House w/ Hether Fortune Feb 26, 2020

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Jamie is joined by writer, musician, and leftist shitposter Hether Fortune (@hetherrfortune), formerly of the band Wax Idols, for a recap of their canvassing trip to New Hampshire, which involved seeing Bernie open for the Strokes and starting a riot! Also: the state of the music biz, a bit of girl talk, and Hether spills the tea on why she quit White Lung.

Check out Hether's music at https://hetherfortune.bandcamp.com/

Closing song: Lydia Lunch - St. Marks Place

PREVIEW: Vampire Castle - Blade & Blade II Feb 14, 2020

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On this episode of Vampire Castle, Jamie and Leslie discuss 'Blade' (1998) and 'Blade II.' (2002). 'Blade: Trinity' can go ice skate uphill.

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PROLETKULT 6 - Cult vs. Commune w/ Joseph L Flatley + SPACE STRIKE Feb 12, 2020

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In this episode of the Antifada sideproject about space, sci-fi, the paranormal, and parapolitical, we talk to Joseph L Flatley -- the investigative journalist behind "The So-Called Prophet from Pittsburgh" podcast.

Through interviews with ex-members, Flatley provides new details about Gabriel of Urantia and his small UFO apocalypse cult in the desert of Tuscon, inspired by psychedelic culture, intentional communities, and a cosmic self-help book of unknown authorship from the twenties. It is a thoroughly "destructive cult," but is there any other kind? We ponder the possibilities through a wide-ranging discussion of Raelianism, Scientology, Posadism, Marxism-Leninism, and the militia movement.

Stay tuned after the interview for an audio essay about a 1973 strike at Skylab, the Anti-Space movement, Ad Astra, and the Star Wars trilogy!

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Audio taken from the Aquarian Concepts episode

Rael Encourages World Revolution

Unarius: the "good UFO cult" near San Diego I mentioned

Closing clip: TaliasVan & The Bright & Morning Star Band • Energy Master

Interstitial music: Sparks - Tryouts for the Human Race

The Skylab 4 Mutiny

Salish Anti-Space Symposium

Don't Let Them Leave, anti-space zine

Hannah Arendt - The Conquest of Space and the Stature of Man

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Other music:

Gil Scott-Heron - Whitey on the Moon

John Williams - Ewok Celebration

Opening music: Giorgio Moroder - Racer

Antifada's History is a Weapon 6: Utopia 2/2 w/ Matt Christman Jan 31, 2020

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Matt and Sean continue their discussion of utopian versus scientific socialism in the second half. As we move from the religious communalism of the medieval period to the secular socialism of the 19th century, the limitations of utopian socialism become more clear... and yet the desire to, say, go back to the land... or occupy wall street continue. How do we break from the cycle and build a concrete utopia that can last?

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Ep 82 - Denvir's Nuggets w/ Daniel Denvir Jan 29, 2020

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Jamie is joined by Daniel Denvir (@DanielDenvir), esteemed host of Jacobin's The Dig (aka socialist NPR) to talk about his book "All-American Nativism: How The Bipartisan War On Immigrants Explains Politics As We Know It." In an effort to explain how we got orange man, Denvir traces the history of anti-immigrant politics in the US, paying close attention to the bipartisan consensus that emerged in the 1970s and intensified with NAFTA, only fracturing when the GOP went fully mask off. What have been the material factors driving this? How does decriminalization of migration benefit the working class as a whole? And how should left-populist politicians like you-know-who talk about things like "open borders"? We realize it's like the third episode we've done on this topic, but it's important!

Outro music: Karen O w/ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Immigrant Song and

BUY THE BOOK: https://www.versobooks.com/books/2858-all-american-nativism

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Antifada's History is a Weapon 6: Utopia w/ Matt Christman Jan 24, 2020

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In part one of this extended episode on utopian socialism, Sean KB and Matt Christman examine the seeds of the anti-work/pro-leisure impulse from hobos to harlots to Hussites.

Where does the drive for an autonomous, collective communal existence come from? How has religion been a catalyst for envisioning utopia in heaven and on earth? In what ways did Christianity and capitalism give rise to the fractious movements that challenged the entire social order? And how did these revolts prefigure the rise of a more, shall we say, scientific socialism?

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Part two on labor phalanxes, back-to-the-land and Occupy Wall Street next week!

UNLOCKED: History is a Weapon #4 - Pivotal Decade (1970s) w/ Matt Christman part 2 Jan 22, 2020

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In anticipation of HIAW 6 (out this week for patrons!) we are releasing for the public the second half of this episode.

Matt and Sean finish this extended look into the 1970s by answering the questions: Why did Carterism (spoiler alert!) fall apart over its internal contradictions? Where have the politics of personal virtue taken us? Why was Reagan the man of the hour and why was Clintonism his enduring achievement? How did neoliberalism become the economic consensus and what the hell is happening now that its entire political and economic edifice is collapsing?

All will be revealed herein. The boys may have been tipsy off Tecate, but you'll need to pack that bong for a big old rip as 500 years of *systemic cycles of accumulation* are synthesized to make sense of this current pivotal decade that echoes so much of what happened in the '70s.

Ep 81 - Parasite w/ Leslie Lee III Jan 15, 2020

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Leslie Lee III (@leslieleeiii) of Struggle Session (@strugglesesh) joins Jamie to discuss South Korean filmmaker (and comrade) Bong Joon-ho's beautifully subversive upstairs-downstairs-downstairs parable "Parasite." Warning: contains spoilers!!!

Outro music: Queers - Like a Parasite

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