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Ep 29: A Happy Future is a Thing of the Past w/ Pavlos Roufos Nov 15, 2018

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Psychedelic Bordigist, Pavlos Roufos (@PRoufos), joins us to talk about the years leading up to, the proximate causes of, and the aftermath of the Greece sovereign debt crisis.

How the post-war dictatorial regime cared more about repressing the left than economic development. How the social-democratic PASOK became more than just a party, but the agents behind both Keynesian and Neoliberal reforms. How entering the Eurozone ended up going in such a shitty direction for Greece and the rest of the PIIGS.

Most importantly: we talk about the lessons from years of street actions, general strikes and mutual aid and why it was that Syriza, a parliamentary leftish formation, arose and ultimately failed to break with austerity and what that means for the future of the global working class movement.

We have some hottt 'audio riot porn' bonus episode that will drop shortly. To become a patron go to www.Patreon.com/TheAntifada

Pavlos' "A Happy Future is a Thing of the Past: on the Greek Crisis and other Disasters" will be available shortly from Reaktion press in Europe and the Chicago University Press shortly.

Outro: Javaspa - Δύο Antifa Kουπλέ

Episode 27: Who's Afraid of Gothic Marxism? w/ The Lit Crit Guy Oct 31, 2018

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On this most terrifying Halloween episode, we are joined by the Lit Crit Guy (@TheLitCritGuy) for a discussion of Gothic Marxism, zombie neoliberalism, horror movies, and more!

What is Gothic Marxism and how is it useful for understanding the horrors of capitalism? How do the stories a society scares itself with reflect its material concerns? Consumerist zombies and aristocratic vampires; Elizabeth Bathory has nothing on Peter Thiel. The dialectical tension between Goth and punk. Can this backward-looking aesthetic ever be harnessed in service of proletarian liberation, or is Jamie being a reactionary hypocrite when she dresses like a witch and listens to Joy Division?

The crew finishes things out with takes on the movies Mandy, Hereditary, and First Reformed (warning: contains spoilers).

Happy Hallowe'en, you dirty commies!!!

Check out The Lit Crit Guy's writing at https://www.patreon.com/TheLitCritGuy and https://thelitcritguy.com

Outro music: Roky Erickson - I Walked With a Zombie

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PREVIEW Real (?) Moist Hours w/ AP Andy, Jamie Peck and Sean KB Oct 29, 2018

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When the alleged 'Florida Communist Front' outlined a concrete proposal to begin, fight and win a Protracted People's War from the Everglades, Antifada just had to take a deep dive into this dialectical swamp.

How can revolutionary forces utilize mangrove trees and reptilian fauna to overthrown imperialism in the capitalist core? How do we apply praxis from the Maoist insurgency in 1920s-40s to the great state of Florida today? How will FCF unite with the DPRK to get the NUKES that can defeat the running dogs of the imperialist bourgeoisie?

All will be revealed within.. that is, if this entire document isn't some incredibly well-honed satire. Regardless, the crew had a lot of fun with it!

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Episode 26: Battle of the Andys w/ Shyam Khanna & Andy Battle Oct 25, 2018

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This week, the crew is joined by Shyam Khanna, EIC of Commune (@commune_mag), and Andy Battle, doctoral student in US History at CUNY, for a discussion of leftist media and public transit.

Shyam unpacks Commune Mag's project of chronicling the popular movements of our time while providing constructive visions for revolution. Hell yeah.

Andy B discusses his article for Commune Mag, "The Subway Belongs To Us." From its construction in the early 1900s, to the city's best attempt at social democracy (1930s-1970s), to the present day, the subway has been a constant site of tension between notions of public transit as civic good vs. instrument of capital accumulation. What have people around the world been doing to reclaim this space for themselves? Here's an idea: freak across Europe on a counterfeit Eurail pass. No offense, train-hoppin' crusties, but we think we've leveled up.

Stay tuned for our bonus ep featuring more hott sexxxy champagne socialist praxis!

Outro music: Crazy Spirit - Train

Links:

https://communemag.com

https://communemag.com/the-subway-belongs-to-us/

https://communemag.com/metoo-from-below/

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Episode 25: True Grit w/ Jamie Peck, Sean KB & AP Andy Oct 17, 2018

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In this very interactive episode, the skeleton crew gives thanks to Comrade Gritty, the first sports mascot who is actually mocking the fans. We then take questions from you, the listeners, on a broad range of topics including: witches & the occult, mandatory voting, Jamie's political tendency, why Sean says "deadass" so much, how often we question our beliefs, and the ever spicy Angela Nagle controversy.

Outro music: Vincas - Black Rose

Donate to DSA Tallahassee's hurricane relief efforts here: https://www.gofundme.com/dsa-tlh-hurricane-relief-fund

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Episode 24 Bonus w/ Jacob Blumenfeld (PREVIEW) Oct 12, 2018

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In this patrons-only bonus, we chat with Jacob (@cominsitu) about how a book he translated, "Communism for Kids" and his guerilla reading of "The Coming Insurrection" triggered the unholy trifecta of Glenn Beck, Steven Crowder and Alex Jones, Germany's anti-Deutsch movement, and all the times he's been accused of shady wrongdoing abroad.

Outro music: Ton Steine Scherben -- Macht kaputt was euch kaputt macht

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Episode 24: A SpOoOoKy Halloween Antifada with Drs. Bones and Blumenfeld Oct 10, 2018

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Since Halloween starts Oct 1, our episode begins with the spook-buster himself, Max Stirner. In a much anticipated meeting of the minds the two most prominent scholars today, Guillotine Podcast host, writer for Conjure House, and left-wing Alex Jones Dr. Bones, and the author of "All Things are Nothing to Me" Jacob Blumenfeld, discuss Stirner's egoism, his conflict with Marx and Engels, and its relevance to socialists today.

In the second half we talk to Jacob about the political situation in Germany,abolishing the value-form, and skinhead fashion. Too-hot-to-air discussions of Jacob getting banned from multiple countries, the anti-Deutsch, and his feud with Steven Crowder will be available for Patreon subscribers this week!

Links for Dr. Bones: https://theconjurehouse.com/ https://twitter.com/ole_bonsey https://godsandradicals.org/author/eineprawn/

Links for Dr. Jacob Blumenfeld: https://cominsitu.wordpress.com/ http://www.zero-books.net/books/all-things-are-nothing-to-me https://twitter.com/Cominsitu

Closing music: SXTN - Deine Mutter

Episode 23: Creating Space To Dream In Puerto Rico w/ Molly Crabapple Oct 04, 2018

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This week journalist and artist Molly Crabapple (@mollycrabapple) drops by to talk Puerto Rico, SESTA/FOSTA, and much more.

Highlights:

Jamie and Molly's shared past as members of anarcha-feminist workers' cooperative SuicideGirls.com - haha. Another in the ongoing series 'This Week In Musk'. Sex workers as a rising voice within the political sphere.

(Big shout out to www.lysistratamccf.org, www.blacksexworkercollective.org, https://survivorsagainstsesta.org and sex workers everywhere fighting for safety and dignity!)

Deep dive into the legacy of colonialism, debt, crisis and austerity in Puerto Rico. What lessons can the mainland/international left take from Hurricane Maria and its aftermath? Will the island's future be austerity and privatization... or mutual aid and resistance?

Reports on PR by Molly: www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/04/26/the-fatal-conscience-julia-de-burgos-puerto-ricos-greatest-poet, www.nybooks.com/daily/2017/11/17/puerto-ricos-diy-disaster-relief, and www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/12/11/puerto-rico-sketchbook-anarchist-bikers-came-help/

Books by Molly: Brothers of the Gun: a Memoir of the Syrian War (www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/550211/brothers-of-the-gun-by-marwan-hisham-and-molly-crabapple/9780399590627) Drawing Blood (www.harpercollins.com/9780062797223/drawing-blood)

Donate to disaster relief in PR: www.RedApoyoMutuo.org

Support IWW NYC's labor campaigns at Wobfest (www.eventbrite.com/e/wob-fest-union-fundraiser-for-the-industrial-workers-of-the-world-tickets-49188287492) October 6, or donate at www.WobblyCity.org/Donate

Support our show and get bonus content at www.patreon.com/theantifada

Art: Molly Crabapple

Outro music: Conflict -- They Said That

UNLOCKED! History is a Weapon #1: Historical Materialism w/ Sean KB Oct 01, 2018

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In the first installment of our new history and theory series "History is a Weapon," Sean breaks down historical materialism, a thing we talk about a lot but have never really explained.

Why does the history that we all learned growing up suck so much? Why does it seem like we are at a historical dead end? How do we contextualize our present moment? And what tools do we have to analyze - and ultimately confront - the current state of things in this neoliberal hellworld?

Dialectics, baby!

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Episode 22: Secrets of the Illuminati w/ Tanz Sep 27, 2018

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In this very conspiratorial episode, the crew is joined by Tanz, writer, researcher, and PhD candidate in the CUNY Grad Center's social psychology program, to talk about a pamphlet she co-authored, "How to Overthrow the Illuminati," which can be found at https://overthrowingilluminati.wordpress.com

Alex Jones, David Icke, 9/11 truthers, and the mainstreaming of conspiracy theories. The flat earth people make tankies of us all. Why do working class people believe in the Illuminati and other conspiracy theories? Gothic Marxism gets an extraterrestrial update. How to help people figure out the real problem is (spoiler alert!) capitalism without being an alienating weirdo about it.

Read the pamphlet here: https://overthrowingilluminati.wordpress.com

We were going to discuss a piece on structural anti-Semitism by Moishe Postone called "Anti-Semitism and National Socialism," but we ran out of time. Read it yourself, and/or demand Sean give you the Cliff's notes version in the next History is a Weapon.

Outro music - Zounds - Demystification

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