Andy and Sean are joined by Edwad @readcapital and Cordelia @cozyunoist, the confirmed superstars of #heinrichtwitter and co-hosts of the 2020-11-25 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie and Sean vibe on a number of topics, not limited to but including: feeling depressed, #DefundNYPD canvassing, and the latest bad discourse around "connecting with the working class." What's going to happen to millennials' politics when some of them inherit property? And a preview of a criti...
2020-11-19 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The second half of our conversation with Eric-John Russel of Cured Quail about Society of the Spectacle. We define the spectacle, cover the abolition of time, do some close readings of some of the aphorisms, and talk about pra...
2020-11-13 11:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Scholar and madman Eric-John Russel joins us to discuss his journal the Cured Quail, the political origins of the Situationist International, and Guy Debord's Society of the Spectacle.
After that Sean and And...
2020-11-11 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
In Part two of our discussion with the Angry Workers collective about their new book Class Power on Zero Hours, we...
2020-11-06 11:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We interview two authors of the new book "Class Power on Zero Hours" describing the Angry Workers' collective efforts of organizing, agitating, and working in the industrial fringes of west London.
“We are publishing this book at a time when many on the left are licking their wounds, desp...
2020-11-04 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Mischief Night! Andy is joined by Jon the Lit Crit Guy to discuss Tim Burton's 1988 horror comedy BEETLEJUICE, well known for its titular imp and ...
2020-10-30 10:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
It's the most wonderful time of the year!
Jamie is joined by returning guests Leslie Lee III (@leslieleeiii), of Struggle Session and Vampire Castle, and Hether Fortune (2020-10-28 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We read a review of Shrek 2 by the Maoist International Party - Amerika, paying close attention to their theory of "gender aristocracy", and discuss the role of ogre love in anti-imperi...
2020-10-23 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie, Andy and Sean are joined by political economist and author Pavlos Roufos to catch up Greece in the wake of the recent imprisonment of the leadership of the Golden Dawn fascist group and a return to the 'normalcy' of centrist governance.
We also discuss the aftermath of the viscous au...
2020-10-21 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie and Sean continue the discussion of historical and contemporary left communism by addressing listener questions from Discord, Twitter, and elsewhere.
Outro: : Jeff Lewis - Big A Little A
2020-10-16 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
First Sean and Jamie do a roundup of the news: Donnie is back and he appears to not be dead but bisexual; Dems get the Supreme Court they deserve and Sen Mike Lee outs himself as a Bordigist?
Next Sean does a non-leftcom's guide to left communism: what is this thing? What's its relation to ...
2020-10-14 18:08:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Part two of collaborative commentary of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Past Tense w/ Swampside Chats! As the Bell Riots kick off, can the DS9 crew protect the revolutionary demands of the sanctuary districts' homeless ...
2020-10-07 10:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Our collaborative commentary of S3ep11 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine w/ Swampside Chats! In this two part episode, the crew goes back in time to a San Francisco homeless camp at the time of the a riot against n...
2020-10-07 09:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Part two of HIAW 9 continues with Sean and Matt discussion Q in light of the tradition of religion (and religious weirdness) in the USA, alongside the increasing estrangement of the American people from each other and from the American Dream.
2020-10-02 10:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In the latest two part HIAW, Matt and Sean examine the political economy and pre-history of everyone's favorite far-right conspiracy movement. How has alienation and economic crisis combined to create a heady, and perhaps dangerous, mix of religious fervor and crackpot ideology? How does Qanon ov...
2020-09-30 10:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
On this edition of Vampire Castle, Leslie and Jamie discuss two vampire flicks set in the workplace: Late '80s bizarro dark comedy Vampire's Kiss and office comedy turned splatfest Bloodsucking Bastards.
Tune: Lush - Mannequin
2020-09-25 10:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Aaron Thorpe (@posadist_trapgd), former host of Vanguard Army and host of the upcoming podcast A Time Of Monsters, joins the Antifada crew to discuss topics including: The death of RBG and how much the left should care. K...
2020-09-23 10:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Sean and Jamie stick around to talk about Louisville finally forced to admit civil culpability in Breonna Taylor's murder and humongous private equity firm Blackrock making a bet on the bottom of the rental market with its recent mobile-home park investment.
Outro: Spits - Police
2020-09-18 16:38:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie and Sean discuss what they've been reading and break down some news of the day: QAnon in Congress, the political transformation of a town in PA, and ICE's eugenics program. Just another fun, chill episode about rising fascism.
Sorry this went up late, we aren't feeling very well...
2020-09-17 19:32:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Brace sticks around to talk about our punk origin stories, the pros and cons of a tribal subculture like punk, the death of Maximum Rock N' Roll, the future of punk, and late-era Black Flag
Opening song: Wild Child - You're a Punk
Closing song: 2020-09-11 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Sean and Andy are joined with Brace from @trueanonpod to talk workers power, past and present: how unions are still central, how communist organizers like Harry Bridges, leader of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, exercised this power in the past, and how we can fight to bring it b...
2020-09-09 10:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
On this edition of the Antifada side project on the politics of Latin America, we discuss the political situation in Bolivia, where last year riots against a supposed voter fraud lead to a coup of far-right evangelicals. Since then, they have massacred protesters, clamped down on free speech, and...
2020-09-04 10:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Sean and Jamie break down the tragic news out of Los Angeles, Kenosha and Portland, then broaden out the discussion to theories of political violence and revolutionary organization (and spontaneity). What is the least LARP-y line a communist might take in this day and age? Also: Down with eco-yog...
2020-09-02 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We continue to discuss with Kazembe Balagun the black radical tradition with marxist feminists Angela Davis and Claudia Jones. We finish with a few questions about the continuation of these struggles into BLM and the George...
2020-08-28 09:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we bring you a two part series on the American black radical tradition. Joined by educator and activist Kazembe Balagun we discuss some of the fundamental questions of black marxism and revolution leading to the c...
2020-08-26 09:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY! Join DSA Emerge for a teach-in on anti-work politics and the welfare rights movement with sociologist (and Antifada alum) Wilson Sherwin and moderated by fellow Antifada alum Simone Norman and the Antifada's own Jamie Peck. For extra credit, watch it while you are pretending...
2020-08-23 01:33:32 +0000 UTC View Post
OG Antifadas Jamie and Sean plunk down on the podcasting couch for a light chat about two topical topics: the USPS and fascism.
How worker struggle created the modern USPS and how the Democrats shot themselves in the ass with decades of bipartisan attacks on it. Oh no, ICE Bae has an ...
2020-08-19 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Virgil sticks around to talk about partying in the age of Corona, the government's handling of the crisis vis a vis the working class', and his plan for abolishing the police and prisons.
Closing song: Tim Heidecker - Cain is Able
2020-08-14 10:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The Beltway Garage's chief mechanic Virgil Texas takes us for a wonk on the wild side! We focus on the Democrat's electoral strategy ...
2020-08-12 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post