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Ep 78 - A?CAB w/ Alex Vitale

Brooklyn College Sociology Professor, writer for the Appeal, the Nation, and Truthout, and author of “The End of Policing” Alex Vit...

Ep 77: People's Republic of Toontown w/ donoteat1

Have you ever asked yourself what weird 1980s Hollywood live-action/cartoon crossover films have to say about the infamous General Motors Streetcar Scandal of the mid-20th century? Well do we have a film for you!

Sean sits down with fellow socialist railfan Justin Roczniak, AKA2019-12-04 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post

BONUS- Real Kollontai Hours #2 w/ Rachel Rabbit White & Oyster

In our second Real Kollontai Hours, Rachel Rabbit White (@rabbitwhite) and Oyster (@oyster_nyt) take up Alexandra Kollontai's 1921 essay "Prostitution and Ways of Fighting It." Was Kollontai right about the evils of prostitution, or should we say "okay boomer" to this outdated comintern moralism ...

Ep 76 - Let Them Sit Cake w/ Rachel Rabbit White, Nina Luo & Oyster

Sex workers of the world, unite! Jamie and Andy are joined by poet/journo Rachel Rabbit White (@rabbitwhite), organizer Nina Luo (@theninaluo) and whore-of-all trades Oyster (@oyster_nyt) to talk organizing in the world of sex work and why any socialist worth their clever display name should care...

Real LibDem Hours w/ Trash Future

Trash Future leads us in a reading of James Kirkup's  dsytopian fanfic "How the Lib Dems could seize power." Excuse the laddery we were many cans deep.

Read along: https://unherd.com/201...

Ep 75 - CANZUCK w/ Trash Future

Andy and Sean go to UK to suck some cans with the lads and lass of England's only podcast, TRASH FUTURE. We discuss the upcoming elections, the deep insecurities at the center of posh life motivating Boris Johnson's political career, the LibDem and ChUK cucks, and Corbyn's cheeky plan to national...

Vampire Castle - The Hunger / The Lost Boys

In this edition of Vampire Castle, Jamie and Leslie tackle two very different (but both very '80s) vampire movies: Tony Scott's 'The Hunger' (1983) and Joel Schumacher's 'The Lost Boys' (1987). Contains discussions of Susan Sarandon as sexy scientist, Catherine DeNeuve as fickle floozy, David Bow...

Ep 74 - The Protracted People's War of Appalachia w/ Trillbilly Workers Party

In this long awaited Antifada x Trillbillies crossover, Jamie speaks with Tom Sexton (@tomsexton),  Tarence Ray (@tarenceray) and Tanya Turner (...

BONUS - Real Ironworker Hours w/ Billy O'Connor

Sean is back with Billy O'Connor to share some classic stories about union organizing and getting your head chopped off and left in the swamp.

Ep 73 - Hard Hat Riot w/ Billy O'Connor & John Tormey

In this special episode of The Antifada, Sean KB is joined by fellow building tradesmen Billy and John to do a little workers inquiry on themselves. 

We discuss our own work histories and how we became radicalized through historical events and our experiences on the job. We poke holes ...

Antifada's History is a Weapon - The Rise and Fall of Suburbia (2/2)

Matt Christman and Sean KB bring our story of suburbia up to the present moment, when the periphery is in crisis and urban areas are suffering late-stage gentrification: How was Los Angeles the archetypal American city? Who developed suburbia and why? Which class interests are upheld by the prima...

Ep 72 - Minions Night w/ Minion Death Cult

We celebrate MISCHIEF NIGHT with the scariest show on the internet MINION DEATH CULT. Hosts Anthony Edwards and Tony Boswell find the scariest, most derange, and dumbest boomer posts online and read them slow enough to truly grasp their inanity. After sharing some dumb Halloween stories, we look ...

UNLOCKED: Antifada's History is a Weapon 5: The Rise and Fall of Suburbia w/ Matt Christman

Matt and Sean dive into the historical materialist trenches once more! 

On this HIAW, we address suburbia and its discontents: How has the unique social geography of the United States affected its political and economic development? How are class relations reflected in the built enviro...

Ep 71 - A Very Antifada Halloween w/ Josh Strawn & Shyam Khanna

Shyam Khanna, editor of Commune mag, joins us for a sneak peek into issue #4 and a breakdown of Saturday's Bernie Sanders rally from an ultraleft wrecker POV. Josh Strawn, half of darkwave duo Azar Swan, also joins us for a discussion of his band's new record, what the kids are listening to these...

VIDEO: The Goth Socialist Variety Hour!

Greetings, patrons.

Some of you have asked us if there was going to be video of this past weekend's live show for those of you who couldn't make it out to Littlefield. Well here you go! 

PDA CREW: Jake Flores, Alex Ptak, Anders Lee

ANTIFADA: Jamie Peck, Sean KB, AP Andy

Talkin' 'Tina episode 1: Che Guevara and the Argentine Elections w/ Bad Empanada

The first episode of Andy's newest side project focusing on Latin American politics and history! BreadTuber BAD EMPANADA joins us to talk about the upcomi...

Andy on PDA talking about Walter Benjamin, Trump's murder video, and dialectical materialism

Ep 70 - The Communist Case For Open Borders w/ Ross Wolfe

Everyone loves Bernie Sanders and hates Angela Nagle, but when it comes to the enforcement of borders, their politics are basically the same. Using the power of HISTORICAL MATERIALISM, returning guest Ross Wolfe (@RossWolfe<...

Vampire Castle #3 - The Crow

On this edition of Vampire Castle, Jamie and Leslie (@leslieleeiii) discuss the iconic 1994 film The Crow starring the late Brandon Lee, as well as its somewhat less iconic 1996 sequel, 2019-10-04 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Ep 69 - Abolish Justice Hubs w/ Nadja Guyot

Two years ago, prison abolitionists succeeded in convincing the government of the city of New York to agree to close the torturous jail on Rikers Island. The solution? A kinder, friendlier, "neighborhood" jail in each borough! With a decisive city council vote coming up, prison abolitionist Nadja...

PROLETKULT 5 - Aliens Exist + Posadism talk w/ Corey Pein

Andy goes on Corey Pein's News From Nowhere podcast to discuss the new To The Stars Academy video, the Navy's admission that the videos of Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon are real, and what Tom DeLonge and Robert Bigelow might be after (money). Afterwards he answers Corey's questions about Posadis...

Ep 68 - FALC the System w/ Aaron Bastani

Novara Media's Aaron Bastani calls in to talk Brexit before we dive into Fully Automated Luxury Communism, the meme he created way back in the mid '10s, now a book available from Verso. What is luxury? Are we coming closer to F...

Ep 67 - EMERGENCY POD: UAW Strike!

The United Auto Workers union is striking General Motors in the largest work stoppage since the same union struck in 2007. Andy and Sean jump on mic with an emergency pod to discuss the context of this job action, how the left might relate to the recent upsurge in labor militancy, and what labor ...

Ep 66 - Make Way for Stoned Eros w/ Sophie Saint Thomas

Sophie Saint Thomas visits us to talk about Jamie's LA trip, hurricane sex,  PUA magic, octopus weed, relationship bordigism, and Alexandra Kollontai's Make Way for Winged Eros

Check out Sophie on Twitter: @TheBowieCat...

BONUS: Dart of the Deal

We cut out some of our favorite conspiracy theories from the Gladio episode, including New Criticism, Operation Bloodstone, and the mysterious deaths of Francis Parker Yockey and Allan Francovich.

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Ep 65 - It's-a me, Gladio! w/ J. G. Michael

In this special crossover of Antifada, Proletkult, History is a Weapon, and Parallax Views we take a dive into the "stay behind operations" after World War II designed to protect Western Europe from leftist victory at any cost--including coups, assassinations, and false flag terror plots. Conspir...

Ep 64 - Le Gay Jawns w/ Jasmine Gibson, Max Fox

Editors of PINKO, the new journal of GAY COMMUNISM, join us to talk about their kickstarter stretch goals, contents of the new issue, meta-pinkwashing, and space colonialism. In the second half of the episode we do a reading of their awesome editorial statement and Jasmine gives us a crash course...

BONUS - Crab Genius w/ Molly Crabapple

In this patrons-only bonus, Molly Crabapple (@MollyCrabapple) translates some choice lyrics from the official song of the protests in Puerto Rico, "Afilando los Cuchillos" by Residente, iLe and Bad Bunny. Turns out it bangs even harder when you understand all the sick owns! 

Ep 63 - Ricky Martin Renuncia w/ Molly Crabapple

Friend of the show Molly Crabapple (@mollycrabapple) joins us to talk about getting arrested with a bunch of her fellow Jews at last week's Amazon/ICE protest, the Punisher logo, and the importance of antifascism. She then...

BONUS - TikTok Is Praxis w/ Simone Norman

Simone discusses her viral "praxis" video. More irony talk, anti-intellectualism on the left, and the pitfalls of "normie socialism." We conduct a worker's inquiry into Simone's nanny job and her experience with Gen-Z, a group of kind and rational humans we are definitely not afraid of being turn...