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Communist podcast exploring political economy, history and the class struggle with AP Andy, Sean KB and guests.
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Diving Into the Wreckage: Nationalism, Liberalism and the State 4 w/ C Derick Varn
Sean and Varn return with part four of their series on nationalism and the nation state. This episode is about the vexing questions of class and nation that arose in the 20th century and are unresolved today. Why did both the reformist and revolutionary wings of the classical workers movement turn towards state developmentalism? How did really existing class develop to conflict with Marxist theories of working class emancipation? What mistakes from past movements are we still making today whether we know it or not? How did the millennial left really die and how might we move past it?
This is part one of an extended, three-hour discussion. To access the full episode, become a patron of the Antifada at www.patreon.com/theantifada. To see the video of this discussion and get a whole lot more incisive commentary sign up for www.patreon.com/varnvlog
Episode on Henryk Grossman with Ted Reese: https://www.patreon.com/posts/67780560
Endnotes - A History of Separation: https://libcom.org/article/history-separation-endnotes-4 -
E241 - March Sadness
NEWS EP! We discuss Aaron Bushnell, voting uncomitted and hopelessness, UAW and Starbucks union victories, the MTA wildcat strike and working-class demands for safety.
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Aaron Bushnell / Gaza:
-Crimethinc statement https://crimethinc.com/2024/02/26/this-is-what-our-ruling-class-has-decided-will-be-normal-on-aaron-bushnells-action-in-solidarity-with-gaza
https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/burnt-offerings/?affid=x Veterans burning uniforms https://uk.news.yahoo.com/veterans-burn-uniforms-vigil-us-123204314.html
UAW / Starbucks:
-https://www.wbrc.com/2024/02/28/uaw-majority-workers-mercedes-plant-vance-signal-they-want-join-auto-workers-union/
-https://prospect.org/labor/2024-02-26-auto-workers-go-all-in/
-https://fordauthority.com/2024/02/uaw-announces-project-to-support-mexican-autoworkers/ -https://jacobin.com/2024/02/starbucks-workers-united-master-contract-bargaining
MTA strike: https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/02/29/conductor-slash-delays-work-stoppage/
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Ep 240: Our Social Hell w/ William Clare Roberts
Sean is joined by political theorist William Roberts to discuss his excellent 2017 book, Marx's Inferno: The Political Theory of Capital which excavates not just Marx's use of the structure of Dante's Inferno but the radical political theory that undergirds it. What is the relationship between the analysis in Capital and the debates within the workers movement of the time typified by the likes of Proudhon, Saint-Simon and Owens? What is the place of radical republicanism in Marx's theory? How has this tradition in the workers movement been buried by history and what might we do with it today?
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Son: Iggy and the Stooges - Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell -
E239 - Prisoner With the Antifa Face Tattoo w/ Eric King
An interview with Eric King, who was recently released after being incarcerated since 2014, five of those in segregation. He was charged with using an incendiary device to commit arson after throwing a molotov cocktail at an empty Federal Building in Kansas City, Missouri during the uprising in Ferguson. Today he is out on probation and talking with us about his history with the anarchist movement, his time inside and release, and how and why to support prisoners
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Eric King's co-authored book about life in prison: http://rattlingthecages.com
Eric's new gig: bread and roses legal
Anarchist Black Cross Federation
Eric's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/supportericking/
Prisoner support calendar: https://www.certaindays.org/
https://www.gofundme.com/f/release-funds-for-political-prisoner-eric-king
https://theintercept.com/2021/05/28/bop-prison-white-supremacist-anti-fascist/
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E238 - The Renegade Century w/ Mike Macnair
Sean and Andy are joined by Mike Macnair, member of the Provisional Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain, columnist at Weekly Worker and author of Revolutionary Strategy (2008) and many other works.
We discuss the legacy of Marxist political movements of the 19th and 20th centuries, the role of the party, the importance of patience and republicanism to the working class struggle and what might be salvaged from the thought of great historical Marxists including... the renegade Kautsky.
This is part I of an extended discussion on theory and history. To hear the paywalled fireworks, become a patron at www.patreon.com/theantifada
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E237 - Traitor Joe
NEWS EPISODE! We talk about the crisis of liberalism in the US and worldwide through the context of the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, the formation of BRICs as a challenge to US-based global order, the economic spiral of Germany and China, class war at the border, and betrayal of every millennial's favorite grocery store.
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Show notes:
UAW organizing in Alabama, Tennessee: https://alabamareflector.com/2024/02/01/montgomery-hyundai-workers-announce-union-drive-2nd-at-alabama-auto-plant/
https://uaw.org/over-10000-autoworkers-sign-union-cards-across-13-non-union-automakers-in-major-milestone-for-historic-organizing-drive/
Trump planning to run as a felon: https://www.axios.com/2024/02/02/trump-conviction-trial-jan-6-court
US/UK weighing recognition of Palestinian state: https://www.axios.com/2024/01/31/palestine-statehood-biden-israel-gaza-war
Dahlia Scheindlin's two-state proposal: https://parallaxviews.podbean.com/e/dscheindlin/ Mutipolarity update:
Russia takes up leadership of BRICs https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/01/china/brics-membership-applications-china-russia-intl-hnk/index.html
Chinese defaults: -https://www.axios.com/2024/02/03/chart-evergrande-towers-over-list-of-global-bankruptcies
-https://www.ft.com/content/88c027d2-bda6-4e52-97f3-127197aef1bd
Germany was worst-performing major economy last year: https://www.ft.com/content/792a1a09-701c-4c9d-aa77-0d9575d5bda9
Song: Taylor Swift - Lavender Haze (80's Version Synthwave REMIX)
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