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The debut episode of "The Institute For Post American Studies," is with Mckenzie Wark on her new-ish book "Capital is Dead." We mostly discuss how the economy has changed under the guidance of silicon valley and exacerbated by the pandemic. We discuss a range of subjects from the book and some in depth analysis of the present.
Pick up the book now on Verso

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This project is no longer going to be on the Solecast feed... if you wanna hear our episodes subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!  Our first episode we dropped today is with Ben Falk, author of "The Resilient Homestead" on Chelsea Green. 
 
And The Solecast is now The Institute For Post American Studies

Closing out a hellish year with the final episode of the “ solecast” before I change the name (and focus) to The Institute For Post-American Studies in 2021.  Couldn’t think of a better way to end it, then with two of my favorite co-travellers and co-conspirators in the world of anarchist podcasting: Final Straw Radio.   In this episode we reflect on 2020, our hopes and fears for the future and how this year surprised us in many ways.  We also talk about our projects and things we've learned along the way, going in depth on on issues of race and anarchy, internationalism, abolition, ecology and much more.  Bursts also shares his Kim chi recipe at the end.
 
Check em out at final straw https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/
 
Music “Gasoline” By Erda
 
 

Erda makes emo inspired rap music with an anarchist bent. Their music expresses both the existential angst of our epoch and the spirit of resistance. Based out of NY, Erda has a background in various genres of music, and this lends itself to a very unique aesthetic and approach to hip-hop. In this conversation we talk about bridging the personal with the worldly, Erda's background with farming and permaculture and life under the algorithm.
In this episode we open it up with a recent track, "Riot 2" and close it with an unreleased jam called "The Skyline Would Look So Beautiful On Fire." Uou can follow Erda on Twitter, Instagram, Spotify and Bandcamp.

In this episode of the Solecast I speak with author and Indiana University professor, Micol Seigel. This conversation is meant as a primer for the the concepts of destituent power and the under commons. After a year of unimaginable suffering and resistance, the ideas of Destitution and under commons provide us critical tools for building the capacity we need to weather the storm(s) that we find ourselves in. We also talk about the free-to-all virtual conference they are hosting the weekend of 11/13-11/16:
 
On November 13th-16th, then, Indiana University’s 2020 Critical Ethnic Studies symposium brings into dialogue two zones of contemporary insurgent study: the undercommons and destituent power. To explore social life that evades political constraints such as citizenship, sovereignty, and governance, we seek to build upon the work of Fred Moten, Stefano Harney and Giorgio Agamben. Reveling in the fields that ground their work, the Black radical tradition and Italian Autonomia, this forum seeks to collect and share what we’ve learned from the practices and forms of life that are already breaking free of politics.
 
To preview Micol’s book “Violence Work” you can check it out here
 
and to learn more/register from the Destituent Power and The Undercommons conference you may do so here

New Issue of Fire Ant available here
 
In this episode of the Solecast I chat w Rob Cat of Fire Ant.  Fire Ant is a collaboration between anarchist prisoners and anarchists in so called Maine.  Fire Ant seeks to spread the words & work of anarchist prisoners, highlight their plights and help them get the material support they need.    Rob & Bria are also homesteaders and we talk about their experience of being self reliant with food production and working with mutual aid networks like the Victory Gardens Project https://www.freehermanbell.org/VictoryGardens.html to their ongoing efforts to provide free food to comrades, friends and neighbors.  
 
For more information on Fire Ant, download the latest issue here and to learn more about some of the anarchist political prisoners they support:
 
Jennifer Rose
https://bloomingtonabc.noblogs.org/anarchist-prisoners/jennifer-gann/
Eric King https://supportericking.org/
Marius Mason https://supportmariusmason.org/
Sean Swain https://seanswain.noblogs.org/about-sean-swain/
Michael Kimble https://bloomingtonabc.noblogs.org/anarchist-prisoners/michael-kimble/