Communist podcast exploring political economy, history and the class struggle with AP Andy, Sean KB and guests. Become a patron to enjoy bonus content, access to our Discord community and more at: www.patreon.com/theantifada twitter: @the\_antifada @baseprole @as\_a\_worker email: antifadamindset at gmail streaming: twitch.tv/theantifada
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We celebrate 300 (+) Antifadas with a news episode and Q+A! New hits include Trump's Intel buy, the alt-right power and schisms within the Trump admin, ICE raid updates, and the theories of late capitalism and late fascism and if we're seeing the emergence of a late antifascism. In the Q&A we talk about Grossmanism, TRPF, pre-politics, "partyism" a…
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E299: Wrecking Crew w/ Caucus of Rank-and-file Electrical Workers
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Sean is joined by Scott, Leo and Emily of the new nationwide initiative within the International Brotherhood [sic] of Electrical Workers called CREW. What made these union militants decide to organize for power within their union? How does business unionism let us all down? What sort of organizational principles should workers uphold? What would wo…
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Trump's Big DC Takeover / In the Year Two-thous&&&
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&y & &ers speculate on the deeper motives behind the move to end Home Rule in DC, then hop in Naomi Wolf's Apple Time Machine way back to THE YEAR 2000 to watch and discuss old Conan monologues and bits! For the full episode, including a VIDEO version, support the show at http://www.patreon.com/c/theantifada…
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Antifada LIVE: Platforms of Proletarianization w/ Cured Quail & Clocked Out
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Audio from our live event! A panel about the way social media and technology effect our day to day lives and our future as a species with Eric-John Russell of Cured Quail, and Fiona Pearl Miller and Zoe Laris-Djokovic of Clocked Out Magazine. Recorded (mostly) last Friday, August 8 at Woodbine. Support Antifada! http://patreon.com/theantifada Buy C…
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E298: This Town is Too Hot w/ Heatwave Collective
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Andy and Sean are joined by two anon members of the Heatwave Collective to discuss their new project: a better magazine for a worse world. How might we imagine the communist project under conditions of climate chaos? What does political economy tell us about the limits to capitalist politics in the current moment? How has history led us to such an …
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Our mysterious Anarcho Film Critic returns to debate EDDINGTON, Ari Aster's new Western farce set in a small New Mexico town experiencing the pandemic, George Floyd Uprising, and the rise of an AI data facility outside town. Is it a nihilistic farce with no message, or a powerful rebuke to impoverished mainstream narratives? For the full episode su…
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E297: Malcolm in the Meltdown w/ Malcolm Harris
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Malcolm Harris, author of Kids These Days and Palo Alto returns to talk about his new book What’s Left: Three Paths Through the Planetary Crisis--a trip through the three leftist conceptions of how to survive the climate crisis with recommendations for the present. For the full episode subscribe at http://patreon.com/theantifada Article about Shell…
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E296: Conflicted Solidarity w/ Sarah Schulman
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Sarah Schulman chats about her latest book "The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity", a meditation on the category of solidarity informed by her decades of experience as a writer, academic and activist. Also by Sarah Schulman and mentioned in the episode: "Conflict Is Not Abuse," "Let the Record Show," an oral history of ACT UP, "The Gentrification…
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&ers & &y talk about James Gunn's woke, punk, millennial, pro-Palestinian, anti-ICE Superman! For the full episode sign up at http://patreon.com/theantifada
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Diving into the Wreckage: Communization w/ C. Derick Varn
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To listen to the bonus portion of this episode (where all the deportable offenses might happen) become a patron at www.patreon.com/theantifada for this and all our great bonus content. Resources on Communization: https://thecharnelhouse.org/2017/02/28/resources-on-communization/ To watch this episode on video become a patron of the excellent, indep…
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Z's back to dive deep into Trump's BBL, Alligator Alcatraz and future detention centers, LA and Chicago's immigration showdowns, and the Brandon Johnson's failed campaign against the restaurant from The Bear. In the fun half we talk about if the Cuomo-voting Bronx will join the New York Commune, and share some HILARIOUS Hot Commie Summer tips from …
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E294: Hot Communist Summer Part 1 w/ C. Derick Varn
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As history repeats itself, we dissect Zohran Mamdani's stunning Democratic primary victory over former Governor Andrew Cuomo in NYC's mayoral race—a win that sent shockwaves through Wall Street and sparked what hedge fund CEO Dan Loeb dubbed "Hot Commie Summer." How did the Democratic Socialist candidate pull of one of the biggest political upsets …
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E293: Mom-Dommy vs. Tammany Daddy w/ Mattie Lubchansky
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Our final predictions and analysis for the 2025 NYC Democratic mayoral primaries with Mattie Lubchansky of the No Gods, No Mayors podcast. For the full episode sign up at http://patreon.com/theantifada Modern Ferret Monthly: https://web.archive.org/web/20070610044439/http://www.modernferret.com/pressreleases/nyc05212001.html McMansion Hell endorsem…
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Part 2 of our April, 2024 discussion with Middle East scholar Arya Zahedi of Insurgent Notes about the essay Class Struggle, Autonomy, and the State in Iran from Ill Will Editions. He talks about the uprisings in Iran, including the murder of Mahsa Amini, and his feelings about Iran's role in the proxy wars surrounding the siege of Gaza. Listen to …
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Report-back from the streets of LA with Victor Artola, author of Los Angeles, Or the End of Assimilation from Ill Will Editions. For the full episode subscribe at http://patreon.com/theantifada Further reading: https://crimethinc.com/2025/06/08/los-angeles-stands-up-to-ice-a-firsthand-report-on-the-clashes-of-june-6 TACO Trump backing down at behes…
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Sean and Andy chat with S.H. Fernando Jr., aka Skiz, the author of Chronicles of DOOM Unraveling Rap's Masked Iconoclast. We cover some hip hop history, DOOM's origins in underground hip hop and his emergence as crossover phenomenon in the aughts, his Nuwaubian background, getting kicked out of the US, and much more! Sign up for our Patreon to hear…
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Independent Labor Assembly 5: Education and Labor 5/30/25
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For the full episode (FREE!), sign up at http://patreon.com/theantifada The following is the audio from the Independent Labor Club of New York's assembly on Education and Labor: Education in the US is at a crossroads. In recent months the Trump administration has proposed to abolish the Department of Education, and has threatened to rescind federal…
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Garveyism 2: Three Way Fight w/ John Garvey
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John returns for our special miniseries discussing his decades of experience theorizing and organizing, current events and life/work in New York City. On this episode he and Sean talk about this article from Dandy Andy at Three Way Fight, John's historical taxi driver organizing campaign and what it takes for commies to be accepted at the workplace…
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E290: French President SLAPPED by FURIOUS wife!!! w/ Henry Wallis
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Our French correspondent joins us to talk about the SLAP heard 'round the world. We also get some updates on Melanchon's US tour, discuss Hasan Piker's detainment, death with dignity, the abundance agenda, Zohran, Robert Moses vs. Tammany Hall, the 5 year anniversary of the George Floyd Uprising. Subscribe at http://patreon.com/theantifada for the …
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E289: Freedom Zone of Interest w/ Malek Rasamny
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Malek Rasamny walks us through the moving gears of Middle East geopolitics in the wake of Trump's visit to Riyadh, opening relations to the Syrian regime under Ahmed Al-Saraah (fka Mohammed al-Julani), nuclear talks with Iran, PKK disarmement, the current situation in Lebenon, and much more. Listen to the full episode for FREE by becoming a free me…
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E288: Fraudian Ziz-o Analysis w/ David Z Morris
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Tech and finance writer David Z. Morris talks us through the mental illness behind Silicon Valley's fascist immortalists, rationalists, effective altruists, abundists, etc. Support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifdada for the fun half, in which we speculate on Luigi's connection to this world, what's behind the assassination attempts on Trum…
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Sean talks with Paris Marx about AI for the full episode, support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada Song: Barry Manilow - Aye Caramba!
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E287: Studying for the Communism Test w/ Jasper Bernes
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Jasper Bernes chats with us about his new book on the history of revolution from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising and the task of communists today. Buy the book: https://www.versobooks.com/products/977-the-future-of-revolution Excerpt: https://illwill.com/inquiry-and-organization Check out Red May: https://www.redmayseattle.org/ BK Ra…
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Tribute to a recently-departed comrade. "nothing is over, that is the only certainty. the other certainty is that everything ends, even this" -Poem (Sept 26, 2023) Clip from Occupy Oakland: https://x.com/poetryc0mmunity/status/1917001969467838652 Reading from The Totality for Kids at Bowery Poetry Club in 2006: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgfMT…
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Diving into the Wreckage: Into the Train Wreck w/ C. Derick Varn
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Sean and Varn catch up on the first 100 days or so of Trump 2.0, the inanities and indignities of history forced to move again in dumb, but possibly productive ways. Most of all this moment calls for humility amidst radical political and economic changes we might only be able to 'sane-wash' in 20 or 30 years, if ever. How have recent events challen…
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