Send us a textPlease support our Patreon.  For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more.John H. and Kelsey Tanabe Walker join us to talk about the Labor Notes conference and the importance of independent organizing and social unionization.  John and Kelsey both speak to the importance of working with a union, and if you don't have a shop union, working with the I.W.W. is an option.  You can join here.  We also mention the work of Southern Workers Assembly  and finally the Amazonians United Abandon all hope ye who subscribe here.   Crew:Host: C. Derick VarnAudio Producer: Paul Channel Strip  ( @aufhebenkultur )Intro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesLinks and Social Media:twitter: @skepoetFacebookYou can find the additional streams on Youtube Musis by Bitterlake, Used with Permission, all rights to BitterlakeSupport the showCrew:Host: C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesArt Design: Corn and C. Derick VarnLinks and Social Media:twitter: @varnvlogblue sky: @varnvlog.bsky.socialYou can find the additional streams on YoutubeCurrent Patreon at the Sponsor Tier: Jordan Sheldon, Mark J. Matthews, Lindsay Kimbrough, RedWolf

Send us a textPlease support our Patreon.  For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more.Shalon van Tine, a cultural historian who is a Ph.D. candidate at Ohio University and teaches history and humanities classes for the University of Maryland Global Campus. Website: shalonvantine.comArticles Discussed:https://www.shalonvantine.com/secondasfarce/2022/3/4/women-directors-have-made-some-of-the-greatest-films-ever-here-are-11-you-might-not-knowAbandon all hope ye who subscribe here.   Crew:Host: C. Derick VarnAudio Producer: Paul Channel Strip  ( @aufhebenkultur )Intro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesLinks and Social Media:twitter: @skepoetFacebookYou can find the additional streams on Youtube Musis by Bitterlake, Used with Permission, all rights to BitterlakeSupport the showCrew:Host: C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesArt Design: Corn and C. Derick VarnLinks and Social Media:twitter: @varnvlogblue sky: @varnvlog.bsky.socialYou can find the additional streams on YoutubeCurrent Patreon at the Sponsor Tier: Jordan Sheldon, Mark J. Matthews, Lindsay Kimbrough, RedWolf

Send us a textPlease support our Patreon.  For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more.Nicholas  C  Scott is a PhD candidate in Latin American history at the University of Virginia and a specialist in the history of the role of the Cordones during the Chilean revolution. We discuss the role of the Cordones Industrailes, the history of the Allende government and the Chilean revolution, and the survival of the Cordones after the coup.Abandon all hope ye who subscribe here.   Crew:Host: C. Derick VarnAudio Producer: Paul Channel Strip  ( @aufhebenkultur )Intro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesLinks and Social Media:twitter: @skepoetFacebookYou can find the additional streams on Youtube Musis by Bitterlake, Used with Permission, all rights to BitterlakeSupport the showCrew:Host: C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesArt Design: Corn and C. Derick VarnLinks and Social Media:twitter: @varnvlogblue sky: @varnvlog.bsky.socialYou can find the additional streams on YoutubeCurrent Patreon at the Sponsor Tier: Jordan Sheldon, Mark J. Matthews, Lindsay Kimbrough, RedWolf

Send us a textPlease support our Patreon.  For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more.Kane Reid is the host of Socialist Legacy.  We discuss his debate with Mike McManus on Marx's use of contradiction in Sublation Magazine.  You can find his article as well as Matt McManus's articles below:https://www.sublationmag.com/articles/karl-marx-on-contradictionshttps://www.sublationmag.com/post/once-more-on-contradictionhttps://www.sublationmag.com/post/a-return-to-contradictionsAbandon all hope ye who subscribe here.   Crew:Host: C. Derick VarnAudio Producer: Paul Channel Strip  ( @aufhebenkultur )Intro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesLinks and Social Media:twitter: @skepoetFacebookYou can find the additional streams on YoutubeSupport the show Musis by Bitterlake, Used with Permission, all rights to BitterlakeSupport the showCrew:Host: C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesArt Design: Corn and C. Derick VarnLinks and Social Media:twitter: @varnvlogblue sky: @varnvlog.bsky.socialYou can find the additional streams on YoutubeCurrent Patreon at the Sponsor Tier: Jordan Sheldon, Mark J. Matthews, Lindsay Kimbrough, RedWolf

Send us a textPlease support our Patreon.  For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more.Scott Ferguson (@videotroph) is an associate professor of film & media studies in the Department of Humanities & Cultural Studies at the University of South Florida. He is an editor for the Money on the Left Editorial Collective and serves as a research scholar at the Global Institute for Sustainability Prosperity. His writings have appeared in Screen, Boundary 2 Online, Arcade, Monthly Review Online, Qui Parle, CounterPunch, Liminalities, Naked Capitalism, Radical Political Economy (URPE), Dollars & Sense, Tropics of Meta, In the Moment (Critical Inquiry), Rebelion, & Contexto y Accion. His book Declarations of Dependence: Money, Aesthetics and the Politics of Care was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2018.Abandon all hope ye who subscribe here.   Crew:Host: C. Derick VarnAudio Producer: Paul Channel Strip  ( @aufhebenkultur )Intro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesLinks and Social Media:twitter: @skepoetFacebookYou can find the additional streams on Youtube Musis by Bitterlake, Used with Permission, all rights to BitterlakeSupport the showCrew:Host: C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesArt Design: Corn and C. Derick VarnLinks and Social Media:twitter: @varnvlogblue sky: @varnvlog.bsky.socialYou can find the additional streams on YoutubeCurrent Patreon at the Sponsor Tier: Jordan Sheldon, Mark J. Matthews, Lindsay Kimbrough, RedWolf

Send us a textPlease support our Patreon.  For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more.Freddie and I discuss the tactical mistakes of the Democrats.  Freddie is the author of the Freddie DeBoer substack. He is also the author of the Cult of Smart. Abandon all hope ye who subscribe here.   Crew:Host: C. Derick VarnAudio Producer: Paul Channel Strip  ( @aufhebenkultur )Intro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesLinks and Social Media:twitter: @skepoetFacebookYou can find the additional streams on Youtube Musis by Bitterlake, Used with Permission, all rights to BitterlakeSupport the showCrew:Host: C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesArt Design: Corn and C. Derick VarnLinks and Social Media:twitter: @varnvlogblue sky: @varnvlog.bsky.socialYou can find the additional streams on YoutubeCurrent Patreon at the Sponsor Tier: Jordan Sheldon, Mark J. Matthews, Lindsay Kimbrough, RedWolf

Send us a textAndrew McWhinney is a writer, editor, and organizer. He writes and edits for Negation Magazine.  We begin by discussing the legacy of Jean Baudrillard, but we talk about new ways to organize, the importance of international collaboration, and where the left is now.  Here are the articles mentioned in the interview: A Marxist Mission To Rescue Jean Baudrillard  Totality and the Vanguard Function Politics as Exceptional Interruption: An Interview with Asad Haider Social Movements and Internationalism from South Korea: An Interview with Bori (A prior guest on the Show)Lesson From Peru: An Interview with Austin GonzalezAbandon all hope ye who subscribe here.     Crew: Host: C. Derick Varn Audio Producer: Paul Channel Strip  ( @aufhebenkultur ) Intro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake. Intro Video Design: Jason Myles Links and Social Media: twitter: @skepoet Facebook You can find the additional streams on Youtube  Musis by Bitterlake, Used with Permission, all rights to BitterlakeSupport the showCrew:Host: C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesArt Design: Corn and C. Derick VarnLinks and Social Media:twitter: @varnvlogblue sky: @varnvlog.bsky.socialYou can find the additional streams on YoutubeCurrent Patreon at the Sponsor Tier: Jordan Sheldon, Mark J. Matthews, Lindsay Kimbrough, RedWolf

Send us a textPlease support our Patreon.  For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more. Ben and I discuss his work on the life and legacy on Christopher Hitchens. You can find his book on the topic here.  You can find Ben's article in sublation magazine on how liberals sound Hitchens with their stance on Ukraine here.  You can find Ben's podcast, Give Them An Argument.  Abandon all hope ye who subscribe here.     Crew: Host: C. Derick Varn Audio Producer: Paul Channel Strip  ( @aufhebenkultur ) Intro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake. Intro Video Design: Jason Myles Links and Social Media: twitter: @skepoet Facebook You can find the additional streams on Youtube Musis by Bitterlake, Used with Permission, all rights to BitterlakeSupport the showCrew:Host: C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesArt Design: Corn and C. Derick VarnLinks and Social Media:twitter: @varnvlogblue sky: @varnvlog.bsky.socialYou can find the additional streams on YoutubeCurrent Patreon at the Sponsor Tier: Jordan Sheldon, Mark J. Matthews, Lindsay Kimbrough, RedWolf

Send us a textPlease support our Patreon.  For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more.Nicolas D Villarreal is palladiummag contributor. Author of novel: Caeruleus. He is an analyst of heterodox economics and political theory. He also works as a freelance writer. You can find his work here. Abandon all hope ye who subscribe here.   Crew:Host: C. Derick VarnAudio Producer: Paul Channel Strip  ( @aufhebenkultur )Intro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesLinks and Social Media:twitter: @skepoetFacebookYou can find the additional streams on Youtube Musis by Bitterlake, Used with Permission, all rights to BitterlakeSupport the showCrew:Host: C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesArt Design: Corn and C. Derick VarnLinks and Social Media:twitter: @varnvlogblue sky: @varnvlog.bsky.socialYou can find the additional streams on YoutubeCurrent Patreon at the Sponsor Tier: Jordan Sheldon, Mark J. Matthews, Lindsay Kimbrough, RedWolf

Send us a textPlease support our Patreon.  For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more.Dr. Victor Devinatz is a Distinguished Professor in the College of Business since 1991at Illinois State.  . He is nationally recognized for his expertise in qualitative research in a wide variety of labor relations and employment relations topics where he utilizes ethnographic, oral history and archival research methodologies.  We discuss the history of the TUEL, TUUL, and the early CIO in labor history from the early 1920s into the 1940s.  Towards the end, we discuss the implications for today's labor movement.  You can find another interview with Dr. Devinatz at  Cosmopod. Abandon all hope ye who subscribe here.   Crew:Host: C. Derick VarnAudio Producer: Paul Channel Strip  ( @aufhebenkultur )Intro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesLinks and Social Media:twitter: @skepoetFacebookYou can find the additional streams on Youtube Musis by Bitterlake, Used with Permission, all rights to BitterlakeSupport the showCrew:Host: C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesArt Design: Corn and C. Derick VarnLinks and Social Media:twitter: @varnvlogblue sky: @varnvlog.bsky.socialYou can find the additional streams on YoutubeCurrent Patreon at the Sponsor Tier: Jordan Sheldon, Mark J. Matthews, Lindsay Kimbrough, RedWolf