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A little peek behind the paywall for last week's bonus episode, in which Zhana and Jarrod answered the Party Girls’ juiciest questions. What do we make of lone wolf acts of resistance, against, say the most powerful health insurance CEO in the world?What kept the summer of 2020 from becoming a full blown revolution? How did Stop Cop City represent an advancement for the anticapitalist left? All this and more with the brilliant authors of "Skyscraper Jails."

A classic case of Sam Beard ranting about the constitutional crisis. Andrew Callaway brings on his podcasting mentor, Benjamen Walker from Radiotopia’s Theory of Everything to discuss the CIA’s infiltration of art, writers and counterculture. Then James Kim from Overtones Media joins to discuss his latest piece of audio fiction and how Andrew helped to adapt it for YouTube, check that out below!! And of course, something something capitalism is ruining our lives. You Feeling This 2, episode 1 - Retreat https://youtu.be/vWBYU0vuy4Y?si=0-97Eim3pQxH3MnC Benjamen Walker’s Theory of Everything, Not All Propaganda Is Art https://theoryofeverythingpodcast.com/ *** SIGN UP NOW at https://patreon.com/partygirls to get all of our bonus content, Discord access, and a shout out on the pod! Join our YouTube channel as a member to get access to bonus videos (the same one's you'd find on Patreon!): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0T-lzkTsMt1tBSvp958UGQ/join Follow us on ALL the Socials: Instagram: @party.girls.pod YouTube: @partygirlspod TikTok: @party.girls.pod Twitter: @partygirlspod BlueSky: @partygirls.bsky.social Leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify if you feel so inclined: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-girls/id1577239978 https://open.spotify.com/show/71ESqg33NRlEPmDxjbg4rO

What happens when politically underdeveloped abolitionists team up with ladder-climbing non-profit directors and big money philanthropy? Nothing good, that’s what! Jamie and Sam are joined by Zhandarka Kurti and Jarrod Shanahan to discuss their new book “Skyscraper Jails: The Abolitionist Fight Against Jail Expansion in New York City” and the heartbreaking, cautionary tale about how a fight to shut down Rikers Island prison was taken over, watered-down, and channeled into a movement to built four of the tallest prisons in the world. Why does the prison industry develop in response to the failures of capitalism? How was the movement to shut down one prison turned into a movement to open a network of skyscraper jail facilities? Will Rikers Island ever close? Was “Defund the Police” actually just a betrayal of the George Floyd Rebellion? How can our movements win? All this and more on this week's special episode. Buy the book here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2454-skyscraper-jails 00:00:00 Introductions and banter 00:03:13 Jarrod & Zhara’s experience in college Criminology Depts 00:09:10 J & Z’s collaborative writing process and staying accountable to the movement 00:16:59 “Skyscraper Jails” overview - nonprofitication 00:26:11 How did the U.S. “prison industrial complex” develop in response to failures of capitalism? 00:34:26 How did “Close Rikers” morph into advocating for four new NYC jails? 00:48:00 No such thing as a “better” jail 00:53:21 Spicy takes on Defund the Police movement SIGN UP NOW at https://patreon.com/partygirls to get all of our bonus content, Discord access, and a shout out on the pod! Join our YouTube channel as a member to get access to bonus videos (the same one's you'd find on Patreon!): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0T-lzkTsMt1tBSvp958UGQ/join Follow us on ALL the Socials: Instagram: @party.girls.pod YouTube: @partygirlspod TikTok: @party.girls.pod Twitter: @partygirlspod BlueSky: @partygirls.bsky.social Leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify if you feel so inclined: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-girls/id1577239978 https://open.spotify.com/show/71ESqg33NRlEPmDxjbg4rO Executive Producer: Andrew Callaway Producers: Charlotte Albrecht, Jon B., Ryan M.

As the Trump Administration crosses yet another Rubicon and begins revoking Green Cards for political speech, real life Naruto ninjas offer a potential way out. Chelsea Manning speaks out on the Luigi Mangione case, as the movement against the richest man in the world continues to ramp up. All this, plus a special guest joins the Party Girls to talk about the newest Stop Cop City speaking tour coming soon to a city near you! Which way will it be, western man? More of the same tepid sidewalk sign holding, or the activation of a movement capable of bending the course of history? More on the Stop Cop City Imaginary Crimes Tour: https://linktr.ee/sccimaginarycrimestour Remember 2020 Flyer: https://crimethinc.com/zines/remember... 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:35 Stop Cop City speaking tour 00:04:50 Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil 00:39:13 Chelsea Manning attended Luigi Mangione hearing 00:44:07 Updates in the takedown of Tesla, Elon Musk 01:00:37 Interview with Ruth, a presenter at the upcoming Stop Cop City Imaginary Crimes Tour *** SIGN UP NOW at patreon.com/partygirls to get all of our bonus content, Discord access, and a shout out on the pod! Join our YouTube channel as a member to get access to bonus videos (the same one's you'd find on Patreon!): youtube.com/@partygirlspod Follow us on ALL the Socials: Instagram: @party.girls.pod YouTube: @partygirlspod TikTok: @party.girls.pod Twitter: @partygirlspod BlueSky: @partygirls.bsky.social Leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify if you feel so inclined: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... https://open.spotify.com/show/71ESqg3...

Jamie is joined by Indica Dominant (@DominantIndica) a.k.a. Olive, adult performer/sex worker and co-host of the Dysphoria podcast, to discuss director Sean Baker’s anti-Cinderella story Anora (2024), which just won the Oscar for Best Picture. Is it possible to combine a screwball comedy, a hooker exploitation film, and a twee Sundance indie into one movie? What does Anora have to say, or not, about sex work, class, and capitalism? And what’s up with Zoomers and ketamine? Spoilers, obviously. Check out Olive’s podcast (with fellow friend of the show Maxelle Talena), Dysphoria at dysphoria.info and patreon.com/dysphoriathepodcast NOTE: Cultural Marxism is usually a premium series, but this week it’s free! Sign up as a supporter at patreon.com/partygirls or youtube.com/@partygirlspod to get the rest of the series, plus all other bonus content, access to our Discord community, and a shout out on the pod! 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:43 “Anora” recap starts 00:13:20 Surface level worship of wealth or critique of capitalism? 00:18:19 Dehumanization, creative characterization, or subversive anti-work queen? 00:22:51 Real world relationships to sex work 00:25:20 Scene analysis: Ani gets tied up by Igor 00:29:36 Chasing the American Dream 00:38:14 Scene analysis: finding Vanya at the strip club 00:43:47 Disagreement about the ending 00:58:32 Should we hold stories about SWs to higher standards? 01:03:04 Where’s that oligarch money from Vanya?? 01:08:01 You can’t escape the imprisonment of capitalism thru a Gilded Cage 01:13:51 Humanizing public perception of sex work 01:19:04 "Anora" and “The Florida Project,” strip club v. survival 01:23:21 Criminalization of trans sex workers 01:25:31 Defanged drug use in “Anora” 01:29:54 “It’s a Cinderella story” 01:34:32 Plugging Patreons! *** SIGN UP NOW at https://patreon.com/partygirls to get all of our bonus content, Discord access, and a shout out on the pod! Join our YouTube channel as a member to get access to bonus videos (the same one's you'd find on Patreon!): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0T-lzkTsMt1tBSvp958UGQ/join Follow us on ALL the Socials: Instagram: @party.girls.pod YouTube: @partygirlspod TikTok: @party.girls.pod Twitter: @partygirlspod BlueSky: @partygirls.bsky.social Leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify if you feel so inclined: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-girls/id1577239978 https://open.spotify.com/show/71ESqg33NRlEPmDxjbg4rO *** Executive Producer: Andrew Callaway Producers: Charlotte Albrecht, Jon B., Ryan M.

In dark times like these, it's vital to shine light on signs of life, revolting against the order of things. Today, March 5, marks the two year anniversary of the 5th Week of Action to Stop Cop City, when hundreds of activists took direct action at the Cop City construction site. Party Girls Riot Tracker returns with a spotlight on Greece, when last Friday, Feb. 28 hundreds of thousands of Greeks took to the streets in nationwide General Strike on the two year anniversary of a controversial trail accident that the government covered up. Jamie and Sam also catch up on some much needed conversations about fashion, art, the Oscars and of course Trump and Vance yelling at that Ukrainian guy. 00:00:00 Sam's new jacket, Oscars, America's Most Powerful playing cards 00:22:44 Two year anniversary of the 5th Week of Action to Stop Cop City 00:37:05 "Some Ukranian guy" Zelensky gets a verbal beating from Donald Trump and J.D. Vance 00:49:33 Riot Tracker: Greek Lightening 00:55:01 USA Economic Blackout #riot #ukraine #oscars *** SIGN UP NOW at https://patreon.com/partygirls to get all of our bonus content, Discord access, and a shout out on the pod! Join our YouTube channel as a member to get access to bonus videos (the same one's you'd find on Patreon!): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0T-lzkTsMt1tBSvp958UGQ/join Follow us on ALL the Socials: Instagram: @party.girls.pod YouTube: @partygirlspod TikTok: @party.girls.pod Twitter: @partygirlspod BlueSky: @partygirls.bsky.social Leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify if you feel so inclined: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-girls/id1577239978 https://open.spotify.com/show/71ESqg33NRlEPmDxjbg4rO

In this PATREON PREVIEW, Sci-Fi Legend Kim Stanley Robinson explains his true feelings about cryptocurrency, some things would would have done differently in Ministry For the Future if he wrote it today, and the influence of How To Blow Up a Pipeline. Watch the full interview here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/we-need-w-kim-122570852 *** SIGN UP NOW at https://patreon.com/partygirls to get all of our bonus content, Discord access, and a shout out on the pod! Join our YouTube channel as a member to get access to bonus videos (the same one's you'd find on Patreon!): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0T-lzkTsMt1tBSvp958UGQ/join Follow us on ALL the Socials: Instagram: @party.girls.pod YouTube: @partygirlspod TikTok: @party.girls.pod Twitter: @partygirlspod BlueSky: @partygirls.bsky.social Leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify if you feel so inclined: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-girls/id1577239978 https://open.spotify.com/show/71ESqg33NRlEPmDxjbg4rO

Jamie is once again joined by her brother in darkness Leslie Lee III (@leslieleeiii) of Struggle Session (@strugglesession) to discuss Robert Eggers’ horny and polarizing polarizing Nosferatu (2024) in a MEMBERS ONLY episode of their series Vampire Castle. In this sneak preview, Leslie and Jamie discuss the hoe-less Count Orlok (at least compared to Gary Oldman) and what's lacking from this version of Dracula. Minor spoiler alert! Much, much more in the full episode: Is the 2024 film original enough to justify making yet another movie based on Bram Stoker’s 1897 gothic novel? How does it stack up to Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 masterpiece? And when will men learn that having a goth girlfriend is a big responsibility? Check out Struggle Session: https://www.patreon.com/strugglesession *** SIGN UP NOW at https://patreon.com/partygirls to get all of our bonus content, Discord access, and a shout out on the pod! Join our YouTube channel as a member to get access to bonus videos (the same one's you'd find on Patreon!): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0T-lzkTsMt1tBSvp958UGQ/join Follow us on ALL the Socials: Instagram: @party.girls.pod YouTube: @partygirlspod TikTok: @party.girls.pod Twitter: @partygirlspod BlueSky: @partygirls.bsky.social Leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify if you feel so inclined: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-girls/id1577239978 https://open.spotify.com/show/71ESqg33NRlEPmDxjbg4rO Executive Producer: Andrew Callaway Producers: Charlotte Albrecht, Jon B., Ryan M.

In our most EDGY and CONTROVERSIAL episode of ALL TIME, Jamie and Sam catch up on the many happenings since their last news episode. Is Party Girls too edgy for polite society? We think Not! Society would do itself well to toughen up a bit, and dive deeper into the into the reality of life and suffering trenches of America today. But are libs ready to abandon respectability politics? The team traces the contours of the burgeoning Anti-Tesla/Anti-Musk movement, which has seen everything from arson to one-man protests as activists target Elon’s ‘Cash Cow.’ Later they explore precisely what role puppygirls have in bringing down US empire. And finally, updates from Luigi Mangione's trial. *** SIGN UP NOW at https://patreon.com/partygirls to get all of our bonus content, Discord access, and a shout out on the pod! Join our YouTube channel as a member to get access to bonus videos (the same one's you'd find on Patreon!): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0T-lzkTsMt1tBSvp958UGQ/join Follow us on ALL the Socials: Instagram: @party.girls.pod YouTube: @partygirlspod TikTok: @party.girls.pod Twitter: @partygirlspod BlueSky: @partygirls.bsky.social Leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify if you feel so inclined: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-girls/id1577239978 https://open.spotify.com/show/71ESqg33NRlEPmDxjbg4rO

Sci-fi Legend Kim Stanley Robinson joins Jamie Peck and Sam Beard to discuss the end of capitalism, why being a leftist gives him hope, what he thinks of Bill Gates and Obama’s takes on Ministry For the Future, and communism. Much is gathered and realized through the readings and this conversation. For example, did reading Ministry for the Future turn Sam into a Statist? Is KSR working on a new book? Can we defeat the death cult fury of the billionaire class? What is the role of utopian fiction in revolution? How did Fredric Jameson’s feedback affect Ministry For the Future?? Get Kim Stanley Robinson’s takes on Luigi Mangione, Bitcoin, sabotaging fossil fuel infrastructure, what we would add to Ministry For the Future today, and all the plane crashes everywhere.... BEHIND THE PAYWALL: https://patreon.com/partygirls *** SIGN UP NOW at https://patreon.com/partygirls to get all of our bonus content, Discord access, and a shout out on the pod! Join our YouTube channel as a member to get access to bonus videos (the same one's you'd find on Patreon!): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0T-lzkTsMt1tBSvp958UGQ/join Follow us on ALL the Socials: Instagram: @party.girls.pod YouTube: @partygirlspod TikTok: @party.girls.pod Twitter: @partygirlspod BlueSky: @partygirls.bsky.social Leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify if you feel so inclined: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-girls/id1577239978 https://open.spotify.com/show/71ESqg33NRlEPmDxjbg4rO