The Antifada

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" and neo-kautskyism, our political trajectories historical moments that inspire us, and what we're reading/watching/listening to lately.Subscribe at http://patreon.com/theantifada for the fun half, Discord access, and all bonus material!Alberto Toscano on Late Fascism: https://www.historicalmaterialism.org/notes-on-late-fascism/DJT state capitalism, our new stupid FDR: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/business/trump-intel-us-steel-nvidia.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShareICE detentions dropping: https://journalistsresource.org/home/ices-recent-detention-data-what-journalists-need-to-understand/https://www.axios.com/2025/08/05/ice-arrests-july-decline-immigrantsDid the alt-right win? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/us/politics/trump-far-right.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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 working class independence look like if we broke free from the politicians and the cartels? Join us for the coming out party of this new and exciting initiative.Contact CREW and get involved: https://rankandfilecrew.org/Music: 7 Seconds - The Crew

&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

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/theantifadaBuy Cured Quail volume 3: https://curedquail.bigcartel.com/How to Smile Without Using You Eyes: https://curedquail.com/How-to-Smile-Without-Using-Your-Eyes Preview of Platforms of Proletarianization: https://curedquail.com/Platforms-of-ProletarianizationBuy Clocked Out Magzine: https://clockedoutmagazine.com/purchase Water Cooler Talk/Icarus Again: https://clockedoutmagazine.com/water-cooler-talk Bottomless Wheatgrass Margaritas (and other apparatuses of deceit): https://clockedoutmagazine.com/bottomless-wheatgrass Interview with Roy Lee: Maybe We'll Want to Be AI's Servant: https://clockedoutmagazine.com/roy-lee Song: Audrey Nuna & Niki - Clocked Out

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 impasse and what might we, as a class, do about it?Become a patron of this podcast for bonus content, reading groups and more: www.patreon.com/theantifadaSubscribe to Heatwave to get print editions of the magazine delivered to your door: https://www.patreon.com/HeatwaveMagOr by individual issues: https://shop.haters.life/products/heatwave-1DFW Support Committee for arrested protesters and their fundraiser with updates: http://givesendgo.com/supportdfwprotestorsSong: Julien Baker - Heatwave

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 support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifadaSophie Lewis essay: https://communemag.com/the-satanic-death-cult-is-real/Thomas Chatterton Williams book: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/22/summer-of-our-discontent-by-thomas-chatterton-williams-reivew-a-muddled-take-on-us-race-politics-and-classShemon & Arturo texts: The Return of John Brown: White Rice Traitors in the 2020 Uprising: https://illwill.com/the-return-of-john-brown-white-race-traitors-in-the-2020-uprising On car caravans: https://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/cars-riots-black-liberation The Revolutionary Meaning of the George Floyd Uprising Book George Floyd Uprising book by Vortex Group Song: Bonnie Gentry - Courtyard

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/theantifadaArticle about Shell consulting gig: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/shell-climate-change.htmlEmmanuel Carrere on the G7: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jul/15/my-trip-g7-summit-emmanuel-macron-emmanuel-carrereTooze's NYT review that calls Harris “ the left-wing alter ego to the liberal journalists Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson": https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/books/review/whats-left-malcolm-harris.htmlSong: The Walters - What's Left

Sarah Schulman, a prominent writer and activist known for her work on AIDS and queer issues, discusses her latest book on solidarity. She critically examines the evolving concept of solidarity within activism, especially in pro-Palestinian movements. Schulman emphasizes the need for empathy and continuous self-reflection. The conversation dives into the historical role of activist groups like ACT UP and the social responsibility of entertainers in advocacy. She also navigates the complexities of reproductive rights and the significance of authentic narratives in feminism.

&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

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, independent Varn Vlog at www.patreon.com/varnvlogSong: Gary Numan - This Wreckage