This Wreckage

Longtime friend of the show, historian Aaron J. Leonard joins us to talk about his new book Menace of Our Time: The Long War Against American Communism. It's a history of the monitoring, infiltration, and legal suppression of the Communist Party USA that begins with a very familiar-sounding "black scare" against anarchists after a high-profile assassination in 1901. For the full episode, sign up to support the show! And, while supplies last, sign up to the SUPERWRECKERS tier at the discounted, ANNUAL level and we'll send you a free copy of Jarrod Shanahan's new book Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help: A Decade of Rebellion, Reaction, and Morbid Symptoms 📙, with an introduction from Andy!+For the Wrecking Krew tier You can receive Every Fire AND a copy of Andy's I Want to Believe: Posadism, UFOs and Apocalypse Communism 📗👽Article on the book: https://truthout.org/articles/how-a-century-of-anti-communism-cleared-the-way-for-trumps-authoritarianism/ Video: Trump says "we took free speech away": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4VqMY8djOM Indypendent article on Antifa: https://indypendent.org/2025/10/what-is-antifa/Song: billy woods - Source Awards

Andy, Varn, and Alex of Antipolitika Journal read and discuss Gianfranco Sanguinetti's 1979 text "On Terrorism and the State."A follow-up on his "Truthful Report on the Last Chances to Save Capitalism in Italy" hoax from a few years earlier, the text accuses the Italian State of arranging the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro, and being behind all acts of terrorism as a short-sighted strategy of defense. The piece also condemns leftwing arm struggle as reproducing the Spectacle, ultimately proposing its own vision of proletarian insurrection.Subscribe for the full episode and Discord discussion: https://www.patreon.com/c/thiswreckageFall promotion! Subscribe annually for free books. More info: https://www.patreon.com/posts/fall-promotion-138957785In the fun half we judge this thesis in the context of the post 9/11 security state, with a final autobiographical note saying farewell to Sanguinetti, who passed away in Prague as we were planning this episode.Some obituaries can be read here: https://www.gianfrancosanguinetti.com/https://x.com/illwilleditions/status/1975228886741868743https://libcom.org/article/farewell-gianfranco-sanguinetti-1948-2025Sanguinetti texts: On Terrorism and the State: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/gianfranco-sanguinetti-on-terrorism-and-the-state?v=1632580307Truthful Report: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/censor-truthful-report-on-the-last-chances-to-save-capitalism-in-italy?v=1632737089The Orgasm of History: https://francosenia.blogspot.com/2017/10/un-orgasmo-della-storia.htmlCorrespondenses with Debord on SI's dissolution: https://libcom.org/article/notes-serve-history-si-1969-1971-debord-sanguinettiSplit in the International: https://libcom.org/article/veritable-split-international-situationist-internationalSong: Nirvana - Dive

NEWS EP! Government Shutdowns past and present, ICE in Chicago, Trump vs. Big Capital, and Sean's essay on the implications of the international spread of the American petit-bourgeois. We discuss the essay in detail in the fun half! read along: https://seankb.substack.com/p/gadsdens-over-rio Subscribe for the full episode and Discord discussion: https://www.patreon.com/c/thiswreckage Fall promotion! Subscribe annually for free books. More info: https://www.patreon.com/posts/fall-promotion-138957785 Song: Digital Octopus - Don't Tread on Me

We discuss our new podcast name, and Paul Thomas Anderson's new film, One Battle After Another.For the full episode support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageAnd for a FREE copy of Jarrod's book, subscribe or upgrade your subscription to annual Antifada supterstars tier (a 16% discount!)more info: https://www.patreon.com/posts/fall-promotion-138957785

A member of DFW Defendants Support reports from the first court hearing for 17 activists being charged with terrorism after attending a July 4 noise demo in Dallas gone very wrong. While details of the events are limited, it has been centrally cited by the Trump admin to justify their assault on protest and dissent, offering some clues of how similar prosecutions might proceed in the future, and highlighting the necessity of solidarity with those targeted for their political beliefs and associations.Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/c/thiswreckageFundraiser for defdantsDFW Support Comittee IGDes’ support committee IGNLG StatementFinal Straw interview with Moira Meltzer-CohenInfo on the pro-Palestine activist mentioned: https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2025-09-24/tarrant-county-raunaq-alam-perjury GF Uprising support Free Casey GoonanImage from YDSA Texas

Catching up on the news, and announcing the show's rebrand! A must listen for all longtime friends and fans.Bailing out Argentina: https://on.ft.com/4nmFPeiDysphoria Dimes’ take on Trans terror designation: https://www.instagram.com/p/DO6EqTYjqT_/Klip on Dallas shooter's motives: https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-ice-shooters-motiveFor the full show and Discord info support us at https://www.patreon.com/c/thiswreckageAnd for a FREE copy of Jarrod's book, subscribe or upgrade your subscription to annual Antifada supterstars tier (a 16% discount!)more info: https://www.patreon.com/posts/fall-promotion-138957785

Max Shanly calls in from the UK to give his thoughts on the formation of the new party challenging Labor and Reform. Shanly argues that it should be modeled on the American DSA, with an eye towards renewing the Republican tradition in the UK.support us at https://www.patreon.com/c/thiswreckage for the fun half, in which we talk about the social conservative and petit bourgeois elements in the party, why Corbyn's actions have been misguided so far, Max's opinion on what's fundamentally wrong with the US political structure, and our suggestions on what the new party should be called.*Fall promotion*: For a FREE copy of Jarrod Shanahan's new book: Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help: A Decade of Rebellion, Reaction, and Morbid Symptoms, subscribe or upgrade your subscription to annual Antifada supterstars tier (a 16% discount!), and include your mailing address in a DM. more info: https://www.patreon.com/posts/fall-promotion-138957785)Some texts from Shanly:https://medium.com/@maxshanly/towards-a-new-model-left-party-5947dc71b727https://medium.com/@maxshanly/born-for-life-or-marked-for-death-a12d87220e42https://medium.com/@maxshanly/drafting-the-future-adbce6f51aa4Song: Dave Feat. Stormzy - Clash

Audio from our public reading + NYC Anarchist Bookfair afterparty at Book Row! A celebration of the publication of Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help: A Decade of Rebellion, Reaction, and Morbid Symptoms from @PMPress.For the full reading support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada And for a FREE copy of Jarrod's book, subscribe or upgrade your subscription to annual Antifada supterstars tier (a 16% discount!) more info: https://www.patreon.com/posts/fall-promotion-138957785Order of readers:Aristilde KirbyO.K. Fox Samantha Hinds Heatwave MagazineAntipolitika Journal Payton McCarty-SimasJarrod Shanahan Song: Chumbawamba - Give the Anarchist a Cigarette

A conversation with Chicago's Lake Effect Collective about the pro-Palestine University Occupations, the Chicago DNCs of 2024 and 1968, the current struggles against ICE, and their experience forming an organization.Lake Effect's texts: UChicago Occupation: https://lakeeffect.noblogs.org/post/2024/08/01/reflections-on-the-uchicago-popular-university-for-gaza-encampment/DNC: https://lakeeffect.noblogs.org/post/2024/09/07/seattle-is-never-coming-back/ ICE: https://lakeeffect.noblogs.org/files/2025/03/previoustactics_FINALREAD.pdfOn organizing: https://lakeeffect.noblogs.org/post/2025/05/29/bring-the-ruckus-2008-notebook-on-cadre-revolutionary-organization/https://lakeeffect.noblogs.org/post/2025/07/03/getting-organized/Jarrod Shanahan's new book: Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help: A Decade of Rebellion, Reaction, and Morbid SymptomsFor a FREE copy of the book, subscribe or upgrade your subscription to annual Antifada supterstars tier (a 16% discount!), and include your mailing address in a DM(more info on Fall promotion: https://www.patreon.com/posts/fall-promotion-138957785)Song: Fall Out Boy - Lake Effect Kid

BASED Western Marxist Ross Wolfe EVISCERATES Domenico Losurdo for poor scholarship and neo-Stalinist zig-zagging.For the full episode, including paywalled content about the conspiracy theories of Losurdists Gabriel Rockhill and the ACP, and some discussion of their hatred of Nietzsche and "going back to Marx," subscribe at http://patreon.com/theantifadaPart I: https://newintermag.com/against-losurdo/Part II: https://newintermag.com/losurdos-lies/Part III: https://newintermag.com/revisionism-revisited/Song: Drope Soviético - Audi