The Antifada

Sean is joined by political theorist William Roberts to discuss his excellent 2017 book, Marx's Inferno: The Political Theory of Capital which excavates not just Marx's use of the structure of Dante's Inferno but the radical political theory that undergirds it. What is the relationship between the analysis in Capital and the debates within the workers movement of the time typified by the likes of Proudhon, Saint-Simon and Owens? What is the place of radical republicanism in Marx's theory? How has this tradition in the workers movement been buried by history and what might we do with it today?For the full discussion become a patron today at www.patreon.com/theantifadaSign up or upgrade your membership at the discounted $10/month annual membership and DM your mailing address on Patreon for a free postage paid copy of the PM Press George Floyd Uprising book, with contributions by Andy and many past and future friends of the show!Son: Iggy and the Stooges - Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell

An interview with Eric King, who was recently released after being incarcerated since 2014, five of those in segregation. He was charged with using an incendiary device to commit arson after throwing a molotov cocktail at an empty Federal Building in Kansas City, Missouri during the uprising in Ferguson. Today he is out on probation and talking with us about his history with the anarchist movement, his time inside and release, and how and why to support prisonersTo support the show, sign up on patreon!If you sign up at the at the discounted $10/month annual membership and DM your address on Patreon for a free postage paid copy of the PM Press George Floyd Uprising book, with contributions by Andy and many past and future friends of the show!Eric King's co-authored book about life in prison: http://rattlingthecages.comEric's new gig: bread and roses legalAnarchist Black Cross FederationEric's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/supportericking/Prisoner support calendar: https://www.certaindays.org/https://www.gofundme.com/f/release-funds-for-political-prisoner-eric-kinghttps://theintercept.com/2021/05/28/bop-prison-white-supremacist-anti-fascist/Song: Motorohead - Stay out of Jail

Sean and Andy are joined by Mike Macnair, member of the Provisional Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain, columnist at Weekly Worker and author of Revolutionary Strategy (2008) and many other works.We discuss the legacy of Marxist political movements of the 19th and 20th centuries, the role of the party, the importance of patience and republicanism to the working class struggle and what might be salvaged from the thought of great historical Marxists including... the renegade Kautsky.This is part I of an extended discussion on theory and history. To hear the paywalled fireworks, become a patron at www.patreon.com/theantifada Sign up or upgrade your membership at the discounted $10/month annual membership and DM your mailing address on Patreon for a free postage paid copy of the PM Press George Floyd Uprising book, with contributions by Andy and many past and future friends of the show!Song: Whirlwinds of Danger by Monsieur Jack

NEWS EPISODE! We talk about the crisis of liberalism in the US and worldwide through the context of the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, the formation of BRICs as a challenge to US-based global order, the economic spiral of Germany and China, class war at the border, and betrayal of every millennial's favorite grocery store. For the full episode, sign up on patreon!If you sign up at the at the discounted $10/month annual membership and DM your address on Patreon for a free postage paid copy of the PM Press George Floyd Uprising book, with contributions by Andy and many past and future friends of the show!Show notes: UAW organizing in Alabama, Tennessee: https://alabamareflector.com/2024/02/01/montgomery-hyundai-workers-announce-union-drive-2nd-at-alabama-auto-plant/ https://uaw.org/over-10000-autoworkers-sign-union-cards-across-13-non-union-automakers-in-major-milestone-for-historic-organizing-drive/Trump planning to run as a felon: https://www.axios.com/2024/02/02/trump-conviction-trial-jan-6-courtUS/UK weighing recognition of Palestinian state: https://www.axios.com/2024/01/31/palestine-statehood-biden-israel-gaza-war Dahlia Scheindlin's two-state proposal: https://parallaxviews.podbean.com/e/dscheindlin/ Mutipolarity update: Russia takes up leadership of BRICs https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/01/china/brics-membership-applications-china-russia-intl-hnk/index.html Chinese defaults: -https://www.axios.com/2024/02/03/chart-evergrande-towers-over-list-of-global-bankruptcies -https://www.ft.com/content/88c027d2-bda6-4e52-97f3-127197aef1bd Germany was worst-performing major economy last year: https://www.ft.com/content/792a1a09-701c-4c9d-aa77-0d9575d5bda9 Song: Taylor Swift - Lavender Haze (80's Version Synthwave REMIX)

Sean and Varn return with part three of their series on nationalism and the nation state. This episode is about the only really existing internationalism left: the capitalist infrastructure of globalization. Special emphasis is made of the history of state formation in the Middle East as it pertains to the current conflict. In the second half, the discussion turns to the rise and decay of what is called the "Rules Based International Order". For access to this and all of our years of bonus content become a supporter of the podcast at www.patreon.com/theantifadaSong: Gary Numan - This Wreckage

Sean and Andy finish reading Settlers, Chapters 13 and 14For the full episode, support us on patreon: http://patreon.com/TheAntifada+ Sign up or upgrade your membership at the discounted $10/month annual membership and DM your mailing address on Patreon for a free postage paid copy of the PM Press George Floyd Uprising book, with contributions by Andy and many past and future friends of the show!BLA's Message to the Black Movement: https://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/AmRad/messageblackmovement.pdfClips from Finally Got the News:: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5jMrfoH6qU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq_AS70pgq4Subscribe free to us on Twitch: Http://twitch.tv/theantifadaSong: MC5 - Motor City is Burning

Ex-Militant of the Homosexual Front of Revolutionary Action (FHAR) Lola Mieseroff is our guest on this installment of the Antifada sideproject on the revolutionary culture of the sixties. We talk about growing up in gay South France in the sixties, her experience in May '68 and after, the resonance of Stonewall, what it meant to be a pro-situ and her run-in, with Debord, the revolutionary politics of homosexuality and queerness, her relationship with Guy Hocquenhghem and the rest of the revolutionary left, and her perspectives on the queer revolutionary movements today, right-wing reaction, the potential of revolution in these bleak times, and the phrase "Be Gay, Do Crime"For all back episodes of ARMED LOVE check our Collections Page and support the show at Patreon.com/TheAntifadaBuy FAG HAG from PM Press: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1501Your Place or Mine? A 21st Century Essay on (Same) Sex by Gilles Dauvé: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1270Baedan Journal: https://baedan.noblogs.org/The Screwball Asses by Guy Hocquenghem: https://selforganizedseminar.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/hocqueghem_screwball_asses.pdf Lola's first book, Voyage en outre Gauche: https://books.google.com/books/about/Voyage_en_outre_gauche.html?id=xRRSDwAAQBAJSong: Chant du FHAR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BGHWw6wsmc

In part two of our discussion on the essay Forest and Factory, we foray into fourierism and the whimsical world of life under global communism. Topics include: the mushroom mafia, nomadic pleasure duels, gender orgies, capitalist fantasy camp, and communist santa!For the full episode, sign up on patreon!If you sign up at the at the discounted $10/month annual membership and DM your address on Patreon for a free postage paid copy of the PM Press George Floyd Uprising book, with contributions by Andy and many past and future friends of the show!

What will production, consumption, supply chains, and climate policy on a global scale look like under communism? Phil Neel and Nick Chavez has published a compelling vision of the future in their Endnotes essay Forest and FactoryAlso check out Nick Chavez's piece Technical Expertise and Communist Production in Brooklyn RailFor part 2 of the episode, sign up on patreon!If you sign up at the at the discounted $10/month annual membership and DM your address on Patreon for a free postage paid copy of the PM Press George Floyd Uprising book, with contributions by Andy and many past and future friends of the show!Song: The Cure - A Forest (Tree Remix)

News episode! We start 2024 by talking about Houthis and global shipping, the Uniparty, the Harvard presidency, and the backlash against Pro-Palestinian protesters as part of the broader backlash against progressive liberalism.*NEW YEARS PROMOTION!* Sign up or upgrade your membership at the discounted $10/month annual membership and DM your address on Patreon for a free postage paid copy of the PM Press George Floyd Uprising book, with contributions by Andy and many past and future friends of the show!Or sign up at any level at http://patreon.com/theantifadaNotes: Crisis on the seas: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/06/business/red-sea-shipping-houthi.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShareE. Minassian on Gaza: https://brooklynrail.org/2023/12/field-notes/Gaza-An-Extreme-Militarization-of-the-Class-WarGlobal reordering on formerly tense borders: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/business/china-russia-trade.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShareSong: Hounds of Hate - Wages of Sin