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The late Noel Ignatiev's comrades Zhana Kurti (from Hard Crackers) and Dave Ranney and Kingsley Clarke from the Sojourner Truth Organization discuss the release of Acceptable Men, a memoir of Noel's time in the '70s as militant worker in the larger US Steel Mill in Gary Indiana. Buy Acceptable Men from Charles H. Kerr Books or AK Press And follow Kerr Books on Twitter Please SUPPORT THE SHOW at PATREON.COM/THEANTIFADA Show notes: Dave Ranney's Living and Dying on the Factory Floor review: https://www.angryworkers.org/2019/11/26/living-and-dying-on-the-factory-floor-by-dave-ranney/ Hard Crackers Journal: https://hardcrackers.com/ Eulogy of Noel Ignatiev by Jarrod Shanahan: https://communemag.com/noel-ignatiev-1940-2019/ Truth and Revolution: A history of the Sojourner Truth Organization: https://www.akpress.org/truthandrevolution.html Song: Dave Dudley - Steel Worker Blues

Matt and Sean have returned to talk about the disastrous defeat of the United States in Afghanistan: How did this happen and how does it implicate the American Imperial project? Why was the War on Terror? How is Biden's withdrawal linked to broader strategic interests (Cold War with China)? Whither American capitalist hegemony in the 21st century? And how will the citizens of this cursed country reconcile themselves to imperial decline? (Not well.) Become at patron at www.patreon.com/theantifada for access to this premium content, other bonus episodes and access to our Discord server.

Jamie is joined by Geo Maher to discuss his new book, "A World Without Police: How Strong Communities Make Cops Obsolete." They discuss the origins of mass incarceration, the debate around "non-reformist" reforms, and alternative models of community safety. Also, the million dollar question: how do abolitionist politics fit into the over-arching project of building communism? W/ bonus questions on the communes of Venezuela and the Zbellion! Buy the book: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3783-a-world-without-police Andy's essay criticizing the politics of safety: https://illwill.com/gimme-danger Outro: Noname - Song 33 Support the show at patreon.com/theantifada

In this very special bonus, Michael Heinrich addresses his detractors and fleshes out the political implications of his reading of Marx's mature work: Is Michael's reading of Marx as having a monetary theory of value a concession to neoliberalism? What was Marx trying to get at with the Tendency of the Law of the Rate of Profit to Fall? What remains of Marx's crisis theory if we admit he gave up on TRoPF? Is the empirical work of 'Marxist Economics' worth a damn? And, of course, what does all this have to do with the production of communism? Long-time listeners of the show are not going to want to miss this one, it's a banger! Intro: LCD Soundstystem - Dance Yrself Clean SUBSCRIBE NOW AT PATREON.COM/THEANTIFADA TO GET THE FULL VERSION & TONS OF OTHER BONUS CONTENT & OUR AWESOME DISCORD COMMUNITY!

Sean and Jamie are excited to be joined by Michael Heinrich, German scholar and author of a series of books popularizing and clarifying Marx's value theory and contextualizing the life and times of old Karl. We discuss the core of Marx's project, what distinguished him from the economists of his day, and what political orientations might follow from a precise understanding of his critique of political economy. Importantly, Michael has a powerful critique of vulgar Marxism and the orthodoxies of the 19th and 20th centuries. Nerds, you're not going to want to miss this one! Stick around for an excellent bonus episode by becoming a patron at patreon.com/theantifada for this, access to our Discord server and more! Works by Michael Heinrich: "An Introduction to the Three Volumes of Marx's Capital" https://monthlyreview.org/product/an_introduction_to_the_three_volumes_of_karl_marxs_capital/ "Karl Marx and the Birth of Modern Society" https://nyupress.org/9781583677353/karl-marx-and-the-birth-of-modern-society/ "How to Read Marx's Capital" (Out soon) https://nyupress.org/9781583678947/how-to-read-marxs-capital/ "The Science of Value" (Out next year) Intro: Kenny Dorham - Maxology Outro: Atari Teenage Riot - Destroy 2000 Years of Culture

Sean, Jamie and Andy are joined by Anton Jaeger (@antonjagermm), Marxist researcher of populism, to discuss the history, present and future of populism whether in the left or right mold. Several years ago it seemed as though left populism - exemplified by practitioners such as Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders - had a decent shot at upending the Washington Consensus on austerity, markets and foreign policy. With the failure and retreat of these candidates and others, what is left of this project? Why does right populism seem everywhere ascendant? What do these movements say about the economy and the political order? How can we understand the populist mode of politics in relation to the fight to abolish capital? For bonus content, access to our Discord and first dibs at calling in for out streams (twitch.tv/theantifada) become a patron today at Patreon.com/theantifada Works by Anton: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/01/populism-douglas-hofstadter-donald-trump-democracy https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii128/articles/anton-jager-rebel-regions https://www.newstatesman.com/international/2021/02/welfare-without-welfare-state-death-postwar-welfarist-consensus https://jacobinmag.com/2019/11/we-bet-the-house-on-left-populism-and-lost https://catalyst-journal.com/2020/03/making-sense-of-populism https://nonsite.org/back-to-work-review-of-david-graebers-bullshit-jobs/ Intro: Cincinnati's University Singers -The Hand the Holds the Bread https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqiAT6o7Kks Outro: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson - Populism Yea Yea

Julian Feeld sticks around to smoke a hash joint and discuss the work of the New School alumni graphic designer who began the Deep State Map Project, his contact with aliens for Ashtar, the Q-esque manifesto it inspired, and our opinions on the "lab leak" hypothesis For the full episode ppplleeeeaaasssseee support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada Show notes: Dylan Louis Monroe: Deep State Mapping Project Interview: https://boingboing.net/2020/08/04/a-fascinating-interview-with-a.html Nicholas Baker in New York Magazine: Did COVID-19 Escape from a Lab?

We're joined by QAnon Anonymous host Julian Feeld from Paris, giving us an update on all things QAnon, including Ron Watkins' pivot to UFOs, the right and left of the Yellow Vest movement's resistance to Macron's neoliberalism and vaccine passports, if there's any hope in a revolutionary left QAnon movement, and tips on staying sane in the eye of the storm. Check out QAnon Anyonymous on Patreon and Twitch Video of fascists getting wrecked at vaccine passport demo in Toulouse For a bonus episode with Julian, and all other bonus material and access to our discord community, support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada Music: Q: Into the Storm theme by Brent Knopf

Jamie is joined by Marvin Gonzalez (@Sulliedsubjects), a member of DSA's International Committee Secretariat, to discuss his recent trip to Venezuela as part of DSA's delegation to the Congreso Bicentenario de los Pueblos del Mundo, as well as his experience touring las comunas, a Soviet-like organ of dual power. Outro song: Lloviznando Cantos - Arriba a la Izquierda For more, check out the DSA delegation's report back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL2RHFnzpG0 Check out The Partisan, a publication from three of DSA's communist caucuses: partisanmag.com Become a member at patreon.com/theantifada to unlock tons of bonus content and our Discord community!

As promised, here is a continuation of the discussion with Tony Norfield about capitalist imperialism and finance: is China's Belt and Road Initiative an imperialist endeavor? Despite having billionaires and huge corporations, is China even capitalist? What would a new Cold War between America and China look like? Become a patron at www.patreon.com/theantifada for access to this bonus content and more, plus our Discord server and first in line to call in on our twitch.tv/theantifada