The Antifada

Happy Mischief Night! Andy is joined by Jon the Lit Crit Guy to discuss Tim Burton's 1988 horror comedy BEETLEJUICE, well known for its titular imp and goth heroine, but far less for its themes of afterlife bureaucracy, rapacious capitalism, rural gentrification, and class conflict. For the full episode and all other bonus material, support the show at https://www.patreon.com/theantifada And to support Jon and his podcast, Horror Vanguard: https://www.patreon.com/TheLitCritGuy https://www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard Read an accompanying essay about Beetlejuice, Rural Gentrification, and insurrection at: https://gittlitz.substack.com/

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Jamie is joined by returning guests Leslie Lee III (@leslieleeiii), of Struggle Session and Vampire Castle, and Hether Fortune, formerly of Wax Idols and currently of Jamie's dreams, to talk about two very different horror movies: Zoom-based thriller (and first great film of the Covid era?) "Host" and 1992 cult classic "Society." Spoiler alert: there are no safe spaces, Zoom is even worse than you thought, and the rich are a race of slimy incest-monsters who just wanna get their shunt on. Happy sp00ky szn (㇏(•̀ᵥᵥ•́)ノ) Outro music: Richard Band - Re-Animator Theme

We read a review of Shrek 2 by the Maoist International Party - Amerika, paying close attention to their theory of "gender aristocracy", and discuss the role of ogre love in anti-imperialist struggle and revolution. For the full episode, and all our bonus material, support the show at Patreon.com/TheAntifada

Jamie, Andy and Sean are joined by political economist and author Pavlos Roufos to catch up Greece in the wake of the recent imprisonment of the leadership of the Golden Dawn fascist group and a return to the 'normalcy' of centrist governance. We also discuss the aftermath of the viscous austerity imposed by the Troika, the nature of Syriza's capitulation, the migration crisis that still roils Greek society and some similarities between American and Greek far-right populism. For a refresher, here is the previous episode we did with Pavlos (one of our favorites!) https://fans.fm/p/50i Follow Pavlos - @PRoufos Buy 'A Happy Future is a Thing of the Past: The Greek Crisis and Other Disasters' from Reaktion Books: https://bit.ly/3dJKLGO Outro - Killah P - Α.ΛΗ.Τ.ΗΣ (Rest in power)

Jamie and Sean continue the discussion of historical and contemporary left communism by addressing listener questions from Discord, Twitter, and elsewhere. For this bonus content, access to the Discord and more become a patron at www.patreon.com/theantifada

First Sean and Jamie do a roundup of the news: Donnie is back and he appears to not be dead but bisexual; Dems get the Supreme Court they deserve and Sen Mike Lee outs himself as a Bordigist? Next Sean does a non-leftcom's guide to left communism: what is this thing? What's its relation to non-left communism? Wait how can communism be not left in the first place?? With help from some history and some help from leftcom friend of the show Noah Lennox he tries to explain. Outro: Le otto ore - Canto di lotta Follow Noah Lennox @commiePandaBear Leftcom listener questions bonus will be out later this week: become a patron at www.patreon.com/theantifada

Part two of collaborative commentary of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Past Tense w/ Swampside Chats! As the Bell Riots kick off, can the DS9 crew protect the revolutionary demands of the sanctuary districts' homeless district from the nihilism of its most lumpen elements? And will @Jack censor news of the police raid from the people? Check out Swampside Chats at: patreon.com/swampsidechats

Our collaborative commentary of S3ep11 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine w/ Swampside Chats! In this two part episode, the crew goes back in time to a San Francisco homeless camp at the time of the a riot against neo-liberalism that spiraled into international revolution. Written in the '90s, the episode presciently predicts the economic crises of the current day, Trump's plan of rounding California's homeless population into camps, and the coming lumpen revolution. Check out Swampside Chats at: patreon.com/swampsidechats

Part two of HIAW 9 continues with Sean and Matt discussion Q in light of the tradition of religion (and religious weirdness) in the USA, alongside the increasing estrangement of the American people from each other and from the American Dream. To listen to this bonus along with the rest of our premium content, become a patron today at www.patreon.com/theantifada

In the latest two part HIAW, Matt and Sean examine the political economy and pre-history of everyone's favorite far-right conspiracy movement. How has alienation and economic crisis combined to create a heady, and perhaps dangerous, mix of religious fervor and crackpot ideology? How does Qanon overlap with conspiracy theories of the past? How is it represent something new and different? The boys do their best to get their heads around it! Part two will be released for patrons later in the week. Stereolab - Refractions in the Blue Pulse Vaporwave - We Didn't Start the Fire