Diving into the Wreckage: Energy Crisis

On October 17th at Woodbine in Manhattan Sean KB of the Independent Labor Club of New York City hosted the following public assembly. Guests were Gregory Butler of Gangbox News and IUOE, Leroy of IBEW Caucus of Rank and File Electrical Workers, Tom of TWU 100 and Transit Workers for a Fighting Union, and Joe M of Local Union 20 (Staten Island) and Carpenters Rank and File Together.Join the Independent Labor Club, we have chapters in NYC, NJ, Chicago, Philadelphia, Puget Sound and Columbia River and are looking to start more with your help: https://ilclabor.com/

Sean and Varn continue to discuss the current energy crisis, broadening out from current events to talk about the context and ramifications: US blob's energy war against BRICS, European industrial collapse and bankruptcy of the Atlanticist center, bond market chaos and more.This is an extended preview of a much longer episode. To access the full episode and tons of other bonus content become a patron at www.patreon.com/thiswreckage

Joshua Frank, an investigative journalist and editor at Counterpunch, talks to us about his new book Bad Energy: The AI Hucksters, Rogue Lithium Extractors, and Wind Industrialists Who Are Selling Off Our Future! Support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckage for the FUN HALF! in which we give our takes on the climate satire that's driving X dead-enders insane: DIGGER! More from Joshua Frank at Counterpunch Jasper Bernes piece mentioned: https://communemag.com/between-the-devil-and-the-green-new-deal/Thea Riofrancos piece mentioned: https://viewpointmag.com/2019/05/16/plan-mood-battlefield-reflections-on-the-green-new-deal/Song: Juice WRLD - Bad Energy

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Our French correspondent, Henry JK Wallis calls in to talk about the student riots throughout France. For the full episdoe, support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckage

The "RED ENGINEER" Nick Chavez returns to the Wreckage to discuss his Heatwave Magazine contribution, The Black Box of Production. The essay explains how technical expertise is divided within the capitalist production process, and how it must be redistributed and transformed during revolution for the construction of communism. Support our show at http://patreon.com/c/thiswreckageRead the essay at Heatwavemag.info: https://heatwavemag.info/magazine/issue03/black-box-of-production/Subscribe to Heatwave! https://www.patreon.com/HeatwaveMagCheck out FOREST AND FACTORY: https://www.endnotes.org.uk/palabre/forest-and-factory and our episode on it: https://www.patreon.com/thiswreckage/posts/e236-forest-and-96073396Song: The Beths - Expert in a Dying Field

Sean and Varn discuss the ongoing crisis in the Persian Gulf, bond market chaos and much more. This is an extended preview of a much longer episode. To access the full episode and tons of other bonus content become a patron at www.patreon.com/thiswreckage

for full episode SUPPORT THE SHOW AT HTTP://PATREON.COM/THISWRECKAGEAn epic and impressively realistic depiction of the 1381 British Peasant's Revolt, or an anachronistic origin story of Robin as anti-Trump cautionary tale? British history enthusiasts Ross and Susannah watch THE UPRISING with us to help us decide! for full episode SUPPORT THE SHOW AT HTTP://PATREON.COM/THISWRECKAGE Rodney Hilton - Bond Men Made Free https://archive.org/details/bondmenmadefreem0000hiltJacobin review: https://jacobin.com/2026/09/film-uprising-peasants-revolt-liberalismGreengrass & Garfield interview: https://deadline.com/2026/09/the-uprising-paul-greengrass-andrew-garfield-interview-1237068407/SUPPORT THE SHOW AT HTTP://PATREON.COM/THISWRECKAGE

NEWS EP! AI apocalypse and regulation scenarios. Global shipping disrupted big time. Xi winning. Flights are grounded; nature is healing. AFD surge in Germany. All hail the Great and Powerful Theil! SUPPORT THE SHOW AT HTTP://PATREON.COM/THISWRECKAGEShow notes:Riley on AI vs market capitalism: https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/blind-guessesChina's AI Great leap forward: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/business/china-ai-economy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-shareGlobal shipping in crisis: https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/5761d9f3-1150-4323-ab8e-41c9a56e3099AI doomsday scenarios: https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/17/tech/how-will-ai-exterminate-humanity-cecEuropean Jet Fuel shortage: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/europe-faces-q4-jet-fuel-supply-deficit-even-south-korea-becomes-latest-big-2026-09-21/Karp audio: https://youtu.be/2YVCdwvG548?si=PJJLcaHdDeeb6SUs&t=447Xi rolls Trump on trade: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/xi-rolls-into-trump-summit-with-chinas-trade-engine-roaring-2026-09-21/ Ukraine / Russia war analysis: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/ukraine-battlefield/German elections: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/world/europe/germany-merz-pressure-afd.html?smid=nytcore-ios-shareSong: Johnny Cash - Legend of John Henry SUPPORT THE SHOW AT HTTP://PATREON.COM/THISWRECKAGE

In this bonus episode Andy and Sean are joined by roving media correspondent, Rax King, to get into some of the 80s/90s urtexts that created 21st century American culture: spoken word and standup comedy by Generation X luminaries Jello Biafra, Henry Rollins and Denis Leary. What do these cultural artifacts from a bygone era tell us about how all the highlights of organized American political life in this millennium - from Bush to Obama to Trump - came into being? Which aspects of what they critiqued are still discernable and which would be incomprehensible to a post-GFC, post-literate society? This is the first episode of a new mini-series exploring the dark recesses of the Gen X mind.To listen to the entire episode and all of our great bonus content, become a patron at www.patreon.com/thiswreckage to support our work.