Talkin' Slop w/ Freddy G

An interview with Matthew Wolfe about his new book Fires in the Night: The Earth Liberation Front, the FBI, and a Secret History of Eco-SabotageSupport DFW defendants: https://prairielanddefendants.com/Legal Defense Fund for MN Anti-ICE Organizers: https://chuffed.org/project/186570-minnesota-15-legal-defense-fundChopped Uncle Ted doc The Net: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn9BvNAUvcUSong: Iskra - Ash and Ruin

The authors of The People Are Not One: Socialist Strategy After Left Populism join us to discuss their intervention against the electoral-populist trajectory of the US left, their debate with Geese, and their solutions for reviving a Marxist left. SEE Derick Varn and Tutt on theirFor the full episode, support the show at http://patreon.com/c/thiswreckageBook Tour!Philadelphia — July 20 6:00 PM — RSVP Free Library of PhiladelphiaBaltimore — July 21 7:00 PM — RSVP: Red Emma’sWashington, DC — July 24 6:30 PM — RSVP: People’s BookNew York — July 25 7:00 PM — RSVP: Woodbine with This Wreckage New Jersey - July 26 5:00 PM Jersey Shore Arts CenterGeese debate: https://www.geesemag.com/articles/in-defense-of-left-populism-a-response-to-the-people-are-not-one?t=1 https://danieltutt.substack.com/p/the-people-are-not-enough?r=2m9aw&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=trueMarcuse essay: https://www.marcuse.org/herbert/pubs/70spubs/Marcuse1979Bahro.pdfSong: The Fall - A New Face in Hell

Audio from June 27, 2026 ILC of NYC panel and town hall event for pride month on LGBTQ workers self-organizing, past and present. Watch and subscribe on ILC's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVfkabZCR04&t=4sWith the increase in anti-LGBTQ (and especially anti-trans) sentiment among American legislators, the Independent Labor Club views it as pressing to host a public conversation on issues facing LGBTQ workers. We are inviting historians and organizers in order to discuss the history of autonomous struggles and what lessons can the working class at large learn from their efforts. Featured Panelists: Maggie Schreiner (CUNY Grad Center) Garrison Davis (It Could Happen Here) April M. (Reform and Revolution DSA) Carla González (CUNY Grad Center) Moderated by Matt Brim (College of Staten Island)

NEWS EP! Andy's reportback from Summer of Ludd! Sean on the 42nd Street building collapse and its YIMBY origins! Finally, the war's back on. But did it ever end?For the full episode, support the show at https://www.patreon.com/c/thiswreckageBrooklyn Public Library event Monday: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/am-gittlitz-discusses-central-library-dweck-20260713-0600pm Our visit to the Verso Archive. Use WRECKAGE at checkout for 50% off the books we mention: https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/the-verso-archive-featuring-this-wreckage Summer of Ludd schedule: https://buttondown.com/nycofftech/archive/summer-of-ludd-schedule/Charming 42nd St man: https://x.com/thisismeryan13/status/2074530438035435827Former Pfizer hq collapse: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/business/midtown-development-pfizer-headquarters.html https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/08/nyregion/nyc-midtown-building-collapse CIA-backed drone attacks target Russian energy: https://www.ft.com/content/d0f82c05-c35f-4e0f-b452-f61dc8a7e697?syn-25a6b1a6=1 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/30/world/europe/ukraine-war-us-russia.htmlSong: The Ramones - 53rd and 3rd

A chat with Freddy G, @orangefreddyg on IG, a Leftist/Antizionist Jewish comic and Content Creator for @trackaipacCheck out Freddy and Anders' DSA-benefit comedy show: @paidprotestcomedy Some of his vids:Birthright https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaVtPlwiuC7/Watermelon: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYU7Op2hYC1/Pod Save America: https://www.instagram.com/p/DaNxxXahCbg/Land Auction: https://www.instagram.com/p/DZIviHVtxnv/With Jacob berger: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYSkspoRzUW/Song: Yung Lean - Metallic Intuition

Devin Thomas O’Shea stops by to chat about his new book The Veiled Prophet: Secret Societies, White Supremacy, and the Struggle for St. LouisSupport the show at https://www.patreon.com/c/thiswreckagePeter Thiel's Dialog leak: https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/ Song: Bryan Ferry - In Your Mind

Sean reports back on Labor Note drama!In the fun half, we listen to some of Graham Platner's town hall in an effort to redeem the term ULTRA. Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/c/thiswreckage to hear it!For a Fighting Workers Movement, A Militant Critique of Labor Notes panel: https://youtu.be/lt5X16UQ6bA?is=T_W0N0gkrCqkl9DwNYT piece on how ultra is a slur: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/magazine/ultraprocessed-food-insult.htmlCheck out geese: https://www.geesemag.com/articles/enter-daedalus-2028 https://www.geesemag.com/articles/the-direction-of-determinationPlatner video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjMLrU8mI9AMinnesota 15 legal defense fund: https://chuffed.org/project/186570-minnesota-15-legal-defense-fundSong: New Order - Ultraviolence

Henry Wallis of the FORMS podcast returns to help us read through Books 10-19 of BOOK OF REVELATION! We meet the whore of Babylon, the Beast, and 666 On the next episode, we’ll finish Revelation and move on to Capital Vol III!For the full episode support the show at http://patreon.com/c/thiswreckagesong: Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around

Thanks to friends in International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers: Caucus of Rank and File Electrical Workers, Sean was able to attend the 2026 Labor Notes convention in Chicago, Illinois. A bunch of fellow workers from ILC Chicago were also there so Sean sat down with them at a loud bar in the convention center hotel to discuss their experiences at various panels they went to.Whither the Teamsters for a Democratic Union? Whither the labor movement? Is there a future for the types of left labor reform movements that Labor Notes calls for? Sean, Hope and Jamie Merchant give their assessment of the good, bad and ugly at the conference including those topic which remained unaddressed but hung in the air.To support our work become a patron at www.patreon.com/thiswreckageSong: Neil Young - This Note's For You

The second episode from the Hyatt Regency in Rosemont, Illinois for Labor Notes 2026 convention. This time Sean sits down with fellow workers JoJo and Gav from ILC Chicago to discuss various panels that they had just seen. In a surprise appearance, friend from New York, Joyce of the dissident Teamsters Mobilize stops by to talk about the trouble their group had at the conference due to TM's adversarial stance towards the reigning Teamsters for a Democratic Union leadership. Tune in to next week's new episode where Andy and Sean break down the counterprogramming event that occurred outside LN2026 featuring supporters of TM, Spartacists League and the leftcom group International Communist Party.Become a supporter of our work at www.patreon.com/thiswreckagesong: Neil Young - This Note's For You