Diving into the Wreckage: Specters of Left Melancholia w/ C. Derick Varn

Enjoy this fifth episode of a side project with Varn, Sean, and Regrettable Century, where they "explain right-wing thought to you so you can actually do something with it."In this episode they read chapters 2 and 3 of Dugin's Fourth Political Theory" and ask: "What is it that liberalism does? Who is it's actors? What is the political economy? All that and more as we finish Chapter 2 and begin Chapter 3 of "The Fourth Political Theory."Patrons can hear the full episode on our patreon feed This and all previous episodes are also available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3jOfuAY4QruaeI1PbA6aTHNzYpi4yI_AWork Cited: Dugin, Alexander (2012). The Fourth Political Theory. Translated by Sleboda, Mark; Millerman, Michael. Arktos Media. Prior Video in this Series:

NEWS EPISODE! We talk about the the 4hr Star Wars Youtube video, and strike updates, Russian War Keynesian updates, COVID propaganda updates, and a preview of Sean's new AI show.Spectacular Failure of Star Wars Hotel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0CpOYZZZLabor: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/business/economy/supreme-court-starbucks-nlrb.html?smihttps://www.labornotes.org/2024/06/teamsters-and-amazon-labor-union-announce-affiliation-member-vote-still-aheadhttps://thehill.com/homenews/education/4711847-judge-orders-uc-workers-pause-strike-israel-hamas-war/https://x.com/thehousered/status/1799216761872458085Covid:https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/coronavirus-lab-escape-theory.htmlhttps://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/08/opinion/covid-fauci-hearings-health.htmlGood podcast refuting lab-leak hypothesis, (thanks to Kie from discord for suggestion): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ1FGCPennsBolerium Books: https://www.bolerium.com/Song: John Williams - First Order March [EPIC VERSION]

Daniel returns to tell us about the Chicago encampments, Andy reports back from the New School occupation, and we re-read two Moishe Postone essays on anti-zionism and antisemitism in light of the new movement.For the full episode, all bonus content, and access to ongoing discussion and debate in our Discord community, support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifadaNew School divestment vote:https://www.newschoolfreepress.com/2024/05/20/new-school-trustees-will-hold-a-vote-on-divestment-from-israel/Freddy Perlman's Continuing Appeal of Nationalism essay: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/fredy-perlman-the-continuing-appeal-of-nationalismEndnotes essay mentioned: https://endnotes.org.uk/posts/the-encampments-for-gazahttps://endnotes.org.uk/posts/s-prasad-introduction-to-waiting-for-the-massacrePostone essays:https://www.workersliberty.org/files/100205postone.pdfhttps://determinatenegation.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/moishe-postone-stammheim-and-tel-zataar-1977/Song: Lil Wayne - Pure Columbia

For the full episode and all other bonus content, support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifadaAnarcho-Anon Film Critic Daniel and Andy discuss the politics of Furiosa and the rest of the Mad Max franchise through the theories of Pierre Clastres, Donna Haraway, Maggie Nelson, Bruno Latour, Nick Land, Hillary Clinton, punk, and disaster anarchism. I considered calling this episode "Anya Taylor Armed Joy" but decided against it.

Sean KB welcomes to the show two teachers (Carolyn Hietter and Ian Seda) from the John Jay College Department of Economics (Marxist) to discuss their program and the goings-on at the City University of New York since the beginning of the atrocities in Gaza: the McCarthyite administration's war on free speech, the massive shifts within the bourgeois university over preceding decades which led to it, and how John Jay's Econ department is pushing in another direction.We ask the essential question: What might a working class education by and for the working class might look like? Find out for yourself and apply to the CUNY if you are looking for a radical education.For Discord access and all our bonus content support the Antifada at http://patreon.com/theantifadaAttend the CUNY JJ econ rock show: People’s Garden in Bushwick, June 8th 2pmContact Ian Seda, Graduate Program Director [email protected] about Masters Program: https://johnjayeconomics.org/how-to-apply/Rick Wolff and Ian Seda on heterodox economics at John Jay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyLY-ftZnF0Ludy Thenor and Geert Dhondt on heterodox economics at John Jay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU8dT6jWHHI&t=32sMusic: Phony ppl - John Jay

It's been four years since the demise of Sandersism in the United States. It's been two years since the COVID-19 crisis upended society and Russia invaded Ukraine. Socialist politics is, if anything, even more fractured and impotent than it was last decade.What do we make of the deep melancholy gripping politics today? How have the various political solutions on offer been delegitimated? And why is Sean KB seemingly immune to this melancholy? (Hint: it's the Independent Labor Club.)This is an extended preview of the full three-hour discussion. To access the whole audio file, become a patron at www.patreon.com/theantifada And for a video version of the recording become a supporter of C. Derick Varn's work at www.patreon.com/varnvlog

Sean and Andy are joined by Reid Kane to discuss the tortured legacy of the Socialist Party of America. Why doesn't the United States have a nominally working class party like the UK, where unions formed the institutional base for an independent party? How come state repression was so effective in undermining working class self-organization in the early-20th century? In which ways did the Old Left and the New Left fail to learn the lessons of the SPUSA and why are we still stuck with the Stalin-era Popular Front? Reid gives a powerful account of American socialism past and how we might vindicate the struggles of past generations.This is an extended preview of the full episode. To access this bonus content and much more, become a patron today at www.patreon.com/theantifadaWorks by Reid:YouTube series on American socialismWritings in Sublation Magazine

Sean is joined by friend of the show, Ted Reese, to discuss his brand new book: Abundant Material Wealth for All. How does Henryk Grossman's breakdown theory help us understand the economics and politics of this current moment? In what ways are crisis tendencies affecting the United States and the UK? What type of program should socialists offer as a way out of the crisis? Join us in fleshing out Ted's expansive vision for how we might overcome the current crisis and build a world with abundant material wealth for all as its basis.Order the book: https://grossmanite.medium.com/new-book-abundant-material-wealth-for-all-out-now-7d1ec5e9ac05Free PDFs for all coming out this month!Song: Kendrick - Humble

For the tenth episode of our series about the revolutionary culture of the sixties, Andy talks to China scholar Ralf Ruckus about the Cultural Revolution in China, during which large factions of youth competed to renew and complete the revolutionary vision of Mao. The result was a seizure of power by the PLA and an estimated 2.8 million death between 1966-1976. For more episode of Armed Love, and all other bonus material and Discord access, please become a patreon at http://patreon.com/theantifadaRalf Ruckus recently published The Left in China, an excerpt of which can be read here: http://illwill.com/mapping-the-left-in-chinaHe previously published The Communist Road to Capitalism: How Social Unrest and Containment Have Pushed China's (R)evolution since 1949Other resources mentioned: Darren Byler - Terror Capitalism https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/4/monograph/book/97897Chuang: https://chuangcn.org/about/Gonggchao: https://www.gongchao.org/en/the-left-in-china/China strike-map: https://maps.clb.org.hk/?i18n_language=en_US&map=1&startDate=2023-11&endDate=2024-05&eventId=&keyword=&addressId=&parentAddressId=&address=&parentAddress=&industry=&parentIndustry=&industryName=&pageEmbed=Wu Yiching - Cultural Revolution from the Margins https://files.libcom.org/files/Yiching%20Wu-The%20Cultural%20Revolution%20at%20the%20Margins_%20Chinese%20Socialism%20in%20Crisis-Harvard%20University%20Press%20(2014).pdfTelegram Link for Southwest ILC: https://t.me/+TNXgQOPkV18yOGRhSong: Sailing the Seas Depends On The Helmsman

We report on our visits to pro-Palestine encampments and take listener questionsJoin our Discord community by signing up to our Patreon! http://patreon.com/theantifadaCheck out the ILC BBQ in McCarren park in Williamsburg 3-7 followed by a party/screening at Woodbine: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6Rj8UzuoYs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==First We Take Columbia text: https://illwill.com/columbia https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2979646/pro-palestinian-activists-spread-occupation-guidebook-overrun-schools/Communique From an Absent Future: https://illwill.com/print/communique-from-an-absent-futureAdam Tooze - Columbia University's "crisis" - a political economy sketch map https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-279-columbia-universitysUnrest in the MLBPA: https://theathletic.com/5352704/2024/03/18/mlbpa-unrest-players-bruce-meyer/Big Sean - Control