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 capita...
2021-07-21 10:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Sean speaks with Tony Norfield (@StubbornFacts) who worked for decades in international banking and has seen first hand the way capital exploits the world, about the intersection of finance and empire. His book, 2016's The City, is more than just ...
2021-07-21 10:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings, Antifada fans. In ep 148 we introduced you to Jamie's new show with Aaron Thorpe, Everybody Loves Communism, a leftist theory podcast where they do the reading so you don't have to. Now that show has a feed of its own which you can subs...
2021-07-19 19:43:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Aaron gives us a preview of his next book on folk music, revolutionary politics, and state repression in the '60s. We discuss Dylan going electric, his relationship with the old and ...
2021-07-14 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Historian of the radical left and state repression Aaron J. Leonard discusses his book 2021-07-14 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
In this belated celebration of gay liberation Andy talks to writer and cartoonist for the New Yorker, Baffler, The Toast, the Nib, etc, and a real life gay communist, John Leavit...
2021-07-09 10:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie (@jamie_elizabeth) and Leslie (@leslieleeiii) discuss two scary, sexy — and above all, seventies — lesbian vampire movies with the help of Tanya Turner (@auntiebernice) of the Trillbilly Workers Party: Vampyres (1974) and The Vampire Lov...
2021-07-08 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie and Aaron (@punishedtrapgod) finish out their discussion of Marx and Engels' "The Communist Manifesto."
Was this multi-part episode too long? TOO SHORT? Do you want us to keep doing these? Sound off in the comments!
2021-07-06 21:05:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie and Aaron (@punishedtrapgod) continue their discussion of Marx and Engels' "The Communist Manifesto." Stay tuned for part 3!
2021-07-02 17:50:01 +0000 UTC View Post
In the first ever episode of their new project "Everybody Loves Communism" — which just happens to be a crossover episode with The Antifada — Jamie Peck and Aaron Thorpe (Trillbilly Workers Party, A Time Of Monsters) delve into Marx and Engels...
2021-06-30 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Sean and Andy are joined by writer and cohost of the Low Culture Boil podcast, Rax King, (@raxkingisdead) for a dive into the world of food and food service. Our intrepid crew reports back about a local weird, nerd, comic book restaurant called Ac...
2021-06-23 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Music reviewer Anthony Fantano (@The Needle Drop) comes on our Wednesday Twitch stream to talk about Grimes' AI communist future, Lana Del Rey's BLM track, Morrissey headlin...
2021-06-11 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A discussion with journalist Alex Kane, who covers Israel/Palestine for Jewish Currents, the Intercept, Ha'aretz and others, about the recent conflict and cease-fire, the ...
2021-06-09 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Virgil and the Antifada crew continue their discussion of this dark and lascivious tale, placing it in historical context vis-a-vis the rise of right-wing populism, the Hard Hat Riot of 1970 and a disturbingly similar murder committed after the fi...
2021-06-02 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Our buddy Virgil Texas (@VirgilTexas) calls in to discuss the 1970 exploitation film "Joe," starring Peter Boyle, Dennis Patrick, and — in her first ever movie role!—...
2021-06-02 10:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
On this episode of Vampire Castle, Jamie and Leslie are joined by special guest Dan Boeckner (@DanBoeckner), of the bands Wolf Parade and Operators, to discuss "Salem's Lot," ...
2021-05-28 18:42:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Sean and Andy are honored to sit down with Marxist historian of the Transatlantic World and Anglo-Irish labor history, Peter Linebaugh, to discuss his 2019 book, "Red Round Globe Hot Burning: A Tale at the Crossroads of Commons and Closure, of Lov...
2021-05-26 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie and Sean are joined by C. Derick Varn, host of Varnblog, Pop the Left, and Mortal Science, in a wide-ranging discussion: the role of the Democratic Socialists of America and its orientation towards the Democratic Party, the ongoing slaughter...
2021-05-21 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie and Sean are joined by C. Derick Varn, host of Varnblog, Pop the Left, and Mortal Science, in a wide-ranging discussion: the role of the Democratic Socialists of America and its orientation towards the Democratic Party, the ongoing slaughter...
2021-05-19 22:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
For this episode of our side project on Latin American history and politics, we talk to a Human Rights lawyer from the Colombian movement Congreso del Pueblos about the ...
2021-05-10 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Sean and Jamie are joined by Gabe Winant (@gabrielwinant), historian and author of "2021-05-05 10:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie and Sean are joined by Edward Ongweso Jr. (@bigblackjacobin), staff writer at Motherboard and co-host of This Machine Kills (2021-04-28 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A free-form discussion on the history of hardcore, from its origins in the '77 punk explosion in LA, NY, DC, Boston, and Canada. We talk about our experiences in the scene and the various class backgrounds and political sentiments at play. Discuss...
2021-04-23 10:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Ah, a good old fashion news ep with Sean and Jamie!
First, we've reached pretty pass when the Wall Street Journal is penning diatribes about woke capitalism. Is it true, as they contend, that big business is.. anti-capitalist? What does this...
2021-04-21 15:46:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Andy and Anders have an intimate discussion about the history autism, starting in the coffeehouses of Red Vienna and ending in the imageboards of collapsing modernity. With a history rooted in eugenics, fascism, and neoliberalism, Anders questions...
2021-04-14 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Jamie, Sean and special guest Jake Flores (@feraljokes) of Pod Damn America (@PodDamnAmerica) get tog...
2021-04-07 10:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
HIAW is back with our tenth episode! In this one we wonder: what are the roots of the poverty of rural life in America?
The American Dream always included self-sufficiency and independence and nothing represented this more than the family fa...
2021-04-02 13:55:11 +0000 UTC View Post
HIAW is back with our tenth episode! In this one we wonder: what are the roots of the poverty of rural life in America?
The American Dream always included self-sufficiency and independence and nothing represented this more than the family fa...
2021-03-31 12:42:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Author and journalist Sarah Jaffe (@sarahljaffe) joins Sean and Jamie to discuss her new book, "2021-03-24 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
For those of you who can't stand us for three hours or who can't make the live streams, our new Twitch producer, Paul, has started putting highlight clips together! This is Billy O'Connor (of the Hard Hat Riot episode fame) discussing vaccines, of...
2021-03-22 18:25:06 +0000 UTC View Post