Communist podcast exploring political economy, history and the class struggle with AP Andy, Sean KB and guests. Become a patron to enjoy bonus content, access to our Discord community and more at: www.patreon.com/theantifada twitter: @the\_antifada @baseprole @as\_a\_worker email: antifadamindset at gmail streaming: twitch.tv/theantifada
Jarrod and Zhana return to talk about their new book "Skyscraper Jails: The Abolitionist Fight Against Jail Expansion in New York City"! We look at how the liberal apparatus used identity politics and divert the abolitionist movement to expand incarceration, and check in how the De Blasio-era plan to closer rikers and replace it with four "community" "justice hubs" has fared under the anti-Woke era of the Adams administration. Lastly, we talk about the the recent "Wildcat" CO strike in state prisons as a broader effort to roll back the reforms of the BLM and other anticarceral struggles, as a preview of the dark plans for expanded incarceration of the Trump 2.0 In part 2 of the episode we talk about the counter-revolutoinary history of Tren de Aragua and the Enemy Aliens Act of 1798. to hear it, support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada BUY the book from Haymarket: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2454-skyscraper-jails Adams on new Manhattan jail developments: https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2025/01/18/rikers-manhattan-jail-contract More info on MH jail redesign: https://newyorkyimby.com/2025/01/new-preliminary-renderings-revealed-for-manhattan-detention-center-at-124-125-white-street-in-chinatown-manhattan.html Jarrod on upstate prison strike: https://truthout.org/articles/nys-prison-guard-strike-has-roots-in-decades-of-racialized-deindustrialization/ Aziz Rana on Consitutional Crisis: https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/constitutional-collapse Our early episode with Nadja Guyot from No New Jails: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ep-69-abolish-w-30401262 Song: Cock Sparrer - Out on an Island
Our artificial intelligence miniseries returns with a guest spot by This Machine Kills cohost, Jathan Sadowski, about his brand new second book The Mechanic and the Luddite: a Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism. For the full episode support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada Song: Manuel Göttsching - E2 - E4
Audio from a Twitch stream in which &ers & &y go through the history of the Minneapolis General Strike of 1934 and reflect on what lessons we can take from it as we approach the National Strike on May 1, 2028 If you like what we do support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada Past episode of &&&: https://www.patreon.com/collection/500909 https://libcom.org/article/minneapolis-teamsters-strike-1934-jeremy-brecher https://www.marxists.org/glossary/events/m/i.htm#minneapolis-teamsters-strikes https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/document/usa/mpls01.htm https://cosmonautmag.com/2022/05/setting-the-record-straight-on-the-trotskyist-led-1934-minneapolis-teamsters-strike-the-teamsters-bureaucracy-its-aftermath/ Closing song: Tex Williams - Teamster Power
Sean is joined by old friend, John Garvey, to introduce our new miniseries: Garveyism! In this first episode we discuss some current events--the Ukrainian War as seen from Brighton Beach, horse racing subsidies and working class social life, and the first month of the Trump Administration. The series will continue monthly with bonus episodes featuring John talking about his experience in (and against) the New Left, prospects for class power in the current epoch and lessons learned in organizing in NYC over the last fifty years or so. To access the bonus portion of this episode and much more become a patron at www.patreon.com/theantifada Music: King Tubby - John Garvey Dub Dr. Alimantado - Marcus Garvey School
Sean and Andy chat with a worker organizer at one of the three Alamo Drathouse locations striking against seasonal firings. We cover how Barbenheimer weekend inspired the union effort, frustrating interactions with management, the weird subterranean Wall Street location, some ancient NYC organizing history, service sector organizing, and how a worker-run theater could make the nerdy-niche "experience" far better. All links for union press statements and fundraisers: https://beacons.ai/nycalamounited https://cwa-union.org/news/workers-alamo-drafthouse-fight-back-against-unfair-firings Alamo now functionally BYOB: https://x.com/cleverrgirrl/status/1891656861939650579 Audio: https://www.instagram.com/p/DGGgjriua4s/ Song: Dolly Parton - 9 to 5