Clay Links - The Antifa Supersoldier Podcast

Just a few slivers & shavings hydro-blasted off the regular show's carcass to be emulsified before being fed back to you in the final form of compiled slop. Mmmm; delish!

Seb puts on his pompous hoity-toity voice to outline the media's responsibility for the breakdown of public trust, Kev gives a short anecdote about the Medieval Warm Period & subsequent Little Ice Age, they discuss how telecommunications tech has worsened work-related stress, and the lads briefly touch on the 'failure by design' inherent in the manufacture of mod-cons...

Music:

Green Day - Warning

The Indelicates - Europe

Chumbawamba - You Can (Mass Trespass, 1932) & Add Me

Lupe Fiasco - Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)

Zearle - Che's Letter to Fidel

The comrades are back. Season 3.

Billionaire ass-tronauts, South America; Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Soviet Axe Cook Tank Killer, Mutinous Sailor Praxis, German Elections, and more!

Our prolonged absence // Celebrity Billionaire Deathmatch // heaven on earth, hell in space // District 16 // terrible Dublinese // Branson pickled // SNL = bland lib humour // hug an imperialist // table of content // Fujimori family values // special keiko // clothe global downtrodden in first world cast-offs // just say Novonor // oh the broke Odebrecht // fash love 'anti-corruption' // radio silence // Monroe doctrine still holds // Janine scene // the bad Chavez // Bolsonaro literally full of shit // Soviet Seagal // under siege in Leningrad // ax-wielding tank destroyer // royal navy on strike // sailors go Soviet // Trot troops?! No // army more susceptible to revolution than police // not All Soldiers Are Bastards // ACAB include Military Police // moral panics // LEGO fash // cops always want guns // antifa video games // RTS stands for Real Time Smashing...of fascists // defund AND disarm the police // German elections // violent veggies // dada may I // why are fash allowed run?! // die Basis = the Base = al Qaeda // no September surprise // them Soc Dems succ // physically impossible idioms // Euromilitarism // hell in Helmand // next time: EU army!

Music:

Oh, What a Lovely War!

The Avoidable Cataclysm of Barbarossa

https://onlycametoseeeboue.wordpress.com/2021/06/22/the-avoidable-cataclysm-of-barbarossa/

Berlin Wahl-O-Mat!

https://wahl-o-mat.de/berlin2021/app/main_app.html

Who Betrayed Us?

https://www.facebook.com/antifaessen161/photos/pcb.228216702572352/228216032572419

In this latest batch of bowdlerized bits, the boys chat about the failure by design that is U.S. democracy, marvel at the capability of authoritarian China to redirect their economy seemingly on a whim, and assert that if Palestinians didn't know before that America is not their friend, they certainly do now.

Artwork by Mike Alewitz

Music:

SR71 - All American

Linkin Park - Hands Held High

Lowkey - Long Live Palestine

I'm antifa supersoldier Clay Links, and today's pod is the longest pod of my life...

For a change, Seb performs a stilted & inaccurate introduction, including a claim that the boys would talk about Eric Blair aka George Orwell. SPOILER: They didn't. After this inauspicious start, our comrades discuss the electoral developments in Ecuador including an attempted smear against Arauz rumbled by attentive ornithologists. Kev likens this to a bizarre incident involving the feet of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

The lads then move on to the Berkian's take on a timely new political alliance aimed at fighting the far-right in Ireland, before enjoying a similarly unhinged pseudo-psychiatric 'analysis' of German antifa by Ground magazine. Kev exercises admirable restraint in relating the former, whereas Seb chews the scenery as he reads from the latter. The pair decide to take a peek at personal website of the Ground writer, which is an appropriately peculiar place...

Leipzig Polizei's decision to target antifa rather than actual 'fa' is the next bone of contention, after which there is a basic overview of the recent Gamestop stock market incident. Finally, our supersoldiers use episode 24 to talk about a series Kev is expert in...

rolling Starmer gathers no Mossad // to Arauz or not to Arauz // Pachakutik vs Perez // bird-watchers of the world, UNITE! // wikifeet don't fail me now // not so super majority // berks bite off more than they can Chu // Ali Alexander is now Adi Aboubakar // fascism Bingo! // mid-witted or dim-witted? // have your fash cake & smash it too // antifa scapeGOAT // libelling leftists // charged language & dogwhistles // vegans vvitches // empty gays // binary trans // long-winded BS // colourfully gullible // Red-Brown alliances // Free Lina // police brutality // hedge funds all the way down // gamestopping the system // dead peasants revolt // fool's golden age // ticking clock fantasy // fuck the CIA & FBI // smell test PSA

Music:

Watch the World - Boxcar Racer

'#Antifa: Who Are These People? A Psychiatric Profile Analysis of Anti-socials from Germany' by Ismael Ogando

https://ground-magazine.com/02-04-2019-at-0001/

Freiheit Für Lina!

https://intlantifadefence.wordpress.com/2021/02/08/freiheit-fur-lina/

Gamestop and Investor Activism: The Real Story is the Dead-End of Capitalism

http://libcom.org/blog/gamestop-investor-activism-real-story-dead-end-capitalism-01022021

'Whatever It Takes: The politics of the man behind 24' by Jane Mayer

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/02/19/whatever-it-takes

'The Logic of Torture' by Jeff Sparrow

https://www.counterpunch.org/2014/12/13/the-logic-of-torture/

Another assortment of abridged outtakes ahoy!

Seb makes an incredibly weak-sauce justification for electoralism, before Kev reveals how his survivalist obsession stood him in good stead during the Covid-19 lockdown(s). The comrades then discuss the global capitalist systems reliance on useful idiots acting against their own interests, as well as news media populated by workers completely ignorant of the daily struggle experienced by the vast majority of humanity.

Enjoy, and try not to judge the lads too harshly for the dumb stuff they say...

Music:

The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

Rise Against - Collapse (Post-Amerika)

Lupe Fiasco - Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)

The Indelicates - Jerusalem

Greetings comrades!

The leftie lads turn their gaze to Latin America where the Bolivian victory against fascism may have heralded a new dawn in anti-imperialist government across the continent. A brief spell in which the pair wonder who the American Empire will target next ensues, before the fate of Corbyn is compared to that of Harry Perkins in Chris Mullin's prescient novel of 1982.

An Garda Síochána's complicity in the brutal treatment meted out to Palestinians by Israel is examined, the UK's total failure to seize the opportunity provided by the European Project gets a mention, and the question of Russian democracy raises its head once again.

Antifa International round things off with the 4th of their annual reports on far-right violence around the globe, after which the chat dissolves into making fun of a certain crackpot running for Mayor of London... His identity may surprise you!

Hope you enjoy, brothers & sisters...

shout-out amnesia // defeating fascists at the ballot box // looking to Arauz in Ecuador // Lenin by name, neolib by nature // department of newsspeak // seeing traitors in every corner // The Tailored Trousered Philanthropist // Get AMLO! // who will the USA bomb next? // no Trump? no fun // Corbyn the bogeyman // A Very British (pre-emptive) Coup // Irish cops collaborating with apartheid // mealy-mouthed Micháel // brass in EU pocket // Charles de "No" // Denmark my words... // social democrats by any other name // divide & rule // laissez-unfair // eugenics in Germany?! // don't Help The Aged // capitalist Covid priorities // Zionist exclusion of 'wrong Jews' // Navalny vs Putin // the Russian Gemmtrails // factions fighting it out // liberal lip service // the unpopular populist // livejournal-ism // OUR party of crooks & thieves! // co-opting opposition // insight or BS? You decide! // antifa raison d'etre // far-right violence in 2020 // anti-Muslim pogrom // Modi's Hindutva // transphobic discourse // synagogue shootings // NYC a violence epicentre // attacks on refugees in Lesvos // running jump off a Piers // name recognition über Alles // BoJo's 'O' face // can Khan win May Mayoral race? // Starmer hardly Hardie's equal // politico kids disappointing their Leftie parents // razor blades under fash stickers

Music:

Roxanne - The Police

'Why are Ireland's police teaming up with Israel's torture ministry?' by Ciaran Tierney

https://electronicintifada.net/content/why-are-irelands-police-teaming-israels-torture-ministry/32181

2020 Report by the International Violent Hate Crimes Project, courtesy of Antifa International

https://deathtofascism.com/files/2020-THE_YEAR_IN_FASCIST&FAR-RIGHT_EXTREMIST_VIOLENCE.pdf

'Friends and Blasphemers' by Reply All

https://soundcloud.com/replyall/100-friends-and-blasphemers

As Bookchin was born 100 years ago this month, we cut together a few clips of the man himself outlining a little of his political philosophy.

Rest in Power Murray

(14th of January 1921 - 30th of July 2006)

Music:

Wizo - Adagio

Chumbawamba - Buy Nothing Day

Oysterband - The World Turned Upside Down

THEY'RE BACK!

The antifa comrades return for Year II of the pod, having taken stock of 2020's crapulence. Alas, there remain plenty of fash to bash, as Kev outlines some of the more reprehensible responses to an Garda Síochána (Irish police) shooting dead George Nkencho. The boys discuss how news media falls short in confronting far right voices, before Seb compares the Capitol Riots to a similar event in apartheid South Africa back in the 90's.

After discussing the working class solidarity present in the works of Terry Pratchett, the centenary of Murray Bookchin's birth is commemorated with musing over how his work has become exponentially more & more influential with each passing year since his death.

strange greasy days // easy-listening or torture? YOU DECIDE // pod anniversary marked // covid catch-up // POC killed by cops...again // far right exploitation of victim // use of alleged criminality to justify brutal treatment // Black & Irish // 'wellness check' turns lethal // Telegram disinformation // Irish language confuses fascists // police tactical units attract worst people // only so much 1 person can do in rotten system // thin blue line the last to crack in revolutions // extremes historically weak in RoI // a few good apples? // never forget ACAB // My Comrade Vinny // lived experience > memes // teens are idiots (mostly) // INTERMISSION: Cat fight! // We are matter AND we matter // getting foreign language tattoos that don't mean what you think // first season is worst season? // still a need for antifa content // Seb story-time! // No, the USA is *not* Weimar // your historical reference needs more nuance // not white hats, just shite hats // American liberal vs classical liberal // wrong to make fun of far right? // gaslighting a crazy broad // Katzen? Ja. AfD? Nein // hatred of media translates to love of those media belittle // mocking with critique // rip the piss...analytically // stuff you can engage with vs stuff too dumb to deserve reply // devil's in the details...or exceptions // Pratchett's politics // When Murray met Apö // fragmented left // die Linke, Podemos, Syriza // be realistic - demand the impossible! // would Biden veto M4A? // Pompous Pompeo's lies // Cuban medics threaten world with healthcare // U.S. itching for more war // musical chairs in geopolitics

Music:

Down With The Sickness - Richard Cheese

Information on right-wing extremism in Ireland from The Beacon

the-beacon.ie

Keep abreast of latest Covid-19 numbers at Worldometers

www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Learn more about Syrian Democratic Forces straight from their press office

sdf-press.com/en/

Roar magazine's tribute to Murray Bookchin

roarmag.org/essays/murray-bookchin-100-birthday/

Over the course of January 2nd, 3rd & 4th in 1905, this manifesto was written establishing the basis for what would formally become in June the Industrial Workers of the World.

As it is, at the time of recording, the 4th of January 2021, Seb decided to upload a reading of that manifesto to commemorate the 116th anniversary of its publication.

Music:

Intro & Outro - Solidarity Forever sung by the late Utah Phillips

Background - Solidarity Forever played by Monsieur Jack

"Revolutions do not start with rifles; start first and get your rifles after. Our curse is our belief in our weakness. We are not weak, we are strong. Make up your mind to strike before your opportunity goes."

James Connolly

We explore how Seb knows stuff and Kev is a dumb guy. Big exploration of events and occurrences in central & eastern Europe starting in Belarus, then Ukraine, Romania & Czechia, going on holiday behind the iron curtain before looking at the collapsing US infrastructure and the melting permafrost in Russia. Around 30mins we revisit gript.ie, the news without the liberal filter: We examine a bizarre article about the "wall of moms" from a sketchy dude gript published. Then a self-defeating racial animus article which Kev struggles to read because of an entire lack of copyediting. Seb delivers excellent advice when thinking about immigration; imagine a stadium.

Anniversaries! The Tambov Rebellion, the left-wing agrarian rebellion against the Bolsheviks. More story time with Seb; the 75th anniversary of the August Revolution, in which Ho Chi Minh established proper Vietnamese independence...so much better than that fake independence they had before.

Behind the Scenes // warrior monks of mediocrity // joyful coronavirus updates // Kev breaks quarantine // Belarus EXPLAINED // Don't wave EU flags // You can't take the Russ out of Belarus // Ukraine Explained // both sides are equally terrible // personal vs private property, portrait of an expert // Communist Summerhomes of Czechoslovakia // an Uncomfortable Truth // sending donations to grifters in the name of villains // the great paedophrasts! // try to get kids to do anything! // EVERYTHING IS AN OP! // No True Scotsmom! // ol' pals in Youth Defence // the Invasion of Waterford // Local attitudes // imagine a stadium // Tambov Rebellion // critical support for soldiers killing their officers // handicraft rights! // Happy Birthday Viet Nam! // Nguyen who hates the French // Tropico 6 // Mauled by wild dogs //

Music:

Vietnamese National Anthem