Coffee with Comrades

This week, Mel & Pearson sit down with Aaron Ellis from the Center for Participant Education to talk about community skill-sharing and radical pedagogy. But, first, some current events:

• The Russiagate conspiracy turned out to be complete hogwash, surprising no one with at least two brain cells to spark together.
• Protesters in Gaza marked the one year anniversary of the Great March of Return.
• Christian fundamentalists are pouring millions of dollars into far-right groups in Europe.
• The YPJ and YPG celebrate driving ISIS out of Afrin and mourn for the fallen. But the social ecologist feminist project of Rojava has only just begun.

We spend the hour speaking with Aaron about anti-hierarchical classrooms, emancipatory pedagogy, (re)imagining the ways we teach and learn, building radical spaces for sharing tools, tactics, and strategies, and holding space in the academy for everyone in the community to learn.

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• Intro: “I Ain’t Got No Home in this World” by Woody Guthrie
• Interlude: “Physical Education” by Animals as Leaders
• Outro: “Intuition” by Northlane

This week, we sit down with Matt and Dean of The Magnificast for a conversation on Christian dialectics. But, first, some current events:

• Chelsea Manning has been jailed for refusing to testify before a grand jury. Support her legal aid fund.
• Nebraska Floods caused $1.3 billion in damages. Support the Dandelion Network's mutual aid efforts.
• Child migrants are being held at black-sites.
• Disney completed its $71 billion merger with Fox.

Matt, Dean, Mel, and Pearson dig into Christianity, education, the promises and limitations of utopian thinking, breaking free of conservative dogmatism, and how materialist analyses can be synthesized with spiritual faith.

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• Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie
• Interlude: "Anarchy!" by Showbread
• Outro: "Jesus, Jesus" by Noah Gundersen

This week, we sit down with Matt and Dean of The Magnificast for a conversation on Christian dialectics. But, first, some current events:

• Chelsea Manning has been jailed for refusing to testify before a grand jury. Support her legal aid fund.
• Nebraska Floods caused $1.3 billion in damages. Support the Dandelion Network’s mutual aid efforts.
• Child migrants are being held at black-sites.
• Disney completed its $71 billion merger with Fox.

Matt, Dean, Mel, and Pearson dig into Christianity, education, the promises and limitations of utopian thinking, breaking free of conservative dogmatism, and how materialist analyses can be synthesized with spiritual faith.

• Follow The Magnificast on Twitter and support them on Patreon.
• Coffee with Comrades is a member of the Channel Zero Network.
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• Logo design by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.
• Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon.
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• Intro: “I Ain’t Got No Home in this World” by Woody Guthrie
• Interlude: “Anarchy!” by Showbread
• Outro: “Jesus, Jesus” by Noah Gundersen

This week, we return with the second half of our two-part series on insurrection and autonomy. We sit down with Sean from Inhabit and Billy from Les Gilets Jaunes/The Yellow Vests for an awesome conversation. But first, some current events:

• Pearson has been in Omaha for the weekend.
• The Yellow Vests continue to rage.
• Young people all across the world went on strike this weekend for climate justice.
• Eggboi is our official hero.
• Humiliate bourgeois assholes.

In Pt. II of our conversation on Insurrection & Autonomy, we chat about aesthetics, territorialization, crisis, and revolutionary hope. Our comrades invite us to ask the crucial question of our time: how do we want to live?

PS. As per usual, stick around until the very end for some bloopers...

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• Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie
• Interlude: "Rebel ft. Kai Wachi & Macntaj" by Black Tiger Sex Machine
• Outro: "Bosses Hang, Pt. I" by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

This week, we return with the second half of our two-part series on insurrection and autonomy. We sit down with Sean from Inhabit and Billy from Les Gilets Jaunes/The Yellow Vests for an awesome conversation. But first, some current events:

• Pearson has been in Omaha for the weekend.
• The Yellow Vests continue to rage.
• Young people all across the world went on strike this weekend for climate justice.
• Eggboi is our official hero.
• Humiliate bourgeois assholes.

In Pt. II of our conversation on Insurrection & Autonomy, we chat about aesthetics, territorialization, crisis, and revolutionary hope. Our comrades invite us to ask the crucial question of our time: how do we want to live?

PS. As per usual, stick around until the very end for some bloopers...

• Check out Inhabit’s website. Follow Inhabit on Twitter and Instagram.
• If you’re interested in web design & honing your digital skills, check out Deep May.
• Coffee with Comrades is a member of the Channel Zero Network.
• Coffee with Comrades is part of the Rev Left Radio Podcast Federation.
• Logo design by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.
• Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon.
• Follow Coffee with Comrades on Twitter and visit our website.
• Intro: “I Ain’t Got No Home in this World” by Woody Guthrie
• Interlude: “Rebel ft. Kai Wachi & Macntaj” by Black Tiger Sex Machine
• Outro: “Bosses Hang, Pt. I” by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

In this episode of Coffee with Comrades, we're goin' international. In the first edition of this two-part series, we speak with our American comrades at Inhabit and our new friends from France about Les Gilets Jaunes/The Yellow Vest Movement!

We discuss the origins of Les Gilets Jaunes/The Yellow Vest movement, decentralization, Paris vs. the French countryside, blockading roundabouts, popular assemblies, leaderless rebellion, "non-lethal" weapons, galvanizing common people who take to the streets for the very first time, the potency of symbols, and the efficacy of revolutionary violence.

Resources:

• Horizon: https://medium.com/@inhabitglobal/horizon-7bf3cf7b3ae3
• "The Counter-Insurrection is Failing" https://communemag.com/the-counter-insurrection-is-failing/
• A Vest That Fits All: https://communemag.com/a-vest-that-fits-all/
• Yellow Vest Diaries: https://communemag.com/yellow-vest-diaries/
• Macron and French Centrists don't have answers as Yellow Vest protests head into 10th week: https://theintercept.com/2019/01/15/yellow-vest-gilet-jaune-protests-france/
• Ten Lessons from the Yellow Vests: https://itsgoingdown.org/ten-lessons-from-the-yellow-vests/
• The Faces & Voices of the Yellow Vests in France: https://theintercept.com/2018/12/14/voices-of-the-yellow-vests-we-are-just-here-calmly-getting-tear-gassed/
• Yellow Vests: Taking the Disorder Further: https://itsgoingdown.org/yellow-vests-take-the-revolt-further/

Coffee with Comrades is a member of the Channel Zero Network, an anarchist audio federation.

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Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie

Interlude: "Gilet Jaune" by Dinor Rdt

Outro: "Tensions Sociales (Freestyle Gilet Jaune)" by D.ACE

In this episode of Coffee with Comrades, we’re goin’ international. In the first edition of this two-part series, we speak with our American comrades at Inhabit and our new friends from France about Les Gilets Jaunes/The Yellow Vest Movement!

We discuss the origins of Les Gilets Jaunes/The Yellow Vest movement, decentralization, Paris vs. the French countryside, blockading roundabouts, popular assemblies, leaderless rebellion, “non-lethal” weapons, galvanizing common people who take to the streets for the very first time, the potency of symbols, and the efficacy of revolutionary violence.

Resources:

• Horizon: https://medium.com/@inhabitglobal/horizon-7bf3cf7b3ae3
• “The Counter-Insurrection is Failing” https://communemag.com/the-counter-insurrection-is-failing/
• A Vest That Fits All: https://communemag.com/a-vest-that-fits-all/
• Yellow Vest Diaries: https://communemag.com/yellow-vest-diaries/
• Macron and French Centrists don’t have answers as Yellow Vest protests head into 10th week: https://theintercept.com/2019/01/15/yellow-vest-gilet-jaune-protests-france/
• Ten Lessons from the Yellow Vests: https://itsgoingdown.org/ten-lessons-from-the-yellow-vests/
• The Faces & Voices of the Yellow Vests in France: https://theintercept.com/2018/12/14/voices-of-the-yellow-vests-we-are-just-here-calmly-getting-tear-gassed/
• Yellow Vests: Taking the Disorder Further: https://itsgoingdown.org/yellow-vests-take-the-revolt-further/

Coffee with Comrades is a member of the Channel Zero Network, an anarchist audio federation.

Coffee with Comrades is part of the Rev Left Radio Podcast Federation.

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Intro: “I Ain’t Got No Home in this World” by Woody Guthrie

Interlude: “Gilet Jaune” by Dinor Rdt

Outro: “Tensions Sociales (Freestyle Gilet Jaune)” by D.ACE

On this week's episode, we speak with Jon and Grayson from Defectors, a podcast about Star Wars and radical political resistance happening right now in this galaxy. But, first, Mel and Pearson talk current events:

• The Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vest) Movement continues to rage across France.
• Over 4,500 migrant children have reported sexual abuse since 2014.
• Pearson is headed to Nebraska!

Jon and Grayson join us for a detailed look at revolutionary violence, anti-imperialism, narrative, control, war, and so much more.

Check out Defectors' website and follow them on Twitter.

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Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie

Interlude: "Star Wars: Clone Wars Theme" by Kevin Kiner

Outro: "Right Minded" by No Bragging Rights

On this week’s episode, we speak with Jon and Grayson from Defectors, a podcast about Star Wars and radical political resistance happening right now in this galaxy. But, first, Mel and Pearson talk current events:

• The Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vest) Movement continues to rage across France.
• Over 4,500 migrant children have reported sexual abuse since 2014.
• Pearson is headed to Nebraska!

Jon and Grayson join us for a detailed look at revolutionary violence, anti-imperialism, narrative, control, war, and so much more.

Check out Defectors’ website and follow them on Twitter.

Coffee with Comrades is a member of the Channel Zero Network, an anarchist audio federation.

Coffee with Comrades is part of the Rev Left Radio Podcast Federation.

Logo design by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon.

Follow Coffee with Comrades on Twitter and visit our website.

Intro: “I Ain’t Got No Home in this World” by Woody Guthrie

Interlude: “Star Wars: Clone Wars Theme” by Kevin Kiner

Outro: “Right Minded” by No Bragging Rights

In this week's episode of Coffee with Comrades, we are pleased to welcome for the very first time the one and only Mel, our new co-conspirator and co-host for the show. We've got a jam-packed episode for y'all, but before we get there, we're excited to announce we're bringing back the current events section at the top of the episode.

• Diane Feinstein is an asshole.
• A Coast Guard Lieutenant and self-proclaimed white nationalist planned a terrorist attack against the DSA and others.
• 4 more No More Deaths activists had their criminal charges dropped.

Mel and Pearson share a critical reflection on the Midwest Left Assembly, a regional conference that brought together organizers, educators, and revolutionaries from across the midwest for a weekend camping conference. We talk about base-building, regional networking, and how to build authentic solidarity with our comrades. Above all, we wrestle with how to overcome the loneliness and isolation endemic to late-stage capitalism by reclaiming intimacy through revolutionary vulnerability.

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Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie

Interlude: "ID" by Boombox Cartel, Flosstrodamus

Outro: "PREY FOR ME/3" by Fever 333