Coffee with Comrades

On today's episode, historian, professor, and author Michael Reagan joins me to discuss his new book, Intersectional Class Struggle, available now through AK Press! Michael and I chat at length about the necessity of intersectionality, the modern dynamics of class struggle, the fetishization and veneration of the "working class" as it exists in the minds of many on the left today, the history and lineage of the Black feminist tradition and how it informed Michael's work, and a whole bunch more. Michael was a lovely person to chat with and I hope you enjoy listening to this episode just as much as we enjoyed recording it.

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On today's episode, I sat down with Jonathan Bailey, a labor organizer who recently ran for a seat on NYC's City Council, to discuss working at Amazon, labor and unionization efforts at Amazon, and why anticolonialism is such a crucial facet of his analysis.

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I recently caught up with the anarchist street artist, printmaker, and graphic designer NO Bonzo, a Portland-based illustrator who's been working on PM Press's forthcoming Mutual Aid: An Illuminated Factor of Evolution, Pyotr Kropotkin's seminal work on evolution, politics, and economics. The book is absolutely brilliant, you've never seen an edition of Kropotkin's magnum opus like this before. And, yes, Mutual Aid is his best work, not the Bread Book.

Fight me, theory nerds.

Bonzo and I had an absolutely lovely conversation ranging from me gushing over their work to us discussing art as praxis to the themes and inspirations behind their art to me gushing over their work more. There's a lot of me geeking out over how sick their stuff is. If you've frequented any lefty meme pages on Instagram, you've probably seen Bonzo's work floating around before. If you haven't already acquainted yourself with their aesthetic, you should definitely give it a peep before listening to this episode just because it'll provide a bit more context for our discussion.

• Follow Bonzo on Twitter and Instagram and visit their website.
• Purchase prints, patches, and stickers from Bonzo's Etsy Store.
• Pick up a copy of Mutual Aid: An Illuminated Factor of Evolution and/or Off With Their Heads: An Anti-Fascist Coloring Book for All Ages for 20% off using the promo code "COFFEE" at PM Press

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On today's edition of the program, I sat down with my pal John Duffy to discuss the new podcast he's producing, After the Uprising: The Death of Danye Dion Jones. John is a journalist, writer, film-maker, and podcaster, as well as a dear friend and we had a lovely chat over coffee the other morning talking about After the Uprising, a podcast which investigates the tragic death of a young man in Ferguson following the uprising for Black liberation inspired by Mike Brown and one mother's dogged quest to find answers. The podcast is harrowing, moving, and powerful stuff and I cannot possibly recommend it enough.

• Check out After the Uprising wherever you get your podcasts!
• Visit Double Asterisk Media online and follow on Twitter and Instagram.
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Today, we bring you a special collaboration with our Channel Zero Network friends and colleagues, 12 Rules For What!? In this edition of the program, Sam, Alex, and I discuss the current iterations of reactionary politics, unpack the fascist imaginary, discuss ways to cope with the horrors of staring into the abyssal ugliness of far-right politics, and take some time to chat about Alex and Sam's new book, The Post-Internet Far-Right. The three of us had a lovely conversation.

I hope you'll enjoy it as much as we did.

• Check out 12 Rules for What!? wherever you get your podcasts, support their Patreon, and follow them on Twitter!
• Pre-order a copy of The Post-Internet Far-Right from Dog Section Press.
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This week, I am joined by my lovely friend Kathrin, who hosts a YouTube channel that discusses political science and anthropology through a feminist lens. Kathrin and I spent the hour discussing prisons, police, and abolition. We chatted about the cancer of carceral feminism, the need to address patriarchal and masculinist fantasies of power on the left, the urgency of abolition as an anti-statist position that must be prefigured in the here and now, as well as the ways in which abolition is a presence: a thing we must actively build with our own communities.

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We are back, once again, with your weekly dosage of Coffee with Comrades. Joining me this week, once again, for the second half of our special two-part collaboration are Jesse and Matt, co-hosts of the excellent podcast, The Future is a Mixtape. Today, we examine the praxis of anti-anti-utopia, digging into the theory's implications for literature, media, and culture, but also (and, arguably, much more importantly) discussing how anti-anti-utopian fiction galvanizes action and transformation. I had an absolute blast chatting with Jesse and Matt, they are positively delightful. If you haven't already, definitely be sure to check out Ep. 133 of Coffee with Comrades, "Imagining an Alternative: The Theory of Anti-Anti-Utopia," before you listen to this episode. Otherwise, ya might be a bit lost.

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This week, I am pleased to share with you a subject that is very close to my heart (and often on my mind, for that matter.) I recently sat down with Jesse and Matt, co-hosts of the Future is a Mixtape, to discuss the theory and praxis of anti-anti-utopia. Anti-anti-utopia happens to be the subject of my doctoral research and, as such, is something that I have been writing about ad nauseum for the last, oh, I dunno, two and a half years or so? And I've been thinking about it for at least twice as long so, suffice to say, it's something that I'm really passionate about and interested in.

But what, exactly, is anti-anti-utopia, anyway?

Well, in this first episode of our two-part special collaboration with the Future is a Mixtape, Jesse, Matt, and I lay out the theory of anti-anti-utopia by discussing four main vectors: utopia, dystopia, anti-utopia, and anti-anti-utopia. Stay tuned for next week's episode where we'll move on from discussing the theory of anti-anti-utopia and share a dialogue about anti-anti-utopian praxis.

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We are back in action, once again, with another episode of Coffee with Comrades. I recently sat down with my friend and comrade, Cindy Milstein, to talk about her new edited anthology, There is Nothing So Whole as a Broken Heart: Mending the World as Jewish Anarchists. Cindy is one of the most gentle, compassionate, and lovely people we've ever had the pleasure of hosting on this show. Cindy and I discussed the compatability of Judaism and anarchism, the synthesis of identity, antifascism and antisemitism, international solidarity against settler colonialism and state oppression, queer and feminist Judaism(s), and the joys of youth and rebellion.

• Pick up a copy of There is Nothing So Whole as a Broken Heart: Mending the World as Jewish Anarchists!
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• Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.

We are back with your weekly helping of Coffee with Comrades and, boy, do we have a show for you! I sat down with my friend and comrade, author and activist Shane Burley, who's new book, Why We Fight, is available now through AK Press! Shane and I discussed a whole host of topics: fascism and the far-right, anti-fascism and militant resistance, and the ongoing apocalyptic times we're all living through. The conversation was lovely. Shane kicks ass and this collection of essays is absolutely spectacular—I cannot recommend it enough.

• Pick up a copy of Why We Fight!
• Follow Shane on Twitter and support his Patreon!
• Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website.
• Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network.
• Coffee with Comrades is proud to be part of the Rev Left Radio Federation.
• Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the Firestorm Books & Café. Check out our reading recommendations!
• Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art.