In this episode Erin deconstructs and analyzes two important armed uprisings in American history -The victory at the Battle of Athens and the defeat at the Battle of Blair Mountain- and lays out the critical reasons behind the wildly divergent outcomes.

Topics Discussed: Carl Schmitt and the State of Exception: https://solutioperfecta.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/gulli-the-sovereign-exception-8x10.pdf Russell Conjugation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotive_conjugation Celebration Parallax: https://americanmind.org/salvo/from-death-threats-to-lies/ Antifa Industry at work: https://amgreatness.com/2020/10/20/the-antifa-industry-at-work/ TIME magazine piece: https://time.com/5936036/secret-2020-election-campaign/

Personal Security in the digitized Cancel Culture age is more important than ever, but for many people the topic is so complex they’re not sure where to begin. Tune in as Erin and guests Dennis and Savannah break it down and provide action items and tips to protect yourself and those you love.

Tune in as I deconstruct the right’s underpants gnomes theory of political power with recurring guest Techbro Tito.

Operant Conditioning, decentralization, expanding battlespace, and swarm attacks. Rand paper on swarming: https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/documented_briefings/2005/RAND_DB311.pdf Explanation of what is happening with Gamestop: https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/ip6jnv/the_real_greatest_short_burn_of_the_century/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Labor Organizer Cesar Chavez was notorious for using vigilante squads to hunt down illegal immigrants attempting to cross the border for work (and thus suppressing wages) so why did Joe Biden add his bust to the Oval Office? What happened to the restrictionist pro-labor left, and why was the 2015 Ezra Klein interview of Bernie Sanders the last time we really heard that sort of rhetoric at the national level? Tune in as Erin digs into leftist history to find out where this ideology came from, where it went, and what that suggests we can do going forward during this period of political realignment.

Most of us witnessed last summer’s unrest on our TV screens, but Mike Treat was there in-person when it started. As a POST-certified former corrections officer and lead instructor at Condition Orange Preparedness Mike is better positioned to analyze and comment on what happened than most, so tune in as Erin and Mike discuss his experiences during those fateful few days and find relevant lessons for concerned citizens in this age of disruption.

As domestic tensions rise and alarming political rhetoric increases around using counter insurgency tactics at home, more people find themselves worrying about peaceful solutions to our seemingly intractable problems. In this episode Erin critiques some of the more dangerous talking points, and attempts to offer some alternatives.

Tune in as Erin nerds out with Techbro Tito in a winding conversation about the future of the internet, American decline, China’s latest moves, the Capitol Uprising, and much more.

In this inaugural episode for a shorter, more casual Podcast series that will run alongside the more formal Contextual Insurgent seasons, Erin riffs on current events and topics including (but not limited to) Is martial law or secession realistic? Are there better options? If so, what are they?