At long last we embark on the story of the anarchists who laid the groundwork for the Mexican Revolution and for a dumb comedian to exist 100 years later. Gabe Pacheco from Halal Cartels joins us to discuss our collective history.

GABE PACHECO + HALAL CARTELS

@gabe_Pacheco on TWITTER

@gabepac1 on IG

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/halalcartels/

https://linktr.ee/Gabepacheco

SOURCES

Bad Mexicans by Kelly Lytle Hernandez

Dreams of Freedom by Chaz Bufe & Mitchell Vowen Verter on AK Press

Jake's life

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We discuss The Myth of Autism by Tamimi, Gardner & McCabe (IGNORE PROVOCATIVE TITLE or... be PROVOKED BY IT?)

but FIRST

Is GenX living forever inside of you? Ask Grok,

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Jake and Jamie discuss friend of the show Kim Stanley Robinson's 2020 Climate Fiction masterpiece Ministry For The Future and engage in some COMRADELY criticism (we love you, Stan)

JAMIE PECK

@jamie_elizabeth

https://linktr.ee/jamiepeck

PARTY GIRLS

https://www.patreon.com/PartyGirls

https://www.youtube.com/@partygirlspod

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We finally did it we finally let our discord mod do an episode. Strap in and learn about the Portuguese Carnation Revolution of 1974.

ANTONIO CORREIA

@SelfLoathingEgo

https://bsky.app/profile/selfloathingego.bsky.social

GARBAGE STATE

https://bsky.app/profile/garbagestatepod.bsky.social

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Anders talks to author Malcolm Harris about his new book "What's Left? Three Paths Through the Planetary Crisis." But first, Jake tells us about his trip to the Ren Fair and Anders talks about this weekend's massive Zohran rally in NYC.

Malcolm's book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/malcolm-harris/whats-left/9780316577434/

See Anders in Jersey City 5/10: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/socialistcomedyfundraiser

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This week we put on our thinking caps and read some theory with our pals AP Andy from The Antifada and Alex Collyard from comedy.

ANDY GITTLITZ

@baseprole

@The_Antifada

https://linktr.ee/gittlitz

Alex Collyard

@alexcollyard

https://linktr.ee/AlexCollyard

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Drew Grant AKA Video Drew joins Jake to check in on the state of television in the year 2025. They discuss Black Mirror (season 7), Andor, Severance, and for reasons that will become apparent, Frankenstein by Mary Shelly. MILD SPOILERS for Black Mirror s7e1 and Severance s2, and I guess Frankenstein.

VIDEO DREW

@VideoDrew on everything

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We discuss the history of the Food and Drug Administration, snout to tail. Plus, why it is now being used to lower your precious sperm count. Also Jean-Luc Mélenchon!

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&y & &ers smoke a joint and read Walter Benjamin's On the Concept of History

Read along:

https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/benjamin/1940/history.htm

Song: Johnny Thunders - You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory

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Marc William Palen, author of Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World joins us to discuss his book!

MARC PALEN

https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691199320/pax-economica?srsltid=AfmBOore-3IIb5YfVJszYhF4NMa1Witm7u3YS53bVsRlfpmJ8wxRBQv0

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