This Wreckage

A conversation about r/antiwork with @highriselowlife. Where did it come from? Why does it appeal to people? Is it the antidote to culture war? Will it organize a revolutionary general strike?

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Song: Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job and Shove It

Along with Red May and History Against Misery we interview communist collective Chuang about their new book the Social Contagion (sort of). Expanding on the 2020 essay about the origins of the pandemic in China, the anonymous collective living in and outside of China uses on-the-ground interviews, reports and analysis to show the fragile reality between China's authoritarian Marxist facade.

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Closing song - Sandee Chan - Uncanny Valley

Jamie and Sean continue with Jason Myles (@lafinabsolute) and Pascal Robert (@probert06) of the podcast and YouTube show This is Revolution (@TIRShowOakland) to critique the American left, talk shit and analyze the intersection of music and politics.

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Jamie and Sean are joined by Jason Myles (@lafinabsolute) and Pascal Robert (@probert06) of the podcast and YouTube show This is Revolution (@TIRShowOakland) for a wide-ranging discussion of black politics, media, and organizing in the modern age.

Pascal's Newsweek article: https://www.newsweek.com/black-political-elite-serving-corporate-interests-misrepresenting-our-community-opinion-1652384

Jason's Medium article: https://jasonmyles.medium.com/i-was-a-teenage-anarchist-e918b00bb13

What The Negro Wants: https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268019648/what-the-negro-wants/

Check out This Is Revolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qbDUXlCk5s&t=1s

Enjoy this unlocked bonus ep! Happy Thanks-taking, we'll be back next week. -jamie

Meme Militant Meg and Andy read the essay Memes Without End by Adrian Wohlleben, in which he argues that elements of recent uprisings like the Yellow Vests of France, turnstile hopping of Chile, the umbrella-wielding frontliners of Hong Kong were memes that help them spread in a way that traditional social movements cannot.

Can we meme revolution into reality? Or is it impossible to force a meme? We discuss Richard Dawkins, Susan Blackmore, Darwin, and more!

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Music: Giorgio Moroder - Racer