This Wreckage

Two years ago, prison abolitionists succeeded in convincing the government of the city of New York to agree to close the torturous jail on Rikers Island. The solution? A kinder, friendlier, "neighborhood" jail in each borough! With a decisive city council vote coming up, prison abolitionist Nadja Guyot from No New Jails joins us to talk about the fight against these absurd "Justice Hubs," decarceration, and practical abolitionism.

https://www.nonewjails.nyc/

https://twitter.com/nadjaguyot

https://twitter.com/nonewjails_nyc

Notes:

Rebranding Mass Incarceration: The Lippman Commission and Carceral Devolution in New York City Zhandarka Kurti & Jarrod Shanahan: https://search.proquest.com/openview/7f95de7b70ab31d0f92c51bc61ade9df/1.pdf?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=48122

A Jail to End all Jails: https://urbanomnibus.net/2017/12/jail-end-jails/

Justice Hubs: https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/07/designing-the-opposite-of-rikers/533361/

Kalief Browder: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/nyregion/kalief-browder-settlement-lawsuit.html

Closing song: Lil Wayne - Light Up (Rikers version)

Andy goes on Corey Pein's News From Nowhere podcast to discuss the new To The Stars Academy video, the Navy's admission that the videos of Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon are real, and what Tom DeLonge and Robert Bigelow might be after (money). Afterwards he answers Corey's questions about Posadism. Listen to the end of the episode for an essay about the Blink 182 song "Aliens Exist."

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Novara Media's Aaron Bastani calls in to talk Brexit before we dive into Fully Automated Luxury Communism, the meme he created way back in the mid '10s, now a book available from Verso. What is luxury? Are we coming closer to FALC with each bite of the Impossible Whopper? Should it more appropriately be called FALKensyianism? Will the Green New Deal lead to FALC or continued late capitalist Dystopia? Bastani answers all these burning questions and more.

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Aaron's Green New Deal piece:

https://novaramedia.com/2017/11/19/fully-automated-green-communism/

Some of the critiques of FALC referenced are mentioned in this piece:

https://libcom.org/blog/poverty-luxury-communism-05042018

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Closing song: Jamiroquai - Automaton

The United Auto Workers union is striking General Motors in the largest work stoppage since the same union struck in 2007. Andy and Sean jump on mic with an emergency pod to discuss the context of this job action, how the left might relate to the recent upsurge in labor militancy, and what labor history tells us about how to organize and win!

Show notes:

UAW workers on strike: https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/general-motors/2019/09/16/strike-uaw-workers/2338281001/

UAW Corruption cases complicate bargaining: https://www.labornotes.org/2019/09/corruption-cases-auto-workers-complicate-bargaining

GM Workers have one chance: Vote No https://labornotes.org/2019/09/gm-strikers-have-one-chance-vote-no

Detroit DSA call to action: https://twitter.com/detroitdsa/status/1173379608063946757

Teamsters refusing to transport GM vehicles: https://www.foxbusiness.com/industrials/teamsters-refusing-transport-gm-vehicles-solidarity-with-uaw

https://www.viewpointmag.com/2019/05/16/plan-mood-battlefield-reflections-on-the-green-new-deal/

Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theantifadaShow notes:

UAW workers on strike: https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/general-motors/2019/09/16/strike-uaw-workers/2338281001/

UAW Corruption cases complicate bargaining: https://www.labornotes.org/2019/09/corruption-cases-auto-workers-complicate-bargaining

GM Workers have one chance: Vote No https://labornotes.org/2019/09/gm-strikers-have-one-chance-vote-no

Detroit DSA call to action: https://twitter.com/detroitdsa/status/1173379608063946757

Teamsters refusing to transport GM vehicles: https://www.foxbusiness.com/industrials/teamsters-refusing-transport-gm-vehicles-solidarity-with-uaw

https://www.viewpointmag.com/2019/05/16/plan-mood-battlefield-reflections-on-the-green-new-deal/

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