177 - Twink Revolution (Gian & Sam)

Gian and Sam host a great podcast called Twink Revolution, which they describe as "cultural and political commentary on current events from a homo-leftist viewpoint".  They joined me from their isolated apartment in San Francisco to explain how they came to Marxism and queerness (via anarchism and libertarianism), the failures of identity politics, what happened to the Sanders campaign (and how sad we should feel about it) and what the COVID-19 pandemic could mean for the Left. It was all very interesting, very funny and very gay.  My show GRANDILOQUENT has been cancelled at the Brisbane and Melbourne Comedy Festivals: all tickets will be refunded in full  The show’s season at the Belvoir Theatre in Sydney in June and at the 2020 Edinburgh Fringe Festival are also not going ahead The live instalment of LIASYO with Andrew Denton at MICF has also been cancelled   Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron I was on the latest episode of The Little Dum Dum Club @twinkrev Sam's twitter is @RevTwinkComrade twinkrev.com Twink Revolution's YouTube page Sam's queer history of socialist nations (starting with the USSR), Gaylag Archipelago The What's Left? episode on Coronavirus and the Sanders campaign The People's Republic of Walmart by Leigh Phillips & Michal Rozworski Cause of the Week: The SF Queer Nightlife Fund (sfqueernightlifefund.org)