[#335] PICKING UP THE GUN: “Dirty Harry” and the Countercinema of the Pig

[#335] PICKING UP THE GUN: “Dirty Harry” and the Countercinema of the Pig

In the latest installment of SJ’s Video Weltanschauung, Dimitri and Khalid dissect the Silent Majority’s cinematic counterattack on early ‘70s San Francisco Bay Area leftism: “Dirty Harry” and its four sequels. Topics include: “Dirty Harry” as the ur-text of modern American cop dramas/action movies, the Bay Area counterculture from the POV of the pig, Harry’s implied neurodivergence (shades of Cobra), the new Criminal Subject who’s Just That Evil and cannot be bargained with or understood, New Hollywood fashlord John Milius, the PTK’d Vietnam Vet undertones of the first three films, the SLA-inspired villains of “The Enforcer”, the triumph of political amnesia during the Reagan Years, Ronnie quoting Harry’s “Go ahead, make my day!” line in a fight over welfare cuts, the sinister Spectacle-Secrecy dialectic, and much more… For access to full-length premium SJ episodes, upcoming installments of DEMON FORCES, and the Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe at https://patreon.com/subliminaljihad.

[#333] WHITE EMPIRE GONE WILD: Trump’s Threats Against Iran, Cuba, and Beyond

Dimitri and Khalid break down the tense geopolitical moment and the Trump administration’s simultaneous military threats against Iran and Cuba, alongside some related issues: the weaponized centrality of Streamers in the current political climate, federal persecution of the leftist influencers who traveled to Cuba earlier this year, right wing allegations against Maoist centimillionaire philanthropist Neville Roy Singham funding the “radical left” who promote “CCP talking points”, why a military attack on Cuba might end up more like Iran than Venezuela, protests in Bolivia, the possible remilitarization of Germany and Japan leading to the Ukrainification of the EU/NATO countries, and more… For access to full-length premium SJ episodes, upcoming installments of DEMON FORCES, and the Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe at https://patreon.com/subliminaljihad.

[#331] YEAR OF THE PHOENIX, Part 5: Mark of the Outlaw

Dimitri and Khalid discuss Patty "Tania" Hearst's debut SLA action - the expropriation of Hibernia Bank in San Francisco - and how this revolutionary spectacle was perceived by personalities in the Bay Area underground press such as Mae Brussell, Paul Krassner, the Black Panther Organization, the LaRouche movement, John Birchers, and more… For access to full-length premium SJ episodes, upcoming installments of DEMON FORCES, and the Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe at https://patreon.com/subliminaljihad.

*PREVIEW* [#330] YEAR OF THE PHOENIX, Part 4: Anyone's Daughter (Bye Bye Miss American Pie)

Dimitri and Khalid zero in on the most Spectacular twist in the SLA’s revolutionary career: the “conversion” of kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst into Tania, fearless urban guerrilla, class traitor, and bank robber… For access to full-length premium SJ episodes, upcoming installments of DEMON FORCES, and the Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe at https://patreon.com/subliminaljihad.

[#329] THE IMPERIAL WEATHER MACHINE: Climate Weaponization in the Middle East

Dimitri and Khalid discuss the very real technology of cloudseeding, the UAE’s massive around-the-clock rainmaker program and its disastrous (intended?) consequences for Iran, Iraq, and Syria, the HAARP project in Alaska, weather as an imperial weapon, and more… For access to full-length premium SJ episodes, upcoming installments of DEMON FORCES, and the Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe at https://patreon.com/subliminaljihad.