The Antifada

Malek Rasamny [https://www.instagram.com/malekrasamny/] walks us through the moving gears of Middle East geopolitics in the wake of Trump's visit to Riyadh, opening relations to the Syrian regime under Ahmed Al-Saraah (fka Mohammed al-Julani), nuclear talks with Iran, PKK disarmement, the current situation in Lebenon, and much more. Listen to the full episode for FREE by becoming a free member at http://patreon.com/theantifada [http://patreon.com/theantifada]. Or show your support by signing up for a $5/mo, $10/mo or discounted annual Patreon membership Malek is one directors of Native and the Refugee [https://www.instagram.com/thenativeandtherefugee/] a film about the commonalities native american life on reservations and palestinian life on refugee camps "Beyond the Axis of Resistance" panel: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-beyond-of-118617202 [https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-beyond-of-118617202] US/Israel/Arab League ceasefire talks: https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/trump-netanyahu-saudi-arabia-arab-gulf-hamas-qatar-ceasefire [https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/trump-netanyahu-saudi-arabia-arab-gulf-hamas-qatar-ceasefire] https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/witkoff-hamas-trump-deal-edan-alexander-lift-blockade [https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/witkoff-hamas-trump-deal-edan-alexander-lift-blockade] ”Saudi-US investment forum” clip: https://x.com/hxhassan/status/1922390556740550962 [https://x.com/hxhassan/status/1922390556740550962] Trump on Syria sanctions: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/5/16/trumps-decision-to-lift-syria-sanctions-fuels-dreams-of-economic-revival [https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/5/16/trumps-decision-to-lift-syria-sanctions-fuels-dreams-of-economic-revival] PKK disarmament and its regional significance: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/5/14/what-does-the-pkks-disarming-mean-for-its-regional-allies [https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/5/14/what-does-the-pkks-disarming-mean-for-its-regional-allies] Song: Logic - 44 More

Tech and finance writer David Z. Morris [https://x.com/davidzmorris] talks us through the mental illness behind Silicon Valley's fascist immortalists, rationalists, effective altruists, abundists, etc. Support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifdada [http://patreon.com/theantifdada] for the fun half, in which we speculate on Luigi's connection to this world, what's behind the assassination attempts on Trump, and if we should "buy the dip" on the technofuturist dystopia read/subscribe to his substack: https://davidzmorris.substack.com/ [https://davidzmorris.substack.com/] Especially on the Zizians: https://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/deepseek-and-the-ai-murder-cult [https://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/deepseek-and-the-ai-murder-cult] On Tesla: https://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/tesla-enters-its-memetic-death-spiralhttps://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/tesla-enters-its-memetic-death-spiralhttps://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/tesla-is-on-fire [https://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/tesla-enters-its-memetic-death-spiralhttps://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/tesla-is-on-fire] In Luigi Mangione: https://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/luigi-mangione-reformed-techno-rationalist [https://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/luigi-mangione-reformed-techno-rationalist] Excerpt from his upcoming book on Sam Bankman-Fried: https://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/the-ai-timelines-scam-expanded-free [https://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/the-ai-timelines-scam-expanded-free] Song: Madvillain - Accordion

Sean talks with Paris Marx [https://www.disconnect.blog/] about AI for the full episode, support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada [http://patreon.com/theantifada] Song: Barry Manilow - Aye Caramba!

Jasper Bernes [https://brooklynrail.org/contributor/Jasper-Bernes/] chats with us about his new book on the history of revolution from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising and the task of communists today. Buy the book: https://www.versobooks.com/products/977-the-future-of-revolution [https://www.versobooks.com/products/977-the-future-of-revolution] Excerpt: https://illwill.com/inquiry-and-organization [https://illwill.com/inquiry-and-organization] Check out Red May: https://www.redmayseattle.org/ [https://www.redmayseattle.org/] BK Rail debates: https://brooklynrail.org/2025/05/field-notes/on-the-future-and-past-of-revolution/ [https://brooklynrail.org/2025/05/field-notes/on-the-future-and-past-of-revolution/] https://brooklynrail.org/2025/05/field-notes/workers-councils-solution-or-problem/ [https://brooklynrail.org/2025/05/field-notes/workers-councils-solution-or-problem/] https://brooklynrail.org/2025/05/field-notes/jasper-bernes-responds/ [https://brooklynrail.org/2025/05/field-notes/jasper-bernes-responds/] Jasper’s critique of Bevins’ If We Burn: https://brooklynrail.org/2024/06/field-notes/What-Was-To-Be-Done-Protest-and-Revolution-in-the-2010s/ [https://brooklynrail.org/2024/06/field-notes/What-Was-To-Be-Done-Protest-and-Revolution-in-the-2010s/] Song: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Council Skies

Tribute to a recently-departed comrade. "nothing is over, that is the only certainty. the other certainty is that everything ends, even this" -Poem (Sept 26, 2023) [https://proteanmag.com/2024/07/06/poem-sept-26-2023/] Clip from Occupy Oakland: https://x.com/poetryc0mmunity/status/1917001969467838652 [https://x.com/poetryc0mmunity/status/1917001969467838652] Reading from The Totality for Kids [https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520246003/the-totality-for-kids] at Bowery Poetry Club in 2006: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgfMT58xkTg [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgfMT58xkTg] Youtube clip of Joshua talking about his book [https://dukeupress.edu/roadrunner]on the Modern Lovers' song Road Runner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6qc8EqN_XI&t=468s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6qc8EqN_XI&t=468s] Riot. Strike. Riot pdf: https://fighttowin.noblogs.org/files/2020/06/riot-strike-riot-intro.pdf [https://fighttowin.noblogs.org/files/2020/06/riot-strike-riot-intro.pdf] On "Old Town Road": https://communemag.com/the-high-rise-and-the-hollow/ [https://communemag.com/the-high-rise-and-the-hollow/] Cleaning up fascist trash right up to the end: https://x.com/outsidadgitator/status/1916845565725520303 [https://x.com/outsidadgitator/status/1916845565725520303] ideo/1 [https://x.com/bourne_beth2345/status/1910851926176256286/video/1] Episode image from a painting by Dianna Settles: https://www.instagram.com/platonicyouth/ [https://www.instagram.com/platonicyouth/] Full Commie Camp episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ep-57-old-road-w-28280348 [https://www.patreon.com/posts/ep-57-old-road-w-28280348] Check out Jamie’s awesome new podcast Party Girls [https://www.patreon.com/PartyGirls] Songs: Modern Lovers - Road Runner Joshua Clover's sing-a-long cover of Old Town Road by Lil Nas X