The Antifada

Sean and Varn catch up on the first 100 days or so of Trump 2.0, the inanities and indignities of history forced to move again in dumb, but possibly productive ways. Most of all this moment calls for humility amidst radical political and economic changes we might only be able to 'sane-wash' in 20 or 30 years, if ever. How have recent events challenged our priors as Marxists or as Millennials or as Americans? Even if the Left is largely powerless to affect global events, do we at least have the courage to situate ourselves and our own subjectivities within the massive changes of the last 10 to 15 years? How might the left wing of capital respond to the current chaos and how might we? To listen to the bonus portion of this episode (where all the deportable offenses might happen) become a patron at www.patreon.com/theantifada [http://www.patreon.com/theantifada] for this and all our great bonus content. To watch this episode on video become a patron of the excellent, independent Varn Vlog at www.patreon.com/varnvlog [http://patreon.com/varnvlog]

For the full episode support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada [http://patreon.com/theantifada] &y & &ers smoke a joint and read Walter Benjamin's On the Concept of History Read along: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/benjamin/1940/history.htm [https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/benjamin/1940/history.htm] Song: Johnny Thunders - You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory

Alex Bazeley and Bobby Wagner of the labor-focused baseball podcast Tipping Pitches [https://tippingpitch.es/] join Andy to chat about the 2025 season, the upcoming 2026 showdown by the players' union and owner on the salary cap, the gap between "rich" and "poor" teams, why we might miss the Yankee Empire one day, and why leftists stay interested in America's Pastime as America itself collapses. For the full episode, support the show or sign up for a FREE membership on our Patreon:: http://patreon.com/theantifada [http://patreon.com/theantifada] Support Tipping Pitches on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tippingpitches [https://www.patreon.com/tippingpitches] Song: Simpsons - Talkin' Softball

Sean and Andy discuss JDPon Don's Great Reset, the #HandsOff protests, the Mar-A-Lago accords, and the death of the American Dream In the fun half, available for patrons, [http://patreon.com/theantifada]we chat about Bong Joon Ho's Mickey 17 and it's sauce-obsessed Musk-Trump hybrid villain Support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifada [http://patreon.com/theantifada]! Ken Klip on Hands Off protest: https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/i-went-to-the-anti-trump-protest [https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/i-went-to-the-anti-trump-protest] Speculation on Mar-A-Lago Accords: https://www.nordea.com/en/news/mar-a-lago-accord-explained-a-new-era-for-the-dollar [https://www.nordea.com/en/news/mar-a-lago-accord-explained-a-new-era-for-the-dollar] Krugman and Klein: https://youtu.be/DhabG-dyQu0?si=UWMvD4m_JmqwWyPC [https://youtu.be/DhabG-dyQu0?si=UWMvD4m_JmqwWyPC] Washington Post on Miran's tariff pans: https://archive.is/UYkXb [https://archive.is/UYkXb] https://www.hudsonbaycapital.com/documents/FG/hudsonbay/research/638199_A_Users_Guide_to_Restructuring_the_Global_Trading_System.pdf [https://www.hudsonbaycapital.com/documents/FG/hudsonbay/research/638199_A_Users_Guide_to_Restructuring_the_Global_Trading_System.pdf] Fun half: https://jacobin.com/2025/03/bong-mickey-17-film-review [https://jacobin.com/2025/03/bong-mickey-17-film-review] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/opinion/elon-musk-doge-technocracy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=189C7F22-A755-4591-95F4-C8714166236D [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/opinion/elon-musk-doge-technocracy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=189C7F22-A755-4591-95F4-C8714166236D] https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-your-enemy-becoming-elon-musk-part-one/ [https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-your-enemy-becoming-elon-musk-part-one/] Song: Kiska - Liberation Day

This is a recording of the ILC's fourth public assembly at Woodbine Space in Queens on March 29th, 2025 featuring Cyrus Cappo of John Jay College CUNY, Daniel Jacobs of Sublation/Platypus Affiliated and Ryan Castello of the Maoist Communists Union. For more info on the Independent Labor Club of North America-including upcoming events, how to join, how to start a chapter, etc-visit the website at https://ilclabor.com/ [https://ilclabor.com/] Song: Dodos - Trades and Tariffs