Show Notes
Interviews from this past weekend's Upstate Anarchist Bookfair with Riot Act Books, Solarpunk writer Phoebe Wagner, Flock Off Ithaca, Bolshevik Tendency, and Warzone Distro For an extended version of this episode, sign up for FREE at http://patreon.com/thiswreckage At the end I include a snippet of our Armed Love interview with Ben Morea, who passed away this weekend. Check out the full interview here: Part 1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/65595770?collection=87680 Part 2: https://www.patreon.com/posts/65563424?collection=87680 Critique of "win" narrative in Minneapolis: https://illwill.com/proto-politics-in-purgatory Song: Another Dimension - Twilight Zone (Remix)
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On October 17th at Woodbine in Manhattan Sean KB of the Independent Labor Club of New York City hosted the following public assembly. Guests were Gregory Butler of Gangbox News and IUOE, Leroy of IBEW Caucus of Rank and File Electrical Workers, Tom of TWU 100 and Transit Workers for a Fighting Union, and Joe M of Local Union 20 (Staten Island) and Carpenters Rank and File Together. Join the Independent Labor Club, we have chapters in NYC, NJ, Chicago, Philadelphia, Puget Sound and Columbia River and are looking to start more with your help: https://ilclabor.com/
Sean and Varn continue to discuss the current energy crisis, broadening out from current events to talk about the context and ramifications: US blob's energy war against BRICS, European industrial collapse and bankruptcy of the Atlanticist center, bond market chaos and more. This is an extended preview of a much longer episode. To access the full episode and tons of other bonus content become a patron at www.patreon.com/thiswreckage
Joshua Frank, an investigative journalist and editor at Counterpunch, talks to us about his new book Bad Energy: The AI Hucksters, Rogue Lithium Extractors, and Wind Industrialists Who Are Selling Off Our Future! Support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckage for the FUN HALF! in which we give our takes on the climate satire that's driving X dead-enders insane: DIGGER! More from Joshua Frank at Counterpunch Jasper Bernes piece mentioned: https://communemag.com/between-the-devil-and-the-green-new-deal/ Thea Riofrancos piece mentioned: https://viewpointmag.com/2019/05/16/plan-mood-battlefield-reflections-on-the-green-new-deal/ Song: Juice WRLD - Bad Energy
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Our French correspondent, Henry JK Wallis calls in to talk about the student riots throughout France. For the full episdoe, support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckage