Everybody Loves Communism

Earlier this week, Aaron sat down with Jacob and Joss, the hosts of The Socialist Shelf — a podcast about good fiction and changing the world — to discuss three stories from Octavia Butler's short story collection, "Bloodchild" ("Bloodchild," "Amnesty," and "Book of Martha")...

Part 2 of Jorge and Jamie's interview with Zayd Dohrn (@ZaydDohrn), the son of Weather Underground founders Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, and Jamal Joseph, former member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army.

Interested in learning more? Be sure to check out Mother Country Radicals: A Family History of the Weather Underground, a podcast by Crooked Media and hosted by Zayd Dohrn.

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Jorge and Jamie interview Zayd Dohrn (@ZaydDohrn), the son of Weather Underground founders Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, and Jamal Joseph, former member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army. Zayd and Jamal walk us through why young revolutionaries were drawn to the Weather Underground, the Black Panther Party, and the Black Liberation Army. We also discuss the different tactics used by these formations and how the state repressed them...

Crossover ep! Jamie and Jorge talk with Jake, Anders and Alex of Pod Damn America (@poddamnamerica) about the film event of the century so far.

Come to our weird new late night show! THE WOKE MOB w/ JAKE AND JAMIE is happening SEP 2 at TV EYE in RIDGEWOOD :)

Lizzy Oh (@breadpipeline) and Stylianos Karolidis (@stylianos_k) from NYC-DSA (@nycDSA) join Jorge to discuss the historic passing of the Build Public Renewables Act, the first real step towards an equitable climate transition. In the episode, Lizzy and Stylianos walk through the history of the campaign, what it took to win, and how you can reproduce the lessons learned there to any organizing campaign...

In this episode of our series on science fiction and futurism, Aaron and Jorge are joined by Fred Scharmen (@sevensixfive) for a discussion about his book Space Forces: A Critical History of Life in Outer Space. Fred teaches Architecture and Urban Design at Morgan State University’s School of Architecture and Planning...

In this episode, the gang records in person for the time and discusses the most ostentatious public gathering of the Bourgeoisie: the Met Gala. We also dive into parapolitics a bit with the growing story of Jeffrey Epstein. Finally, we discuss the impending wave of labor strikes sweeping the United States...

Fangs out! Leslie and Jamie talk about The Invitation (2022), a recent vampire flick with some fun twists and social commentary.

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Jamie and Aaron report back on their experiences at the recent week of action to defend the Atlanta Forest a.k.a. Weelaunee People's Park. Cop City will never be built.

Note: In this episode, Jamie refers to Community Movement Builders as a black-led organization. It is, in fact, an all-black organization.

Donate to the Atlanta Solidarity Fund: atlsolidarity.org

Get involved:

defendtheatlantaforest.org

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Jamie speaks with a forest defender named Sara about the battle to keep 300 acres of publicly owned forest land in Atlanta from being turned into a Hollywood sound stage and a mock city for the cops to practice killing people in.

Jamie and Aaron frame the interview with some discussion, with Aaron lending his expertise as an Atlanta resident.

Check out Jamie's Means Morning News segment (this is the full version of that interview): https://www.youtube...