A podcast about communism and gossip from Jamie Peck (The Majority Report, The Antifada, Everybody Loves Communism) and Sam Beard, an organizer based in Chicago...
TFW When ‘Abolitionists’ Build Skyscraper Jails w/ Jarrod and Zhana
What happens when politically underdeveloped abolitionists team up with ladder-climbing non-profit directors and big money philanthropy? Nothing good, that’s what! Jamie and Sam are joined by Zhandarka Kurti and Jarrod Shanahan to discuss their new book “Skyscraper Jails: The Abolitionist Fight Against Jail Expansion in New York City” and the heartbreaking, cautionary tale about how a fight to shut down Rikers Island prison was taken over, watered-down, and channeled into a movement to built four of the tallest prisons in the world.
Why does the prison industry develop in response to the failures of capitalism? How was the movement to shut down one prison turned into a movement to open a network of skyscraper jail facilities? Will Rikers Island ever close? Was “Defund the Police” actually just a betrayal of the George Floyd Rebellion? How can our movements win?
All this and more on this week's special episode.
Buy the book here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2454-skyscraper-jails
00:00:00 Introductions and banter
00:03:13 Jarrod & Zhara’s experience in college Criminology Depts
00:09:10 J & Z’s collaborative writing process and staying accountable to the movement
00:16:59 “Skyscraper Jails” overview - nonprofitication
00:26:11 How did the U.S. “prison industrial complex” develop in response to failures of capitalism?
00:34:26 How did “Close Rikers” morph into advocating for four new NYC jails?
00:48:00 No such thing as a “better” jail
00:53:21 Spicy takes on Defund the Police movement
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1:14:08
Nobody is Coming to Save Us…Except Antifa Naruto
As the Trump Administration crosses yet another Rubicon and begins revoking Green Cards for political speech, real life Naruto ninjas offer a potential way out. Chelsea Manning speaks out on the Luigi Mangione case, as the movement against the richest man in the world continues to ramp up. All this, plus a special guest joins the Party Girls to talk about the newest Stop Cop City speaking tour coming soon to a city near you!
Which way will it be, western man? More of the same tepid sidewalk sign holding, or the activation of a movement capable of bending the course of history?
More on the Stop Cop City Imaginary Crimes Tour: https://linktr.ee/sccimaginarycrimestour
Remember 2020 Flyer: https://crimethinc.com/zines/remember...
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:35 Stop Cop City speaking tour
00:04:50 Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil
00:39:13 Chelsea Manning attended Luigi Mangione hearing
00:44:07 Updates in the takedown of Tesla, Elon Musk
01:00:37 Interview with Ruth, a presenter at the upcoming Stop Cop City Imaginary Crimes Tour
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CULTURAL MARXISM: Anora (2024) w/ Indica Dominant of Dysphoria
Jamie is joined by Indica Dominant (@DominantIndica) a.k.a. Olive, adult performer/sex worker and co-host of the Dysphoria podcast, to discuss director Sean Baker’s anti-Cinderella story Anora (2024), which just won the Oscar for Best Picture. Is it possible to combine a screwball comedy, a hooker exploitation film, and a twee Sundance indie into one movie? What does Anora have to say, or not, about sex work, class, and capitalism? And what’s up with Zoomers and ketamine? Spoilers, obviously.
Check out Olive’s podcast (with fellow friend of the show Maxelle Talena), Dysphoria at dysphoria.info and patreon.com/dysphoriathepodcast
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00:00:00 Intro
00:02:43 “Anora” recap starts
00:13:20 Surface level worship of wealth or critique of capitalism?
00:18:19 Dehumanization, creative characterization, or subversive anti-work queen?
00:22:51 Real world relationships to sex work
00:25:20 Scene analysis: Ani gets tied up by Igor
00:29:36 Chasing the American Dream
00:38:14 Scene analysis: finding Vanya at the strip club
00:43:47 Disagreement about the ending
00:58:32 Should we hold stories about SWs to higher standards?
01:03:04 Where’s that oligarch money from Vanya??
01:08:01 You can’t escape the imprisonment of capitalism thru a Gilded Cage
01:13:51 Humanizing public perception of sex work
01:19:04 "Anora" and “The Florida Project,” strip club v. survival
01:23:21 Criminalization of trans sex workers
01:25:31 Defanged drug use in “Anora”
01:29:54 “It’s a Cinderella story”
01:34:32 Plugging Patreons!
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1:36:10
Riot Tracker: Greek Shutdown vs American “Economic Blackout”
In dark times like these, it's vital to shine light on signs of life, revolting against the order of things. Today, March 5, marks the two year anniversary of the 5th Week of Action to Stop Cop City, when hundreds of activists took direct action at the Cop City construction site. Party Girls Riot Tracker returns with a spotlight on Greece, when last Friday, Feb. 28 hundreds of thousands of Greeks took to the streets in nationwide General Strike on the two year anniversary of a controversial trail accident that the government covered up. Jamie and Sam also catch up on some much needed conversations about fashion, art, the Oscars and of course Trump and Vance yelling at that Ukrainian guy.
00:00:00 Sam's new jacket, Oscars, America's Most Powerful playing cards
00:22:44 Two year anniversary of the 5th Week of Action to Stop Cop City
00:37:05 "Some Ukranian guy" Zelensky gets a verbal beating from Donald Trump and J.D. Vance
00:49:33 Riot Tracker: Greek Lightening
00:55:01 USA Economic Blackout
#riot #ukraine #oscars
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PREVIEW: Kim Stanley Robinson on Cryptocurrency and Sabotage
In this PATREON PREVIEW, Sci-Fi Legend Kim Stanley Robinson explains his true feelings about cryptocurrency, some things would would have done differently in Ministry For the Future if he wrote it today, and the influence of How To Blow Up a Pipeline.
Watch the full interview here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/we-need-w-kim-122570852
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A podcast about communism and gossip from Jamie Peck (The Majority Report, The Antifada, Everybody Loves Communism) and Sam Beard, an organizer based in Chicago.