Independence Daze

playing loose and fun on this episode with stories from the service trenches as the city warms up, stimulus checks, UBI, truths of an artist in a money world, and more. recorded march 11, 2020. theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor. // Support us on our Patreon and get bonus episodes every month and access to our full archive! Organize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organize

we're back in the studio this week talking about expanding service in Chicago, Texas going full mask-off, a planned "space hotel" and the rich's plan to ditch Earth, how the current technological innovation as we know it is actually killing us, the culture of complacency and endurance in an oppressive world, and more. recorded march 3, 2021. theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor. // Support us on our Patreon and get bonus episodes every month and access to our full archive! Organize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organize

this week we're talking about the Texas deep freeze, the continuous monumental infrastructure failure in the 4th largest city in the world, billionaires building cults and more. recorded february 21, 2020. theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor. // Support us on our Patreon and get bonus episodes every month and access to our full archive! Organize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organize

this week we're talking about stonks and stimmies, a collective awakening, whether or not what redditors are doing is revolutionary, more insider trading and business as usual from Congress and the new Biden admin, and more. recorded january 28, 2021. theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor. // Support us on our Patreon and get bonus episodes every month and access to our full archive! Organize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organize

this week brings a really fun show! we're talking reproducing a dominant culture after reforms and revolution, what minimum wage increases mean for workers (tipped and otherwise) and dominance in the workplace, we talk about Local 202's strike at the world's largest food distribution warehouse and the power of the strike, inspiring child labor, Weimar Germany parallels and more! plus brendon says "skeptical" instead of "spectacle." recorded january 22, 2021. theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor. // Support us on our Patreon and get bonus episodes every month and access to our all our episodes! Organize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organize

Get this full episode and support us by joining our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedaze // on this Patreon-exclusive episode, we're talking about a new Trump labor law that will allow employers to reap $700 million in tips from workers, Lightfoot's concerning turn against service workers, essential fast food workers go on strike, and more. Recorded January 15, 2020.

Get this full episode and support us by joining our Patreon. // on part two we get st*ned and talk about racist conditioning in the US, individual responsibility vs. attacking structural problems, the mercurial nature of the Trump/Q cult and what exactly leads it, plus we get into it about history and go down a rabbit hole.

we're back in the new year after a break and some technical difficulties! stop the steal protests turn into a storming of the capitol and 5 dead - a riot? a coup? terrorism? festival? we try to pin down what went down january 6 in DC, who were in the riots, and what this show of force means for the post-trump near-future. recorded january 14, 2021. Theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor. // Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organize

Get this full episode and support us by joining our Patreon. // on part two we're talking about intellectual property law and whether or not we actually *own* the stuff we buy, class division in the celebrity class, art and Ayn Rand, speculating on how the stimulus efforts and the vaccine rolls out, what it takes to be upwardly mobile in a competitive society and more. recorded december 31, 2020.

its our last show of the year 2020 - dang! this week we're covering Bernie/McConnell showdown for $2000 checks, Section 230 and social media's responsibility for the content shared on its platforms, a suicide bomber blows up downtown Nashville suspiciously and the national media isn't covering it, we huddle into the conspiracy corner to try to find out why the media isn't covering it, and more. recorded december 30, 2020. Theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor. // Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organize

Get this full episode and support us by joining our Patreon. // on this Patreon-only ep, we're letting off some essential holiday worker steam, talking about the psychic nature of ritural, vibes and , Santa as a magical religious symbol, a analysis of Tim Allen's The Santa Clause through a economic and demonological lens, 80's and 90's Christmas films exercise the anxiety of living in capitalism, and more. recorded december 27, 2020.

its xmas eve eve and congress has agreed on a $600 check, we ask how close we're getting to running AI as politicians, trump calls for $2000 checks in an act of lame duck theatre, the function of the democratic party as an opposition party, how spending on war and imperial projects abroad is tied to austerity and a police state at home, trump pardons homicidal Blackwater mercenaries and more. Recorded December 23, 2020. Theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor. // Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organize

this week!!! is batman doing what he should be doing to help the world? what is it with Chicago mayors and covering up police crimes? congress is close to a COVID stimulus deal - with checks for like maybe half a month's rent! plus some stories from the service trenches. Recorded December 8, 2020. Theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor. // Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organize

this week we're talking about the the Galactic Federation, what's keeping us from joining it, AI-managed prison colonies on Mars, how the space race feeds the arms manufacturers, water stocks go live as the climate crisis ramps up, and more. Recorded December 8, 2020. Theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor. // Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organize

we're back with a new remote set up and fresh mics! this week we talk about Chicago parties getting shut down, some of Joe Biden's new administration, the monoliths coming to probably zap us ads, and more! Recorded December 1, 2020. Theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor. // Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organize

we're back, recorded in front of no studio audience, from a safe distance! this week we talk about the continuous dance between opening sending people to work and managing COVID numbers in Chicago, billionaire Governor JB Pritzker and the thrusting of responsibility on to people with the least power, Pfizer's promise of a new vaccine, Amazon enters the online pharmacy market, and we put our conspiracy theory hats on to imagine the future privatized citizenship in future where your Prime membership determines your place in society. Recorded November 18, 2020. Theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor. // Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organize

Get this full episode and support us by joining our Patreon. // on hour two this week we're digging in to our religious upbringings and our spiritual arcs, art and organization for the unique, chaotic future, how Bolivia's social and labor movements successfully fought back fascism, the intersection of xenophobia, racism, nationalism and colorism and the work the word "tribalism" does to describe identity, and more. Recorded November 10, 2020.

this week we reflect on the Presidential race finally being called, Joe Biden's post-election messaging and incoming cabinet of corporate executives, questions over what fascism looks like and what fighting it looks like in the imperial core, how language can be twisted and shape our political reality, the Trump admin's current attempted coup and more. vibes on this episode are classic and fun - enjoy! Recorded November 10, 2020. Theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor. // Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organize

Get this full episode and support us by joining our Patreon. // on this bonus episode, we're hanging out and talking about the importance of language in representing the truth, how Trump bends reality with his platform, counting the votes in four states to decide the presidency, marijuana legalization and the fight back against the War on Drugs, psychedelics and more. Recorded November 5, 2020.

we're on the precipice of a shifting world: layoffs and closures are hitting the service industry as COVID spikes and winter moves in, the strange, invisible presidential campaign season comes to an end, how presidents inherent and expands the imperial machine, businesses boarding up their windows in preparation for potential violence, and more. Godspeed, America. recorded november 2, 2020. Theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor. // Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organize

This week: Governor Pritzker shuts down indoor dining in Chicago as the city's cases spike above the 8% positivity rate and as the service industry heads into the slow season, our last election updates with record-high turnout, how the Supreme Court can steal the election for the Republicans, what the first two years of a Joe Biden would look like, the possibility and value of a independent party run, intelligence agency conspiracy theories and more. Recorded October 28, 2020. Theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor. // Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organize

Get this full episode and support us by joining our Patreon. // On this week's second hour, we cover the federal government's antitrust lawsuit challenging Google's monopoly, Google threatening the government in the competition for power, how social media picks sides and filters reality, the contradictions of right-wing libertarianism, and how we can grow our political imaginations. We got a good amount in before our battery died, so enjoy! Recorded October 20, 2020.

This week we talk about the COVID surge in Illinois, Mayor Lightfoot and Governor Pritzker passing the buck on rolling back indoor service capacities, an election update, and we go in on the nature of independent contractor work, and Prop 22 in California, an industry-written proposition to keep decide the future of gig work. Our 50th is a classic. Recorded October 20, 2020. Theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor. // Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organize

This week we talk about the candidates on the campaign trail, the admitted political assassination of a Portland protester, and more. Recorded October 16, 2020.Theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor. // Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organize

Get this full episode and support us by joining our Patreon. // On Part II , we discuss how technology has messed with our perception of the world, alienation, and anarchist and Marxist philosophy. Straight vibing on this one, enjoy. Recorded October 6, 2020.

our first episode of spooky season is upon us, and its the witching hour of 2020! updates from the expanding Chicago service as patio season winds down and workers are pushed to serve indoors, COVID spreads to the Trump circle and the highest levels of federal government, how the fetishizing of money oppresses us, and how building capital still doesn't make you invincible. recorded October 6, 2020. Theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor. // Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organize

This week marks the beginning of Election Seasonal Flu and we're burning up!!! We talk about the debate, Trump's taxes and the rich's art of dodging the IRS, failing infrastructure in Texas lets in a brain-eating amoeba, and are robots here to just replace us??? Recorded September 30, 2020. Theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor. // Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organize

Get this full episode and support us by joining our Patreon. // Our second hour we continue to talk and get into the weeds on the Supreme Court and how these lifetime appointments of all-powerful humans is actually bad for us. Recorded September 21, 2020.

This week we're talking about the leaked finCEN files and how sketchy global elites funnel their money through the banking system, the Supreme Court and how it projects political neutrality while being as corrupt as the rest of the government, and more! Recorded September 23, 2020. Theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor. // Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organize

This week we talk about the pandemic, how the War on Terror and the prison system has prepared us for mass violence, and a whistleblowing nurse exposes systemic sterilizations of migrant women at an ICE camp in Georgia. Quality is bad this week, should be better next week. Recorded September 14, 2020. Theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor. // Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeDonate to Minneapolis Bail Fund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/Donate to Brooklyn Bail Fund: https://brooklynbailfund.org/donation-formOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organizeTheme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor: madconductor.bandcamp.com

Get this full episode and support us by joining our Patreon. // in part II we talk about boating and voting for Biden, the bottoming out of centrist liberal philosophy in the face of the failure of its management, connecting ideologies and religions over time that subdue us, Buddhism, meditation and more. Recorded September 6, 2020

This week we leave the protests resistance world for a week to talk about how educational institutions fail to ready students for an increasingly fraught world, Watchmen and how the ruling class uses the threat of mass death to manage humanity, and how a return to nature and indigenous traditions can give us a path towards rebuilding after the collapse of the empire. Recorded September 6, 2020. Theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor. // Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeDonate to Minneapolis Bail Fund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/Donate to Brooklyn Bail Fund: https://brooklynbailfund.org/donation-formOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organizeTheme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor: madconductor.bandcamp.com

We're back talking about the murder of two protesters in Kenosha, the structural problems that are leading us toward a police state, Hurricane Katrina and the disparities of evacuations, and private entities policing victims of climate disasters. Recorded August 27, 2020. Theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor. // Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeDonate to Minneapolis Bail Fund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/Donate to Brooklyn Bail Fund: https://brooklynbailfund.org/donation-formOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organizeTheme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor: madconductor.bandcamp.com

Brendon and John are back from a brief life-break with a new one recorded at the outdoor studio (the park), and we're joined by our friend Esteban. Tornadoes, post office sabotage, COVID and more on this weeks episode. Recorded August 14, 2020. Theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor: madconductor.bandcamp.com // Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeDonate to Minneapolis Bail Fund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/Donate to Brooklyn Bail Fund: https://brooklynbailfund.org/donation-formOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organizeTheme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor: madconductor.bandcamp.com

Detectives John and Brendon are hot on a trail of corporate white collar crimes including insider-trading, self-dealing, and fraud??? NO way. Plus some updates from the frontlines of the re-opened economy. Theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor: madconductor.bandcamp.com // Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeDonate to Minneapolis Bail Fund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/Donate to Brooklyn Bail Fund: https://brooklynbailfund.org/donation-formOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organizeTheme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor: madconductor.bandcamp.com

Get this fulWe talk about some of the flaws of Obamacare and how that affects us in a pandemic, and riffing on alienation, quantum physics, and our new restaurant concept. Recorded July 23, 2020.

This week, we talk DHS and CBP troops and Portland protests and how the federal street presence is rooted in 30 years of bipartisan immigration and war policy. Recorded July 23, 2020. Theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor: madconductor.bandcamp.com // Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeDonate to Minneapolis Bail Fund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/Donate to Brooklyn Bail Fund: https://brooklynbailfund.org/donation-formOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organizeTheme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor: madconductor.bandcamp.com

Get this full episode and support us by joining our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedaze // On hour two, we've got stories from the pandemic service frontline, sharpening American society's demand for submission during an economic downturn, picking apart the punitive culture in public education and workplaces, the constitution's foundations and what it'd take to write a new governing document. Recorded July 17, 2020.

This week we take a look at how the deficiencies and privatization of the education system make it more vulnerable to the coronavirus, President Trump and Secretary Education Betsy DeVos threatening schools with withholding of funding, plus the re-opening plans across the country. Recorded July 17, 2020. Theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor: madconductor.bandcamp.com // Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeDonate to Minneapolis Bail Fund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/Donate to Brooklyn Bail Fund: https://brooklynbailfund.org/donation-formOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organizeTheme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor: madconductor.bandcamp.com

Get this full episode and support us by joining our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedaze // Indivisible Houston activist and organizer Daniel J. Cohen joins us again for a great conversation on recent elections, mass politics, arming the movement and more. Get involved with Indivisible Houston or an Indivisible chapter near you. Recorded July 16, 2020.

The first hour recording of our show this week was lost to technical difficulties, so we're releasing our Patreon episode on the main feed this week! check out all our exclusive episodes on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedaze // Rich kids failing upwards, Ye launches his presidential campaign, riffing on corrupt businesses in Chicago, plus spending some time in the conspiracy corner. Recorded July 11, 2020. Enjoy!

Get this full episode and support us by joining our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedaze // Brendon is joined by actor, writer, interdisciplinary artist and activist Candice D'Meza to chat about art as anti-racism, the structural barriers to confronting individual racism, Hamilton: that musical, fighting the power in the theatre scene and more. Check out her work at CandiceDMeza.com and her workshop "Radical Awakenings" on EventBrite! Recorded July 5, 2020.

Brendon and John talk about a murders at Ft. Hood, what you lose to become a US soldier, white supremacists infiltrating the military, the global colonial project, and more on this extra juicy episode. Enjoy. Recorded July 3, 2020. Theme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor: madconductor.bandcamp.com // Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeDonate to Minneapolis Bail Fund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/Donate to Brooklyn Bail Fund: https://brooklynbailfund.org/donation-formOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organizeTheme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor: madconductor.bandcamp.com

Get this full episode and support us by joining our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedaze // We continue our conversation about the mass dehumanization and how Facebook enables it, government psy-ops, and more on the second hour of this week's show.

Updates on the frontlines against the public unmasked, Texas becomes the new coronavirus epicenter, and how the powers that be are prepping our psyches for the worst. Recorded June 28, 2020. Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeDonate to Minneapolis Bail Fund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/Donate to Brooklyn Bail Fund: https://brooklynbailfund.org/donation-formOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organizeTheme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor: madconductor.bandcamp.com

Get this full episode and support us by joining our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedaze // Brendon drops a new episode with some classic election analysis: progressives running up House election wins in New York, democracy struggles in Kentucky, and can President Joe Biden actually be worse than Trump? Recorded June 24, 2020.

Chicago is approaching a grand re-opening, the two-party police state, rethinking what justice looks like and expanding our utopian imaginations. Recorded June 19, 2020. Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeDonate to Minneapolis Bail Fund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/Donate to Brooklyn Bail Fund: https://brooklynbailfund.org/donation-formOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organizeTheme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor: madconductor.bandcamp.com

Get this full episode and support us by joining our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedaze. In this episode BLM meets the conservative movement, racists' capacity for self-awareness, making money off 9/11, elites use of magic on us and more. Recorded June 11, 2020.Donate to Minneapolis Bail Fund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/Donate to Brooklyn Bail Fund: https://brooklynbailfund.org/donation-formOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organizeTheme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor: madconductor.bandcamp.com

Brendon and John talk IBM and Amazon's work on facial recognition technology, Silicon Valley as an arm of the Department of Defense, and mysterious military surveillance of American protesters. Recorded June 11, 2020. Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/independencedazeDonate to Minneapolis Bail Fund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/Donate to Brooklyn Bail Fund: https://brooklynbailfund.org/donation-formOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organizeTheme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor: madconductor.bandcamp.com

Brendon and John talk about the second week of worldwide protests, talking about the culture and structures that give cops power, and what a future without them might look like. Recorded June 6, 2020. Donate to Minneapolis Bail Fund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/Donate to Brooklyn Bail Fund: https://brooklynbailfund.org/donation-formOrganize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organizeTheme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor: madconductor.bandcamp.com

Brendon and John record a rare late-night show reacting to the uprisings around the country, the collapse of the empire, and what comes next. Recorded May 29, 2020.Donate to Minneapolis Bail Fund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/Donate to Brooklyn Bail Fund: https://brooklynbailfund.org/donation-form Organize a Rent Strike: rentstrike2020.org/Join or contribute to a mutual aid network: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/Organize your workplace: iww.org/organizeTheme is Bayou Moon Stompin' by the Mad Conductor: madconductor.bandcamp.com