Mandatory OT

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YALL! The West Virginia IWW’s Chris n Dave kick back with our new pal Aamer (@IbnKulthum), an anti-imperialist, Marxist-Leninist writer and a co-host of the Das Criminal podcast, to talk about the vast world of Arab Socialism and Pan-Arabism. Buckle up! It's another longboi. We dive right into a wildly in-depth chat about Arab Socialism from a bird's eye view. It's a bird with HELLA good eye sight. We discuss Ba'athism, the rise of Nasser and the build out of Pan-Arabism. We navigate the waters discussing how Marxism and Islamic thought tangle with each other. Naturally, you absolutely cannot avoid Gaddafi, Libya, and the anti-imperialist struggle waged by the Libyan people. We also take a sec to talk about a real buggaboo, Saddam Hussein. Srsly yall. SO MUCH to talk about. This is yet ANOTHER unbelievable episode highlighting anti-imperialism! Many, many, many thousands of thanks to Aamer for coming on to chat with us! Check out Aamer's written work and Das Criminal here: https://aamer.substack.com/ https://www.patreon.com/DasCriminal https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/dascriminal *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* www.westvirginiaiww.org wviww@protonmail.com

Fellow Workers! The West Virginia IWW’s Chris n Dave sit down with — coming at us from Indonesia — the inimitable Carl Zha (@carlzha) of the Silk and Steel podcast (@steelsilkn)! Hope you're ready for what is sure to be one of our most controversial episodes, up their with our ardent support of the DPRK. Carl regales us with the rich history of China's Xinjiang province and dispels the grotesque Western lies surrounding "Uyghur concentration camps". We discuss the separatist movement, Wahhabism, the Mujahideen, China's complex struggle and SO much more. This is truly an incredible show and MANY thanks to Carl for having this discussion with us! Check out Silk and Steel podcast here: https://silknsteel.podbean.com/ https://www.patreon.com/silknsteel *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* www.westvirginiaiww.org wviww@protonmail.com

Happy 69 (nice) Fellow Workers! Chris n Dave sit down n shoot the ship w the bestie, JPZ (@facebookvillain). At this point, you know his pods forreal. Uh... Don't go to college. Make your dad read Gramsci. Check out BBL and Work Stoppage! *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* www.westvirginiaiww.org wviww@protonmail.com

Sup Fellow Workers! The West Virginia IWW’s lovable losers sit down and shoot the shiz with Abdul (@socialistraptor), co-host of Off Court Podcast (@offcourtpod) and a labor journalist and photographer, to talk about, naturally, Canadian healthcare and more importantly hegemony and media, from the ideas of Gramsci, Hall, and Fisher, all the way to the cesspool of BreadTube. Also, US deaths from Covid are nearly equal to the population of Wyoming. Hell yeah! Thanks for coming on Abdul :) Check out Off Court Pod: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-off-court-podcast/id1547121012 Support BLM WV: secure.actblue.com/donate/blacklivesmatterwv *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* www.westvirginiaiww.org wviww@protonmail.com

Sup Fellow Workers! The West Virginia IWW’s Chris & Dave sit down with Brit (@_britneygil) from Ironweeds (@ironweedspod), Reaction (@reactionpodcast), and the audio edition of Real Life Mag (@_reallifemag) to talk about the theory and inner workings of Fascism. How do we know it historically? What shapes has it taken in the US today? How does the fascism of Benito Mussolini differ from that of Hitler AND how does it kinda loop into "Nordic model" social democracy? It's pretty incredible. **In the episode we do misspeak and say Keystone Hammerskins, this org is known now as Keystone United (FKA Keystone State Skins) and are affiliated with the Hammerskins. Thanks a bil Brit! This was a wildly informative and fun show. Check out Brit's projects below: https://reallifemag.com/ https://www.patreon.com/reactionpodcast https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ironweeds Support BLM WV: secure.actblue.com/donate/blacklivesmatterwv *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* www.westvirginiaiww.org wviww@protonmail.com

Get ready for some fuzzy audio Fellow Workers! The West Virginia IWW’s lovable gum flappers Chris & Dave kick back with an awesome first time guest, Ali (@fckthfds), a member of Our Struggle – Lee's Summit and the All-African People's Revolutionary Party, to discuss Kwame Nkrumah, Neocolonialism, and a touch of Frantz Fanon. For this sode, we dive into Kwame Nkrumah's crucial work "Neocolonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism" and give a quick outline as to what Neocolonialism is. We discuss Fanon's psychoanalysis of Colonized subjects and the Colonizers. We also dive into answering "What is Pan-Africanism?" and discuss MLK as the CIA's Black Messiah. Thanks so so so so much Ali! This was a wildly informative show. Hopefully next time, we can sit down and chat a little longer! Check out the All-African People's Revolutionary Party here: www.aaprp-intl.org Support BLM WV: secure.actblue.com/donate/blacklivesmatterwv *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* www.westvirginiaiww.org wviww@protonmail.com

What’s up Fellow Workers! The West Virginia IWW’s Chris & Dave kick back with returning guest, our buddy Bryn (@kinematografi) from the podcasts Beep Beep Lettuce and Generation Loss, Means TV's Left Trigger AND lastly her Twitch endeavor, Dullcare. For this spicy lil number, we talk about "conspiracy theories". What is conspiracy and how is the actual framing so different from the colloquial framing... Gonna give you a hint, it's the C!A. We also discuss a big "conspiracy theory" called the Great Reset, a huge western economic rollout by the World Economic Forum out of Davos, Switzerland. Welcome to the vision for the 21st Century Global Village's Company Town! :) Thanks so much for sitting down with us Bryn! This show really got us thinkin a bit. Also the WEF scary af. Bryn's projects here... There's a bunch of them: https://soundcloud.com/beepbeepleaf https://soundcloud.com/generationlosspod https://www.twitch.tv/dullcare https://means.tv/programs/lefttrigger Support BLM WV: secure.actblue.com/donate/blacklivesmatterwv *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* www.westvirginiaiww.org wviww@protonmail.com

What’s up Fellow Workers! The West Virginia IWW’s own Chris n Dave sit down with friend of the pod Mel (@coldbrewedtool) from the IWW Freelance Journalists Union (@IWWFJU) and Protean mag as a writer and as a co-host of Protean Pirate Radio (@ProteanPod). For this sode we talk about the 2020 uprisings and the critical importance of Left journalism. Mel discusses the scenes in Minneapolis; the ensuing actions and reactions in their home of Omaha. Don't worry, we also have some more Covid Talk and dish on the hot n steamy KFConsole. What a time to be alive! Thanks so much Mel, this was absolutely friggin awesome :) Protean Pirate Radio and Protean Mag: https://www.patreon.com/proteanpod https://proteanmag.com/ IWW Freelance Journalists Union: https://freelancejournalistsunion.org/ Support BLM WV: secure.actblue.com/donate/blacklivesmatterwv *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* www.westvirginiaiww.org wviww@protonmail.com

What’s up Fellow Workers! The West Virginia IWW’s own Chris n Dave sit down with our buddy Kelton (@culturetruther) from the hilarious podcast Psychic Dolphin Garage (@DolphinGarage) for an end of the year spectacular. Buying social security cars and sugar gliders at flea markets / The politics of weird private sports academies / VH1's The Pickup Artist and Lips of an Angel / 300 / Covid talk ft. some c-list podcasters Thanks a bunch, Kelton for hopping aboard and reminiscing about "Paralyzer" with us! Psychic Dolphin Garage: https://www.patreon.com/psychicdolphingarage https://www.twitch.tv/psychicdolphingarage Support BLM WV: secure.actblue.com/donate/blacklivesmatterwv *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* www.westvirginiaiww.org wviww@protonmail.com

What’s up Fellow Workers! The West Virginia IWW’s own Chris n Dave sit down with an absolutely stellar comrade, kōhai (@soycialist), an active organizer from North Carolina. For this sode, we talk about the great international proletarian powerhouse that is the People's Republic of China. We start off talking about Mao Zedong Thought, Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and sorta who Deng Xiaoping actually was. We discuss the immense action China is taking nationally and internationally to stimulate economic development and ACTUAL sustainability and outright climate change reversal. We discuss how China's "interventionism" is a very different breed from the blatant militaristic intervention of the Soviets and how China learned from their mistakes and the unfolding of countless proxy wars. We also discuss the Chinese billionaires and their involvement in horrible American workplaces and factories. Naturally, we talk about Western Maoists yelling revisionism and parroting points from the ClA... If you stumble into saying what they say, hear us out, you're not on the right side here! Thanks a bunch, kōhai for hopping on with us. We learned SO SO SO SO much. Support BLM WV: secure.actblue.com/donate/blacklivesmatterwv *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* www.westvirginiaiww.org wviww@protonmail.com

What’s up Fellow Workers! The West Virginia IWW’s own Chris n Dave sit down with a p quick friend of the pod, Talia (@Leela1337), an organizer and co-host of the awesome Jewish Marxist-Leninst podcast, The Minyan (@the_minyan), to kinda refocus after our last show. For this ep, we talk about the Battle of Cable Street. What were the material conditions of East End London at the time? We talk about the plight of the working class Jews and Irish immigrants and the hardships they faced and what ultimately brought them together. Who is Oswald Mosley and what's the British Union of Fascists? Well, we answer that one, too. Plot twist, Mosley's a gigantic loser. We talk about how working class women were heavily involved in the struggle, which always reinforces Mao's "women hold up half the sky". It is truly incredible and makes your heart swell with proletarian pride. We have a lot to learn... 100 years later we are seeing the same mistakes being made. How can we learn from this? Also, the ~Holodomor~ ain't real. Thanks a bunch, Talia for jumping on with us! Check out The Minyan below: anchor.fm/the-minyan https://www.patreon.com/the_minyan Support BLM WV: secure.actblue.com/donate/blacklivesmatterwv *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* www.westvirginiaiww.org wviww@protonmail.com

What’s up Fellow Workers! The West Virginia IWW’s own Chris n Dave sit down with new pal of the pod, Talia (@Leela1337), an organizer and co-host of the awesome Jewish Marxist-Leninst podcast, The Minyan (@the_minyan) for what HAS to be the most foul and off-the-rails show we've put up in a while. For starters, we ask "is this just Cum Town now?" We prep ourselves for the joy of Flat Fug Friday and talk about the beautiful himbo that is Kronk. We crumble a bit and talk about the elections and liberal apathy. Don't worry though, because we go on another tangent talking about how it's truly armageddon and saying "DPRK" will scare the libs. We get a little serious talking about Intercommunalism and its advancement of Scientific Socialism. Oh yeah, we talk about 311 and Scott Stapp's world heavyweight title fight. Thanks so much, Talia for hopping on and partaking in the MOST IGNORANT show we have done in a minute! Check out The Minyan below: https://anchor.fm/the-minyan Support BLM WV: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/blacklivesmatterwv *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* www.westvirginiaiww.org wviww@protonmail.com

What’s up Fellow Workers! Chris n Dave from the WV IWW get REAL bleak with their bud Cooper Cherry (@anarchomuaddab) from the show Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour (@unconscioushh). We're tackling some heavy philosophical material in "On Necrocapitalism", which can be found here: https://necrocapitalism.wordpress.com/ Get you some uppers because this one is pretty heavy. We start with a discussion of "gore capitalism" and how historically capitalism is inseparable from human suffering and violent death. The Victims of Communism and "millions dead" are outright falsehoods perpetuated by a machine that projects so perfectly its own internal machinizations onto the non-capitalist, the anti-capitalist other. We talk about wearing a gd mask and why it's important. What is dystopia? You know, all of that real bummer stuff. This is a good show with the synthesis of practice and theory and an all around great discussion that serves as a wonderful ancillary to this crucial and evolving text. Thanks a mil Coop for hopping on this sode with us. Check out Cooper's projects here: https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry Support BLM WV: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/blacklivesmatterwv *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* www.westvirginiaiww.org wviww@protonmail.com

What’s up Fellow Workers! The West Virginia IWW’s resident jabber-jaws sit down with Kevin from Florida’s Open Source Farm and the host of Turnip Greens Radio to talk community gardening and food autonomy. We start right out of the gate with a real tater: what are community gardens? We then talk about if our perception of community gardening a bit too rose-colored. The Black Panther Party’s foundation was in survival programs like Free Breakfast. The people can only become revolutionary if they have food on their table. How is ALL of this morphing as we experience COVID, climate catastrophe and all of its fallout? Lastly we talk about Indigeneity and agriculture, the Red Deal, and a conversation Kevin had with an Indigenous comrade you can find here: https://turnipgreensradio.libsyn.com/episode-23-decolonizing-agriculture-with-mae Thanks so much, Kevin for finally getting the chance to sit down and have this talk with us! Check out Open Source Farm and Turnip Greens Radio below: https://www.opensourcefarm.net/ https://turnipgreensradio.libsyn.com/ Support BLM WV: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/blacklivesmatterwv *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* www.westvirginiaiww.org wviww@protonmail.com

What’s up Fellow Workers! Your favs from the West Virginia IWW sit down for a really interesting conversation with Ethan (@Utopologist) from the Marxist-Leninist history podcast Invent the Future (@ProletarianInfo) and a cool horror podcast called The Uncanny. This is a super off-the-wall show many of you may not expect. We start with a real quick history of theater in America, and much to everyone’s surprise, Wall Street gets involved. Antonio Gramsci makes some guest appearances and we talk about Marxist playwright Bertolt Brecht and the form of “Epic Theater”. It’s all kinda Socialist WWE for the People. Lastly, we discuss “Theater of the Oppressed”, which actually has a lot in common with many organizer trainings. Oh yeah… Broke: Smuggling Cuban cigars. Woke: Smuggling Cuban COVID vaccines. Thanks so much, Ethan. This show was absolutely incredible and super informative. Check out Invent the Future here: https://inventthefuture.libsyn.com/ Check out The Uncanny here: https://anchor.fm/theuncanny Support BLM WV: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/blacklivesmatterwv *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* www.westvirginiaiww.org wviww@protonmail.com

What’s up Fellow Workers! Your favs from the West Virginia IWW sit down and talk with a couple of southerners, some kindred spirits, Nelson and Tommy from the Dixieland of the Proletariat podcast (@DixieProle), a show that focuses on southern history and current events from a Left perspective. This one is a whole lot of fun, we talk about what it’s like in WV and Alabama. Seems like there’s a lot of common ground. We ask “What’s Chapo doing since Bernie left a turd sandwich in the sheets again?” Tommy talks about Immortal Technique and the new “New Englander” racism of Alabama. Nelson and the folks hammer on the blanket of Whiteness and how assimilation and White immigrants’ surrender of culture for the “American ideal” is white supremacy incarnate. This is one hell of an episode yall! Hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Check out Dixieland of the Proletariat at Patreon where a nice chunk of their money goes to POC operated Left organizations and directly to the folks that need it most: http://patreon.com/dixieprole Support BLM WV: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/blacklivesmatterwv *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* www.westvirginiaiww.org wviww@protonmail.com

Ba! Ba Duh-duh-duh Duh-duhduh! Duh! Ba! Duh! Guess who just got back toooooodayyyy! What's up fellow workers! Chris n Dave are back in the saddle again with this goo... simply existing episode. It's been a good while since we last recorded and it was weird to be doing the show again. We sorta stumble around talking about music for a lot of this one. Chris tries his hand at being a musicologist. Dave vents a bit about the state of the world and their personal life. It's been pretty wild. We know stuff is still absolutely bonkers — pandemic, uprisings and all. Support BLM WV: secure.actblue.com/donate/blacklivesmatterwv *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* www.westvirginiaiww.org wviww@protonmail.com

What’s up Fellow Workers! Chris n Dave from the WV IWW sit down with some HELLA awesome comrades from NORTH Carolina, Amber (@babyxcommie) and Cameron (@birthmarxist) from the Working Class / Houseless Organizing Alliance, or easier, WHOA (@GsoWhoa) out of Greensboro! First, we hit one of the great underlying principles of WHOA’s work – the idea of Revolutionary Intercommunalism, as set forth by Huey P. Newton of the Black Panther Party. They are ON THE MONEY when they say this is the most underrated and empirically correct Marxist analysis of the modern moment, especially here in the belly of the beast. Next, we tackle the idea of decolonization. What does praxis centering decolonization look like? We discuss how Land Back and Marxism truly coexist hand-in-hand. We also talk about The Red Nation’s Red Deal and what land relations look like when removed from the territorial nature of a white, settler system. We answer the question, “what is homeless vs. houseless?” We also discuss ReLOVElution 2012, as we’re wont to do and enjoy some laughs about “Crony Socialism”. This is one hell of an episode yall! DONATE TO ALL OF WHOA’S PROJECTS HERE: https://linktr.ee/whoagso CHECK OUT THE RED DEAL HERE: https://therednation.org/10-point-program/ Support BLM WV: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/blacklivesmatterwv *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* Send us your worker stories! Awful boss? Have you done a solidarity? Tell us all about your workplaces! You are not alone! Site: www.westvirginiaiww.org Reach Out: wviww@protonmail.com Read about Newton’s Intercommunalism here: https://www.viewpointmag.com/2018/06/11/intercommunalism-1974/

What’s up Fellow Workers! JP is back baby! The esteemed @Facebookvillain from Beep Beep Lettuce (@beepbeepleef)AND the Pittsburgh IWW (@PittsburghIWW) sits down with his pals Chris n Dave from the neighboring West Virginia IWW (@WestVirginiaIWW). How about that switcheroo there? Makes it sound like we're guesting on our own pod. Anyway, the world is still wild — pandemics and uprisings. Who could've seen this still going strong. Well, Chris's brother could have as we dive into the scientific socialism of Marxism-Leninism-Hogmanist Thought. But for real, we talk about CHOP (known as CHAZ at the time of recordings), the revolutionary experiment of autonomous zones, and doing things where you are. We also talk about being told to racial profile at some old workplaces. Oh yeah, why are there goons still talking about voting right now btw? We take a bit of a detour too, talk about REAL AND AUTHENTIC Appalachian dining experiences and run through the Signal chat code names of everyone on that old show Pawn Stars (let's be real, your dad definitely watches re-runs and thinks they're new). This is a jumpy one. Hope you have fun. We sure did :) Thanks so much to unofficial third host JP for hopping on with us... AGAIN. Please check out Beep Beep Lettuce below: www.beepbeeplettuce.podbean.com/ www.patreon.com/beepbeeplettuce *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* Worker Center updates coming soon! In the meantime, send us your worker stories! Awful boss? Have you done a solidarity? Tell us all about your workplaces! You are not alone! Site: www.westvirginiaiww.org
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What’s up Fellow Workers! We got a quick lil shift change here. Chris n Dave sit down with Green Party presidential nominee Howie Hawkins. We're by no means of the bourgeois electoral mind... But this was a very interesting chat with Howie about growing up, political motivations, and the gist of his campaign. Some issues pop up we didn't expect, what of the thought of nuclear war? What is the GP's strategy in the present moment? Thanks so much to Howie for his time. If you're interested in what's going on with his campaign, see the links here: https://howiehawkins.us *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* Live in West Virginia? Work in West Virginia? Take this REAL quick survey for us. Let's build a Worker Center :) bit.ly/WVWCSurvey Send us your worker stories! Awful boss? Have you done a solidarity? Tell us all about your workplaces! You are not alone! Site: www.westvirginiaiww.org Reach Out: wviww@protonmail.com

What’s up Fellow Workers! Chris n Dave sit down with friend of the pod, Kelton (@culturetruther) from Psychic Dolphin Garage (@DolphinGarage) and Sports Radio 1917 (@SportsRadio1917). The world is in a very unstable and unprecedented historical moment. We and our comrades have been doing what we can to support the action at home but also across the nation. Of course, we’re going to talk about it… But a morale boost and mental reprieve was needed. So sit down and laugh with us! We dive into the psyche of white America and how it’s come mask off. Let the community decide what’s important to it. We’ve iced down the Bern… and it feels so good. We really focus on breaking down organizing, the shifting and more pure role of social media, and the Red Hat Lady Method. But! This is a new OT, so we have some short stops along the way… Elon Musk’s cash for clunkers, Ohio Valley: the Cradle of Civilization, and ol’ meemaw going off the rails again. Support BLM WV and these bail funds! Build the revolutionary project led by Colonized youth. Here it is! Black Lives Matter WV: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/blacklivesmatterwv List of verified bail funds: https://bit.ly/verifybail Thanks so so so much to Kelton for hopping on with us. Please check out his projects here! PDG: https://psychicdolphingarage.podbean.com/ Sports Radio 1917: https://www.twitch.tv/sportsradio1917 *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* Live in West Virginia? Work in West Virginia? Take this REAL quick survey for us. Let's build a Worker Center :) bit.ly/WVWCSurvey Send us your worker stories! Awful boss? Have you done a solidarity? Tell us all about your workplaces! You are not alone! Site: www.westvirginiaiww.org Reach Out: wviww@protonmail.com @MandatoryOT @WestVirginiaIWW

What’s up Fellow Workers! Dave is back with Chris, IN REAL LIFE! For the first time in eons, we get to sit next to each other and record. Anyway, this week, we sit down with Sungmanitou Tanka (Wolf) — of the podcast Bands of Turtle Island — a Lakota Scientific Socialist, Marxist-Sitting Bullist to tackle a pretty tough topic for an overwhelming majority of the white left — settler-colonialism. We break it down pretty simple for yall, discussing some of the actions Wolf has been active in, from small-scale work to “getting the bona fides” at Standing Rock. We tackle the differences between settler and extractive colonialism and what decolonization and self-determination is. We also recount a swath of Indigenous activist history from the “colonial era” all the way to the American Indian Movement and modern times. What can white folks do to help their Indigenous relatives and comrades? Of course, there are some diversions along the way. We try to keep it light and talk about Thomas the Tank Engine in blackface, that time Bill Clinton was kickin it on the Reservation, how golf shouldn’t be goddamn legal, and trading our Charles Manson tidbits. Thanks so so so much to Wolf for hopping on with us. Please check out these links to donate and practice solidarity with our tribal brothers, sisters and siblings: Tribal Donations Thread: https://bit.ly/tribesmot AIM Trail of Broken Treaties 20-Points: https://www.aimovement.org/ggc/trailofbrokentreaties.html Local Tribes: https://native-land.ca Also please check out the old Bands of Turtle Island podcast episodes as well! *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* Live in West Virginia? Work in West Virginia? Take this REAL quick survey for us. Let's build a Worker Center :) bit.ly/WVWCSurvey Send us your worker stories! Awful boss? Have you done a solidarity? Tell us all about your workplaces! You are not alone! Site: www.westvirginiaiww.org Reach Out: wviww@protonmail.com

What’s up Fellow Workers! Happy big Five-Oh! Dave is back with Chris, again! This week, Hayden sits down with the West Virginia IWW’s lovable doofuses to talk about a lil ghost from their respective pasts… religion. Without the tech issues we see at the end, the original thought for this episode was to dig in and discuss Liberation Theology. We kinda do… Christ’s early disciples came from the place of challenging conventional priestly wisdom, empowering the masses and spinning some super cool anti-rich, pro-people sermons. We also get to touch a little on the radical Left potential of religion and how this project for the masses got co-opted and seized by the Right. But naturally, we don’t stay on topic all that well. We talk about that time Hayden knew a Libertarian and if Ben Shapiro is or is not the Anti-Christ. Naturally, we take a pit stop at Televangelists and the ever immortal Richard Dawkins. Thanks so so so much to Hayden for hopping on with us. *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* Live in West Virginia? Work in West Virginia? Take this REAL quick survey for us. Let's build a Worker Center :) bit.ly/WVWCSurvey Send us your worker stories! Awful boss? Have you done a solidarity? Tell us all about your workplaces! You are not alone! Site: www.westvirginiaiww.org Reach Out: wviww@protonmail.com

What’s up Fellow Workers! Chris is flying sorta solo for this sode! Dave fell victim to some rough technical issues and they persist a bit through the show… BUT nevertheless, here we are! I sat down with Breht from Revolutionary Left Radio to talk about something that the broader Left does neglect, but he has a particular passion for — the outdoors and survivalism. We talk about the cultural weight of hunting, fishing and general outdoors survival activities throughout the middle of the country and in more rural areas. These things feel obsolete in a connected, digital, and specialized world… But they still fit into not just our lives but also the broader scope of the Left. It’s not all about having trophied taxidermy boars, bearskin rugs, and 12-point bucks on our walls. So many of these activities are directly linked to the conservation of our public access lands, keeping them from being sold off to the highest bidder in a vampiric capitalist system. The culture of the outdoors, hiking, hunting, and camping — while great for meditation and becoming more connected with the natural world — also lends itself to the great base of Left thinking, pro-humanness and camaraderie. People want connection and love and fulfillment. Why do you think Midwestern dads bond so much over being a part of Packers Nation? This is a great front to tackle this, because if we don’t then the fascists will and have. We can utilize our skills and community building to build alternative structures to take care of each other and flip the paradigm of capitalism. We can prove we’re not PETA liberals. Let’s do it! Thanks so so so much to Breht hopping on with us. Please check out Revolutionary Left Radio below: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/ https://www.patreon.com/revleftradio Find the Nebraska Left Coalition here: https://www.neleftcoalition.com/ *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* Live in West Virginia? Work in West Virginia? Take this REAL quick survey for us. Let's build a Worker Center :) bit.ly/WVWCSurvey Send us your worker stories! Awful boss? Have you done a solidarity? Tell us all about your workplaces! You are not alone! Site: www.westvirginiaiww.org Reach Out: wviww@protonmail.com

What’s up Fellow Workers! It feels like it’s been two years since our last episode. There are weeks where decades happen… you know the quote. Anyway, Chris n’ Dave from the WV IWW sit down with Amy and Liz from the AWESOME organizing “how-to” podcast Rebel Steps (@rebelsteps). COVID still has us all locked down, but we do not let that keep us down. We assess the situation we’re still in on a personal level. We shift to talking about the importance of reaching out (safely) to your neighbors and the importance of starting from that point of compassion. Communication meshing with the uniqueness of this moment leads to times ripe for organizing — the most present being this rare mass moment of the Rent Strike. The Left needs to seize this opportunity just as the Right has. We also hit the big question: What can we do to take care of ourselves while also maintaining some kind or organizing and revolutionary fervor? Read theory, but be grounded in reality. Write up a plan with baby steps. We can do it together

What’s up Fellow Workers! *Correction: our county is now up to over 20 cases confirmed since recording this* We fly sorta solo here as unofficial third host, John (@facebookvillain) from Beep Beep Lettuce (@beepbeepleef)AND the Pittsburgh IWW (@PittsburghIWW), sits down and joins the West Virginia IWW's own lovable clowns, Chris and Dave. The world is a VERY chaotic place right now. We sit down and talk about what's on our minds from the pandemic to rent strikes and worker actions. We talk about Left solidarity, the mask of Capital plum falling off, and even the most "normie" folks in our daily lives calling for some semblance of radical action. But, we don't want to weigh it all down too much. Chris tells the story of a former co-worker who was most definitely down with Chapo AND Joe Rogan. Dave and John talk about the scripts they really want to work on. To cap it all off, we talk about the connection between the family of jam bands and wooks to Libertarianism. It's quite a ride. Buckle up :) Thanks so much to John for hopping on with us... AGAIN. Please check out Beep Beep Lettuce below: www.beepbeeplettuce.podbean.com/ www.patreon.com/beepbeeplettuce *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* Live in West Virginia? Work in West Virginia? Take this REAL quick survey for us. Let's build a Worker Center :) bit.ly/WVWCSurvey Send us your worker stories! Awful boss? Have you done a solidarity? Tell us all about your workplaces! You are not alone! Site: www.westvirginiaiww.org
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What’s up Fellow Workers! We back! For part two of our dicussion about Juche. Nathan (@marxmadnesspod)sits down with the West Virginia IWW's own Chris 'n Dave to dish some more on the one true science of Juche after reading Kim Il-Sung's December 28, 1955 party address, "On Eliminating Dogmatism and Formalism and Establishing Juche in Ideological Work". This is a great flip-side to our last discussion with Dr. Dermot Hudson (please listen to it as well!), where he outlines what exactly Juche is and how it operates within the DPRK. We tackle the critiques Kim-Il Sung makes of the establishment of Marxism-Leninism in Korea and how the people must make it their own. It's a continuity and a dialectic, taking from their material conditions. We expand upon how we think some of these principles can apply to our communities and how we can also flesh out our own praxis as opposed to regurgitating the past. Thanks so much to Nathan for hopping on with us. PLEASE check out Marx Madness below: https://podtail.com/en/podcast/marx-madness/ *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* Live in West Virginia? Work in West Virginia? Take this REAL quick survey for us. Let's build a Worker Center :) bit.ly/WVWCSurvey Send us your worker stories! Awful boss? Have you done a solidarity? Tell us all about your workplaces! You are not alone! Site: www.westvirginiaiww.org
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What’s up Fellow Workers! It's time for what will be - but shouldn't be - a very controversial episode. The West Virginia IWW's very own Chris 'n Dave sit down with Dr. Dermot Hudson (@Juche0071) of the Korean Friendship Association - UK, Association for the Study of Songun Politics, and the Juche Idea Study Group of England. Look at those credentials yall! This is an awesome sode where we discuss a multitude of things surrounding the DPRK ranging from the principles of the Juche idea - as laid out by Kim Il-Sung and expanded by Kim Jong-Il - to the way to a real quick governmental and societal rundown, with a nice blanket of humanism and human-ness (it IS the underlying current of Juche, after all). Seriously, thanks so much to Dermot for for joining us from across the pond and having a couple extra cups of coffee to record very late with us. Check out his newest work, "In Defence of Juche Korea" available where books are sold :) *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* Live in West Virginia? Work in West Virginia? Take this REAL quick survey for us. Let's build a Worker Center :) bit.ly/WVWCSurvey Send us your worker stories! Awful boss? Have you done a solidarity? Tell us all about your workplaces! You are not alone! Site: www.westvirginiaiww.org
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What’s up Fellow Workers! Chris n Dave sit down with Zach and Kelton from everyone's favorite bayou podcast, Psychic Dolphin Garage (@DolphinGarage). We gotta break up a wave of "heavier" shows with some quality laughs and absurdism. We talk about the joy of Nyquil hookahs and how the MLB is essentially just the KKK league. Sometimes you just vibe so hard with local rappers that you shit your pants. BUT! We do eventually stop flapping our jowls and talk organizing, community, and the inherent knowledge outside of the coastal cities that "somethin just aint right". Follow these folks on Twitter for updates on the SUPER COOL Rose Talkus. Thanks yall for joining us. Check out PDG below: https://psychicdolphingarage.podbean.com/ https://www.patreon.com/join/psychicdolphingarage *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* Live in West Virginia? Work in West Virginia? Take this REAL quick survey for us. Let's build a Worker Center :) bit.ly/WVWCSurvey Send us your worker stories! Awful boss? Have you done a solidarity? Tell us all about your workplaces! You are not alone! Site: www.westvirginiaiww.org
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What’s up Fellow Workers! For this show, the folks at the West Virginia IWW (uh, Chris 'n Dave) have esteemed guest Chuka Ejeckam (@ChukaEjeckam) joining them. Chuka is a graduate student at the University of British Columbia and we're over the moon that he could sit down and discuss modern drug prohibition and the preservation of structures that not only allow but encourage the current issues with substance abuse to not just persist, but flourish. Nixon was total garbage and turned the average working class person against the student Left and racial minorities. Iran-Contra not only crushed international Leftist campaigns but also destroyed poor American neighborhoods. Clinton gave rise to the Super Predator... Seriously the list goes on and on, while we wrap up hitting close to home with the Opioid Crisis. Seriously, thanks so much to Chuka -- for filling this sode TO THE BRIM with amazing information and for letting us mostly just kick back while he outright took us to school. *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* Live in West Virginia? Work in West Virginia? Take this REAL quick survey for us. Let's build a Worker Center :) bit.ly/WVWCSurvey Send us your worker stories! Awful boss? Have you done a solidarity? Tell us all about your workplaces! You are not alone! Site: www.westvirginiaiww.org
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What’s up Fellow Workers! For this show, Chris and Dave sit down with honorary third host of the pod, John (@facebookvillain) from Beep Beep Lettuce (@beepbeepleef). We get back in the saddle for the new year, complete with a hot new intro, and talk some more about dickhead gentrifiers. There's this "cool" young professional couple buying local buildings for a dollar. Homestead's got this v real and v authentic axe throwing bar, definitely been there since the barbershop next door opened generations ago. We also talk about the compatibility of the rural "community" mindset and socialism. They go hand-in-hand much better than community and weirdo libertarian garbage. Also, throw out that broken, cheapo bass guitar. Donate those old clothes in your closet. Start fresh, build something better. Check out Beep Beep Lettuce here! beepbeeplettuce.podbean.com/ www.patreon.com/beepbeeplettuce *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* Live in West Virginia? Work in West Virginia? Take this REAL quick survey for us. Let's build a Worker Center :) bit.ly/WVWCSurvey Send us your worker stories! Awful boss? Have you done a solidarity? Tell us all about your workplaces! You are not alone! Site: www.westvirginiaiww.org
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What’s up Fellow Workers! For this show, Chris and Dave kick it solo. The content well had run a little dry so we picked up a local newspaper and found a nice story. We tackle the Non-Profit Industrial Complex and how 98.99% of all Non-Profits would organize themselves out of all their cash if they weren't just Chamber of Commerce gentrifiers. We namely go in on a local "community gardening" (it's laughable they call it that) non-profit that not only exploits the neighborhoods where they put their gardens but also the people that work for them, all for the benefit of some pretty healthy local farms. Community gardening is a great way to build solidarity, educate and feed these communities. Evidently, it's also a real good way to exploit folks for a nice buck. *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* Live in West Virginia? Work in West Virginia? Take this REAL quick survey for us. Let's build a Worker Center :) http://bit.ly/WVWCSurvey Send us your worker stories! Awful boss? Have you done a solidarity? Tell us all about your workplaces! You are not alone! Site: www.westvirginiaiww.org
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What’s up Fellow Workers! For this show, Bryn(@kinematografi) of commie weed podcast Beep Beep Lettuce (@beepbeepleaf) and lefty Let's Play series Left Trigger on Means TV, joins the OT. We love Beep Beep Lettuce and have wanted to sit down and talk to Bryn about her path to radicalization for a while, now. We break our cart. Bryn talks about growing up out West and moving to the Carolinas, where everyone's dad's a cop. We dive into what radical creativity, art and music can mean for a growing revolutionary project and how all of this fits together. It's a good time, y'all. Plus, this is our second to last show for the year! Check out Beep Beep Lettuce here! https://beepbeeplettuce.podbean.com/ https://www.patreon.com/beepbeeplettuce Check out Left Trigger here! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTLzY5MJj58Vfj8w95C-ekWKBMo4xd6R9 Also, here is the link to help Ohio Valley Pride's ongoing fundraising efforts: bit.ly/31dtmyq It's a nice chunk of change to get them caught up and sitting pretty so we can try and work toward a greater Northern Panhandle. *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* Send us your worker stories! Awful boss? Have you been yanked around? Heck, have you seen some rad acts of solidarity amongst co-workers? Tell us all about your workplaces! You are not alone. Site: www.westvirginiaiww.org
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What. Is. Up. Fellow Workers! For this show, the OT sit down with Brett (@relentlessbored) from the lefty comedy podcast, Dumb and Awful (@dumbawfulshow). Brett joins us to talk about something a little more controversial on the Left - the military and former service members. Brett recounts countless stories from his time in the AF and chronicles what made him - and so many other poor and working folks - enlist. We talk about the camaraderie and the working class stories, from the great positive bonding moments we can learn from, all the way to some of the more heartbreaking stories of kids needing healthcare for family or sending their paychecks home. Former service members are ripe for radicalization! Plus, we recount Brett's favorite parts the American Forces Network and the gamut of free Veteran's Day meals! Check out Dumb and Awful here! https://dumbandawful.fireside.fm/ https://www.patreon.com/DumbandAwful Also, here is the link to help Ohio Valley Pride's ongoing fundraising efforts: bit.ly/31dtmyq It's a nice chunk of change to get them caught up and sitting pretty so we can try and work toward a greater Northern Panhandle. *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* Send us your worker stories! Awful boss? Have you been yanked around? Heck, have you seen some rad acts of solidarity amongst co-workers? Tell us all about your workplaces! You are not alone. Site: www.westvirginiaiww.org
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What’s up Fellow Workers! For this show, the OT folks sit down with a couple of Canadian comedians, Ev (@nomunnynohunny) and Soph (@bingodaddyy), from the hilarious pop culture and politics pod Dumb Bitch Media (@dumbbitchmedia). After melting all of our brains with the last several shows, we're settling in for a lighter show. We have some great laughs as we all converse in our pajamas and sweats. We hit on growing up working class in the great white north, what's it like to be some kind of diy performer, and most importantly, do diners have green rooms? Check out DBM here! https://dumbbitchmedia.podbean.com/ https://www.patreon.com/dumbbitchmedia Also, here is the link to help Ohio Valley Pride's ongoing fundraising efforts: bit.ly/31dtmyq It's a nice chunk of change to get them caught up and sitting pretty so we can try and work toward a greater Northern Panhandle. *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* Send us your worker stories! Awful boss? Have you been yanked around? Heck, have you seen some rad acts of solidarity amongst co-workers? Tell us all about your workplaces! You are not alone. Site: www.westvirginiaiww.org
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What’s up Fellow Workers! First, here is the link to help Ohio Valley Pride: http://bit.ly/31dtmyq It's a nice chunk of change to get them caught up and sitting pretty so we can try and work toward a greater Northern Panhandle. Next, for this old sode we sit down with some folks we really, really respect both as podcasters and as organizers. We are joined by Breht (Rev Left Radio, Red Menace), Mel (Coffee with Comrades), JP (Beep Beep Lettuce), and Max (Working People). The crew settles in, originally, for a discussion about our different "tendencies" and how similarly our organizing manifests. However, this quickly takes a turn, as we discuss the new Left media sphere as an extension of education and the position of media creation in regards to the bounds of praxis. We dish on our communities and what radicalized us. This is a great chance to hear different stories and get a great conversation to chew over. Solidarity forever, y'all. Rev Left http://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/ https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio Red Menace https://redmenace.libsyn.com/ https://www.patreon.com/TheRedMenace Coffee with Comrades http://www.coffeewithcomrades.com/ https://www.patreon.com/coffeewithcomrades Beep Beep Lettuce https://soundcloud.com/beepbeepleaf https://www.patreon.com/beepbeeplettuce Working People http://workingpeople.libsyn.com/ https://www.patreon.com/WorkingPeople Shouts out to the Nebraska Left Coalition, Nebraska SRA, the UM Anti-Fascists, UE in western Pennsylvania, and all of the other great orgs mentioned in this episode! *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* Site: www.westvirginiaiww.org
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What’s up Fellow Workers! This week, we wrap up our talk about "Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power: Community Organizing in Radical Times" by Amy Sonnie and James Tracey. On this show, we really get into the meat of the Young Patriots Organization. We dig into the solidarity that rises from police brutality in working class areas and the influence of Marxism-Leninism, and even Mao Zedong Thought, in these movements as the working class splintered from the Student Left. We even go into the concept of Third World Nations throughout the United States, which we're sure is a "cancellable offense" to some. We are so excited to put a bow on this one and learn from these great radicals as we build our own Revolutionary Project. Solidarity forever, y'all. *WE ARE THE OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* www.westvirginiaiww.org
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What’s up Fellow Workers! We FINALLY get to sit down, old skool styley with no guests, and begin our discussion on the "Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power: Community Organizing in Radical Times" by Amy Sonnie and James Tracey. We started reading this back in February and have been talking about doing a show on it, since. We go into this show a little more well-researched, diving in with Appalachian migration in the 1960s, exploring neighborhood dynamics, poverty and similarities with other working class neighborhoods. There's a lot going on with the Student Left and they begin to fray with radical working class locals. What about the Black Panthers? What comes of these tensions? What's a Rainbow Coalition? We got it covered. *WE ARE THE OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* www.westvirginiaiww.org
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What’s up Fellow Workers! For this show, we sit down with Lauren (@elleschand, We the People MI). Our last show with her revolved around being Not-Rich and the student guides she spurred for working class students at universities across the States. This time, we dish on her formalizing the Class and Inequalities minor at UM, organizing in academia and doing organizing work back in our working class homes! We additionally dish on:
 "Is this thing on?" // Worker solidarity gets the goods! // Paul Blart: Black Panther // Y'know, as I try to find the funny topics all I can think is wow... this is a real professional sode. Good job everyone. 
 Check out We the People MI: https://www.wethepeoplemi.org/ *WE ARE THE OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* www.westvirginiaiww.org
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What’s up Fellow Workers!
 This week we sit down AGAIN with another best friend of the show, Cooper Cherry (@anarchomuaddab)of "Podcast" C/O Cooper Cherry! We grappled with Post-Structuralism and its deabstraction last time out, but this time we go in REAL deep — Foucault’s self-policing, Derrida and Lacan, and even a bit on Baudrillard’s Simulacra and Simulation. Buckle up, y'all. It's heady!
 We additionally dish on:
 Mandatory OT In the Morning on 106 WMRX // Whg Dildo & Pleasure Factory // Dr. Manhattan, Phenomenologist // Bonobos, constantly wacking it // Porno guilt, etc. 
 Check out "Podcast" C/O Cooper Cherry:
 SoundCloud: @podcast-co-coopercherry
 Twitter: @Podcastcocooper
 *WE ARE THE OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW*
www.westvirginiaiww.org
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 Take your lunch, head on home, or kick your feet up with us. We got your back

What’s up Fellow Workers!
 This week we sit down with good friend Cooper Cherry (@anarchomuaddab)of "Podcast" C/O Cooper Cherry! Cooper introduces us to Post-Modernist and Post-Structuralist thought and we grapple with taking the abstractions of Foucault and Derrida and morphing them into something tangible and relatable. Buckle up, y'all. It's a lil heady! We additionally dish on:

 Dave’s broken mic stand // Zizek v. Peberson // The “family budget” // Accumulated wealth =/= Being the goodest boy // Boots on the ground, etc. 

Check out "Podcast" C/O Cooper Cherry: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry Twitter: @Podcastcocooper *WE ARE THE OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW*
 www.westvirginiaiww.org 
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What’s up Fellow Workers!
 This week we sit down, live in-basement, and get a lil sloppy with best friend of the pod John (@facebookvillain) from Beep Beep Lettuce. He also has a stand-alone show, This Is Not A Librivox Recording, which focuses more on anarchism and book reads. Tonight we discuss the Kronstadt rebellion, but naturally, we go off the rails and spiral into the messiness of organizing and then explored Gilet Jaunes, the Chicago BPP and Young Patriots We additionally dish on:

 Lenin the Sapiosexual // Trots and their got dang newspapers // Tendency constantly being 12 steps ahead of where we *really* are // Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, Rojava and Middle Eastern cell organizing // The New Deal: “White Cards” fresh off the presses; etc.
 Check out Beep Beep Lettuce (@beepbeepleaf) and This Is Not a Librivox Recording on all places you listen to podcasts!
https://beepbeeplettuce.podbean.com/
https://soundcloud.com/notlibrivox/
 *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW*
 www.westvirginiaiww.org 
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What is up fellow workers! This week, Dave and Chris sit down with the ~real~ garbage men of the vanguard, Brett (@relentlessbored) and Rob (@dumbandawful)of the Dumb & Awful podcast! We talk about being online and getting our sh!t together, and then, they take over as hosts and moderate our own show for us (whoops). Crack a cold one, mow your grass, and let's yell into the abyss together :) Gumby, the proud Viridian-American // What's online for? // From biz union to 1 Big Union // "Florida Poor" // Adapting the Left oral tradition for a modern world, etc. Check out Dumb & Awful (@dumbawfulshow) on all places you listen to podcasts! https://dumbandawful.fireside.fm/ *OFFICIAL POD OF THE WEST VIRGINIA IWW* We FINALLY have a website: https://www.westvirginiaiww.org Reach out to us: wviww@protonmail.com Take your lunch, head on home, or kick your feet up with us. We got your back

What is up Fellow Workers! 

On this week’s episode, Chris and Dave didn’t finish their books and their guest fell through, so instead… they unpack their conversation with Tanya and not being jaded. Pour a coffee, crack an IC Light and come hang with us :) Therapy // Byron Leftwich, Tendency: Scrambler // Sex and shame and guilt // The time and space for organizing and how to make it fun // Being jaded and being ecumenical, bridging the gap // + more… ake your lunch, head on home, or kick your feet up with us :) We got your back

What is up fellow workers! On this episode, Chris and Dave have a couple drinks and sit down with Tanya (Trillbilly Worker's Party). This is a show we're beyond stoked to bring you, as we dish on the carceral system and then turn to a much "lighter" topic... Sexy Sex Ed. Crack a cold one or pour some coffee and hang out with us! Dave almost hit a kid because the Reds suck // “Remember, ya gadda pay taxes on that” // ALL of Kentucky will be locked up before 2090 // Chris says “vagina juice” on the pod // Empowerment works, guilt and shame does not // Sexy Sex Ed = Communications 101 // + more. Check out the Highlander Center and WMMT Community Radio below: https://www.highlandercenter.org/ https://www.wmmt.org/ And you somehow haven't, check out the gosh darn Trillbillies! Twitter: @thetrillbillies https://soundcloud.com/user-972848621-463073718 Take your lunch, head on home, or kick your feet up with us :) We got your back

What is up fellow workers! On this episode, Chris and Dave have a couple beers and a Hangouts with @AWildSilas, a game YouTuber, video essayist, and soonish-to-be published author. We don't get too heavy, our old noggins needed a break but we had a blast with this one! Bernie n Gravel // Superheroes ain't it chief // MySpace edgelord days // How can media be revolutionary? // Gay Trek Communism // + more. Follow AWildSilas here! YT: https://www.youtube.com/user/AWildSilas Tweets: @AWildSilas Take your lunch, head on home, or kick your feet up with us :) We got your back

What is up fellow workers! This is the second of two episodes diving into Joseph Stalin's sorta pamphlet "Dialectical Materialism". Chris and Dave dive into the book to discuss our proximity to production and history as a science. We wrap up by tackling the abstraction of 'Marxism as a science' and tying it into the world in which we currently live and know. Additional musings on: #StraightFacts // Stop 'n Shop strikes // Copper theft // Neoliberal Neosporin and band-aids Take your lunch, head on home, or kick your feet up with us :) We got your back

What is up fellow workers! This is the first of two episodes diving into Joseph Stalin's sorta pamphlet "Dialectical Materialism". Chris and Dave dive into the book to discuss our proximity to production and history as a science. We begin by tackling the "Three Features of Production" and the "Five Stages of Production". Additional musings on: Limp Bizkit vs. Kid Rock // Gold-plated iguana pairs well with chili sauce // "So long and thanks for all the fish" // Wash your fkn hands! Take your lunch, head on home, or kick your feet up with us :) We got your back

What is up fellow workers! For this episode, Chris and Dave sit down with Lauren (@elleschand), the spearhead for "Being Not-Rich at UM: A Guide" and the mastermind behind the development of UM's minor program on Class and Identities. "Not-Rich" is an open source toolkit for working class folks by working class folks that talks about University of Michigan -- it has since inspired multiple spin-offs for campuses across the country. College as a working class kid // Figuring yourself out; developing your politics // The college free speech circuit ft. zombie hitler // Campus racism // The great Mormon pastime of Soaking // + more… Plz check out Being Not-Rich at UM below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ou-AelCrAg6soUJVbiviKAGBGF276w-UBlw-eMigwOA/ Plz give Lauren a shout on Twitter @elleschand! Take your lunch, head on home, or kick your feet up with us :) We got your back

What is up fellow workers! This episode is a crossover with our good buddies from the witty, ironic weed n politics podcast Beep Beep Lettuce! Eric Porterfield: swim team champion AND heavyweight prize fighter // "We sell guitars n we sell gunz" // Ultimate fail daughter: Meghan McCain // What if Stalin had a cell phone? What? You mean Facebook and Google already do this stuff??? // Taco Bell employees rule // + more... Plz check out the Beep Beep crew here: https://soundcloud.com/beepbeepleaf Twitter: @beepbeepleaf Take your lunch, head on home, or kick your feet up with us :) We got your back