Space Commune

On this episode we are joined by Ben Pile, a researcher, commentator and blogger. He is the co-founder and main writer of the Climate Resistance blog, which claims to be “challenging the climate orthodoxy.” We discuss: 15 minute cities, British monarchy, energy, racism of the Green Movement, Greta Thunberg and more! Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/clim8resistance Check out: https://climatedebate.co.uk/ And: https://www.climate-resistance.org/

On this episode we talk to Matthew Ehret, journalist, artist, Senior Fellow of American University in Moscow. We cover topics like: Ted Kaczynski, eco anarchism/terrorism, deep green resistance, Planet of the Humans & How to Blow Up a Pipeline, weaponized masses, Fabian socialists and Jacobin terror, Hamilton vs Jefferson, giving rights to animals and rivers, socialism vs capitalism, and more! Read Matthew's article: The Roots of Modern Eco-Terrorism: From MK Ultra and the Unabomber to Maurice Strong and Yuval Harari https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/roots-of-modern-eco-terrorism/ Follow Matthew on Substack: https://matthewehret.substack.com/

In this episode we talk to Cynthia Chung, President of the Rising Tide Foundation and a writer at Strategic Culture Foundation. Topics include: geopolitics, Davos/World Economic Forum, China, debunking Malthus & Darwin from a scientific pov, wind & solar vs nuclear & fossil fuel; debunking scientific technology myths about: genetic modification of food (GMOs), nuclear radiation, climate change, greening deserts, plasma torch and more! Read Cynthia's essay "What Determines a 'Limit to Growth?'" https://cynthiachung.substack.com/p/what-determines-a-limit-to-growth

Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered by E.F. Schumacher is one of the most influential books you've never heard of. In this episode we discuss the full background, context and legacy of this small-but-mighty philosophical work that has ties to the degrowth movement, influenced people such as Jimmy Carter, King Charles, Bill McKibben, and is responsible for green fascist policy keeping the global south impoverished under a pacifist guise. Sources: https://blogs.dickinson.edu/hist-118pinsker/2017/05/01/the-contested-legacy-of-an-economic-prophet/ https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/11/the-fascinating-backstory-of-king-charles-iii-and-environmental-crusading https://youtu.be/G6xBXYlqzWA?t=2766

In this episode we're joined by writer, film producer, and podcaster Robert Bryce to talk about the decadence of American society, the anti-industry industry, "environmental" NGOs fighting an asymmetric warfare and steamrolling rural communities, the disconnect between policy and physical reality, vandalism of environmental activists, and more! Read Robert's Substack: https://robertbryce.substack.com/p/the-anti-industry-industry Links to all of Robert's work: https://linktr.ee/robertbryce

We're joined by Jusper Machogu, an agricultural engineer and farmer in Kenya to talk about: climate alarmism, fertilizer, farming, climate scam, co2, The UN, sustainable development goals, why organic farming doesn't work, nuclear and renewable energy and more! Read Jusper's latest op-ed: https://www.newsafrica.net/article/us-vice-president-lectures-africa-on-climate-change Follow Jusper on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JusperMachogu

On this episode we are joined by John Desjarlais, the new executive director of the Indigenous Resource Network (IRN). We talk about: indigenous sovereignty, development of resources, nuclear energy, environmentalism, win-win development, value chains and more! Follow IRN on Twitter: https://twitter.com/irn_indigenous Check out their website: https://indigenousresourcenetwork.ca/

We are joined by S.L. Kanthan to talk about geopolitics, solving border conflicts, climate change, ideology, narratives, and the return to rational thinking and more! Follow Kanthan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kanthan2030 Kanthan's Substack: https://slkanthan.substack.com/ If you enjoy this content, consider supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/spacecommune

In this episode we're joined by a member of the wildly popular Doomberg substack publication which focuses on energy, finance, and the economy at-large. We talk about bunk science, the proposed gas stove ban, the attack on single family home ownership, the American Dream, our anti-human Malthusian institutions, and more! You can find the Doomberg team at https://doomberg.substack.com/ And on Twitter https://twitter.com/DoombergT Support Space Commune by becoming a Patron! www.patreon.com/spacecommune Follow all of our work at https://spacecommune.com/

In this episode we're joined by David Fishman, energy analyst with a focus on China's power grid to talk about mountains covered in solar panels, energy culture wars, urban vs rural divide, pragmatic energy grid development, paternalistic energy policies, USA, China & Africa, and more! David on Twitter https://twitter.com/pretentiouswhat David on Substack https://crossingtheriver.substack.com/ Support Space Commune by becoming a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/spacecommune Follow all of our work at https://spacecommune.com/

On this episode we talk to Louis CK about art, algorithms, how comedy has changed with social media, moral authority, grassroots comedy vs. mainstream, Chinese culture, prosperity, communism vs. capitalism, donuts and more! Louis' website: https://louisck.com/

In this episode we are joined by Diane Sare who is in the midst of her campaign as an Independent running for US State Senate in New York State against Chuck Schumer. In this episode we discuss the crazy, backwards primary process, her fight against Schumer, Malthusianism, nuclear energy, the co2 shortage, Glass-Steagall, speculative banking vs legitimate investment, the Ukrainian blacklist, upstate vs downstate New York politics, decentralization and more! Diane's website is https://www.sareforsenate.com/ Follow on Twitter https://twitter.com/DianeSare

We're joined by philosopher, cultural critic and political theorist Gabriel Rockhill to discuss: The CIA & Congress for Cultural Freedom, Intellectual commodity fetishism, the distribution of ideas, the compatible left, actually existing socialism, cultural production, the war for hearts and minds, information war on China, petty-bourgeois melancholia (the PMC politics of despair), institutional inertia/uplift, and more! Read Gabriel's recent article The CIA & The Frankfurt School's Anti-Communism: https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-cia-the-frankfurt-schools-anti-communism/ Follow on twitter: @GabrielRockhill For more information: https://gabrielrockhill.com

In this episode we're joined by author, poet and legendary internet shitposter Logo Daedalus (R. Cam). We cover: the wild west internet days, decentralization, touching grass, the narrative, wordcels vs shape-rotators, Disney, intellectual property, China and more! Visit Logo's website: https://www.readbooksvlt.com/ Follow Logo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Logo_Daedalus

Emmet Penney returns to the Space Commune Podcast to cover topics: The battle between renewables vs. nuclear, Build Public Renewables Act in New York State, how to stop industrial decline, crisis rhetoric vs. the yolk of discipline, philosophical and socio-political discussion about energy, climate and the future. Follow Emmet on twitter: https://twitter.com/nukebarbarian Grid Brief: https://www.gridbrief.com/ Nuclear Barbarians Podcast: https://nuclearbarians.substack.com/

In this episode we talk to Geoff Young who just won the Democratic Primary for Kentucky Congressional District 6. Geoff is running as an American Patriot who wants to abolish the CIA, address economic issues, cooperate with Russia & China, and more! Geoff's website: https://www.young4ky.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GeoffYoung4KY Donate: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/geoff-young-for-kentucky-2

PACD podcast crossover episode we cut it up with Peter and Ms. ACD about climate grief, anti-communism, self immolation, eco activism, the whales of Buddhism, gurus, going viral, Malthusianism, reducing your carbon footprint, end of history, degrowth, and more! Listen to the PACD Podcast: anchor.fm/PACD Watch the PACD Podcast: www.youtube.com/PACDpod Very Important Documentaries: https://www.youtube.com/c/VeryImportantDocumentaries/

In this episode we talk to our guest Alex Smith of The Breakthrough Institute about his controversial article for Jacobin criticizing Alice Waters and the Slow Food Movement. We discuss romanticized agrarianism, cottagecore, urban agriculture, fantasy, feral hogs, conscious consumerism, big Ag, back to the land, small is beautiful, wholesomeness, degrowth, localism and more! Read Alex's article: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/12/organic-local-industrial-agriculture-farm-to-table Follow Alex on twitter: https://twitter.com/alexjmssmith ----- Fraud, Famine and Fascism: The Ukrainian Genocide Myth from Hitler to Harvard by Douglas Tottle https://spacecommune.com/Douglas_Tottle_Fraud_Famine_and_Fascism.pdf

Alex and Fox talk to Daniel Burke, an activist with the LaRouche Organization and Schiller Institute. We cover topics ranging from the financial bubble, Malthusians, degrowth, The Great Reset, China's Belt and Road Initiative, beauty and reason, energy flux density, the unfolding of the universe - and more! Follow Daniel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Burke4Senate Read about Energy Flux Density and Potential Relative Population Density: https://larouchepub.com/eiw/public/2014/eirv41n31-20140808/43-48_4131.pdf "The U.S.-NATO Hidden War Threat: The Green New Deal" by Paul Gallagher https://drive.google.com/file/d/1at1zm5dpx-F8ca3OtdQJifWNs8Z5REgZ/view

We talk to Meredith Angwin, author of Shorting the Grid, The Hidden Fragility of Our Electric Grid and energy consultant. We chat about ISOs & RTOs, beating the peak, passing the energy buck, fragilizing the grid, the myth of of 100% renewables, baseload energy, energy fiefdoms and more! As a working chemist, Meredith Angwin headed projects that lowered pollution and increased reliability on the electric grid. Her work included pollution control for nitrogen oxides in gas-fired combustion turbines, and corrosion control in geothermal and nuclear systems. She was one of the first women to be a project manager at the Electric Power Research Institute. She led projects in renewable and nuclear energy. Meredith's website: https://meredithangwin.com/ Email: meredithangwin@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/MeredithAngwin

In this episode we talk to Carlos aka Andean Comintern about American Patriotism, Land Back vs. Land Reform, Evo Morales, Buen Vivir, Degrowth and more! Follow Carlos on Twitter! https://twitter.com/andeancomintern

In this PACD podcast crossover episode we cut it up with Peter and Ms. ACD about Greta Thunberg, indigenous wisdom, the R word, degrowth, and more! Listen to the PACD Podcast: https://anchor.fm/PACD Watch the PACD Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/PACDpod Watch the new Space Commune film "Consumerism: Can we buy a better world?" https://youtu.be/0VbWe5SM9Lg

In this episode we talk to Duncan Bryer, lifelong New Yorker and former policy director for a New York State Senator about the closure of Indian Point nuclear power plant, which supplied about 1/4 of NYC's energy. We discuss the politics around New York energy policy, environmental racism and more! Read Duncan's article: https://www.gothamgazette.com/development/130-opinion/9215-environmental-justice-clean-energy-truth-indian-point

On this Earth Day episode we talk to Caleb Maupin about the academic roots of the New Left, capitalist proxy wars, optimistic collectivism vs. degrowth Neo-Malthusian pessimism, a world based on brotherhood of humanity and more! Caleb's website: https://www.calebmaupin.com/ Caleb's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ClevelandFIST Caleb on Twitter: https://twitter.com/calebmaupin

In this episode we talk to Emmet Penney of ex.haust podcast about nuclear, the grid and the inner workings of how energy agendas are pushed through the political sphere. Emmet is co-author of "We Need a Nuclear New Deal, Not a Green New Deal" published on the Bellows last September https://www.thebellows.org/we-need-a-nuclear-new-deal-not-a-green-new-deal/ Listen to ex.haust podcast! https://exhaust.fireside.fm/ Follow Emmet on Twitter! https://twitter.com/dumbaristotle

We're joined by Matt Huber, Associate Professor of Geography and the Environment at Syracuse University. Huber has been one of the few academics to critique "degrowth" ideology from a socialist perspective. In this episode talk about the overlap between degrowth, localism and the PMC, and more! Read Matt's writing: https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/geo/Huber,_Matthew_T_/ Follow Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Matthuber78

In this episode we get the inside story from Andrew Saturn and Jonny Meade who both ran for office as socialists and the flack they received from the far left sectors of the Democratic Party establishment for doing so. Saturn tells us about his experience starting an Our Revolution chapter, getting sued by the Democrats, working for Bernie, the Gravel teens and more... Check out Andrew and Jonny's podcast Socialism Train! https://soundcloud.com/socialismtrain And on Twitter: https://twitter.com/socialismtrain Read more about Andrew's story: https://www.pugetsoundsocialistparty.com/reading/dsa-sabotage/

Greg Sharzer, author of "No Local: Why Small-Scale Alternatives Won't Change The World" joins us to talk about the book he wrote ten years ago which warns of all the pitfalls of "localism" that are currently being played out right in our home city of Kingston, NY with the help of powerful, "progressive" capitalists such as Buffett, Soros, a handful of tech giants, and more... Greg's Writing: No Local https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/no-local Late Escapism and Contemporary Neoliberalism Alienation, Work and Utopia https://www.routledge.com/Late-Escapism-and-Contemporary-Neoliberalism-Alienation-Work-and-Utopia/Sharzer/p/book/9781138242319 Cooperatives as Transitional Economics https://www.academia.edu/33614758/Cooperatives_as_Transitional_Economics Video: NPIC: Will the Revolution Be Funded? https://youtu.be/M60WULV7XRY

On this episode we talk to George Hoare of the Aufhebunga Bunga podcast about his latest article for Damage Magazine, "Moral Minoritarianism from the Ashes of Left Populism". Topics covered include: BLM outside of the US, "deliberative democracy" & "citizen's assemblies", localism and more! Read George's article: https://damagemag.com/2021/01/13/moral-minoritarianism-from-the-ashes-of-left-populism/ Aufhebunga Bunga Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/bungacast Book: The End of the End of History tinyurl.com/BungaBook Find us on Twitter: Fox: twitter.com/FoxGGreen Alex: twitter.com/alexspcm

In celebration of Joe Biden's inauguration, "socialist" magazine Jacobin attempts "ironic satire" with a cover that aims to "make fun of the libs". Did they succeed? Fox and Alex are joined by Peter Coffin to figure that out. In this episode we talk about political fandom, "precuperation", Niobiom's viral meme that triggered the libs (https://twitter.com/nobum62/status/1352042371148640273) the spectacle of protest and more! Follow Peter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/petercoffin Find us on Twitter: Fox: twitter.com/FoxGGreen Alex: twitter.com/alexspcm

Part 1: Alex and Fox discuss the Capitol MAGA riot, right wing vs. left wing nonprofit industrial complex, Qanon solidarity, and more Part 2: We chat with Jonny Meade about his run for state office in Washington as a Socialist and how the DSA didn't support him Follow Jonny on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonnysocialism Find us on Twitter: Fox: twitter.com/FoxGGreen Alex: twitter.com/alexspcm

Special guest Kelgore joins us to talk about the nonprofit industrial complex, being a twitter comedian, mutual aid, electoral politics, spectacle and more! Watch Kelgore's video "Nonprofits Are The Worst": https://youtu.be/o_byCXksW4Y Follow her on Twitter https://twitter.com/KelgoreTrout Find us on Twitter: Fox: twitter.com/FoxGGreen Alex: twitter.com/alexspcm

What is the Post Left? Alex and Fox riff on Carl Beijer's attempt to define the latest classification of political misfits by exploring fandom/anti-fandom reactionary marketplaces, social capital and billionaire funders. Read Carl's post here: https://www.carlbeijer.com/p/what-is-the-post-left Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexspcm https://twitter.com/foxggreen https://twitter.com/spacecommune

Alex and Fox slice it up with our guest Another Slice. We cover: Dirtbag divide / culture war / PC language Psychology of BreadTube / parasocial Working at nonprofits / The New Left / Tenant Organizing Nihilism / Faith / Experience marketing Protest Porn / Spectacle Left vs. Right Aesthetic Watch Another Slice on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJzZZa-M6H52uDym0Rqzlnw Find us on Twitter: Fox: twitter.com/FoxGGreen Alex: twitter.com/alexspcm Space Commune YouTube: youtube.com/spacecommune

Fox and Alex discuss mutual aid and the nonprofit industrial complex, systemic critiques and leftist brands. Check out: Mutual Aid: A Factor of Liberalism by Gus Breslauer https://regenerationmag.org/mutual-aid-a-factor-of-liberalism/ Find us on Twitter: Fox: https://twitter.com/FoxGGreen Alex: https://twitter.com/alexspcm YouTube: https://youtube.com/spacecommune

Fox and Alex talk about Tesla self-driving cars, technology and degrowth vs. The Great Reset