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Gavin and Hope from the Chicago chapter of the Independent Labor Club join Sean to discuss national news and local chapter news in Chicagoland.

Join us for a conversation about the recent events (pig murders) in Minneapolis, what it means to organize against the state, how not to become fodder in blue vs red politics and what autonomous class self-activity looks like amid general crisis.

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Sean and Andy are joined by Connor Mulhern, lead researcher at the Reactionary International Research Consortium, and Henry Wallace, head honcho at the New International Magazine and Franco-American raconteur, to discuss the networks of power and influence behind the rise of right populist movements across the globe.
How might this reactionary global influence network compare to the unsuccessful 20th century attempt to create a fascist international or the relative successes of the Mount Pelerin Society later on? Where does an increasingly reactionary Silicon Valley fit in? What is the connection between Trumpism and the burgeoning European post-fascist movement? And how might they be confronted and defeated without the working class allying itself with the avatars of a dying liberal order like Keir Starmer and Kaja Kallas?
https://reactionary.international/cases/
https://www.newintermag.com/washington-is-no-ally/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/opinion/national-security-strategy-us-europe.html
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Song: JPEG Mafia - Vulgar Display of Power

Our thoughts on the wars, foreign and domestic, covering Greenland, Canada, China, Venezuela, EU, NATO, Israel, Minneapolis, the consolidation of neo-fascist lumpen imperialism

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Show notes:
EU’s “anti coercion tool”, the Trade bazooka, turns against Trump https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/world/europe/greenland-us-trade-war.html
Estonia's suppression of Russian minority: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/russia/article/2025/03/26/estonia-s-parliament-bans-local-voting-for-non-europeans-targeting-russians_6739540_140.html

Israeli War Keynesianism:
https://jacobin.com/2025/09/israel-war-economy-reservist-compensation
https://www.972mag.com/israel-genocide-economy-gaza-war/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-rolls-out-tax-benefits-to-lure-back-tech-talent-and-investments-after-gaza-war/
https://www.boi.org.il/en/communication-and-publications/regular-publications/monetary-policy-reports/monetary-policy-report-first-half-of-2025/
Rise of Nazis and a capitalist ‘Dual State’, not dual power: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/opinion/renee-good-ice-immunity.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/05/trump-executive-order-lawlessness-constitutional-crisis/682112/
https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-50/politics/the-fork-in-the-road-2/

Song: Andrew Bird - Dear Old Greenland

Sean and Andy are joined by Marco and Luke of the UK collective Angry Workers of the World, here to discuss their practical activity and intellectual output since the publication of Class Power on Zero Hours several years ago. They also present their relatively new healthcare industry project whose publication Vital Signs seeks to analyze how medical labor, in all its industrial diversity and its day-to-day struggles, might prefigure a world where our class has taken responsibility for production and reproduction of society.
This is a wide-ranging and fascinating discussion with fellow workers who are grappling with the biggest questions facing our class at the moment. If you're interested in their project or starting something similar where you live and work they have asked especially healthcare workers in the US to reach out to collaborate with them at Vital Signs.
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Song: Megadeath - Angry Again

We discuss PLURIBUS: Vince Gilligan's new show about a misanthropic writer who has to deal with the annoying communist singularity.

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