This week’s episode of Coffee with Comrades is jam-packed with ideas on education, feminism, decolonization, the academic industrial complex, identity (and its limitations,) and the ongoing struggle for collective liberation. Anjali Nath Upadhyay of Liberation Spring joins us for the hour to dive into these subjects and so much more. There’s a lot of wisdom packed into this episode, so pour yourself a cup of coffee and buckle in! Check out Liberation Spring’s website, follow them on Twitter, and support their work on Patreon! Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: Intro: “I Ain’t Got No Home in this World” by Woody Guthrie Interlude: “Capture the Flag” by War on Women Outro: “Carrion Flowers” by Chelsea Wolfe
Episode 78: “Burnout: What Is Is & How to Fight It”
This week, we finally got a chance to sit down with John and Gord from Little Red Schoolhouse and have a chat about burnout–what it is and how we fight it. We also chat about how Little Red Schoolhouse got started, the need for relationality in education, and the simple joys of being alive in a world whose beauty is utterly mesmerizing. Support Little Red Schoolhouse on Patreon, follow them on Twitter, and visit their website. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: – Intro: “I Ain’t Got No Home in this World Anymore” by Woody Guthrie – Interlude: “Presence is Strength” by Fever 333 – Outro: “Daylily” by Movements
Episode 77: “Art Alone Can’t Save the World”
Welcome back to another edition of Coffee with Comrades! This week, we share the second-half of a two-part special recorded with Serena Viola and Cosby Hayes on art, labor, and cultural production. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out Ep. 76 of Coffee with Comrades, “Art(work.” Today, we go global, looking beyond our local community here in Tallahassee at larger struggles and movements and the intercessions (and limitations) of cultural production. We chat about fine art versus street art, proletarian power, and the tensions of being an artist in a time of rising fascism, rabid nationalism, and climate catastrophe. Follow Serena on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Cosby on his personal Instagram and @SPHCwalls. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: Intro: “I Ain’t Got No Home in this World” by Woody Guthrie Interlude: “Weather” by Tycho Outro: “Numb” by the Devil Wears Prada
Episode 76: “Art(work)”
In this week’s edition of Coffee with Comrades, Serena Viola and Cosby Hayes join Pearson for a two-part special on art, labor, and cultural production. In Pt. I, we talk about Serena and Cosby’s art, who and what inspires their work, gentrification in Tallahassee, the state of the local art scene, and cultural production in our community. Follow Serena on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Cosby on his personal Instagram and @SPHCwalls. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: Intro: “I Ain’t Got No Home in this World” by Woody Guthrie Interlude: “Cinnamon” by Hayley Williams Outro: “Maniac (R.O.D.)” by Four Year Strong
Episode 75: “We Carry a New World Here, In Our Hearts”
In this seventy-fifth episode of Coffee with Comrades, we are joined by the historian and professor Danny Evans, author of the brand new book Revolution and the State: Anarchism in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, out now from AK Press! In this edition of the program, we speak about the Spanish Revolution and Civil War, counterrevolution, and anti-fascism. As a side-note, Danny mentions that conservatives in the Spanish Republic saw women in the revolution as “the gates of hell” opening up, a phrase popularized by Danny Payne. Pick up a copy of Revolution and the State from AK Press! Check out Danny on Academia. Scope Notes from Below and the UCU website to learn more about the ongoing strike in the UK. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music: – Intro: “I Ain’t Got No Home in this World Anymore” by Woody Guthrie – Interlude: “Viva La Quinta Brigade” by Rolando Alarcon – Outro: “Northern Fires (Guernica)” by Silent Planet