Month: April 2020

We’re back at it again with Doomer vs. Bloomer, our pals on the Channel Zero Network. At times like these, we have to learn how to grieve together and mourn collectively. We must also, simultaneously, dialectically, engage in the necessary work of community-organizing. So, what do we do? Franz and Kami join Pearson to (hopefully) offer some potential ideas.  Check out Doomer vs. Bloomer on Twitter and support them 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: “Souvenir” by boygenius Outro: “Aftermath” by the Ghost Inside

This week, Cindy Milstein sits down for a conversation with Pearson about her new edited anthology, Deciding For Ourselves: The Promise of Direct Democracy. In this episode, we chat about joy, grief, organizing in an era of COVID-19, direct democrac(ies), and the beautiful messiness of participatory praxis and collaborative decision-making.  Pick up a copy of Deciding For Ourselves: The Promise of Direct Democracy from AK Press!  Follow Cindy on Twitter and Instagram.  Support Gainesville IWOC and Fight Toxic Prisons’ direct action by donating to $FightToxicPrisons on CashApp or fighttoxicprisons@gmail.com on PayPal.  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: “No Justice” by Astonauts, etc.  Outro: “Heavenly” by Adventures  

This week, Eamon and I wrap up our dialogue on COVID-19, specifically with an eye toward what we can do to confront this crisis. We chat about the surge of mutual aid organizing and base-building, the wave of rent strikes hitting major urban centers, and community-organizing in a time of self-quarantining. Above all else, Eamon and I talk about how we can all live our lives so fucking brilliantly that even death will tremble to take us.  If this is your first time checking out Coffee with Comrades, we encourage you to check out Ep. 80: “The Virus is the Profit Motive,” the first half of our two-part series on COVID-19.  We encourage you to get involved in Mutual Aid organizing in your neck-of-the-woods. Check out this round-up of mutual aid organizations all across the so-called United States.  Resources:  Ventilator shortages expose the cruelty of neoliberal capitalism  Democrats roll over for the Trump Administration’s “stimulus package”  Leaked documents expose how Amazon tried to frame warehouse strike organizer  Neo-Nazis plot to bomb hospital amidst COVID-19 crisis  White supremacists plan to cough on Jews if they contract COVID-19  Mutual aid activity explodes across the so-called U.S.  Organize a Rent Strike with these resources from IGD and CrimethInc. and Rebel Steps Expected 32% of U.S. workforce will be out of a job  Coronavirus is a labor crisis: will a general strike follow?  Follow & Support:  Follow Radical People on Twitter and donate to their 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: “Mean Demeanor”  Outro: “Alibi” by Hawk  

This week, Eamon of the Radical People podcast joins us for the first half of a two-part series on COVID-19. We spend the first part of the discussion setting up the current state of affairs: where we’re at presently, what the bourgeois response has been, and how ecofascists and reactionaries are using this crisis to foment nativist strains of racism.  But, it’s not all bleak. Eamon offers a lot of insight into the crisis of late-stage capitalism from an ecological perspective and provides an invaluable lens we can use to assess the catastrophe of COVID-19 and move forward to a more liberatory future. Be sure to check back next week for part-two of our conversation.  We encourage you to get involved in Mutual Aid organizing in your neck-of-the-woods. Check out this round-up of mutual aid organizations all across the so-called United States.  Resources:  Ventilator shortages expose the cruelty of neoliberal capitalism  Democrats roll over for the Trump Administration’s “stimulus package”  Leaked documents expose how Amazon tried to frame warehouse strike organizer  Neo-Nazis plot to bomb hospital amidst COVID-19 crisis  White supremacists plan to cough on Jews if they contract COVID-19  Mutual aid activity explodes across the so-called U.S.  Organize a Rent Strike with these resources from IGD and CrimethInc. and Rebel Steps Expected 32% of U.S. workforce will be out of a job  Coronavirus is a labor crisis: will a general strike follow?  Follow & Support:  Follow Radical People on Twitter and donate to their 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: “Unfuck the World” by Prophets of Rage  Outro: “Firestorm” by Earth Crisis