Part 1 –– We welcome returning champ Nick Chavez – mechanical engineer, marxist political economist – for a long conversation about his new essay examining the real nitty-gritty aspects of production and labor, knowledge and management. Time to step down from the ivory tower and onto the shop floor. We talk extensively about different modes of manufacturing and the stratification of technical expertise within capitalist production – and what needs to be kept, changed, and abolished in a transition to communist production. 

••• Nick’s essay: https://brooklynrail.org/2023/12/field-notes/Technical-Expertise-and-Communist-Production 
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229. Capitalist Manufacturing // Manufacturing Communism – Part 1 (ft. Nick Chavez)

“U.S. shipment of 'lethal aid' reaches Ukraine amid Russia tensions,” NBC News reported in January 2022. “U.S. adopting 'deterrence posture' as aircraft carrier heads towards Israel,” France 24 announced in October 2023. The same month, The Hill warned about “Nutrition: The national security threat no one is talking about.”

This is part two of our two-part episode on the language of war. Last week, we discussed terms like “boots on the ground” and “military footprint;” “precision” or “targeted airstrikes;” “terrorism” and the very Orwellian phrase “enemy noncombatant.”

If you haven’t listened to that episode, we definitely encourage you to do so. On this episode, we examine more of the most insidious terms that U.S. media and government officials use to sanitize military aggression worldwide, how this is affecting coverage of Israel’s nonstop murderous bombing of Gaza, and discuss how we all can and should use clearer, more accurate terms to describe the real human stakes of state violence.

Our guests are Maha Hilal and David Vine.

Episode 193: How Military Jargon and Cliches Make Mass Death Seem Sterile (Part II)

Girl God is back to face down an interview conducted by the one Mx. Jacques Gonsoulin, we talk about the most embarrassing moment of everyones life, planning for a live show, Caitlyn Jenner's saying "retarted," and finally Hesse quizzes everyone on SEX.

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SD 268 - Wet Dreams in Jail w/ Girl God

Richard Seymour on the possibility of Israel's assault on Gaza leading to broader escalation in the Middle East. We talked about the strategic calculations of Iran, Hezbollah, the Houthi militia, and Israel, the possibility of the United States increasing its involvement on Israel's side, and whether the attack on Gaza might destabilise Egypt. And finally we talked about the proceedings at the International Court of Justice, where South Africa has asked the ICJ for an urgent order declaring that Israel is in breach of its obligations under the 1948 genocide convention.

Interregnum - Gaza, regional war, and Israel in the dock

As NATO enters its 75th year, Abby Martin talks to Pawel Wargan about the imperialist military alliance's foundation, expansion and purpose to secure Western capitalism and US domination around the world.

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Pawel Wargan is a member of the Coordinating Collective of the Democracy in Europe Movement (DiEM25) and Coordinator of the Secretariat of the Progressive International.

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EPISODE 345: Drift Stance JDM Toilet (No Bidet)

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Greg Head (Branson) and Witman Diggley (Charles) face off against Sean Rogers (Alex  @ALEXF0RREST) and Dylan Scarfo (Joe @J0EGLEAS0N) in Mr. Load's (Andrew) high-school debate class final. E1 on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/e1podcast

333 - The Debate Class Final at George W. Bush Memorial High School

Ezra Marcus joins us to talk about the Miami mindset hustle ecosystem, from drop shipping to scams and OnlyFans management companies. 

Check out his latest here: nymag.com/intelligencer/article/matthew-bergwall-miami-amazon-package-scam-package-refund.html

Episode 378: Infinite Money Glitch

Special episode coming over the wire from the International People’s Tribunal in Brussels. Featuring coverage of the tribunal and interviews with Lumad teacher Rose Hayahay and Anakpawis chairman Ariel Casilao. 

Read the initial verdict: peoplestribunal.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IPT-2024-INITIAL-Verdict-18-May.pdf

Episode 380: Tribunal 1

And introducing…the day we’re always never forgetting, it’s 9/11 in popular music! Yes, since we started this show, we’ve noticed almost every musician we’ve covered who’s lived through 9/11 has had BIG THOUGHTS about that important day. So for this year’s 11th of September we brought in Chapo Trap House’s Matt Christman to take a complete survey of how 9/11 broke the brains of the America’s musicians, just as it broke the brains of every American.

Songs:

Psy - Kill Those Yankees
U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name (live at the Super Bowl)
Limp Bizkit - Rollin’ (Air Raid Vehicle)
Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
Cake - Comfort Eagle
Darryl Worley - Have You Forgotten?
I Am The World Trade Center - Metro (Brooklyn Mix)

And Introducing Podcast

#58 9/11 IN MUSIC! (ft. Matt Christman)

Hosts Josh and Jamie and special returning guest Will Menaker (of the Chapo Trap House podcast) take on very icky and sad and surprisingly very good late sequels to all-time horror classics: Richard Franklin's PSYCHO II (1983) and William Peter Blatty's THE EXORCIST III (1990). Next week's episode is a patron-exclusive bonus episode on surreal Italian zombie cinema: Lucio Fulci's ZOMBIE (1979) and Michele Soavi's CEMETERY MAN (1994), you can get access to that episode (and all past + future bonus episodes) by subscribing to our $5 tier on patreon: www.patreon.com/sleazoidspodcast

Intro // 00:00-07:55
PSCYHO II // 07:55-55:04
EXORCIST III //55:04-1:52:13
Outro // 1:52:13-1:56:12

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141 - PSYCHO II (1983) + THE EXORCIST III (1990) ft. Will Menaker

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