This Wreckage

Our gothic romance correspondent Susannah returns to chat about Emerald Fennell's kinkified adaptation of the Brontë classic, Wuthering Heights!For the full episode, Discord access, and all bonus material, support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckage

For the full episode, Discord access, and all bonus material, support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageIn part two of our news episode we chat with Varn about his DSA organizing in SLC, the Board of Peace and its plans for Gaza, and read a scene report from a Nick Land/Curtis Yarvin meet-and-greet in SF.

News ep! We talk striking nurses, MLBPA drama, SCOTUS vs POTUS, the changing tactics of ICE, looksmaxxing, and more with our cool Social Studies teacher, future governor of New York, the Sigma Marxist, C. Derick Varn!In part two of our new episode we chat with Varn about his DSA organizing in SLC, the Board of Peace and its plans for Gaza, and read a scene report from a Nick Land/Curtis Yarvin meet-and-greet in SF. For the full episode, Discord access, and all bonus material, support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageVarn Vlog on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@VarnVlogand Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/varnvlog/postsShow notes:NYC Nurse strike ends after considerable drama between union and r&f: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/nyregion/nyc-nurses-strike-reach-deal.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/nyregion/nyc-nurses-strike-union.html https://labornotes.org/2026/02/nurse-strikes-focus-moves-manhattans-richest-hospital-complex-contracts-settle-elsewhereTariffs: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/business/economy/tariffs-supreme-court-global-busines-reaction.html?smid=nytcore-ios-shareEssay from MPLS anarchists claiming no victory with ICE drawdown: https://illwill.com/proto-politics-in-purgatory(follow up to this phil neel piece: https://illwill.com/lies )ICE strategy moving to suburbs: https://sahanjournal.com/immigration/ice-minnesota-suburbs-operation-metro-surge/SONG: The Star-Spangled Banner - Anime Opening Ver.

Abigail Susik is an art historian, vice president of the International Society for the Study of Surrealism, and editor of Resurgence! Jonathan Leake, Radical Surrealism, and the Resurgence Youth Movement, 1964-1967, a compilation of publications by a surrealist sixties' anarchist group in NYC.For this Armed Love episode, we challenge ourselves to understand the political potency of the interwar avant-garde art movements (Dada, Futurism, Surrealism), their resurgence within the sixties New Left, and the potentials for avant-garde revolutionary praxis to confront political challenges today.For all bonus episodes and Discord access, support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageTJ Clark works mentioned: https://archive.org/details/imageofpeoplegus0000clar_q5r5 https://archive.org/details/farewelltoideaep0000tjclAndre Breton's surrealist manifestos: https://monoskop.org/images/2/2f/Breton_Andre_Manifestoes_of_Surrealism.pdfSI's 1957 text mentioning surrealism: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/guy-debord-report-on-the-construction-of-situationsResurgence Youth Movement's Guerilla Manifesto: https://illwill.com/guerilla-manifestoArchive of Rebel Worker journal: https://libcom.org/article/rebel-worker-journalSchizofeminism: https://www.schizofeminism.com/Iraqi (not Iranian) artist mentioned at the end: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haifa_Zangana Abigail also recommends David Roediger and Robin DG KelleyMusic: George Antheil - Ballet mècanique, part 1

Sean and Varn tackle the important question regarding the release of the much-vaunted 'Epstein Files': which ones of 'our faves' might be implicated? How do we avoid the 'socialism of fools' after this and Gaza? What does the Epstein story tell us about the rot at the heart of our ruling class? What do the files tell us about the absolute state of barbarism we currently live in and must find some way to work ourselves out of?N.B. at one point in the main episode Sean, in reference to diversity within Judaism, mentions the Satmar Hasidic community in NYC but neglects to mention why he brought it up which is because they one of the main sects that rejects Zionism on religious principle. To listen to the paywalled section where Sean and Varn elaborate more on these questions become a patron at www.patreon.com/thiswreckage and to watch the video recording of the whole thing become a patron of Varn at www.patreon.com/varnvlogThose interested in information about the Independent Labor Club can go to ILClabor.com and sign up.If you are in the Philadelphia area the ILC is having a first meetup for the Greater Philly chapter at Wissahickon Brewing Company on American Street Saturday, February 21st from 7pm to 8:30pm. For more info you can email ILCofPhilly at gmail dot com. Hope to see you there!Song: Gary Numan - This Wreckage

The hosts of Blowback Podcast report back from Colombia and Cuba!For an extended version of this episode, support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageIn Bogota, they attended a conference of the Progressive International that drafted a declaration for countering the Donroe Doctrine. And in Havana, they witnessed immediate results of Trump's full blockade of oil imports, leaving the island with only 3 weeks of fuel before the power grid fails.Along the way we talk about various forms of ice protests in New York, the lack of internationalist power among the (North) American left, the twisting road of recent US-Cuban foreign policy, the afterlife of the Pink Tide, and some tips on visiting Cuba while you still can.Show notes: Rubio seeks regime change in Cuba: https://www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/rubio-no-end-to-cuba-sanctions-without-regime-changeThe Progressive International's San Carlos Declaration: https://progressive.international/wire/2026-01-25-nuestra-amrica/en/Trump says US in talks with Cuban leadership: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/01/us-is-in-talks-with-cuban-leadership-says-trump-after-blockade-threatsRussia supplying air defenses? https://www.defensenews.com/global/the-americas/2026/02/02/russian-cargo-plane-arrives-in-cuba-echoing-frantic-caracas-buildup/Song: Celina González - Décimas de la Revolución

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.For access to the bonus portion of this episode become a supporter of our workClick on the link for information and to sign up for the Independent Labor Club of North America: www.ilclabor.comFor info on upcoming events from Chicago ILCCheck out Gavin's history podcast: West Bank Robbery

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.htmlTo listen to the full episode and all our wonderful bonus content become a supporter of our show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageSong: 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 imperialismSupport the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageShow 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.htmlEstonia'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.htmlIsraeli War Keynesianism: https://jacobin.com/2025/09/israel-war-economy-reservist-compensationhttps://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-sharehttps://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.To become a patron and support our work go to www.patreon.com/thiswreckageSong: Megadeath - Angry Again

We discuss PLURIBUS: Vince Gilligan's new show about a misanthropic writer who has to deal with the annoying communist singularity.for the FULL EPISODE subscribe at patreon.com/thiswreckage

Sean is drunk and angryListen to the full episode free and subscribe for our bonus ep about Pluribus at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageShow notes:NYE murder in Cali https://abc7.com/amp/post/keith-porter-death-advocates-want-legal-action-man-shot-killed-off-duty-ice-agent-northridge/18359155Feds block investigation https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/minnesota-ice-shooting-news.html?smid=nytcore-ios-shareBorder Patrol attacks school kids: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/08/after-border-patrol-clash-at-roosevelt-minneapolis-schools-cancel-classesLessons from Chicago: https://lakeeffect.noblogs.org/post/2025/12/31/chipocalypse-now/

Our initial reaction to Trump's first regime change and some thoughts on the end of the Bolivarian Revolution.Statement from La Clase: https://laclase.info/content/abajo-la-agresion-yanqui-defendamos-a-venezuela/Support the show at http://patreon.com/c/thiswreckageSong: Rebel Diaz - Work Like Chavez

Sean and Varn are back to talk current events, discuss theory and gripe about everyone and everything. On the tumbrils this week: artificial intelligence, the DSA, sovereign debt, multipolarity and how not to debate with Colin Drumm online. In the second half we talk about 'The Mamdani Moment', Varn's recent ascension to Chief Fly-in-the-Ointment in the DSA, the pre-political theories of the ILC and how the ruling class are dragging us all into the hellfire.For the full episode, and all past Divings into the Wreckage, support this show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageSong: Gary Numan - This Wreckage

We talk about Adrian's new Ill Will Editions essay Revolts Without Revolution, a development of the memetic theory from his previous essays on Gilet Jaunes and George Floyd for a year of coordinated youth revolts and right-populist power-grabs.Memes With Force: https://illwill.com/print/memes-with-forceMemes Without Ends: https://illwill.com/memes-without-endMaucio Lazzarato - The United States and Fascistic Capitalism: https://illwill.com/fascistic-capitalismNueva Icaria - New Fascisms and the Reconfiguration of Global Counterrevolution: https://illwill.com/new-fascismsPreorder Depose–the first publication from Ill Will Editions: https://store.illwilleditions.com/products/depose-luigi-mangione-and-the-right-to-healthSong: Youthquake - Manuver

NEWS EP! We cover the true origins or the Warner Brothers buyout, Trump's new National Security manifesto, the death of the West, and say farewell to Asad Haider. Sign up on patreon to hear the fun half!! in which we discuss Death by Lightning, a miniseries about James Garfield and American crankery: http://patreon.com/c/thiswreckageReferenced articles: https://www.endnotes.org.uk/palabre/angels-and-demons https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/world/europe/zelensky-ukraine-war-peace-talks-europe-london.html?smid=nytcore-ios-sharehttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/world/europe/trump-europe-strategy-document.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share https://www.ft.com/content/953635f0-4b87-41a4-a087-e8b1d71470b6?accessToken=zwAGRXR0h59AkdOVNjXwS4dBpNOgh-ix1xRwtg.MEYCIQCiIhSoXOIILWLPg-7ZjoHpI708TFPiQa5dgUpQcYcNOAIhAIMOrTTL9rQQWQgwir0APRqS6mXhN5TCt2yC234GZ2rX&sharetype=gift&token=30118284-df0a-41b5-bea7-ddfbb92fc2e9https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/us/politics/biden-immigration-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-shareAsad Haider's writing:https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/3972-mistaking-identity-politics-a-conversation-with-asad-haider-part-ihttps://viewpointmag.com/author/asad-haider/Our interview with Asad from 2020: https://www.patreon.com/posts/36803245 Song: Justice - Civilization

Sean and Andy are joined by British-Nigerian writer and podcaster, Ralph Leonard, to talk about identity, politics and the Anglo Ummah. We discuss the parlous state of the nationalist left, what a proletarian socialist politics might look like in the 21st century and what might possibly be conserved of the classical Marxist movement which died in the beginning of the last century. Along the way we bring up the morphing politics of identity, the uneasy cohabitation between left populism and Islamism in the UK, remigration as capitalist politics and how pre-politics might could get us out of this mess.This is the first half of a full length conversation you can access by becoming a supporter of our show at www.patreon.com/thiswreckageFall book promotion: https://www.patreon.com/posts/fall-promotion-138957785Articles mentioned:https://buffsoldier-96.medium.com/can-israel-survive-for-100-years-8dbdd5bc9abfhttps://unherd.com/2023/07/mcdonalds-made-me-a-marxist/https://unherd.com/newsroom/is-kemi-badenoch-downplaying-her-nigerian-identity-for-political-gain/Song: The Equals - Baby Come Back

For the full episode (in audio only OR video) sign up at http://patreon.com/c/thiswreckage!&y and &ers J. Lee talk about Zohran's walkbacks, meeting with Trump, and relationship with the Satmar community. Then we watch and comment on a few old Conan monologues and interviews with Marc Maron, Kevin Spacey, and Jay Leno.

Jack Z. Bratich chats about the concept of "microfascism," a term coined by Deleuze as part of their project of tracing “the genealogy and the permanence of certain fascist machineries” in order “to refuse to allow any fascist formula to slip by, on whatever scale it may manifest itself, including within the scale of the family or even within our own personal economy." Happy Thanksiving!The concept suggests that fascist impulses don't just come from "above" (authoritarian leaders) but can emerge from "below" in how people treat each other daily. Deleuze and Guattari believed everyone has some "fascist" potential—desires for domination, control, or submission. Bratich's work looks at the idea in the current context of MAGA, stochastic terrorism, and the manosphere.Buy his book On Microfascism: Gender, War, Death and Conspiracy Panics: Political Rationality and Popular Culture from Common Notions.3WF interview: https://threewayfight.org/antifascism-in-2025-shane-burley-interviews-xtn-alexander-and-matthew-n-lyons/Klaus Theweleit's Male Fantasies: https://monoskop.org/images/5/54/Theweleit_Klaus_Male_Fantasies_Vol_1_Women_Floods_Bodies_History.pdfSupport This Wreckage and join our Discord discussion by signing up to Patreon

Sean interviews the ever charming Tony from video essay channel 1Dime and political podcast 1Dime Radio about what it's like to be young and/or Canadian. They discuss politics up north, the vagaries of the so-called left and what a younger cohort might teach us old-timers about the world.This is a preview of the extended version of this episode, to access the whole thing become a patron at www.patreon.com/thiswreckageSong: Blind Lemon Jefferson - One Dime Blues