It’s time for another round of “Franz explains theory to Kami”. Social reproduction theory is framework of analysis that looks at labor that is done outside the traditional work place, such as household labor, child raising and...
This week, we finish our conversation with Anastazia Schmid. This time around, she talks about labels- and the media’s role in the stigmatization of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people. Schmid also talks to us about the Indiana Women’s...
We talk about the impeachment effort against the president and how those developments may result in political violence from the far right in a number of different outcomes from the proceedings. Support the podcast and keep up with the show:...
12 Rules for WHAT has written an afterword to The Trouble with National Action, a new book by Mark Hayes out from Freedom Press. National Action was proscribed by the UK government in December 2016. We discuss the meaning of proscription, its...
For this special podcast episode I spoke with Gönül Düzer, who is a labor activist, math teacher, and a board member of the Kurdish Cultural Center in Chicago. Gönül was willing to take the time to speak on the current Turkish invasion of Northeast...
Is it just me, or is it getting crazier out there? Well, how about a joke to lighten the mood. What do you get when you cross a Doomer and a Bloomer with the #1 incel movie of the year? You get dank political analysis of what turned out to actually...
Hey, y’all! This week, we weren’t able to record a current events segment, but we did wanna share one urgent bit of news with you. The Trump Admininstration announced it would be officially pulling U.S. troops out of North Eastern Syria...
Hey, y’all! In this special bonus episode of Coffee with Comrades, we share a Florida State University Center for Participant Education lecture and discussion on the Revolution in Rojava. Due to current events, we felt it was urgent to get...
Secret Shame This week William had the chance to speak with 3 members of the Asheville based goth/darkwave/post punk band Secret Shame about their politics, their music, what ails and what’s good about Asheville in general, the tensions of living...
In 2018 Oregon voters, particularly teachers and public workers, propelled the Oregon legislature to supermajority Democratic control. But instead of delivering on the promises of protecting union workers and funding public services the Democrats...