Exactly one year after the killing of United "Healthcare" CEO Brian Thompson, the PG crew looks back on one year of Luigi Mangione. They recap what's happened in the case so far, shout out Luigi's biggest supporters, and give updates on what's happening in Luigi's trio of court dates this week. At issue is the evidence police collected from Luigi's backpack upon his arrest in Altoona, PA, which the defense is moving to have excluded because the police did not read him his Miranda rights as required by law.
The crew also announces an exciting new project from the December 4th Legal Committee, namely, a book! Depose: Luigi Mangione and the Right to Health, due out this coming May from Ill Will Editions, examines the public reaction to Luigi Mangione's alleged crime, placing it within the great western tradition of tyrannicide (the killing of a tyrant) and laying out a roadmap for how Americans could use this as a jumping off point to create a mass movement to guarantee everyone the right to health, once and for all. The lion's share of the royalties will be split between the Luigi Mangione Legal Defense Fund and other health justice projects.
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Executive Producer: Andrew Callaway
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Caught In A Rad Bromance
Socialism is in the news this week! The PG crew breaks down the bizarre Trump-Mamdani summit during which the president made it very clear that he has a crush on the democratic socialist mayor-elect of NYC. What the heck was that, and will it ultimately be a net positive, negative, or neutral? Meanwhile, 86 Democrats voted for the house bill condemning socialism, an idea that "only" one third of Americans support, according to recent polling. PS: We remembered to read the patrons' names this time. :)
Curtis Sliwa doc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blkCy52KUBE
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The Dog That Hasn't Barked
Sam and Jamie tackle news of the day, including: tidbits gleaned from the latest drop of 2,300 Epstein-related emails. Megyn Kelly: "'technically it's ephebophilia." US State Dept designates four European "antifa" groups foreign terrorists. Dasha gets dropped. We introduce a "mailbag" segment wherein we respond to comments on our past episodes.
Rest in power to our friend and comrade, Leslie Lee III. Donate to the fundraiser to help his family with funeral costs: https://www.gofundme.com/f/lleeiii
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Listen To Migrant Sex Workers w/ Chanelle Gallant & Elene Lam
The Party Girls are Joined by sex workers' rights advocates Elene Lam and Chanelle Gallant to discuss their book “Not Your Rescue Project: Migrant Sex Workers Fighting for Justice” out now with Haymarket Books. In this episode, Jamie and Sam explore the ways in which migrant sex workers have pushed back against state repression and how their stories, expertise and forms of life can be a beacon that lights the way for all of us as we seek to undermine the state’s capacity to surveil our movements.
Elene Lam is the founder of Butterfly, a support network for Asian and migrant sex workers.
Read Chanelle's article, "Sex Workers Are Being Abducted by ICE — and Abandoned by Respectability Politics": https://truthout.org/articles/sex-workers-are-being-abducted-by-ice-and-abandoned-by-respectability-politics/
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The People's Republic Of New York
Jamie reports LIVE from the COMMUNIST CORRIDOR of NYC on the election of New York's first socialist mayor since 1993, youngest mayor since 1892, first ever Muslim mayor, and most importantly, first mayor with a rap career Zohran Mamdani (learn to say it). What does it mean that America's most important city elected a democratic socialist mayor? Are there openings to make the "commie corridor" real, or is this just more electoralist recuperation? How butthurt are the Cuomos right now? Jamie and Sam discuss.
Read "Understanding the Zohran Moment" in Partisan Mag: https://partisanmag.com/understanding-the-zohran-moment/
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A podcast about communism and gossip from Jamie Peck (The Majority Report, The Antifada, Everybody Loves Communism) and Sam Beard, an organizer based in Chicago.