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/
Buy the book: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2258-not-your-rescue-project
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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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CULTURAL MARXISM HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: Donnie Darko (2001)
The PG crew tackles a classic Halloween movie that captured our hearts and bent our minds when we were in high school: Donnie Darko (2001). In writer/director Richard Kelly's coming-of-age sci-fi thriller, troubled teen Donnie (Jake Gyllenhaal) must decipher the apocalyptic visions he's been having before it's too late. We discuss the film's political backdrop of '80s/'00s conservatism, the primary plot and whether or not it makes sense, and its enduring relevance, dropping a Marx quote or two along the way. Have a spooky Halloween!
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No Kings, No Masters
The PG crew discusses the recent No Kings Day protests, which brought out millions of people around the world for a demonstration of...something. How should thoughtful partisans orient themselves towards such a thing? Sam gives updates on anti-ICE activities in Chicago. Plus, some thoughts on the Mamdani - Sliwa - Cuomo cage match that was the first NYC mayoral debate
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CULTURAL MARXISM: One Battle After Another (2025) (PREVIEW)
The Party Girls crew takes on Paul Thomas Anderson's epic "taken" tale with revolutionary flavor, One Battle After Another (2025). In this comedic thriller, an aging burnout and former member of revolutionary group The French 75 (Leonardo DiCaprio) must spring into action with the help of his local karate sensei/migrant defense organizer (Benicio del Toro) when his daughter (Chase Infiniti) is kidnapped by an ICE goon/aspiring member of the white power elite (Sean Penn). Did we like the way revolutionaries are portrayed in this movie? One thing's for certain: between this and Eddington, we're all up in the zeitgeist.
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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.
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