This Wreckage

Brooklyn vs. Dallas. Brownstones vs McMansions. Jelly Roll Morton vs. Jelly Roll. The Braves vs. The Savannah Bananas.
The authors of "Alphabet America" (Liam and Jackson) claim that their theory of a cosmopolitan America A and a psuedo-rural America B is "the most explanatory method of understanding the cultural divide," and that " the vast majority of people, whether they can name it or not, experience life in America this way more than they do under any other schema of social categorization we have seen."
We define the two Americas, pick apart their origins, speculate on if they're heading towards a civil war, and question how to engage with this specific type of polarization.
Alphabet America: https://newmoralworld.substack.com/p/alphabet-america
Gladio Free Europe: https://www.patreon.com/GladioFreeEurope
Phil Neel interview about Hinterland: https://brooklynrail.org/2018/04/field-notes/PHIL-NEEL-with-Paul-Mattick/
Songs: Dolly Parton - Tennessee Homesick Blues & Coat of Many Colors

Audio from our LIVE SHOW in Chicago at the first national ILC Convention!
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Song: Chicago - Saturday in the Park

&ers makes some recommendations for Mamdani's approach to the NYPD, &y recaps is Irish dérive, & we read together some excerpts from the recently departed Raoul Vaneigem
&ers essay on police reform: https://www.geesemag.com/articles/zohran-mamdani-needs-to-fire-jessica-tisch-but-who-will-he-replace-her-with
& reply from Ant L.: https://www.geesemag.com/articles/letter-the-nypd-is-none-of-our-concern
Basic Banalties: https://libcom.org/article/basic-banalities-parts-i-ii-raoul-vaneigem
Revolution of Everyday Life: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/raoul-vaneigem-the-revolution-of-everyday-life
Vaneigem's address to Greek anarchists in 2010: https://illwill.com/the-state-is-nothing-lets-be-everything
Song: Pink Floyd - Time

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NEWS EP! We preview our coming events in Chicago and New York, and read about the United States' comic inability to make artillery shells.

UPCOMING EVENTS:
FRI 8/21 This Wreckage live event: https://luma.com/tc972eyv
SAT 8/22 UFOlogy to the People event at the Beach: https://www.instagram.com/thebeachchicago/
SUN 8/23 Metropolitans event at Pilsen Community Books: https://www.instagram.com/p/DcMgcU2GRvQ/
WEDS 8/26 Heatwave Magazine release party at Night Club 101 in Manhattan: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/heatwave-magazine-launch-night-club-101-tickets/15029603
Song: Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business

The boys are back, Sean interviews Varn on his recent tour with Daniel Tutt, What did they learn and what did they see? Next is a segment about the DSA, its strategy and factions, present and future. What might we imagine coming of winning on the Democrat ballot line?

In the bonus room we get real doomer talking about the climate crisis, Complexity theory, public/private debt, the inability of US capitalists to get their shit together and the vagaries of Trumpism. You'll want to stick around for the discussion of ILC, DSA and pre-politics.

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