In this latest batch of bowdlerized bits, the boys chat about the failure by design that is U.S. democracy, marvel at the capability of authoritarian China to redirect their economy seemingly on a whim, and assert that if Palestinians didn't know before that America is not their friend, they certainly do now. Artwork by Mike Alewitz Music: SR71 - All American Linkin Park - Hands Held High Lowkey - Long Live Palestine

Clay Links - The Antifa Supersoldier Podcast

The Know Nothing Podcasters

I'm antifa supersoldier Clay Links, and today's pod is the longest pod of my life... For a change, Seb performs a stilted & inaccurate introduction, including a claim that the boys would talk about Eric Blair aka George Orwell. SPOILER: They didn't. After this inauspicious start, our comrades discuss the electoral developments in Ecuador including an attempted smear against Arauz rumbled by attentive ornithologists. Kev likens this to a bizarre incident involving the feet of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The lads then move on to the Berkian's take on a timely new political alliance aimed at fighting the far-right in Ireland, before enjoying a similarly unhinged pseudo-psychiatric 'analysis' of German antifa by Ground magazine. Kev exercises admirable restraint in relating the former, whereas Seb chews the scenery as he reads from the latter. The pair decide to take a peek at personal website of the Ground writer, which is an appropriately peculiar place... Leipzig Polizei's decision to target antifa rather than actual 'fa' is the next bone of contention, after which there is a basic overview of the recent Gamestop stock market incident. Finally, our supersoldiers use episode 24 to talk about a series Kev is expert in... rolling Starmer gathers no Mossad // to Arauz or not to Arauz // Pachakutik vs Perez // bird-watchers of the world, UNITE! // wikifeet don't fail me now // not so super majority // berks bite off more than they can Chu // Ali Alexander is now Adi Aboubakar // fascism Bingo! // mid-witted or dim-witted? // have your fash cake & smash it too // antifa scapeGOAT // libelling leftists // charged language & dogwhistles // vegans vvitches // empty gays // binary trans // long-winded BS // colourfully gullible // Red-Brown alliances // Free Lina // police brutality // hedge funds all the way down // gamestopping the system // dead peasants revolt // fool's golden age // ticking clock fantasy // fuck the CIA & FBI // smell test PSA Music: Watch the World - Boxcar Racer '#Antifa: Who Are These People? A Psychiatric Profile Analysis of Anti-socials from Germany' by Ismael Ogando https://ground-magazine.com/02-04-2019-at-0001/ Freiheit Für Lina! https://intlantifadefence.wordpress.com/2021/02/08/freiheit-fur-lina/ Gamestop and Investor Activism: The Real Story is the Dead-End of Capitalism http://libcom.org/blog/gamestop-investor-activism-real-story-dead-end-capitalism-01022021 'Whatever It Takes: The politics of the man behind 24' by Jane Mayer https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/02/19/whatever-it-takes 'The Logic of Torture' by Jeff Sparrow https://www.counterpunch.org/2014/12/13/the-logic-of-torture/

24. Circus of Mediocrity

Another assortment of abridged outtakes ahoy! Seb makes an incredibly weak-sauce justification for electoralism, before Kev reveals how his survivalist obsession stood him in good stead during the Covid-19 lockdown(s). The comrades then discuss the global capitalist systems reliance on useful idiots acting against their own interests, as well as news media populated by workers completely ignorant of the daily struggle experienced by the vast majority of humanity. Enjoy, and try not to judge the lads too harshly for the dumb stuff they say... Music: The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again Rise Against - Collapse (Post-Amerika) Lupe Fiasco - Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free) The Indelicates - Jerusalem

Capitalism is a Fool's Paradise

Greetings comrades! The leftie lads turn their gaze to Latin America where the Bolivian victory against fascism may have heralded a new dawn in anti-imperialist government across the continent. A brief spell in which the pair wonder who the American Empire will target next ensues, before the fate of Corbyn is compared to that of Harry Perkins in Chris Mullin's prescient novel of 1982. An Garda Síochána's complicity in the brutal treatment meted out to Palestinians by Israel is examined, the UK's total failure to seize the opportunity provided by the European Project gets a mention, and the question of Russian democracy raises its head once again. Antifa International round things off with the 4th of their annual reports on far-right violence around the globe, after which the chat dissolves into making fun of a certain crackpot running for Mayor of London... His identity may surprise you! Hope you enjoy, brothers & sisters... shout-out amnesia // defeating fascists at the ballot box // looking to Arauz in Ecuador // Lenin by name, neolib by nature // department of newsspeak // seeing traitors in every corner // The Tailored Trousered Philanthropist // Get AMLO! // who will the USA bomb next? // no Trump? no fun // Corbyn the bogeyman // A Very British (pre-emptive) Coup // Irish cops collaborating with apartheid // mealy-mouthed Micháel // brass in EU pocket // Charles de "No" // Denmark my words... // social democrats by any other name // divide & rule // laissez-unfair // eugenics in Germany?! // don't Help The Aged // capitalist Covid priorities // Zionist exclusion of 'wrong Jews' // Navalny vs Putin // the Russian Gemmtrails // factions fighting it out // liberal lip service // the unpopular populist // livejournal-ism // OUR party of crooks & thieves! // co-opting opposition // insight or BS? You decide! // antifa raison d'etre // far-right violence in 2020 // anti-Muslim pogrom // Modi's Hindutva // transphobic discourse // synagogue shootings // NYC a violence epicentre // attacks on refugees in Lesvos // running jump off a Piers // name recognition über Alles // BoJo's 'O' face // can Khan win May Mayoral race? // Starmer hardly Hardie's equal // politico kids disappointing their Leftie parents // razor blades under fash stickers Music: Roxanne - The Police 'Why are Ireland's police teaming up with Israel's torture ministry?' by Ciaran Tierney https://electronicintifada.net/content/why-are-irelands-police-teaming-israels-torture-ministry/32181 2020 Report by the International Violent Hate Crimes Project, courtesy of Antifa International https://deathtofascism.com/files/2020-THE_YEAR_IN_FASCIST&FAR-RIGHT_EXTREMIST_VIOLENCE.pdf 'Friends and Blasphemers' by Reply All https://soundcloud.com/replyall/100-friends-and-blasphemers

23. Impersonating Stalin

As Bookchin was born 100 years ago this month, we cut together a few clips of the man himself outlining a little of his political philosophy. Rest in Power Murray (14th of January 1921 - 30th of July 2006) Music: Wizo - Adagio Chumbawamba - Buy Nothing Day Oysterband - The World Turned Upside Down

Tribute to Bookchin

THEY'RE BACK! The antifa comrades return for Year II of the pod, having taken stock of 2020's crapulence. Alas, there remain plenty of fash to bash, as Kev outlines some of the more reprehensible responses to an Garda Síochána (Irish police) shooting dead George Nkencho. The boys discuss how news media falls short in confronting far right voices, before Seb compares the Capitol Riots to a similar event in apartheid South Africa back in the 90's. After discussing the working class solidarity present in the works of Terry Pratchett, the centenary of Murray Bookchin's birth is commemorated with musing over how his work has become exponentially more & more influential with each passing year since his death. strange greasy days // easy-listening or torture? YOU DECIDE // pod anniversary marked // covid catch-up // POC killed by cops...again // far right exploitation of victim // use of alleged criminality to justify brutal treatment // Black & Irish // 'wellness check' turns lethal // Telegram disinformation // Irish language confuses fascists // police tactical units attract worst people // only so much 1 person can do in rotten system // thin blue line the last to crack in revolutions // extremes historically weak in RoI // a few good apples? // never forget ACAB // My Comrade Vinny // lived experience > memes // teens are idiots (mostly) // INTERMISSION: Cat fight! // We are matter AND we matter // getting foreign language tattoos that don't mean what you think // first season is worst season? // still a need for antifa content // Seb story-time! // No, the USA is *not* Weimar // your historical reference needs more nuance // not white hats, just shite hats // American liberal vs classical liberal // wrong to make fun of far right? // gaslighting a crazy broad // Katzen? Ja. AfD? Nein // hatred of media translates to love of those media belittle // mocking with critique // rip the piss...analytically // stuff you can engage with vs stuff too dumb to deserve reply // devil's in the details...or exceptions // Pratchett's politics // When Murray met Apö // fragmented left // die Linke, Podemos, Syriza // be realistic - demand the impossible! // would Biden veto M4A? // Pompous Pompeo's lies // Cuban medics threaten world with healthcare // U.S. itching for more war // musical chairs in geopolitics Music: Down With The Sickness - Richard Cheese Information on right-wing extremism in Ireland from The Beacon the-beacon.ie Keep abreast of latest Covid-19 numbers at Worldometers www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ Learn more about Syrian Democratic Forces straight from their press office sdf-press.com/en/ Roar magazine's tribute to Murray Bookchin roarmag.org/essays/murray-bookchin-100-birthday/

22. Sound & Fury Signifying Nothing?

Over the course of January 2nd, 3rd & 4th in 1905, this manifesto was written establishing the basis for what would formally become in June the Industrial Workers of the World. As it is, at the time of recording, the 4th of January 2021, Seb decided to upload a reading of that manifesto to commemorate the 116th anniversary of its publication. Music: Intro & Outro - Solidarity Forever sung by the late Utah Phillips Background - Solidarity Forever played by Monsieur Jack "Revolutions do not start with rifles; start first and get your rifles after. Our curse is our belief in our weakness. We are not weak, we are strong. Make up your mind to strike before your opportunity goes." James Connolly

A Reading of the 1905 IWW Manifesto

We explore how Seb knows stuff and Kev is a dumb guy. Big exploration of events and occurrences in central & eastern Europe starting in Belarus, then Ukraine, Romania & Czechia, going on holiday behind the iron curtain before looking at the collapsing US infrastructure and the melting permafrost in Russia. Around 30mins we revisit gript.ie, the news without the liberal filter: We examine a bizarre article about the "wall of moms" from a sketchy dude gript published. Then a self-defeating racial animus article which Kev struggles to read because of an entire lack of copyediting. Seb delivers excellent advice when thinking about immigration; imagine a stadium. Anniversaries! The Tambov Rebellion, the left-wing agrarian rebellion against the Bolsheviks. More story time with Seb; the 75th anniversary of the August Revolution, in which Ho Chi Minh established proper Vietnamese independence...so much better than that fake independence they had before. Behind the Scenes // warrior monks of mediocrity // joyful coronavirus updates // Kev breaks quarantine // Belarus EXPLAINED // Don't wave EU flags // You can't take the Russ out of Belarus // Ukraine Explained // both sides are equally terrible // personal vs private property, portrait of an expert // Communist Summerhomes of Czechoslovakia // an Uncomfortable Truth // sending donations to grifters in the name of villains // the great paedophrasts! // try to get kids to do anything! // EVERYTHING IS AN OP! // No True Scotsmom! // ol' pals in Youth Defence // the Invasion of Waterford // Local attitudes // imagine a stadium // Tambov Rebellion // critical support for soldiers killing their officers // handicraft rights! // Happy Birthday Viet Nam! // Nguyen who hates the French // Tropico 6 // Mauled by wild dogs // Music: Vietnamese National Anthem

21. The Warrior Monks of Paedophrasty

Another compilation of clips left on the cutting room floor; featuring Kev as he relates a really minor scandal in Irish politics from 2019, Seb going on & on about some tedious annual survey that has found satisfaction with democracy to be at its nadir worldwide, and the comrades discussing how the Covid lockdown has affected their best laid plans... So are we mice, or men? Don't answer that. Music: Zearle - Tings & Times Patti Smith - People Have The Power Falz - This Is Nigeria

Distraction, Disruption & 'Democracy'

M.C. O'Doherty smashes it with her thumpin' techno takedown of young people hangin' out in a church, or youth centre, or whatever...and does so with bangin' bass & the sumptuous swagger of a woman with a cause. Sure, that 'cause' might be absolutely batsh!t loco & morally reprehensible, but... ... ...can't think of a way to end that sentence. Anyway, enjoy! SMASH FASCISM P.S. who the fcuk gets angry about skateboards?! (Backing track 'Infiltrators' courtesy of Nathaniel Wyvern)

DJ GO'D

Do they know it's a grift or are they just idiots! After a quick glance at the current situation in the Failing United States! The comrades debunk Angela Nagle's latest article that has been making waves and raising eyebrows in the twittersphere, woke multiantionalism capital vs. ethnonationalism in Ireland.. a thing that doesnt exist. "Will Ireland Survive the Woke Wave" provides fun, woke nationalism and the green voter, statues and complex history, a soup of nonsense with a tincture of self aware grifting. Seb reads and Kev groans a lot. We learn that a 27 year old movie, The Commitments, has a more sophisticated view of race in Ireland than Angela does. We discover that the author knows less about Irish history than the average 14 year old school goer. At the end we learn what happens when you look for Far-Right people in the police and military - YOU FIND THEM! Last part we look at some aniversaries, 100 years ago Communist Party of GB founded, 20 Communists in Chicago jailed for Sedition, a lynching in Texas... on a happier note 60 years, ago Oswald Mosley got coined by antifascists. ENJOY meteorology matters // the limp kennedys // stanning for the squad // Greg Palast // who crimes better wins // evil aperatchicks and bonehead autocrats // "Will Ireland Survive the Woke Wave?" WTF // Irish Nationalism was NOT ethnonationalist! // complicated sense of national pride // the blueshirts love britain // fiscallyconservative-sociallyliberal douchery // you have to pick: multinationalism // 1940s germany, was a famously nazi period // Irish Lord HawHaw // decapitating statues // BLACK AND PROUD // problematic proclamation signitories // all these people are dead but they left good shit behind // havin' a laugh on Mayday // how you know it is a grift // the psychic impact of post-industrialism // corporations don't give a shit about wokeness // solidarity with BLM // 5 Star Slave Girls // Angela Nagle caught the 4ChanVirus // KSK dismantled in Germany // Anniversaries Angela Nagle's article the lads made fun of... https://unherd.com/2020/07/will-ireland-survive-the-woke-wave/ Music Mustang Sally - The Commitments

20. Do They Know It's a Grift?

Greetings, comrades & friends! The antifa boys commemorate the July Plot of 1944 and salute the efforts of anti-fascists past & present, while poking fun at the failures of fash fools. Seb highlights the lives of agitator artist John Heartfield & radical robber-bomber Lucio Urtubia, and Kev mocks the Spanish Civil War involvement of O'Duffy's Blueshirts & the Irish far-right attempts to smear Green TD Roderic O'Gorman. Our pair discuss the dismal libertarian worldview that zombie media embodies and which has exploded in popularity since the turn of the millennium, before turning their gunsights on the militarization of gaming culture and its uses as a warfare training tool. Plenty of pisstakes, a lot of laughs, a few fascinating facts & figures. Bash the fash, whether with a podcast, a pencil, a paintbrush or a pistol. auspicious anniversaries // No Country for Dumb Blueshirts // Rojava turns 8 // 'both sides' BS in vidja gamz // art as a weapon // not interested? Do one // NAMBLA?! In *our* cabinet? // trad-Cath hypocrisy // gaming; stay at home, don't organize // U.S. military e-sports // gamification of war // transferable kills // Zionist zombies // 1991 or 2001? // libs prefer barbarism to socialism // Covid as zombie apocalypse // Cooperation > competition // "Keep it simple: everyone is EVIL!" // Israel? Seattle? Same diff // peak bleak // popcorn pop culture // anti-LGBTQ outrage // frat youtubers // please suggest a grift // games only 'political' when they're leftist // Don't Tread On My Console // full spectrum warmonger // source not Source™ // Pentagon involvement in mass media // Critical Theory // are we conspiro-nuts?! // Gitmo is idiocy // seeking the silver bullet // Stauffenbatshit // credulity in the human condition // Soviet collapse domino effect // Rest in Power, Lucio! // expropriative anarchism // superficial politics // libs love suits // seeing paedos where they aren't, ignoring them where they are // forgetting Mike Cernovich 'Notes on a Nervous Planet', Matt Haig The Not So Hidden Politics of The Last of Us 2 https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bv8da4/the-not-so-hidden-israeli-politics-of-the-last-of-us-part-ii John Heartfield exhibition adk.de/heartfield 'The Images That Fought The Nazis' https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200713-the-images-that-fought-the-nazis Batman is a reactionary conservative https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l1PMVvfjDM Music: (Intro) Wizo - Antifa (Outro) Lupe Fiasco - Words I Never Said

19. Anti-fascism is a bomb

Run down of the latest mid-pocalypse news from a uniquely leftest perspective. Ireland finally has a new government after 140 days. But its, a shitty right, centre, centre green coalition, you will care less than the boys by the time your finished listening to their analysis. The comrades reflect on previous episodes and the continuing collapse of the liberal order. Belarusian upheaval and the psycho 3%ers, Seb gives us cool info about an under examined topic of Europe's "last dictator"*. Advise on how to do a coup from Kev. Black lives do not matter to the mainstream US media now that corona has returned. An Irish News Magazine programme decided to examine the rising Ultra Nationalism in Ireland, and failed to contact the Clay Links boys. So, in an act of vengence, they take the piss out of the programme as another example of how the liberal media promotes and platforms fascism without criticism. Listen in around minute 40. Shout out to the the-Beacon.ie and their great reporting. The boys analyse rising racism, particularly against Ireland's native ethnic minority, Travelers/Minceir. Shout out to Dr. Sindy Joyce (@sindyljoyce) on twitter to learn more. Seb recommends a movie on Netflix about Cubans in the US "Wasp Network" and they discuss some old CIA schemes, false flags, nothing relevant to the current paradigm. Finally, the seminal anti fascist work of 1980, The Blues Brothers, a favourite of the Clay Links Comrades. Enjoy wonderful clips from the movie along with light hearted discussion. RTE Documentary that you can watch if you want to melt your brain on platforming fascism https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2020/0626/1149789-watch-who-are-the-new-nationalists/ Europol Warns of rising Anti imigrrant ideology and links to the far right. https://the-beacon.ie/2020/06/24/europol-warns-of-anti-immigrant-ideology-in-ireland-and-links-to-far-right-in-europe-and-us/ music the Blues Brothers - Jail House Rock

18. CHAZ-house Rock

Filling the void that is the break between regular pods, here is some more cutting-room chaff that got separated from the wheat. Kev opens things up by reading a well-known satirical tweet, before the Antifa boys mock BoJo for his nutty nonsense & tear into the notion of 'my body, my choice' when it comes to anti-vaxxer rationale. Seb then lays the fault of Fake News & the rise of post-truth firmly at the feet of the established mainstream media outlets for holding themselves up as the ultimate arbiters of objective fact when they could have been honest & upfront about their own biases. Music: Zearle - Where are my comrades? Pulp - The Last Days of the Miners' Strike Chumbawamba - I Wish That They'd Sack Me Bloc Party - Hunting For Witches

Sick of Covidiots

Been a quiet few weeks hasn't it? Very little for the comrades to discuss, really...apart from the USA experiencing a popular uprising, that is. As President Donny promises to designate 'ant-EEE-fuh' a terrorist organisation, the antifa boys eagerly await their payment from the State Department. Kev highlights the ineptitude of the US response to the coronavirus by bringing up Governor Cuomo-tose, and Seb chimes in with an example of similar incompetence from the UK. The pair debate the nature of information warfare in the 'post-truth' era... Check out comrade & fellow podcaster @benjaminpdixon on Twitter Music: Saul Williams - Scared Money banished! // mainstream co-opts punk // terror & terrorism // American Empire // PPE is MIA // Cummings as lightning rod // police brutality & budgets // KKK = Cops // Weak 'bad apple' sauce // Fuck Zuck // The mighty monarch of America // blinding choppers // Lives > property

17. Attack on Precinct Covid-19

Two fearless fighters from the left-left join hands across Europe to deliver a meaningful and memorable blast of all the latest political goings-on in Berlin, Dublin and around the globe. Bread and roses or Punch and Judy? Subscribe to hear what an Antifa-Supersoldier sounds like and how you can become one too!

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Clay Links - The Antifa Supersoldier Podcast

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