THIS IS REVOLUTION ＞podcast

Mac & J are back!   We'll discuss.   Peace. j.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECO...

FOLLOW CODE PINK HERE: https://www.codepink.org/   From November 10–12, taxpayers, activists, and community members from across the country will converge on Washington, D.C. for the Taxpayer Uprising Days of Action, a three-day mobilization demanding Congress reject the largest military spending increase in modern history. We'll discuss. Peace. j. Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Pa...

"Fifty years later, “The ‘Me’ Decade” feels like a Rosetta Stone for understanding the permanent navel-gazing that followed the collapse of the postwar order." -Ryan Zickgraf, Tom Wolfe Wrote About the Selfish Me Decade, Americans Never Woke up-The Washington Post   Read Ryan's article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../tom-wolfe-wrote-about.../   We'll discuss.   Peace. j.   Check out our n...

Resounding wins for the Democratic Party in this recent midterm election. A new batch of Black governors, DSA members are mayors of two major American cities--what does it all mean?   We'll discuss.   Peace. j.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/185...

Stefan and Quinn discuss canon and adaption, and how the desire for 'faithful adaption' stands in the way of good adaption Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and...

Has the "Blue Tsunami" of Democratic Party victories changed Kuba's dour disposition?   We'll discuss.   Peace. j.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyo...

It wasn't that long ago that there were complaints that the culture industry was alarmingly white. The Oscars and Emmys were even hashtaged with #OscarsSoWhite and #EmmysSoWhite and there was an increase in Black people winning the prestigious awards.   Now, leading men and women are white again.   What gives?   We'll discuss   Peace, j.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" he...

Varn and J. discuss the difference between fame and influence, a social media following and "juice". We continue some of the midterm coverage   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We...

We cover the 2026 midterms.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're crea...

Let's cap off spooky season with a spooky episode! We'll discuss   Peace, j.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and...

Stefan is joined by Quinn to discuss whether there is any point arguing about one versus two state solutions, or if energy is better focused elsewhere. Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this...

Kuba is in the house. This week: Russia, Russia, Russia We'll discuss.   Peace. j.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means...

GET THE CLYDE STUBBLEFIELD BOOK HERE: https://www.ugapress.org/9780820377711/clyde-stubblefield/?fbclid=IwY2xjawVPjr1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mBWJyaWQRMVRaV1hYdVV3bmlsZGxpN3hzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEf0efNGgEmxrmQ7VGfMeurtwlrcXcWvKNWmDFO9_76GfVI4HAYZMrq7tXqhHM_aem_FElUJoEN4s9yBfyvpDbIZQ During his lifetime Clyde Stubblefield changed the rhythms and sound of music. Finding his start in the...

AI technology is used in everything from banning books in schools, deciding if you get healthcare to assisting people in casting their vote at the ballot box. If you're ambivalent to the power and influence of artificial intelligence (we're never calling it "super") it is indeed here and what it's doing should frighten you.   We'll discuss   Peace,   j.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The C...

Get August's book here, directly from Monthly Review: https://monthlyreview.org/in-the-public-eye-black.../   Over the last decade, Cedric Robinson’s Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition has deeply shaped debates on the place of race within capitalist societies. Perhaps these questions are now settled, but at one time they were far too controversial:   Is race subsumed by class...

Read Alex's article here: https://www.currentaffairs.org/.../johnny-cash-prison...   The late country singer had a far more clear-eyed understanding of the horrors of incarceration than some of today’s “leftists.”   We'll discuss.   Peace.   j.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: http...

Read Djene's piece in Compact here: https://www.compactmag.com/article/how-saudi-arabia-overextended-itself/?fbclid=IwY2xjawVMUVpleHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mBWJyaWQRMWxQTmNxRmt4UlBxZXQ1NDVzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeTKX1zdZ_cjqu_Pc8kkfFvVW8coPISa1woLkKOUQc5SjeUVF821oLtZXP41c_aem_zKKLWGcmKJW05pDVUjWjZQ   Djene and Kuba are in the house. Has Saudi Arabia overextended itself?   We'll discuss.  ...

Get Shawn's book here: https://www.amazon.com/American-Socialist.../dp/1668056739   Before Bernie Sanders, before Zohran Mamdani, America’s favorite socialist was Eugene Debs. In 1912, some 1,200 Socialists held elected office across the United States. Wisconsin had a Socialist congressman in Washington, and ministers in Oklahoma preached the gospel of “Christian socialism” at revival-style gather...

J is joined by GTAA's Ben Burgis. They discuss the L.A. mayoral race and METALLICA!

Get Susanne's book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/.../the-devils-castle.../   In The Devil’s Castle, Susanne Paola Antonetta weaves a haunting narrative that confronts the darkest chapters of psychiatric history while offering a bold vision for the future of mental health care. In 1939, the eugenics movement growing throughout the West did its worst in Nazi Germany. Through the Aktion T4...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth says he wants to execute a man and televise it. That'll teach me a lesson right? Is this what happens when entertainment personalities run the world?   We'll discuss   Peace,   j.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853...

Follow Joe Payne here: https://www.youtube.com/@politicalpayne ICE raids are intensifying in California. What can be done? We'll discuss.   Peace. j.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this...

Read Eamon's piece here: https://nymag.com/.../nick-shirley-jd-vance-fraud-trump...   How did an influencer infiltrate the U.S. government and affect policy? We'll discuss. Peace. j.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497   Thank you guys again...

WOW! The Vikings are undefeated? With Kyler Murray? So much football and baseball playoffs and still no soccer! We'll discuss. Peace. j. Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We apprec...

J. goes off on hero worship and Metallica outrage.