Coffee with Comrades

In this special, bonus edition of Coffee with Comrades , Pearson details the podcast's new logo, chats changes in personnel, and unveils the brand new Patreon page for the show. Check back next week, 2/12, for an interview with the Socialist Rifle Association . Coffee with Comrades is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network . Logo design by Sydney Landis . Support her work, buy some art . Suppo...

**This week's episode is dedicated to the memory of the martyrs who've fought and died to defend Rojava** In this week's edition of Coffee with Comrades , we sit down with Reed from Demand Utopia to discuss social ecology, international solidarity, and militant creativity. But, first, here's some info on the F.L.O.W.E.R. Anti-Racist Mobilization in Stone Mountain Park, GA on February 2nd, 2019. F....

CW: Brief, general discussions of abuse. In this week's edition of Coffee with Comrades , Pearson sits down with Meg, a community organizer and activist in Orlando, to talk about Marxist feminism and reproductive justice. Pearson and Meg cover a host of topics: the limits of women's studies at neoliberal universities, Planned Parenthood, liberal feminism, Christian Evangelicals, bodily autonomy, R...

In the second episode of our two-part special on Christianity and anarchism, Gaven Morgan joins us once again to explore the topics of anarchism, Christian mysticism, and the Eastern Orthodox church. In this section of the discussion, we chat about duality, dialectics, religion as an opiate, anti-fascist monks, liberation theology, the Beatitudes, the utility of storytelling, why Jesus spoke in pa...

In the first episode of a two-part Coffee with Comrades special, Gaven Morgan drops in to talk about anarchism, Christian mysticism, and the Eastern Orthodox church with Pearson. In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss Gaven's background in the church, Gaven's propensity for "criminal anarchy," the process of radicalization, how the Eastern Orthodox church is organized, spiritual ritual, ear...

In this week's episode of Coffee with Comrades , Pearson sits down with Shane Burley , author of Fascism Today: What It Is and How to End It. Shane is a film-maker and journalist based out of Portland, OR. His work has appeared in numerous outlets including Jacobin , Alternet, TruthOut , Salon , ThinkProgress , Waging Nonviolence , and many more. Shane's recent article from Commune magazine , A Hi...

In this week's episode of Coffee with Comrades , we forego our usual current events segment and dig right into an interview with Dimitri Kopansky. Our discussion ranges from a general introduction to Boy Scouts of America to issues of toxic masculinity, (re)imagining tradition, and social ecology. Follow Dimitri on Twitter . Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie Interlude: "U...

In this episode of Coffee with Comrades , Pearson sits down with Cosby Hayes and Paul de Revere, two members of the Tallahassee Democratic Socialists of America , to chat about Hurricane Michael , ongoing disaster relief efforts , and political organizing in Florida's capitol. But first, Bree and Pearson tackle the news. FL cops seize white supremacist gangs' cache of pipe-bombs, firearms, and dru...

This week, Pearson picked the brain of TL, founder of Out of Order Games and developer of Bloc by Bloc: The Insurrection Game . But first, Bree and Pearson tackle a busy news week. Yesterday, the CBP fired tear-gas across the Tijuana border at migrant families and shot children with rubber bullets . Neo-nazis are organizing secret paramilitary trainings all across the U.S. Watch Documenting Hate:...

In this week's edition of Coffee with Comrades , Pearson sits down for Pt. 2 of a conversation with Michael Laufer of 4 Thieves Vinegar Collective to discuss cryptoanarchy, addiction, harm reduction, atomization, a new folk medicine, and even how the National Liberation Front of Vietnam made coffee! If you haven't already, be sure to check out Episode 14: "Science is a Human Right" for some contex...

We've got a jam-packed episode of Coffee with Comrades for you this week. We were joined by Breht Ó Séaghdha of Revolutionary Left Radio and The Guillotine to talk about "Culture" by Terry Eagleton. But first, some current events: Jeff Sessions is forced out . Liberal melodrama ensues . The law won't save us, only freedom will . Fuck Tucker Carlson . Nancy Pelosi wants to play nice with the GOP. T...

**This episode is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Nancy Van Vessem, a professor at FSU's College of Medicine, and Maura Binkley, an FSU English student, murdered by the fascist violence of misogyny & racism. Rest in power, Maura & Nancy.** This week, Bree and Pearson tackle the classic Tarantino motion picture, Pulp Fiction . But, first, this week in the news: Last night, a racist, misogynistic cow...

Get ready for a spooky, jam-packed episode of Coffee with Comrades . Bree is back! What's more, we have our comrade Nestor on the show from Black Banner Magic to talk about witchcraft, the devil's night, and the secret history of Halloween. But first, some current events: The so-called " MAGA Bomber " is Florida man Cesar Sayoc, who sent a total of 14 mail bombs to the Clintons, Obamas, CNN, and e...

On this week's episode of Coffee with Comrades , Sam joins Pearson once again for a discussion of current events before Pearson hosts an interview with a comrade from EngSciMath and Exiled Consensus. Current Events: Mutual Aid relief efforts in the Florida panhandle are ongoing. Panama City landlords are finishing what Hurricane Michael started . Meanwhile, the Oath Keepers got arrested in Mexico...

Sam is back for another episode of Coffee with Comrades to discuss the Anthropocene with Pearson. But first, some news: Kavanaugh was confirmed . Let's organize to smash the patriarchy. The fascist presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro won 48% of the vote in Brazil , which has implications for politics all across the globe . Amazon's wage-theft continues. Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Ri...

In this early edition of Coffee with Comrades , Pearson sits down for a conversation with Jimmy Dunson of Mutual Aid Disaster Relief. But first, in the absence of our beloved Bree, Pearson invites friend-of-the-show and all-around-solid comrade, Sam, on for a discussion of current events: Brett Kavanaugh is not only a goblin-nosed ghoul, he's also a fucking liar . The Senate Judiciary Committee wa...

**This episode of Coffee with Comrades is dedicated to Sydney Eastman. Rest in Power. May we fight to build a better world in your memory.** On this week's edition of Coffee with Comrades , Pearson sits down for a conversation with Michael Laufer, one of the founding members of the Four Thieves Vinegar Collective, to talk about anarchy, big pharma, DIY medicine, personal autonomy, and information...

On this week's episode, Bree and Pearson sit down for coffee and a chat with the inimitable MC Sole to discuss his new mixtape of lyrical molotovs, Nuclear Winter 3 . But first up, some news: Elon Musk, who once said, "I fucking hope he sues me," gets fucking sued . Hurricane Florence made landfall in NC and SC. Duke Energy is culpable.   An equator full of hurricanes is a preview of the end times...

On this week's show, Bree and Pearson are temporarily ditching the theory section to deliver you an episode entirely centered around current events. Tread carefully, this edition of Coffee with Comrades is a whirlwind tour of the past week's highs and lows. Let's dig in: Hurricane Florence is barreling towards the Carolinas. Mutual Aid Disaster Relief offers a vision of resilient, community-center...

In this week's show, Bree and Pearson dive into one of their favorite topics: food. But, before that, some current events: A new update from IWOC has surfaced discussing the August 21-September 9 prison strike. The U.N. accuses U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition of war crimes in Yemen. 150,000 people are thought to have starved to death in Yemen last year, with one child dying of starvation or preven...

In this week's episode of Coffee with Comrades, Bree and Pearson sit down for a conversation with Syd and Austin, two community-organizers from Tampa who participated in Occupy ICE TPA. But first, some headlines:   John McCain is dead , baby! Chapel Hill radicals tear down Silent Sam monument The August 21 Prison Strike has kicked off and the support has been widespread Virginia's first anti-prote...

Coffee with Comrades is coming to you a little early this week. We're pleased to present our first podcast collaboration: an analysis of the film "V for Vendetta" with our pals in the Left Media Podcast. In this episode, we discuss the motion picture's political themes, its lackluster portrayal of its female and LGBTQ+ characters, the problematic antics of its titular "hero," the process of radica...

On Episode 8 of Coffee with Comrades , Bree and Pearson sit down for a conversation with Mark Bray and Rob Haworth to discuss their upcoming book, Anarchist Education and the Modern School: A Francisco Ferrer Reader . But first, Pearson digs into some of his experiences at the Shut it Down DC demonstrations. While a broad coalition of anti-fascists successfully managed to deplatform the white supr...

TW: Be advised, this episode includes a sound-byte from Richard Nixon's chief of staff, Lee Atwater , spewing racial slurs from 22:02--22:22. In this week's episode of Coffee with Comrades , Bree and Pearson discuss the #August21 Prison Strike and dissect the prison-industrial complex, the abolition movement, and transformative justice. But, first, a look at this week in current events: A migrant...

On today's episode of Coffee with Comrades , Bree and Pearson explore the symbiotic relationship of science and anarchy with Kaleb Morgan. But first, some current events: A FL auto shop owner snitched on a fifteen-year-old girl who escaped her ICE captors A six-year-old girl was sexually abused while in a DHS detention facility Comrades in Occupy ICE TPA were arrested before police trashed their t...