The Ex-Worker Podcast
1) #114: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression—How to Respond to the Criminalization of “Antifa”
This episode offers an audio version of “Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression,” exploring the implications of Donald Trump’s executive order designating “Antifa” as “a major terro...Show More
2) #113: Mutual Aid and Revolutionary Anti-Capitalism: Revisiting the Difference Between Mutual Aid and Charity
This episode offers an audio version of “Mutual Aid, the Commons, and the Revolutionary Abolition of Capitalism,” exploring why the best way to understand mutual aid as an effort to create participato...Show More
3) #112: From Minneapolis to Los Angeles: The Origins of the Wave of Resistance to ICE
This episode offers audio versions of “Minneapolis to Feds: ‘Get the Fuck Out’” and “Los Angeles Stands up to ICE: A Firsthand Report on the Clashes of June 6,” which trace the origins of the angry re...Show More
4) #111: Become an Anarchist or Forever Hold Your Peace
This episode offers an audio version of “Become an Anarchist or Forever Hold Your Peace,” arguing that neither courts nor laws will halt the descent into autocracy. Massive numbers of people will have...Show More
5) #110: It’s Safer in the Front
This episode offers an audio version of “It’s Safer in the Front,” making the case that seeking safety by avoiding confrontation is not likely to be an effective strategy in a time of escalating polit...Show More
6) #109: Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
This episode offers an audio version of “Sacrificial Violence and Retribution,” exploring the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way to understand the different forms of violence t...Show More
7) #108: The Case for Resistance
This episode offers an audio version of “The Case for Resistance,” laying out an analysis of what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. “This is a pivota...Show More
8) #107: The Eye of Every Storm
At a time when misinformation, rising authoritarianism, and disasters exacerbated by industrially-produced climate change are creating a feedback loop of escalating crisis, it’s crucial to understand ...Show More
9) #106: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy
Donald Trump has won the 2024 election. In order to understand what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here. In many ways, the Democrats are responsible for Donald Trump’s return to power. Ove...Show More
10) #105: Don't Stop: Continuing the Fight Against Cop City
This episode offers an audio version of “Don’t Stop: Continuing the Fight Against Cop City”, published on December 12th. It traces the activities of the movement to Stop Cop City and defend the Weelau...Show More