For the full episode, support the show at patreon.com/c/thiswreckageOur consortium of classicists and Western Marxists review Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey, with the help of Adorno & Horkheimer's Dialectic of the EnlightenmentSong: Cream - Tale of Brave Odysseus

Andy reads the 99 page State Department report: "Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism.” For the full episode support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageEpisode with Blowback: https://www.patreon.com/thiswreckage/posts/e324-blockade-w-1497810672021 Cuban uprising episode: https://www.patreon.com/thiswreckage/posts/talkin-tina-of-76203208Song: Suicide - Dream Baby Dream

An interview with Matthew Wolfe about his new book Fires in the Night: The Earth Liberation Front, the FBI, and a Secret History of Eco-SabotageSupport DFW defendants: https://prairielanddefendants.com/Legal Defense Fund for MN Anti-ICE Organizers: https://chuffed.org/project/186570-minnesota-15-legal-defense-fundChopped Uncle Ted doc The Net: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn9BvNAUvcUSong: Iskra - Ash and Ruin

The authors of The People Are Not One: Socialist Strategy After Left Populism join us to discuss their intervention against the electoral-populist trajectory of the US left, their debate with Geese, and their solutions for reviving a Marxist left. SEE Derick Varn and Tutt on theirFor the full episode, support the show at http://patreon.com/c/thiswreckageBook Tour!Philadelphia — July 20 6:00 PM — RSVP Free Library of PhiladelphiaBaltimore — July 21 7:00 PM — RSVP: Red Emma’sWashington, DC — July 24 6:30 PM — RSVP: People’s BookNew York — July 25 7:00 PM — RSVP: Woodbine with This Wreckage New Jersey - July 26 5:00 PM Jersey Shore Arts CenterGeese debate: https://www.geesemag.com/articles/in-defense-of-left-populism-a-response-to-the-people-are-not-one?t=1 https://danieltutt.substack.com/p/the-people-are-not-enough?r=2m9aw&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=trueMarcuse essay: https://www.marcuse.org/herbert/pubs/70spubs/Marcuse1979Bahro.pdfSong: The Fall - A New Face in Hell

Audio from June 27, 2026 ILC of NYC panel and town hall event for pride month on LGBTQ workers self-organizing, past and present. Watch and subscribe on ILC's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVfkabZCR04&t=4sWith the increase in anti-LGBTQ (and especially anti-trans) sentiment among American legislators, the Independent Labor Club views it as pressing to host a public conversation on issues facing LGBTQ workers. We are inviting historians and organizers in order to discuss the history of autonomous struggles and what lessons can the working class at large learn from their efforts. Featured Panelists: Maggie Schreiner (CUNY Grad Center) Garrison Davis (It Could Happen Here) April M. (Reform and Revolution DSA) Carla González (CUNY Grad Center) Moderated by Matt Brim (College of Staten Island)

NEWS EP! Andy's reportback from Summer of Ludd! Sean on the 42nd Street building collapse and its YIMBY origins! Finally, the war's back on. But did it ever end?For the full episode, support the show at https://www.patreon.com/c/thiswreckageBrooklyn Public Library event Monday: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/am-gittlitz-discusses-central-library-dweck-20260713-0600pm Our visit to the Verso Archive. Use WRECKAGE at checkout for 50% off the books we mention: https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/the-verso-archive-featuring-this-wreckage Summer of Ludd schedule: https://buttondown.com/nycofftech/archive/summer-of-ludd-schedule/Charming 42nd St man: https://x.com/thisismeryan13/status/2074530438035435827Former Pfizer hq collapse: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/business/midtown-development-pfizer-headquarters.html https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/08/nyregion/nyc-midtown-building-collapse CIA-backed drone attacks target Russian energy: https://www.ft.com/content/d0f82c05-c35f-4e0f-b452-f61dc8a7e697?syn-25a6b1a6=1 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/30/world/europe/ukraine-war-us-russia.htmlSong: The Ramones - 53rd and 3rd

A chat with Freddy G, @orangefreddyg on IG, a Leftist/Antizionist Jewish comic and Content Creator for @trackaipacCheck out Freddy and Anders' DSA-benefit comedy show: @paidprotestcomedy Some of his vids:Birthright https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaVtPlwiuC7/Watermelon: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYU7Op2hYC1/Pod Save America: https://www.instagram.com/p/DaNxxXahCbg/Land Auction: https://www.instagram.com/p/DZIviHVtxnv/With Jacob berger: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYSkspoRzUW/Song: Yung Lean - Metallic Intuition

Devin Thomas O’Shea stops by to chat about his new book The Veiled Prophet: Secret Societies, White Supremacy, and the Struggle for St. LouisSupport the show at https://www.patreon.com/c/thiswreckagePeter Thiel's Dialog leak: https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/ Song: Bryan Ferry - In Your Mind

Sean reports back on Labor Note drama!In the fun half, we listen to some of Graham Platner's town hall in an effort to redeem the term ULTRA. Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/c/thiswreckage to hear it!For a Fighting Workers Movement, A Militant Critique of Labor Notes panel: https://youtu.be/lt5X16UQ6bA?is=T_W0N0gkrCqkl9DwNYT piece on how ultra is a slur: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/magazine/ultraprocessed-food-insult.htmlCheck out geese: https://www.geesemag.com/articles/enter-daedalus-2028 https://www.geesemag.com/articles/the-direction-of-determinationPlatner video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjMLrU8mI9AMinnesota 15 legal defense fund: https://chuffed.org/project/186570-minnesota-15-legal-defense-fundSong: New Order - Ultraviolence

Henry Wallis of the FORMS podcast returns to help us read through Books 10-19 of BOOK OF REVELATION! We meet the whore of Babylon, the Beast, and 666 On the next episode, we’ll finish Revelation and move on to Capital Vol III!For the full episode support the show at http://patreon.com/c/thiswreckagesong: Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around