The boys are back, Sean interviews Varn on his recent tour with Daniel Tutt, What did they learn and what did they see? Next is a segment about the DSA, its strategy and factions, present and future. What might we imagine coming of winning on the Democrat ballot line?In the bonus room we get real doomer talking about the climate crisis, Complexity theory, public/private debt, the inability of US capitalists to get their shit together and the vagaries of Trumpism. You'll want to stick around for the discussion of ILC, DSA and pre-politics.To check out this bonus content and much more become a patron at www.patreon.com/thiswreckageTo watch this on video and get tons of great educational material become a supporter at www.patreon.com/varnvlog

Sean (car painter) sits down with Billy OC (rod buster) and Gregory A. Butler (UBC retiree, IUOE member) to discuss the latter's new book The Workerist Manifesto. This is part 1 of a miniseries devoted to Greg's books, his news service Gangbox News and his many years of experience working in the trades and thinking about working class emancipation. Chicago: get tickets for the This Wreckage Live Show sponsored by ILC Chicago on Friday, August 21st https://luma.com/tc972eyv?lm_source=embedSong: Nourished by Time - Workers Interlude

Audio from our live panel on Saturday, July 25 at Woodbine where we go deeper on Varn & Tutt's new book The People Are Not One, starting with some normie vs. Marxist LARPing and ending with a spirited Q&A featuring Ross Wolfe, Greg Butler, Platypus, Donald Parkinson, and more! For the full episode, support the show at http://patreon.com/c/thiswreckageThe event was sponsored by ILC of NYC Song: Run the Jewels - Goonies vs. E.T.

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