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Everybody preorder Metropolitans now!!!! One of the longest and weirdest baseball books ever written, METROPOLITANS is a marxist history of America’s pastime in which the Mets serve a messianic main character. Check out this excerpt, this interview, or this Adam Gopnik New Yorker review.PREORDER from Penguin, Bookshop.org, Amazon and/or find me at one of the following launch events: April 1: Official book launch! w/ Bradford William Davis at Powerhouse Arena in DUMBO, Brooklyn (Ticketing information: https://powerhousearena.com/events/book-launch-metropolitans-by-a-m-gittlitz/)April 3: Release celebration at Lou’s Athletic Club in Bushwick more info: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWPKFCQCp5r/April 4: Tabling with Books and Rooks at Ft. Green Farmer’s Market around 11am April 12: Paper Moon in Troy, NY April 13: B&N in AlbanyApril 16: B&N Brooklyn with Noah Kulwin! https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062206054-0April 20: B&N in Carle's place LI with Greg Prince April 27: B&N in Paramus, NJ April 30 Mets vs. Yankees debate at Le Pere on 90 Orchard St., moderated by Mattie Lubchansky! More info will be posted at Astra House’s IG Monologue adapted from Jean Shepard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz0pnq3ijfs Tipping Pitches: https://tippingpitch.es/ Go to Greenpoint/Williamsburg/Bushwick/Ridgewood History nights: https://www.instagram.com/gphistorynight/Songs: The Strokes - Ode to the Mets The 1986 Mets - Get Metsmerized

audio from the Independent Labor Club of New York City's 03/21 panel at the NYU Games Center featuring JD Calvelli, Nathan Greyson, and Goran, Svorcan-Mercola. Moderated by Alexander King. To find more info about the ILC check out ILCLabor.com to sign up.Become a supporter of our podcast at www.patreon.com/thiswreckageSong: LDR - Video Games (Live at Stagecoach)

Deep State Kuba, Ph.D., geopolitical analyst with Pentagon experience, breaks down Iran, Ukraine, and the shifting global security architecture. He discusses who benefits from regional wars. He explores information chaos, OSINT, and AI fakes. He traces the erosion of postwar institutions and how drones, markets, and great-power politics reshape modern conflict.

The full episode is avaiable for FREE members at http://patreon.com/thiswreckagePaid subscribers can watch the video version of the pod here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/152718531We're joined by actor, comedian, activist, & Anders lookalike NATE SMITH! The two mog each other as we discuss the roots of his two action groups Climate Defiance & Extinction Rebellion, the recent interest both have received from the state, tips on dealing with FBI knocks from Ron Kuby, the use of humor in disruptive actions, anti-ginger racism, & much more!https://www.foxnews.com/politics/left-wing-activists-storming-synagogue-use-knee-pads-adult-diaper-mock-dem-congressman-ice-votehttps://theintercept.com/2026/02/12/fbi-counterterror-extinction-rebellion/https://dissentmagazine.org/article/can-extinction-rebellion-survive/Song: Organized Konfusion - The Extinction Agenda

We go through different theories of WHY the Iran war is happening: ZOG/Epstein, Venezualizing Iran, Destabilizing the Gulf, Neo-Neoconservativism, immamentalizing the evangelical eschaton, or just because they canFor the full episode, support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageKharg theory: https://www.eenews.net/articles/the-oil-island-that-could-break-iran/https://x.com/guy_laron/status/2030262780389937167Uniparty Theory: https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/trump-iran-regime-change-democrats-chuck-schumer-midterms?utm_source=publication-searchhttps://responsiblestatecraft.org/iran-nuclear-2672345081/Armageddon Theory: https://theintercept.com/2026/03/05/iran-war-end-times-christian/Klip Theory: https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/why-we-struck-iranMike Prysner on mobilization: https://x.com/MikePrysner/status/2030106988265578976Song: Discharge - Why? (Reprise) & Visions of War

To access the entire conversation, all of our bonus content and more become a supporter at www.patreon.com/thiswreckageThe boys are back to discuss the latest war in West Asia. How should socialists view this recent outbreak of violence? What role does Zionism have in US foreign policy? Is the tail wagging the dog or has Dr Frankenstein lost control of his creation?In the fun half we discuss American Bundism and its failure, what role artificial intelligence is playing in the imperial military, and how the US military has entered such dire straights.

Our gothic romance correspondent Susannah returns to chat about Emerald Fennell's kinkified adaptation of the Brontë classic, Wuthering Heights!For the full episode, Discord access, and all bonus material, support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckage

For the full episode, Discord access, and all bonus material, support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageIn part two of our news episode we chat with Varn about his DSA organizing in SLC, the Board of Peace and its plans for Gaza, and read a scene report from a Nick Land/Curtis Yarvin meet-and-greet in SF.

News ep! We talk striking nurses, MLBPA drama, SCOTUS vs POTUS, the changing tactics of ICE, looksmaxxing, and more with our cool Social Studies teacher, future governor of New York, the Sigma Marxist, C. Derick Varn!In part two of our new episode we chat with Varn about his DSA organizing in SLC, the Board of Peace and its plans for Gaza, and read a scene report from a Nick Land/Curtis Yarvin meet-and-greet in SF. For the full episode, Discord access, and all bonus material, support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageVarn Vlog on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@VarnVlogand Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/varnvlog/postsShow notes:NYC Nurse strike ends after considerable drama between union and r&f: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/nyregion/nyc-nurses-strike-reach-deal.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/nyregion/nyc-nurses-strike-union.html https://labornotes.org/2026/02/nurse-strikes-focus-moves-manhattans-richest-hospital-complex-contracts-settle-elsewhereTariffs: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/business/economy/tariffs-supreme-court-global-busines-reaction.html?smid=nytcore-ios-shareEssay from MPLS anarchists claiming no victory with ICE drawdown: https://illwill.com/proto-politics-in-purgatory(follow up to this phil neel piece: https://illwill.com/lies )ICE strategy moving to suburbs: https://sahanjournal.com/immigration/ice-minnesota-suburbs-operation-metro-surge/SONG: The Star-Spangled Banner - Anime Opening Ver.

Abigail Susik is an art historian, vice president of the International Society for the Study of Surrealism, and editor of Resurgence! Jonathan Leake, Radical Surrealism, and the Resurgence Youth Movement, 1964-1967, a compilation of publications by a surrealist sixties' anarchist group in NYC.For this Armed Love episode, we challenge ourselves to understand the political potency of the interwar avant-garde art movements (Dada, Futurism, Surrealism), their resurgence within the sixties New Left, and the potentials for avant-garde revolutionary praxis to confront political challenges today.For all bonus episodes and Discord access, support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageTJ Clark works mentioned: https://archive.org/details/imageofpeoplegus0000clar_q5r5 https://archive.org/details/farewelltoideaep0000tjclAndre Breton's surrealist manifestos: https://monoskop.org/images/2/2f/Breton_Andre_Manifestoes_of_Surrealism.pdfSI's 1957 text mentioning surrealism: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/guy-debord-report-on-the-construction-of-situationsResurgence Youth Movement's Guerilla Manifesto: https://illwill.com/guerilla-manifestoArchive of Rebel Worker journal: https://libcom.org/article/rebel-worker-journalSchizofeminism: https://www.schizofeminism.com/Iraqi (not Iranian) artist mentioned at the end: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haifa_Zangana Abigail also recommends David Roediger and Robin DG KelleyMusic: George Antheil - Ballet mècanique, part 1