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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

Thanks to friends in International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers: Caucus of Rank and File Electrical Workers, Sean was able to attend the 2026 Labor Notes convention in Chicago, Illinois. A bunch of fellow workers from ILC Chicago were also there so Sean sat down with them at a loud bar in the convention center hotel to discuss their experiences at various panels they went to.Whither the Teamsters for a Democratic Union? Whither the labor movement? Is there a future for the types of left labor reform movements that Labor Notes calls for? Sean, Hope and Jamie Merchant give their assessment of the good, bad and ugly at the conference including those topic which remained unaddressed but hung in the air.To support our work become a patron at www.patreon.com/thiswreckageSong: Neil Young - This Note's For You

Sean and Andy are joined by Deep State Kuba Ph.D., international relation expert to the podcasting stars, to discuss current events in an unraveling world. Who is winning the wars in Iran and Ukraine? How has the media coverage of war and peace gotten so bad since the last great period of wars in the early 2000's? What kind of divisions exist within the global ruling class and what aspects of governance unify them? Whither the great post-war institutions in an era of global turbulence?For the fun half, support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckageWhat Fresh Hell series on TiR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtgfYtQDvBIILC of NYC Gaming Event RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boss-fight-labor-organizing-in-the-game-industry-tickets-1984299154186?aff=oddtdtcreatorILC of Chicago People's Cafe RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfwtjPq9qukA4mswg1BMMgWSB83yognq_HY0M7-ABS9JCuNGQ/viewform

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.

Our initial reaction to Trump's first regime change and some thoughts on the end of the Bolivarian Revolution.Statement from La Clase: https://laclase.info/content/abajo-la-agresion-yanqui-defendamos-a-venezuela/Support the show at http://patreon.com/c/thiswreckageSong: Rebel Diaz - Work Like Chavez

Jack Z. Bratich chats about the concept of "microfascism," a term coined by Deleuze as part of their project of tracing “the genealogy and the permanence of certain fascist machineries” in order “to refuse to allow any fascist formula to slip by, on whatever scale it may manifest itself, including within the scale of the family or even within our own personal economy." Happy Thanksiving!The concept suggests that fascist impulses don't just come from "above" (authoritarian leaders) but can emerge from "below" in how people treat each other daily. Deleuze and Guattari believed everyone has some "fascist" potential—desires for domination, control, or submission. Bratich's work looks at the idea in the current context of MAGA, stochastic terrorism, and the manosphere.Buy his book On Microfascism: Gender, War, Death and Conspiracy Panics: Political Rationality and Popular Culture from Common Notions.3WF interview: https://threewayfight.org/antifascism-in-2025-shane-burley-interviews-xtn-alexander-and-matthew-n-lyons/Klaus Theweleit's Male Fantasies: https://monoskop.org/images/5/54/Theweleit_Klaus_Male_Fantasies_Vol_1_Women_Floods_Bodies_History.pdfSupport This Wreckage and join our Discord discussion by signing up to Patreon