Antifada's History is a Weapon 10.2 "Farm Aid 1985" w/ Matt Christman
Added 2021-04-02 13:55:11 +0000 UTCHIAW is back with our tenth episode! In this one we wonder: what are the roots of the poverty of rural life in America?
The American Dream always included self-sufficiency and independence and nothing represented this more than the family farm. This form of petty commodity production used to be a backbone of 'middle class' life in America, but now less than 2% of the population engages in it. Alongside we have seen an opiate epidemic, material deprivation, deaths of despair and more. What can political economy tell us about the rural crisis?
Part 2 of 2.
Music: Eddy Huntington - USSR Disco Vaporwave
Suggested Readings:
Ellan Meiksins Wood - The Origins of Capitalism: a Longer View
Jainus Banaji - Theory as History
Gred Grandin - The End of the Myth
Ed. - The Brenner Debate: Agrarian Class Structure and Economic Development in Pre-Industrial Europe
Charles Post - The American Road to Capitalism: Studies in Class Structure
Comments
Alright, did all your HIAW pods in one weekend, you all are great!
DPtdryste SSC
2021-04-25 11:10:37 +0000 UTCHad to grab that last $2 sub to speedrun all the HIAW eps! I loved the Camp of Saints ep by the way, thank you!
DPtdryste SSC
2021-04-24 21:40:10 +0000 UTCAlways exceedingly excellent.
Tim
2021-04-09 23:42:53 +0000 UTCWhat's the rave culture episode? Please gimme ep?
Samuel Matthew Hilton
2021-04-07 15:11:39 +0000 UTCGreat show. From SW Iowa. Some of us hear you. Keep it coming.
Daughters of Delos
2021-04-04 15:39:21 +0000 UTCEdit this meritocracy bullshit scores...Sean has it in spades.
Shane
2021-04-02 21:19:08 +0000 UTCProportionally, as in ratio of Antifada listening I do to podcasts in general compared to ratio of "you know, this person is spot on" experiences across all listening platforms, Sean scores off the charts.
Shane
2021-04-02 18:30:06 +0000 UTCExcellent work boys, these are all so damn good!
Sean Muth
2021-04-02 17:04:54 +0000 UTCI really like that trippy version of USSR by Eddy Huntington. Good episode too 👍🏿
ClownBabee24
2021-04-02 16:48:59 +0000 UTCI was hoping you’d get to the modern era, even though I learned a lot in the first half. I really appreciated the analysis on the logical conclusion to rectifying wage labor in the North and slavery in the South. Only one can survive. Looking forward to this second half.
Jeannette
2021-04-02 14:51:14 +0000 UTC1st. Game. Blouses.
Turtle Bugg
2021-04-02 14:48:23 +0000 UTC
