Workers’ Lit Podcast

BREAKING: U.S. President Donald Trump calls listening to Workers' Lit episode on "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa" a "Life changing experience" "I will now commit the rest of my life to the destruction of the Euro-Capitalist empire," Trump says in a surprise speech, "Nukes for Europe inbound!"

We talk about this in the ep, but even beyond the humanitarian lens it is absolutely VITAL from a population perspective, a climate perspective, and a resource perspective to understand the unequal relationship between Africa and the global economy if you want to engage in 21st century geopolitics.

Africa is the beating heart of the global working class. This shouldn't just be understood from a moral perspective, but a material one. Our capitalist world order *does not function* without the hyper-exploitation of Africa. There's a reason African liberation movements are among the most demonized

We talk about this in the ep, but even beyond the humanitarian lens it is absolutely VITAL from a population perspective, a climate perspective, and a resource perspective to understand the unequal relationship between Africa and the global economy if you want to engage in 21st century geopolitics.

Africa is the youngest, the fastest growing, and the most resource-rich continent on the planet. It is also the continent most prone to climate shocks despite having a very low per-capita fossil fuel footprint. If you don't think anything will come of all that, then read what I said again.

Have y'all heard about this whole "European colonialism" thing? It's bad news, folks On this week's Workers' Lit, Isaac of the SDCC joins us to talk about the great Guyanese historian Walter Rodney and his masterwork, "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa." Listen now wherever you get your pods!

I'd be happy to quit caring about foreign elections if: 1. My country's government/billionaires stop meddling in them 2. The habitability of the planet doesn't partially depend on their outcomes

The average American is ignorant on trans issues and has fallen prey to an impossibly well-funded campaign of anti-trans demonization. This trend would be easily reversible if the Democratic Party could manage to find a crumb of spine on this issue.

Look at the stats on support for gay marriage over the last fifty years if you don't believe me. A lot of people are just waiting to be told what to believe.

For all my girlies who don't love needles (me). (For all my lovely transmasc followers, flip this)

@jacobinmag.bsky.social If you would like someone to write an actually good article about the decline of literacy in young men (rather than blaming it on women and a "feminized culture") we will happily oblige. Won't be including talk about Lonesome Dove though.

The question of why men are reading less than women is an interesting one. Saying "women's brains are immune to smart phones and publishing is too mean to boys" is uh...wrong though.

It's time for some ARTICLE BRAIN! This month we dive into a truly terrible piece from Jacobin that suggests men are discriminated against in literature, then we move into Larry David's bizarre "socialism is when government take toothbrush" op-ed Listen here: www.patreon.com/WorkersLit/p...

Any loser can force fem a twink, but it takes a real hero to force fem a bear.

You'll hear conservatives say that mental illness started with Millennials, then you read a 200 year-old book and it's all gay guys throwing themselves on the ground in weeping fits or manic ladies beating their brains out against the wall and everybody's like, "Yeah that happens sometimes."