Sick Sad World w/ Vicky Osterweil (Unlocked)

Note: We are back from parental leave! This episode was originally released April 28th for Death Panel patrons and is being unlocked today for the first time in solidarity with the protests in Los Angeles and elsewhere. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Beatrice and Vicky Osterweil discuss what the first months of Trump’s second term tell us about the administration’s particular approach to fascism, the holes in their theory of power this time around, and how the field is ripe for mass movements to challenge not just Trump administration policies like mass deportation, but federal power itself. Find Vicky's writing and support her work at CAW Journal here: https://www.cawshinythings.com/ Find Vicky's 2020 book In Defense of Looting here or read it for free at The Anarchist Library: https://bookshop.org/p/books/in-defense-of-looting-a-riotous-history-of-uncivil-action-vicky-osterweil/14595474 Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' latest book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Find Tracy's book, Abolish Rent, here: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent Preorder Phil's new book, Counting Like a State, here: kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700639687/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod