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Artie Vierkant

@avierkant.bsky.social
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Death Panel podcast @deathpanel.bsky.social patreon.com/deathpanelpod wrote Health Communism (Verso, 2022) with Beatrice Adler-Bolton @reallandsend.bsky.social // forthcoming ALL CARE FOR ALL PEOPLE (Haymarket, 2027) 😷

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Artie Vierkant @avierkant.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
for scheduling reasons we recorded this long before the latest spate of people telling parts of the left to be “normal,” but as I was editing it even I kept catching myself assuming Beatrice and Nate were talking about stuff that hadn’t happened yet
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Death Panel @deathpanel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Teaser here; in this clip we discuss why it is so important for the left to critically analyze how disposability is produced and reproduced soundcloud.com/deathpanel/t...
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Teaser - On “Gerontocracy,” Part 2: Age and Capitalist Disposability w/ Nate Holdren (09/28/26)
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron episode here: https://www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod/posts/170643206 Beatrice speaks with Nate Holdren about how the concept of “gerontocracy” poi
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Death Panel @deathpanel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is the second and final episode in a two part response to Samuel Moyn’s book “Gerontocracy in America.” You can find Part 1, a discussion with Gabriel Winant, here:
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Death Panel @deathpanel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In our latest, we speak with Nate Holdren @nhold.bsky.social about how the concept of “gerontocracy” points us away from structural conditions while at the same time reinforcing dominant ideas about disposability www.patreon.com/deathpanelpo...
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On “Gerontocracy,” Part 2: Age and Capitalist Disposability w/ Nate Holdren (09/28/26) | The Death Panel
Beatrice speaks with Nate Holdren about how the concept of “gerontocracy” points us away from structural conditions while at the same time r
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Beatrice Adler-Bolton @reallandsend.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
a strategically useful way to think through border policing and detention is as an attack on the infrastructures people need to survive. @silkys13 and @ANaomiPaik joined us at the @socialismconf to talk ICE, counterinsurgency, care, abolition, migration, and what tf is to be done❤️‍🔥
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Beatrice Adler-Bolton @reallandsend.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
really proud of this conversation from our @socialismconference.org session w @vickyacab.bsky.social & @slamble1.bsky.social about trans care in the age of health fascism—especially the discussion of how frame of protection/safety can become a means of imposing prohibition, coercion & deprivation
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Hello, it is me, Kira. :) @kirabira.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
OH HELL YEAH
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Beatrice Adler-Bolton @reallandsend.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
one of the hardest strategic questions we routinely face is how to organize across/in spite of real material conflicts of interest without denying that they exist. I really enjoyed having @gabrielwinant.bsky.social back on to talk about gerontocracy, class, age, care & what mass politics requires
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Death Panel @deathpanel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New in the public feed: our live discussion with Silky Shah & A. Naomi Paik on how border policing intersects with health fascism and how to build collective care in an age of escalating repression, from Prairieland to the Minnesota 15 @silkys13.bsky.social @naomipaik.bsky.social
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Care Networks, Abolition, and the Fight Against Border Policing (DP x S26)
To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod This is the second recording in a series of sessions we organized at this y
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Phil Rocco @philiprocco.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The 2030 Census is now squarely in the Trump admin's crosshairs. But states, cities, counties, NGOs, and (yes) you can fight back. New from me in @newrepublic.com: newrepublic.com/article/2153...
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The Fight to Save the Census From Trump Starts Now
The administration’s proposed changes to the 2030 census will harm states and cities. Here is how they can fight back.
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Artie Vierkant @avierkant.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wild that I spent ~15min at the end of this episode walking through a causal chain of how the Trump admin was using AI to set a process in motion ending in people losing their health insurance — and today they basically said they’ve done just that but without all the extra steps
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Adam Bursi @adambursi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Funny you should say that @deathpanel.bsky.social
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Indifference Engines (08/31/26) | The Death Panel
Artie discusses what studies show are the health impacts of data centers on the communities they're built in, how to think about data center
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It’s Julie. Dr. Tilsen, if you’re nasty (or use AI) @queeringtherapist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Finally catching up on some pods I got behind on… this episode is soooooo good. Nuanced, critical discussion that explodes assumptions & binaries around DIY vs institutional care as well as the insidiousness of the commodification of care… and more.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 07/09/2026
the frame of Health Fascism moves away from individual MAHA behaviors and towards how our health care and social welfare systems, such as they are/aren't, were fertile ground for a far right power grab. @deathpanel.bsky.social has been exploring this for a long time. the full panel chuds clipped:
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Health Fascism, Body Politics, and the Anti-State State (Health Fascism Series)
YouTube video by Haymarket Books
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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I got some very exciting news, which is my FFS date got pushed up! But it also means that my money is not as in order as I hoped and I could really use help in affording the surgery and the recovery. If you can help me out, every little bit helps! Thank you so much! Mutual Aid keeps us all afloat!
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Support Vicky's FFS
I got a date for facial feminization surgery In October, which is very exciting! But October is coming fast, and I didn't have nearly as much time to save for costs and recovery as I hoped. Even with ...
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Aren Aizura @incommensurati.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You should read the report (link in thread). This is not just police repression and fraud. With the evidence of refusal to document ICE excessive force incidents, it also shows collusion with DHS -- via a show of excessive force to intimidate memorial attendees, residents and rapid responders.
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Artie Vierkant @avierkant.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We finally got around to talking about that gerontocracy book
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Death Panel @deathpanel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Extended teaser here: soundcloud.com/deathpanel/t...
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Teaser - On "Gerontocracy" w/ Gabriel Winant (09/21/26)
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron episode here: https://www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod/posts/169919130 Beatrice speaks with Gabriel Winant about the idea popular in some circles th
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Death Panel @deathpanel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In our latest, we speak with Gabriel Winant @gabrielwinant.bsky.social about the idea popular in some circles that we live in a “gerontocracy” and whether and how age could be understood to act as a mediator of class www.patreon.com/deathpanelpo...
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On "Gerontocracy" w/ Gabriel Winant (09/21/26) | The Death Panel
Beatrice speaks with Gabriel Winant about the idea popular in some circles that we live in a “gerontocracy” and whether and how age could be
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Artie Vierkant @avierkant.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Hear the panel whose title was so scary to Fox News they read it aloud on air multiple times before it even happened
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Death Panel @deathpanel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New in the public feed: our live discussion with Vicky Osterweil & Lamble about trans care in the age of health fascism, connecting struggles across the US and Britain @vickyacab.bsky.social @slamble1.bsky.social soundcloud.com/deathpanel/t...
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Trans Care in the Age of Health Fascism (DP x S26)
To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod This is the second recording in a series of sessions we organized at this y
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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Logged on to say 15 years goddamn. OWS was extremely important and powerful and its effects continue to spread, all because a bunch of us refused to leave a pretty shitty corporate pseudo-park in the financial district for a while. Just a handful of randos literally like three dozen of us to start
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Artie Vierkant @avierkant.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
hello we talked about it, content warning vile clips of unwatchable cable news hosts
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Death Panel @deathpanel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In our latest, we’re joined by Da’Shaun L. Harrison to discuss how we became an object of right wing ridicule over the last week and how the media dogpile from Joe Rogan to Ben Shapiro to Fox News proved our point www.patreon.com/deathpanelpo...
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The Death Panel vs Fox News w/ Da’Shaun L. Harrison (09/14/26) | The Death Panel
Beatrice, Artie and Da’Shaun L. Harrison discuss how we became an object of right wing ridicule over the last week, and how the media dogpil
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Lauren Eggert-Crowe @laureneggertcrowe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
" . . . and then distributes resources for survival according to those judgements of virtue and worth and value. So the hierarchy then appears natural and its consequences appear natural and incidental." Sign up for @deathpanel.bsky.social's patreon to hear the rest of this discussion.
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Lauren Eggert-Crowe @laureneggertcrowe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This quote from @reallandsend.bsky.social was so incisive I had to write it down: "It's about what happens when bourgeois ideology repeatedly converts unequal social and political relations into evidence of individual virtue . . . (continued)"
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 15/09/2026
Health Fascism, Body Politics, and the Anti-State State, with @reallandsend.bsky.social and Da’Shaun L. Harrison, hosted with @deathpanel.bsky.social
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Health Fascism, Body Politics, and the Anti-State State (Health Fascism Series)
As governments retreat from care, and health increasingly becomes a signifier of discipline—rather than provision—fitness, disability, fatness, illness, Blackness, impairment, and bodily capacity are ...
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firegravity @firegravity.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This was really cathartic lol, this whole thing pissed me off and I've been yelling at illiterate leftists who fell for the nazi short clip cutting BS. I'd really like to send the full ep to people as an object lesson lol, plz unlock! I cannot imagine how this has felt for you three. Be safe plz ❤️
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Artie Vierkant @avierkant.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
hello we talked about it, content warning vile clips of unwatchable cable news hosts
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Death Panel @deathpanel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
and find the full discussion that became the subject of this episode here, on any other podcast platform, or on the @haymarketbooks.org YouTube channel: soundcloud.com/deathpanel/h...
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Health Fascism, Body Politics, and the Anti-State State (DP x S26)
To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod This is the first recording in a series of sessions we organized at this ye
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Death Panel @deathpanel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Extended teaser here: soundcloud.com/deathpanel/t...
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Teaser - The Death Panel vs Fox News w/ Da’Shaun L. Harrison (09/14/26)
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron episode here: https://www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod/posts/169543050 Beatrice, Artie and Da’Shaun L. Harrison discuss how we became an object of r
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JK ✨️ @jkmakes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This episode of @deathpanel.bsky.social with @vickyacab.bsky.social is everything I wish folks around me understood- also frankly not an easy listen, because the speech of fascists and hateful liars is stomach turning to hear even just read aloud. Worth your time: pca.st/episode/5681...
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Trump’s New Red Scare w/ Vicky Osterweil
This episode was originally released July 27th for Death Panel patrons and is being unlocked today for the first time. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a…
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october "pre-order The Struggle Is Always Worth It now!" krausch @octoberk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
another great day to join me and the other "weirdest people in our society today" by supporting the incredible political analysis of @deathpanel.bsky.social
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corby @corbyhart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Joe Rogan 🤝 Ryan Grim
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i have been saying this @negatendo.loggedoff.art · 11/09/2026
fuck joe rogan. support @deathpanel.bsky.social
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Artie Vierkant @avierkant.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Anyway if you appreciate our work, heard the conference session and want to hear more, or just want to show support please join our patreon. We’re entirely listener supported and every little bit helps us keep going and do more www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
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Get more from The Death Panel on Patreon
Get more from The Death Panel on Patreon. Become a member for just $5/month. Welcome to the Death Panel: politics, culture, and public policy from the…
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el @dropthatphone.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
many people go to the gym every day to show they’re a good person who deserves health. I go to the gym every day to prepare for my role as proud soldier in the Death Panel Army.
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Artie Vierkant @avierkant.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
safe to say @deathpanel.bsky.social has breached containment
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Artie Vierkant @avierkant.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Anyway if you appreciate our work, heard the conference session and want to hear more, or just want to show support please join our patreon. We’re entirely listener supported and every little bit helps us keep going and do more www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
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Get more from The Death Panel on Patreon
Get more from The Death Panel on Patreon. Become a member for just $5/month. Welcome to the Death Panel: politics, culture, and public policy from the…
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Artie Vierkant @avierkant.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Now unlocked and as close as we will get to a Death Panel 25th anniversary of 9/11 episode (it comes up a fair amount)
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Death Panel @deathpanel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In today’s episode, we speak with Vicky Osterweil about the Trump admin’s recent statements declaring a renewed red scare, painting the left as “deformed,” a “fatal cancer to civilization,” and a threat to “normal, healthy, ordered living”—now unlocked on.soundcloud.com/x9bA3ieIuUQS...
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Trump’s New Red Scare w/ Vicky Osterweil
This episode was originally released July 27th for Death Panel patrons and is being unlocked today for the first time. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patro
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Aren Aizura @incommensurati.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Go listen to the actual @deathpanel.bsky.social episode so you have the context for the clip. (Btw, that clip was picked up because a right-wing Manhattan Institute "researcher" posted it. The pile-on did exactly what he intended.) www.patreon.com/deathpanelpo...
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Health Fascism, Body Politics, and the Anti-State State (DP x S26) | The Death Panel
This is the first recording in a series of sessions we organized at this year's Socialism Conference. We're posting it ahead of our usual sc
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Robert Chapman @drrobertchapman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
People still on twitter are saying there is a big reactionary fuss over @reallandsend.bsky.social's timely critique of eugenic ideology on the left. Good time to note her and @avierkant.bsky.social's book is still one of my favourite books on health politics. www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
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Health Communism
In this fiery, theoretical tour de force, Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie Vierkant offer an overview of life and death under capitalism and argue for a new global left politics aimed at severing the t...
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Solidarity @solidarityus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Attended another @deathpanel.bsky.social workshop…this time we compared and contrasted the trans panic in the U.S. and Great Britain, all while discussing socialist solutions.
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Solidarity @solidarityus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The first workshop on day two of the @socialismconference.org was hosted by @deathpanel.bsky.social featuring Da’Shaun L. Harrison. Da’Shaun authored the book featured in the pictures below, and was even kind enough to sign the copy we brought!!
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 02/09/2026
If you can’t make it to Chicago, the @socialismconference.org virtual program will feature Angela Y. Davis, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Michelle Alexander, Saul Williams, @silkys13.bsky.social, @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @reallandsend.bsky.social, @avierkant.bsky.social, and more!
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Register now – Socialism 2026 Virtual Program – YouTube
Socialism 2026 Virtual Program – YouTube, Fri Sep 4, 2026 - Sun Sep 6, 2026 - Can't make it to Chicago for the Socialism Conference? Check out our live-stream schedule, and RSVP to attend virtually! *...
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Artie Vierkant @avierkant.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Corresponding episode is now up:
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Marushka-T @marushka-t.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Follow @deathpanel.bsky.social. Health impacts of #datacentres on communities! Right here! ⬇️
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