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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

What Does LeBron's Decision Mean for Philly? And Why Do They Hate Us? | Philadelphia Portal Ep. 5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKUH...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

German Critical Philosophy and Marx with Steven Osuna (part of our series on Cedric Robinson's An Anthropology of Marxism Thursday at 11:30 AM EST www.youtube.com/live/VZwUGxj...

image from a painting of Marx and Engels sharing the Communist Manifest (in long scroll form) with the International Workingmen's Association (First international), in the foreground are images of Hegel and Kant as well as Cedric Robinson (author of the book we're doing this series on An Anthropology of Marxism) and Steven Osuna, our guest for these discussions

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Monday the 19th at 11 AM EST David Chávez, Steven Osuna, Hiram Rivera, and Alejandro Villalpando join forces to breakdown the first Wrestlemania and the broader impact of the WWF amid the Imperial '80s www.youtube.com/live/4PvJQxY...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

New bonus episode goes live at 8 PM EST on the Imperial 80s patreon. Mtume and I started a watch through of Bill Simmons' Most Rewatchable movies of the 21st Century and had a little fun. Just something fun (hopefully) to thank our patrons www.patreon.com/posts/148312...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Monday at 10 AM EST - The Imperial '80s is back! Up next: Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, John Landis... 1983's Trading Places Come hang out with us as we dissect it www.youtube.com/live/8gQK8CK...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Monday at 10 AM EST The Imperial 80s will tackle the 1987 "Thanksgiving Comedy" Planes, Trains and Automobiles with Steve Martin & John Candy (written, directed, and produced by John Hughes): www.youtube.com/live/oyN-drV...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Monday at 10 AM EST - It is the Imperial 80s episode you've all been waiting for (or didn't know you were) Lara Steehi & Stephen Sheei will join us to breakdown the zio-imperialist clusterf🤬ck that is the 1986 film 'The Delta Force' starring Chuck Norris www.youtube.com/live/hvJUY-y...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Uploaded a conversation I had with Hanif Abdurraqib in January of 2021 on the passing of MF DOOM youtu.be/uHENp7z0Q7M?...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Weds, Nov 12th at 10 AM EST @samanthasketches.bsky.social & @rjohnston815.bsky.social will join me to talk about the critically acclaimed Netflix doc, "The Perfect Neighbor" & asking whether it constitutes a new form of Copaganda www.youtube.com/live/iMsCdFI...

Title: "Is 'The Perfect Neighbor' A New Form of Copaganda? featuring Renee Johnston & Samantha Youssef; on Everything Else with J & Friends; the post for the documentary in the foreground along with sketches of Samantha Youssef and Renee Johnston; and in the background an image of Susan Lorincz holding her chest as she is interrogated by police officers after killing Ajike "AJ" Owens;

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Monday - November 10th at 10 AM ET We'll get into the original 'The Running Man" based on Stephen King's novel, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, considered by many to be one of the more prophetic pieces of sci-fi produced in the 1980s. www.youtube.com/live/u8UNHAu...

The Imperial '80s - The Running Man featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger; Nov 10th at 10 AM ET

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Sunday at 10 AM ET - The first episode of a brand new series! "Rap Album Dialectics" Run-DMC's Debut with Dr. Jared Ball (@imixwhatilike.bsky.social)! On the 'Everything Else with J & Friends' YT page (make sure you're subscribed👇 with notifications on!) www.youtube.com/live/vAf3oJe...

text reads "Rap Album Dialectics - Run-DMC's Debut" from 'Everything Else with J & Friends" featuring Dr. Jared Ball; images of Run-DMC performing, the front and back of Run-DMC's debut album; and an image of Run, Jam Master Jay, and DMC walking together on the street; image of Dr. Jared Ball in the foreground;

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

On Monday at 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT on The Imperial 80s we'll talk to Charles Xu about the 1987 Steven Spielberg film 'Empire of the Sun' www.youtube.com/live/9ZzU3rb...

The Imperial '80s "Empire of the Sun" with Charles Xu; Within Our Gates & Millennials Are Killing Capitalism logos and an image of Charles Xu

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL - Nick Estes ( @nicke.bsky.social ) joins us on Friday at 11 AM ET for discussion of the 1988 horror film "The Blob" - We can't wait to talk about this wacky movie with Nick! www.youtube.com/live/inmyBpb...

THE IMPERIAL '80s - THE BLOB WITH NICK ESTES: "Scream now, while there's still room to breathe" and "Terror has no shape" MAKC and Within Our Gates logos; this is a promotional photo of an episode of Imperial 80s focusing on the 1988 film 'The Blob' in the background photo is an image of 'The Blob' swallowing up a car, flames rise behind the car; image of Nick Estes in the foreground

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

How do we maintain our Psychic Militancy amid the "ceasefire" in Gaza? How do we maintain it when we face repression for organizing or taking a stand? We'll talk to Dr. Lara Sheehi on @makcapitalism.bsky.social about that and more Wednesday at 10 AM ET - www.youtube.com/live/8LVrHOQ...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Launch Day: Everything Else with J - NBA, La Cosa Nostra, FanDuel, Chauncey Billups, Kash Patel Starting Sunday at 11 AM ET www.youtube.com/live/gk3YntW...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Starting in 15 minutes with Renee Johnston from Saturdays with Renee! We'll be talking about the HBO documentary The Alabama Solution, which prominently features founders of the Free Alabama Movement (on @makcapitalism.bsky.social ) www.youtube.com/live/rOdidhJ...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Friday at 10 AM ET @justmaybechris.bsky.social joins the Philadelphia Portal (a Philly based media project that @makcapitalism.bsky.social is a part of & currently streams on the MAKC YT channel) We'll be talking about Philadelphia & the Politics of Black Memory www.youtube.com/live/RfLhY57...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

For episode 13 of The Imperial 80s we'll dig into the 1982 "supernatural horror" film 'Poltergeist' Monday (10/13) at 10 AM ET www.youtube.com/live/mF9wtLL...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Tuesday, October 7th at 10 AM ET / 5 PM in Palestine We will be joined by Abdaljawad Omar & Lara Sheehi to discuss October 7th, 2023 with 2 years of hindsight, the last 2 years of resistance & genocide, the current moment, * the future of resistance www.youtube.com/live/vocPxGx...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

On Monday on Imperial 80s we'll be kicking off our month of 80s horror movies with 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' Renee Johnston of Saturdays with Renee will join us! stream on @makcapitalism.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/6SFoqu8...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

ICYMI: our latest discussion with Abdaljawad Omar is now up on @makcapitalism.bsky.social Very grateful to Abboud for sharing so much of his work with us over the last 2 years. I learn a lot every time. www.youtube.com/live/wwKDHpS...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Today at 10 AM ET I'll be joining @adnanhusain.bsky.social, @nicke.bsky.social, and Sina Rahmani on The East is a Podcast for a livestream. We'll be streaming it on @makcapitalism.bsky.social as well. Tune in youtube.com/live/mP65EPZ...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Now up on our Imperial 80s patreon, our bonus episode with Alex Aviña. We definitely got in some additional laughs. www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

The Imperial '80s, Episode 8: ¡Three Amigos! with Alexander Aviña Live, this Friday at 11:30 AM EDT www.youtube.com/live/WNLFl5j...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Tuesday at noon ET (US), 9 AM PT we'll be live again with @dylanrodriguez.bsky.social to talk about T. Hoxha's hunger strike, Casey Goonan's solidarity hunger strike, defending direct action, Pro-Palestine political prisoners in the imperial core and more! www.youtube.com/live/GYXM0DU...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Tuesday at 10 AM EDT Steven Osuna will join us for our discussion of the original Predator film. We'll talk Vietnam Syndrome, Contras, US-backed Dirty Wars in Central American, & the film's roided out Rainbow Coalition for Empire youtu.be/BmwPpIRD8LU?...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Tuesday at 11 AM EDT we'll release our wildest ride yet from the Imperial '80s, Jemma DeCristo is our guest as we revisit the 1985 film Year of the Dragon, Directed by Michael Cimino, written by Oliver Stone, staring Mikey Rourke, and racist as all hell! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApO1...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Tuesday at 11:30 AM ET/ 8:30 AM PT David Chávez & Alejandro Villalpando will join us to talk about Robocop! www.youtube.com/live/ef4NmKS...

The Imperial 80s Episode 5: Robocop featuring David Chávez & Alejandro Villapando; logos for MAKC & Within Our Gates; in the background is an image of Robocop getting out of a police care it reads "Part Man, Part Machine, All Cop"

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Zionism’s Terminal Crisis: A Litigator's Perspective with Franck Magennis (@franckmagennis.bsky.social) Thursday at 10 AM EDT / 3 PM BST You won't want to miss it! www.youtube.com/live/8Atimbj...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

The Imperial '80s Episode 4: Red Dawn featuring Renee Johnston from Saturdays with Renee on @makcapitalism.bsky.social Today at 10 AM EDT www.youtube.com/live/x_wxK8K...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Monday we're thrilled to welcome Nora Barrows-Friedman ( @norabf.bsky.social) to @makcapitalism.bsky.social. It promises to be a wide-ranging conversation on Palestine, genocide, zionism, student activism, & much more Tune in at 6 PM EDT / 3 PM PT www.youtube.com/live/uu-xeLb...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Friday at 10 AM EDT @makcapitalism.bsky.social will be live again with @cloudquistador.bsky.social to discussJacobin's role in laundering what he describes as "AI" propaganda masked as critique. Look forward to hearing from him again. His last show was 🔥 www.youtube.com/live/OxQ_EWi...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

NEW SERIES starts Tuesday at 10 AM ET Presented by @makcapitalism.bsky.social & Within Our Gates We'll critically analyze "classics" from the '80s from a Marxist & anti-imperialist perspective. Episode 1: First Blood, the first film in the Rambo series www.youtube.com/live/vyUYCc_...

Title: "THE IMPERIAL '80s;" poster in the background reads "This time he's fighting for his life. STALLONE, FIRST BLOOD"; across the bottom reads "A Critical Analysis" logos from MAKC and Within Our Gates

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Israel Starts a War with Iran, Israel’s Gang in Gaza, & Aid as a Weapon of War with Abdaljawad Omar Monday at 10 AM ET / 5 PM in Palestine www.youtube.com/live/ZbbHhTI...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Friday at Noon ET / 9 AM PT @dylanrodriguez.bsky.social returns to @makcapitalism.bsky.social Lexical Warfare and Counterinsurgency with Dylan Rodríguez We'll talk about counterinsurgency, soft vs hard power politics, & the manipulation of words & definitions www.youtube.com/live/I7XMGrY...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Today at 5:30 PM EDT on @makcapitalism.bsky.social we'll be live with Alexander Aviña, and we'll be joined during the show with report-outs from the LA rebellion via @ndindi.bsky.social, David Chávez, and Alejandro Villalpando www.youtube.com/live/CudxE46...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Monday (6/9) at 5:30 PM ET / 2:30 PM PT Alex Aviña returns to talk about Trump's Gringo Iron Dome, Israel's US-Backed Genocide, and the Palestine-Mexico border. And we'll be talking about the anti-deportation direct action in LA www.youtube.com/live/CudxE46...

image of Trump displaying pictures of his "golden dome" in the Oval Office (courtesy of the White House); image of Alexander Aviña (our guest) and the text reads "Trump's Iron Dome for America & The Palestine-Mexico Border"

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Thursday at 11 AM EDT Nick Estes (@nicke.bsky.social) will join us to discuss AIM, American Indian Anti-Imperialism, and Red Power Internationalism. We'll talk about AIM, Palestine and the PLO too. Don't miss it! www.youtube.com/live/rYD2BTL...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Thursday (5/15) at 11:30 AM EDT / 6:30 PM in Palestine We Were Never Part of Their Future: Shameless Power & War as Symptom of Failure with Abdaljawad Omar www.youtube.com/live/wdaJ_od...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Today at 11 AM EDT @kamaufranklin.bsky.social will be on @makcapitalism.bsky.social to talk about the National Black Radical Organizing Conference & we'll talk a little about coming together, strategy, organizing skills, & the state of Black Radical organizing www.youtube.com/live/LN-O10B...

image reads "Organize, Organize, Organize" "National Black Radical Organizing Conference" our guest for this discussion is Kamau Franklin from Community Movement Builders; collage image of a lot of the Black radical organizers, journalists and scholars who will be the conference in Indianapolis from May 30 through June 1st

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Friday (5/2) at 12 PM EDT we'll talk with Ammar Ali Jan about how to contextualize the escalating potential for conflict between India & Pakistan. We'll discuss the history of the region and current political economic & geopolitical contexts www.youtube.com/live/l3lIo_6...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

NEW: Rejecting Neoliberalism & Neo-McCarthyism at US Universities with Charles HF Davis III millennialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/rejecting-ne...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Also last week we hosted a really great conversation on digital technology, computation and the PR campaign which is "AI" with @cloudquistador.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/TLue-ZD...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

In the middle of a really special week on @makcapitalism.bsky.social. If you missed any of these episodes we put out on Monday & Tuesday maybe today you can catch-up on our episodes from Lara Sheehi, Too Black & Rasul Mowatt, & @stevesalaita.bsky.social youtube.com/@MAKCapitalism

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Tuesday at 12 PM EDT - Steven Salaita (@stevesalaita.bsky.social ) will return to MAKC for further discussion on his two recent excellent lectures/pieces: No Resurrection: The Life and Death of the Modern University & The Meaning of Honesty in Academe

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Thursday. 10 AM EDT / 2 PM GMT We'll talk to an organizer with @crips-against-cuts.bsky.social ! And Crips Against Cuts, Welfare Not Warfare. UK and US intensifying attacks on disabled folks. Imperialism & war and disability. And more www.youtube.com/live/So2p40I...

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

We've been very busy on our YT channel. More tomorrow with @urorientalist.bsky.social Subscribe at YouTube.com/@MAKCapitalism

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

In particular in this episode Max talks about Andreas Malm’s formulation of “Fossil Capitalism,” and also critically engages with the frameworks of eco-modernism and extractivism millennialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/theories-of-...

collage of images: Max Ajl (guest); people of Zimbabwe retaking farm; farmers working the land with hand tools; cultural activities at El Maizal commune; image of Hugo Chávez with communards; image of crude oil in Cabimas, Venezuela; image of MST; Zimbabwean holds sign that reads "This Is Our Land; Only Our Land"; Iranian man pours water over his head in the heat;

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J from MAKC @jaybeware.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

In this 1st portion we talk about the theory of ecologically unequal exchange, wheat & cereals as weapons of imperialism, bananas & fresh fruits in the first world, & get into some of Alj’s critiques of different strains of political ecology millennialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/theories-of-...

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