News From The Void
Tesla & Musk, Sweden, Finland and NATO, Peter Kalmus and Science vs. Capitalism
Morning Comrades!
I trust you all had a regenerative weekend outside of our mutual capitalist hell-scapes and are ready for another week, here. I have been working all weekend, mostly food-truck and packing t-shirts so due to time / energy realities I am going to let a few other and smarter people do most of the talking on here today.
Weekly Jams 141
I am hugely enjoying this one already, and I have only listened to it twice. It’s a real rollercoaster in both genre and decades, and goes from full-on rage mode political rave jams, mostly from the little island I call home to brand new tracks that tap into jazz, soul, dub and go to post-rock, instrumental and so much more. I have no doubt that this week will trigger all kinds of positive memories for listeners my age and offer plenty of fascinating rabbit holes for everyone else.
New Merch Work
Something I am excited about from last week, the original graphic was made for a Polish Film Poster back in 1961 and the rest was inspired by some old Dead Boys band shirts I had hidden away in my archive. No real plan yet when this coming out but wanted to share this will you all for the time being.
News From The Void
Edward Niedermeyer is an author that wrote a book in 2019 on Tesla and Musk, but rather than following the cult-like following the charlatan has, his work was one that exposed a lot of the insanity around both entities. Feel free to get the book, called: Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors but for the time being I wanted to draw your attention to this thread over on twitter. It’s scathing and brilliant.
I am unsure whether the news that both Sweden and Finland are most likely going to be joining NATO in the coming days has made it outside of Europe, but after decades of relative neutrality this signals massive change in, well, everything. Obviously, this change hasn’t come without scrutiny, and in the case of Sweden, well, all is definitely not well. Lily Linch wrote a brilliant piece on the Swedish defense industry that is owned by ur-family capitalists the Wallenbergs, salivate at NATO contracts and threaten capital strike if SocDems balk. But this is the stuff you just can't make up.
Read it below
Peter Kalmus, the NASA scientist I hope is on most people’s radar as he is one of the people leading the charge in radicalising the fight against our corrupt governments and capitalists in the hope of saving our collective asses. In this most recent interview in the Guardian he speaks about climate breakdown and radical transition, and seeing that every issue dear to us all here is interconnected into the reality of destructive climate change, get reading:
Last but definitely not least, this is a brilliant, scientific takedown of one of capitalist’ main bullshit talking points, that this economic system “performs” better than a socialist / communist based relationship. This twitter thread includes heaps and heaps of brilliant scientific research, papers, but Jason Hickel also does a brilliant job breaking it all down in his thread. Entirely, and truthfully worth your time.
As always, thank you for your time, attention and support. I’ll be back here on Wednesday, until then, I remain yours without compromise,
V