Super Structure with Julian Feeld

The Marxist, Pan-Africanist revolutionary from Burkina Faso is our subject. Thomas Sankara was president of the country from 1983 to 1987, but was ultimately betrayed by the man closest to him. His legacy continues to inspire and energize revolutionaries across the world. Your hosts are Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Episode researched and written by Gabriel Rocha Gaspar. Edited by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is D...

We explore a pre-Bush and pre-9/11 movie about New York being under attack by CIA-trained Palestinian terrorists. Our guest is Mathilde Huron. Your hosts are Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Episode edited by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is Tarha Ebouse Dighe Mane by Etran de L'Aïr.Follow Super Structure on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/superstructurepodcast/Superstructurepodcast.com...

We explore the prison rodeo and general history of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, better known as Angola. Our guest is Beck Strah, cohost of the Prison Breakdown podcast and professor at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island. Your hosts are Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Beck Strah: https://www.instagram.com/beckstrah/Prison Breakdown Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/prison-breakdown/id1690230079Episode researched and written by Cooter Jones. Edited by Ty Wood...

We explore the devastating and ongoing effects of uranium mining and testing in New Mexico, especially in connection to the Navajo people. Our guest is Kurly Tlapoyawa, an archeologist, writer and podcaster based in New Mexico. Your hosts are Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Kurly Tlapoyawa: https://www.instagram.com/kurly_tlapoyawa/Tales from Aztlantis Podcast: https://talesfromaztlantis.comEpisode edited by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben G...

A vast secret network of armed anti-Communists established in the 40s. We explore the story of how counter-measures to an imagined post-WW2 Soviet invasion turned into the repression of left wing political movements in Western Europe. Your hosts are Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Episode researched and written by Ryan McGahan and Josh Messite. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is Mama Loi, P...

Bush VS Gore at the turn of the millennium. It involved a J6-like riot, featured many of the most powerful people alive today, and happened right in front of the eyes of the American public. We explore the United States’ presidential election of 2000. Your hosts are Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Caio: https://x.com/CaioAlmendra / https://bsky.app/profile/caioalmendra.bsky.socialEpisode researched and written by Spencer Barrows and Grace Cathedral Park. Editing by...

This episode is the story of how two Black musical styles in Brazil faced the exact same dilemma: dire repression and market integration, which would 'naturally' un-Black them. This is the history of Samba and Funk. It's also the second half of our two-parter on the topic. Your hosts are Julian Feeld and Caio Almendra.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Caio: https://x.com/CaioAlmendra / https://bsky.app/profile/caioalmendra.bsky.socialEpisode researched and written by Caio Almendra. Editing by...

This is the story of how a country, which acts in many ways as a bizarre mirror to the United States, engineered its own toxic brand of white supremacy, and sparked a centuries-long anti-racist struggle fundamentally different from the American experience. This is the story of fascism, racial oppression, and anti-racist resistance in our cousin to the south: Brazil. Your hosts are Julian Feeld and Caio Almendra.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Caio: https://x.com/CaioAlmendra / https://bsky.app/profile/caioalmendra.bsky...

Jean-Claude Van Damme travels to Israel to don a hasidic disguise and beat up cops in Tel Aviv. This movie night sees us exploring The Order (2001) with Hesse Deni & Will Menaker of Movie Mindset / Seeking Derangements / Chapo Trap House. Your hosts are Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Hesse: https://www.patreon.com/seekingderangements / https://www.patreon.com/cw/TroubleInRiverCityWill: https://www.chapotraphouse.com/ Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. C...

Israeli propaganda courses, 30 years in prison for moving anarchist zines, Monsanto not liable, Peter Thiel’s secret society leaked, a global heatwave and a surprising socialist sweep in New York. We cover some recent news items with our esteemed guest Liv Agar. Your hosts are Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Liv Agar: https://www.twitch.tv/livagar / https://x.com/liv_agarResearch and writing by Spencer Barrows and Grace Cathedral Park. Editing by Ty Wood. Th...

We explore the roots of the settler-colonial project known as Zionism – which led to the formation of the state of Israel on Palestinian land. Your hosts are Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Research and writing by Séamus Malekafzali. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is Let My People Go by Darondo.Follow Super Structure on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/supe...

The book that defined a generation of right wing racist violence, traces of The Turner Diaries (first published in 1978) can still be found shot through today’s white supremacist circles. Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus explore William Luther Pierce’s psychotic, genocidal work of speculative fiction.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Research and writing by Spencer Barrows and Grace Cathedral Park. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is Right...

A historic act of domestic terrorism committed by a right-wing crank obsessed with the Turner Diaries, Ruby Ridge and Waco. The Oklahoma City Bombing and Timothy McVeigh deserve a re-exploration due to their relative memory-holing in the wake of 9/11. Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus are your hosts.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Research and writing by Grace Cathedral Park. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is There’s No...

An American Neo-Nazi organization active in the 80s, The Order (AKA The Silent Brotherhood) partook in murder, armed robbery, and even declared war on the federal government. Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus explore.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Research and writing by Spencer Barrows. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is Smiling Faces by East of Underground.Follow Super Structure on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/s...

Revolutionary movements in Russia existed before the Bolsheviks. We explore the various groups attempting to topple the Tsar and lift the peasantry out of dire conditions. Notably and beginning in the 1860s: the Narodniks. Your hosts are Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Research and writing by Cooter Jones. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is Program by Silver Apples.Follow Super S...

Once again under mounting siege, Cuba’s revolution is no stranger to violent meddling by the United States and wealthy Cubans in exile. We explore a “wet work” team of assassins, spies and brutes assembled in 1960 and known as Operation 40. As usual, your hosts are Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Research and writing by Marty Pynchon Meier. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is Canc...

Guerrilla warfare in the 20th century United States? Factions of the Black Power movement made this a reality. Following our episode on the Weather Underground, we tackle the Black Liberation Army and the Republic of New Afrika. Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus explore recent history that now seems farfetched.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Research and writing by Edwin O’Connell. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is My...

One of the most well-known but least understood movements in the history of the American revolutionary left, the Weather Underground Organization is on our docket in this first of a two-part episode on domestic revolutionary groups in the USA. Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus explore it with you. Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Research and writing by Edwin O’Connell. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is Left Me...

What is the function and purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization? This turns out to be a question even its founders struggled with. Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus explore NATO’s founding after World War 2.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Research and writing by Ryan McGahan and Josh Messite. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is Ramer Sans Rame by Akofa Akoussah.Follow Super Structure on...

Drug trafficking, the military, foreign interests… Honduras has long been a focus of the anti-communist project in South and Central America. Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus explore the path to Hondurasgate, the latest scandal exposing this particular octopus of corruption.Go to patreon.com/superstructure to get a feed with double the episodes for just $5 a month.Research and writing by Caio Almendra. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is Corrido a Honduras by Unknown.Follow Super Structure on...