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The Antifada

E271 - New International Year One w/ Henry J. Wallis

The Antifada

Sean KB and AP Andy

Music, Arts

4.2970 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Henry's back for France Popular front updates to unveil his new journal, the New International!

From there, we discuss Andy and Varn's essay The Undying Appeal of Brunch, and if it conflicts with the organizational method of Henry's Party, France Unbowed.

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Follow New International on Twitter and BlueSky

Follow Antifada on BlueSky New International editorial note: https://newintermag.com/our-goal/

Long-read on France Unbowed: https://newintermag.com/communism-lives-in-the-france-unbowed/

Henry's write-up on France Unbowed's structure: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zs2eG-GfiFTkXuXxPxJaJb9JDaAa7S9TD0rLuLLC-XI/edit?usp=sharing

Kristin Ross on the Commune Form: https://illwill.com/a-common-horizon-for-situated-struggles

Henry's podcast episode on Citizen Marx: https://www.formspodcast.com/episode-xxiv-citizen-marx

Song: X - Year One

Transcript

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0:00.0

One, two, three, go.

0:10.2

Yeah, I'm not going to stream because I don't want to show my face.

0:14.1

All right, so...

0:14.7

I'll get my French citizenship.

0:16.7

Yeah, you're not a citizen.

0:19.1

You're not part of the citizens movement. Are you a subordinate member? I'm a citizen. You're not part of the citizens movement.

0:21.6

Are you a subordinate member?

0:22.6

I'm a citizen according to the statutes of the Constitution of the Year 1.

0:26.6

Is that an unbad thing?

0:29.6

No, it's from this French Revolution.

0:31.6

It was the Constitution that was devised but never actually put in place because they were in a constant state of war.

0:36.6

And the Constitution of the Year 1, you basically, the concessions for citizenship are either

0:42.3

you're born in this country or if you're a foreigner, you lived here for at least one year.

0:48.3

You either work for a living or you support an orphan or you marry a French person or you take care of an old person

0:56.9

or the National Assembly considers that you are worthy of humanity.

1:02.8

And on Bab is going to bring that constitution back?

1:06.2

We're going to make a new constitution.

1:08.7

Year two.

1:09.2

But the constitution of the year one is a historic left.

1:13.4

Like all through the 19th century, people would say like what are demands?

1:17.1

We want bread and the constitution of the year one.

1:20.8

Because the constitution of year one is actually more radical than pretty much any Western

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