Workers’ Lit
@socialistshelf.bsky.social
A podcast about books and the news with Lenore, Aysha, Jen, and Jacob
Books/Culture episodes on Mondays!
News/Politics episodes on Wednesdays!
Read good books, tell bad jokes, and fight for a better future!
www.workerslit.com
Books/Culture episodes on Mondays!
News/Politics episodes on Wednesdays!
Read good books, tell bad jokes, and fight for a better future!
www.workerslit.com
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Huge Announcement! Workers' Lit
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Big news…we’re rebranding! And welcoming @ayshaufarah.bsky.social and @bignasty.bsky.social as full time hosts!
Starting now, we’re renaming our feed “Workers’ Lit.” More episodes, more hosts, more politics, more dumb jokes.
Read on for the rundown
Starting now, we’re renaming our feed “Workers’ Lit.” More episodes, more hosts, more politics, more dumb jokes.
Read on for the rundown
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Happy 1/6 to Garland, Biden, and everybody else who let Trump and company completely off the hook because if they dealt with fascists they couldn't use them to discipline working people while giving them nothing
January 6, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Happy 1/6 to Garland, Biden, and everybody else who let Trump and company completely off the hook because if they dealt with fascists they couldn't use them to discipline working people while giving them nothing
The main problem with Bluesky isn’t mobs of wokescolds, close-mindedness, people who can’t take a joke, or even blue MAGA people.
The problem with Bluesky is that this account doesn’t have one billion followers.
The problem with Bluesky is that this account doesn’t have one billion followers.
January 6, 2026 at 9:34 PM
The main problem with Bluesky isn’t mobs of wokescolds, close-mindedness, people who can’t take a joke, or even blue MAGA people.
The problem with Bluesky is that this account doesn’t have one billion followers.
The problem with Bluesky is that this account doesn’t have one billion followers.
Hi you can buy Jacob’s book now in paperback form. Order it online, or check out your local bookstore (and if they don’t have it, order it through them or your library! 😃)
They Called Her Rebel from Roundfire Books
Exploitative. Hyper-Productive. Militarist. Miserable. Quatron is a fantasy world warped to serve the cold interests of a corporate oligarchy.
www.collectiveinkbooks.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Hi you can buy Jacob’s book now in paperback form. Order it online, or check out your local bookstore (and if they don’t have it, order it through them or your library! 😃)
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Palantir co-founder says it exists to kill communists.
January 6, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Palantir co-founder says it exists to kill communists.
Idk sure would be cool if someone did like five podcast episodes about this (and Tolkien in general)
How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?
How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?
How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?
www.independent.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Idk sure would be cool if someone did like five podcast episodes about this (and Tolkien in general)
The U.S. Empire *as we know it* is dying. That does not mean an equally horrific apparatus utilizing the machinery of repression that already exists won’t take its place, possibly even run by the same people.
Don’t fall for the leftist equivalent of eschatology. We have to WORK to fix things.
Don’t fall for the leftist equivalent of eschatology. We have to WORK to fix things.
January 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The U.S. Empire *as we know it* is dying. That does not mean an equally horrific apparatus utilizing the machinery of repression that already exists won’t take its place, possibly even run by the same people.
Don’t fall for the leftist equivalent of eschatology. We have to WORK to fix things.
Don’t fall for the leftist equivalent of eschatology. We have to WORK to fix things.
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If Kamala Harris were still alive, she'd listen to @worstpossible.world. I just know it. I can feel her spirit.
January 5, 2026 at 5:25 AM
If Kamala Harris were still alive, she'd listen to @worstpossible.world. I just know it. I can feel her spirit.
You can conceive of how good Star Wars would be if you put the Workers’ Lit crew in charge of it
Dave Filoni and Lywen Brennan will reportedly replace Kathleen Kennedy as the new co-presidents of Lucasfilm
• Dave Filoni will oversee all creative development
• Lywen Brennan will oversee executive duties
• Announcement is expected to be made in a couple weeks
(via Puck News)
• Dave Filoni will oversee all creative development
• Lywen Brennan will oversee executive duties
• Announcement is expected to be made in a couple weeks
(via Puck News)
January 6, 2026 at 6:49 PM
You can conceive of how good Star Wars would be if you put the Workers’ Lit crew in charge of it
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We’re doing it, folks. #transgender4everyone is now
The only effective response to this is to embrace @bignasty.bsky.social’s plan and claim “transgender for everyone” as an encouraging rallying cry.
Trump: "Transgender for everyone! Bring your kids in, we're gonna change the sex of your child. Just send them our way. In some cases, like in Minnesota, they don't even tell the parents. Nobody believes it when I say it. They operate on the kid, they don't tell the parents. It's not believable."
January 6, 2026 at 4:42 PM
We’re doing it, folks. #transgender4everyone is now
The only effective response to this is to embrace @bignasty.bsky.social’s plan and claim “transgender for everyone” as an encouraging rallying cry.
Trump: "Transgender for everyone! Bring your kids in, we're gonna change the sex of your child. Just send them our way. In some cases, like in Minnesota, they don't even tell the parents. Nobody believes it when I say it. They operate on the kid, they don't tell the parents. It's not believable."
January 6, 2026 at 4:36 PM
The only effective response to this is to embrace @bignasty.bsky.social’s plan and claim “transgender for everyone” as an encouraging rallying cry.
Trump cooked with “Lil’ Marco” and we need to keep calling him that
January 6, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Trump cooked with “Lil’ Marco” and we need to keep calling him that
“Grappling” in this case means deciding between full-throated endorsement or just ignoring it altogether.
Democrats are grappling with how best to respond to the Trump administration’s military intervention in Venezuela, as the operation to capture Nicolás Maduro highlighted foreign policy differences within the party and distracted from its focus on affordability issues. https://cnn.it/3Z0vnOM
January 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
“Grappling” in this case means deciding between full-throated endorsement or just ignoring it altogether.
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THREAD. With everything going on, I want to share a bit of good news. As of the end of 2025, we have sent over 2,000 free copies of Copaganda into prisons and into schools where students can't afford it.
January 6, 2026 at 3:44 PM
THREAD. With everything going on, I want to share a bit of good news. As of the end of 2025, we have sent over 2,000 free copies of Copaganda into prisons and into schools where students can't afford it.
*Insert that Zizek clip where he says modern sex could be an electric dildo fucking a pocket pussy while the two individuals watch here*
Sony has patented an AI gaming ghost that will play PlayStation games for you when you get stuck www.eurogamer.net/sony-has-pat...
January 6, 2026 at 3:58 PM
*Insert that Zizek clip where he says modern sex could be an electric dildo fucking a pocket pussy while the two individuals watch here*
January 6 would be a lot cooler if it were called “January 6-7”
January 6, 2026 at 2:28 PM
January 6 would be a lot cooler if it were called “January 6-7”
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i wish they LA Confi-wouldn't
It's crime time.
We're ringing in 2026 with James Ellroy's 1990 work of nasty neo noir cop fiction, "LA Confidential." And we're mad about it! Why are there so many bizarre little policemen running around in this book???
Joining us is @bwishart.bsky.social of @moviepod.bsky.social
We're ringing in 2026 with James Ellroy's 1990 work of nasty neo noir cop fiction, "LA Confidential." And we're mad about it! Why are there so many bizarre little policemen running around in this book???
Joining us is @bwishart.bsky.social of @moviepod.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 11:04 PM
i wish they LA Confi-wouldn't
On Ed Exley, police coverups, and Epstein.
Clip from our "LA Confidential" episode with @bwishart.bsky.social of @moviepod.bsky.social.
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!
Clip from our "LA Confidential" episode with @bwishart.bsky.social of @moviepod.bsky.social.
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!
January 5, 2026 at 11:04 PM
On Ed Exley, police coverups, and Epstein.
Clip from our "LA Confidential" episode with @bwishart.bsky.social of @moviepod.bsky.social.
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!
Clip from our "LA Confidential" episode with @bwishart.bsky.social of @moviepod.bsky.social.
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!
Yeah this was pretty shameful, but not as shameful as that time when our Twitter account got banned without explanation
All Americans, and the entire world, must remember. Robert Reich: The most shameful day in American history open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
The most shameful day in American history
We will never forget, and we will not let the nation or the world forget.
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Yeah this was pretty shameful, but not as shameful as that time when our Twitter account got banned without explanation
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Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
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should have stayed confidential lmao gottem
It's crime time.
We're ringing in 2026 with James Ellroy's 1990 work of nasty neo noir cop fiction, "LA Confidential." And we're mad about it! Why are there so many bizarre little policemen running around in this book???
Joining us is @bwishart.bsky.social of @moviepod.bsky.social
We're ringing in 2026 with James Ellroy's 1990 work of nasty neo noir cop fiction, "LA Confidential." And we're mad about it! Why are there so many bizarre little policemen running around in this book???
Joining us is @bwishart.bsky.social of @moviepod.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 2:53 PM
should have stayed confidential lmao gottem
It's crime time.
We're ringing in 2026 with James Ellroy's 1990 work of nasty neo noir cop fiction, "LA Confidential." And we're mad about it! Why are there so many bizarre little policemen running around in this book???
Joining us is @bwishart.bsky.social of @moviepod.bsky.social
We're ringing in 2026 with James Ellroy's 1990 work of nasty neo noir cop fiction, "LA Confidential." And we're mad about it! Why are there so many bizarre little policemen running around in this book???
Joining us is @bwishart.bsky.social of @moviepod.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 2:17 PM
It's crime time.
We're ringing in 2026 with James Ellroy's 1990 work of nasty neo noir cop fiction, "LA Confidential." And we're mad about it! Why are there so many bizarre little policemen running around in this book???
Joining us is @bwishart.bsky.social of @moviepod.bsky.social
We're ringing in 2026 with James Ellroy's 1990 work of nasty neo noir cop fiction, "LA Confidential." And we're mad about it! Why are there so many bizarre little policemen running around in this book???
Joining us is @bwishart.bsky.social of @moviepod.bsky.social
For whom it may concern: you NEVER have to hand it to George W. Bush or Dick Cheney. Legitimately never ever. Not even when comparing him to the bad orange man himself.
January 4, 2026 at 10:37 PM
For whom it may concern: you NEVER have to hand it to George W. Bush or Dick Cheney. Legitimately never ever. Not even when comparing him to the bad orange man himself.
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This was a lot of fun to record!
Our “LA Confidential” episode is at hand.
Have you ever wanted to hear us get unbelievably exasperated with James Ellroy? Well, soon you can.
Featuring @bwishart.bsky.social of @moviepod.bsky.social
Have you ever wanted to hear us get unbelievably exasperated with James Ellroy? Well, soon you can.
Featuring @bwishart.bsky.social of @moviepod.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 5:06 PM
This was a lot of fun to record!
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Tune in for my usual incisive critique—I.e. this could all be solved if these guys would just kiss each other
Our “LA Confidential” episode is at hand.
Have you ever wanted to hear us get unbelievably exasperated with James Ellroy? Well, soon you can.
Featuring @bwishart.bsky.social of @moviepod.bsky.social
Have you ever wanted to hear us get unbelievably exasperated with James Ellroy? Well, soon you can.
Featuring @bwishart.bsky.social of @moviepod.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Tune in for my usual incisive critique—I.e. this could all be solved if these guys would just kiss each other