E323: Chai El See w/ Chicago Independent Labor Club
This Wreckage
Sean KB and AP Andy
4.2 • 980 Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Gavin and Hope from the Chicago chapter of the Independent Labor Club join Sean to discuss national news and local chapter news in Chicagoland.
Join us for a conversation about the recent events (pig murders) in Minneapolis, what it means to organize against the state, how not to become fodder in blue vs red politics and what autonomous class self-activity looks like amid general crisis.
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| 0:00.0 | recording. |
| 0:01.0 | ...recorded. The |
| 0:23.6 | The I honestly, I honestly, we share this streamards with the Varn and it's just, it's set to do that |
| 1:03.8 | automatically. So I apologize. Hello there and welcome to this wreckage. |
| 1:14.5 | I am Sean KB solo today, but I've got two excellent guests. |
| 1:18.0 | I've got Gavin and Hope both from Chicago. |
| 1:18.9 | Hello, you two. |
| 1:20.7 | Howdy, howdy? |
| 1:21.1 | How's it going? |
| 1:22.4 | Excited to be here. |
| 1:23.6 | Very well. |
| 1:25.1 | Thank you for being here. You two are both from uh i'll c chicago the independent labor club |
| 1:30.9 | of north america chicago chapter and so this is not an interview i don't consider this episode |
| 1:37.3 | to be like a formal sit down where we're interviewing one another and speaking uh high-handedly and high-mindedly about everything all at once, |
| 1:47.0 | although we might do some of that. But I consider you more compatriots than anything else, |
| 1:52.2 | considering that we here in New York love the Chicago chapter. You guys are doing great work |
| 1:58.2 | out there. This is an opportunity here to sit down with you too. |
| 2:02.3 | And we will talk some ILC business later on. |
| 2:05.6 | But I know that both Gavin and Hope and Jamie Merchant and many others, |
| 2:11.7 | all the people there in Chicago, have been very active in their capacity as individuals |
| 2:17.2 | and as ILC members in strike support |
| 2:21.3 | and ice watch stuff and building all the sorts of cool pre-political stuff that we love here |
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