The Tariff Rift w/ C. Derick Varn (PART 1)
This Wreckage
Sean KB and AP Andy
4.2 • 980 Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
News ep! We talk striking nurses, MLBPA drama, SCOTUS vs POTUS, the changing tactics of ICE, looksmaxxing, and more with our cool Social Studies teacher, future governor of New York, the Sigma Marxist, C. Derick Varn!
In part two of our new episode we chat with Varn about his DSA organizing in SLC, the Board of Peace and its plans for Gaza, and read a scene report from a Nick Land/Curtis Yarvin meet-and-greet in SF. For the full episode, Discord access, and all bonus material, support the show at http://patreon.com/thiswreckage
Varn Vlog on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@VarnVlog
and Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/varnvlog/posts
Show notes:
NYC Nurse strike ends after considerable drama between union and r&f: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/nyregion/nyc-nurses-strike-reach-deal.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/nyregion/nyc-nurses-strike-union.html https://labornotes.org/2026/02/nurse-strikes-focus-moves-manhattans-richest-hospital-complex-contracts-settle-elsewhere
Essay from MPLS anarchists claiming no victory with ICE drawdown: https://illwill.com/proto-politics-in-purgatory
(follow up to this phil neel piece: https://illwill.com/lies )
ICE strategy moving to suburbs: https://sahanjournal.com/immigration/ice-minnesota-suburbs-operation-metro-surge/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody. Sean jumping in here with a quick party update. The ILC of New York City is having |
| 0:06.4 | its first monthly mixer. It's going to be this coming Sunday, March 1st at 96 Tears, 110 Avenue A |
| 0:16.9 | on the Lower East Side. That's a cool bar. Fuck yeah. It's punk as fuck. We're going to have DJs and we're going to have drinks. |
| 0:24.4 | It's at 3 p.m. folks, March 1st, 3 p.m. at 96 tiers. |
| 0:29.2 | Andy will be there. |
| 0:30.2 | We hope to see you there at the ILC of NYC. |
| 0:33.2 | Social Mixer. |
| 0:37.5 | All right. You get to get started. |
| 0:40.4 | Dude, I'm fucking, I'm bored ready. |
| 0:42.4 | Blizzard 2.0, let's fucking go. |
| 0:44.6 | Okay, we're... |
| 0:46.0 | The snow is falling outside, barn. |
| 0:48.5 | We're in the Varn zone. |
| 0:50.2 | Once again, we're here with the erudite Sigma Marxist, the social studies professor. |
| 0:58.3 | Genius. |
| 1:00.0 | Cornelius Derek Varn. |
| 1:01.8 | Thank you for joining us once again. |
| 1:04.0 | We had to get you on because there's so much stuff we want to cover. |
| 1:07.2 | And, you know, it's always helpful to have you as a voice of info and analysis. |
| 1:13.1 | A sounding board, if you will. |
| 1:15.3 | This is what happens when, like, see Derek Varn, Cornelius Derek Varn, |
| 1:20.5 | you devote yourself to young minds, |
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