Proleterian Literature & the Red Dragons with Devin O'Shea (E280)
A paranoid, red scare conspiracy theory about a Japanese ultra-nationalist gang aiming to unite the African American population and overthrow the U.S. government. A flourishing proleterian literature scene driven to madness by the FBI. This strange story is brought to us by journalist and writer Devin Thomas O'Shea and set in Saint Louis, Missouri in the 1930's.
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Editing by Corey Klotz. Theme by Nick Sena. Additional music by Pontus Berghe. Theme Vocals by THEY/LIVE (http://instagram.com/theyylivve / https://sptfy.com/QrDm). Cover Art by Pedro Correa: (https://pedrocorrea.com)
QAA was formerly known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.
Comments (38)
Great episode! Even being raised an E.V. Debs socialist, I'd never been introduced to this genre. Picked up a copy of A World to Win and was absolutely unable to put it down. Brilliant characters, riveting plot, dark humor admixed with tragedy, true historicity, and profound, unsentimental morality. Many thanks to QAA and to Devin O'Shea.
Curses, the dreaded "International Workers of the World" strike again (common mistake, the acronym IWW actually stands for "Industrial Workers of the World")!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5qqNUHujLI/?igsh=MTVoeDM3ZzRsaHE5Zw==
Jake
Literally in the gumbo here in southeast Missouri. Great work as always. I love to hear about Missouri's labor history and Devin always nails it.
Great episode
Policarpo is such a classic Filipino name
I really enjoyed this episode. As a young girl and very precocious reader I found my way to Steinbeck and Sinclair Lewis (much to the horror of my Buckley Republican parents) and instantly became obsessed with the horrors of class and the option of socialism. On to John Reed, Emma Goldman and as far as How Green Was My Valley, I empathized deeply with these ideas. This episode filled in voids in my knowledge of these parts of history. Thanks fellas
I just got into a Reddit fight with a guy who insisted that the protests going on are a modern invention and in the convo I told him how as a little girl I asked my mom if we had to support Israel just because we were Jewish. He was shocked that I had been black pilled as a child but attributed it to Marxist infiltration in the school system. I had to explain that my greatest joy during summer vacation or any time off school was being dropped off at the library to look at and read whatever I wanted and how the diary of Anne Frank had made me so curious that I just dug into everything Holocaust which led to Israel which led to Palestine and the occupation. Anyway, it’s rad to meet another precocious reader!❤️
Long live labor
This was a great episode.
So, the Black Dragon Society was mentioned in Bloodsport as the organization that held the Kumite. I was hoping Jake or Julian might have known or remembered that for their Trump impression, being that it's Trump's favorite movie.
YESSSSSS
Can we please have MORE Jake choking sounds??
Vous voulez nous assassiner avec les frais de port purée je devienne fou
je crois que j'aime trop me faire pigeonner dans la vie en fait putain
Thirties Jakey selling rags and iron scraps w his Bubbe, sneaking shrimps from a secret stash in his gumbo pocket #canon
Jakes mucus bubbling was actually impressive
NEW MERCH ohmygodohmygodohmygod
Aw, the song at the end is great, but it cuts off mid-word! Now I got blue earballs ova 'eh... Edit: first 2 times I listened, it cut off, but 3rd time it didn't. Weird, but I got my happy ending.
LFG. New cover art merch coming!!!! Hell yeah boys
it's already there x)
Great real life example of "just because you're paranoid don't mean they're not after you!"
many such cases!
Prat is still a fairly common insult in the UK.
while I knew this, I guess i figured it meant a clumsy person (pratfall)
Great ep! Big recommendation of the podcast “Know Your Enemy” to all my fellow Qaa fans! It’s a bit of a yin to Qaa’s yang as far as vibe goes, but they complement each other so well. KYE just did an episode on the CIO and one with a lot about HL Mencken and the Mercury. Personal tip: If you’re a person who gets impatient with small talk/house keeping/intros, just skip the first 5 minutes or so. Just speed through until they start talking about the actual subject, it will be worth it :P
Dickens writes more about the working class, for sure, but isn’t his most popular stuff like rags-to-riches wild success fantasies?
Imagine getting blackout drunk in a speakeasy and singing BBL Ezra with all the boiz.
One of my other favorite podcasts just did an episode on The Black Dragon. Synchronicity is wild. https://www.patreon.com/posts/103986311 If you like QAA and want to hear some more history of fascists & freaks in America “The Empire Never Ended” is a worth a try.
Was about to suggest this, funny how both came out so close together
Great job with the song at the end! You should open for The Stones with that.
Just glad Japan is now a staunch western ally. It maybe because of their hatred of Russia and their fear of China but hay whatever it takes
Fun
Great episode.
Train guys rock!
I swear Jake sounds more excited about my access to the internet each new episode.
Wake up babe, new Devin O'ShaexQAA collab just dropped