Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The hosts of This Wreckage (A.M. Gittlitz & Sean KB) visit our offices in New York City to make their way through the Verso Archive, sharing memories of the Verso Loft and discussing some of the titles that have inspired episodes of their podcast and influenced the writing of Gittlitz's new book, Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People's Team.
This Wreckage is a communist podcast exploring political economy, history and the class struggle. Co-host A.M. Gittlitz also has a new book out called Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People's Team, published by Astra House.
patreon.com/thiswreckage
View the accompanying reading list here:
versobooks.com/blogs/news/the-verso-archive-featuring-this-wreckage?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=archive_this_wreckage
Verso Books is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English-speaking world, publishing over one hundred books a year.
00:00 Introduction
01:22 The Future of Revolution by Jasper Bernes
02:34 Adventures in Marxism by Marshall Berman
04:31 Captives by Jarrod Shanahan
07:49 The Long Twentieth Century by Giovanni Arrighi
08:45 The Boom and the Bubble by Robert Brenner
09:50 Prisoners of the American Dream by Mike Davis
11:15 City of Quartz by Mike Davis
12:56 The Commune Form by Kristin Ross
14:42 Outro
The hosts of This Wreckage (A.M. Gittlitz & Sean KB) visit our offices in New York City to make their way through the Verso Archive, sharing memories of the Verso Loft and discussing some of the titles that have inspired episodes of their podcast and influenced the writing of Gittlitz's new book, Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People's Team.
This Wreckage is a communist podcast exploring political economy, history and the class struggle. Co-host A.M. Gittlitz also has a new book out called Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People's Team, published by Astra House.
patreon.com/thiswreckage
View the accompanying reading list here:
versobooks.com/blogs/news/the-verso-archive-featuring-this-wreckage?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=archive_this_wreckage
Verso Books is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English-speaking world, publishing over one hundred books a year.
00:00 Introduction
01:22 The Future of Revolution by Jasper Bernes
02:34 Adventures in Marxism by Marshall Berman
04:31 Captives by Jarrod Shanahan
07:49 The Long Twentieth Century by Giovanni Arrighi
08:45 The Boom and the Bubble by Robert Brenner
09:50 Prisoners of the American Dream by Mike Davis
11:15 City of Quartz by Mike Davis
12:56 The Commune Form by Kristin Ross
14:42 Outro
