Cocktails & Capitalism
Cocktails & Capitalism is a podcast that pairs crafted beverages with stories distilled from our capitalist hellscape. This is more than a true corporate crime show — our episodes uplift the activists and organizers who are working to oppose the destructive forces of capitalism and begin creating a better reality.
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Our crafted cocktails help us tap into the gallows humor necessary for surviving late stage capitalism. Some of these stories can get pretty dark, so get ready and grab a drink! You can even make the custom cocktail or mocktail crafted by our resident bartender, Jesse Torres. (Find the recipes in our episode notes!)
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We are committed to making this show free and accessible for everyone. Since we don’t want to engage in capitalist advertising practices to fund this project, we’ve decided to make this a listener-supported show. You can help us sustain this anticapitalist independent media project by signing up on Patreon for any monthly amount.
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Huge thanks to the amazing anticapitalists who are supporting this project! Cheers & solidarity forever!
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Cocktails & Capitalism
Love Kills Capitalism with Eli (& the Modern Cinderella Cocktail)
This week, Eli of Modern Cinderellas ITALIA explains how love kills capitalism. We continue our previous discussion of the nuclear family and its relationship to capitalism, but this time we dive into the ways that friendship and other forms of community help us combat the kind of isolation that capitalism feeds and thrives upon.
Eli is a relationship anarchist and intersectional feminist who has decided to remain child-free and single. She is the creator of Modern Cinderellas ITALIA – a project that includes a podcast as well as Instagram and TikTok pages.
"Capitalism hates community, it hates when we care about each other because when we care about each other we help each other for free."
-- Eli
Further reading (Eli’s recommendations):
Agustin Fuentes, Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You
Sarah Jaffe, Work Won’t Love You Back
Modern Cinderella Cocktail
The Modern Cinderella cocktail is a spicy riff on the classic, French 75. It’s deliciously pink and gets a warm and rich spice from Ancho Reyes which is an ancho chili liqueur from Puebla, Mexico. We are using our incredible strawberry syrup again to add a lovely color that pairs perfectly with the ancho chilis. We’re also using a delightful gin from the Amalfi Coast in Italy in honor of Eli. Mafly Gin Rosa uses Sicilian pink grapefruits and is a beautiful pink color. The Modern Cinderella Cocktail is topped off with another great Italian ingredient—Prosecco. This Italian sparkling wine is dry and very effervescent and the perfect way to bring all of these flavors together into a refreshing and elegant drink.
Modern Cinderella
22 ml Malfy Rosa Italian Gin
22 ml Ancho Reyes Ancho Chile Liqueur
15 ml Lemon Juice
15 ml Strawberry Syrup
30 ml Prosecco
Add all ingredients except Prosecco to a shaker tin. Add plenty of ice and shake. Fine strain into a chilled champagne flute and add the Prosecco. Cut a long strand of lemon peel with a channel knife and express the oils over the drink. Twist the lemon peel into a tight curl and garnish.
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