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The Regrettable Century Chris, Kevin, Jason, and Jess
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The old forms of the left are moribund and the new forms are stupid. We're making a podcast that talks about the need to organize a dialectical pessimism and develop a Marxist salvage project capable of putting up a good fight as the world burns around us. A clean, honest, and unsentimental melancholy is required; we've cultivated one and would like to share it with you.
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The French Conundrum: The Continuing Struggle Over Pension Reforms
We are joined by Matthew and Julia for a continuation of our discussion about the French pension reforms. Matthew is our old comrade and friend from the days of Trot hyperactivism and Julia is an actually existing French person. Together they provide us their impressions of the struggle against Macron's pension reforms.
Music: Komintern Sect- Rêves de liberté
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Patreon Preview: Revolution by Enzo Traverso, Part I (Regrettable Book Club)
Welcome to the first of our reading group episodes on Revolution: An Intellectual History, by Enzo Traverso. This week we discuss TRAINS.
Traverso, Enzo. 2021. Revolution : An Intellectual History. London; New York: Verso. https://www.versobooks.com/products/2783-revolution
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No Royal Road: Neo-Feudalism, or the Fuzzy Edges of Capitalism -- Part III
No Royal Road is back with part three of our discussion of Evegny Morozov's "Critique of Techno-Feudal Reason."
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Patreon Preview -- Empire of Friends: Soviet Power and Socialist Internationalism in Cold War Czechoslovakia
We are back with more books Chris read in grad school. This one is written by Rachel Applebaum (no relation to Anne) and discusses the Soviet Friendship programs, their successes, and failures.
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You're Not Making Liberals Socialist, You're Just Making Socialists More Liberal!
This week we discuss why the left allows the liberals to set the tone for its politics.
Liberalism’s Hegemony Over The Left
https://www.counterfire.org/article/liberalisms-hegemony-over-the-left/
Death Sentence For The American Left?
https://damagemag.com/2023/01/25/a-death-sentence-for-the-american-left/
Debord and the Postmodern Turn: New Stages of the Spectacle
https://pages.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/kellner/Illumina%20Folder/kell17.htm
Nothing is Any Longer the Opposite of Anything: Guy Debord’s The Society of the Spectacle Today
https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/5019-nothing-is-any-longer-the-opposite-of-anything-guy-debord-s-the-society-of-the-spectacle-today
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Patreon Preview -- The Things of Life: Materiality in Late Soviet Russia
We are back with another book that Chris read in grad school. This one is an interesting read about the impact of material culture on the lives of late Soviet citizens called "The Things of Life: Materiality in Late Soviet Russia" by Alexy Golulbev.
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Not the cheeriest, but worth your while.
Good Marxist podcast.
One of few that doesn’t put me to sleep. RIP Kevin.