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Swampside Chats
"The best goddamn communist podcast, period." —Tom O'Brien, From Alpha to Omega This is Swampside Chats. The podcast where communists shoot the shit about current events, history, political economy, and theory. "You are free not only to invite us, but to go yourselves wherever you will, even into...
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184 ክፍሎች#161 - Critique of the Gotha Program (Part 6)
We wrap up our read through and discussion of Critique of the Gotha Program with Constance.
The Martinaise Excursion 3: What Is Book?
We get nauseous talking to a bookshop owner during our playthrough of Disco Elysium.
#160 - Critique of the Gotha Program (Part 5)
We continue our reading and analysis of the new translation of Critique of the Gotha Program with special guest Constance.
The Martinaise Excursion 2: Felix Chanting “Right to Work”
We continue our playthrough of Disco Elysium and existentially grapple with the game’s (now deprecated) dirtbag left voiceover era.
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#159 - Critique of the Gotha Program (Part 4)
We continue our reading and analysis of the new translation of Critique of the Gotha Program with special guest Constance.
The Martinaise Excursion 1: Egoist Necktie
Swampside Chats rings in the new year with a visit to the fantastic land of Martinaise where we wake up disoriented in a hotel room and completely for...
#158 - Close Reading: Critique of the Gotha Program (Part 3)
We continue our reading and analysis of the new translation of Critique of the Gotha Program with special guest Constance.
#157 - Close Reading: Critique of the Gotha Program (Part 2)
We continue our reading and analysis of the new translation of Critique of the Gotha Program with special guest Constance.
#156 - Close Reading: Critique of the Gotha Program (Part 1)
We begin our close examination of the Critique of the Gotha Program with Constance.
#155 - Close Reading: Critique of the Gotha Program (Prologue)
We are bringing back the Close Reading series. This time we are joined by Constance to tackle a much larger text: Critique of the Gotha Program. We ar...
#154 - The Logic of Political Survival (Part 2)
We conclude our discussion of "The Logic of Political Survival" and touch a little bit on current events along the way.
#153 - "The Logic of Political Survival" (Part 1)
Ezri and Jake revisit the selectorate theory of politics and discuss the first half of "The Logic of Political Survival" by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, A...
#152 - The Gulf War Did Not Take Place
This episode we are joined again by C Derick Varn for another holiday episode on Jean Baudrillard. With the post-modern fog of war surrounding conflic...
#151 - The Joy of Sects VI: The IMT
We are joined by Jamie, a former member of the Canadian section of the IMT (International Marxist Tendency), to discuss the organization and a recent...
#150 - "Error" and "Feeding the Infant" w/ Rob Lucas
We're joined by Rob Lucas to discuss two of his essays: "Error" and "Feeding the Infant"
https://endnotes.org.uk/articles/error.pdf
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#149 - In the Enemy Camp: Uncle Ted’s Bogus Journey w/ Arnold
Accompanied by Arnold from Fight Like an Animal, we head once more Into the Enemy Camp, returning to the work of one Theodore John Kaczynski. This tim...
#148 - Class Consciousness
We sit down with special guest Viv, to tackle selections from History and Class Consciousness. In the episode, we struggle to get a handle on Lukacs a...
#147 - The Shadow
We return to the Enemy Camp with Tyler from New Zealand to discuss "The Shadow" by Lionel Terry.
#146 - "The Housing Question" (Part 2)
We talk a little bit about Ukraine and then move on to finish our look at Fredrich Engels 1872 pamphlet "The Housing Question."
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#145 - Antiwork
This episode we sit down to discuss the recent antiwork internet phenomenon, its detachment from its more pointed ideological origins, and the growth...
#144 - "The Housing Question" Part 1
In light of recent developments in the housing market, we are starting another Close Reading series. This time, we are looking at "The Housing Questio...
#143 - Farewell to the Working Class
We are joined by C Derick Varn for another listener request. This time we're tackling "Farewell to the Working Class" by André Gorz.
#142 - The Dictator's Handbook
We go on yet another forced march, this time we learn the rules of the game from "The Dictator's Handbook," by Bruce Bueno De Mesquita and Alastair Sm...
#141 - News Roundup
We are joined by guests Victoria and Gravesend for a News Roundup. Recorded in September, we reflected on the anniversary on 9/11, the Afghanistan pul...
#140 - In the Enemy Camp - Gender Acceleration
On a forced march, this time through the enemy camp, we are joined by Ro to look at Gender Acceleration: A Blackpaper by Nyx Land.
#139 - "The DisCO Manifesto and Elements"
We sit down with guest Xur to learn about blockchain and discuss our latest patron request: two pamphlets by the Distributed Cooperative Organization...
#138 - "The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe"
We discuss another patron request, this time it's a two part essay by Robert Brenner, written as the Soviet Union was beginning to unravel: "The Sovie...
#137 - "Reinventing Organizations"
On another forced march from a patron, we attempt to ascend up the mountain of history to tier teal, and review "Reinventing Organizations" by Frederi...
#136 - "Right to the City"
We are joined by Tiberius to discuss "Right to the City" from "Writings on Cities" by Henri Lefebvre.
#135 - Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution (Part 3)
We conclude our discussion with Tom O'Brien about "Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution" by the Group of International Comm...
#134 - Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution (Part 2)
We continue our discussion with Tom O'Brien about "Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution" by the Group of International Comm...
#133 - Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution (Part 1)
We're joined by Tom O'Brien from 'From Alpha to Omega' to break down another Not One Step Back listener request: "Fundamental Principles of Communist...
#132 - "Really Existing Nationalisms" (Part 2)
We conclude our conversation with listener Nick about Erica Benner's "Really Existing Nationalisms."
https://www.versobooks.com/books/267...
#131 - “Really Existing Nationalisms” (Part 1) w/ Nick
Listener Nick joins us to tackle Erica Benner’s 1995 Marxian treatise on nationality and nationalist politics, “Really Existing Nationalisms: A Post-C...
#130 - Century of the Self: The Meaning of Tony Blair
We conclude our discussion on the Adam Curtis essay film series and review part 4: "Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering."
#129 - In the Enemy Camp: “Leviathan and Its Enemies”
We’re back In the Enemy Camp w/ C Derick Varn, and we would like to speak to the (((managers))). On the forced march from a generous patron, we read a...
#128 - The Communist Party of New Zealand
We bring on Tyler from New Zealand to discuss the history of the party and class struggle in the 20th century there, with an eye towards examining the...
#127 - Century of the Self: Kill the Cop in Your Head
We talk about part 3 of the Adam Curtis video essay series.
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#126 - “The Divine Left”
On A Very Special Episode of Swampside Chats, Jake, Ezri & Grant jack back into The Simulation with Jean Baudrillard for one last trio adventure in "T...