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Swampside Chats
By Ezri xB & Jake VersoNews
Swampside Chats episodes
- #90 - Uncontrollable SergeThis week, The Gang is back on the forced march at the generous gunpoint of our most loyal patrons. Victor R. has chosen two great pieces by the Belgian anarchist turned Bolshevik Victor Serge: “Planned Economies and Democracy” from 1944/5, and “Thirty Years After the Russian Revolution” from 1947.Ни шагу назад!patreon.com/soundcloud49 min
- #89 - "Principles of a Pluralist Commonwealth"In the latest installment of our "Not One Step Back!" listener-requested reading series, we peruse a set of articles by Gar Alperovitz, titled "Principles of a Pluralist Commonwealth".Make us read whatever you want!patreon.com/swampsidechats1 hr 8 min
- #88 - Close Reading: "Principles of Communism" (Part 3)The Gang continues our first Close Reading of Friedrich Engels' 1847 communist FAQ "The Principles of Communism". Part 3 of 3Uphold the teachings of Engels senpai!patreon.com/swampsidechatspaypal.me/swampsidechats1 hr 35 min
- #87 - Close Reading: "Principles of Communism" (Part 2)The Gang continues their first Close Reading! Join Grant and Lexi as they drift off to Jake's dulcet intoning of Friedrich Engels' 1847 communist FAQ "The Principles of Communism", and wax counterfactual with us as we speculate on the possibility of communism in Engels' time. Part 2 of 3Take a look, it's in a book!patreon.com/swampsidechatspaypal.me/swampsidechats41 min
- Bonus - Dianne Feinstein vs. YounglingsThe Gang listens to Dianne Feinstein DESTROY libtard children with facts, logic, and over 400ppm of C02. We then ponder the implications of the Green New Deal. There are already a ton of takes on this and it's already down the internet memory hole, but we put our 2 cents in anyway.The power is yours!patreon.com/swampsidechats40 min
- #86 - Close Reading: "Principles of Communism" (Part 1)The Gang dives into their first Close Reading! Jake reads every single word of Friedrich Engels' 1847 communist FAQ and "Manifesto" draft "The Principles of Communism" while Grant and Lexi join in to help update it. Part 1 of 355 min
- HIGH THEORY 1 - "Communization and Its Discontents"HIGH THEORY is the long-awaited collaboration between The Antifada & Swampside Chats that tackles the riddle wrapped in an enigma that is communization theory.Breht of Revolutionary Left Radio joins Sean, Grant, Jake, Lexi & Rosa for an introductory episode grazing on the first five essays of Benjamin Noys' 2011 collection Communization and Its Discontents. Are we headed into the Enemy Camp in Marxian lambskin, or will we uphold this expensive French import as the next breakthrough in the immortal science?Help abolish our proletarian condition:patreon.com/theantifadapatreon.com/revleftradiopatreon.com/swampsidechats1 hr 21 min
- #85 - "The Swamp" RevisitedWe revisit our first episode and reflect on the last two years of Trump's America.Keep us going for another two years:patreon.com/swampsidechats1 hr 50 min
- #84 - "Theses on the Syncretic Society"The Gang is put back on the forced march by an anonymous patron, this time through “Theses on the Syncretic Society” by the Romanian dissident Pavel Campeanu (aka Philipe García Casals) from 1980. We go down the ultimate 20th century rabbit hole: what does it mean to say these attempts at socialism were “premature”?Nici un pas înapoi!patreon.com/swampsidechatspaypal.me/swampsidechats52 min
- #83 - In the Enemy Camp: "Prussianism and Socialism"The Gang is back In the Enemy Camp with C Derick Varn to discuss "Prussianism and Socialism" (1919) by Oswald Spengler.[insert decadence joke here]:patreon.com/swampsidechats2 hr 2 min
About Swampside Chats
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"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 the Swamp. In fact, we think that the Swamp is your proper place, and we are prepared to render you every assistance to get there. Only let go of our hands, don’t clutch at us and don’t besmirch the grand word freedom, for we too are 'free' to go where we please, free to fight not only against the Swamp, but also against those who are turning towards the Swamp!"