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"The best goddamn communist podcast, period."—Tom O'Brien, From Alpha to OmegaThis is Swampside Chats. The podcast where communists shoot the shit about current events, history, political economy, ... more
FAQs about Swampside Chats:How many episodes does Swampside Chats have?The podcast currently has 260 episodes available.
April 01, 2019#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/soundcloud...more49minPlay
March 19, 2019#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/swampsidechats...more1h 8minPlay
March 11, 2019#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/swampsidechats...more1h 35minPlay
March 01, 2019#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/swampsidechats...more41minPlay
February 27, 2019Bonus - 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/swampsidechats...more40minPlay
February 23, 2019#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 3...more55minPlay
February 19, 2019HIGH 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/swampsidechats...more1h 21minPlay
February 12, 2019#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/swampsidechats...more1h 50minPlay
January 29, 2019#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/swampsidechats...more52minPlay
January 23, 2019#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/swampsidechats...more2h 2minPlay
FAQs about Swampside Chats:How many episodes does Swampside Chats have?The podcast currently has 260 episodes available.