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  • MM | Imperialism | Ch. 5 ~ Vladimir Lenin

    In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from Vladimir Lenin's Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism.

    The narration will cover Chapter Five, "Division of the World Among Capitalist Associations", in its entirety.

    SOURCE MATERIAL [begins on page 50]:

    https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/imperialism.pdf

    Background music:

    "Komawenteia" prod. NK Music - https://youtu.be/JcmOd0bRHyo

    Theme music:

    Written and performed by Contingence - https://soundcloud.com/contingenceboston


    This episode was released to our patrons on April 13th, 2022.

    For early releases and other goodies, subscribe to our Patreon at https://patreon.com/epicincredulity


    21 min
  • Episode 96 - The Nevada Cock

    This week on the Epoch we got the crew of Joe, Jesse, Scott, and Chris to break down the news and even get a little philosophical. From COVID to Zelenskyy, The MBTA, and debt forgiveness; we cover a wide range of topics in the first half. In the second we get a little bit more conversational and discussion what being Liberal really means. It's a fun one. Remember to please enjoy and share this episode, if you could. Thank you for listening.


    Check out our |Patreon| for bonus content and access to our Discord.

    Please visit |comrade-rosie.org| for resources in the greater Boston area.

    --- Timestamps --- 

    0:00 - intro

    01:49 - News before The News
    03:48 - (Some) Justice for Breonna Taylor
    06:47 - COVID and Single Payer Healthcare
    10:00 - Joe reads too much of the story
    12:25 - Zelenskyy
    17:30 - The MBTA
    19:42 - Mayor Pete
    21:36 - Debt Forgiveness?
    28:10 - What Liberal Really Means
    31:25 - Home Ownership
    34:44 - More on Student Debt
    37:36 - Joe fell down a well
    41:45 - Outro and Social Media
    44:43 - Slam Recommendation
    49:16 - extra


    ===| AUDIO CREDITS |===

    --/ Theme music /--

    Written & performed by Contingence

    Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/contingenceboston


    --/ Intro clip /--

    Podcast: Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff

    Title: "Recession - Capitalism's Failure Invites System Change"

    URL: https://economicupdate.libsyn.com/recession-capitalisms-failure-invites-system-change


    --/ Mayo Pete clip /--

    Town hall footage:

      @PeteButtigieg on Twitter

      Video URL: https://twitter.com/PeteButtigieg/status/1225624159562215424

    Background music:

      Title: George Street Shuffle

      Artist: Kevin MacLeod

      Song URL: https://filmmusic.io/song/3800-george-street-shuffle

      License URL: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    --/ Slam recommendation /--

    Track: Poliomyelitis

      Track URL: https://viletapesrecords.bandcamp.com/track/poliomyelitis

    Artist: Paediatrician

    Album: Postpartum Depression

      Album URL: https://viletapesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/postpartum-depression

    Released: March 4th, 2022

    Hometown: Budapest, Hungary


    52 min
  • MM | Imperialism | Ch. 4 ~ Vladimir Lenin

    In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from Lenin's Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism.

    The reading covers, in its entirety, Chapter Four: Export of Capital.

    SOURCE MATERIAL [begins on page 45]:

    https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/imperialism.pdf

    Background music:

    "Makedon" prod. NK Music - https://youtu.be/FcjKVVHNZjg

    Theme music:

    Written and performed by Contingence - https://soundcloud.com/contingenceboston


    This episode was released to our patrons on April 9th, 2022.

    For early releases and other goodies, subscribe to our Patreon at https://patreon.com/epicincredulity


    14 min
  • Episode 95 - Cool Down The Boys in Brown

    Some how this week's episode is shorter than last week's minisode, we love to see it. This week we discuss a wide range of issues, from the possibility of a federal Prop 22 bill, The IRA (not the cool one), Taiwan, The CDC, UPS, the FBI's raid on Mar-a-Lago, and, our favorite, Elon Musk. Jesse also gives the rundown on up-coming Marxist Menageries for your listening pleasure. Don't forget to look at this weird graph: https://imgur.com/a/AXRPLgM. Thank you for listening and please share your Epoch.


    Check out our |Patreon| for bonus content and access to our Discord.

    Please visit |comrade-rosie.org| for resources in the greater Boston area.

    ---timestamp---

    00:00 - Intro

    02:00 - News and technical difficulties
    02:40 - Federal Prop 22
    07:43 - The IRA, not that IRA
    09:33 - Taiwan
    16:30 - More on the IRA from Jesse
    18:00 - Climate change and more technical difficulties
    21:05 - Democracy
    23:45 - The CDC keeps failing
    26:50 - Weird infograph
    29:00 - UPS
    31:42 - FBI raids Mar-a-Lago
    35:05 - We talk about Elon, again
    36:30 - Rhodesia
    37:09 - Menageries
    38:50 - Social medias
    39:50 - SLAM Recommendation
    43:45 - Extras

    ===| MUSIC CREDITS |===


    -- Background music during intro --

     "Count Me In" prod. DeBoxBeats

     https://youtu.be/-CYLOr1YVHc


    -- Theme music --

     Written & performed by Contingence

     https://soundcloud.com/contingenceboston


    -- Background music during IRA bill stuff --

     "Local Forecast" and "Lobby Time" by Kevin MacLeod

     https://filmmusic.io/song/3989-local-forecast | https://filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time

     License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    -- Slam recommendation --

     Title: Symptoms of Grievous Defacement

     Artist: Necromorphic Irruption

     Album: Slaughter on the Earth

     Released: December 2nd, 2013

     Hometown: Moscow, Russia

     Bandcamp: https://necromorphicirruption.bandcamp.com/album/slaughter-on-the-earth-2013


    45 min
  • MM | Blackshirts & Reds | Ch. 1, pt. 1 ~ Michael Parenti

    In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse begins to read Michael Parenti's 1997 text, Blackshirts & Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism.

    The reading covers the Preface and the first half of Chapter 1: Rational Fascism.

    Source material -- Reading begins on page xiii (PDF page 12):

    https://studycommune.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/michael-parenti-blackshirts-and-reds-rational-fascism-and-the-overthrow-of-communism-1.pdf

    Background music:

    "Theoclymenus" prod NK Music - https://youtu.be/LbbsaMRkFgI

    Theme music:

    Written and performed by Contingence - https://soundcloud.com/contingenceboston


    This episode is being released early (to everyone, as a treat) on August 6th, 2022.

    For many more early releases and other goodies, subscribe to our Patreon at https://patreon.com/epicincredulity


    26 min
  • MM | Imperialism | Ch. 3, pt. 2 ~ Vladimir Lenin

    In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from Vladimir Lenin's Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism.

    The reading covers the second half of Chapter Three, "Finance Capital and the Financial Oligarchy".


    SOURCE MATERIAL [begins on page 39]:

    https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/imperialism.pdf

    Background music:

    "Echidna" prod NK Music - https://youtu.be/-sH0e2zJ0fU

    Theme music:

    Written and performed by Contingence - https://soundcloud.com/contingenceboston


    This episode was released to our patrons on April 5th, 2022.

    For early releases and other goodies, subscribe to our Patreon at https://patreon.com/epicincredulity


    16 min
  • Episode 94 - Hey Hyundai, Leave Those Kids Alone!

    As your hosts have been busy with socialist organizing and other activities, this week's Epoch is gonna be a minisode -- still forty-five minutes long, but hey, it's worth it. We open the episode with a long discussion of the disastrous state of the MBTA; a recurring theme on this show that is likely it rear its ugly, malfunctioning head again, perhaps very soon. After that we deliver some good news internationally and cover the recent French elections that brought many leftwing victories, and unseated Macron's majority. We take a humorous look at Andrew Yang's new attempt at forming a Forward Party. Finally, we get dark, as we examine child labor violations at Hyundai factories in Alabama, the Fed raising interest rates, the real cause of supply chain shortages, the evil big banks do, and the Metaverse. As always, thank you for listening and please share your Epoch.


    Check out our |Patreon| for bonus content and access to our Discord.

    Please visit |comrade-rosie.org| for resources in the greater Boston area.

    ===Timestamps===

    00:00 - intro

    01:00 - Joe's preshow routine
    01:32 - Minisode begins
    01:55 - The MBTA
    08:00 - French elections (the only good news)
    16:36 - Andrew Yang and The Forward Party
    21:52 - Complaining about Privatization, Construction, and Work.
    23:31 - Child labor is back
    28:54 - Calling Hyundai and Lake Natron
    30:38 - The Fed raises interest rates
    31:41 - What is really causing all the supply chain issues
    36:50 - What big banks invest in, and the Metaverse
    39:12 - Local Anti-fascist action
    40:10 - outro and social media
    45:10 - Extra farts

    === AUDIO CREDITS ===

    -- Cutaway background music --

     Song title: Lobby Time

     Artist: Kevin MacLeod

     Audio URL: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time

     License URL: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/standard-license


    -- Nazi cuck arrest clip --

     Video title: "Neo-Nazis attack women in Boston"

     Channel: Rob Webber's Dumpster Fire Emporium

     Video URL: https://youtu.be/qqY-noOaM4I


    -- Slam recommendation --

     Song title: An Edifice of Archbestial Impurity

     Artist: Disentomb

     Album: Misery

     Released: October 13th, 2014

     Hometown: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

     Album URL: https://newstandardelite.bandcamp.com/album/disentomb-misery


    -- Theme music --

    Written & performed by Contingence -- https://soundcloud.com/contingenceBoston


    46 min
  • MM | Imperialism | Ch. 3, pt. 1 ~ Vladimir Lenin

    In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from Vladimir Lenin's pamphlet: Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism.

    The reading covers the first half of Chapter Three, "Finance Capital and the Financial Oligarchy".


    SOURCE MATERIAL [begins on page 33]:

    https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/imperialism.pdf

    Background music:

    "Preswa" prod. NK Music - https://youtu.be/dbL4u5YGhVU

    Theme music:

    Written and performed by Contingence - https://soundcloud.com/contingenceboston


    This episode was released to our patrons on April 2nd, 2022.

    For early releases and other goodies, subscribe to our Patreon at https://patreon.com/epicincredulity

    21 min
  • Episode 93 - Money Nightmares (Imperialism in the Modern Era)

    This week on The Epoch, we open with some updates to the on-going crisis of daily American life, we deliver our long awaited analysis of modern imperialism. Please share, and thank you for listening.


    Check out our |Patreon| for bonus content and access to our Discord.

    Please visit |comrade-rosie.org| for resources in the greater Boston area.

    00:00:00 - intro
    00:01:30 - News didn't start the fire!
    00:07:00 - We don't like Grimes, her music is fine
    00:09:30 - How the rich have children
    00:10:40 - Hunter Biden live your life
    00:12:00 - Presidential dogs
    00:14:50 - Ireland, Eleventh Night
    00:17:20 - IMPERIALISM
    00:47:00 - FINANCE CAPITAL (what the banks do)
    01:00:00 - What we learned
    01:03:40 - outro and social media
    01:05:08 - SLAM Recommendation
    01:09:06 - extras

    === Audio credits ===

    --- Theme music ---

    Written & performed by Contingence

    https://soundcloud.com/contingenceboston


    --- Intro clip ---

    Taken from an old propaganda film called "Communism"

    (Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections, clip ref CI19700)

    Source link: https://youtu.be/JNk9ZFqTt-Q


    --- Transition music ---

    Song title: Pieces

    Artist: After the Fall

    Source link: https://youtu.be/5RqryYapSAQ


    --- Background music for cutaways ---

    Song title: Lobby Time

    Artist: Kevin MacLeod

    Source link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time

    License: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/standard-license


    --- Slam recommendation ---

    Song title: Intoxication

    Artist: Chordotomy

    Album: Subjugated Into Obedience

    Bandcamp: https://chordotomy.bandcamp.com/album/subjugated-into-obedience

    Released: May 18th, 2018

    Hometown: Augsburg, Germany



    1 hr 11 min
  • MM | Imperialism | Ch. 2, pt. 2 ~ Vladimir Lenin

    In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from Vladimir Lenin's pamphlet, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism.

    The reading covers the second half of Chapter Two, "Banks and their New Role".


    Background music:

    "Thrasos" prod. NK Music - https://youtu.be/_oUj-IzFfoM

    Theme music:

    Written and performed by Contingence - https://soundcloud.com/contingenceboston


    This episode was released to our patrons on March 29th, 2022.

    For early releases and other goodies, subscribe to our Patreon at https://patreon.com/epicincredulity

    19 min

About The Epoch of Incredulity

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Here in the Boston Commune, we interpret the tumultuous churn of modernity through a Marxist lens. Episodes alternate between analyses of current events -- from the hyperlocal to the international -- and narrations of theoretical texts by communists and anti-imperialists the world over. This project was birthed in a mental health working group during the pandemic and continues in true DIY fashion, without any advertisements or monetization (save for a few generous patrons). Hard to believe, we know; for it is, after all, the Epoch of Incredulity.