The Epoch of Incredulity

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse reads an excerpt from Harry Haywood's autobiography, Black Bolshevik.

Background music:  "Black Panther" (prod. DeBox)

This episode was released to our patrons on June 28th, 2021.

This week the Epoch revisits some of our favorite demons and monsters running and ruining the world today! Jeff Bezos went to space for ten minutes and sadly didn't die and somehow was allowed to come back to Earth! Jeff Bezos gave Van Jones 100 million dollars, for some reason! Jeff Bezos could pay off this country's staggering amount of debt! The rain forest is on fire again! Bolsonaro can't shit! Plus, Jesse brings us a theory primer on The Mass Line, Joe and Jesse debate the merits of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, LE brings us a story about Facebook and its stupid algorithm, and we introduce a new character: Mid-western Mark Zuckerberg. As always, please enjoy and share!

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Cut-away music:

    "Local Forecast" by Kevin MacLeod

    Song URL: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3989-local-forecast

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

Background music during theory primer:

    "Windy" by Purrple Cat

    Under a Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) license.

    Artist channel: https://www.youtube.com/purrplecatmusic

    Music provided by BreakingCopyright: https://youtu.be/5aOBYaHgmk8

All theme music written and performed by Contingence

https://soundcloud.com/contingenceboston

CW: Violence.

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse reads Dorothy Parker's 1937 publication entitled Incredible, Fantastic... and True.

Source: https://www.marxists.org/subject/women/authors/parker/true.htm

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This episode was released to our patrons on June 21st, 2021.

This week on the Epoch we discuss the evils of American Empire, from it's abuse and exploitation of the Global South, the woke CIA and the inclusive Surveillance State, and so-called "social entrepreneurship." We discuss the effects of Capitalist conditioning, the further exploits of billionaires in space, and LE brings us a segment to remind us that even rich celebrities want more money. Thank you and enjoy!  

Intro clip:

    "Ep 085 - John McAfee with L. Ron Mexico"

    Eat the Rich podcast

    https://soundcloud.com/eattherichpod/ep-085-john-mcafee-with-l-ron-mexico

Transition music:

    "Astronaut Trap Type Beat"

    prod. by Rantac

    https://youtu.be/QPTZcSBQWKQ

Background music when we do math:

    "Lobby Time"

    Kevin MacLeod

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

All theme music written and performed by Contingence

https://soundcloud.com/contingenceboston

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse concludes Marlene Dixon's 1977 essay The Rise and Demise of Women's Liberation: A Class Analysis.

Part four consists of the final two sections, entitled Socialist Feminism and New Directions.

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This episode was released to our patrons on June 19th, 2021.

This week on the Epoch, we spend our post-4th of July episode highlighting the true story of the founding of this country coupled with the current and continuous crumbling of America in the present. From ocean fires to oil lobbyist, environmentalists being labelled terrorists, wealth built on exploitation and slavery, the looming crisis of student debt and the ending of federal unemployment benefits, the breakdown of supply chains, and, of course, the climate crisis. We then move into an examination of how WHO, COVAX, and the G7 have treated countries with socialized medicine (Cuba, Venezuela, etc.) since the beginning of the pandemic. (Hint: Not good.) To round things out, LE brings us a classic YCMTSU about birds, and we end things with a list of what best to feed ducks. Please enjoy, and share. Thank you.

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Intro clip:

Music in first cutaway monologue:

Slams:

Attempted transition to Venezuela:

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Music underneath Žižek clip:

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In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from Marlene Dixon's 1977 essay The Rise and Demise of Women's Liberation: A Class Analysis.

Part three covers the sections entitled Reactionary Feminism and Failure of Program.

Background Music taken from the album Andromeda, by NK Music.

We're on one this week for a short, somewhat unhinged, but no less enjoyable episode. This episode is mostly just a freeform discussion about climate change, as we tackle the heatwave, Biden's weak to nonexistent response to the threat of climate, and the condo collapse in Florida. We move on to ponder the use of technology and nuclear energy to combat the issue. After that, Scott highlights why you shouldn't be too concerned with the online left, and why getting banned from social media can be good for you. As always, LE brings us a story we can't make up. To round things out, we bid farewell to recently passed senator Mike Gravel. RIP.

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Intro clip:

    "Ep 062 - Texaco with Kristiane" · Eat The Rich [podcast]

    https://soundcloud.com/eattherichpod/ep-062-texaco-with-kristiane

Background music during Chernobyl cutaway:

    "Lobby Time" · Kevin MacLeod

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

Slams at the end:

    "Genocidal Bloodbath" · Korpse · Marten van Kruijssen · Sven van Dijk

    Insufferable Violence

    ℗ 2021 Unique Leader Records

    Released on: 2021-02-26

All theme music:

    Written & performed by Contingence

    https://soundcloud.com/contingenceBoston

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from Marlene Dixon's 1977 essay entitled The Rise and Demise of Women's Liberation: A Class Analysis.

Background Music:

This episode was released to our patrons on June 8th, 2021.

This week on the Epoch, ComradeGupGup joins us again to discuss a multitude of topics as they relate to the Left today including; the recent labelling of leftist as terrorists by the Biden administration, Huey P. Newton and the concept of revolutionary suicide, the rift between Marxist-Leninists and Trotskyists, the need for a working class party, America's prison population and systemic racist policies, the inadequacy of reform, appealing to self interest, and climate change. Hopefully, you find the conversation as stimulating as we did. Thank you, and enjoy.

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Intro clip from:

    Citations Needed Podcast

    Episode 138: Thought-Terminating Enemy Epithets (Part II) 

    https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-138-thought-terminating-enemy-epithets-part-ii

Background music when shit gets awkward:

    "Lobby Time" by Kevin MacLeod

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

Transition music:

    "Undone" by After The Fall

    https://youtu.be/8olIUBm1dOs

All theme music, including the song about how Scott would blow Obama:

    Written and performed by Contingence

    https://soundcloud.com/contingenceBoston