The Epoch of Incredulity

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from Craig Whittall's 2007 thesis, Marcuse contra Marx.

The reading covers Chapter Three -- Marx and Marcuse: Models of Revolution.

Background music:

"Dinner" prod. NK Music -- https://youtu.be/mjqtaezp_3Y

"Simut" prod. NK Music -- https://youtu.be/yYtUJW_cwrc

Theme music:

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

This episode was released to our patrons on August 5th, 2023.

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

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from Craig Whittall's 2007 thesis, Marcuse contra Marx.

The reading covers Chapter 2 -- Herbert Marcuse and the Integration of the Proletariat.

Background music:

  "Marine" prod. NK Music -- https://youtu.be/0j8yXg8MyCk

"Duttur" prod. NK Music -- https://youtu.be/hkg9UqT6Dd4 

Theme music:

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

This episode was released to our patrons on July 24th, 2023.

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

From The River, To The Sea. Thank you for listening.

(00:00:00) intro

(00:01:03) for some reason we start the episode talking about popcorn, I don't know why

(00:02:34) The bulk of the episode: A very long discussion covering Palestine, Israel, Apartheid, Zionism, Judaism, Antisemitism, Settler-Colonialism, Genocide, World War 2, Germany, The Holocaust, Nazism, and a lot more

(00:08:00) Local rallies and other demonstrations

(00:20:00) Some history, including the Nakba

(00:28:00) Why Palestinians can't leave Gaza despite being ordered to do so.

(00:35:30) Context on the Hamas attack

(00:42:00) Politicians and Celebrities and their bad takes

(00:49:10) International Solidarity for Palestine/Where to support

(00:56:35) outro and Social Media

(01:01:08) extras

** SAVE AND SUPPORT PALESTINIAN LIVES **

Middle East Children's Alliance: https://www.mecaforpeace.org

MECA Toolkit: http://bit.ly/StopGazaGenocide

Red Crescent: https://www.palestinercs.org/en/Donation

** AUDIO CREDITS **

== Intro music ==

"Tears of Gaia" by Cloud Under (formerly After The Fall)

Source: https://youtu.be/cp_RZ552rfQ

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/cloudunder

== Slam Recommendation ==

"Piercing the Womb" by Orphan Autopsy

Album: Blistering Deprive From Sanity

Released: February 11th, 2023

Location: Havana, Cuba

Bandcamp (album URL): https://orphanautopsy.bandcamp.com/album/blistering-deprive-from-sanity

== Theme music (outro) ==

Written & performed by Contingence

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/contingenceBoston

#FreePalestine #StandWithGaza #NeverAgain

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse begins to read Craig Whittall's 2007 thesis, Marcuse contra Marx? Revolutionary Strategy and the Role of the Proletariat in the Work of Herbert Marcuse.

The reading will cover the Introduction and Chapter One -- The Marxist Conception of the Revolutionary Proletariat.

Background music:

"Tammuz" prod. NK Music -- https://youtu.be/f6rEOZukhnc

Theme music:

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

This episode was released to our patrons on July 18th, 2023.

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

****NOTE: This episode was recorded before the events in-going Israel-Gaza conflict. As things are still fluid and unfolding, we will cover whatever new development arise in the upcoming weeks.

Jesse's got haikus this week for a very antifascist episode of the Epoch. That's right, suddenly there are Nazis everywhere and unsurprisingly, the media is doing all they can to rehabilitate them. Not good. Beyond that, we talk baseball, Biden at the picket line, Congress narrowly avoiding a shut down (again,) Striketober, Nagorno-Karabakh, and the death of Dianne Feinstein. As always, thank you for listening and please visit our Patreon: patreon.com/epicincredulity

(00:00:00) intro

(00:01:38) Talking Baseball

(00:04:37) Biden at the UAW picket

(00:08:08) Congress won't shut down, for now.

(00:09:29) Student debt payments are back on, and it's going awful

(00:15:19) Dianne Feinstein died

(00:26:44) Striketober continues

(00:35:22) China declares the Unites States, "An Empire of Lies"

(00:38:05) Nazis in Canada

(00:46:10) What's happening in Nagorno-Karabakh

(01:00:42) Leftist victories in Slovakian elections

(01:03:20) SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act

(01:12:18) outro and social media

(01:13:36) SLAM Recommendation

(01:16:20) extra

*** AUDIO CREDITS ***

== Intro clip ==

"On those who disagree with any aspect of my politics:"

YouTube Channel: Black Red Guard (https://www.youtube.com/@BlackRedGuard)

Source: https://youtube.com/shorts/fhKgrT_4Ulg

== Goofy banter / background music ==

"Local Forecast"

Artist: Kevin MacLeod

Source: https://filmmusic.io/song/3989-local-forecast

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

"George Street Shuffle"

Artist: Kevin MacLeod

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

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

== Nursing staff monologue / background music ==

"Elevator (Reprise)"

Artist: NK Music

Source: https://youtu.be/tiCyeiUSwo8

== Slam recommendation ==

"Maggot Bath"

Artist: Trash Panda

Album: Pawns of the Putrid God

Label: Brutal Mind / Fat Tub of Lard Records

Released: November 13th, 2022

Hometown: Jacksonville, Florida

Source: https://youtu.be/fWPx0qakXGg

== All theme music ==

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

#marx #lenin #mao #antifasciste

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse reads the second half of Walter Rodney's 1979 text, "People's Power, No Dictator".

We get philosophical on this episode... sorry. We start in the swing of things as we discussion Nietzsche and why he sucked, how time has ostensibly proven Marx and Deleuze -- among others -- essentially right, and if there is anything they get wrong. (Spoilers: there's not a whole lot.) After that we start things proper and move onto the UAW strike, the solidarity and excitement found in the modern US labor movement, Fetterman, plus Sinn Féin AND Shawn Fain? Try saying that ten times fast. Also, Fossil Fuel subsidies have gone out of control, tension between Canada and India rachet-up, and the US military somehow lost a very expensive plane. What an embarrassing country! Visit our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/epicincredulity

(00:00) intro

(01:28) a little discussion about Nietzsche, Deleuze, and Marx.

(15:50) UAW strike - we talk a lot about Biden not going to the picket... well, he actually did it.

(26:30) Fetterman made the Senate change their dress code

(29:40) Sinn Féin or Shawn Fain?

(31:10) Fossil Fuel subsidies are out of control

(36:00) what government hasn't lost a multimillion dollar plane?

(44:40) Canadian/Indian tensions

(47:00) Libyan floods

(55:10) Electro shock therapy as punishment for disabled children

(01:00:00) we talk about the time a guy threw a shoe at bush and then got a monument for his efforts (this is a very old story but it was a fun discussion.)

(01:09:04) Chinese-Venezuelan agreement.

(01:11:45) outro and social media

(01:12:35) SLAM recommendation.

(01:16:59) extras

*** AUDIO CREDITS ***

== THEME MUSIC ==

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

== INTRO CLIP ==

Clipped from "Geopolitical Economy Report" podcast, hosted by Ben Norton:

* Episode title: Chinese balloon was NOT spying, US gov't admits months after fake crisis

* Audio source: https://soundcloud.com/geopoliticaleconomy/chinese-balloon-not-spying-media

* Outlet website: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com | https://geopoliticaeconomica.com

== BACKGROUND MUSIC ==

Philosophy monologue:

* Song title: Elevator

* Artist: NK Music

* Source: https://youtu.be/-jUL-oxHN4Y

Awkward pause:

* Song title: Local Forecast

* Artist: Kevin MacLeod

* Source: https://filmmusic.io/song/3989-local-forecast

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

== MALCOM X SPEECH ==

* Video title: By Any Means Necessary: Malcom X

* Channel: @TheAfricaNewsNetwork

* Source: https://youtube.com/shorts/BL8cWExkEc8

== SLAM RECOMMENDATION ==

* Song title: Hypocritical Repentance

* Artist: Down from the Wound

* Album: Violence and the Macabre

* Label: Comatose Music

* Released: February 4th, 2014

* Hometown: Olongapo, Zambales, Philippines

* Bandcamp (album url): https://comatosemusic.bandcamp.com/album/violence-and-the-macabre

#boston #commune #marxism #leninism #maoism #slam #acab

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse reads the first half of Walter Rodney's 1979 essay, People's Power, No Dictator.

America feels like a very paranoid place. We are ruled by a cabal of elderly elites. We have been trained to sow dissent and mistrust towards our fellow man. All while our ecology collapses under the weight of climate change spurred by centuries of colonialism, rampant industrialization, and unfettered capitalist growth. Our amusements become nightmares and we become susceptible to fake news and moral panic. Is there hope in the darkness? Or are we merely witnesses to the fall? We explore all this and more, this week on The Epoch of Incredulity.

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Timestamp:

(00:00:00) Scott on some internet drama

(00:05:40) Corrections from last episode

(00:13:05) Intro

(00:14:30) Venezuela wins against COVAX

(00:18:10) The US is paranoid about Chinese Nationals living in America

(00:31:20) We live in a Gerontocracy

(00:38:30) Coup in Gabon

(00:41:26) What happened at Burning Man

(00:59:15) Chinese Energy Policy vs. the rest of the world

(01:07:35) Marxist on DSA's NPC

(01:12:47) Outro and Social Media

(01:13:34) Slam Recommendation

(01:17:56) extras

{ AUDIO CREDITS }

=== Theme music ===

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

=== Intro clip ===

Podcast: The Deprogram (https://www.patreon.com/TheDeprogram)

Episode title: "Episode 92 - Boris The Pig and PDF Files (Ft. TrueAnon Brace Belden)"

Released: August 11th, 2023

Source: https://art19.com/shows/the-deprogram/episodes/7113b99a-1913-423a-9500-abc6a8011721

=== Background / transition music for silly times ===

Song title: George Street Shuffle

Artist: Kevin MacLeod

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

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

=== Background music for monologues ===

Song title: Elevator (Reprise)

Artist: NK Music

Source: https://youtu.be/tiCyeiUSwo8

=== Slam recommendation ===

Song title: Origin

Artist: Antropofagus (https://www.antropofagus.it)

Album: Origin

Label: Agonia Records (https://agoniarecords.com)

Released: October 28th, 2022

Hometown: Genoa, Italy

Bandcamp (album URL): https://agoniarecords.bandcamp.com/album/origin