The Regrettable Century

By Chris, Jason, Kevin, BenSociety & Culture Philosophy

The Regrettable Century episodes

November 12 *Patreon Preview* -- Bluclear Wasteland: The Electoral Death of MAGA in the 2026 Midterms
This week the boys got together for a bonus episode discussion about the recent electoral landslide. Will the democrats blow it? Yes, but how bad and when...

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22 min
November 10 Where is the Anti-War Movement? *Unlocked*
Given the recent Blue Wave/Tsunami/Armageddon/Sharknado (and given the continued reality constant war and absence of an antiwar movement) we felt like this episode might feel even more relevant now than it did when we recorded it back in August.
So, we decided to unlock it for you.

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This week, (actually in August) two old veterans of about two and a half decades in the fight against half a dozen imperialist wars read and discussed an article about why there is not anti-war movement today.

Where Is The Anti-War Movement? A Response to Eric Blanc
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/where-is-the-anti-war-movement-a-response-to-eric-blanc/

Why Is There No Antiwar Movement in the US?
https://jacobin.com/2026/03/iran-us-antiwar-movement-tr
1 hr 20 min
November 04 PATREON PREVEW -- Regrettable Book Club: Breaking Things at Work (Part I)
This week the gang is joined by some patrons to begin a discussion of Gavin Mueller's Breaking Things at Work.

"A manifesto for the neo-luddite revolution: an exhilarating challenge to the way we think about work, technology, progress, and what we want from the future" https://www.versobooks.com/products/688-breaking-things-at-work?srsltid=AYCX9vJYioiuLA7Wftzdcw0PjvQh7Wc3XbxaYcodw3_gicaQ01_Cdol_

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17 min
October 30 Patreon Preview: Regrettable Geopolitics 10/30/2026
Bolsonaro Flees, Trump's CIA is Integral to Ukraine's War Effort, Israeli Racism Helps Keep Bibi in Power, Ukraine is Providing Military Aid for Israel's Genocidal War, Ukraine's Slow Attritional Loss Continues...

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21 min
October 29 Whither France: The Protests in France and Across Europe (Part I)
This week we are joined by our official France correspondent, Matthew to discuss the ongoing protests across Europe.

The ‘Total Strike’ Has Come for France
https://tribunemag.co.uk/2026/10/the-total-strike-has-come-for-france

“Can We Be Angry About the Vandalism and Still Take Certain High School Students’ Complaints Seriously?”
https://www.lefigaro.fr/en/france/madeleine-de-jessey-can-we-be-angry-about-the-vandalism-and-still-take-certain-high-school-students-complaints-seriously-20261008

Are student protests being manipulated ahead of France's presidential election?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8zxlyg965r3o

France is facing crisis after crisis. Here's what's happening
https://www.axios.com/2026/10/14/france-crises-fires-hackers-protests-debt
1 hr 22 min
October 22 PATREON PREVIEW -- Wolves Among Sheepdogs: Neo-McCarthyism vs the New Sewer Socialists
This week, Ben and Jason sat down for a free flowing discussion about the current state of things and how to experience the world around us without being aloof or carried away by the ever shifting and fickle political currents of time.

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18 min
October 14 Fascism? For what? (Part III of III)
This week the boys finish up the last section of Kritikpunkt's article Fascism? For What? We deal with the age old question, is fascism on the rise and if so why?

From the article:

"Hitler and his associates ruled by perverted means because they were evil, and with their malice they were able to win over their masses. Today there are evil people again, and they must not be allowed to take power, because then one would once again have to submit to non-democracy. Such is the theory of bourgeois anti-fascism. We consider this formula wrong, and we ask instead: what would a fascist regime actually have to offer the economy it would have to administer today?"
https://kritikpunkt.com/fascism-for-what/
55 min
October 10 Patreon Preview: Regrettable Geopolitics 10/09/2026
The Five Year Fuel Crisis, US Fails to Care for Iran War Wounded, Israel at Risk of Civil War and Collapse, Cartels Training in Ukraine, No Russia is not Losing the War...

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16 min
October 07 Fascism? For what? (Part II of III)
This week the boys sat down to do their second close reading of an article by the Kritikpunkt Team titled Fascism? For What? We deal with the age old question, is fascism on the rise and if so why?

From the article:

"Hitler and his associates ruled by perverted means because they were evil, and with their malice they were able to win over their masses. Today there are evil people again, and they must not be allowed to take power, because then one would once again have to submit to non-democracy. Such is the theory of bourgeois anti-fascism. We consider this formula wrong, and we ask instead: what would a fascist regime actually have to offer the economy it would have to administer today?"
https://kritikpunkt.com/fascism-for-what/
1 hr 26 min
October 01 PATREON PREVIEW: Patron Q&A VI
The boys are back with another Q and A. We cover how to relate to anti-imperial struggles, the legacy of the American Revolution, super profits, the Frankfurt School, and the ever lowering horizons of the socialist movement.

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17 min

About The Regrettable Century

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The old forms of the Left are moribund and the new forms are stupid. We're making a podcast that discusses the need to organize a Dialectical Pessimism and develop a salvage project capable of sparking a new workers' movement for socialism.