The Regrettable Century
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. A clean, honest, and unsentimental melancholy is required; we are cultivating one and would like to share it with you.
Episodes
244 episodes
UNLOCKED -- Socialism With a Human Face: The Prague Spring and Its Defeat (Czechoslovak Socialism Part II)
Continuing what has become a series on Czechoslovak Socialism, we dive into the attempt to reform the Czechoslovak system. The official ML narrative and the liberal narrative about the Prague Spring are the same, they say that it was an attempt...
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Season 6
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Episode 23
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1:04:59
Patreon Preview -- From Dawn to Decadence (Part II): With Varn Vlog
We are back at it again talking decadence theory with Varn. This week, we dig into Samir Amin's piece from Monthly Review.We discussed the following materials:Morley, Neville. "Decadence as a Theory of History." New Literary...
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Season 6
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20:10
The World Spirit on Podcast: Is Hegel Still Relevant after the End of History?
Come listen to the boys discuss Hegel's enduring importance to the contemporary world.Hegel Is Still an Important Thinker for the Left
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Season 6
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Episode 22
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1:04:54
Patreon Preview -- The Question of Nationalities & Social Democracy by Otto Bauer: Regrettable Book Club (Episode IV)
We soldier on through this excellent but little known work on the national question. This week we FINALLY finish Chapter 1.
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Season 6
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15:22
To Front or Not to Front: The Question of "Popular Frontism"
The boys get together and talk about the triumphs and failures, the uses and misuses, and the love and hate for the concept of the Popular Front. Haslam, Jonathan. “The Comintern and the Origins of the Popular Front 1934-1935.” The ...
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Season 6
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Episode 21
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1:11:53
Patreon Preview -- Boundless and Bottomless Seas: Dugin's 4th Political Theory (Part VII)
The boys dive in to chapter 6 of Dugin's Fourth Political theory. Don't worry, there are literally no digressions and the guys stay on point the whole time.Check out Varn Vlog here:ht...
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Season 6
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31:02
Patreon Preview -- Slovak Socialism: A Czechoslovak Socialism Addendum
We just can't stop talking about Czechoslovak Socialism. We decided to deal with the Slovak portion of the Czechoslovak lands, which we feel has been a little neglected in our previous discussions. Slovakia is important as an integral part of t...
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Season 6
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11:54
From Dawn to Decadence (Part I): With Varn Vlog (UNLOCKED)
We accidentally released the wrong episode, this one should have come before the last! This week we sat down with C. Derick Varn to talk about "decadence theory," "crisis theory" and "breakdown theory." This is a special episode, m...
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Season 6
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Episode 18
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1:56:25
Patreon Preview -- The Question of Nationalities and Social Democracy by Otto Bauer: Regrettable Book Club (Episode III)
Back at it again with the national question and continuing the long march through chapter one.A link to the PDF:https://libcom.org/article/qu...
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Season 6
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19:20
From Dawn to Decadence: Doom 2024 (Episode 1.5) BONUS (UNLOCKED)
This is an impromptu episode recorded by Jason and Varn where they discuss their dissatisfaction with the general situation of American and world politics. It roughly fits in with the subject matter of our Dawn to Decadence series, so here ya g...
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Season 6
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Episode 17
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1:36:46
The Boys Figure out Which Marxist Tendency is Correct
This week we all sat down to talk about the uselessness of identifying with a political tendency in our current moment.
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Season 6
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Episode 16
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57:11
Patreon Preview -- Voices from the Soviet Edge
This week we discussed an excellent study of migrant workers in the Soviet Union which focused on Uzbeks, Tajiks, Georgians, Azerbaijanis who came to Leningrad and Moscow in toward the end of Union's existence.Sahadeo, Jeff. 2019. Vo...
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Season 6
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17:24
The Antifascism of Fools: Liberalism's Antifascism Without Fascism
First off, please forgive the first few minutes of Chris' audio, we adjusted the levels during the podcast and fixed it. You won't have to bear with it all the way through. We sat down to talk about SAVING DEMOCRACY FROM TRUMPIST FASCIS...
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Season 6
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Episode 15
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1:12:47
Patreon Preview -- Doom 2024 (From Dawn to Decadence, Ep 1.5)
This is an impromptu episode recorded by Jason and Varn where they discuss their dissatisfaction with the general situation of world politics.Check out Varn Vlog here: https://www.pat...
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Season 6
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30:19
Whither France: The New Popular Front and the French Elections
This week we are joined by our official France correspondent, Matthew. We discuss the unique threat of the post-fascist menace and what the results and prospects are for the shaky leftist coalition.
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Season 6
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Episode 14
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1:47:57
Patreon Preview -- Boundless & Bottomless Seas: Dugin's 4th Political Theory (Part VI)
Wake up babe, new Dugin Time just dropped. The boys are back and discussing Dugin's understanding of processes and, now that they're about halfway done with the book, begin to ask the question "What is the Fourth Political Theory?"Check...
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Season 6
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30:27
Patreon Preview -- From Dawn to Decadence (Part I): With Varn Vlog
This week we sat down with C. Derick Varn to talk about "decadence theory," "crisis theory," and "breakdown theory." This is a special episode, mostly because it wasn't supposed to come out until August, but Varn accidentally released it early ...
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Season 6
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29:14
Civic Socialism: The New Zealand Federation of Socialist Societies
This week we sat down with members of the New Zealand Federation of Socialist Societies to discuss their efforts to revitalize the socialist project and to build a basis for future socialist struggles. NZFSS Websitehttps://www....
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Season 6
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Episode 13
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1:47:15
Patreon Preview -- The Question of Nationalities and Social Democracy by Otto Bauer: Regrettable Book Club (Episode II)
Back at it again with the national question and soldiering on through chapter 1...A link to the PDF:https://libcom.org/article/question-natio...
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Season 6
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7:27
It Sucks Out There: Hyper-Individualization, Tiktok, and the Terminal Decline of American Society
We invited podcast alumnus, Jess, back to talk about how terrible everything is. We touch on Tiktok houses, literature, and the death of the future. The End of The Future ...
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Season 6
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Episode 12
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1:17:05
Patreon Preview -- Boundless and Bottomless Seas: Dugin's 4th Political Theory (Part V)
Jason, Varn, and Sean KB continue the forced march through the Aleksander Dugin's Fourth Political Theory.Check out Varn Vlog here:https://www.patreon.com/varnvlog/postsChe...
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Season 6
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30:32
Patreon Preview -- Turns Out I Will Also Rule: An Addendum to our Fascism and Anarcho-Individualism Discussion
This week we are tying up some loose ends we left unexplored in our last regular episode on Fascism and Anarcho-Individualism. Enjoy this bonus content!
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Season 6
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6:45
Turns Out I Will Be Ruled: Anarcho-Individualism and Italian Fascism
This week we discussed one of the many currents of thought that led to the creation of Italian Fascism, Anarcho-Individualism. It seems counterintuitive that anarchism would have made any contribution to the creation of fascism, until you think...
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Season 6
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Episode 11
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1:25:55