Swampside Chats

The Gang upholds Gonzalo Thought when we tackle "The Shining Path and the Future of Peru", a RAND Corporation report by Gordon McCormick in 1990 on the Peruvian Maoist insurgency led by Abimael Gúzman aka Comrade Gonzalo. Push it to the limit! patreon.com/swampsidechats

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The Gang seizes the means of craft beer production with a forced march into chapters 3–5 of Richard D. Wolff's 2012 book "Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism". Not One Step Back! Take the fast track to an FBI watchlist! patreon.com/swampsidechats

The Gang responds to the grim findings of the UN Climate Report. Jake becomes a prepper, Lexi becomes a Sorelian, Donald doubles down on Leninism, Rosa rages against the dying of the light, and some of that rage ends up landing on Grant.

The Gang sits down to discuss the 1977 essay version of "The Alternative in Eastern Europe" by Rudolf Bahro. Help us turn the world upside down! patreon.com/swampsidechats

In the latest installment of our "Not One Step Back!" reading series, we take a listener recommendation and look at the introduction to "Marx and the Earth: An Anti-Critique" by John Bellamy Foster and Paul Burkett. Make us read cool stuff at metaphorical gunpoint! patreon.com/swampsidechats

This podcast explores challenging Eurocentrism in history and social theory through reading and discussing Samir Amin's 'Eurocentrism'. Topics include the impact of Eurocentrism on Marx's theory, Samir Amin's theory of value transfer, the transition from primitive communism to tributary societies, interconnectedness of societies throughout history, and exploring slavery as a mode of production.

The Gang courts Madame Guillotine In the Enemy Camp with C Derick Varn! We read Joseph de Maistre’s metal af 1797 ur-reactionary tract “Considerations on France”. Help us drive down demand for powdered wigs! patreon.com/swampsidechats patreon.com/symptomaticredness

The Gang goes full natlib with Chapter 3 of Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth, "The Pitfalls of National Consciousness". We reluctantly acknowledge the role of a nationalist stage in historical development and marvel at his tragic predictions for developmental socialism. https://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/fanon/pitfalls-national.htm Help us turn the world upside down! patreon.com/swampsidechats paypal.me/swampsidechats

This week we read the 1957 piece by E.P. Thompson, "Socialist Humanism: An Epistle to the Philistines." https://www.marxists.org/archive/thompson-ep/1957/sochum.htm