Swampside Chats
"The best goddamn communist podcast, period."
—Tom O'Brien, From Alpha to Omega
This is Swampside Chats. The podcast where communists shoot the shit about current events, history, political economy, and theory.
"You are free not only to invite us, but to go yourselves wherever you will, even into the Swamp. In fact, we think that the Swamp is your proper place, and we are prepared to render you every assistance to get there. Only let go of our hands, don’t clutch at us and don’t besmirch the grand word freedom, for we too are 'free' to go where we please, free to fight not only against the Swamp, but also against those who are turning towards the Swamp!"
Latest episodes
Apr 13, 2021 • 1h 32min
#134 - Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution (Part 2)
We continue our discussion with Tom O'Brien about "Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution" by the Group of International Communists.
https://www.marxists.org/subject/left-wing/gik/1930/index.htm
Mar 11, 2021 • 1h 50min
#133 - Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution (Part 1)
We're joined by Tom O'Brien from 'From Alpha to Omega' to break down another Not One Step Back listener request: "Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution" by the Group of International Communists.
https://www.marxists.org/subject/left-wing/gik/1930/index.htm
Feb 16, 2021 • 2h 3min
#132 - "Really Existing Nationalisms" (Part 2)
We conclude our conversation with listener Nick about Erica Benner's "Really Existing Nationalisms."
https://www.versobooks.com/books/2672-really-existing-nationalisms
Feb 2, 2021 • 1h 40min
#131 - “Really Existing Nationalisms” (Part 1) w/ Nick
Listener Nick joins us to tackle Erica Benner’s 1995 Marxian treatise on nationality and nationalist politics, “Really Existing Nationalisms: A Post-Communist View from Marx and Engels”.
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Jan 5, 2021 • 1h 40min
#130 - Century of the Self: The Meaning of Tony Blair
We conclude our discussion on the Adam Curtis essay film series and review part 4: "Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering."
Dec 25, 2020 • 1h 34min
#129 - In the Enemy Camp: “Leviathan and Its Enemies”
We’re back In the Enemy Camp w/ C Derick Varn, and we would like to speak to the (((managers))). On the forced march from a generous patron, we read a mid-90s reactionary pseudo-class analysis from Pat Buchanan’s main man Sam Francis entitled “Leviathan and Its Enemies”, published in 2016.
Special thanks to Stevie for additional editing.
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Dec 2, 2020 • 1h 37min
#128 - The Communist Party of New Zealand
We bring on Tyler from New Zealand to discuss the history of the party and class struggle in the 20th century there, with an eye towards examining the party's relationship to the native Māori people.
Nov 24, 2020 • 1h 41min
#127 - Century of the Self: Kill the Cop in Your Head
We talk about part 3 of the Adam Curtis video essay series.
Nov 5, 2020 • 3min
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new Patron tiers announced, starting 12 AM EST 1/1/2021
$1/mo: Discord access
$5/mo: live-streamed recordings & early episodes
$10/mo: monthly reading group
$25/mo: custom episodes (we will read 10 pages per month subscribed)
you have just under 2 months to take advantage of the old custom episode rate!
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Nov 5, 2020 • 2h
#126 - “The Divine Left”
On A Very Special Episode of Swampside Chats, Jake, Ezri & Grant jack back into The Simulation with Jean Baudrillard for one last trio adventure in "The Divine Left", and come back one member short. Remember: if you die in The Simulation, you die in real life.
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