Swampside Chats

Jake and Ezri recap and discuss the first two episodes of Adam Curtis 2002 documentary essay series The Century of the Self: "Happiness Machines" and "The Engineering of Consent."

We conclude our discussion with Shane & Kyle of G̸e̴n̶e̴r̷a̷l̸ ̸I̴n̴t̷e̶l̴l̷e̵c̵t̷ ̸U̷n̶i̶t̴ ̸r̷e̸t̴u̵r̴n̴ ̷t̸o̶ ̶c̵͈̅o̵̪̽ñ̶̠t̶̬̋i̸͍͛n̴̘͑u̶̺̚e̷̦̎ ̵̹̇ó̷̬u̵͖͑r̶̎͜ ̸͈̃N̷͍͋o̸̫̽r̸̻̈́b̶̫͝e̶̗͑ṙ̶̗t̷́͜ ̶̛͚Ẇ̷̦í̴͚e̴̬̊n̸̛͎ḙ̶͗r̷̗͑ ̸̦͂(̷̨̉1̴̛̫9̴̹̅5̴͓͑0̶̢̋)̸͉͠.̶̤̀ ̴̻̊d̵̝͋í̵̦s̷̟̃c̵̫̚u̷͍̐s̴͇̒ș̶͛ị̵͠o̴̺̓ń̴̞ ̸̪͠E̸̤̊d̶̤̒ǐ̶̭t̸̗́ỉ̷̧o̷̱̕n̵̯̚F̵̠̕i̵̳͒r̸̲͠s̴̺͋t ̴̫̮͗͌̿͆͝ŕ̸͈̪̝͙̘̈́ͅͅé̷̥̥̬̺̩͙̆͐̾̓͠d̵̢͚̗̞̫̑a̷͍͚̣͕̥̬̗̋̂͛͂c̵̛̥̯ͅt̴̛̬̞̘̦͕̦̏͌̃̓e̶̥̜͒̈́͜d̵̛͉͇̖̈́̏͋̄͋̔ ̷̧̘̮̖̫͆̔̄̈́̈́̆U̴̡̜̯̔̈́̒̕̚ṉ̵̖̗̙̦̎̉̈́̄̊i̶̢͊́͝t̴̻̫̦͖͚͌̆̇̆͝ẏ̴̰͊̾́̓̂̎ ̴̢̝̳̲͆̈͛̐Ḩ̸̼̗̗̲͇͖̾͝u̴̞͖͇̦͍̮̝͝m̸̥̤̩̩̿͜á̷̡̤̣̅̉͆̏ṇ̶̢̢͓͖̯̌͐̇̇̃̔ ̸̗̿́B̷̧̛̞̜͚̱̜́ͅě̸̹͙̋̒͊i̴͕͂̑n̸̡͙̬̋g̷̛̳̱̩̖̜̏̉͌̃͐̍͜s̸̳̟͖̀̄͛̾͋̑"̸̡͕̼̼̋̾͊ ̴͙͕̇̀̂H̶̙̺͗ű̴͙̪̭͊̐̈m̴̡͖̠̦̊̔̈́ā̸̳̞̞̼͂͊̇n̵͚̜͛̇͂̀̍̅ ̴̥͈͙̟̠̪͌̐Ư̵̩͎͕̊̅́̔͊̏s̸̝̽̉͗̈͗͑ȩ̵̳̲̥͐̆̊̀ ̴̮͖̲̦̜̀̾̈̔̈͋ǫ̸̥͔̫̦̐͐͒̊̒ͅf̷̢̛̹̹̝̫̱͛͠"̸̡̳̪̱̗͎̆̓̄̾̔͝ͅT̸̝̦͔̦̦̾͑̋́̄h̴̰͆̇̾̿́̉̚e̵̼̳̱̫͈͒̌̂̏̕ ̷̞̯̜͈̔̈́̍͛͠b̴̞͂y̷̟̲̘̓̀̔͊ U̵N̵I̷T̶Y̷ ̵S̶E̵E̴S̸ ̷A̷L̸L̶.̵ ̵U̷N̶I̵T̴Y̶ ̷K̵N̷O̶W̵S̸ ̸A̸L̴L̸.̶ http://patreon.com/generalintellectunit http://patreon.com/swampsidechats http://emancipation.network

Kyle & Shane return to continue our discussion of the spicy First Edition of "The Human Use of Human Beings" by Norbert Wiener (1950). http://patreon.com/generalintellectunit http://patreon.com/swampsidechats PDF of the rare First Edition: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h589Ul_c7ZsTjUl5kRraMDEVPwmy5d7K/view?usp=drivesdk

Emancipation Network comrades Shane & Kyle come chat with us about the second-ever book on cybernetics: "The Human Use of Human Beings" by Norbert Wiener. The subversive First Edition had the FBI *knock knock* at the author’s door to revise the socialism out of it, so naturally, that's the version we read. http://patreon.com/generalintellectunit http://patreon.com/swampsidechats PDF of the rare First Edition: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h589Ul_c7ZsTjUl5kRraMDEVPwmy5d7K/view?usp=drivesdk

In another installment of our "Not One Step Back" reading series, we discuss two pieces by Hal Draper, "Toward a New Beginning, on Another Road," and "The Myth of Lenin's Concept of the Party."

Show Notes by C: Charleena Lyles, a pregnant black woman murdered in front of her children by Seattle Police in 2017; here's a recent article about her family's demands as they seek justice for Charleena: https://www.realchangenews.org/2020/06/24/seattle-police-killing-charleena-lyles-localizes-blacklives-protest-and-amasses-similar Decriminalize Seattle https://decriminalizeseattle.com/ Recall Durkan https://www.recalldurkan.org/ No New Youth Jail https://nonewyouthjail.com/ King County Equity Now: https://www.kingcountyequitynow.com/ - Decrim Seattle one of the main coalitions fighting to defund Seattle Police Department - Recall Durkan is the effort to recall the mayor - No New Youth Jail I did not mention but meant to - it's what it sounds like - King County Equity Now is a coalition that includes the Africa Town initiative(s) I mentioned

Jake and Ezri sit down with Ben Lain, who recently visited Seattle's Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, to get his impressions and talk about the phenomenon of occupational protests.

Ezri and Jake sit down with listener Cole from Minneapolis to talk about the recent wave of riots, rebellions, and mutual aid efforts following the police murder of George Floyd.

In the latest installment of our Joy of Sects series, we sit down with Luke to talk about the Kansas City Red Guards.

We sit down to discuss "Ecology and Historical Materialism" by Jonathan Hughes.