The Regrettable Century

Behold, our original intro episode! Jason and Chris talk about their motivations for creating the podcast and dive into Mark Fisher's book "Capitalist Realism." Fisher argues that after 1989 capitalism was able to present itself as the only option and warped our reality to fit that claim. We talk about how he was right. https://www.patreon.com/theregrettablecenturySend us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the show

In the years since Guy Debord wrote "The Society of the Spectacle" we have witnessed the utter triumph of said spectacle and have been thoroughly crushed under the jackboot of its mediocrity. We think that some of the ideas of the Situationists are even more relevant now than they were in 68 and are worth having a conservation about, so we did. https://www.patreon.com/theregrettablecenturyA Short List of Some of the Readings For this Episode:Society of the Spectacle (full text)https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/debord/society.htm Revenge of the Spectacle http://www.redwedgemagazine.com/online-issue/revenge-of-the-spectacle-this-time-its-personal Bringing Fuel to The Flames: Anselme Jappe's Guy Debord http://www.redwedgemagazine.com/online-issue/bringing-fuelNotes on the Spectacle of Oppositionhttps://www.sayitwithpavingstones.org/news/2018/6/29/some-notes-on-the-spectacle-of-opposition Why Psychogeography?https://www.sayitwithpavingstones.org/news/2018/8/14/derive-0-why-psychogeography Background on 1968https://jacobinmag.com/2018/05/how-beautiful-it-was/ Send us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the show

In our first ever FEATURE episode, we talk about the Marxist art, its mission, the idea of the Popular Avant Garde, and why transgression is important.https://www.patreon.com/theregrettablecentury Send us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the show

This week we discuss our orientation as Revolutionary Pessimists. We believe that humanity is worth saving, but were not so sure that is going to work out. A clear headed, sober, pessimistic orientation is necessary to continue to organize as socialists. We must be ready to salvage the burnt out husk of our planet and build an egalitarian future in the irradiated post apocalyptic deserts. A strategy for ruination is necessary.  https://www.patreon.com/theregrettablecenturySalvage Quarterlyhttp://salvage.zone/in-print/salvage-perspectives-1-amid-this-stony-rubbish/For a Marxism Without Guaranteeshttp://www.agpolpsy.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Hall-For-a-Marxism-Without-Guarantees.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2zkfhtBHg_j1-YBQ3eCpPUXCnKeg0FxeEq5Y3KWN4Fqdf5lVCGwhEBsqsSend us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the show

This week we discuss ourselves a little bit before diving into the topic of base building. What is base building? Is it a new strategy? Is it just aping Maoist and Narodnik tactics in a decidedly un-Bolshevik fashion? It isn't, but if it was why would that be bad?In this episode, we talk about why building is becoming popular among the membership of the DSA and whether it is a viable strategy for working class powerhttps://www.patreon.com/theregrettablecenturySend us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the show

Part Two of our series examining fascism.  The post fascist matrix has vomited forth a dizzying array of political formations; we recorded ourselves thinking out loud about them. https://www.patreon.com/theregrettablecenturySend us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the show

Part one of our series examining all of the fascisms (This is a re-upload with some sound issues resolved)https://www.patreon.com/theregrettablecenturySend us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the show

We discuss Mark Fisher's pertinent and controversial essay "Exiting the Vampire's Castle. What did Fisher get wrong, what did he get right? Will the left shake its toxic call out culture in time to save humanity from impending catastrophe?Exiting the Vampire Castlehttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/exiting-vampire-castle/Our Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/theregrettablecenturySend us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the show