

The Regrettable Century
Chris, Kevin, Jason, & Ben
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. “The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned. I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.” -- Antonio Gramsci-------Visit the Regrettable Century's merch shop:https://theregrettablecentury.threadless.com/
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Nov 28, 2018 • 54min
Organizing on the Edge of the Abyss: Building Class Power and the Looming Apocalypse
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 showVisit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop

Nov 16, 2018 • 60min
Fascism, Post Fascism, and Not-Fascism: PART II
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 showVisit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop

Oct 31, 2018 • 1h 1min
Fascism, Post-Fascism, and Not-Fascism: PART I
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 showVisit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop

Oct 23, 2018 • 60min
Reign of the Vampire Castle: A discussion about Mark Fisher, call out culture, and online left-toxicity.
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 showVisit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop


