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Swampside Chats

"The best goddamn communist podcast, period."—Tom O'Brien, From Alpha to OmegaThis is Swampside Chats. The podcast where communists shoot the shit about current events, history, political economy, and... Read more

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#29 - In the Enemy Camp: "The Dark Enlightenment"

#29 - In the Enemy Camp: "The Dark Enlightenment"

In the first installment of a new reading series "In the Enemy Camp" we sit down to discuss the essay "The Dark Enlighte... Read more

17 Sep 2017

1hr 36mins

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#37 - We Googled Murray Bookchin

#37 - We Googled Murray Bookchin

We sit down to discuss the title essay from "Post-Scarcity Anarchism" by Murray Bookchin, and somewhere along the way ge... Read more

13 Nov 2017

1hr 20mins

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HIGH THEORY 1 - "Communization and Its Discontents"

HIGH THEORY 1 - "Communization and Its Discontents"

HIGH THEORY is the long-awaited collaboration between The Antifada & Swampside Chats that tackles the riddle wrapped... Read more

19 Feb 2019

1hr 20mins

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#11 - "The Social Revolution" (Part 1)

#11 - "The Social Revolution" (Part 1)

This week we discuss the first half of Karl Kautsky's 1902 piece "The Social Revolution"

10 Apr 2017

1hr 1min

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#76 - "One-Dimensional Man"

#76 - "One-Dimensional Man"

The Gang gets into the mindset of the NPCs, the sheeple, and other dupes of instrumental reason as they explore Herbert ... Read more

11 Nov 2018

1hr 32mins

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#65 - "Dialectical and Historical Materialism"

#65 - "Dialectical and Historical Materialism"

The Gang goes straight to the Gulag when we take a magic mustache ride with 1938's "Dialectical and Historical Materiali... Read more

22 Aug 2018

1hr 17mins

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#26 - "Fascism / Antifascism"

#26 - "Fascism / Antifascism"

This week, we discuss "Fascism / Antifascism" by Gilles Dauvé

27 Aug 2017

52mins

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#5 - "The Communist Manifesto" (Part 2)

#5 - "The Communist Manifesto" (Part 2)

This week we conclude our reading of the Communist Manifesto. We also take time to discuss Kautsky's 1901 essay "To What... Read more

27 Feb 2017

1hr 19mins

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#14 - "The Transitional Program"

#14 - "The Transitional Program"

This week Lexi and Jake sit down to discuss "The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International" ak... Read more

7 May 2017

1hr 7mins

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#51 - In the Enemy Camp: "Political Theology"

#51 - In the Enemy Camp: "Political Theology"

In this installment of our ongoing reading series "In the Enemy Camp" we look at far right political theorist Carl Schmi... Read more

2 May 2018

1hr 11mins

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#38 - The Bordiga Experience

#38 - The Bordiga Experience

The Gang sits down to discuss "The Immediate Program of the Revolution" and "The Fundamentals of Revolutionary Communism... Read more

20 Nov 2017

1hr 6mins

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#34 - "Towards a Political Economy of the USSR" (Part 1)

#34 - "Towards a Political Economy of the USSR" (Part 1)

This week, the gang sits down to discuss Hillel Ticktin's articles "Towards a Political Economy of the USSR" and "The Cl... Read more

25 Oct 2017

46mins

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#33 - "'Left Wing' Communism" (Part 2)

#33 - "'Left Wing' Communism" (Part 2)

This week, The Gang finishes off Lenin's classic polemic against abstentionist political currents in the Communist Inter... Read more

16 Oct 2017

56mins

Ranked #14

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#44 - In the Enemy Camp: "Fascism Viewed from the Right"

#44 - In the Enemy Camp: "Fascism Viewed from the Right"

For the latest installment in our reading series In the Enemy Camp, we sit down to discuss the 1974 Julius Evola essay "... Read more

25 Jan 2018

1hr 11mins

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#55 - "The Communist Hypothesis"

#55 - "The Communist Hypothesis"

We sit down to discuss "The Communist Hypothesis" by Alain Badiou, both the 2008 essay (bit.ly/2uAsQxI) and the book.

10 Jun 2018

1hr 20mins

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#19 - The Joy of Sects I: Democratic Socialists of America

#19 - The Joy of Sects I: Democratic Socialists of America

This week, in the first part of what we hope will be a multi-part series on different far left groupings in the United S... Read more

5 Jul 2017

1hr 15mins

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#57 - "Modern Money Theory" (Part 1)

#57 - "Modern Money Theory" (Part 1)

This week, we welcome on Tom O'Brien of the legendary From Alpha to Omega podcast to discuss L. Randall Wray's 2015 book... Read more

23 Jun 2018

59mins

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#23 - The Joy of Sects II: Industrial Workers of the World (Part 1)

#23 - The Joy of Sects II: Industrial Workers of the World (Part 1)

In part 1, The Gang sits down with Nick from the Industrial Workers of the World to discuss the history of the organizat... Read more

10 Aug 2017

56mins

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#52 - May '68 Revisited (Part 1)

#52 - May '68 Revisited (Part 1)

Part one of a two part, free form conversation about May '68.

11 May 2018

57mins

Ranked #20

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#43 - "Organizational Materialism"

#43 - "Organizational Materialism"

We sit down with Jean Allen to discuss his paper "Organizational Materialism: Considerations on Contemporary Leftism"

13 Jan 2018

1hr 15mins

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