Ezri xB & Jake Verso

Swampside Chats

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"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 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,...

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Jul 4, 2024

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Episodes

Bonus - The Eminem Show 14.10.2017

We listen to noted hip hop rapper Eminem drop some truth bombs.

#32 - In the Enemy Camp: "The Fourth Political Theory" 09.10.2017

In the latest installment of our ongoing reading series "In the Enemy Camp" we look at excerpts from "The Fourth Political Theory" by famous Russian far right theorist Aleksandr Dugin.

#31 - "'Left Wing' Communism" (Part 1) 03.10.2017

This week, the gang sits down to discuss Lenin's classic polemic against abstentionist political currents in the Communist International, "'Left Wing' Communism: An Infantile Disorder".

#30 - News Roundup 25.09.2017

This week we sit down to discuss the apocalypse, the recent storms, Kid Rock, and juggalos.

#29 - In the Enemy Camp: "The Dark Enlightenment" 17.09.2017

In the first installment of a new reading series "In the Enemy Camp" we sit down to discuss the essay "The Dark Enlightenment" by Nick Land.

#28 - The Joy of Sects III: Platypus Affiliated Society (Part 2) 11.09.2017

For our third installment of The Joy of Sects, we present the second part of our conversation with C. Derick Varn about the Platypus Affiliated Society.

#27 - The Joy of Sects III: Platypus Affiliated Society (Part 1) 04.09.2017

For our third installment of The Joy of Sects, we present the first part of our conversation with C. Derick Varn about the Platypus Affiliated Society.

#26 - "Fascism / Antifascism" 27.08.2017

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

#25 - The Joy of Sects II: Industrial Workers of the World (Part 2) 22.08.2017

This week, we conclude our conversation with fellow worker Nick, about the IWW, focusing on its present and future.

#24 - News Roundup 17.08.2017

This week, we sit down to discuss the outcomes of the DSA and Marxist Center conferences, the tragedy of Venezuela, North Korean nuclear ambitions, and a forthcoming American Foxconn factory.

Bonus - Addendum on Charlottesville 15.08.2017

We address a piece of breaking news that took place after we recorded.

#23 - The Joy of Sects II: Industrial Workers of the World (Part 1) 10.08.2017

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

#22 - "Dialectical Enlightenment" 03.08.2017

This week we discuss the legacy of the enlightenment, humanism, multiculturalism, and a Jacobin article, "Dialectical Enlightenment" by Harrison Fluss and Landon Frim.

#21 - Alt-Right Watch 24.07.2017

In this episode, a few of us just have a free form conversation about one of our favorite pet topics: the Alt-Right.

#20 - News Roundup 18.07.2017

This week, in another news roundup, we talk about Trump & Macron’s Bastille Day, electrifying presidential candidates, Pink Floyd v Radiohead on Palestine, the dreadlocked klansman, the black bloc at G20, and more.

#19 - The Joy of Sects I: Democratic Socialists of America 05.07.2017

This week, in the first part of what we hope will be a multi-part series on different far left groupings in the United States, we sit down to talk about the Democratic Socialists of America.

#18 - News Roundup 19.06.2017

This week, in another news roundup episode, we talk about Corbymania, London's burning tower of poor people, the Berniebro assassin, Trump's moves on Cuba and the climate, and Dennis Rodman: the basketball diplomat.

#17 - "Flying Saucers… and the Socialist Future of Mankind" 12.06.2017

This week we sit down to discuss J Posadas' "Flying saucers, the process of matter and energy, science, the revolutionary and working-class struggle, and the socialist future of mankind."

#16 - News Roundup 29.05.2017

Join us for another news roundup episode. This week we discuss the ongoing Trump clusterfuck, the latest presidential contenders, pro wrestling, and at the end we offer some semi-informed thoughts on the current goings-on in Latin America.

#15 - "The American Revolution" 15.05.2017

#15 - "The American Revolution" by Ezri xB & Jake Verso

#14 - "The Transitional Program" 07.05.2017

This week Lexi and Jake sit down to discuss "The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International" aka "The Transitional Program" by Leon Trotsky

#13 - "The Social Revolution" (Part 2) 01.05.2017

This week, we conclude our reading of Karl Kautsky's 1902 piece "The Social Revolution"

#12 - News Roundup 23.04.2017

This week we're talking about Syria, a general strike in Argentina, Alex Jones family court problems, anti-fa skirmishes, and the Nuge.

#11 - "The Social Revolution" (Part 1) 10.04.2017

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

#10 - News Roundup 03.04.2017

This week we discuss the collapse of Ryancare, Venezuela, Coal Jobs, George Ciccariello-Maher, and eventually species being.

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