The Epoch of Incredulity

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse reads the conclusion of Lenin's Imperialism pamphlet. The reading covers Chapter Ten: The Place of Imperialism in History. Source material [begins on page 92]: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/imperialism.pdf Background music: "Yourself" prod. NK Music - https://youtu.be/BWyfTFoC-q4 Theme music: Written and performed...

Been a rough week for The Epoch but we still managed to deliver your episode for the week! After a cold open we jump into many different topics; the rail strike, the disappointment of The Squad, how the system alienates us and makes us all think we are middle class, how The Pentagon, and as always, Elon Musk. Drew briefly brings us video game news with The ZeniMax Union. The end of the show become...

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from Lenin's Imperialism pamphlet. The reading covers the second half of Chapter Nine: "Critique of Imperialism". Source material (begins on page 87): https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/imperialism.pdf Background music: "Smaragos" prod. NK Music - https://youtu.be/_Mp1wqiZzYM Theme music: Written and p...

After an elongated and very loose cold open, this episode of the Epoch dives into the most recent Crypto scandal, FTX, and the general insanity of Cryptocurrency. We follow the continuing story of Elon Musk and all the freaks he's allowing back on Twitter. We cover The Biden Administrations pathetic efforts to provide Student Debt Relief, and how The Senate sucks all around -- Did you know the Pan...

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from Vladimir Lenin's Imperialism pamphlet. The reading covers the first half of Chapter Nine: Critique of Imperialism. Source material (begins on page 82):    https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/imperialism.pdf Background music:    "Syntribos" prod NK Music - https://youtu.be/GJrjw46gJho Theme music:  ...

*WE ARE AWARE IT WAS LULA WHO GOT HIS FINGER CHOPPED OFF, NOT BOLSONARO. IT JUST MAKES LULA EVEN MORE BASED. JESSE WOULDN'T LET THIS GO OUT WITHOUT A DISCLAIMER SO HERE IT IS* It's midterm election night again (the night after, at least) and we got all the coverage you need -- if you're from Massachusetts. After that we dive into the recent disaster that has spun out of Elon Musk's purchase of Twi...

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from Vladimir Lenin's Imperialism pamphlet. The reading covers Chapter Eight, entitled "Parasitism and Decay of Capitalism". Source material (begins on page 75): https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/imperialism.pdf Background music: "Aepytus" prod. NK Music - https://youtu.be/rsH9fATL_iM Theme music: Wri...

It's our 100th episode! Of course, we deliver the same chaos as always, perhaps even more so. As we celebrate the arbitrary nature of numbers divisible by units of ten, we talk OPEC, The Fed, The CIA, Taiwan and Ukraine, Medicare Advantage fraud, Starbuck unions, corruption within the games industry, the short tenure of Liz Truss, and Steve Bannon's impending jail sentence. Jesse rounds the episod...

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from Lenin's Imperialism pamphlet. The reading covers the second half of Chapter Seven: Imperialism as a Special Stage of Capitalism. SOURCE MATERIAL (begins on page 70): https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/imperialism.pdf Background music: "Khalkotauroi" prod. NK Music - https://youtu.be/Ltg9OIJ54VU Th...

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse will continue to read from Lenin's Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism . The reading covers the first half of Chapter Seven: Imperialism as a Special Stage of Capitalism. Source material (begins on page 66):     https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/imperialism.pdf Background music:   &nbs...

All you really need to know about this episode of the Epoch is that Scott cannot say Burkina Faso correctly, and we all get a kick out of it. We also talk about the UN, the FED, possible future wars with everyone, the Amazon factory fire (yes, there was another), the British economy, Elon's never-ending dance of buying Twitter, Tailism (it's not good), and Alex Jones (also, not good). We finish of...

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from Lenin's pamphlet, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism . The reading covers the second half of Chapter Six: Division of the World Among the Great Powers. SOURCE MATERIAL [begins with second paragraph on page 62]: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/imperialism.pdf Background music: "Omodamo...

This week on the Epoch we open with the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Joe mostly celebrates. After that, we talk the rail strike and its potential effects on the economy, John Kerry's remarks on Climate Change, Lindsey Graham's National abortion ban bill, Joe Biden's disastrous appearance on 60 Minutes, the continuing Armenia–Azerbaijan conflict and the clusterfuck of proxies, Ron DeSantis' Martha'...

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from Lenin's pamphlet, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism. The reading covers the first half of Chapter Six: Division of the World Among the Great Powers. SOURCE MATERIAL [begins on page 57]: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/imperialism.pdf Background music: "Skeiron" prod. NK Music - https...

It was primary night and, of course, we got all the coverage you want here on the Epoch. From the completely undemocratic houses, the controversy in the Suffolk Country D.A.'s race, and the continuation of racist, reactionary politics, polices, and politicians, that plague Massachusetts every election cycle and beyond. We also discuss Dork Brandon, Climate Change, Unions, and Jesse leads a discuss...

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from Vladimir Lenin's Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism . The narration will cover Chapter Five, "Division of the World Among Capitalist Associations", in its entirety. SOURCE MATERIAL [begins on page 50]: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/imperialism.pdf Background music: "Komawenteia" pro...

This week on the Epoch we got the crew of Joe, Jesse, Scott, and Chris to break down the news and even get a little philosophical. From COVID to Zelenskyy, The MBTA, and debt forgiveness; we cover a wide range of topics in the first half. In the second we get a little bit more conversational and discussion what being Liberal really means. It's a fun one. Remember to please enjoy and share this epi...

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from Lenin's Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism . The reading covers, in its entirety, Chapter Four: Export of Capital. SOURCE MATERIAL [begins on page 45]: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/imperialism.pdf Background music: "Makedon" prod. NK Music - https://youtu.be/FcjKVVHNZjg Theme music...

Some how this week's episode is shorter than last week's minisode, we love to see it. This week we discuss a wide range of issues, from the possibility of a federal Prop 22 bill, The IRA (not the cool one), Taiwan, The CDC, UPS, the FBI's raid on Mar-a-Lago, and, our favorite, Elon Musk. Jesse also gives the rundown on up-coming Marxist Menageries for your listening pleasure. Don't forget to look...

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse begins to read Michael Parenti's 1997 text, Blackshirts & Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism. The reading covers the Preface and the first half of Chapter 1: Rational Fascism. Source material -- Reading begins on page xiii (PDF page 12): https://studycommune.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/michael-parenti-blackshirts-and...

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from Vladimir Lenin's Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism . The reading covers the second half of Chapter Three, "Finance Capital and the Financial Oligarchy". SOURCE MATERIAL [begins on page 39]: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/imperialism.pdf Background music: "Echidna" prod NK Music - ht...

As your hosts have been busy with socialist organizing and other activities, this week's Epoch is gonna be a minisode -- still forty-five minutes long, but hey, it's worth it. We open the episode with a long discussion of the disastrous state of the MBTA; a recurring theme on this show that is likely it rear its ugly, malfunctioning head again, perhaps very soon. After that we deliver some good ne...

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from Vladimir Lenin's pamphlet: Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism. The reading covers the first half of Chapter Three, "Finance Capital and the Financial Oligarchy". SOURCE MATERIAL [begins on page 33]: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/imperialism.pdf Background music: "Preswa" prod. NK Mu...

This week on The Epoch, we open with some updates to the on-going crisis of daily American life, we deliver our long awaited analysis of modern imperialism. Please share, and thank you for listening. Check out our | Patreon | for bonus content and access to our Discord. Please visit | comrade-rosie.org | for resources in the greater Boston area. 00:00:00 - intro 00:01:30 - News didn't start the fi...

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from Vladimir Lenin's pamphlet, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism. The reading covers the second half of Chapter Two, "Banks and their New Role". Background music: "Thrasos" prod. NK Music - https://youtu.be/_oUj-IzFfoM Theme music: Written and performed by Contingence - https://soundcloud.com/contingenceboston Th...