The Epoch of Incredulity

On this week's Epoch, we discuss the changing narrative around Israeli apartheid state, corporate Americas attempts to chip away at Biden's tax reforms, and the psychotic and confusing nature of the CDC. Should we use psychological manipulation to get people to get vaccinated? (Yes.) We briefly become a burger podcast before LE brings us another story about the disaster of when birds of prey and h...

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from Mao Tse Tung's 1937 essay On Contradiction . Part three covers the section entitled "The Particularity of Contradiction". Background music: After the Fall - "Pieces" After the Fall - "A Road to Nowhere" This episode was released to our patrons on 4/28/2021. For more early releases and other such goodies, sign up for our...

We're back from the dead! On this week Epoch we return to form in typical chaotic fashion. We begins the episode with the Israel's on-going ethnic cleansing of Palestine. We urge you join your local BDS movement. We discuss the slow destruction of the United Kingdom as the fallout of Brexit deepens: Scotland will mostly likely vote in favor for independence in a next referendum, Ireland reunificat...

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse continues to read from Mao Tse Tung's 1937 essay On Contradiction . Part two covers the section entitled "The Universality of Contradiction". Background Music: Lakey Inspired - "Blue Boi" [ SoundCloud ] This episode was released to our patrons on 4/27/2021. For more early releases and other goodies, sign up for our Patreon !

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse begins reading from Mao Tse Tung's 1937 essay entitled On Contradiction . Part one covers the introduction and first section, "The Two World Outlooks". Background Music: "Uprise" (prod. Apex the Original) This episode was released to patrons on 4/26/2021. Sign up for our Patreon for more early releases and other goodies!

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse reads a speech by Eleanor Marx, daughter to Karl Marx, from the year 1890. Source text: https://www.marxists.org/archive/eleanor-marx/works/mayday.htm Background Music: "Victory" (prod. Rxses Beats) Our patrons got this episode on 4/19/21. For more early releases and other goodies, join our Patreon !

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse finishes reading Claudia Jones' An End to the Neglect of the Problems of the Negro Woman! Part two covers the sections entitled The Negro Woman Worker; The Domestic Worker; Manifestations of White Chauvinism; Key Issues of Struggle ; and The Struggle for Peace . Also, you get to hear my mic break at the end of the episode. *womp womp* Backgro...

We have another extra chonky one this week on the Epoch. Full crew on deck as we open with some ruminations on the Derek Chauvin ruling. In the news we discuss the sorry state of the MBTA, the welfare state, the American social credit system known as the credit score, how various intuitions plan to deal with climate change, Libertarian ideology, and WBZ's piss poor journalistic standards. Comrade...

Time for a weird one. To hear the full episode, please visit: patreon.com/epicincredulity

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse reads from Claudia Jones' An End to the Neglect of the Problems of the Negro Woman! Part one covers an introductory piece as well as the beginning of the original text. Source: https://libcom.org/files/claudiajones.pdf Background music: "Anubis" (prod. DeBox X Pyro) "BLACK" (prod. White Mamba) Patrons got this episode on 4/3/21. For early rel...

Jesse is back this week, as we return to the same old Epoch style, but with a new, crisp sound. Jesse opens the episode with a brief but important commentary on the recent police murder of Daunte Wright, and the human rights atrocities still happening in Yemen. Then it's the news with Joe. This week covers the complete take over of our natural resources by corporations, industry wide airbag malfun...

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse reads the remainder of Josef Stalin's Dialectical and Historical Materialism [1938]. The third and final section is entitled "Historical Materialism". Background music:   Circulate (prod. BgH Beats)  Decisions (prod. Finesse Beats)  Astronaut Trap Type Beat (prod. Rantac) This episode was released to our patrons on 3/22/21. For...

Welcome back to your late edition Epoch. Jesse took some time off so Scott has editing duties. This week, comrade Binx is back to discuss some important MA house bills that aim to decriminalize sex work, protect sex workers, and change the language used in our laws and the attitudes such language creates. LE brings us a story of grandpa senators and they inability to understand even the most basic...

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, Comrade Jesse continues to read from Josef Stalin's Dialectical and Historical Materialism . Part two covers the section entitled Marxist Philosophical Materialism . Background music: "Marionette" (prod. by DeBox) Our patrons received this content on 3/16/2021. For early releases and other goodies, please become a patron [ HERE ]!

On this week's Epoch, we welcome Comrade Binx to discuss a few bills working their way through the Massachusetts legislation, including HD.3313 (An Act establishing an arrearage relief fund), and HD.3761 (An Act to stop profiling transgender people and low-income women).How to stay up to date on the local government and any proposed bills, the importance of the language used in those bills, and ho...

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, comrade Jesse starts to read from Josef Stalin's Dialectical and Historical Materialism . This episode is the first of three parts. Background music:   White Mamba - "AIR" This episode was available to our patrons on 3/13/2021. For early releases and other goodies, join our Patreon !

We return to our roots with a short Epoch. This week things start as a boy's party (for the first ten or so minutes, then Sarah joins us) as Joe, Jesse, and Scott sift through the news. We discuss recent mass shootings, gun control, the top 1% not paying their taxes, the Boston Mayoral race, the MBTA and the stimulus (again), filibuster reform, and the crisis at the boarder. Although there is no R...

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, Comrade Jesse reads the 1971 text entitled "Women's liberation, then and now" by Raya Dunayevskaya. For more from this author, visit rayadunayevskaya.org and marxists.org/archive/dunayevskaya. Background music by Jayq Beats. This content was released to our patrons on 3/8/21. You, too, can join our Patreon for early releases and other goodies.

We've teased it for the past couple episodes, and now the time has come for The Epoch's discussion on Dialectical Materialism. Unfortunately, Sarah could not join in but Jesse carries us through a breakdown of struggle of opposites, the development of societies and societal-relationships within the larger context of human development, the worker's relationship to the owner, the tools, and means of...

In this episode of Marxist Menagerie, Comrade Jesse finishes out Alexandra Kollontai's The Autobiography of a Sexually Emancipated Communist Woman . Part 3 covers the sections entitled The Years of Revolution and The Years of Diplomatic Service . Background music:     Temper - "Ethereal"     Kalaido - "Hanging Lanterns" This content was released to our patrons on Febr...

    This week on the Epoch, things go a little haywire, but we still champion through it all, to deliver your weekly dispatch from the Boston Commune. Our beefy opening news segment, and well, most of the episode, could best be summarized by quoting Matt Christman, "Democrats suck ass." From Kyrsten Sinema, Joe Manchin, Seth Harris, and all the other corrupt Millionaire Democra...

In this installment of Marxist Menagerie, Comrade Jesse continues to read from Alexandra Kollontai's The Autobiography of a Sexually Emancipated Communist Woma n. Part two covers the section entitled The Years of Political Emigration . Background music: Prod. Riddiman - "Deep Space". This content was released to our patrons on 2/15/21. For early releases and other goodies, please become a patron h...

After last week's chonky Epoch, we're back with a short boy. As always, we open with Joe and the news for the first half. We talk about Neera Tanden, the minimum wage, American "norms", how we saw the failure of the Biden administration coming, the political spectrum, Texas reopning, Andrew Cuomo, Charlie Baker, MSNBC, and the psychological effect of COVID on young people. In the second half, afte...

Comrade Jesse begins narrating Alexandra Kollontai's The Autobiography of a Sexually Emancipated Communist Woman.  This episode of Marxist Menagerie covers the first section, entitled The Aims and Worth of My Life. Background Music: FreeBeats.io - "Leaving" This episode was released to our patrons on 2/6/21. For more early content and other goodies, sign up for our Patreon at patreon.com/epicincre...

On this week's chonky Epoch we have a full crew, with Jesse, Joe, Le, Scott and introducing Comrade Sarah here to talk about Allston-Brighton Mutual Aid ( abmutualaid.org ). What's the benefits to mutual aid? What services can be provided? How you can get involved? We cover all this and deliver the normal shenanigans and general tom-foolery. Please enjoy! For Scott's list of movie recommendations,...