
The Regrettable Century
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
Podcasting since 2018 • 294 episodes
The Regrettable Century
Latest Episodes
The Velvet Counterrevolution/Divorce (Czechoslovak Socialism Part III of III)- UNLOCKED
In the final episode of our Czechoslovak Socialism series, we dive into the final attempt to reform the Czechoslovak system. As with the Prague Spring, the official ML/liberal narrative about are the same, that this was an attempt to overthrow ...
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Season 7
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Episode 17
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36:42

Patreon Preview -- Boundless and Bottomless Bonus: Updates On Pessimism
The dudes are back, although Sean couldn't join for this episode. Jason and Varn talk about some of the logic here, the limits of trying to pin down conservatism right now, and why politics is so frustrating. No, we didn't speak much about Dugi...
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Season 7
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13:14

Patreon Preview -- The Question of Nationalities and Social Democracy by Otto Bauer: Regrettable Book Club (Episode X)
The gang takes on the first half of Chapter 7 of Bauer's analysis of the concept of the nation...Follow Along Here:https://libcom.org/article/question-nationalities-and-social-democracy-otto-bauer
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Season 7
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22:27

From Dawn to Decadence (Part IV) With Varn Vlog
The boys and Varn Vlog are back again, for the long-awaited return to our series talking about "Decadence Theory." This week, the boys respond to a response to the ICC's pamphlet on decadence theory. The article we read and discussed was publis...
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Season 7
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Episode 16
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2:05:21

Trump's America and the Working Class Fightback (Crossposted From the For a New Republic podcast)
We recently went on the For a New Republic podcast to talk about Trump, fascism, and rebuilding the workers' movement in the United States. For a New Republic is the official podcast of Éirígí For A New Republic, an Irish socialist repub...
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Season 7
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Episode 15
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1:27:14
