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“The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions
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I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.”
-- Antonio Gramsci
Episodes
5 days ago
5 days ago
16 min
This week the gang is joined by some patrons to begin a discussion of Gavin Mueller's Breaking Things at Work.
Oct 30, 2026
Oct 30, 2026
20 min
Bolsonaro Flees, Trump's CIA is Integral to Ukraine's War Effort, Israeli Racism Helps Keep Bibi in Power, Ukraine is Providing Military Aid for Israel's Genocidal War, Ukraine's Slow Attritional Loss Continues...
Oct 28, 2026
Oct 28, 2026
1 hr 21 min
This week we are joined by our official France correspondent, Matthew to discuss the ongoing protests across Europe.
The ‘Total Strike’ Has Come for France
https://tribunemag.co.uk/2026/10/the-total-strike-has-come-for-france
“Can We Be Angry About the Vandalism and Still Take Certain High School Students’ Complaints Seriously?”
Are student protests being manipulated ahead of France's presidential election?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8zxlyg965r3o
France is facing crisis after crisis. Here's what's happening
https://www.axios.com/2026/10/14/france-crises-fires-hackers-protests-debt
Oct 22, 2026
Oct 22, 2026
17 min
This week, Ben and Jason sat down for a free flowing discussion about the current state of things and how to experience the world around us without being aloof or carried away by the ever shifting and fickle political currents of time.
Oct 14, 2026
Oct 14, 2026
54 min
This week the boys finish up the last section of Kritikpunkt's article Fascism? For What? We deal with the age old question, is fascism on the rise and if so why?
From the article:
"Hitler and his associates ruled by perverted means because they were evil, and with their malice they were able to win over their masses. Today there are evil people again, and they must not be allowed to take power, because then one would once again have to submit to non-democracy. Such is the theory of bourgeois anti-fascism. We consider this formula wrong, and we ask instead: what would a fascist regime actually have to offer the economy it would have to administer today?"
Oct 10, 2026
Oct 10, 2026
15 min
The Five Year Fuel Crisis, US Fails to Care for Iran War Wounded, Israel at Risk of Civil War and Collapse, Cartels Training in Ukraine, No Russia is not Losing the War...
Oct 6, 2026
Oct 6, 2026
1 hr 25 min
This week the boys sat down to do their second close reading of an article by the Kritikpunkt Team titled Fascism? For What? We deal with the age old question, is fascism on the rise and if so why?
From the article:
"Hitler and his associates ruled by perverted means because they were evil, and with their malice they were able to win over their masses. Today there are evil people again, and they must not be allowed to take power, because then one would once again have to submit to non-democracy. Such is the theory of bourgeois anti-fascism. We consider this formula wrong, and we ask instead: what would a fascist regime actually have to offer the economy it would have to administer today?"
Sep 30, 2026
Sep 27, 2026
Sep 27, 2026
17 min
US Removes Al-Qaeda Syria From Terror List, Ansar Allah Victory Steamroller, Netanyahu Busted, The US Keeps Losing in Iran, Ukraine is Losing the War, The Offensive that Wasn't...
Sep 24, 2026
Sep 24, 2026
1 hr 23 min
This week the boys sat down to do a close reading of an article by the Kritikpunkt Team titled Fascism? For What? We deal with the age old question, is fascism on the rise and if so why?
From the article:
"Hitler and his associates ruled by perverted means because they were evil, and with their malice they were able to win over their masses. Today there are evil people again, and they must not be allowed to take power, because then one would once again have to submit to non-democracy. Such is the theory of bourgeois anti-fascism. We consider this formula wrong, and we ask instead: what would a fascist regime actually have to offer the economy it would have to administer today?"