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The Regrettable Century
Hosted by Chris, Jason, Kevin, Ben · EN
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.
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Weeks When Decades Happen: The Death of the World Order
Apr 2201:45:49Tap to summarizeThis week, the boys got together to talk about what appears to be a massive shift in the way the global system is ordered. Will it be better? Likely not. Will it present opportunities for rupture? Hopefully. Why Is There No Antiwar Movement in the US? https://jacobin.com/2026/03/iran-us-antiwar-movement-trump Welcome to a Multidimensional Economic Disaster https://archive.ph/gEEBj The decline of the West and the rise of ‘the Rest’ will lead to a new world order https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/the-world-today/2025-09/decline-west-and-rise-rest-will-lead-new-world-order This Is the Way a World Order Ends https://archive.ph/9bEI6 Join the Regrettable Century Patreon Visit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop
Transcribe →PATREON PREVIEW -- Fascism: Does the Definition Matter? (Part I of II)
Apr 1700:18:35Tap to summarizeThis week's bonus episode is a close read of an article from Current Affairs titled What Is Fascism—And Why the Definition Matters by Abel Sterling. We found some merit in this article and decided it would form the basis of a good discussion. Stay tuned for part two. Join the Regrettable Century Patreon Visit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop
Transcribe →From Dawn to Decadence (Part VI) With Varn Vlog
Apr 701:38:21Tap to summarizeIn part VI the boys discuss theories of "decadence" as viewed by the Aufheben collective. We focus on their early contributions to Marxist theory, critique of the state, and their eventual decline. Note: Within days of recording this, the Iran war broke out, but this was recorded a few days before that started. Key Topics Discussed: The Roots of Aufheben: How the collective emerged within the landscape of radical Marxist theory. Critique of Luxemburgism: Why Aufheben rejected theories of automatic economic collapse in favor of a more nuanced understanding of class struggle. The Decay of Theory: Analyzing the shifts in the collective’s perspective that signaled a move away from their original radical foundations. Theoretical Implications: How these debates on the "highest stage" of capitalism and the "rentier state" remain relevant in today's shifting global landscape. https://www.patreon.com/c/varnvlog/posts
Transcribe →Patreon Preview: Regrettable Geopolitics 04/02/2026
Apr 600:19:40Tap to summarizeTrump's Big Nothingburger Speech, US Testing Weapons on Iranian Children, Gulf Arabs Want US Bases Out, India Importing Iranian Oil, US Casualty Coverup, Iranian Missiles are 80% Successful, Hezbollah is Taking a Huge Toll on Israel, Ukraine Desertion and Manpower Crisis... Join the Regrettable Century Patreon Visit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop
Transcribe →PATREON PREVIEW: No, It's Not Fascism
Apr 100:20:13Tap to summarizeThis week, we read an article by inveterate shitlib, defender of liberal imperialism, and misunderstander of history, Jonathan Rauch. Rauch has changed his mind about Trump being a fascist, and we are here to tell him he shouldn't have... https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/america-fascism-trump-maga-ice/685751/ Join the Regrettable Century Patreon Visit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop
Transcribe →On Care For Our Common Home: Laudato Si and Christian Anti-Capitalism (Part V)
Mar 2501:50:05Tap to summarizeThis week, the Regrettable Christian Caucus tackles Chapter III of Laudato Si' by the late Pope Francis. You can follow along by grabbing the PDF from Verso or from the Vatican website. This Papal Encyclical calls for urgent action to address the global environmental crisis, critiques consumerism, blind developmentalism, inequality, and profit seeking. The document calls for global political solidarity to transition to a sustainable economy and for the protection of the world's most vulnerable populations. Read Along Here: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html Join the Regrettable Century Patreon Visit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop
Transcribe →Patreon Preview: Regrettable Geopolitics 03/22/2026
Mar 2300:22:17Tap to summarizeThe Stumbling Bumbling War Crimes Clown Show, US to Lift Sanctions on Iranian and Russian Oil, Global Energy Output Severely Reduced For Years, Plans For Forever War, Earthquake Faction, Ukraine Joins the Axis of Genocide, and Yes, They are Still Losing... Join the Regrettable Century Patreon Visit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop
Transcribe →Patreon Preview: A Post Order World, or a Post World Order?
Mar 2000:17:38Tap to summarizeThis week Chris and Jason read and discuss two articles about the rearrangement of the global order. Multipolarity is here; will it be better or worse for peace, stability, profits, or the project for human liberation? Join the Regrettable Century Patreon Visit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop
Transcribe →Regime Change by Another Name: Color Revolutions and Hijacked Dreams
Mar 1101:29:18Tap to summarizeColored Revolutions: A New Form of Regime Change, Made in the USA https://www.globalresearch.ca/colored-revolutions-a-new-form-of-regime-change-made-in-the-usa/27061 Can the West Still Engineer a ‘Color Revolution’? We’re About to Find Out https://eng.globalaffairs.ru/articles/color-revolution-lukyanov/ Why a Decade of Protests Didn’t Lead to Revolution https://jacobin.com/2024/01/vincent-bevins-interview-mass-protests-2010s-arab-spring-euromaidan New report unveils how CIA schemes color revolutions around the world https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202305/1290090.shtml Nepal's color revolution: US funding under scrutiny amid country's political upheaval https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/09/17/755176/nepal-color-revolution-us-funding-under-scrutiny-amid-political-upheaval How Color Revolution Was Born—and Died—in Serbia https://www.compactmag.com/article/how-color-revolution-was-born-and-died-in-serbia/ Protests in Kazakhstan: A Color Revolution or a Working-Class Uprising? https://internationalviewpoint.org/Protests-in-Kazakhstan-A-Color-Revolution-or-a-Working-Class-Uprising Inside the Syrian Revolution and what the Left must do https://internationalviewpoint.org/Inside-the-Syrian-Revolution-and-what-the-Left-must-do
Transcribe →Patreon Preview -- Regrettable Geopolitics 03/05/2026
Mar 700:18:55Tap to summarizeThe Epstein Alliance is at War With Iran... and its Not Going Well, Zelensky Threatens to Invade Hungary, Russian Casualty Figures are Inflated, Ukraine is Losing the War... Still Join the Regrettable Century Patreon Visit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop
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