The Regrettable Century

This week the gang is joined by some patrons to begin a discussion of Gavin Mueller's Breaking Things at Work.

"A manifesto for the neo-luddite revolution: an exhilarating challenge to the way we think about work, technology, progress, and what we want from the future" https://www.versobooks.com/products/688-breaking-things-at-work?srsltid=AYCX9vJYioiuLA7Wftzdcw0PjvQh7Wc3XbxaYcodw3_gicaQ01_Cdol_

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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...

 

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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?”

https://www.lefigaro.fr/en/france/madeleine-de-jessey-can-we-be-angry-about-the-vandalism-and-still-take-certain-high-school-students-complaints-seriously-20261008 

 

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

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.

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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?"

https://kritikpunkt.com/fascism-for-what/