The Measures Taken is a project to survey and reconstruct the history of Marxism from the development of mass Social Democracy to our own moment. Recognizing that Bolshevism has lapsed as a living political tendency, those of us who remain committed to revolutionary communist politics and convinced by the Marxist critique of political economy are left searching for a past capable of orienting us in the present. Mindful of the threat of eclecticism and all too cognizant of the infelicities of sectarianism, the hosts of this podcast embrace a non-denominational Marxism. Our purpose is self-education, never the display of expertise. We hope that our listeners extend to us the same principled courtesy we do our forebears: not to judge too harshly.

Dan Powell is missing. He is lost in another world.


Archive 81 is a podcast about horror, cities, and the subconscious.


New episodes will be released every other Wednesday.


Start from Episode 1: A Body In A New Place.

Out of the ashes of the experimental/industrial/alt metal duo, La Fin Absolute Du Monde, Bitter Lake was born.  We are a sonically dissonant, yet groovy explosion of passion and social consciousness.  Part Dead Kennedy’s, part Rage Against the Machine, Part Public Enemy.  Bitter Lake’s 3 song EP, “This is Not A War, This is Revolution” is an unrelenting introduction to the aural brutality of the raw rage that Bitter Lake unleashes on the listener.  

The music we create is just a reflection of the world we’re surrounded by.  Located in West Oakland, CA we’re bookended by the metropolitan tech mecca San Francisco, and growing homeless condition just across the street from where we create.  Inspired by the radical movements that came from the area we come from, Bitter Lake attempts to not only speak for the downtrodden, but to yell the concerns of the poor from the mountain tops.  With songs like “Betrayal” which speaks to the neoliberal sacrifice of the America, to “A Subtly (War on the Poor)” a song about the mass incarceration, which is nothing more than neo-slavery.  

Bitter Lake is the soundtrack to a movement.  We are a movement against fascism, poverty, racism, sexism, homophobia, climate destruction, and the oppressive neoliberal agenda.  

Speak. 

Truth.

Shout.

Freedom.

"The best goddamn communist podcast, period."
—Tom O'Brien, From Alpha to Omega

This is Swampside Chats. The podcast where communists shoot the shit about current events, history, political economy, and theory.

"You are free not only to invite us, but to go yourselves wherever you will, even into the Swamp. In fact, we think that the Swamp is your proper place, and we are prepared to render you every assistance to get there. Only let go of our hands, don’t clutch at us and don’t besmirch the grand word freedom, for we too are 'free' to go where we please, free to fight not only against the Swamp, but also against those who are turning towards the Swamp!"

C Derick Varn and Ezri xB present a new Emancipation Network podcast
exploring the borderlands of lowercase-m ‘marxism’.

The commentary on the commentary on the Left.

A podcast about political theory. Freely available to all, but we'd love your support on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/politicaltheory101

Also available on iTunes, Spotify, and Google Play

Sub-underground dark corners of DIY sound, from psych to solo guitar to abstract pop to folk to heavy metalloid music.

Nathan Triggol is following