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Rev Left Radio
Discussing political philosophy, current events, activism, and the inevitable historical downfall of capitalism from a revolutionary leftist perspective.
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"The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte" by Karl Marx
Alyson and Breht explain and explore this famous text from Karl Marx, in the process they discuss French history, class conflict, the peasantry and…
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[UNLOCKED] Buddhist Perspectives: Self-Immolation and Political Struggle
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Imperialism Abroad, Fascism at Home: GILEE, Cop City, & 1033 Program
Musa and Tunde from the ATL chapter of the Black Alliance for Peace join Breht to discuss the GILEE Program (Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange)…
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The Hands That Crafted the Bomb: The Making of a Lifelong Antifascist
Josh Fernandez joins the show to discuss his new biography "The Hands That Crafted the Bomb: The Making of a Lifelong Antifascist". Together Josh and Breht…
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Parting Ways (for now): Guerrilla History Bids Farewell to Breht & Dave
After a wonderful 3 and half years, Breht and Producer Dave are bidding farewell to Guerrilla History. Henry and Adnan will continue the program. In this…
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Man on Fire: Aaron Bushnell's Sacrifice for Palestine
Rest in Peace, Aaron. Free Palestine! "To burn oneself by fire is to prove that what one is saying is of the utmost importance. There is nothing more painful…
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The Ongoing Evolution of the Human Species (teaser)
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On Mysticism: Ego, Suffering, & Love
On this episode of Red Menace, Alyson and Breht had some things come up such that they couldn't record their planned episode on Marx's 18th Brumaire (coming…
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Friends of the Congo: The Congolese Struggle for Self-Determination
Passy and Maurice from Friends of the Congo join Breht to discuss the history and the present of the Congo. Together, they discuss their organization, Passy's…
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Dialectics Deep Dive IIX: Contradiction and Overdetermination (Pt. 1)
Matthew Furlong returns for another installment of our Dialectics Deep Dive Series. Together, they discuss Althusser, Hegel, Dialectical Materialism, Marxism…
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W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition and Reconstruction
In this fouth installment of our ongoing W.E.B. Du Bois series, Breht and PM sit down with Saudia Durrant and Geo Maher from the W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School…
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"Solaris" by Andrei Tarkovsky: A Cosmic Exploration of the Human Psyche
Breht got invited onto Left of the Projector to discuss Soviet filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky's famous sci-fi film from 1972 "Solaris" with Evan and Amanda…
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[TEASER] Seeing Red: American Hypocrisy and Unfreedom
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"Israel" and Its Role in Latin America w/ Alexander Aviña
In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back the official unofficial fourth member of the hosting panel, Alexander Aviña! Here we discuss Alex's freshly…
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Joy James on Du Bois, Liberation Struggles, & Revolutionary Love
Dr. Joy James joins Breht and PM for the third installment of Rev Left's ongoing Du Bois series, but this conversation goes well beyond the life and work of Du…
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UNLOCKED: Revolution and Resolutions
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Kwame Nkrumah: The Great Pan-African Revolutionary Leader of Ghana
Nicholas Richard-Thompson and Tunde Osazua from the Black Alliance for Peace join Breht to discuss the life and legacy of Kwame Nkrumah. Together, they discuss…
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Napoleon: The Film, The Man, The History
Everett from The Age of Napoleon and Arjun from Deep into History join Breht to discuss Napoleon Bonaparte. Together they explore and reflect on the new film…
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Understanding Apartheid: South Africa, Settler Colonialism, & Lessons for Palestine
In this Rev Left Family Annual Collab (Rev Left+Red Menace+Guerrilla History), Alyson, Henry, Adnan, and Breht sit down for a deep dive on South African…
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Black Scare/Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United States
This episode is from our sister podcast Guerrilla History, subscribe to it on your preferred podcast app! In this absolutely fabulous episode of Guerrilla…
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Les Misérables: Victor Hugo, Revolution, and French History
Corey Mohler from Existential Comics returns to the show to discuss the famous novel (and its many adaptations) by Victor Hugo "Les Misérables". Together they…
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South African Apartheid: An Introduction
In this crossover episode that we have done in collaboration with our sister podcast Guerrilla History, we bring on Ashley Fataar to provide a primer into…
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The Political Right and Equality: Turning Back the Tide of Egalitarian Modernity
Professor Matthew McManus returns to the show to discuss his newest book "The Political Right and Equality: Turning Back the Tide of Egalitarian Modernity"…
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Decolonizing Palestine: Toward National Liberation in the Levant
Alyson and Breht discuss the ongoing national liberation struggle in Palestine. Together, they discuss the incredible shift in public opinion on Israel and…
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Uprisings in the Sahel: AFRICOM, Neo-Colonial Imperialism, and Pan-African Liberation
Nicholas Richard-Thompson and Tunde Osazua from the Black Alliance for Peace join Breht to discuss AFRICOM, or The United States Africa Command - responsible…
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Confronting Zionism: Exposing the Moral Bankruptcy of Liberal Intellectuals
Breht listens and responds to a conversation between liberal Zionist Sam Harris and pseudo-intellectual charlatan Eric Weinstein on Israel, Palestine, Islam…
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What Is To Be Done? Understanding Communist Strategy
UPSTREAM INTERVIEW W/ BREHT AND ALYSON: What Is To Be Done? This is the question so profoundly posed by the Russian Revolutionary and Bolshevik leader…
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Free Palestine: The National Liberation Struggle against Zionism, Colonialism, and Apartheid
In this critical episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Max Ajl and Patrick Higgins to discuss some recent history and the ongoing situation regarding…
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[UNLOCKED] Palestine on Fire II
Breht returns with another monologue episode on the ever-evolving war in Palestine, this time with a focus on the history of the Nakba, the weakness of a two…
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Toward Liberation: Palestine on Fire
Breht discusses the current situation in Palestine, helps listeners navigate and dismantle common Zionist talking points, and (hopefully) brings some much…
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[BEST OF] Colonial War, Mental Illness, and Psychoanalysis: The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon
Originally Aired on Dec 22, 2019 In our third and final installment of "The Wretched of the Earth" Alyson and Breht summarize, examine, and apply the lessons…
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[BEST OF] On National Consciousness and National Culture: The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon
Originally aired on Nov 23, 2019 In our second installment of "The Wretched of the Earth" Alyson and Breht summarize, examine, and apply the lessons of the…
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[BEST OF] The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon: On Violence and Spontaneity
Originally Aired on Oct 22, 2019 In our first installment of "The Wretched of the Earth" Alyson and Breht summarize, examine, and apply the lessons of the…
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[BEST OF] A Brief History of Jewish Anti-Zionism
Originally aired on Jun 3, 2021 In this classic mini-episode, Alyson Escalante summarizes and analyzes the history of Jewish Anti-Zionism.
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[BEST OF] Understanding Settler Colonialism in Israel and the United States
Originally aired on May 30, 2021 In this classic episode, Alyson and Breht use texts from Fanon, Cesaire, Mao, and Lenin to help make sense of the Israeli…
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[BEST OF] From the River to the Sea: The Palestinian Liberation Struggle
[Originally released Jun 2020] Nu'man joins Breht to discuss the Palestinian Struggle, the Intifadas, the historical solidarity between black revolutionaries…
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Labor Militants: The Trade Union Educational League (TUEL)
Chase from Mass Struggle joins Breht to discuss American labor history and communist political theory in relation to the trade union struggle through the lens…
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The Principles of Communism: Friedrich Engels and Communist Political Theory
EARLY RELEASE: Jared from Millennials are Killing Capitalism podcast invited Breht on to talk about Friedrich Engels' draft to the Communist Manifesto entitled…
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Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War
In this outstanding episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Jon Melrod to discuss his new book Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War…
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Workers Fighting Back: The UAW Goes on Strike!
Teddy Ostrow and Maximillian Alvarez from The Real News Network join Breht to discuss the recent "stand up" strike launched by the United Auto Workers labor…
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Confronting Neoclassical Economics
William Chaney returns to the show, this time to discuss macro economics, criticize neoclassical economics from a marxist perspective, The Center for Popular…
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[BEST OF] Chilean Coup of 1973: Salvador Allende, Pinochet, & the CIA
On the 50th anniversay of the US-backed fascist coup in Chile, we are re-uploading our classic episode on the topic! ORIGINALLY RELEASED May 21, 2018 Professor…
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Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend
Henry Hakamaki and Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro join Breht to discuss the new translation (by Henry and Salvatore) of Domenico Losurdo's Stalin: History and…
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UNLOCKED: Deep Into History...
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W.E.B. Du Bois: Radical Black Peace Activism
Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly joins Breht and PM for a second installment of our Du Bois series, this one focusing on Du Bois' human rights and peace activism and…
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A People's History of the New Deal w/ The Intervention
Nick and Levi from The Intervention podcast are joined by Breht O'Shea of Rev Left Radio to discuss the history of the making of the New Deal "from below." We…
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Vote No: UPS Struggle and Marxist Labor Organizing
Former Revolutionary Marxist Students, Audrey and Lenni, discuss their recent article on the Teamsters Mobilize Vote No campaign, the ways in which the…
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The U.S. Military Empire: Earth's Greatest Enemy
Donate to help finish this important film here: https://earthsgreatestenemy.com/ In this episode of Guerrilla History, we are joined by Mike Prysner to discuss…
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Black Rose: Organizing Toward Revolution
Roxana and Enrique from the Black Rose Anarchist Federation join Breht to discuss their new political program, the analysis and strategy contained therein, the…
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Reflecting on Engels' "The Origin of the Family, Private Property, & The State" (pt. 3)
Alyson and Breht finish their series on Friedrich Engels' text "The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and The State", and reflect on the text as a whole…
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The American Nightmare: 20th Century U.S. History, Red Scares, & Fred Hampton
Breht and Arjun from Deep into History join forces to have a wide-ranging discussion on 20th century American history, with a focus on the underlying racial…
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Buddhism and Marxism w/ Della from Upstream
Breht joins Della from the wonderful podcast Upstream to discuss Buddhism and Marxism! From Upstream: "When you think about the philosophies and practices of…
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W.E.B. Du Bois: Black Reconstruction in America
Dr. Gerald Horne joins Breht and guest-co-host PM Irvin to launch our new series on the life and work of W.E.B. Du Bois, the famous American sociologist…
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America Hates Its Working Class: Neoliberalism's Wreckage and Faux-Populism in Both Parties
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Stalin: History & Critique of a Black Legend w/ Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro & David Peat
Special, early access to an extended conversation about the imminent release of the new translation (by Henry and Salvatore) of Domenico Losurdo's Stalin…
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[UNLOCKED] Hypnotized by the Rot: America's Electoral Spectacle
UNLOCKED PATREON EPISODE: Originally aired on June 2nd, 2023 For more exclusive episodes like this, join our patreon and help support the show…
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An Amerikan Family: Assata, Tupac, and the Black Liberation Struggle
Santi Elijah Holley joins Breht to discuss his book "An Amerikan Family: The Shakurs and the Nation They Created". For over fifty years, the Shakurs have…
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Minoritarian Rule: SCOTUS' Assault on the American People
Alyson and Breht discuss the recent rulings by the Supreme Court, a wildly anti-democratic, thoroughly corrupt, and staunchly reactionary institution that the…
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[BEST OF] The Life and Legacy of Alexandra Kollontai
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Jun 18, 2021 Kristen R. Ghodsee returns to the show, this time to discuss the life, work, and legacy of the famous Marxist Feminist…
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[BEST OF] Nina Simone: The Revolutionary High Priestess of Soul
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Dec 29, 2019 On this episode of Rev Left Radio, Zoe Samudzi returns to the show to reflect on the life, art, politics, and legacy of the…