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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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[BEST OF] What Is To Be Done? - V.I. Lenin
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Apr 20, 2019 What is to be Done? is a classic work on the role and organisation of the revolutionary party in the communist movement. Lenin…
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[BEST OF] Posadism: Trotskyism, Latin American Communism, and... Aliens
ORIGINALLY RELEASED May 16, 2020 A.M. Glittlitz joins Breht to talk about the Trotskyist sub-tendency of Posadism and discuss his new - and genuinely…
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[BEST OF] Capitalist Chaos and Crimes: The Great Recession of 2008
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Jul 13, 2019 Matt Soener, an economic sociologist, joins Breht to discuss the Great Recession of 2008. Here is the GoFundMe account for…
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[BEST OF] Socialism: Utopian and Scientific -- Friedrich Engels
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Feb 11, 2019 For the debut episode of Red Menace Alyson and Breht discuss Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels. The video…
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[BEST OF] Capitalism and Desire: In Dialogue with Psychoanalysis
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Jan 14, 2020 Prof. Todd McGowan, author of "Capitalism and Desire: The Psychic Costs of Free Markets" and co-host of "Why Theory", returns…
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[BEST OF] The Life and Legacy of Fred Hampton
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Feb 24, 2019 Chuka Ejeckam joins Breht to discuss and pay homage to the Black Panther Party leader and Marxist Revolutionary, Fred Hampton…
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[BEST OF] On Contradiction - Mao
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Jul 25, 2019 On this episode of Red Menace Alyson and Breht discuss On Contradiction by Mao Full text here…
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[BEST OF] The Spanish Civil War
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Jul 28, 2018 John from Working Class History joins Brett to discuss the Spanish Civil War! This is a long-anticipated episode on a deeply…
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[BEST OF] The Haitian Revolution
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Jun 21, 2020 Alex Aviña returns to RLR to discuss the Haitian Revolution! Alexander Aviña is an associate professor of Latin American…
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[BEST OF] German Philosophy: Schopenhauer and Nietzsche
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Feb 3, 2022 In this episode, Alyson and Breht introduce, teach, and discuss the philosphy of two giants in western philosophy: Arthur…
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[BEST OF] Estranged Labor: Karl Marx on Alienation
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Apr 4, 2020 Listen to the full Red Menace episode (from which this segment was extracted) here…
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[BEST OF] American Exceptionalism and Innocence: Liberal Ideology and American Creation Myths
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Dec 9, 2019 Danny Haiphong, co-author of American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People's History of Fake News--From the…
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Karmic Law and Mutual Aid: Insights from Buddhism and Anarchism
David from Anarchospirituality joins Breht to discuss Buddhism, Anarchism, Marxism, and more! After an introduction section, David gives a talk on Buddhism and…
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"The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and The State" by Friedrich Engels (Pt. 2)
In this second installment of our three-part series on Friedrich Engels' famous work "The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State", Alyson and…
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Jesus Christ: Historical Materialism, Class Conflict, and the Jesus Movement
Professors James Crossley and Robert J. Myles join Breht to discuss their fascinating work "Jesus: A Life in Class Conflict" put out by Zero Book. Together…
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Everyday Utopia: Egalitarianism, Human Nature, & The Good Life
Professor and author Kristen R. Ghodsee returns to Rev Left to discuss her newest book "Everyday Utopia: What 2,000 Years of Wild Experiments Can Teach Us…
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Islam and Anarchism with Mohamed Abdou
Professor and scholar Mohamed Abdou joins Breht to discuss his book "Islam and Anarchism: Relationships and Resonances". Together, they discuss core concepts…
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Islam and Marxism: A Brief Introduction
Professor of Medieval history, practicing Sufi Muslim, and Chair of the Religious Studies department at Queens college, Adnan Husain, joins Breht to discuss…
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Teaser: The Electoral Doom Loop
This is part of a patreon exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode, and many more like it, join here: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio
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Right Wing Moral Panic: "The Crisis of Masculinity"
UNLOCKED: Adnan Husain and Breht O'Shea from Guerrilla History discuss the current moral panic on the political right around issues of masculinity, dropping…
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On The Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People
Matthew Furlong from our Dialectics Deep Dive series returns to the show to discuss Chairman Mao's text "On The Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the…
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Proletarian Feminism and its Discontents
Tai Lee joins Breht to discuss the recent split from AF3IRM, radical feminism, critique as a form of solidarity, the necessity of struggle within…
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Whole World in an Uproar: Music, Rebellion and Repression (1955-1972)
Aaron J. Leonard returns to the show to discuss his newest book, "Whole World in an Uproar: Music, Rebellion and Repression". Throughout the interview, we play…
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Religion and Marxism: Thinking Through the Human Condition
In this unlocked patreon episode, Breht, Adnan, and Henry from Guerrilla History discuss their thoughts on the relationship between religion and Marxism, how…
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Crossing the Threshold: The Post-Kantian Process Philosophy of Schelling and Whitehead
Professor of philosophy Matthew D. Segall returns to Rev Left to discuss his newest book, which is based on his disseratation, titled "Crossing the Threshold…
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Aristocratic Radicalism: Nietzsche and the Politics of Reaction
Professor Matt McManus returns to Rev Left to talk about his newest book, a collection of essays from various authors that he put together and edited titled…
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The Red Battalion: Embedded with the New People's Army
Filmmaker Steven De Castro joins Breht to discuss his on-the-ground documenary film on the New People's Army of the Phillipines for Means TV called Revolution…
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The Origin of the Family, Private Property, & The State by Friedrich Engels (Pt. 1)
In this episode of Red Menace, Alyson and Breht summarize and discuss the first three chapters of Friedrich Engel's important work of historical materialism…
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Peter Zeihan's Anti-China Fairy Tales & Lullabies
PATREON TEASER: Breht responds to geopolitical analyst Peter Zeihan's Anti-China rantings and predictions. Note also that the major disagreements articulated…
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On Physical Education: Advice and Inspiration
Esperanza Fonseca joins Breht to discuss the scientifically proven benefits of regular physical activity, the relationship of mental health to physical health…
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All Too Human: Storytelling, Filmmaking, and Class Consciousness
Michael Workman is a talented filmmaker from Montana, and is also the Director of Features Programming at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, as well as a…
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Organize, Fight, Win: Black Communist Women's Political Writing
We are sharing a recent Guerilla History episode on the Rev Left feed for those that missed it! Make sure to subscribe to Guerrilla History on your preferred…
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A Spectre, Haunting: On The Communist Manifesto
Bestselling author and literary critic China Miéville joins Breht to discuss his newest book A Spectre, Haunting: On The Communist Manifesto Together, they…
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Approaching Organizing and Spirituality w/ Rev Left Radio
Breht was a guest on The Heatwave podcast, the podcast of MECHA, a Marxist organization based in Phoenix. They were essential in making Breht's speech at ASU…
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Corporate Crime & Class War: The Ohio Train Derailment
Labor journalist Mel Buer joins Breht to discuss the recent train derailment in Ohio and the subsequent ecological disaster that ensued, the recent labor union…
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Dialectics & Liberation: Insights from Buddhism and Marxism
Breht reads a speech he recently gave at Arizona State University on the topic of dialectial materialism, Buddhism, and Marxism. Huge shout out to the ASU Zen…
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Texas and the Roots of U.S. Fascism w/ Gerald Horne
In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back returning fan favorite Professor Gerald Horne to discuss his latest book The Counter-Revolution of 1836…
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Big Announcement: Tripling Our Patreon Output + More
Join the Rev Left Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio Changes Starting Mid-Feb: - Tripling our monthly patreon output - Covering the headlines…
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Soviet Georgia: Socialism, Stalin, and the Collapse of the USSR
Sopiko Japaridze and Bryan Gigantino from the podcast Reimagining Soviet Georgia join Breht to discuss the history of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic…
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Teaching the Actuality of Revolution: Unlearning, Aesthetics, and the Sensations of Struggle
Re-Upload: The book is out now! You can get it here: https://www.iskrabooks.org/teaching-the-actuality The People's Forum Book Launch Here…
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Approaching Marxism: Reductionism & Breakdown Theory
James from Prolekult joins Breht to discuss the nuances and complexities of various forms of reductionism and capitalist-breakdown theory within the Marxist…
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Louis Althusser: Marxist Theory and Philosophy
William Chaney joins Breht to dive deep on the work and ideas of Louis Althusser, the famous French marxist philosopher. Check out our previous episode on…
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Transcending Capitalism: Insights from Buddhism and Marxism
Professor of Philosophy and author, Graham Priest, joins Breht to discuss his latest book Capitalism - it's Nature and Replacement: Buddhist and Marxist…
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Revolutionary-Guerrilla-Menace New Years Livestream!
We close out 2022 with a livestream! All the members of the Revolutionary Left Radio family of podcasts came together for a two hour live Q&A that we had a ton…
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Is Marxism just Religion by Another Name?
Breht responds to the criticism that Marxism is just Christianity mixed with the Enlightenment concept of Progress; that it is basically just a religious…
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Heavy Radicals REVISITED: US Maoists and the FBI (RU-RCP)
Breht welcomes Aaron J. Leonard and Conor A. Gallagher back on the show to discuss the recent release of the revised and updated version of "Heavy Radicals…
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Politics in Command: Analyzing the Error of Economism
J. Moufawad Paul returns to the show to discuss his newest book "Politics in Command: A Taxonomy of Economism". Together, Breht and JMP discuss what economism…
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Against AFRICOM: US Imperialism in Africa
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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An Open-Ended Discussion about Mental Health
David Icenogle (from No Chaser) returns to the show and joins Breht once again to have a frank, open-ended, wide-ranging discussion about their experiences and…
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Marxist Theory: Engels, Lenin, and Dialectical Materialism
Thomas Riggins is a New York university lecturer in philosophy and ancient studies. He is a retired city housing manager and a veteran of the peace and civil…
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Virtue Ethics and The Quest for Character
Massimo Pigliucci, philosophy professor and author, joins Breht once again, this time to discuss his newest book "The Quest for Character: What the Story of…
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Millennial Marxists
Matthew John from This American Left joins Breht to discuss his book "Millennial Marxist" and a slate of contemporary political topics Find Millennial Marxist…
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Red Hot Take: Combatting Liberalism on Russia, The US, and Cuba
In this episode, Breht plays clips of, and responds to, a recent podcast put out by Sam Harris and Yale Historian Timothy Snyder on the Russia-Ukraine war in…
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Guerrilla History: Brazil on Fire - Lula, Bolsonaro, and the Future of Brazil
Listen to the FULL CONVERSATION over at Guerrilla History, which you can find and subscribe to on your favorite podcast app, OR here…
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V.N. Voloshinov: Philosophy of Language, Linguistics, and Ideology
Matthew Furlong from our Dialectics Deep Dive series returns to the show to discuss Valentin Nikolaevich Voloshinov, a Russian Soviet linguist, whose work has…
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Approaching Marxism: Base and Superstructure (Prolekult)
Check out, Subscribe to, and Support Prolekult: YouTube: http://youtube.com/prolekult Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/prolekult Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/prolekult…
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Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons From Five Revolutionary Women
Kristen R. Ghodsee is an award-winning Professor of Russian and East European Studies. She returns to Rev Left to discuss her newest book "Red Valkyries…
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Lyndon LaRouche: A Warning & Lesson For The Communist Left
Donald Parkinson from Cosmonaut Magazine joins Breht to talk about the life, political theory, and legacy of Lyndon LaRouche. In our own time we see…
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Red Hot Shot: Equality of Opportunity Vs. Equality of Outcome
Liberals of all stripes will argue that they support equality of opportunity, NOT equality of outcome... unlike those damn commies. What are we to make of this…
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Red Hot Shot: From Each According to Their Ability, To Each According to Their Needs
"From Each According to Their Ability, To Each According to Their Needs" is still the best standard for the possiblity of a just, equitable, civilized society…