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Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of our Planetary Future
In this episode of Red Menace, Alyson and Breht discuss and analyze "Climate Leviathan" by authors Geoff Mann and Joel Wainwright.Book description: "Despite the science and the summits, leading capitalist states have not achieved anything close to an adequate level of carbon mitigation. There is now simply no way to prevent the planet breaching the threshold of two degrees Celsius set ...
bell hooks: In Her Own Words
For this episode, Breht put together a collection of clips of bell hooks speaking about her life, her influences, her ideas, and her spirituality as a way of paying tribute to her and her contributions to the black radical tradition, to our emotional and spiritual lives, and to our society more broadly. The clips are interspersed with songs from Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Tracy Chapman, Lauryn H...
China and the Western Left w/ Immanuel Ness
If you havent heard this one yet, definitely check it out! I think its a genuinely unique and interesting conversation, and I get the bonus of getting to talk about China *at length*. If you disagree with something I say, please let me know your critique and position! China is an infinitely deep and genuinely complex topic, and I am trying my best to understand its rise and its dynamics like anyon...
St. Francis of Assisi: Patron Saint of Ecology & Brother to All Creation
Professor Adnan Husain, Medieval European and Middle Eastern Historian and Director of the School of Religion at Queens University, joins Breht to discuss the life of St. Francis of Assisi.Together they discuss St. Francis of Assisi's legacy within Christianity, nature mysticism, Imitatio Christi, Francis's meeting with the Sultan of Egypt, medieval Europe, Islam and Christianity, Francisc...
The Kellogg's Worker Strike and the Labor Movement
Mel Buer and Maximillian Alvarez organized a 6 hour livestream fundraising event for the Kellogg's striking workers fund, and invited Breht on for one of the opening segments.Overall, the 6 hour fundraiser raised over $15,000 for the strike fund!
Necrocapitalism Revisited: Marxism, Fascism, & Capitalist Crisis
Johanna May Black and Devin Zane Shaw join Breht to discuss the collective project they contributed to: On Necrocapitalism.Check out our first episode on Necrocapitalism: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/necrocapitalismBuy On Necrocapitalism here: https://www.leftwingbooks.net/book/content/necrocapitalism-plague-journalCheck out Devin's great book Philosophy of Antifascism here: https...
Ayahuasca w/ Joshua Kahn Russell
Joshua Kahn Russell returns to the show, this time to discuss - for the first time publicly - his Ayahuasca practice that he began nearly a decade ago. We try to give this topic the respect, integrity, cultural sensitivity, and spiritual depth that it deserves. We discuss so much, including: science, spirit, healing, cultural appropriation, trauma, capitalism, colonization, visions & hallucination...
Contemplative Practice and Political Struggle
Jay Michaelson is a journalist, meditation teacher, author of many books, and worked as an LGBTQ activist for ten years.Jay holds a Ph.D. in religion from Hebrew University, a J.D. from Yale Law School, a nondenominational rabbinic ordination, and is authorized to teach in the Theravadan Buddhist lineage.Jay joins Breht to discuss spirituality, grief and suffering, Judaism and Buddhism, the import...
Guerrilla History Livestream w/ Dr. Gerald Horne
I was unable to participate in this due to the passing of my father literally minutes before we went live, but Adnan and Henry held it down and Dr. Horne is always a fountain of wisdom and analysis and insight.If you missed it, check it out here!
Reflections on Afghanistan: Culture, History, & the Struggle for Self Determination
Mina Sharif and Shamayel Shalizi join Breht to discuss and reflect on Afghan culture, history, political struggles, the diaspora, common misconceptions, the Afghanistan War and withdraw, and much more!Decolonial therapy parts 1- 4:https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTAxNjc1NzM2ODk4Njc5?story_media_id=2560750183107113600&utm_medium=copy_linkhttps://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTAxN...
Deep Dive 4: Finishing Spinoza, Beginning Deleuze & Guattari
EARLY RELEASE - UNLOCKED -: Matthew Furlong returns for the fourth installment of our Dialectics Deep Dive series.Today, we finish off our study of Spinoza, and begin our dive into Deleuze and Guattari.In the next installment, we will go deeper into Deleuze and Guattari, as well as their relationship to Hegel, dialectics, and much more.
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[EARLY RELEASE] The US Labor Strike Wave
Mel Buer - host of the Morning Riot podcast, journalist, and IWW member - joins Breht to discuss the recent wave of strikes throughout the country, what its political implications are, and how regular people can help out!
Free Will: Determinism, Compatibilism, and Philosophy of Mind
Corey Mohler (Existential Comics) and Zach Weinersmith (Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal) join Breht to discuss free will, determinism, the role of consciousness, the role of the self, and the implications of the debate for society. Corey also articulates his compatibillist position as Zach and Breht raise questions and offer possible critiques.Check out Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal here: ht...
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Episode 50: Podcast o Muerte [with Brett of RevLeftRadio]
In an extra-special podcasting event, we are celebrating our 50th episodiversary by inviting one of the Original Film Warriors, Brett of Rev Left Radio, back onto the pod for a discussion of Steven Soderbergh's CHE (2008). This unconventional biopic, featuring a legendary performance by Benicio del Toro in the title role, is a perfect way to sum up our first quinquagesimal. MAY THERE BE 50 MOR...
Cruel Optimism: Affect Theory and the Structure of Feeling
Maggie Doherty teaches writing at Harvard, where she earned her PhD in English. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, the New York Times, the New York Review of Books, and the Nation, among other publications. She is also the author of The Equivalents: The Story of Art, Female Friendship, and Liberation in the 1960's.She joins Breht to discuss the work of Lauren Berlant, Affect Theory, o...
The Spectre Still Haunts: Breaking the Imperialist Chain w/ Hakim
The one and only Hakim joins Breht to discuss the Iraq war from the perspective of Iraqis, the western left, Lenin, Reform AND Revolution, the importance of anti-imperialist struggle, contradictions and crises, the global south, etc. At the end, Hakim fields a bunch of common anti-socialist talking points and dismantles them one by one.This is a wide ranging and genuinely fun conversation with a g...
Jose Maria Sison: In Conversation with Comrade Joma
In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Professor Jose Maria Sison, better known as Comrade Joma, to talk about his life, how it impacted his ideology, the history of the Communist Party of the Philippines, and more! Comrade Joma is an absolute legendary figure, and it was a pleasure and an honor to be able to talk with him. A must listen conversation for anyone interested in proletarian...
Confronting 'Red Patriotism': Nationalism and the US Left
Alyson Escalante joins Breht to respond to arguments that the US left should embrace American patriotism. Together they discuss revolutionary v. reactionary nationalism, US history, settler colonialism, proletarian internationalism, Browderism, anti-imperialism, the CPUSA, tailism, accusations of ultra-leftism, and much more. Outro Music: "U.S.A." by The Exploited
Dispatch: Coup in Guinea w/ Abayomi Azikiwe
In this episode of Guerrilla History, we host a crash course on Guinean history to help provide context on the ongoing coup unfolding! We are calling this a "Dispatch" as it's a shorter, more "in the moment" episode to ground us for current events. Our guest is Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of Pan-African News Wire.Abayomi Azikiwe is the editor of Pan-African News Wire, and has had w...
Internationalism Series: Contemporary Red-Baiting
a Comrade from the Internationalist Program of the Chicago DSA put together this series and brought on Rev Left favorite Alex Avina (who he learned of through RLR) - and others - to talk about contemporary red baiting and the struggle for socialism more broadly.Here is another episode in the Internationalism Series, this one on anti-imperialism in Latin America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOT...
UNLOCKED - After Geoengineering: Carbon Removal and Social Transformation
Dr. Holly Jean Buck joins Breht to discuss her book "After Geoengineering: Climate Tragedy, Repair, and Restoration".Follow her here: https://twitter.com/hollyjeanbuckOutro Music: "Wooden Soldiers" by Modest Mouse
UNLOCKED - U.S. Labor History: Militant Unions, Red Scares, and Class Struggle
Professor Peter Cole returns to the show, this time to do an overview of labor history in the United States. We discuss the earliest worker movements, the Great Uprising of 1877, the Pullman and Homestead strikes, various coal miner strikes, the Seattle General Strike, the IWW, the intersections of race and class, the impact of the Russian Revolution on American class politics, the first and secon...
Turn Leftist Collab: On Democratic Socialism
Turn Leftist Podcast Episode 47: We're joined by none other than Breht of RevLeft Radio! In this episode we discuss, analyze, and critique democratic socialism.Learn more about Turn Leftist Podcast here:JUST RESTOCKED ALL SIZES of our "Reagan is Satan" official Turn Leftist Podcast shirts! Available at: turn-leftist-podcast.myshopify.comSupport: patreon.com/turnleftistLinktree (with li...
Early Release: Understanding the South with Dixieland of the Proletariat
Follow Dixieland here: https://twitter.com/DixieProleListen to them here: https://dixieprole.libsyn.com/Explore their link tree here: https://linktr.ee/dixieprole
A People's Green New Deal: Colonialism, Communism, and the Climate Crisis
Max Ajl, sociologist and author, joins Breht to discuss his book "A People's Green New Deal".Topics Discussed: the liberal Green New Deal, the history of colonialism, eco-modernism, climate reparations, the Cochabamba's Peoples Agreement, degrowth, agroecology, the national question, Green Capitalism, and much more.Max's work: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Max-AjlMax'...
Pedagogy of the Oppressed - Paulo Freire
On this episode of Red Menace Alyson and Breht teach, discuss, and apply the lessons of 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed' by the Brazilian educator and Marxist humanist Paulo Freire.This is essential reading for all teachers, organizers, and political educators!Support Red Menace and get access to bonus monthly content on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/TheRedMenace
Eco-Despair, Revolutionary Optimism, and the Fight for the Future
This unlocked Guerrilla History episode is the first half of a wide ranging conversation on apathy and hopelessness as a result of the climate crisis, how we maintain our revolutionary optimism, and chat about our fight for the future!The second half will be exclusive to GH Patrons only. You can sign up and get access to that here: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory
Dialectics Deep Dive (3a): Baruch Spinoza on the Origin and Nature of Minds and Bodies
This is the first half of our third installment of the Dialects Deep Dive subseries. Matthew Furlong joins Breht to discuss part II of Spinoza's famous work "Ethics", and together, they contemplate it through the lens of dialectical materialism.Find the second half of this episode here: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/deep-dive-3bCheck out our first installment of "Dialec...
(UNLOCKED) Dialectics Deep Dive (3b): Marshall McLuhan & the Medium-as-Message
UNLOCKED - This is the second half of our third installment of the Dialectics Deep Dive subseries. In this episode, Matthew Furlong joins Breht to discuss the work of Marshall McLuhan and media analysis more broadly; all through the lens of dialectical materialism.As always, there are tons of (hopefully interesting) detours that our conversations tend to take, so enjoy!Here is the first half of th...
John Berger and Marxist Art Criticism
Jon Greenaway (aka The LitCritGuy) returns to the show to discuss the life and work of John Berger and the world of Marxist art criticism.Follow Jon here: https://twitter.com/TheLitCritGuyCheck out his podcast Horror Vanguard here: https://www.patreon.com/horrorvanguardSupport Jon here: https://www.patreon.com/TheLitCritGuyMusic throughout the episode from the album "I Send you Cadium Red"...
