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Louis Althusser: What Is Philosophy?
This is a bonus holiday patreon offering for *all patrons* at any tier of support!Breht reads and briefly reflects on the opening chapter to Louis Althusser’s work “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses”.Thank you all for your continued support of the show!
American Exceptionalism and Innocence: Deconstructing Liberal Ideology and American Creation Myths
Danny Haiphong, co-author of American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People's History of Fake News--From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror, joins Breht for a long, in-depth conversation about the stories that America tells itself about itself, and why those stories are false. We cover so many topics and ideas that its impossible to summarize them here, so check it out yourse...
Očhéthi Šakówiŋ: A History of the Lakota and Dakota People
In today's episode, Breht is joined by returning guest, Mors, who explains, and reflects on, over 300 years of history and struggle of the Dakota and Lakota people.Follow and contact Mors on Twitter @mors_LakotaCheck out Mor's blog here: https://hinskehanska.wordpress.com/Check out Nick Estes' book "Our History Is the Future" mentioned in the show here: https://www.versobooks.c...
Red Menace: "The Wretched of the Earth" by Frantz Fanon - On National Consciousness and National Culture
I am proud of this brand new episode from our sister podcast Red Menace!You do not have to have listened to our 1st episode in order to understand or engage w/ this episode. Our structure for the episode is to *first explain* Fanon’s arguments and lines of reasoning, then to reflect on them through discussion questions, & then to apply the lessons of the text to our contemporary context & condit...
Electoralism, Bernie, Trump, and 2020 -- Feat. Maximilian Alvarez from "Working People" podcast.
In this bonus patreon episode, Max from Working People joins Breht to have a free-flowing and wide-ranging discussion about electoralism, voting, philosophies of the state across the political spectrum, "Harm Reduction", Bernie Sanders v. Donald Trump, and much, much more!Check out Max's show here: https://workingpeople.libsyn.com/ I am opening this episode up to all of our patrons, re...
Guest Appearance on the "Santo Vs" podcast: Feminism, Psychoanalysis, and Gender
"The Santo crew sits down with revolutionary Left Radio's Brett O'Shea and talks about cakes, parties, plane crashes, and getting cucked.Hosts: Maria Felix, C Sunbeam, Griselda Hex, Billy PilgrimSpecial Guest: Brett O'Shea"
Breht goes on the Sensible Socialist Podcast to talk about Class Consciousness and Ideology
Here is an interview with me that the Sensible Socialist podcast hosted.In this episode we touch on a LOT of topics and concepts within Marxism, using the ideas of class consciousness and ideology as the center of gravity for our discussion! Check it out! :)
Huey P. Newton Gun Club - Alpha Company
Learn more about the Huey P. Newton Gun Club here: https://hueypnewtongunclub.org/
17N: Marxist Guerrilla Warfare in Greece
Gabriel Palcic, a writer and organizer with the Marxist Center, joins Breht to discuss the Marxist urban guerrilla warfare organization 17N (Revolutionary Organization 17 November), which operated in Greece from 1975 to 2002.Find Gabe and his work here:https://regenerationmag.org/author/gabriel-palcic/and here:https://cosmonaut.blog/tag/gabriel-palcic/Outro Music: "Revolution" by Derek Min...
Red Rosa: The Political and Economic Theories of Rosa Luxemburg (Early Release)
Simone Norman, actress and comedian as well as the previous guest on our Irony and Sincerity episode, re-joins Breht to discuss the political and economic theories of Rosa Luxemburg.Find Simone and her work here: https://www.simonenorman.com/
Red Rosa: The Life and Legacy of Rosa Luxemburg (Early Release)
Kate Evans, the author and illustrator of "Red Rosa", a graphic novel about the life of Rosa Luxemburg, joins Breht to discuss Rosa's life and legacy!Find her book, and all her other work, here: https://www.cartoonkate.co.uk/
Rosa Luxemburg Mini-Documentary
As many of you know, our DOUBLE-EPISODE feature on Rosa Luxemburg is coming out this weekend, and this 17 minute mini-doc might be a good 101 intro to set you up for the two episodes! In one episode, we will be covering Rosa's political THEORY with Simone Norman from our Irony and Sincerity episode.In the second episode, I interviewed the author and illustrator of the Red Rosa graphic novel, K...
Red Hot Take: What If Bernie Wins?
In this third installment of our Red Hot Take series, Breht explores the history of US social democracy, the strategic logic of the DSA, the implications and obstacles of a Bernie presidency, and much more.
Red Army Faction: Marxist Guerrilla Warfare in West Germany
J. Smith joins Breht to discuss the history and philosophy of the militant Marxist guerrilla organization from West Germany, the Red Army Faction.
AMA for September Thread!!!
Hey everyone! Use this thread to ask me any questions you may have about anything and everything, and Ill answer most of them for a bonus patreon Q and A episode in a week or so!
Debunking Communist Myths w/ Radical Reflections
Hey everyone, check out our newest collab with David from Radical Reflections! Every question is an articulation of a common criticism, stereotype, or outright lie about the history of Communism, and every answer is David and I deconstructing the criticism and hopefully bringing historical and/or logical clarity in its place.Hopefully this will act as another Communism 101-style episode that peopl...
Assyrian History and Struggle: Indigeneity, Colonialism, and Rojava
EARLY RELEASE for Patrons!This episode is a long time coming, and I hope we did the enormous topic sufficient justice.I am genuinely interested in feedback from our patrons, so please reach out to me if you have thoughts on this episode; I really want to engage in meaningful discourse, especially across disagreements, on this topic/episode! Your material support of the show grants you direct acces...
The Austerity Apparatus w/ J-Moufawad Paul
J-Moufawad Paul returns to Rev Left Radio, this time to discuss his book "Austerity Apparatus". Topics include: Fascism as capitalism-in-crisis,accelerationism and its misconceptions about contradictions, bourgeois philosophers John Stuart Mill and Thomas Hobbes, the Vanguard Party as a partisan war machine, the inevitable next recession, and much more!Learn about and find JMP's work h...
Live podcast from the SRA convention last week!
I went to the first annual SRA convention last week, and I did this two hour live podcast (with Q and As from the audience) with the President and Vice President of the organization. Even though its a live show, the recording is actually pretty impressive and smooth and doesnt give you that hollow and echo-infused auditorium sound that most live podcasts have. Long Live the SRA.
Q and A for July - Plus Live Call In Show (with Alyson Escalante)
We are doing a Live Call-In AMA video show this upcoming Tuesday, the 30th at 830pm CST / 930pm ESTIf you are unable to call in live, PLEASE LEAVE YOUR QUESTIONS IN THIS THREAD and we will answer them on air between or before calls.After the end of the live stream, we will post the whole thing to Patreon (for patrons only!), so even if you miss out the day of, you will still be able to watch and l...
*EARLY RELEASE* Meditation & Marxism
Brett welcomes Michael Brooks onto the show to talk about meditation and politics
Capitalist Chaos and Crimes: The Great Recession of 2008
Matt Soener, an economic sociologist, joins Breht to discuss the Great Recession of 2008.Here is the GoFundMe account for Kreetay Briggs Jr., a 12 year old boy hit by a stray bullet while he was playing on a beach:https://www.gofundme.com/f/35gjf-shooting-victim?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fb_dn_cpgnstaticsmall_r
YouTube version of - Red Hot Take: DON'T TALK TO COPS!
This is a video version of our recent Red Hot Take episode. Check it out and subscribe to our YouTube channel if you haven't already! We are planning on doing a lot more video content going forward, and it will all be there.
Red Hot Take: DON'T TALK TO COPS!
This is the second installment of our Red Hot Take sub-series.In this episode, Breht explores the issues surrounding the police, why you shouldn't talk to them, and what your rights are with regards to them.Shout out to the other shows who contributed to this piece:- Shawn and Aaron from Srsly Wrong- Mexie from the Vegan Vanguard- Frank and Bruno from The Left Page- Mel and Pearson from Coffee...
From the Middle Out: A Brand New Mini-Documentary about Breht from Rev Left Radio
Check out the first ever glimpse into my personal life, my childhood, and my family! Please let me know what you think! <3Learn more about and support the filmmaker here: https://www.leftofcinema.com/
