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I Dun' Goofed, Folks...
Okay, so I literally just found out that there is a Community tab on here where patrons can post. Idk why, but ive never noticed or clicked on it. To my surprise and horror, Dave and I recently figured it out and saw a bunch of posts that we have never responded to!I am so sorry. I can't necessarily go back and respond to all the old ones, BUT I will make damn sure to respond to all the new on...
TRANSCRIPTIONS for our Stalin and China episodes!
Our comrade and friend Kelley Z. has transcribed two of our episodes: 1) Stalin: A Marxist-Leninist Perspectiveand 2) In Defense of China as a Socialist State w/ Ajit SinghAttached are the PDF's for each transcription! Check it out and send it to anyone you know who needs or wants a transcription of our episodes! We have folks volunteering to work on more of these as well. We are deeply apprec...
Early Release: Methods Devour Themselves: A Collaboration between Rev Left, PoliTreks, and the authors of Methods Devour Themselves
Do you like political philosophy? Do you like science fiction and fantasy? Do you like breaking down the artificial cultural and intellectual barriers between the two? Then we have a treat for you! This episode is a totally novel collaboration between our show, PoliTreks (a podcast which combines Trekky Fandom with cultural and political analysis), Benjanun Sriduangkaew and J-Moufawad Paul (co-aut...
Q and A for November: 100th episode edition!
Ladies, Gentlemen, Non-Binary folks, and comrades of all stripes: We are currently in between our 99th episode and our 100th (which is on Thomas Sankara and which will be released in early December).Instead of a traditional Q and A, Dave and I will be doing an entire episode, just for you, talking about how the show came to be, what its been like doing it, and answering questions from YOU about it...
Post-Structuralism, Postmodernism, and... Metamodernism?
EARLY RELEASE FOR PATRONS ONLY! Austin Hayden Smidt is Co-host @wisecrack (Show Me The Meaning), @owls_at_dawn & @idigthismovie and a producer @inventfuturedoc.Austin joins Breht to discuss the philosophy and political relevance of post-structuralism, postmodernism, and post-postmodernism aka "metamodernism". We explore the connections between these philosophies and Leftism, exploring both...
"The Glorious Proletarian Renaissance" with Coffee with Comrades
Hey everyone, I recently went on Coffee With Comrades to talk about "Culture" by Terry Eagleton. We covered a wide range of topics including “American culture,” historical repression, revolutionary ruptures, unfounded and arbitrary authority, neoliberalism, Hollywood, Buddhism, academia, and building an authentic leftist culture. Check it out if you are interested!
EARLY RELEASE FOR PATRONS: Brazilian Politics and Bolsonaro's Fascism Feat: Teachers Against Party-Free Education
Two professors from Brazil join Brett to talk about the current state of Brazilian politics, the election of Bolsonaro, Fascism, Brazilian memory, the parrellels between Brazil and the US, the importance of international solidarity, and what leftists abroad can do to assist our Brazilian comrades. Its gets pretty emotional towards the end, but I hope you appreciate the love and value the discussio...
Intellectual History w/ Frank Rudiger Lopes
It was an honor to have our favorite Brazilian comrade, Frank Rudiger Lopes, on to talk about the field of Intellectual History!This episode is public and can be shared to anyone!Here are the works cited in the episode for further investigation:Artur P. Lovejoy, The Great Chain of Being: A Study of the History of an Idea, 1936Reinhardt Koselleck, Critique and Crisis, 1973Reinhardt Koselleck, Futur...
October addition of our local magazine!
The free PDF version is in the link! Enjoy and share!
State and Revolution: Marx, Lenin, & the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Alyson Escalante joins Breht to discuss Lenin's major work of political theory, State and Revolution.Here is a previous show we here at Rev Left did specifically on the Paris Commune entitled "The Paris Commune: A Brief Blossoming of Proletarian Power", for anyone interested in taking a deeper dive:https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/the-paris-commune-a-brief-blossoming-of-prolet...
Random, but genuinely interesting.
This is something Im half way through atm, and I really like it, so I figured I would toss it out to all of you, for those who may be interested.So far, it does a great job of contextualizing The Simpsons in the genealogy of American television and the history of 1980's pop culture. Even if you arent particularly a fan of The Simpsons, you will find this interesting and worthwhile!EDIT: I fini...
The Film Vanguard: Easy Rider (1969)
Here is our brand new Film Vanguard episode, released as an early exclusive for all Patreon supporters! Thank you for your support!- Dave and Breht
Responding to Messages
I haven't always been able to keep up on messages, on here or any other platform really! For example, ive never checked my FB messages for our Rev Left page because its just wayyyy too much. But when it comes to patreon, im re-doubling my efforts to answer every message! The older ones that never got responded to likely wont, but any future messages will be! I promise. So if you ever wrote us ...
Red State Conference: Breht Speaks on a Panel
Hey Everyone, so a Month or so ago I was invited to speak on a panel at an all-day conference for Midwestern leftists hosted by the Lincoln and Omaha chapters of the DSA, with help from other organizations (Nebraska Left Coalition, The Black Cat House, etc).The topic of the panel was "Where Does The Left Go From Here: A discussion on future sites of struggle, left cooperation, and political ho...
ALL NEW TIERS ARE OFFICIALLY UP!
Last week, I released an episode entitled "Big Announcement" where, among other things, I laid out our new tiered support. I said those new tiers would go into effect on October 1st, and they have!The new tiers will be on the right hand side of our Patreon page, so feel free to join up at any tier you want. I will be making posts today, and sending direct messages to people at these tiers,...
Big Announcement! - Plus: A Response to Joe Rogan Regarding Socialism
Spin-Off Shows:Black Banner Magic: Patreon.com/BlackBannerMagicHammer and Camera: Patreon.com/HammerCamera---------------------- We will be introducing a tiered support model on Patreon starting in October, and here is how those tiers will work:For $1 a month, supporters will get access to early episodes as well random links/articles/videos that I find interesting and worth posting. This includes ...
The Marxist Center: Base-Building Toward Dual Power
Sophia Burns (from God’s and Radicals and Seattle Communists) and Tim Horras (from Philly Socialists) join Breht to discuss The Marxist Center Network, Base-Building, strategic unity over ideological unity, Party Building, the four tendencies on the left, and much more!Check out Philly Socialists here: https://www.phillysocialists.orgCheck out Sophia’s writings here: https://godsandradicals.or...
Rev Left Book Club, Anyone? ... Anyone?!
Okay, so as some of you may know, we are planning big things for this patreon and this platform starting in October. We haven't made any official announcements yet (stay tuned for that!), but one idea I had is to start a Rev Left Book Club.At a certain level of patreon tiered support, you would get access to special threads where we all vote on a work to read together, chunk by chunk (i.e. if ...
The History of Fascism w/ Yale Historian Dr. John Merriman
EARLY RELEASE FOR PATRONS ONLY!In this episode, Dr. John Merriman from Yale University joins Brett to discuss the history of Fascism in the 20th century, and its insurgent RE-rise in the US and Europe today. If you want to hear Dr. Merriman's full history lecture on Fascism, you can find that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRSrSml1HvwThank you all for your support, and stay tuned for so...
"What is Maoism" + Q and A for August
Seth (@CornCobMaoist on Twitter) joins Brett to explain and discuss Maoism and answer your questions.(Let us know if you have trouble accessing it. You may need to sign up for dropbox, but after that it should work fine!)Questions we answered:- What are some of the myths or misunderstandings surrounding Maoist thought, and how can we better understand Mao's ideas? - Shane Neal- Do you think va...
The Triumph Magazine - August
Our organizations August issue of The Triumph Magazine. Enjoy.From the Editors:"Dearest friends and subscribers. Enjoy the latest issue of The Triumph, Nebraska's hottest and most independent publication in Nebraska.Articles to make time for: Big Pharma & How Power Points FingersA look at the opioid crisis and the rich turning the working class against each other to keep the profits flowin...
The Triumph Magazine - July
As promised, I will be posting the magazine our organization puts together every month so that you all have access to it. Instead of putting the PDF here directly, we will link to The Triumphs Patreon so you can access it on their platform. Its free, but you can support them if you want. Either way: enjoy!From the Editors: "July's issue of The Triumph has some great stories in it. Check ou...
Questions for the Q and A!
Hello,Please use this thread to post any and all questions for our upcoming AMA episode!We will answer as many as we can.
Update on Stickers
Hey all,We are still packaging up stickers to be sent out. We got way more requests than we have stickers, but we will get more since there seems to be an interest there, and perhaps expand into other merch like shirts and stuff in 2019 as alternative ways to support the show. Rest assured that Patrons will get first grabs on any of that type of stuff as it comes out!Just be patient with us as we ...
VOTE FOR PATREON BONUS EPISODE THIS MONTH!
Hey everyone,Last week I asked if you all enjoyed the Q and A or if you had other ideas for what I could do for the monthly Patreon-Only exclusive show.The conclusion I came to is a Half and Half episode: One in which I spend the first half of the bonus episode talking about or explaining a concept, short article, political event, or idea and the second half of the episode in which we do a traditi...
Disability Justice and Liberation w/ Lateef McLeod
Lateef McLeod is building his career as a scholar and an author. He has earned a BAin English from UC Berkeley and a MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College. He isnow a student in the Anthropology and Social Change Doctoral program atCalifornia Institute for Integral Studies in San Francisco. He published his firstpoetry book entitled A Declaration Of A Body Of Love in 2010 chronicling his life...
PATREON-ONLY EXCLUSIVE: Anarcho-Communism and Militant Antifascism
This was intended to be a regular, public RLR episode, but due to overwhelming technical difficulties, we were only able to salvage about half of the interview with the Portland Antifascist, Jay. So we decided to give this to you, our beloved patrons, as exclusive bonus content! We hope you enjoy it!Our new intro comes from Captain Planet. You can find and enjoy more of their music here:https://dj...
Accelerationist Manifesto: An Analysis
Hey everyone,I recently went on a philosophy podcast called "Owls at Dawn" as a guest to talk about a document entitled "Accelerate Manifesto: For an Accelerationist Politics". Our discussion starts at 16:25.We discuss a lot of really interesting things at the intersection of philosophy and politics, and I had a really good time. If you enjoy Rev Left, you will enjoy this episode f...
