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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 on-the-ground organizing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the history of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba and his legacy, European and Belgian colonialism, King Leopold II, the brutal ongoing violence and displacement occuring in the E...
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, Palestine, process philosophy, and much more!Get 15% off any book in the Left Wing Books Library HEREInterview referenced in the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZDGvT04sNA&ab_channel=BreakThroughNews---------------------------------...
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 for Abolition and Reconstruction. Together, they discuss Du Bois, their organization, abolition, the struggle for socialism and communism, the failure of reconstruction, the Palestinian liberation struggle, Cop City in Atlanta, and much mor...
"Solaris" by Andrei Tarkovsky: A Cosmic Exploration of the Human Psyche
EARLY RELEASE: 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. Together, they discuss and analyze the film, exploring the human condition, the subconscious, modernist subjectivity, alienation, our fear of death, the Cold War, spiritual experience, the central importance of Love, Sta...
AMA Submissions!
Hey everyone, please use the comment section to ask any and all questions for me that you may have, and I will answer as many as I can in the next patreon episode!Thank you all so much for your continued support of the show, and I look forward to navigating this uncertain and chaotic year with you all. <3
Joy James on W.E.B. Du Bois & Black Liberation
EARLY RELEASE: Dr. Joy James joins Breht and PM for their third installment of our ongoing Du Bois series, but this conversation goes well beyond the life and work of Du Bois to cover James' newest book, her long history of organizing, the history of black liberation struggles in the US, and much more. Together, they discuss George Jackson, Erica Garner, Marxism, history, Ida B. Wells, and muc...
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 the Ghanaian Marxist and Pan-Africanist politician, political theorist, and revolutionary, his upbringing, his entrance into Ghanaian and African politics, his political ideology, the many assassination attempts on his life, the coup that o...
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 by Ridley Scott, the actual history involved and what the film got wrong, Napoleon's real personality, the importance of the French Revolution in Napoleon's rise, the reaction to the French Revolution and Napoleon from the rest of Eur...
Understanding Apartheid: South Africa, Settler Colonialism, and 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 Apartheid.Together they discuss its euro-colonialist origins, explain the significance of the Boer Wars, define and explicate the origins of apartheid, explore the political economy of apartheid and how brutal racism shaped it, examine the multi-f...
Sickness unto Death...
Here is a recent episode of our semi-secret, non-political podcast for those interested...
American Psycho: The Death and Crimes of Henry Kissinger
Breht reads and reflects on a couple of articles covering the life and crimes of Henry Kissinger.
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 History, we bring back on the one and only Dr. CBS, Charisse Burden-Stelly! Here, we discuss her outstanding new book Black Scare/Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United States. This work focuses on how anti-radical repression (espe...
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 discuss the novel, its various adaptations, its political and social themes, 19th Century France, the "Giants of '93", read some passages from the book, and discuss its ongoing legacy and relevance for us today!Check out ...
An Introduction to Apartheid South Africa
EARLY RELEASE: Ashley Fataar joins Breht and Henry to give listeners an introduction to South African apartheid; its rise, its control, its defeat, and its lingering legacy... Along the way we use the example of South Africa to help us make sense of Israeli apartheid and the Palestinian resistance to it. This is a 101 intro to the topic, and Henry, Alyson, Breht and Adnan will do a full deep dive ...
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"Together they explore over 2,000 years of conservative, anti-egalitarian, and reactionary political thought to get a better understanding of what the political right believes, and where those beliefs come from. They discuss aristotle, th...
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 Palestine, the internal and external contradictions culminating in unison for Israel, the discussion about whether or not what Israel is doing is technically a genocide (it absolutely is), international law, Frantz Fanon on the psychology of na...
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 for U.S. military operations and imperialism on the continent. Together they discuss the ongoing conflict in Palestine, the connections between black liberation movements and palestinian liberation, BAP's Month of Action against AFRICOM, ...
Palestine on Fire II
Breht continues and updates his discussion on the carnage unfolding in Palestine. He discusses the global situation, the very real possibility of a much wider war, Iran and America, the history of the Nakba, the Second Nakba, the tragic murder of precious Wadea Al Fayoume in Chicago by a zionist landlord, why the two state solution is wrong, full decolonization as a necessary prerequisite to a fun...
Toward Liberation: Palestine on Fire
Breht launches into a fiery tirade about the current situation in Palestine, helps listeners navigate and dismantle common Zionist talking points, and brings some much needed moral clarity and intellectual honesty to a topic that, especially in the West, often lacks both...
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 of TUEL, or the Trade Union Educational League (1920 -1929). Together they discuss trade union consciousness, the necessity of a vanguard party, William Z. Foster, the limitations of spontaneity, specific actions taken by TUEL in their strug...
Principles of Communism
EARLY RELEASE: Jared from Millennials are Killing Capitalism podcast invited Breht on to talk about Friedrich Engels' draft to the Communist Manifesto entitled Principles of Communism!Together, they discuss the document, highlight and explain its theoretical substance, and have a wide-ranging discussion about Communist political theory, connecting the past to the present in the process.Get 15%...
UAW Strike: Workers Fighting Back!
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 union. Teddy and Max discuss the strike, explain the causes of the strike and the demands of the workers, the UAW union president Shawn Fain and the democratic election that put him in leadership, what this strike - and others like it ...
Outline for Upcoming Ep: "The Principles of Communism" with Millennials are Killing Capitalism
These are the questions I was asked by Jared from MaKC, and Im VERY excited to release this episode in a week or two, as I truly l think its one of the better episodes I've done in a while! Here are the questions Ill be answering in detail:- One of the things I find interesting is that supposedly earlier versions of this were known as the Communist Catechism or Confession of Faith. And I find ...
Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Lengend
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 Critique of a Black Legend from Iskra Books.Henry Hakamaki is the co-creator and co-host of Guerrilla History. Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro is Professor at the Geography Department of SUNY New Paltz and is chief editor for the journal Capitalism N...
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 how he tied that in with his revolutionary Marxism. Together they discuss Du Bois' political evolution, the influence of his friend, comrade and wife Shirley Graham Du Bois, his book "In Battle for Peace", DR. CBS' artic...
Update on our Donations to a Comrade in Africa
Hey all, just wanted to give you this heartwarming update and picture regarding the episode PM and I dropped a few days ago asking for donations to help prevent this family from losing their home due to their inability to pay all their back-rent. You all rose to the challenge after seeing that we were their last hope, and quite literally saved this family from a cruel fate. They sent us this pictu...
On Stalin: An Historical-Dialectical Materialist Approach
Breht reads and comments on the opening chapter of Domenico Losurdo's "Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend", translated only very recently into English from the original Italian by Henry Hakamaki and Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro.
Fantasy Football Update - Check Your Emails!
Anyone who submitted an email address to be included in a Rev Left league, either on the main post (now deleted) or in the follow up patreon comment section: PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL AND JOIN THE LEAGUE IF YOU HAVENT ALREADY!We have 3 leagues (Marx League, Engels League and Lenin League) and two of them still have several people needing to log into the ESPN Fantasy App and start their team.The Draf...
Rich Men North of Richmond
Breht analyzes the lyrics of - and the ideology undergirding - a recent viral country song being presented as a working class anthem.
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 importance of organization for revolutionaries, their orientation toward Marxists in their organizing, platformism and Especifismo, the importance of internationalism, working amongst the people, and more! Then Breht and Enrique discuss mod...
