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 Outro Music: White Male Carnivore by Yak ------- LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/ SUPPORT REV LEFT RADIO: www.pa...
Jul 13, 2019•1 hr 53 min
In this episode, Breht explores issues surrounding the police, why you shouldn't talk to them, and what your rights are with regards to them. Check out the video version of this episode on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS-0-oTeom0 Shout-out to all our friends 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 With Comrades Jon and Ash from Horror Vanguard Gord and...
Jul 02, 2019•32 min
Members of the OTU (Omaha Tenants United) join Breht in-studio to discuss their organizing, give advice to others, warn about common errors to avoid, and much more! This is the perfect episode for people interested in how they can get involved in organizing in a way that 1) genuinely addresses the immediate material needs of our class, 2) does not require a huge amount of people, and 3) has little to no overhead costs. Learn more about OTU here: https://www.facebook.com/OmahaTenantsUnited/ and H...
Jun 30, 2019•55 min
No God Nor Country is Sole and DJ Pain 1's third album as a duo. Its an album that explores questions of existential meaning and revolutionary politics in an era of crisis, chaos, and ecological collapse. It is revolutionary rap for working class radicals trying to exist in the Anthropocene. The entire project is DIY and totally independent and both musicians handle the heavy lifting and deliver the music directly to the listeners, without whom these albums would not exist. Support the creation ...
Jun 26, 2019•47 min
Mike Ruge joins Breht to discuss "Team Human" by Douglas Rushkoff. The text we used as the foundation for this discussion can be found here: https://rushkoff.com/books/team-human-book/ LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/ SUPPORT REV LEFT RADIO: www.patreon.com/revleftradio Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective! You can find them on twitter or insta @Barbaradical. Intro music by Captain Planet. Find and support his music here: https:...
Jun 19, 2019•1 hr 9 min
-THIS EPISODE DOES *NOT* CONTAIN SPOILERS- Speranza joins Breht to critically analyze "The Handmaid's Tale". Topics include: domestic abuse, patriarchy, Freud, theocratic fascism, white supremacy, class struggle, liberal idealism, and much more! Find Speranza on Twitter @retroition Follow her collective @LCPCollective Here are some resources for people in abusive relationships, in need of reproductive healthcare, and more: - www.thehotline.org - www.plannedparenthood.org - www.womenagainstabuse....
Jun 19, 2019•1 hr 14 min
Alex Aviña is a professor of Latin American history in the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. His book, " Specters of Revolution: Peasant Guerrillas in the Cold War Mexican Countryside" , was awarded the Maria Elena Martínez Book Prize in Mexican History for 2015 by the Conference on Latin American History. Alex joins Breht to discuss the Nicaraguan Revolution of 1979, the Somoza Dictatorship, the Sandinistas, the CIA and the Reagan Administrat...
Jun 14, 2019•2 hr 2 min
Shawn and Aaron from Srsly Wrong join Breht and Alyson Escalante for a comradely debate and dialogue concerning Scientific Socialism. Check out Srsly Wrong here: @SrslyWrong https://srslywrong.com https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong More From Alyson here: @ Alysonesque https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB2Cbir6ac8 https://failingthatinvent.home.blog Outro Music: Private Lawns by Angus and Julia Stone ----------- Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective! You can find them on ...
May 25, 2019•1 hr 56 min
Naomi and Nick from Means TV join Breht to discuss their incredible project, which is attempting to create an anti-capitalist and worker-owned media streaming site made by and for the revolutionary left! Find Means TV on twitter here: https://twitter.com/means_tv?lang=en Donate to their fundraiser here: https://means.media Email them at: Contact@Means.Media Outro Music: "Radicalized" by Desaparecidos (an Omaha band, btw). Find and support them here: https://desaparecidos.bandcamp.com ----- You c...
May 13, 2019•24 min
Zoe (AKA Anarchopac) join's Breht for the second installment of our sub-series "In Dialogue With Anarchism". Topics include: Anarchist social theory, organizationally-minded tendencies within anarchism, the Marxist and Anarchist conceptions of the State, our different organizing strategies, whether or not we can work together, and more! Check out Anarchopac's YouTube page here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3FD64RRsrCLpiZNkq7ZkSg Follow Zoe on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/anarchopac?lan...
May 13, 2019•1 hr 8 min
In this article from Regeneration Magazine, the official outlet for the Marxist Center, Alyson Escalante responds to an article defending the solidarity economy over Marxist revolutionary strategy. In it she clarifies the Marxist conception of revolution, defends Leninism against those who wish to reject it, and shows the inherent weaknesses of utopian schemes dreamed up in armchairs compared to Marxist theory which has been tested in the process of building and defending socialism in the real w...
May 10, 2019•35 min
What is to be Done? is a classic work on the role and organisation of the revolutionary party in the communist movement. Lenin criticises economism, revisionism and spontaneity, and argues persuasively for a centralised and professional vanguard of the proletariat. On this episode of Red Menace Alyson and Breht explain and reflect on the text, and then extract the core lessons for revolutionaries today. What Is To Be Done? by V.I. Lenin Full text here: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/work...
Apr 25, 2019•1 hr 32 min
Jon from Working Class History joins Breht for our first installment of our ongoing sub series "In Dialogue With Anarchism". Find and Support WCH here: https://workingclasshistory.com Outro Music: Guerra by Bambu Find and Support his music here: https://bambubeatrock.bandcamp.com ----------- Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective! You can find them on twitter or insta @Barbaradical. Intro music by Captain Planet. Find and support his music here: https://djcaptainplanet....
Apr 25, 2019•1 hr 23 min
In this article in Regeneration magazine, the official outlet for the Marxist Center, Tim Horras analyzes and critiques, in a comradely and principled fashion, the reformism and some core premises of the Democratic Socialists of America. He argues for left wing gun clubs to be organized under the direction of civilian leadership in a revolutionary party structure. And he makes it very clear just what the overthrow of capitalism, and the implementation of socialism, will require, and what obstacl...
Apr 16, 2019•31 min
Greg from "In The Roots" podcast joins Breht to do a introductory examination of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. In The Roots podcast can be found here: https://www.patreon.com/intheroots and here: https://m.soundcloud.com/intherootspod You can follow Greg on Twitter @_therealgreg_ Outro Music: The IMF by Black Wizard ----------- Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective! You can find them on twitter or insta @Barbaradical. Intro music by Captain ...
Apr 09, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Jared from Millennials Are Killing Capitalism joins Breht to discuss the MOVE organization, the bombing of MOVE in Philly in 1985, Mumia Abu Jamal, the history of racism and police violence in Philadelphia, and much, much more. Ramona Africa's GoFundMe for her cancer treatments and medical needs - https://www.gofundme.com/helpsaveramonaafrica Mobilization4Mumia - these are the comrades I work to support in Philly - https://mobilization4mumia.com/donate-1 MOVE 9 Legal Fund (Abolitionist Law Cente...
Apr 09, 2019•2 hr 56 min
This is the debut episode of a new Rev Left Radio sub-series called Red Hot Takes, where Breht breaks down and analyzes current events, new works, or breaking news in a monologue format. In this episode, Breht analyzes the popular new book on Climate Change by journalist David Wallace-Wells entitled "The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming" from a Marxist perspective. Please Rate and Review Revolutionary Left Radio on iTunes. This dramatically helps increase our reach. As we work towards exp...
Apr 02, 2019•42 min
Donald Parkinson from Cosmonaut Magazine joins Breht to discuss the life, theory, and legacy of Bolshevik Revolutionary, Nikolai Bukharin. Find and support Cosmonaut Magazine here: https://cosmonaut.blog Follow Donald on Twitter: @donaldp1917 Please donate to help get the Marxist Center's new magazine, Regeneration, off the ground if ya can: https://chuffed.org/project/revleftradio Outro Music: "39 Thieves" by Aesop Rock Find and support his music here: https://rhymesayers.com/artists/aesoprock ...
Mar 31, 2019•1 hr 40 min
Cindy Milstein, Jewish anarchist, author, and organizer, joins Breht to discuss the collection of essays she compiled and edited titled "Rebellious Mourning". Find Cindy's books from PM Press here: http://www.pmpress.org/content/article.php/CindyMilstein Find Cindy's books from AK Press here: https://www.akpress.org/rebellious-mourning.html Here is Cindy's interview on Solecast: http://www.soleone.org/solecast/2018/3/23/solecast-w-cindy-milstein-on-rebellious-mourning Here is Cindy's Interview o...
Mar 17, 2019•1 hr 42 min
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN'S DAY! Kristen R. Ghodsee, American ethnographer and Professor of Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, joins Breht once again to discuss her latest book, Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments For Economic Independence . Kristen's website is here: https://kristenghodsee.com/ Here is Kristen's latest article about International Women's Day: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/opinion/international-womens-day-...
Mar 08, 2019•1 hr 15 min
Chuka Ejeckam joins Breht to discuss and pay homage to the Black Panther Party leader and Marxist Revolutionary, Fred Hampton. Find and support Chuka and his work here: http://www.chukaejeckam.com/ Follow him on twitter @ChukaEjeckam Outro music by: Dead Prez - Food, Clothes, Shelter Get Rev Left Radio Merch (and genuinely support the show by doing so) here: https://www.teezily.com/stores/revleftradio Here is an amazing podcast by two-time guest of the show Dr. Kristen R. Ghodsee covering the wo...
Feb 24, 2019•1 hr 40 min
Mike Prysner, from the Empire Files and the Eyes Left podcast, joins Breht to discuss the current coup attempt in Venezuela. Find and support the Empire Files here: http://theempirefiles.tv/ Find and support Eyes Left podcast here: https://soundcloud.com/eyesleft Outro music by: No Thanks - Skull Clinic Find, support, and get rowdy to more of their music https://no-thanks.bandcamp.com Get Rev Left Radio Merch (and genuinely support the show by doing so) here: https://www.teezily.com/stores/revle...
Feb 12, 2019•1 hr 9 min
On the debut episode of Red Menace, the brand new Rev Left Radio sister show, Alyson and Breht discuss Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels. The video episode can be found on youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKdxX5eqQyk Outro Music by Adia Victoria - Invisible Hands Check out and support her beautiful music here: http://www.adiavictoria.com -------- Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective! You can find them on twitter or insta @Barbaradical. P...
Feb 11, 2019•2 hr 1 min
Nate from the Person-First Harm Reduction Coalition (PSHRC) joins Breht to discuss their organizing strategies and goals in addressing the issues that surround drug abuse, addiction, and overdoses. They discuss the drug war, the panic around fentanyl, advice for other organizations, how this organizing is a form of base-building, and much, much more! You can purchase fentanyl test strips here: https://dancesafe.org/product/fentanyl-test-strips-pack-of-10/ Find and follow them on Instagram @PFHRC...
Feb 10, 2019•46 min
J. Moufawad-Paul is a Marxist philosopher, the author of "Continuity and Rupture", "The Communist Necessity", and "Austerity Apparatus", and co-author with B enjanun Sriduangkaew of "Methods Devour Themselves". He joins Breht to discuss his most recent essay "This Ruthless Criticism of All That Exists: Marxism as Science". You can find JMP's essay here: http://www.abstraktdergi.net/this-ruthless-criticism-of-all-that-exists-marxism-as-science/ You can find his essay on the Enlightenment here: ht...
Feb 03, 2019•1 hr 20 min
Mel joins Breht in-studio to discuss drugs, addiction, trauma, and mental illness and their connections to the social conditions which capitalism manifests and imposes upon us. Topics discussed include childhood trauma, pharmaceutical companies profiting off of addiction epidemics, the family unit under capitalism, the limitations and failures of AA, Left organizing around the issues of addiction, the necessary politicization of mental illness, alienation, the complicated emotional landscape of ...
Jan 20, 2019•1 hr 28 min
Anastasiya and Speranza, a Russian immigrant mother and a Montanan mother respectively, join Breht to discuss the trials and tribulations of being mothers and parents in a capitalist society. Topics include how to be a radical parent, paternity leave policies in the US, familial evolution over time, the anthropology of child-rearing, being a parent in the age of Climate Change, and much more! You can reach out to Anastaysiya by email: anastasiya.pronina318 You can reach out to Speranza by email:...
Jan 01, 2019•1 hr 44 min
Jon "TheLitCritGuy" joins Breht (for the third time!), this time to talk about Fredric Jameson's seminal work "Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism". Jon has a brand new Gothic Marxist podcast called the Horror Vanguard. You can listen to and support that project here: https://www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard Follow the Horror Vanguard on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/horrorvanguard?lang=en Follow and support Jon here: https://www.patreon.com/TheLitCritGuy/posts -----------...
Dec 23, 2018•1 hr 19 min
Comrade Slasher from Nigeria joins Breht to talk about the life, politics, and legacy of Marxist revolutionary and Pan-African leader of Burkina Faso, Thomas Sankara. Find our guest here: https://twitter.com/slasher_oag?lang=en Outro music: "I'm A African" by Dead Prez & "The 3rd World" by Immortal Technique ----------------------------------------- NEW LOGO from BARB, a communist graphic design collective! You can find them on twitter or insta @Barbaradical. Please reach out to them if you ...
Dec 16, 2018•1 hr 43 min
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-authors of Methods Devour Themselves). DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOK: "Methods Devour Themselves is a dialogu...
Dec 08, 2018•1 hr 54 min
