Bestselling author and literary critic China Miéville joins Breht to discuss his newest book A Spectre, Haunting: On The Communist Manifesto Together, they discuss the literary merits of the famous text, the historical context in which Marx and Engels wrote it, the increasing contemporary relevance of the Manifesto, and much more! Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio...
Breht was a guest on The Heatwave podcast, the podcast of MECHA, a Marxist organization based in Phoenix. They were essential in making Breht's speech at ASU happen, and Breht sat down with them before the speech for a two hour conversation about spirituality and meditation, socialist organizing, and much more. Learn more about MECHA here: https://linktr.ee/MECHAdeASU Check out The Heatwave on your fav podcast app, or here: https://thwpod.podbean.com/ Follow MECHA on Twitter: https://twitter.com...
Labor journalist Mel Buer joins Breht to discuss the recent train derailment in Ohio and the subsequent ecological disaster that ensued, the recent labor union struggles waged by rail workers, the warnings regarding safety that those workers advanced, the role of the Biden administration in all of this, the corporate dictatorship we live under, and much more. Follow Mel here: https://twitter.com/mel_buer Contact Mel: mel@therealnews.com The Real News Network: https://therealnews.com/ Outro music...
Breht reads a speech he recently gave at Arizona State University on the topic of dialectial materialism, Buddhism, and Marxism. Huge shout out to the ASU Zen Devils and MECHA for inviting Breht out to Arizona to give this speech, meet listeners, and visit the Sonoran Desert for the first time! Learn more about MECHA here: https://linktr.ee/MECHAdeASU If you are interested in having Breht give a speech at your university, contact us at TheRevolutionaryLeft@gmail.com with the header "Speaking at ...
In this episode of Guerrilla History , we bring back returning fan favorite Professor Gerald Horne to discuss his latest book The Counter-Revolution of 1836: Texas Slavery & Jim Crow and the Roots of U. S. Fascism . As always, the conversation with Prof Horne is incredibly enlightening and very entertaining. Support Guerrilla History and access bonus episodes here: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory...
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Sopiko Japaridze and Bryan Gigantino from the podcast Reimagining Soviet Georgia join Breht to discuss the history of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. Together they discuss Georgian-born communist Joseph Stalin, what socialist construction in Georgia was like, daily life for working class people in Soviet Georgia, the collapse of the USSR and the hard times of the 1990's, the politics of Georgia today, the Russia-Ukraine war, and more! Check out the Reimagining Soviet Georgia podcast here...
Re-Upload: The book is out now! You can get it here: https://www.iskrabooks.org/teaching-the-actuality The People's Forum Book Launch Here: https://peoplesforum.org/events/book-launch-panel-teaching-the-actuality-of-revolution-aesthetics-unlearning-and-the-sensations-of-struggle/ Derek Ford returns to the show to discuss his upcoming book "Teaching the Actuality of Revolution". Topics discussed include: Marxist pedagogy, sensory perception, education, Althusser, Marx and Engels, ideological stru...
James from Prolekult joins Breht to discuss the nuances and complexities of various forms of reductionism and capitalist-breakdown theory within the Marxist tradition. Their discussion leads them to touch on many other topics and issues that are important for the Marxist left today, including advice for those who are relatively new to Marxism. Check out and support Prolekult here: YouTube: http://youtube.com/prolekult Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/prolekult Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/prolekult Twitter:...
William Chaney joins Breht to dive deep on the work and ideas of Louis Althusser, the famous French marxist philosopher. Check out our previous episode on Althusser's work on ideology and ideological state apparatuses here: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/althusser Feel free to reach out to William for a full list of recommended reading on Althusser -- Contact William here: willchaneyumassecon@protonmail.com Check out the Center for Popular Economics : https://www.populareconomics.org ...
Professor of Philosophy and author, Graham Priest, joins Breht to discuss his latest book Capitalism - it's Nature and Replacement: Buddhist and Marxist Insights . Together, they discuss the problems of capitalism, the utter necessity of its transcendence, what Marxism can offer Buddhism, what Buddhism can offer Marxism, and how insights from both traditions can compliment and strengthen one another in the fight against instutionalized greed, hate, and delusion (aka capitalism, imperialism, and ...
We close out 2022 with a livestream! All the members of the Revolutionary Left Radio family of podcasts came together for a two hour live Q&A that we had a ton of fun doing. We hope you enjoy as we look ahead to 2023! P.S. If you're on twitter, let us know what your favorite episode of the show was during 2022 - tag us @guerrilla_pod with your pick and we'll hopefully encourage some new people to check that episode out! Link to the video version of this conversation: https://www.youtube.com/...
Breht responds to the criticism that Marxism is just Christianity mixed with the Enlightenment concept of Progress; that it is basically just a religious faith... Listen to the full episode here: https://redmenace.libsyn.com/desert
Breht welcomes Aaron J. Leonard and Conor A. Gallagher back on the show to discuss the recent release of the revised and updated version of " Heavy Radicals: The FBI's Secret War on America's Maoists: The Revolutionary Union / Revolutionary Communist Party 1968-1980 ". We discuss the importance of the original book, what changes were made in the updated and revised version (just released Oct. 2022), who the Revolutionary Union (and later the Revolutionary Communist Party) were, the difficulty of...
J. Moufawad Paul returns to the show to discuss his newest book " Politics in Command: A Taxonomy of Economism ". Together, Breht and JMP discuss what economism is, what Lenin's critique of it was, how it acts as a keystone of revisionism, its dialectical opposite "voluntarism", how they are tied to movementism, the necessity of a communist vanguard party, how economism distorts our understanding of class, the labor aristocracy, MLM analysis of modern China, Refoundationalism and Regroupment, an...
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 on the continent. Together they discuss BAP's month of action against AFRICOM, the strategic role that AFRICOM plays in the maintenance of US empire, the importance of proletarian internationalism in the fight against capitalism-imperialism, neocolonialism and comprador regimes, the consequences of 14 years of A...
David Icenogle (from No Chaser ) returns to the show and joins Breht once again to have a frank, open-ended, wide-ranging discussion about their experiences and struggles with mental health. This is not meant as medical advice, nor scientific analysis; it is meant to simply be two human beings and close friends sitting down and discussing their direct experiences in the hope that it might resonate with, or otherwise provide comfort to, people out there who struggle with this stuff too. Check out...
Thomas Riggins is a New York university lecturer in philosophy and ancient studies. He is a retired city housing manager and a veteran of the peace and civil rights movements of the 1960s. He holds degrees from Florida State University and the CUNY Graduate Center. He is currently a member of the UAW and a former Teamster. Professor Riggins joins Breht to discuss a collection of his essays on classic texts by Lenin and Engels put out by the comrades over at Midwestern Marx called " Reading the C...
Massimo Pigliucci, philosophy professor and author, joins Breht once again, this time to discuss his newest book "The Quest for Character: What the Story of Socrates and Alcibiades Teaches Us about Our Search for Good Leaders" . Topics include: Ethical theories in philosophy, stoicism, theory and practice, cross-cultural virtues, Socrates, the role of role models, how all of this connects up with politics, and much more. Learn more about Massimo and his work here: https://massimopigliucci.org/ P...
Matthew John from This American Left joins Breht to discuss his book "Millennial Marxist " and a slate of contemporary political topics Find Millennial Marxist here: https://linktr.ee/millennialmarxist Check out Breht's guest interview on This American Left : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-3-a-conversation-with-breht-oshea/id1529673234?i=1000498698013 Outro music "Riot Rhythm" by Sleigh Bells Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio...
In this episode, Breht plays clips of, and responds to, a recent podcast put out by Sam Harris and Yale Historian Timothy Snyder on the Russia-Ukraine war in which they advance several liberal, pro-american criticisms against dissident thinkers on the topic. Then Breht plays a clip from a NYT podcast about Cuba and launches into a classic Red Hot Take style rant on the topic. Outro music by Kodak Black Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio...
Listen to the FULL CONVERSATION over at Guerrilla History , which you can find and subscribe to on your favorite podcast app, OR here: https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/the-rise-of-fascism-bolsonaro-the-brazilian-elections-w-michael-fox-dispatch In this outstanding conversation, we talk with journalist Michael Fox about the rise of Fascism in Brazil, Bolsonaro, the impending runoff elections, the rise of Evangelicalism, the role of the US in these processes, and much more! We make sure to give...
Matthew Furlong from our Dialectics Deep Dive series returns to the show to discuss Valentin Nikolaevich Voloshinov, a Russian Soviet linguist, whose work has been influential in the field of literary theory and Marxist theory of ideology. Other links: Vijay Prashad - "Looking Over the Horizon at Non-Alignment and Peace" (2022) https://thetricontinental.org/studies-on-contemporary-dilemmas-2-non-alignment-and-peace/ Vijay Prashad - "Why the United States Opposed the Historical Integration of Eur...
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Kristen R. Ghodsee is an award-winning Professor of Russian and East European Studies. She returns to Rev Left to discuss her newest book "Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons From Five Revolutionary Women ". Check out more Rev Left episodes with Kristen: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=ghodsee Check out Kristen's work here: https://kristenghodsee.com/ Check out AK-47, Kristen's podcast dedicated to Alexandra Kollontai here: https://kristenghodsee.com/podcast Outro Song: "Hig...
Donald Parkinson from Cosmonaut Magazine joins Breht to talk about the life, political theory, and legacy of Lyndon LaRouche. In our own time we see LaRouche-type deviations manifesting on the so-called socialist left, and by studying LaRouche and his movement, we can better comprehend - and thus combat - its modern day iterations, while avoiding similar errors. Check out Donald's article in Cosmonaut on LaRouche here: https://cosmonautmag.com/2019/03/larouche-a-warning-for-us-all/ Outro Song: W...
Liberals of all stripes will argue that they support equality of opportunity , NOT equality of outcome... unlike those damn commies. What are we to make of this argument? Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio
"From Each According to Their Ability, To Each According to Their Needs" is still the best standard for the possiblity of a just, equitable, civilized society. Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio
Alyson and Breht reflect on the recent online stir caused by "MAGA Communism" and analyze the ideas of some of its main represenatives and proponents. Together they discuss and clarify core marxist concepts, criticize and explain the specific errors being made, shine light on its intellectual influences, explore its connection to previous iterations in american history (like the movement that formed around Lyndon LaRouche), laugh at the extremely predictable response they recieved from Trump sup...
Shawn and Aaron from Srsly Wrong join Breht to discuss their brand new animated series exclusively on MEANS TV , "Papa & Boy". Topics discussed included 90s cartoons, themes of class and hierarchy in Papa & Boy , childhood from the child's perspective, the complexities of parenting under capitalism, the limitations of the nuclear family, cycles of abuse and trauma passed down from parents to children, our own relationships with our fathers, non-violent parenting, and much, much more! Che...
