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The Guerrilla History hosts talk with Professor Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad about the topics in their brand new book T h e W i t h d r a w a l : I r a q , L i b y a , A f g h a n i s t a n , a n d t h e F r a g i l i t y o f U . S . P o w e r .   Listen to the entire interview by subscribing to Guerrilla History  on your preferred podcast app -- or find it here:  https://guerrillahistory.libsyn...

Danny Haiphong returns to Rev Left, this time to discuss Taiwan, China, Pelosi' recent visit, US imperial goals in the region, and much more!  Support Danny's work here:  https://www.patreon.com/dannyhaiphong Check out the Rev Left episode Danny was on that we mentioned in the episode: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/american-exceptionalism-and-innocence-deconstructing-ideology-and-myths...

Tai Lee joins Breht to lay out a feminist analysis of modern fascism and to assert the importance of keeping a robust proletarian feminism at the center of our socialist politics. Topics discussed include: the overturning of Roe, theocratic fascism on the American Right, the intensification of LGBTQ hate on the American Right, chauvanists and bigots pretending to be on the Left, the Manosphere and...

Walter Logeman joins Breht to discuss the work of psychosociologist, psychiatrist and founder of psychodrama J.L. Moreno.  We discuss his unique approach to psychotherapy, what he had to say about Marx and Marxism, communal v. individual approaches to psychoanalysis, Walter's life and fascinating background, and much more!  Walter Logeman's blog: https://psyberspace.walterlogeman.com/ Recommendati...

Matthew Segall is Assistant Professor in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He joins Breht to discuss the philosophical movement known as German Idealism, its major figures, its historical context, its legacy, and its continued relevance.   Learn more about Matthew and his work: https://footnotes2plato.com/   Listen to Matt's previ...

Listen to the entire interview with Prof. Richard Wolff by subscribing to Guerrilla History on your preferred podcast app -- or find it here: https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/ Support Guerrilla History (and get exclusive access to bonus episodes and our back catalogue) here: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory ------------------------------------------ Support Rev Left Radio:  https://www....

Comrade Garlic joins the Show to discuss Kevin Rashid Johnson's cancer diagnosis and struggle for adequate care within the brutal carceral system, a lack of medical care as a weapon against political prisoners, updates on the RIBPP and its mass org, serving the people, compassionate release, and more. Red Voice: The Voices of the People: https://redvoice.news/ RIBPP Linktree: https://linktr.ee/rib...

Mat Callahan joins the show to discuss his recent project "Songs of Slavery and Emancipation" - a book, an album, and a documentary - wherein he and his team searched for, found, and recreated both old slave resistance songs as well as old abolitionist songs. In this interview, Mat discusses this project and the songs and history behind it as we sprinkle in songs from the album throughout. Watch t...

Lauritz Marquardt (aka Conscious Development on YT) returns to the show to discuss meditation, Buddhist practice, offer tips and advice, and much more. Find Lauritz's YT channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/ConsciousDevelopment Find his website here: http://www.lauritzm.com Our previous episode w/ Lauritz: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/awakening Mahasi's Progress of Insight: - https...

Mass Struggle Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ massstruggle   Here's the chapter:  https://massline. info/mlms/mlch04.htm Here's the book:  https://massline.info/ mlms/mlms.htm   Check out Faith and Capital as well: https://linktr.ee/ Faithandcapital

Todd McGowan returns to the show, this time to discuss the French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist Jacques Lacan. Breht and Todd explore many of his core concepts, his relation to Freud and Freud's theory, his politics, his contributions to psychology, how his insights can useful for us today, and so much more.  Check out Todd's podcast "Why Theory?" on your preferred podcast app! Previous episdoes...

Matt Huber is a professor of geography at Syracuse University. His new book, Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet , is out from Verso Books in 2022. Professor Huber joins Breht to discuss the politics of climate change and how to build an effective socialist movement, rooted in the working class and militant labor unions, to confront the challenges of the climate cri...

The Supreme Court is an anti-democratic, hyper-reactionary institution, totally free from any semblence of accountability. It is nothing more than another arm of the far-right movement in this godforsaken, shithole country. In this month old episode, Alyson and Breht discuss the Supreme Court and the implications of Roe's dismantling.

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on a very special guest, Margrit Schiller!  Margrit was associated early on with the Red Army Faction, before being imprisoned and tortured by the West German state, being forced into exile in Cuba and Uruguay, and then having to move back to Germany more or less against her will.  A fascinating life story from someone just as committed to the struggl...

In this episode, Aleksandra Kolaković joins Breht to discuss the history of socialist construction in the former Yugoslavia. We discuss the formation of Yugoslavia, the communist partisans and their fight against fascism during WW2, the rise, rule, and legacy of Josep Broz Tito, "Market Socialism", daily life for workers in Yugoslavia, the Tito-Stalin split and beef, and much more! This is a contr...

Nomi (aka Power Struggle ) from the Beatrock Music label, joins Breht to discuss his latest album "Aspirations", the role of hip hop in both of their lives, its influence on their politics, their favorite albums and artists, revolutionary politics, working shitty jobs for shitty pay, embracing the working class over personal ambitions, and much more! Check out Aspirations here: https://powerstrugg...

In this fifth installment of the Dialects Deep Dive subseries, Matthew Furlong joins Breht once again - this time to discuss, at length, the concept of negation and its role in philosophy and dialectics.  Check out our first installment of "Dialectics Deep Dive" here:  https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/dialectics Check out our second installment here:  https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn...

Breht and Alyson discuss the recent barrage of mass shootings, how Marxists should think about these issues, what the root causes of american mass shootings are, policies/reforms that the socialist left might be able to support, and much more.  Outro music: ' Pray for Newtown' by Sun Kil Moon Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio

Jesi Taylor joins Breht to discuss waste management, how the racialized, colonial and imperialist world order dictates where certain kinds of trash ends up, the impact of landfills on communities, the hyper-localism of recyclying and its effectiveness, the fear of microplastics, and more! Find Jesi on twitter: https://twitter.com/moontwerk Check out Discard Studies: https://discardstudies.com/ Wir...

Professor Alex Avina returns to the show, this time to discuss the US-Mexico borderlands, its fascinating history, its deep relationship to colonialism and imperialist formation, the current Mexican president AMLO, the spectre of the border in american's minds, and much more.  Find more of Alex's work here: https://alexanderavina.com/ The American Maginot Line parts 1 and 2: https://fx.substack.co...

[ Edit: this was recorded hours BEFORE Biden invoked the Defense Production Act ] Breht discusses the infant formula crisis and its relationship to capitalist profiteering, how Tucker Carlson displaces blame from the actual ruling class and onto the most vulnerable and defenseless people in our society, how the Democratic Party elite look down their nose at regular people, Sweden and Finland apply...

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò joins Breht to discuss his book "Elite Capture". Together, they discuss what elite capture is, how the language of social justice has been co-opted by liberal elites, the difference between deference politics and constructive politics, and much more!  Find the book here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1867-elite-capture Outro music: Organizing Steadily (ft. Amihan and RAHSE...

Red Menace Teaser: Alyson and Breht discuss the recent Supreme Court leak and the implications of Roe's dismantling... Listen to the full episode here: https://redmenace.libsyn.com/roe-scotus-friedmann https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/

Breht was invited onto the local NPR station in Omaha to discuss the classic documentary from 1979 "The Wobblies" to help promote its remastering and re-release in theaters across the country this May Day! Find a showing near you here: https://kinomarquee.com/film/venue/624202eb7b0e1200011ce8c3 Find the original version of The Wobblies for free on YT here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr7U9wQ7L...

[Originally released Feb 2021] In this episode of Red Menace , Alyson and Breht introduce the core concepts of Marxist political economy by an analysis of the history of political economy, core economic concepts within Marxism, and much more! Make sure to subscribe to Red Menace on your favorite podcast app, and leave us a positive review!    Outline for this episode with timestamps   Political Ec...