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On this episode of Red Menace, Alyson is joined by Rey and Esperanza to analyze transgender identity, struggle, and liberation through a principled Marxist feminist and dialectical materialist lens. Rey also talks at length about how these issues and struggles manifest within the Philippines, historically and presently.  Support Red Menace and get access to bonus monthly content on Patreon here: h...

Breht was given the honor of being the *first ever guest* on The Deprogram podcast, a new(er) show hosted by Hakim, JT from Second Thought, and Yugopnik, all of whom came to public recognition through their separate YouTube channels. In this episode, they interview Breht on his life and background, the harassments he's faced by the Right and the State, the role of independent left media, what inde...

Bron R. Taylor is an American scholar, conservationist, and professor of religion and nature at the University of Florida. Taylor works principally in the areas of religion and ecology, environmental ethics, and environmental philosophy. He is also a prominent historian and ethnographer of environmentalism, especially radical environmentalist movements. Taylor is also editor-in-chief of the Encycl...

 Andy from Poor Proles Almanac joins Breht to discuss left v. right forms of prepping, collapse narratives, eco-crisis, anarchism and marxism, rethinking food systems, silvopasture, american decay, the limits of permaculture, land managment, farming, gardening, and more!  Subscribe to Poor Proles Alamanac on your preferring podcasting app, and learn more here: https://linktr.ee/PoorProles Outro Mu...

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Breht recently went on The Sensible Socialist podcast to confront, analyze, and dismantle the laughable misrepresentations of Marxism and the shallow anti-communism of James Lindsay.  In the process, we clarify core concepts within Marxism, respond to various arguments against socialism, and reveal the fallacious logic and conspiracy thinking that underpins anti-communism in America today!  Check...

Jon Greenaway returns to the show, this time to discuss the life and intellectual legacy of the German Jewish Marxist, philosopher, and cultural critic Walter Benjamin. We discuss his biography, his major works, his use of marxism and historical materialist, his art criticism, the role that jewish mysticism played in his work, the frankfurt school, his tragic suicide, and his overall legacy. Check...

Shamayel Shalizi returns to the show to discuss the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan in the 70's and 80's, and the complex internal politics of Afghanistan at the time. Shamayel was also a guest on our "Reflections on Afghanistan" episode: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/reflections-on-afghanistan-culture-history-the-struggle-for-self-determination Links provided by guest: Decolonial t...

In this episode, Corey Mohler (from Existential Comics ) returns to the show, this time to discuss the life, religion, politics, art, and psychology of the 19th century Russian literary giant Fyodor Dostoevsky - one of the greatest novelists of all time and the author of Crime and Punishment , The Brother Karamazov , The Idiot , Notes from the Underground , and many more!  Check out Kung Fu Chess...

For this episode, Breht put together a collection of clips of bell hooks speaking about her life, her influences, her ideas, and her spirituality as a way of paying tribute to her and her contributions to the black radical tradition, to our emotional and spiritual lives, and to our society more broadly. The clips are interspersed with songs from Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Tracy Chapman, Lauryn H...

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Professor Adnan Husain , Medieval European and Middle Eastern Historian and Director of the School of Religion at Queens University, joins Breht to discuss the life of St. Francis of Assisi. Together they discuss St. Francis of Assisi's legacy within Christianity, nature mysticism, Imitatio Christi, Francis's meeting with the Sultan of Egypt, medieval Europe, Islam and Christianity, Franciscan Vir...

Johanna May Black and Devin Zane Shaw join Breht to discuss the collective project they contributed to: On Necrocapitalism. Check out our first episode on Necrocapitalism: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/necrocapitalism Buy On Necrocapitalism here: https://www.leftwingbooks.net/book/content/necrocapitalism-plague-journal Check out Devin's great book Philosophy of Antifascism here: https:...

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we talk with Comrade Luna of the YouTube channel LunaOi!  We discuss the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and its impacts both within Vietnam as well as in liberation struggles globally.  Luna is a Vietnamese communist living in Hanoi.  She runs the YouTube channel LunaOi ( https://t.co/ibUYXNtQlg?amp=1 ), which covers Vietnamese foods, culture, and travel, as well as...

Joshua Kahn Russell returns to the show, this time to discuss - for the first time publicly -  his Ayahuasca practice that he began nearly a decade ago.  We try to give this topic the respect, integrity, cultural sensitivity, and spiritual depth that it deserves. We discuss so much, including: science, spirit, healing, cultural appropriation, trauma, capitalism, colonization, visions & hallucinati...

Jay Michaelson is a journalist, meditation teacher, author of many books, and worked as an LGBTQ activist for ten years. Jay holds a Ph. D. in religion from Hebrew University, a J.D. from Yale Law School, a nondenominational rabbinic ordination, and is authorized to teach in the Theravadan Buddhist lineage.  Jay joins Breht to discuss spirituality, grief and suffering, Judaism and Buddhism, the im...

Mina Sharif and Shamayel Shalizi join Breht to discuss and reflect on Afghan culture, history, political struggles, the diaspora, common misconceptions, the Afghanistan War and withdraw, and much more!  Decolonial therapy parts 1- 4:  https://www.instagram.com/s/ aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTAxNjc1NzM2OD k4Njc5?story_media_id= 2560750183107113600&utm_ medium=copy_link   https://www.instagram.com/s/ aGlnaGxpZ...

J.T. Chapman from Second Thought joins Breht to discuss their experiences living in deep red states, how to talk to and persuade conservatives and other non-socialists of our politics, major global trends that will shape this century, and much more! Follow JT on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_secondthought Subscribe to Second Thought: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJm2TgUqtK1_NLBrjNQ1P-w Outro M...

This is the fourth installment of the Dialects Deep Dive subseries. Matthew Furlong joins Breht to finish up their discussion of Spinoza's Ethics and to begin their discussion of Deleuze and Guattari.  Check out our first installment of "Dialectics Deep Dive" here:  https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/dialectics Check out our second installment here:  https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.co...

Mel Buer - host of the Morning Riot podcast , journalist, and IWW member - joins Breht to discuss the recent wave of strikes throughout the country, what its political implications are, and how regular people can help out!  Find more of Mel's work here: https://linktr.ee/coldbrewedtool Outro Music: "Working Reward " by The Haymarket Squares ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/Rev...

On this inaugural episode of Morning Riot, Mel sits down with Breht O'Shea from Revolutionary Left Radio to talk about Rev Left Radio and its origins, Mel and Breht's doxing experiences, the reconciliation bill and why the Democrats are absolute dog shit, anarchism and marxism, the pace of technological advancement and its impact on institutions, the dialectics of struggle, the relationship betwee...

Corey Mohler (Existential Comics) and Zach Weinersmith (Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal) join Breht to discuss free will, determinism, the role of consciousness, the role of the self, and the implications of the debate for society. Corey also articulates his compatibillist position as Zach and Breht raise questions and offer possible critiques.  Check out Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal here: ...

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Torkil Lauesen returns to the show, this time to discuss his newest book "Riding the Wave: Sweden's Integration into the Imperialist World Order". Pushing back against the narrative that Nordic countries like Sweden are socialist paradises who don't engage in colonialism and imperialism like other western countries, Torkil dives deep into history to deconstruct this rather naive perspective and of...