Our good friend Brendan returns to the show to discuss definitions of fascism, the history of antisemitism, Gramscian political tactics, the fascist riot on capitol hill, the class make up of fascism, and much more!
Outro Music: "Hot Water Rising" by No Thanks
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Peter Cole is a labor historian, professor, and author of "Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly" as well as "Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area". H...
2021-01-12 19:10:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Alyson and Breht discuss recent events, and what they mean going forward.
2021-01-08 06:24:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Twitch streamer CommieCon interviews Breht on a wide range of topics, including common arguments against socialism and how to refute them, Marx's conception of Species-Being and its relationship to alienation and human nature, Marxism v. Anarchism and what both have to offer, the evolution of human civilization through hist...
2021-01-04 00:39:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey Everyone,
I just wanted to write this in part to keep you updated on something that has happened to me and my family, and also, perhaps, as some form of dealing with the grief; its almost as if telling other people about this is a way for our suffering to be seen. I also consider this a community, and feel that I should continue to be open and honest about my life, as I have always b...
Adnan Husain is both a Medieval European and Middle Eastern historian. His work has focused on religious phenomena and social imagination in Medieval Catholicism and Islam, particularly on Franciscan spiritual and Sufi mystical traditions. He is also a co-host of 2020-12-23 18:31:48 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode, Breht is joined by Tiffani to discuss the life, art, and politics of Billie Holiday! We discuss her childhood trauma, her victimization by the War on Drugs, what made her music so unique, and much more!
In this guided meditation, Breht once again walks you through a Vipassana breath meditation with a new wrinkle: looking for the thinker behind the thoughts.
Recommendation: Pema Chodron ("The Places That Scare You", etc.)
Challenge: Try to become aware of how your thoughts construct a sense of self. The illusory self is, in fact, a product of incessant inner dialogue, not ...
2020-12-12 00:18:52 +0000 UTC View Post
In this cross over episode with Guerrilla History, we cover the life and legacy of radical abolitionist John Brown. We discuss the historical context he lived in, his motivations and religious convictions, and his relevance for our own times.
Check out Guerrilla History here: https://www.patreon.com/guerril...
2020-12-07 05:10:20 +0000 UTC View PostOur friends over at Leaflets made this cool little video about dialectics using Alyson's description from our RM episode and overlaying it with cool visuals to help people understand! Check it out! Its only 4 minutes. :)
Also, subscribe to Leaflets and show them love in the comments if ya can!
Here is the latest episode of Red Menace, in which Breht and Alyson discuss the election, Trump and the GOP, the Biden Administration, Covid-19 and vaccines, conspiracy thinking on the American Right, and much more.
2020-11-29 23:35:14 +0000 UTC View Post
In this guided meditation, Breht walks you through a foundational meditation exercise: meditation on the breath.
Challenge: Find little moments throughout your day to drop into awareness of the breath instead of mindlessly indulging in compulsive thinking.
Recommendation: Adyashanti ("Falling Into Grace", "The End of your World", "Spontaneous Awakening", and "Resurrecting Jesus")
2020-11-28 21:17:48 +0000 UTC
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Here is the latest episode of our new sister podcast Guerrilla History! If you havent already checked it out, please do.
On Guerrilla History we will attempt to do for history what Red Menace does for political theory: deep dives into the subject matter.
Follow GH on Twitter: https://twitter.com/guerrilla_pod 2020-11-24 16:15:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Mel from Protean sits down with Sango, a comrade who has been on the frontlines in the battle against police brutality in the ongoing uprising in Nigeria. Mel and Sango dig into the SARS units of Nigeria, discuss the EndSARS movement and begin to imagine what a brighter future might look like.
You can learn more about The Movement for African Emancipation 2020-11-19 02:24:08 +0000 UTC View Post
I went on This American Left recently to talk about the elections, the left, strategy, and much more!
Check it out! :)
Breht introduces and explicates the core teachings of the Buddha, and then (after the outro music) walks the listener through a guided meditation centered on the conscious cultivation of loving kindness and compassion.
Outro Music: 'I Love (It) So Much' by Mount Eerie
2020-11-13 21:43:30 +0000 UTC View PostFor our next Q and A I want to focus on any questions you may have regarding meditation or buddhism specifically, given the enormous feedback I've received about our recent guided meditation. So if you have any questions on that front, this is the perfect vehicle for them!
Beyond that though, feel free to ask me anything you want in the comments below, and I will choose a few to answer ...
I recently went on the podcast Leaflets to talk about Marxism, my political development and more! Check it out!
2020-11-12 15:56:19 +0000 UTC View Post
In this second installment of our ongoing mini-series on George Jackson's "Blood in my Eye", Breht walks us through Jackson's chapter "On Fascism" and elucidates his views on what it is, where it comes from, and its relationship to monopoly capitalism and the U.S. state.
Outro Music: 'I Don't Give a Fucc' by Nipsey Hussle
Breht shares his initial thoughts on the ongoing election and discusses some of its implications.
Outro Music: 'Hot Water Rising'by No Thanks
https://no-thanks.bandcamp.com/album/submerger
2020-11-06 17:16:33 +0000 UTC View PostBreht walks you through a guided meditation meant to concentrate the mind on the purposeful cultivation of compassion and loving kindness.
2020-10-30 19:17:57 +0000 UTC View Post
In this first installment of our mini-series on "Blood in my Eye" by George Jackson, Breht introduces and reads segments of the text. In these sections, George Jackson talks about the folly of running socialist candidates for president, the fact of US fascism and its already-existing presence, revolutionary strategy and its relation to mass work, the "new pig class" made up of white reactionari...
2020-10-28 17:38:21 +0000 UTC View Post
New Zealand has been held up as a success story for the capitalist world regarding its Covid-19 response. Kate rejoins the show to peer behind the façade, and apply some materialist analysis to NZ's pandemic reality!
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2020-10-27 21:48:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Frank Stricker is a professor emeritus of history, interdisciplinary studies, and labor studies at California State University. He is the author of "American Unemployment: Past, Present and Future" and is a member of the National Jobs for All Coalition/Network
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2020-10-27 21:41:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Aaron J. Leonard returns to the show to discuss his newest book "The Folk Singers and The Bureau: The FBI, The Folk Artists, and the Suppression of the Communist Party USA (1939-1956)".
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In this episode Breht reads, and responds to, the essay by the Indian Maoist intellectual Ajith entitled "To Be in Communion with our Social Selves" from the collection of essays titled "Critiquing Brahmanism".
Breht talks about misunderstandings surrounding meditation, the Marxist analysis of religion, the one-sidedness of critiques from both sides of this particular debate, and much &n...
In this episode Matt Bernico and Dean Dettloff from The Magnificast podcast join Breht to discuss the history and ideology of Liberation Theology.
Check out Dean's course that he is currently teaching on liberation theology 2020-10-12 00:35:26 +0000 UTC
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Robyn Maynard joins Breht to discuss her new book "Policing Black Live: State Violence in Canada From Slavery to the Present".
Delving behind Canada’s veneer of multiculturalism and tolerance, Policing Black Lives trac...
2020-10-08 23:53:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Lou, Kylie, and Nicole join Breht to discuss the state of incarcerated people during this pandemic, the horrific conditions within prisons, and the case of Just - who was unjustly targeted and imprisoned, and now faces repression inside prison for his journalism and truth-telling.
Check out Sunset Park Popular Assembly 2020-10-08 23:53:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is the audio of Breht's guest appearance on The David Feldman Show (https://davidfeldmanshow.com/) in which Breht was interviewed by Henry Hakamaki (the guest from our recent Covid-19 episode) about dialectical materialism, the Paris Commune, Marxist movements around the world, the upcoming US elections, the threat of f...
2020-09-30 22:03:38 +0000 UTC View Post