Gabriel Gipe joins Breht to discuss the genre and history of dystopian fiction, its ideological role in American society, the impact of George Orwell and anti-communism on our culture, and what it even means to discuss dystopia while living in one.
Check out Gabriel's book reviews on Instagram @mr_gs_book_club
Outro Music: "Gallows" by CocoRosie
2020-09-28 02:27:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Venugopal Nellutla, the nephew of Indian poet and revolutionary VV Rao, joins Breht to discuss the life, poetry, and politics of his uncle, comrade, and friend.
Contact Venugopal for more information and resources at: venugopalraon@yahoo.com
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2020-09-25 20:48:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Torkil Lauesen joins Breht to discuss his newest book "The Principal Contradiction". In this discussion, Torkil and Breht discuss dialectical materialism, how it is applied in real world situations, and the role that contradiction plays in it all.
In the 1970s and 80s...
2020-09-18 22:17:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Johanna Fernandez, History Professor and host of "Its a New Day", joins Breht to discuss the history, ideology, and activity of The Young Lords, a Marxist-Leninist organization dedicated to the empowerment of, and self-determination for, Puerto Rico, Latinos, and colonized people.
Check out Johanna's book "The Young...
2020-09-11 15:38:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Henry Hakamaki joins Breht to discuss the latest science regarding SARS-Cov-2, how it impacts our immune system, how virus' work generally, the politics of it all, and much more.
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In this episode, Breht conducts three separate interviews with organizers in Omaha: Bear from ProBLAC, David Harvey from Omaha Abolition Research, and Brenden from the Nebraska Left Coal...
2020-08-24 19:07:08 +0000 UTC View Post
In this fascinating episode Nick Estes, Historian, author of "Our History is the Future" and co-founder of The Red Nation, joins Breht to discuss the history and legacy of the American Indian Movement, including the history o...
2020-08-23 18:26:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Devin Zane Shaw, philosophy professor and author of "Egalitarian Moments", joins Breht to discuss his newest book "Philosophy of Antifascism: Punching Nazis and Fighting White Supremacy".
Find Devin on Twitter 2020-08-17 03:32:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Austin Hayden Smidt returns to Rev Left, this time to discuss his new book "Sartre, Imagination, and Dialectical Reason: Creating Society as a Work of Art".
Chris and Dave from the Mandatory OT and IWW join Breht to cover the fascinating and crucially important history of the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest labor uprising in American history and the largest armed uprising in America since the Civil War.
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2020-07-28 19:21:08 +0000 UTC View Post
History Professor Dr. Peter Cole (previous guest from our IWW episode) joins Breht again, this time to discuss his fascinating new book Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area. We discuss the labor history of dockworker unionism, the racial justice campaigns that workers in Apartheid South Africa and the United States partook in, the impact of these labor st...
2020-07-27 02:16:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Eve and Dianne join Breht to discuss the relationship between white supremacy and wage labor.
This is the fifth installment in our ongoing collaboration with Unity and Struggle. This Rev Left mini-series will trace and engage with the development of Unity and Struggle's systematic study of race through the lens of historical and dialectical materialism.
Check out, and contri...
This is a re-upload of an episode we did with Michael Brooks, who tragically passed away recently at the age of 36. In this episode, he talks about his life, his politics, his meditation practice, Buddhist and Marxist philosophy, and much more.
Michael's impact lives on and we humbly carry on his radical spirit of loving kindness, compassion, proletarian internationalism, and genuine...
2020-07-21 23:41:36 +0000 UTC View Post
In this collaboration with Revolutionary Lumpen Radio, Breht, Shibby, and Ryan have a wide-ranging discussion on a myriad of topics including Buddhist philosophy, Marxist dialectics, space travel, engaging with nature, hunting & veganism, the illusion of separateness, and much, much more.
V and Rea join Breht to discuss the Naxalite movement in India, the context in which the Naxalites arose, the reaction to them by the Indian state and Indian fascists, the role imperialism plays in the conflict, and much more!
For sources, links, or further recommendations, please feel free to reach out to Rea on Twitter here: 2020-07-14 19:59:26 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the podcast that spun-off from our old Film Vanguard episodes!
"In the 33rd episode of the Hammer & Camera podcast, producer Josh joins us inside the booth to discuss the documentary Capital in the 21st Century, based on the book by French economist Thomas Piketty. We get the bottom of how and why this film seems so at odds with itself, and what happens when you pursue "neutr...
From Revolutionary Lumpen Radio: "In this episode, your hosts Shibby & Ryan are joined by Breht of Rev Left Radio to discuss existential questions that nobody has the answers to, proving our need to build on our own experiences, interests - sharing our history. We are human beings contemplating the facts of reality, our existence, our preservation & beyond elevation towards the st...
2020-07-14 19:04:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Kevin Mohler joins Breht to cover a unique topic: his life as someone who rejects the comforts and trappings of modern society to live more intentionally in nature. This is not necessarily an episode we would usually do, but its fascinating and I hope some of you get something valuable out of it!
The sound quality on this episode might not be the best, but thats because my guest had...
2020-07-06 23:41:45 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode, Breht is joined by a representative of an anonymous collective of thinkers and organizers to discuss their ongoing project "On Necrocapitalism".
Topics include: capital's response to the pandemic, the Victims of Communism and their fascist lies, Zizek's newest book, Judith Butler's radical liberalism, dystopian fiction and its role in maintaining the capitalist imaginary,...
2020-07-06 22:23:18 +0000 UTC View PostBay Area415 from YouTube used some clips from our episode "America on Fire" in his video! Check it out!
We are always honored when people use clips of our shows to further their own revolutionary agitating, inspiring, and organizing. Everything we do here is meant to be a resource for those e...
This episode is a collaboration between Radical Reflections and Rev Left Radio. David from RR and Breht from RLR join forces once again; this time to discuss how the workplace operates under capitalism, and what it could be under socialism.
Check out more from Radical Reflections 2020-07-04 17:35:51 +0000 UTC View Post
J. Moufawad-Paul lives in Toronto and works as casualized contract faculty at York University where he received his PhD in philosophy. He is the author of Austerity Apparatus, Continuity and Rupture, and Demarcation and Demystification.
In this episode, Breht and JMP discuss intra-Maois...
2020-07-02 00:59:37 +0000 UTC View Post
This episode was recorded a few months ago for a brand new podcast called "The People's Future". They had me on to discuss the film "Children of Men", and its implications for the period of time we are living in.
This was recorded BEFORE the Uprisings took place, so the lack of any mention of the rebellions and protests around the country is due to that fact.
Check out their podc...
We are finally getting to a Q and A bonus episode this month, please ask any and all questions in this thread, and Breht will answer as many as he can in the next patreon episode!
Thank you for your continued support. It means the world to us and our families.
Rea joins Breht to discuss student organizing, her experience living in an immigrant family from India, the machinations of Indian politics, the different forms of Indian Communist movements, and much more!
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Ian Goodrum joins Breht to discuss and dismantle the recent wave of anti-China propaganda emanating out of the US in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. They also discuss China's response to the outbreak, the failures and indifference of the US ruling class, and m...
2020-05-28 02:05:44 +0000 UTC View Post
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Outro music 'Reading Mao'by Sendai Era
2020-05-28 01:57:00 +0000 UTC View Post