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: 2023-02-22 23:54:52 +0000 UTC View Post
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: 2023-02-16 16:35:42 +0000 UTC View Post
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- Tripling our monthly patreon output
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2023-01-31 11:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The one and only Dave Icenogle returns yet again for another multi-hour conversation. He and Breht start off talking about their recent adventures together, then move into a conversation about death and how we deal with it, they then discuss the tragedies and suffering of life and how to come out of...
2023-01-30 15:31:16 +0000 UTC View Post
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 constructio...
2023-01-23 15:32:16 +0000 UTC View Post
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: 2023-01-17 15:32:58 +0000 UTC View Post
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 reac...
2023-01-09 17:17:10 +0000 UTC View Post
EARLY RELEASE: 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 capital...
2023-01-02 20:52:10 +0000 UTC View PostWe 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 enco...
2023-01-02 01:08:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Henry and Adnan from Guerrilla History, Alyson from Red Menace, and Breht will be conducting an end-of-the-year livestream event over on YT to connect with our listeners, field questions, and get all of the Rev Left Family in one spot at the same time (for the first time)!
Join us tonight at 9pm EST here:2022-12-28 23:55:09 +0000 UTC
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David Icenogle from our various addiction and mental health episodes returns once again, this time to have an open-ended (and humorous) discussion about pursuing your dreams v. having a stable job, the horrific impact of pornography on teenagers, where one should strive to find their sense of self w...
2022-12-28 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAlyson from Red Menace, Henry and Adnan from Guerrilla History, and Breht will be doing a livestream on December 28th at 9pm EST (8pm CST)!
Ask any questions you want us to answer and discuss in the comments and we will pick some to respond to during the livestream.
Make sure to join the livestream tomorrow here: 2022-12-27 16:22:57 +0000 UTC
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Alyson and Breht summarize, discuss, and critique "Desert", an anarchist text by an anonymous author.
Summary:
start 7:20
Discussion & Critique:
start 45:06
2022-12-15 22:20:19 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY RELEASE: 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'...
2022-12-09 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
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 o...
2022-12-08 15:15:57 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2022-12-01 01:47:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Breht went onto The Antifada podcast recently to discuss a wide range of topics, from the end of the neoliberal era, to a lively disagreement about China, to Breht's interest in jumping into ice cold lakes, and much more.
Shout out to Andy and Sean from The Antifada, its always a pleasure to speak with them.
2022-11-24 18:41:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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 essay...
2022-11-22 17:07:49 +0000 UTC View PostMassimo 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 theor...
2022-11-17 11:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
EARLY RELEASE: 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 s...
2022-11-17 00:08:26 +0000 UTC View PostMatthew 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: 2022-11-08 18:13:42 +0000 UTC View Post
EARLY RELEASE: Alyson and Breht summarize and reflect on the famous "Bread Book" by Peter Kropotkin: The Conquest of Bread.
After summarizing the text and its main arguments, Alyson and Breht discuss the similarities and differences between Marxism and Anarchism, and both applaud and criticize elements of the text in the process.
Originally aired on Guerrilla History patreon, here is an episode we recorded this summer after Breht visited Paris, Henry visited St. Petersburg, and Adnan visited Istanbul. They talk about their experiences and share some fun banter.
2022-10-31 18:20:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Guerrilla History: In this Dispatch episode we bring in both a great guest and a fabulous guest host - both of whom are our friends from the DSA International Committee - Mirah and Sun Feiyang. We discuss the recent Communist Party of China National Congress, its implications for Chinese domestic and foreign policy, and what to expect in the coming years.
Mirah and Feiyang are both ...
2022-10-28 20:50:23 +0000 UTC View Post
The good folks over at Left Reckoning had Breht on their show to talk politics and Marxism!
Check out Left Reckoning on your preferred podcast app or check them out here: https://www.leftreckoning.com/
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. He also responds to an absurd Horseshoe Theory ass claim made by Sam Harris regarding anti-Semitism. Then Breht plays a clip from a NYT po...
2022-10-26 21:27:36 +0000 UTC View Post
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 plenty of historical background on these current events, so whether you're listening for the history or for analysis of the present, we kn...
2022-10-24 15:31:10 +0000 UTC View PostMatthew 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) 2022-10-24 15:23:35 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-10-17 14:57:06 +0000 UTC View Post
In this fascinating episode, we have a discussion with Professor Muhammad Sahimi on the history and the impacts of sanctions on Iran, which is both an immensely enlightening and heartbreaking conversation. This episode is particularly timely given the current situation in Iran, which the last question of the interview addresses. Be sure to also stay turned for more installments of o...
2022-10-14 17:42:32 +0000 UTC View Post