Kristen R. Ghodsee is an award-winning Professor of Russian and East European Studies. She returns to Rev Left to discuss her newest book "Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons From Five Revolutionary Women".
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2022-10-07 23:28:26 +0000 UTC View PostLiberals of all stripes will argue that they support equality of opportunity, NOT equality of outcome... unlike those damn commies.
What are we to make of this argument?
2022-10-02 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post"From Each According to Their Ability, To Each According to Their Needs" is still the best standard for the possiblity of a just, equitable, civilized society.
2022-10-01 10:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAlyson and Breht reflect on the recent online stir caused by "MAGA Communism" and analyze the ideas of some of its main represenatives and proponents.
Together they discuss and clarify core marxist concepts, criticize and explain the specific errors being made, shine light on its intellectual influences, explore its connection to previous iterations in american history (like ...
EARLY RELEASE: Donald Parkinson from Cosmonaut Magazine joins Breht to talk about the life, political theory, and legacy of Lyndon LaRouche. In our own time we see LaRouche-type deviations manifesting on the so-called socialist left, and by studying LaRouche and his movement, we can better comprehend - and ...
2022-09-28 15:26:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Shawn and Aaron from Srsly Wrong join Breht to discuss their brand new animated series exclusively on MEANS TV, "Papa & Boy". Topics discussed included 90s cartoons, themes of class and hierarchy in Papa & Boy, childhood from the child's perspective, the complexities of parenting under capitalism, the limitations of the ...
2022-09-28 10:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostBreht is joined by members of the Workers' Front of Ukraine - a Marxist-Leninist organization based in Ukraine. We discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, the impact of the war on Ukrainians, the Maidan Coup of 2014, the size and role of fascist and neo-nazi groups in Ukraine, Zelenskyy and Putin, the economic incentives behind the war, and much more!
Learn more about the Worker's Front here...
This episode of Guerrilla History is a continuation of our Sanctions As War miniseries (check out the intro episode if you've not already!), and is our first case study of the series. In this episode, we hear the simultaneously heartbreaking and infuriating story of the sanctions on Yugoslavia from Gregory Elich. Gregory, in addition to being a committed anti-imperialist and keen an...
2022-09-16 22:17:20 +0000 UTC View PostDerek Ford returns to the show to discuss his upcoming book "Teaching the Actuality of Revolution".
Topics discussed include: Marxist pedagogy, sensory perception, education, Althusser, Marx and Engels, ideological struggle, aesthetics, and much more!
Learn more here: 2022-09-12 18:44:14 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode, Alyson and Breht use Devin Zane Shaw's work (specifically his Philosophy of Antifascism) as a jumping off point for exploring the concept of the three way fight, and how principled Marxists and revolutionaries can avoid falling in...
2022-09-06 17:18:43 +0000 UTC View Post
I had the chance to go on Upstream Podcast to talk about Marxism, Leninism, Maoism, the importance of theory and organization, and why communists should hold themselves to high standards of behavior in every sphere of life!
Description from Upstream:
There are many traditions or tendencies among the left. In fact, sometimes just trying to wrap our heads around all of the rich th...
Stella joins Breht to discuss (and put a unique communist spin) on the great French Revolution!
Together, they discuss the conditions that led to the revolution, the major events and figures of the Revolution, the so-called Reign of Terror, Maximilien Robespierre, Jean-Paul Marat, the Guillotine, the role of women, Babeuf and the Conspiracy of Equals, the Thermidorian Reaction and the e...
Yugopnik joins Breht to talk about political development, philosophy, Yugoslavia, Tito, the Balkans today, the Russia-Ukraine War, perceptions of the US, and much more!
Yugopnik's Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/Yugopnik
Sub to Yugopnik's YT: 2022-08-22 14:32:56 +0000 UTC View Post
In this tremendous episode, we talk with Professor Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad about the topics in their brand new book The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power. An absolutely wonderful conversation with two great guests! The book will be released in...
2022-08-19 20:58:11 +0000 UTC View PostTai 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 Manos...
2022-08-13 20:46:47 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY RELEASE: 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!
2022-08-03 17:13:38 +0000 UTC View PostAlyson and Breht respond to questions from our patrons. Topics discussed include: how to properly evaluate uprisings abroad, important virtues for communists to try and cultivate, and finding hope and solidarity in the face of tragedy and despair...
Mao on Dialectics as mentioned by Alyson: 2022-08-01 20:24:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Early Release: 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: 2022-07-31 00:04:22 +0000 UTC View Post
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: 2022-07-30 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Patreon exclusive, David Icenogle (No Chaser on YT) from our Alcoholism and Addiction episode(s) returns to shoot the shit with Breht. Dave catches us up on his road to recovery and his attendant trials and tribulations, and then asks Breht political questions he has about abortion ...
2022-07-28 18:42:49 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ...
2022-07-26 20:51:06 +0000 UTC View PostPlease submit any and all questions in the comment section below; Alyson and I will answer some of them on an upcoming public episode of Red Menace!
2022-07-17 23:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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: 2022-07-17 17:36:45 +0000 UTC View Post
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 revolutionary movement, rooted in the working class and militant labor, to confront the challenges of th...
2022-07-04 09:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostPATRONS ONLY: Professor Todd McGowan - cohost of Why Theory? - returns to the show to discuss the French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist Jacques Lacan. We talk about Lacan's "Back to Freud" idea, core Lacanian concepts and how to understand them, Lacan's dialectical approach within psychoanalytic theory, how Lacan relates t...
2022-07-02 00:48:01 +0000 UTC View PostIn 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", the Tito-Stalin split and beef, and much more!
This is a controversial chapter of sociali...
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 workin...
2022-06-08 21:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostIn these two Guerrilla History episodes, we interview Africana Studies scholar and professor Takiyah Harper-Shipman on African development, Thomas Sankara, the IMF and World Bank in Africa, and much, much more!
W. African Women's Development (Part 1): https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/takiyah
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2022-05-24 16:23:53 +0000 UTC View PostJust checking in to see what our patrons prefer, so that we can continue working toward bringing the people what they want!
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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 localism of recyclying and its effectiveness, the fear of microplastics, and much more!
Find Jesi on twitter: https://t...
2022-05-22 01:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post