Professor Alex Avina returns to the show, this time to discuss the US-Mexico borderlands, its fascinating history, its deep relationship to colonialism and imperialist formation, the current Mexican president AMLO, the spectre of the border in american's minds, and much more.
Find more of Alex's work here: 2022-05-20 21:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
[ EDIT: this was recorded mere hours BEFORE Biden evoked the Defense Production Act ]
Breht discusses the infant formula crisis and its relationship to capitalist profiteering, how Tucker Carlson displaces blame from the actual ruling class and onto the most vulnerable and defenseless people in our society, how the Democratic Party elite look down their nose at regular people, Sweden and ...
2022-05-19 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Find the book here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1867-elite-capture
Outro music by: https://powerstrugglemusic.bandcamp.com/album/aspirations
On this episode of Red Menace, Alyson and Breht discuss the recent Supreme Court leak and the implications of Roe's dismantling, then they turn to George Friedman's thesis in his book "The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond" - responding to it, criticizing it, and reflecting on what its predictions might mean for the re...
2022-05-13 00:29:44 +0000 UTC View PostIn this Dispatch episode of Guerrilla History (and crossover with Revolutionary Left Radio), we discuss the newly leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court of the United States what would overturn Roe v. Wade and strip the right of access to safe abortion to millions of American women. We try to frame this historically, and discuss the politics of this draft, which is set to be finalized and ...
2022-05-03 22:06:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Breht was invited onto the local NPR station in Omaha to discuss the classic documentary from 1979 "The Wobblies" to help promote its remastering and re-release in theaters across the country this May Day!
Find a showing near you here: https://kinomarquee.com/film/venue/624202eb7b0e1200011ce8c3...
2022-04-30 16:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Alyson and Breht summarize, respond to, and discuss "Ride the Tiger", a major work of the Italian fascist/traditionalist/reactionary intellectual Julius Evola.
In part 1, they introduce and summarize the text.
In part 2, they respond to Evola's critiques of Marxism directly.
In part 3, they discuss the text, its relationship to Hinduism and Buddhism, Evola's legacy, and much, ...
2022-04-25 15:29:42 +0000 UTC View Post
David Icenogle returns to the show, this time to patreon exclusively, to discuss his recent relapse, which occurred after the recording of our public episode On Alcoholism in March as well as after more than a year of continuous sobriety.
In this long, darkly funny, and heartbreaking conversation, Dave discusses his relapse, the causes behind it, mental health and existential cris...
Breht talks about liberals confusion regarding Biden's total collapse in support from people under 35, the enduring importance of both the theory and practice of the three-way fight, and then reads, comments on, and responds to an article in Vanity Fair about the New Right.
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In this very special episode, Jules (@realjulestaylor) sits down with Brett (@RevLeftRadio) to have a long conversation about the Russian Nationalist philosopher Aleksandr Dugin. They examine his philosophy, core concepts, and influence in Russia. They also discuss the current war in Ukraine at lenght.
Check out No Easy Answers: 2022-03-25 21:14:20 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Marlon Ettinger to talk about the imminent French elections! We discuss the candidates, the prospects, and how French history plays into what we are currently seeing in France. An episode that will catch you up to speed on almost everything you need to know in advance of the elections! The first round takes place on April 10, the runoff second r...
2022-03-25 20:10:10 +0000 UTC View Post
David Icenogle joins Breht to discuss his long struggle with alcoholism as well as his long and rocky road to sobriety and recovery. Together, they touch on many different aspects of addiction, the specific struggle with alcoholism, the difficulties of getting and staying sober, the psychology of addiction, the nuances of AA, how relapses happen and how to avoid them, the brutal impact of addic...
2022-03-24 22:15:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Professor Helen Yaffe joins Breht to discuss her book " We are Cuba: How a Revolutionary People Have Survived in a Post-Soviet World".
In this book, and conversation, Helen Yaffe explores modern Cuba, illustrates the immense difficulties faced by a blocaded Cuba after the fall of the Soviet Union and during their Special Period, highlights Cuba's democracy and its amazing achiev...
Alyson and Breht discuss the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and wrestle with the following questions: Is Russia imperialist, and is this an inter-imperialist conflict? What is the nature of the Ukrainian State? Is Ukraine really fighting for democracy? Are we entering a multipolar world order? What do these events tell us about NATO and US hegemony? How should we understand revolutionary defeatism in...
2022-03-12 15:57:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Matthew Segall is Assistant Professor in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and is a scholar of German Idealism and the process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead.
Matthew joins Breht for a wide-ranging conversation on the philosophy of Alfred Whitehead, pan-experientialism, dialectics, organic realism, Marxism, Buddhis...
Chase from Faith and Capital and Breht from Rev Left Radio discuss religious mysticism and the Maoist method of criticism and self-criticism. In the end, they connect their religious and spiritual traditions to this method forged through revolutionary struggle.
Timeline:
00:01 -- mysticism
01:02:40 -- criticism and self-criticism
01:32:45 -- Buddhism and Christi...
Members of Brooklyn Eviction Defense (BED) join Breht to discuss their organizing, housing justice, slumlords, what housing could look like under socialism, their confrontations with the paid muscle of landlords, the Eric Adams administration, and much, much more.
Learn more about, contact, and support BED: https...
Please use the comment section below to ask any question that you want to for Breht - and probably Alyson from Red Menace - to answer on an upcoming patreon exclusive episode!
2022-03-04 00:48:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Tai Lee joins the show to discuss revolutionary feminist theory, marxist v. liberal feminism, patriarchal realism, gender abolition, historical materialism, transgender politics, why the "gender critical" movement is fundamentally anti-Marxist, some key feminist thinkers, and much more!
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2022-03-02 23:59:47 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode, Breht (while acknowledging this a fluid situation that can change on a dime) gives his thoughts on the recent invasion of Ukraine, the role that US-led NATO has played in bringing us to this point, what China is (probably) thinking, what Putin's goals might be, the role Nazis play in all of this, the response from the Ukrainian and Russian masses, and how we should think and ta...
2022-03-02 00:03:34 +0000 UTC View Post
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.
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2022-02-19 23:57:20 +0000 UTC View Post
EARLY RELEASE: Bron R. Taylor is an American scholar and conservationist. He is 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, especi...
2022-02-17 02:45:24 +0000 UTC View Post
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 i...
2022-02-11 22:42:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Andy from Poor Proles Almanac joins Breht to discuss left v. right forms of prepping, collapse narratives, eco-crisis, rethinking food systems, silvopasture, american decay, the limits of permaculture, land managment, farming, gardening, and more!
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2022-02-10 17:48:16 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode, Alyson and Breht introduce, teach, and discuss the philosphy of two giants in western philosophy: Arthur Schopenhaur and Friedrich Nietzsche.
They discuss their respective philosophies, how they relate, how they differ, the subsequent thinkers and movements they inspired or influened, their relation to politics right, left and center, their connection to eastern philosoph...
2022-02-04 16:57:03 +0000 UTC View Post
In this guerrilla history episode, we discuss "Representations of the Intellectual" by Edward Said, an examination of the intellectual, their role in society, their necessary commitment to justice and humanity, and the dangers of co-option by the forces of capital and the status quo.
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I appeared on The Sensible Socialist podcast to deconstruct James Lindsey's laughable misunderstandings of Marxism, clarify core concepts within Marxism, deal with arguments against socialism, and reveal the fallacious logic and conspiracy thinking that underpins anti-communism in America today!
Check out the Sensible Socialist here: 2022-02-03 03:07:38 +0000 UTC View Post
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 i...
2022-02-01 17:27:21 +0000 UTC View Post
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: 2022-01-19 23:59:48 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ti...
2022-01-15 21:18:43 +0000 UTC View Post