Rev Left Radio

Meltdown Exptected: Crisis, Disorder, and Upheaval at the End of the 1970s

Aaron J. Leonard returns to the show to discuss his newest book "Meltdown Expected: Crisis, Disorder, and Upheaval at the End of the 197...

Modern China pt. 4: The Deng Reform Period to Today w/ Ken Hammond

In our final installment of our Modern China series, we conclude with this important, and inevitably controversial discussion of the Deng Reforms and the Reform Period!  Very important that no matter your ideologi...

My Struggle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Breht opens up about his lifelong struggle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in the hopes that it might help others. He discusses developing contamination OCD as a child after a traumatic event, reflects on how his OCD has morphed over the years and taken on different forms, and offers words of encouragement, loving compassi...

Student Encampments for Palestine: An Interview with Student Organizers

Students and organizers Cheli and Phia join Alyson and Breht to discuss their different experiences on the front lines of student encampments at Cal State LA and the University of Oregon. Together, they discuss the reasons for their protests, share the differing reactions from university administrations and faculty, and give ...

Zionist Depravity & Palestinian Resistance

In this patreon episode, Breht and David let their kids do the intro, then Breht talks about robbing a homerun in his softball league before diving into more serious matters: Trump's felony convictions and its implications, the intellectual and moral depravity of American Zionist elites as highlighted by Bill Maher, and then ...

Defending Socialism: A Logical Critique of Capitalism

Philosopher Scott Sehon joins Breht to discuss his new book "Socialism: A Logical Introduction". Together they analyze arguments in favor of capitalism,...

The Great Leap Forward & Cultural Revolution w/ Ken Hammond

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we get into part 3 of our 4 part miniseries on modern Chinese history featuring Ken Hammond (and guest host Breht O'Shea of Revolutionary Left Radio) with an amazing discussion of The Great Leap Forward and The C...

Dialectics Deep Dive: The Final Installment

In this final iteration of our long-standing series "Dialectics Deep Dive", Matthew Furlong joins Breht to discuss Althusser's essay "Contradiction and Overdetermination" and in the process they discuss many aspects of dialectical materialism and Marxist philosophy.

Check out Part 1 of this episode here: 2024-05-17 13:35:21 +0000 UTC View Post

Laundering Black Rage: Capitalism, Empire, and The Mechanics of Co-optation

Rasul Mowatt and Too Black join Breht to discuss their new book Laundering Black R...

Virtue Ethics, Passover Seder, Meditation, and Being in the 4th Dimension (Teaser)

This is a teaser for our other show, Shoeless in South Dakota... a podcast about mental health, addiction, recovery, comedy, friendship, philosophy, self-help (and a million other things).

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The Campus Uprisings for Palestine

Alyson and Breht discuss the student-led protests for Palestine sweeping across American universities, the reaction to them by the ruling class elite and their attack dogs (the cops), lessons learned from previous movements over the past decade or so, parallels to 1968 and the anti-Vietnam War protests, the current negotiatio...

"Stalker" by Andrei Tarkovsky: Modernity and our Sickness Unto Death

Breht is interviewed as a guest on Left of the Projector (along with Amanda Joy Moon). Together, with the host Evan, the three discuss Soviet Filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky's film "Stalker" from 1979.

In case you missed our first collab on Tarkovsky's film "Solaris" you can find that discussion  2024-04-30 21:55:13 +0000 UTC View Post

Ghosts in the Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness, & Capitalism

In this episode, Alyson and Breht wrestle with the possible rise of artificial general intelligence and its implications. Together they discuss the Silicon Valley Techno-Cult and their religious search for immortality, their hubristic attempts to "build god" and escape death, their neoliberal subjectivities and how that manif...

On Cuba and Haiti: The Fight for Liberation & Self-Determination in the Caribbean

Musa Springer, Erica Caines, & Onyesonwu Chatoyer from Hood Communist join Breht O'Shea to discuss their participation in The Second International Meeting of Theoretical Publications of Left Par...

Modern China (pt. 1): The Taiping & Boxer Rebellions w/ Ken Hammond

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we launch our 4 part miniseries on modern Chinese history featuring Ken Hammond (and guest host Breht O'Shea of Revolutionary Left Radio) with this terrific discussion on the Taiping and Boxer Rebellions!  Be sure to go back and listen to the 2024-04-01 13:45:26 +0000 UTC View Post

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

Listen to the first installment of this four-episode series HERE

Kenneth J. Hammond is Professor of History at New Mexico State University. Hammond was a student and...

"The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte" by Karl Marx

Alyson and Breht explain and explore this famous text from Karl Marx, in the process they discuss French history, class conflict, the peasantry and lumpenproletariat, Bonapartism and Fascism, history, the role of the State under capitalism, and how all of this helps us to make sense of our contemporary moment of crisis in the...

Imperialism Abroad, Fascism at Home: GILEE, Cop City, & 1033 Program

EARLY RELEASE: Musa and Tunde from the ATL chapter of the Black Alliance for Peace join Breht to discuss the GILEE Program (Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange) and its implications, the construction of Cop City (and the plans for more), the...

Parting Ways (for now): Guerrilla History Bids Farewell to Breht & Dave

After a wonderful 3 and half years, Breht and Producer Dave are bidding farewell to Guerrilla History. Henry and Adnan will continue the program. In this episode, they all reflect on their time together and promise to keep collaborating when and where possible going forward!

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The Hands That Crafted the Bomb: The Making of a Lifelong Antifascist

PATREON EXCLUSIVE: Josh Fernandez joins the show to discuss his new biography "The Hands That Crafted the Bomb: The Making of a Lifelong Antifascist". Together Josh and Breht have a wide ranging conversation on antifascism, teaching, prison, organizing, parenting, drug and alcohol abuse, and much more. 

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Man on Fire: Aaron Bushnell's Sacrifice for Palestine

Rest in Peace, Aaron.

"To burn oneself by fire is to prove that what one is saying is of the utmost importance. There is nothing more painful than burning oneself. To say something while experiencing this kind of pain is to say it with utmost courage, frankness, determination, and sincerity."

- Thich Nhat Hanh in ...

Buddhist Perspectives: Self-Immolation and Political Struggle

In this patreon exclusive, Breht reads and reflects on Buddhist writings including Thich Nhat Hanh's letter to MLK Jr. regarding Buddhist monks in Vietnam engaging in self-immolation and how it differs from suicide,  an...

On Mysticism: Ego, Suffering, & Love

On this episode of Red Menace, Alyson and Breht had some things come up such that they couldn't record their planned episode on Marx's 18th Brumaire (coming soon!), so instead they have a deep, organic and wide-ranging conversation on mysticism; together they explore humanities religious and spiritual traditions and the mysti...