Alyson and Breht finish their 3-part series on Friedrich Engels' text "The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and The State", and reflect on the text as a whole. Together, they wrestle with questions, like: What is family abolition? How do rich people buy extended, communal family? What happens to the family and romantic...
2023-08-07 17:26:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Breht and Arjun from Deep into History join forces to have a wide-ranging discussion on 20th century American history, with a focus on the underlying racial and class dynamics of early to mid-century America that led to the rise of the Civil Ri...
2023-08-06 01:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
In this pressing episode, we bring on the esteemed Professor Hakim Adi to discuss the MRes History of Africa & the African Diaspora program, and the University of Chichester's efforts to shut down the program and make Professor Adi redundant. This is an incredibly important issue that we take up, so listeners, take ...
2023-08-04 15:13:13 +0000 UTC View Post
When you think about the philosophies and practices of Buddhism and Marxism, you might not immediately think that they have much in common. However, you might be surprised at how much overlap and complementary resonance there actually is between these two rich and beautiful traditions.
In this conversation, we’ve brou...
2023-08-01 17:24:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Dr. Gerald Horne joins Breht and guest-co-host PM Irvin to launch our new series on the life and work of W.E.B. Du Bois, the famous American sociologist, Marxist socialist, esteemed historian, and Pan-Africanist civil right...
2023-07-24 14:34:22 +0000 UTC View Post
EARLY RELEASE: Santi Elijah Holley joins Breht to discuss his book "An Amerikan Family: The Shakurs and the Nation ...
2023-07-04 15:46:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Alyson and Breht discuss the recent rulings by the Supreme Court, a wildly anti-democratic, thoroughly corrupt, and staunchly reactionary institution that the American right has spent years and billions of dollars capturing in order to impose its minoritarian rule on an American majority that firmly rejects what they stand fo...
2023-07-02 21:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In this first edition of our new All Too Human interview series, Breht and Dave welcome "Katie", Breht's sister, into the studio to have an honest conversation about her struggles with alcohol and gambling.
With these All Too Human interviews, we aim to highlight and destigmatize the mental health an...
Episode coming Monday, July 3rd:
- This book is ostensibly about the Shakur family, but on another level you are using the trials and tribulations of this specific family as a lens through which to understand the broader struggle for black liberation in this country. Why did you want to focus on the Shakur family in par...
2023-06-27 15:09:11 +0000 UTC View Post
In this patreon episode, Breht listens and responds to the (unfortunately) popular right wing Youtuber WhatifAltHist's latest video on Communism titled "Why Communism is a Failed Religion".
It's bad, folks.
Breht throws a friendly arm around your shoulder and walks ya through it.
David from Anarchospirituality joins Breht to discuss Buddhism, Anarchism, Marxism, and more! After an introduction section, David gives a talk on Buddhism and Anarchism, and then he and Breht discuss the talk before launching into a wide-ranging di...
2023-05-29 19:18:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Professors James Crossley and Robert J. Myles join Breht to discuss their fascinating work "Jesus: A Life in Class Conflict" put out by Zero Book. Together, they discuss their application of historic...
2023-05-22 10:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post
In this terrific episode, we talk with Professors Jason W. Moore and Raj Patel about their fabulous work A History of the World in 7 Cheap Things, which analyzes the history of the world’s pl...
2023-05-21 18:40:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Professor and author Kristen R. Ghodsee returns to Rev Left to discuss her newest book "Everyday Utopia: What 2,000 Years of Wild Experiments Can Teach Us About the Good Life". Together, her and Breht...
2023-05-17 15:56:12 +0000 UTC View Post
In this patreon exclusive, Breht discusses the full-spectrum assault on Trans people, their basic existence, and their human rights, then he discusses the US electoral spectacle and how most americans hate both parties and their candidates, then he responds to a bad review of the podcast which scoffed at the idea that the US ...
2023-04-26 14:58:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Matthew Furlong from our Dialectics Deep Dive series returns to the show to discuss Chairman Mao's text "On The Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People".
Further Resources:
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2023-04-25 14:06:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Tai Lee joins Breht to discuss the recent split from AF3IRM, radical feminism, critique as a form of solidarity, the necessity of struggle within organizations, sexual harrassment and abuse in the labor movement, liberal opportunism, the targeting and intimi...
2023-04-20 17:23:20 +0000 UTC View Post(Lmk what you think about this as a patreon offering in the comments please. Is seeing the outline of an upcoming episode interesting / worthwhile to you?)
Context and Methodology:
- This is a work of Marxist historical materialism, as you say in the introduction of the text. Our audience will certain...
2023-04-20 02:21:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Aaron J. Leonard returns to the show to discuss his newest book, "Whole World in an Uproar: Music, Rebellion and Repressi...
2023-04-17 14:33:32 +0000 UTC View PostProfessor of philosophy Matthew D. Segall returns to Rev Left to discuss his newest book, which is based on his disseratation, titled 2023-04-10 12:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Professor Matt McManus returns to Rev Left to talk about his newest book, a collection of essays from various authors that he put together and edited titled "Nietzsche and the Politics of Reaction: Essays on Liberalism, Socialism, and Aristocratic Rad...
2023-04-03 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostFilmmaker Steven De Castro joins Breht to discuss his on-the-ground documenary film on the New People's Army of the Phillipines for Means TV. Together they discuss his film, his unique documentary style, his time embedded with the NPA, the Marcos Regime, Com...
2023-03-27 12:37:36 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode of Red Menace, Alyson and Breht summarize and discuss the first three chapters of Friedrich Engel's important work of historical materialism, "The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State". Together they discuss the core arguments of the text, the anthropological science behind it, why this text i...
2023-03-24 10:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Patreon exclusive, Breht, Adnan, and Henry from Guerrilla History discuss their thoughts on the relationship between religion and Marxism, how Marxists today might think differently about religion compared to Marxists 100 years ...
2023-03-21 18:03:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Esperanza Fonseca joins Breht to discuss the scientifically proven benefits of regular physical activity, the relationship of mental health to physical health, basic and intermediate advice regarding the most effective ways to exercise for ...
2023-03-20 01:25:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael Workman is a talented filmmaker from Montana, and is also the Director of Features Programming at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, as well as a board member of Means TV. Michael joins Breht to discuss his films, Means TV, Soviet and American Ci...
2023-03-13 15:27:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Bestselling author and literary critic China Miéville joins Breht to discuss his newest book A Spectre, Haunting: On The Communist Manifesto...
2023-03-05 21:01:25 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on two fantastic guests, Prof. Charisse Burden-Stelly and Prof. Jodi Dean. We discuss their co-edited collection, Organize, Fight, Win: Black Communist Women’s Political Writing, wh...
2023-02-27 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostLabor journalist Mel Buer joins Breht to discuss the recent train derailment in Ohio and the subsequent ecological disaster that ensued, the recent labor union struggles waged by rail workers, the warnings regarding safety that those workers advanced, the role of the Biden administration in all of this, the corporate dictator...
2023-02-26 02:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostPlease use this comment section to ask Breht any and all questions you might have for him, and he will pick a few to respond to in upcoming patreon episodes!
We want to have an ongoing mailbag segment for the new weekly patreon episodes, so keep an eye on the patreon for these Mailbag submission posts going forward!
