Rev Left Radio

On today's show, Breht talks with Yafeuh Balogun and Steven from the Huey P Newton Gun Club - Alpha Company about their organizing, armed self-defense, police brutality, the theory of intercommunalism, anti-fascism, survivalism, and much more!  Check out, learn about, and support the Huey P. Newton Gun Club here: https://hueypnewtongunclub.org/ Outro Music: 'Sharp Shooters' by Talib Kweli & Dead Prez Check out Talib's music and podcast here: www.talibkweli.com/ Check out Dead Prez here: www.deadprezblog.wordpress.com/blog/ ------- LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/ SUPPORT REV LEFT RADIO: www.patreon.com/revleftradio Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective: @Barbaradical Intro music by DJ Captain Planet. --------------- This podcast is affiliated with: The Nebraska Left Coalition, Omaha Tenants United, Socialist Rifle Association (SRA), Feed The People - Omaha, and the Marxist Center.

This is the first installment of our new and ongoing collaboration with Unity and Struggle. This Rev Left mini-series will trace and engage with the development of Unity and Struggle's deep study of race through the lens of Marxist historical and dialectical materialism. In this first episode, Breht is joined by Eve and Chino to cover the foundational concepts and the methodology of Unity and Struggle's race study. Check out, and contribute to, Unity and Struggle's study here: http://www.unityandstruggle.org/2019/11/racestudypart1/ Check out more from Unity and Struggle here: http://www.unityandstruggle.org/ Follow them on twitter @unityandstrug   Outro Music: 'Make Change' by Bambu Check out and support Bambu's music here: https://bambubeatrock.bandcamp.com/ ------- LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/ SUPPORT REV LEFT RADIO: www.patreon.com/revleftradio Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective: @Barbaradical Intro music by DJ Captain Planet. --------------- This podcast is affiliated with: The Nebraska Left Coalition, Omaha Tenants United, Socialist Rifle Association (SRA), Feed The People - Omaha, and the Marxist Center.

Maximillian Alvarez is an educator, essayist, and host of the Working People podcast. He joins Breht to explain and argue in favor of humanist Marxism, touching on countless core concepts within the Marxist and socialist traditions in the process. Follow Max on twitter @Maximillian_alv Listen to his podcast Working People here: http://workingpeople.libsyn.com/ And check out his writings and other work here: https://activeforgetting.com/ Here is the Mandatory OT episode we did together with Coffee w/ Comrades and Beep Beep Lettuce that was mentioned in the episode: https://soundcloud.com/mandatoryotpod/037-orgs-with-friends Outro Music: 'Tear The Facists Down' by Woody Guthrie  ------- LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/ SUPPORT REV LEFT RADIO: www.patreon.com/revleftradio Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective: @Barbaradical Intro music by DJ Captain Planet. --------------- This podcast is affiliated with: The Nebraska Left Coalition, Omaha Tenants United, Socialist Rifle Association (SRA), Feed The People - Omaha, and the Marxist Center.

Alekx and Ethan from Proles of the Round Table podcast join Breht on this All Hallows Eve to deconstruct the myth and logic of the oft-stated claim that Communism is responsible for the deaths of 100 million human beings.  On this Halloween, we urge our listeners to reject the anti-communist propaganda of our enemies, while also realizing that the real blood-drenched monsters, ghouls, goblins, and vampires of this world are not to be found within the pages of fairy tales, but rather at the highest echelons of capitalist class society: the very people who want nothing more than for you to fall, hook, line, and sinker, for their anti-communist lies in order to maintain their murderous grip on the ill-gotten seats atop our world's bloody and unjust hierarchies of wealth and power.  Find Proles of the Round Table here: https://www.prolespod.com/ and on Twitter @ProlesPod Here are just some of the sources used for this episode: https://medium.com/@discomfiting/debunking-communism-killed-more-people-than-naziism-7a9880696f67 https://mronline.org/2011/06/26/revisiting-alleged-30-million-famine-deaths-during-chinas-great-leap/ https://monthlyreview.org/commentary/did-mao-really-kill-millions-in-the-great-leap-forward/ https://mronline.org/2017/10/18/mao-reconsidered/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4331212/ https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/03/03/the-holodomor-and-the-film-bitter-harvest-are-fascist-lies/ https://www.newcoldwar.org/archive-of-writings-of-professor-mark-tauger-on-the-famine-scourges-of-the-early-years-of-the-soviet-union/ https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/research/furr_yezhov_jls17.pdf    Outro Music: 'Bury a Friend' by Billie Eilish  ------- LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/ SUPPORT REV LEFT RADIO: www.patreon.com/revleftradio Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective: @Barbaradical Intro music by DJ Captain Planet. --------------- This podcast is affiliated with: The Nebraska Left Coalition, Omaha Tenants United, Socialist Rifle Association (SRA), Feed The People - Omaha, and the Marxist Center.

Gabriel Radic, a writer and organizer with the Marxist Center, joins Breht to discuss the Marxist urban guerrilla warfare organization 17N (Revolutionary Organization 17 November), which operated in Greece from 1975 to 2002.  Outro Music: "Revolution" by Derek Minor Support his music here: www.derekminor.com  ------- LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/ SUPPORT REV LEFT RADIO: www.patreon.com/revleftradio Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective: @Barbaradical Intro music by DJ Captain Planet. --------------- This podcast is affiliated with: The Nebraska Left Coalition, Omaha Tenants United, Socialist Rifle Association (SRA), Feed The People - Omaha, and the Marxist Center.

Todd McGowan, a professor and author of "Emancipation After Hegel: Achieving a Contradictory Revolution," dives into the nuances of Hegelian philosophy. He uncovers the often-misunderstood role of contradiction in dialectics and its implications for Marxism. The conversation highlights how Freudian psychoanalysis enriches Hegel’s ideas, and how embracing contradictions can drive societal progress rather than impede it. McGowan also discusses the impact of the French Revolution on Hegel's theories of freedom and equality, challenging listeners to reconsider their understanding of these complex philosophies.

Kate Evans, the author and illustrator of "Red Rosa", a graphic novel about the life of Rosa Luxemburg, joins Breht to discuss Rosa's life and legacy! Find her book, and all her other work, here: https://www.cartoonkate.co.uk/ Outro Music: "Europe is Lost" by Kate Tempest The Dramatized Reading of Red Rosa was performed by Breht O'Shea and Tatiana O'Shea.  ------- LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/ SUPPORT REV LEFT RADIO: www.patreon.com/revleftradio Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective: @Barbaradical Intro music by Captain Planet. --------------- This podcast is affiliated with: The Nebraska Left Coalition, Omaha Tenants United, Socialist Rifle Association (SRA), Feed The People - Omaha, and the Marxist Center.

Simone re-joins Breht to discuss the political and economic theories of Rosa Luxemburg. Intro Clip  by Novara Media, find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUBWmpga2FQ Outro Song: "Coffee" by Sylvan Essa ------- LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/ SUPPORT REV LEFT RADIO: www.patreon.com/revleftradio Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective! You can find them on twitter or insta @Barbaradical Intro music by Captain Planet --------------- This podcast is affiliated with: The Nebraska Left Coalition, Omaha Tenants United, Socialist Rifle Association (SRA), Feed The People - Omaha, and the Marxist Center.

In this third installment of our Red Hot Take series, Breht explores the history of US social democracy, the strategic logic of the DSA, the implications and obstacles of a Bernie presidency, and much more.  Learn more here: www.RevolutionaryLeftRadio.com Support Rev Left Radio here: www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio Outro Music: "A Report To The Shareholders: Kill Your Masters" by Run The Jewels ------- LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/ SUPPORT REV LEFT RADIO: www.patreon.com/revleftradio Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective! You can find them on twitter or insta @Barbaradical Intro music by Captain Planet. Find and support his music here:  https://djcaptainplanet.bandcamp.com --------------- This podcast is affiliated with: The Nebraska Left Coalition, Omaha Tenants United, Socialist Rifle Association (SRA), Feed The People - Omaha, and the Marxist Center.    

J. Smith joins Breht to discuss the history and theory of the Marxist urban guerrilla organization in West Germany, The Red Army Faction.  Learn more here: http://germanguerilla.com/ Outro Music by Bambu - “Pull it Back” Support his music here:  https://bambubeatrock.bandcamp.com/ ------- LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/ SUPPORT REV LEFT RADIO: www.patreon.com/revleftradio Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective! You can find them on twitter or insta @Barbaradical Intro music by Captain Planet. Find and support his music here:  https://djcaptainplanet.bandcamp.com --------------- This podcast is affiliated with: The Nebraska Left Coalition, Omaha Tenants United, Socialist Rifle Association (SRA), Feed The People - Omaha, and the Marxist Center.