

Rev Left Radio
Revolutionary Left Radio
Discussing political philosophy, current events, activism, and the inevitable historical downfall of capitalism from a revolutionary leftist perspective.
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Jul 22, 2019 • 38min
The Midwest Left Assembly
Mel, from the organizing committee of the Midwest Left Assembly, and co-host of Coffee With Comrades joins Breht to discuss the upcoming MLA event! Learn more about the Midwest Left Assembly, and register, here: http://midwestleft.com Donate to the Midwest Left Assembly here: https://chuffed.org/project/midwest-left-assembly-2019 Follow Mel on Twitter @ColdBrewedTool and check out Coffee With Comrades here: http://www.coffeewithcomrades.com Outro Song: "People" by AJJ Support their music here: https://www.ajjtheband.com ------ LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/ SUPPORT REV LEFT RADIO: www.patreon.com/revleftradio

Jul 13, 2019 • 1h 53min
Capitalist Chaos and Crimes: The Great Recession of 2008
Matt Soener, an economic sociologist, joins Breht to discuss the Great Recession of 2008. Here is the GoFundMe account for Kreetay Briggs Jr., a 12 year old boy hit by a stray bullet while he was playing on a beach: https://www.gofundme.com/f/35gjf-shooting-victim?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fb_dn_cpgnstaticsmall_r Outro Music: White Male Carnivore by Yak ------- 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. Join the SRA here: https://www.socialistra.org/

Jul 2, 2019 • 32min
Red Hot Take: DON'T TALK TO COPS!
In this episode, Breht explores issues surrounding the police, why you shouldn't talk to them, and what your rights are with regards to them. Check out the video version of this episode on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS-0-oTeom0 Shout-out to all our friends who contributed to this piece: Shawn and Aaron from Srsly Wrong Mexie from the Vegan Vanguard Frank and Bruno from The Left Page Mel and Pearson from Coffee With Comrades Jon and Ash from Horror Vanguard Gord and John from Little Red Schoolhouse and of course, our wonderful Producer Dave ----------- Intro Music: "Sound of da Police" by KRS-One Outro Music: "Two Cups of Tea" by Star Fucking Hipsters ---------- Check out Rev Left Radio Here: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com

Jun 30, 2019 • 55min
Organizing Tenants & Fighting Landlords: Omaha Tenants United
Members of the OTU (Omaha Tenants United) join Breht in-studio to discuss their organizing, give advice to others, warn about common errors to avoid, and much more! This is the perfect episode for people interested in how they can get involved in organizing in a way that 1) genuinely addresses the immediate material needs of our class, 2) does not require a huge amount of people, and 3) has little to no overhead costs. Learn more about OTU here: https://www.facebook.com/OmahaTenantsUnited/ and Here: https://medium.com/@omahatenantsunited Outro Music: "Neighbors" by J. Cole Support his music here: http://www.dreamville.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. Join the SRA here: https://www.socialistra.org/

Jun 26, 2019 • 47min
"No God Nor Country": Radical Rap in the Anthropocene (ft. Sole)
No God Nor Country is Sole and DJ Pain 1’s third album as a duo. Its an album that explores questions of existential meaning and revolutionary politics in an era of crisis, chaos, and ecological collapse. It is revolutionary rap for working class radicals trying to exist in the Anthropocene. The entire project is DIY and totally independent and both musicians handle the heavy lifting and deliver the music directly to the listeners, without whom these albums would not exist. Support the creation and distribution of this album here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sole/no-god-nor-country-by-sole-and-dj-pain-1 Sole's Bandcamp: https://sole.bandcamp.com Check out Sole's music, podcast and more here: http://www.soleone.org/ Check out DJ Pain 1's work here: https://www.djpain1.info/ Music used in the show, in order: Battle of Humans by Sole & Pain 1 from the album "Nihilismo" Extremist by Sole & Pain 1 from the upcoming album "No God Nor Country" ---- Support Rev Left Radio here: www.RevolutionaryLeftRadio.com

Jun 19, 2019 • 1h 9min
Team Human: Technology, Markets, and Alienation
Mike Ruge joins Breht to discuss "Team Human" by Douglas Rushkoff. The text we used as the foundation for this discussion can be found here: https://rushkoff.com/books/team-human-book/ 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. Join the SRA here: https://www.socialistra.org/

Jun 19, 2019 • 1h 14min
The Handmaid's Tale: Feminism, Fascism, & The Fractured Self
-THIS EPISODE DOES *NOT* CONTAIN SPOILERS- Speranza joins Breht to critically analyze "The Handmaid's Tale". Topics include: domestic abuse, patriarchy, Freud, theocratic fascism, white supremacy, class struggle, liberal idealism, and much more! Find Speranza on Twitter @retroition Follow her collective @LCPCollective Here are some resources for people in abusive relationships, in need of reproductive healthcare, and more: - www.thehotline.org - www.plannedparenthood.org - www.womenagainstabuse.org - www.thefriendshipcenter.org - www.mtlsa.org Outro Music: You Don't Own Me by Lesley Gore ----- 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. Join the SRA here: https://www.socialistra.org/

Jun 14, 2019 • 2h 2min
Nicaraguan Revolution: The Sandinistas, The Contras, & The CIA
Alex Aviña is a professor of Latin American history in the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. His book, "Specters of Revolution: Peasant Guerrillas in the Cold War Mexican Countryside", was awarded the Maria Elena Martínez Book Prize in Mexican History for 2015 by the Conference on Latin American History. Alex joins Breht to discuss the Nicaraguan Revolution of 1979, the Somoza Dictatorship, the Sandinistas, the CIA and the Reagan Administration, US imperialism in Central America, the 1954 Guatemalan coup, Marxism-Leninism, National Liberation, Indigenous resistance on both sides of the revolution, and much more! Follow Alex on Twitter @Alexander_Avina Learn about, support, or contact Alex here: https://alexanderavina.com Check out the film "¡Las Sandinistas!" here: https://www.lassandinistas.com/ SUPPORT REV LEFT: https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/ Outro Music: "Reagan" by Killer Mike Check out his music here: http://killermike.com/ ----------- 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. Join the SRA here: https://www.socialistra.org/

May 25, 2019 • 1h 56min
Debating Scientific Socialism (Ft. Srsly Wrong & Alyson Escalante)
Shawn and Aaron from Srsly Wrong join Breht and Alyson Escalante for a comradely debate and dialogue concerning Scientific Socialism. Check out Srsly Wrong here: @SrslyWrong https://srslywrong.com https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong More From Alyson here: @Alysonesque https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB2Cbir6ac8 https://failingthatinvent.home.blog Outro Music: Private Lawns by Angus and Julia Stone ----------- 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 --------------- Rev Left Spin-Off Shows: Red Menace (hosted by Breht and Alyson Escalante): Twitter: @Red_Menace_Pod Audio: http://redmenace.libsyn.com Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKdxX5eqQyk&t=144s Black Banner Magic (Season 2) Twitter: @blackbannerpod http://blackbannermagic.libsyn.com Hammer and Camera (The communist Siskel and Ebert): Twitter: @HammerCamera http://hammercamera.libsyn.com Other Members of the Rev Left Radio Federation include: Coffee With Comrades: https://www.patreon.com/coffeewithcomrades Left Page: https://www.patreon.com/leftpage Little Red School House: http://littleredschoolhouse.libsyn.com ---- Please Rate and Review Revolutionary Left Radio on iTunes. This dramatically helps increase our reach. You can support the show financially by: Becoming a Patreon supporter (and receive access to bonus content including the Rev Left book club) here: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio - OR - making a one-time donation to the Rev Left Radio team here: paypal.me/revleft Get Rev Left Radio Merch (and genuinely support the show by doing so) here: https://www.teezily.com/stores/revleftradio --------------- This podcast is officially affiliated with The Nebraska Left Coalition, the Nebraska IWW, Socialist Rifle Association (SRA), Feed The People - Omaha, and the Marxist Center. Join the SRA here: https://www.socialistra.org/

May 13, 2019 • 24min
Means TV: Anti-Capitalist and Worker-Owned
Naomi and Nick from Means TV join Breht to discuss their incredible project, which is attempting to create an anti-capitalist and worker-owned media streaming site made by and for the revolutionary left! Find Means TV on twitter here: https://twitter.com/means_tv?lang=en Donate to their fundraiser here: https://means.media Email them at: Contact@Means.Media Outro Music: "Radicalized" by Desaparecidos (an Omaha band, btw). Find and support them here: https://desaparecidos.bandcamp.com ----- You can support our show by: Becoming a Patreon supporter (and receive access to bonus content including the Rev Left book club) here: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio - OR - making a one-time donation to the Rev Left Radio team here: www.paypal.me/revleft ---- 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 --------------- Rev Left Spin-Off Shows: Red Menace (hosted by Breht and Alyson Escalante): Twitter: @Red_Menace_Pod Audio: http://redmenace.libsyn.com Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKdxX5eqQyk&t=144s Black Banner Magic (Season 2 coming soon) Twitter: @blackbannerpod http://blackbannermagic.libsyn.com Hammer and Camera (The communist Siskel and Ebert): Twitter: @HammerCamera http://hammercamera.libsyn.com Other Members of the Rev Left Radio Federation include: Coffee With Comrades: https://www.patreon.com/coffeewithcomrades Left Page: https://www.patreon.com/leftpage Little Red School House: http://littleredschoolhouse.libsyn.com ---- Get Rev Left Radio Merch here (sizes run small, or order one or two sizes up from your normal size): https://www.teezily.com/stores/revleftradio --------------- This podcast is officially affiliated with The Nebraska Left Coalition, the Nebraska IWW, Socialist Rifle Association (SRA), Feed The People - Omaha, and the Marxist Center. Join the SRA here: https://www.socialistra.org/