Rev Left Radio

We are introducing the first episode of a brand new spin-off podcast called The Guillotine. Brett from Revolutionary Left Radio and Dr. Bones from The Conjure House host this brand new that show that covers current news from around the world from a revolutionary communist and anarchist perspective and that has live call-ins from listeners. This first episode is our debut, and therefore we had some kinks to work out and could not live stream it. However, in the future, all episodes will be live streamed as well as published through our podcast hosting site, so you can listen to the new show live and call in, and you can also listen to the polished version a few days later on iTunes or your favorite podcast app. Follow us on Twitter @GuillotinePod Follow us on Facebook by searching "The Guillotine" Our intro music is "Our Words" off the album "Nihilismo" by Sole and DJ Pain 1, you can find their music here: https://sole.bandcamp.com/album/sole-dj-pain-1-nihilismo Our transition music between segments was a created by our comrade Ethan S., you can find that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVEXA_RR1sA Out outro music is "The Guillotine" by The String-Bo String Duo, you can find their music here: https://tsbsd.bandcamp.com/releases

Dr. Thoreau Redcrow is an American academic with a Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis with a concentration in Global Conflict. Thoreau is a researcher who specializes in studying armed guerrilla movements, and who has over a decade of experience studying the life and legacy of Che Guevara. His prior investigations into Che's biography have taken him to Cuba to speak to those who knew and fought alongside Che, as well as to other arenas around the world which have been influenced by Che Guevara's armed struggle. Brett sits down with Dr. Redcrow to discuss the Argentine Marxist revolutionary; including an entire segment of the podcast dedicated to debunking many of the right-wing and anti-communist lies about him. Topics Include: Che's childhood, the political context out of which Che emerged, the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, debunking lies and slander about Che, The Bay of Pigs, Anti-Imperialism, "Guevarism", Marx, Lenin, and much, MUCH more! You can email Dr. Redcrow at: tredcrow@gmail.com You can follow him on FB at: Facebook.com/thoreau.redcrow Help keep this show up and running by donating to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio Follow us on Twitter @RevLeftRadio Follow us on Facebook by searching "Revolutionary Left Radio" This podcast is officially affiliated with The Nebraska Left Coalition, a left-wing revolutionary organization with chapters in both Omaha and Lincoln. Follow us on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/TheNebraskaLeftCoalition/ If you know anyone from Lincoln or Omaha who might be interested in joining our organization, please reach out to us on Rev Lefts FB or Twitter, or by messaging the Nebraska Left Coalition on FB.

Mitchell Abidor is a leftist writer and translator. He is the principal French translator for the Marxist Internet Archive; Abidor has translated hundreds of texts, in multiple different languages, and published numerous collections from a myriad of radical political writers, from 17th Century France to Revolutionary Russia. His books include anthologies of the anarchist writings of Victor Serge, on the propagandists of the deed, the Paris Commune, the left of the French Revolution, and French anarchist individualists. He is also the author of, among other works, "Voices of the Paris Commune". Find his profile on the Marxist Internet Archive here: https://www.marxists.org/admin/volunteers/biographies/mabidor.htm Topics Include: The Paris Commune, French Napoleonic Imperialism, Marx and Engels, Anarchism, The Communards, Factions within the Commune, the role of Women in the Commune, The French Revolution, and much more! Our Intro Music is by The String-Bo String Duo, which you can find here: https://tsbsd.bandcamp.com/releases Our Outro Song is "This is Class War" by The String-Bo String Duo, you can find that here: https://www.facebook.com/thestringbostringduo/?hc_ref=ARQA71ZejnRbSyy-vgEA-UpvPdZZyJtgYVEPAak6ZbfvcUJ0P9qLvLempRW0_u5DQPI Please follow us on Twitter @RevLeftRadio and donate to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio This podcast is officially affiliated with the Nebraska Left Coalition and the Omaha GDC.

Halloween Special: The Revolutionary Left Radio's Film Vanguard applies Marxist film analysis to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). Please support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio and follow us on Twitter @RevLeftRadio Follow us on FB at "Revolutionary Left Radio"

Brendan Leahy is a local organizer and revolutionary thinker. He was featured on our Ideology Episode a few months back. He sits down with Brett to discuss Marxism and Neo-Marxism. Topics include: Key neo-Marxist figures, Eco-Socialism, misunderstandings of Marxism, Friedrich Engels, Dual Power, Jenny Marx, Marx's gothic influences, Primitive Accumulation, Marxist Feminism, Post-Modernism, and much more! ---- Outro music Insurrection! by B Complex Please support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio and follow us on Twitter @RevLeftRadio Follow us on FB at "Revolutionary Left Radio" Theme song by The String-Bo String Duo which you can find here: https://tsbsd.bandcamp.com/album/smash-the-state-distribute-bread

In this intriguing discussion, Gregory Afinogenov, an assistant professor of Imperial Russian History at Georgetown University, dives deep into the October Revolution and the complexities of the Soviet Union. He critiques Western liberal propaganda, sheds light on Stalin's controversial policies, and examines the socio-political conditions that led to the Bolshvik uprising. Affinogenov also explores the lessons modern leftists can extract from history, the impact of the Cold War narrative, and the nuanced realities of life under Soviet governance.

Zoe Samudzi is a black feminist writer whose work has appeared in a number of spaces including The New Inquiry, Warscapes, Truthout, ROAR Magazine, Teen Vogue, BGD, Bitch Media, and Verso, among others. She is also a member of the 2017/18 Public Imagination cohort of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) Fellows Program, and she is a member of the Black Aesthetic, an Oakland-based group and film series exploring the multitudes and diversities of black imagination and creativity. She is presently a Sociology PhD student at the University of California, San Francisco in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences where academic interests include biomedicalization theory, productions of race and gender, and transgender health. She is a recipient of the 2016-17 Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship. Her dissertation "'I don't believe I should be treated like a second citizen by anybody': Narratives of agency and exclusion amongst male and transgender female sex workers in Cape Town, South Africa" engages hegemonic gender constructs in South Africa as they affect identity construction and health of transgender women and cisgender men in sex work. Zoe sits down with Brett to apply critical race theory to our current US society. Topics Include: The Anarchism of Blackness, Double Consciousness, Zoe's experiences growing up as a black girl in the Midwest, the failures of white liberalism and the democratic party, Trump, racist and sexist tropes in film, the White Gaze, and much more! Here is Zoe's website: http://www.zoesamudzi.com/ Follow Zoe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ztsamudzi Our Outro Music is "African Son" (featuring Chindo Man, Songa, Wise Man, Mic Crenshaw. Recorded at Watengwa Studios, Kijenge, Tanzania as part of the Afrikan Hiphop Caravan 2015): https://soundcloud.com/mic-crenshaw/african-sonprod-double Check out Mic Crenshaw, who was our guest for the Anti-Racist Action episode, and his music here: https://www.miccrenshaw.com/ Please support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio and follow us on Twitter @RevLeftRadio Follow us on FB at "Revolutionary Left Radio" Theme song by The String-Bo String Duo which you can find here: https://tsbsd.bandcamp.com/album/smash-the-state-distribute-bread

Brett travels to Denver to meet Sole from the Solecast IRL and have a discussion in Sole's home together. Topics include: their Podcasts and why they started, being a leftist parent, hip hop, the responsibilities of white rappers, the differences between organizing in Omaha vs. Denver, gentrification, what different tendencies can learn from one another, and much more. Check out Sole's podcast and music here: http://www.soleone.org/ And here: https://sole.bandcamp.com/music Please support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio and follow us on Twitter @RevLeftRadio Follow us on FB at "Revolutionary Left Radio" Theme song by The String-Bo String Duo which you can find here: https://tsbsd.bandcamp.com/album/smash-the-state-distribute-bread

Tanesha Hudson is an activist in Charlottesville, Virginia. She joins Brett to talk about Charlottesville, Confederate statues, her personal experiences with racism, the symbolism of Thomas Jefferson, being a parent of black children, and much more. Tanesha on FB: https://www.facebook.com/tanesha.hudson.9 Outro music from Mic Crenshaw with his song Toyi Toyi Ft. Mama C. https://soundcloud.com/miccrenshawofficial Please support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio and follow us on Twitter @RevLeftRadio Follow us on FB at "Revolutionary Left Radio"

Dan Arel is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author of The Secular Activist; and Parenting Without God. He has also written for The Hill, The New Arab, CounterPunch, CommonDreams, AlterNet, Time Magazine, Salon, and many others. He hosts the Danthropology Podcast, a weekly show that covers politics, religion, and current events. Dan can be found around the country speaking on issues such as social justice, political activism, and secular issues. Topics Include: Atheism, Differences between the far left and far right, doxing, The October Revolution, different leftist tendencies, talking to regular working class people, leftist podcasters, hip hop, and more! Find Dan at: http://www.danarel.com/danthropology-podcast/ @DanArel Our Outro Music is "Banks Are Made of Marble" by Sole which you can find here: http://www.soleone.org Check out Sole's podcast "Solecast", which we discuss in this episode, as well as Channel Zero, a dope collection of anarchist podcasts which you can find here: https://channelzeronetwork.com Please support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio and follow us on Twitter @RevLeftRadio Follow us on FB at "Revolutionary Left Radio"