It's time for our annual Revolutionary Guerrilla Menace episode, where we crossover with Rev Left and the Red Menace in order to review the past year in world events and look forward to what we think will be coming in the next year. Breht, Alyson,...
2025-01-04 19:47:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Alyson and Breht were invited to join Robbie on the Upstream podcast to talk about Lenin's "Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism".
Capitalism, imperi...
2025-01-02 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Torkil Lauesen joins Breht to discuss his newest book "The Long Transition Towards Socialism and the End of Capitalism". Together they discuss the book, wh...
2024-12-23 19:39:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Alyson and Breht finally dive into the German Revolution of 1918! Together they discuss this rather ambigious revolution, give a detailed overview of events, and reflect on what lessons we can learn from it. From the toppling of the Kaiser, to the...
2024-12-10 14:45:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Breht gently and lovingly gives his unique and nuanced perspective on the murder of the CEO of Healthcare United.
Outro Song: To Cause Your Own Death by Mon Rovia
2024-12-05 22:50:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Inea, Noah, and Jack from Climate Vanguard join Breht to discuss their organization, the role of youth in the struggle for a livable future, the various ecological crises facing us, eco-leninism and the importance of the Party in eco-socialist str...
2024-12-02 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Breht listens to, reflects on, and critically engages with a public lecture by the late philosopher Michael Sugrue entititled "Ma...
2024-11-26 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Once in a while I like to post episodes from our other podcast, Shoeless in South Dakota, for the Rev Left audience. Its certainly not everyone's cup of tea, but some o...
2024-11-25 19:35:09 +0000 UTC View Post
From Breht's guest-hosting spot on Prolespod:
"Breht O’Shea, host of Revolutionary Left Radio, joins to guide a discussion based on the events covered in the narrative for Part One (which you should listen too first, if you haven...
2024-11-12 15:47:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Alyson and Breht analyze the results of the recent presidential election and explore its various meanings. Together they discuss the grotesque hollowness of the Democratic Party, the identity crisis of the post-Trump Republican party, dealignment ...
2024-11-08 06:37:16 +0000 UTC View Post
On this Halloween, Jon Greenaway returns to the show to discuss his new book2024-10-31 13:33:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis, co-founders of the LA Tenants Union, join Breht to discuss their organizing and their new book "Abolish Rent". Together, they discuss the housing crisis, the role played by private equity, developers, politici...
2024-10-28 20:40:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Alyson and Breht reflect on the life and death of the Palestinian resistance leader Yahya Sinwar.
Outro Song "Gaza Strip 2 Detroit" by Sammy Shiblaq
2024-10-19 22:38:20 +0000 UTC View Post
James from Prolekult joins Breht to discuss Prolekult's expansive new documentary, which you can find for free on YouTube, called "For Land: ...
2024-10-17 15:26:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Jenna Martin, an independent journalist from Montana, joins Breht to discuss her recent visit to the West Bank. Together, they discuss her trip, how she got into the occupied territories amidst war, her first-hand account of the brutality and viol...
2024-10-14 14:06:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Alyson and Breht discuss the unfolding regional war between Israel and literally all of its neighbors, the restrained Iranian response to Israeli aggression, US complicity and contributions to the fascist mass murder campaign, Hezbollah and Lebano...
2024-10-08 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Professor and author Matt McManus returns to the show to discuss his newest book, "2024-10-04 16:14:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Alyson and Breht return to do a follow up conversation to their well-received previous episode regarding this topic, "On Mysticism: Ego, ...
2024-09-26 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Seth and Jade from OTU join Breht to discuss their tenant organizing, their recent victories, implementing the Mass Line, the importance of political education, how to take the fight to landlords, concrete advice for those who might want to start ...
2024-09-25 17:42:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Space from Art For The People and Thomas O'Connell from MCU join Breht to discuss these organizations, their aims and goals, the role of art and artists in a revolutionary movement, the impossibility of "non-political art", their shared love ...
2024-09-18 16:15:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Willy Massay joins Breht in-studio to discuss his time as a medical volunteer in Gaza. Willy got back into town just last week and speaks candidly and movingly about his experiences with and among the Palestinian people in Gaza.
Donate t...
2024-09-11 02:57:54 +0000 UTC View Post
In this fourth edition of our All Too Human interview series, Breht and Dave welcome their old friend from high school, Christian, into the S...
2024-09-10 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Chase from the Maoist Communist Union (MCU) joins Breht to discuss revolutionary strategy, both historically and presently, and the specific role of the industrual prol...
2024-09-02 17:39:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Too Black returns to the show to discuss the case of the Pendleton 2, the story of John “Balagoon” Cole and Christopher “Naeem” Trotter, the leaders of the Indian...
2024-08-29 02:27:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Join Breht, Amanda, and Evan as they delve into Soviet filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky's first feature film, Ivan's Childhood (1962). The episode starts with a lighthearted discussion about dream dinner guests, then moves into a detailed analysis of th...
2024-08-26 17:17:58 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, I am re-booting our fantasy football league (espn app) from last year. I expanded the teams to allow for a few more open spots - first come first serve!
The Lenin League ( full) drafts Tuesday at 5pm CST<...
Ruehl Muller joins Breht to discuss his upcoming book, put out by Iskra Books, titled "Building a People's Art: Selected Works of Trường Chinh and Tố Hữu".
Together, they discuss Vietnamese Socialist Realism, Maoist China, C...
2024-08-19 14:37:18 +0000 UTC View PostI got a good response to the short essay I posted yesterday, so here's another one from the same class. This one is about the political philosopher Robert Dahl's criteria for a real democracy. He is certainly no marxist, but def has some worth...
2024-08-16 18:21:15 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, I am just finishing up a class for my masters program called "Intro to Political Thought", and just finished a paper on Libertarianism/Classical Liberalism. Ive aced all my papers so far and assume I will on this one as well, but...
2024-08-14 18:47:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Breht reflects on recent global events, from the fascist riots in the UK, to the escalating tensions in the Middle East, to another coup attempt in Venezuela, to the electoral spectacle here in the US... Then he offers up a positive vision of the ...
2024-08-08 20:33:08 +0000 UTC View Post