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Revolutionary Left Radio

Jun 30, 2017

Brett sits down with revolutionary organizer and Appalachian local Nic Smith to talk about the Appalachian working class and its history of class struggle.

Topics include: Radical unionism, the history of the region, Trump, liberalism's failures and socialism's hopes, stereotypes about Appalachians, the need for a true...


Jun 26, 2017

Dr. James Rocha is a professor of philosophy at Fresno State University. He wrote a paper entitled "The Black Reaching Out: An Anarchist Analysis of Firefly" in which he argues for an anarchist interpretation of the show over the more prevalent libertarian interpretation on the show. Him and Brett discuss the paper and...


Jun 23, 2017

This is a unique episode. We are releasing bonus content from our episode with Dr. Thoreau Redcrow and from our Maoism episode; this bonus content will be bolstered by Q and A sessions with Brett answering questions from listeners. We will also use Brett and David's music as transition between subjects.

 

Dr. Redcrow...


Jun 16, 2017

The Red Plains Revolutionary Group is a multi-tendency communist organization with an intrinsically Maoist inflection. Brett sits down with members of the group to discuss the philosophy of Maoism, and how that philosophy is inseparable from the practice of Maoism.

Other topics include: The Black Panther Party,...


Jun 8, 2017

Brett sits down with Dr. Mark Bray to discuss the political philosophy, history, and future of Anarchism.

 

Topics include: Bakunin and Marx, the first international, the Spanish Civil War, Stalinism, listener questions, the anarchist view of the State, Occupy Wall Street, Antifa, and much more! 

 

Mark Bray is a...