Revolutionary Left Radio

Aristocratic Radicalism: Nietzsche and the Politics of Reaction

Apr 3, 2023

Professor Matt McManus returns to Rev Left to talk about his newest book, a collection of essays from various authors that he put together and edited titled "Nietzsche and the Politics of Reaction: Essays on Liberalism, Socialism, and Aristocratic Radicalism".

Together they discuss the book, the philosophy of...

The Red Battalion: Embedded with the New People's Army

Mar 27, 2023

Filmmaker Steven De Castro joins Breht to discuss his on-the-ground documenary film on the New People's Army of the Phillipines for Means TV called Revolution Selfie; The Red Battalion. Together they discuss his film, his unique documentary style, his time embedded with the NPA, the Marcos Regime, Comrade Joma, the...

Red Menace Teaser: Is Marxism just Religion by Another Name?

Dec 15, 2022

Breht responds to the criticism that Marxism is just Christianity mixed with the Enlightenment concept of Progress; that it is basically just a religious faith...

Listen to the full episode here: https://redmenace.libsyn.com/desert

Religious Mysticism and Political Criticism

Mar 8, 2022

Chase from Faith and Capital and Breht from Rev Left Radio discuss religious mysticism and the maoist method of criticism and self-criticism. In the end, they connect their religious and spiritual traditions to this method forged through revolutionary struggle.

Timeline:
00:01 -- mysticism
01:02:40 -- criticism and...

St. Francis of Assisi: Patron Saint of Ecology & Brother to All Creation

Dec 21, 2021

Professor Adnan Husain, Medieval European and Middle Eastern Historian and Director of the School of Religion at Queens University, joins Breht to discuss the life of St. Francis of Assisi.

Together they discuss St. Francis of Assisi's legacy within Christianity, nature mysticism, Imitatio Christi, Francis's...