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Matthew Furlong returns to the show to discuss the life and philosophy of Baruch Spinoza, the great 17th century Dutch philosopher, as a lens (no pun intended) through which to deepen our understanding of dialectics and our appreciation for the cosmos in which we exist. Check out our first installment of "Dialectics Deep Dive" here: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/dialectics Previous Episodes on Dialectics: - Hegelian Dialectics: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/hegel - The Principal Contradiction: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/contradiction - Red Menace "On Contradiction": https://redmenace.libsyn.com/on-contradiction-mao Outro Music: "You're So Cool" by Hans Zimmer ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com

Dr. Judith Grisel, former addict and current behavioral neuroscientist, joins Breht to discuss her life experiences and her fascinating book "Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction". We discuss how addiction works at the level of the brain and how it feels at the level of experience. We also discuss multiple substances specifically, including marijuana, alcohol, caffeine, MDMA, and more. At the end, we talk about policy approaches to addiction, how America gets it wrong, how we should approach it societally, and then Judy offers some tips for how to prevent addiction and some hope for those who are struggling with it. Learn more about Judy here: https://www.bucknell.edu/meet-bucknell/bucknell-stories/faculty-stories/judith-grisel-psychology Find her book here: https://www.audible.com/pd/Never-Enough-Audiobook/1984841076 The Men's Health article mentioned in the episode: https://www.menshealth.com/health/a26146242/marijuana-weed-addiction-recovery-brain-science/   ----- Support Rev Left Ra

Listen to the full episode of Guerrilla History here: https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/nick-estes In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on professor, activist, and author Nick Estes to talk to us about the long history of American indigenous resistance.  The conversation is structured around Nick's brilliant book "Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance". Support Guerrilla History in Exchange for Bonus Content here: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory    

Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb, professor of English at Toronto University, joins Breht to discuss her book "Epidemic Empire: Colonialism, Contagion, and Terror". They have a wide ranging conversation on British colonialism in India, the concept of terrorism, how metaphors of plague and infection are marshalled by empire, Covid-19, the Israeli occupation of Palestine, Albert Camus' "The Plague", Islamophobia, and much more!  Find Anjuli's book and her other work here: https://www.anjulirazakolb.com/ Check out The East is a Podcast interview with Anjuli here: https://eastisapodcast.libsyn.com/epidemic-empire-w-anjuli-raza-kolb Check out our previous episode on Albert Camus and Sartre here: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/jean-paul-sartre-albert-camus-existentialism-w-existential-comics Outro Music: "Talkin' Bout a Revolution" by Tracy Chapman ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionar

Listen to the full episode here: https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/intelligence-briefing-the-one-kingdom-solution

Brigid Ó Coileáin and Esperanza Fonseca join Breht to discuss proletarian and Marxist feminism, the history and power dynamics of the sex trade, the rhetoric and ideology of liberal feminism, the role pornography plays in society, the importance of anti-imperialism for women's emancipation, and much, much more! Check out the Probably Cancelled Podcast here: https://probablycancelledpod.libsyn.com/website Check out Esperanza's writings here: https://proletarianfeminist.medium.com/ Learn more here: https://linktr.ee/estrellaroja   ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com

Zen Buddhist and Philosophy Professor David R. Loy, author of "EcoDharma" and "Money, Sex, War, and Karma", joins Breht to discuss Zen Buddhism, Western and Eastern Philosophy, Awakening, Socially Engaged Buddhism, the Relevance of Marxism, the psychology of consumerism, and more! Find more of David Loy's work here: https://www.davidloy.org/ Learn more about the Rocky Mountain EcoDharma Retreat Center: https://rmerc.org/ Outro Music: "Revolution" by Heartless Bastards ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com

Danny Haiphong joins the show to discuss China, the increase of anti-asian hate crimes, the history of American imperialism in Asia, how the media manufactures consent against China, and who's interests the new anti-China aggression really serves.  Support Danny's work here: https://www.patreon.com/dannyhaiphong Check out the last Rev Left episode Danny was on: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/american-exceptionalism-and-innocence-deconstructing-ideology-and-myths Check out Danny's work at the Black Agenda Report here: https://www.blackagendareport.com/author/Danny%20Haiphong Follow Danny on Twitter @SpiritOfHo  Outro Music: "E Minor" by Other Lives ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com

*recorded on April 28th* In this unlocked Red Menace patreon episode, Alyson and Breht discuss the Biden administrations ostensible withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Chauvin Trial and what it represents, and the ongoing Covid crisis ravaging India and how its connected to vaccine imperialism and capitalism's prioritizing of profits over the health and life of human beings.  Support Red Menace: https://www.patreon.com/TheRedMenace

Breht went on CommieCon's Twitch stream as a guest to talk about liberal co-option of revolutionary energies and movements, how it happens, the role ideology plays, the essential and central importance of black and indigenous struggles for socialist revolution, and much much more! This is part one of a two part series. Part two will stream live this Saturday 6pm CST, 7pm EST (May 1st) here: https://www.twitch.tv/CommieCon  ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com

Matthew Furlong joins the show to discuss the history and philosophy of dialectics and dialectical materialism. Working through keystone dialectical thinkers like Mao, Marx, Engels, Heraclitus and many more, Matthew and Breht explore the development of this fundamental element of Marxist Philosophy.  Read the supplement to this episode, written by Matthew after recording, for more: https://write.as/roarwithblood/the-beothuk-the-irish-the-island   Previous Episodes on Dialectics: - Hegelian Dialectics: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/hegel - The Principal Contradiction: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/contradiction - Red Menace "On Contradiction": https://redmenace.libsyn.com/on-contradiction-mao - Anarcho-Primitivism: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/anarcho-primitivism-civilization-symbolic-culture-and-revolutionary-rewilding Outro Music: "Education" by Modest Mouse ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revlef

In this first installment of our ongoing series "Dialectics and Psychedelics", Joshua Kahn Russell joins Breht to discuss his personal journey through organizing and movement building, his physical and mental burn-out, and his transformative healing process. This episode provides essential context for the rest of this series! Learn more about Joshua here: https://eviltwinbooking.org/speakers/joshua-kahn-russell/ Follow him on Insta: @JoshuaKahnRussell Check out and support The Wildfire Project: https://wildfireproject.org/ Joshua on The Michael Brooks Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0SzW7-sIVQ&ab_channel=TheMichaelBrooksShow Outro Music: "Masters of War" by Bob Dylan ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com

In this episode, Breht reads through, and comments upon, a chapter from Michael Parenti's "Blackshirts and Reds" Purchase "Blackshirts and Reds" here: http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100403620    LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com

In this episode, Breht is joined by Nilija, Ember, and Cam - three organizers living in and around Greensboro - to discuss the Greensboro Massacre (1979) and its legacy. Check out the People's Freedom Assembly here:  https://linktr.ee/peoplesfreedomassembly Remember and Honor our fallen Greensboro comrades: - Sandra Neely Smith - Dr. Michael Nathan - Dr. James Waller - William Evan Sampson - Cesar Cauce   Outro Music: "Dittybop" by Bambu (feat. Rocky G, Kiwi, & Ruby Ibarra) ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com

In this episode, Brian C. Muraresku, who holds a degree from Brown University in Latin, Greek and Sanskrit,  joins Breht to discuss his fascinating book "The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name", a groundbreaking dive into the use of hallucinogens in ancient Greece, the Pagan Continuity Hypothesis, the role of the Eucharist in early Christianity, the relationship between mysticism and religion, the important role women played in this history, understanding Jesus as a mystic, and much more!  Learn more about Brian and find his book here: https://www.brianmuraresku.com/ ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com

Professor and Author Dylan Rodriguez joins Breht to discuss his book "White Reconstruction: Domestic Warfare and the Logics of Genocide".   Find the book here: https://www.fordhampress.com/9780823289394/white-reconstruction/ Dylan's other works mentioned in the show: https://level.medium.com/abolition-for-the-people-397ef29e3ca5 https://harvardlawreview.org/2019/04/abolition-as-praxis-of-human-being-a-foreword/ http://utotherescue.blogspot.com/2021/01/campus-safety-task-forces-as-police.html CR Problem with “Community Control of Police” and Police Review Boards   https://drive.google.com/file/d/12q4eWZQzwIj-EFrLUU2XbnLipKnXIuxG/view UC and national Cops Off Campus campaign    https://linktr.ee/uc_ftp twitter: @dylanrodriguez IG: dylanrodriguez73 Outro Music: "Samoan Cricket Bat" by Bambu ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com

Kristen R. Ghodsee returns to Rev Left on International Women's Day to discuss the real history of the holiday, socialist feminism, liberal co-option of radical history and movements, the Cold War alliances between socialist states and women in the global south, and so much more!  Kristen's website: https://kristenghodsee.com/ The AK47 podcast created and hosted by Kristen: https://kristenghodsee.com/podcast   SRA gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/f/sra-community-range-and-defense-education-project   Southern New England SRA twitter: https://twitter.com/sne_sra   Coffee With Comrades episode with the SNE SRA: https://coffeewithcomrades.com/episode-122-under-no-pretext-ft-the-sne-sra Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com

Megan Devine joins Breht to discuss philosopher Erich Fromm's famous 1956 text "The Art of Loving", in which Fromm employs Marxist, Psychoanalytic, and Eastern Philosophical analysis to explore a core problem at the heart of the human condition: the existential anxiety wrought by our fundamental separation and how Love, in its broadest universal sense, points toward its overcoming.  Philosophize This! on "The Art of Loving" Outro Music: "Paul" by Big Thief ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com

Listen to the full Guerrilla History episode here: https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/gerald-horne

In this episode, Breht is joined by musician, therapist, and teacher Suzin Green to discuss her upcoming book "The Being Project". In this episode, we discuss the rise of the Women's Liberation Movement and Second Wave Feminism, the promises and pitfalls of the 60's counter-culture, Hindu mysticism and mythology, Jungian Psychology, Suzin's unique conception of Patriarchy, the difference between Being and Doing, Suzin's relationship with the late Michael Brooks, and much more! This episode is the latest installment of our ongoing sub-series exploring psychology and spirituality.  Learn more about Suzin here: https://www.suzingreen.com/ Outro Music: "Nice and Quiet" by Bedouine ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com