Rev Left Radio

Revolutionary Left Radio
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Discussing political philosophy, current events, activism, and the inevitable historical downfall of capitalism from a revolutionary leftist perspective.

  1. 1 day ago

    UNLOCKED: In Praise of Prose, Poetry, and the Present Moment

    Breht discusses the importance of reading, writing, meditating and spending time alone in nature as essential to a well lived life; as well as mental-emotional protection from the techno-oligarchic assault on our minds, attention spans, and ability to think critically. Learn more about the show at: https://revleftradio.com/

  2. 5 days ago

    Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit: Dialectics, Consciousness, and Freedom

    Breht sits down with philosopher Colin Bodayle for a wide-ranging exploration of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, one of the most influential and notoriously difficult works in modern philosophy. Together they unpack Hegel's account of consciousness, contradiction, freedom, recognition, history, and the dialectical movement through which human beings come to understand themselves and the world. Along the way, the conversation traces Hegel's immense influence on Marx and considers why his philosophy remains so important for anyone trying to think seriously about liberation, social transformation, and the development of human consciousness. ---------------------------------------------------------- Check out our Summer RLR Merch HERE Learn more about Rev Left HERE Check out Unlearning Capitalism for more political educational resources

  3. 19 Aug

    Socialism and Man in Cuba: Che Guevara and the Revolution of Consciousness

    Breht reads, reflects upon, and elaborates on Che Guevara's famous essay "Socialism and Man in Cuba" wherein Che argues that socialism cannot be reduced to changing property relations or economic structures; it must also produce a new kind of human being, less alienated, less governed by private self-interest, and more conscious of themselves as a social being. His central claim is that material transformation and the transformation of consciousness have to develop together, through education, collective struggle, moral incentives, self-discipline, and revolutionary practice.   ---------------------------------------------------- Learn more here: https://revleftradio.com/ Check out Unlearning Capitalism for more political educational resources

  4. 17 Aug

    The Twin Cities Fight Back: ICE, the New Red Scare, and Socialist Organizing

    Aminah Sheikh joins Breht to discuss the mass resistance that erupted in Minneapolis against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, the subsequent repression of organizers, and the contours of an emerging new Red Scare. They discuss the current political moment, DSA's growing electoral insurgency, and the struggle to build independent working-class power before turning to Islam, Marxism, anti-imperialism, and the role faith can play in revolutionary politics. DSA Program: Workers Deserve More Follow Aminah on IG and on X @AminahSheikh  Here are some articles written by Aminah as well:   On Rosa Luxemburg HERE   On The Canadian Right HERE   On Militant Trade Unions and Anti-Communist Reaction HERE   On Palestine HERE ---------------------------------------------------- Check out our new merch designs and support the show HERE Learn more here: https://revleftradio.com/ Check out Unlearning Capitalism for more political educational resources

  5. 10 Aug

    Socialism Conference '26: Labor Day Weekend in Chicago!

    Breht gives details on his upcoming speech and Q and A at the Socialism Conference in Chicago this September, the listener meet-up afterwards, and the patreon raffle for TWO FREE TICKETS! ENTER THE RAFFLE HERE Check out the Socialism Conference HERE Join the Patreon for a chance to win free tickets and attend the meet-up HERE Learn more, follow us, get merch, and suppport the show HERE

  6. 7 Aug

    The New Red Scare: Trump's War on the American Left

    In this episode, Alyson and Breht examine the Trump administration's emerging campaign against what it calls "far-left terrorism." We begin with NSPM-7, the presidential directive encouraging federal agencies to investigate not only alleged political violence, but the organizations, funders, media networks, and ideological communities surrounding it. We then look at two distinct examples of this framework in practice: the sweeping Prairieland prosecutions in Texas, where defendants received extraordinarily severe terrorism-related sentences, and the separate crackdown in Minnesota following anti-ICE mobilizations and political unrest. From there, we analyze Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller's international counterterrorism summit, the effort to redirect the machinery of the War on Terror toward the anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist left, and the State Department's Cuba document, which portrays socialism, anti-imperialism, Palestine solidarity, and antifascism as parts of a foreign-influenced revolutionary network. Finally, we ask whether the United States has entered a new Red Scare, what may come next, and how left-wing individuals, media outlets, and organizations can protect themselves without abandoning their political work.   Check out our new merch designs and support the show HERE Learn more here: https://revleftradio.com/ Check out Unlearning Capitalism for more political educational resources

  7. 3 Aug

    Toward Indigenous Self-Determination: Fourth World Theory and Indigenous Marxism

    In this episode, Breht speaks with his guests Pavin and Jennifer Marley from Total Sovereignty Working Group about George Manuel's Fourth World theory and the Indigenous Marxist traditions of Howard Adams and Lee Maracle. Together, they examine the conflict between land as capitalist property and land as a living relationship; the formation of colonial-racial capitalism; and the limitations of state-recognized self-government, "Red capitalism," and settler socialism. They also explore the tension between Indigenous self-determination as a transitional stage toward universal socialism and as the permanent reconstruction of Indigenous nationhood, territorial authority, and collective responsibility, as well as Maracle's insistence that decolonization must include feminism, rematriation, and the restoration of Indigenous women's governing power. Ultimately, the conversation asks what it would mean to abolish capitalism and settler colonialism together—and to create forms of collective life grounded in reciprocity, land, care, and genuine self-determination. Total Sovereignty Working Group is a Native focus group dedicated to building a strategy for winning back our land and caring for our nations. Check out their work HERE   ------------- Learn more and support the show at https://revleftradio.com/ Check out Unlearning Capitalism for more political educational resources

  8. 23 Jul

    Substance, Spirit, Struggle: From Spinoza through Hegel to Marx (and Beyond)

    In this unlocked patreon episode Breht traces and explains a subterranean philosophical lineage running from Spinoza through Hegel to Marx and Louis Althusser. Beginning with Spinoza's conception of God or Nature as a single, immanent Substance, he explores how Hegel transforms Substance into a self-developing Subject, how Marx grounds the dialectic in material social life and class struggle, and how Althusser attempts to remove the final hidden Subject from Marxist theory. Along the way, he examines the concept of immanent critique, Kant's transcendental idealism, Hegel's master-slave dialectic, Marx's materialist transformation of idealism, and Althusser's concepts of overdetermination, interpellation, theoretical anti-humanism, and history as a "process without a Subject." What emerges is an ongoing struggle over immanence, contradiction, human agency, and whether history possesses either a sovereign author or a guaranteed destination. Listen to these related episodes to learn more: Economics and Philosophical manuscripts of 1844 Louis Althusser: Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses The Nature of All Things: Spinoza's Philosophical Odyssey Intro to German Idealism: Kant, Fichte, Schelling, & Hegel Hegelian Dialectics: Contradiction, Marxism, & the Freudian Unconscious   Check out our new merch designs and support the show HERE Learn more here: https://revleftradio.com/

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Discussing political philosophy, current events, activism, and the inevitable historical downfall of capitalism from a revolutionary leftist perspective.

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    Revolutionary Left Radio
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
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