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[BEST OF] American Exceptionalism and Innocence: Liberal Ideology and American Creation Myths
Revolutionary Left Radio
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Dec 9, 2019 Danny Haiphong, co-author of American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People's History of Fake News--From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror,joins Breht for a long, in-depth conversation about the stories that America tells itself about itself, and why those stories are false. We cover so many topics and ideas that its impossible to summarize them all here, so check it out yourself! Check out Danny's work at the Black Agenda Report here: Follow Danny on Twitter @SpiritOfHo Outro music: 'Craazy' by Rebel Diaz (feat. C-Rayz Walz)...
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Karmic Law and Mutual Aid: Insights from Buddhism and Anarchism
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David from joins Breht to discuss Buddhism, Anarchism, Marxism, and more! After an introduction section, David gives a talk on Buddhism and Anarchism, and then he and Breht discuss the talk before launching into a wide-ranging discussion on anarchism v. marxism, Kropotkin, the Buddhist conception of Karma, individual and collective improvement and struggle, Darwinian evolution, differences between western and eastern approaches to spirituality, the question of revolutionary violence within Buddhism, and much more! Learn more about Anarchospirituality and his work ...
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"The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and The State" by Friedrich Engels (Pt. 2)
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In this second installment of our three-part series on Friedrich Engels' famous work "The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State", Alyson and Breht discuss chapters 4, 5, and 6 titled "The Greek Gens", "The Rise of the Athenian State", and "the Gens and the State in Rome" respectively. Together they summarize the chapters, and then launch into a discussion on the main themes and lessons from this section of the text! 00:15 Intro 1:08 Summary 33:50 Discussion Check out Red Menace's first installment on this text here: Support Rev Left, and get up to three...
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Jesus Christ: Historical Materialism, Class Conflict, and the Jesus Movement
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Professors James Crossley and Robert J. Myles join Breht to discuss their fascinating work Together, they discuss their application of historical materalism to the life of Jesus, the difficulty of studying and sourcing the ancient past, the gospels and what they offer (as well as how they differ from one another), the mode of production and major classes of Jesus' era, John the Baptist and his ideological influence on the Jesus Movement, Jewish Millenarianism, Jesus' crucifiction, the Jesus Movement after Jesus' execution (and purported resurrection), and much more! ...
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Everyday Utopia: Egalitarianism, Human Nature, & The Good Life
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Professor and author Kristen R. Ghodsee returns to Rev Left to discuss her newest book . Together, her and Breht discuss intentional communities, social experiments, what utopia even means in this context, scientific v. utopian socialism, criticisms of the nuclear family and the socialist alternative, the function of student debt in modern america, the relationship between religious and spiritual orientations and radial social experimentation, public education, evolutionary biology, and more! Check out the book here: Check out previous Rev Left episodes with Kristen here: ...
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Islam and Anarchism with Mohamed Abdou
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Professor and scholar Mohamed Abdou joins Breht to discuss his book "Islam and Anarchism: Relationships and Resonances". Together, they discuss core concepts within Islam, the importance of decolonization, anarchist political theory, the question of violence in revolutionary struggle, Mohamed's construction of Anarcha-Islam, contradictions between capitalism and Islamic teachings, and much more! Check out Mohamed's book here: Find Mohamed's other work, learn more about him, and contact him here: Outro music: "Gather Round" by Brother Ali feat. Amir Sulaiman ...
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Islam and Marxism: A Brief Introduction
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Professor of Medieval history, practicing Sufi Muslim, and Chair of the Religious Studies department at Queens college, Adnan Husain, joins Breht to discuss the interesting intersections of Islam and Marxism! Outro music: "Ramadan" by Brother Ali Support Rev Left Radio:
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Teaser: The Electoral Doom Loop
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This is part of a patreon exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode, and many more like it, join here:
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Right Wing Moral Panic: "The Crisis of Masculinity"
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UNLOCKED: Adnan Husain and Breht O'Shea from discuss the current moral panic on the political right around issues of masculinity, dropping testosterone levels, and family formation. Together they discuss how the Right obscures the role of under-regulated corporations in poisoning us and the role capitalism plays in destabilizing human life in general, and instead blame scapegoats like life-saving vaccines, innocuous food stuffs like soy, feminism, LGBTQ people, and liberal elites (but never reactionary ones ofc). In addition, they try to think through what masculinity actually is, how it...
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On The Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People
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Matthew Furlong from our Dialectics Deep Dive series returns to the show to discuss Chairman Mao's text "On The Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People". Further Resources: Mao Zedong - Five Essays on Philosophy (1957): https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/S15-Five-Essays-on-Philosophy-6th-Printing.pdf Ai Siqi - "Antagonistic and Non-Antagonistic Contradictions" (1957): https://massline.org/Philosophy/Dialectics/Antagonism-AiSiqi-1957.pdf Jones Manoel - "Western Marxism Loves Purity and Martyrdom,...
info_outlineHistorian Dr. Rebecca Hall joins Breht to discuss the life of her father, the famous communist theorist and black liberationist Harry Haywood, as well as her own work on women led slave revolts.
Find her work here: https://rebhallphd.org/
Follow her on Twitter @WakeRevolt
Our Red Menace episode on Harry Haywood's political theory can be found here:
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