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Mar 20

Bullock: Chronicles of Deprivation and Despair in an American Prison

Matthew Vernon Whalan joins the show to discuss Bullock: Chronicles of Deprivation and Despair in an American Prison, an interview-driven, investigative journalistic, and collectively narrated portrait of life inside Bullock Correctional Facility in Alabama. Through the words of ... Show More

1h 22m

Mar 17

From Persia to Iran: Islam, Empire, and the Politics of West Asia

In this episode, Breht interviews Adnan Husain -- Professor of Medieval history and Chair of the Religious Studies department at Queens college -- about the deep historical roots of today's Middle East. The conversation traces the arc from ancient Persia to the Islamic era, explo ... Show More

2h 55m

Mar 10

Unequal Exchange: The Engine of Modern Imperialism

Torkil Lauesen joins us to discuss his book Unequal Exchange: Past, Present, and Future and the hidden mechanics of modern imperialism. Lauesen returns to the tradition of Arghiri Emmanuel to argue that while the world market tends to equalize prices, wages remain radically unequ ... Show More

1h 30m

Aug 2023

Buddhism and Marxism with Breht O'Shea

When you think about the philosophies and practices of Buddhism and Marxism, you might not immediately think that they have much in common. However, you might be surprised at how much overlap and complementary resonance there actually is between these two rich and beautiful tr ... Show More

1h 21m

Dec 2023

Marxism and the Radical Enlightenment: A Debate feat. Max Tomba and Landon Frim

What is the legacy of the Enlightenment in political struggles today and how are socialists and Marxists to relate to the Enlightenment? Must we rely on first principles and an a priori theory of knowledge in our understanding of capitalism and exploitation? Or must we proceed ... Show More

2h 4m

Sep 2022

On Karl Marx's "The Communist Manifesto"

1848 was the Year of Revolutions in Europe. It was also the year that Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published The Communist Manifesto, proposing a new, classless society. As revolutions erupted across the globe, many turned to the ideals of Communism to replace old and fast-crum ... Show More

30m 55s

Apr 2022

107/ Black Anarchism, Abolition and the Radical Tradition w/ William C. Anderson

This is a conversation with<a href="https://williamcanderson.info/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">William C. Anderson</a>, author of the book<a href="https://www.akpress.org/nationonnomap.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Natio ... Show More

1h 40m

May 2024

Race And Class: Do We Need A 'Black Marxism'? | Revolution Festival '23

‘Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition’, by Cedric Robinson, has featured in countless anti-racist reading lists across schools and universities. The title suggests it will be a synthesis of Marxism and the Black struggle. In reality, it is an attempt to divide ... Show More

49m 7s

Jul 2020

The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels

On this episode of Red Menace Alyson and Breht discuss 'The Communist Manifesto' by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Free text here: <a ... Show More

1h 7m

Jan 2024

Digressions #1: Dan Denvir in conversation with China Miéville

Introducing Digressions, a virtual reading group organized by the Dig and Haymarket Books. This first session took place on August 3, 2023. Every session of Digressions will take place three to four weeks after its guest appears on the Dig, and will be broadcast live. A list of s ... Show More

1h 24m

Jun 2024

Dialectical Materialism w/ Josh Sykes

Contradiction is one of the most important concepts in Marxist philosophy. When we think about Marxism, we typically think about the contributions that Marx, Engels, Lenin (and many others since) have made specifically to the study of political economy—but th ... Show More

1h 21m

Mar 2021

64/In the End, It Was All About Love (with Musa Okwonga)

Today we'll be talking to <a href="http://twitter.com/okwonga/">Musa Okwonga</a>. Musa is a writer, broadcaster, poet, speaker, musician. author, sportswriter, broadcaster and commentator on current affairs. He's also the first person to come on the podcast th ... Show More

1h 35m

Apr 2021

Noam Chomsky’s Theory of the Good Life

How do you introduce Noam Chomsky? Perhaps you start here: In 1979, The New York Times<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1979/02/25/archives/the-chomsky-problem-chomsky.html"> called</a> him “arguably the most important intellectual alive today.” More than 40 years later, Chomsk ... Show More

1h 12m

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