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Feb 2023
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Dialectics & Liberation: Insights from B...

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About this episode
Breht reads a speech he recently gave at Arizona State University on the topic of dialectial materialism, Buddhism, and Marxism. 

Huge shout out to the ASU Zen Devils and MECHA for inviting Breht out to Arizona to give this speech, meet listeners, and visit the Sonoran Desert for the first time!
 
Learn more about MECHA here: https://linktr.ee/MECHAdeASU
 
If you are interested in having Breht give a speech at your university, contact us at TheRevolutionaryLeft@gmail.com with the header "Speaking at our University", so that we can siff out the invites from the other messages!
 
Outro music: "Be Brave" by Modest Mouse

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