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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 organizatio ... Show More

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! Check out the Socialism Conference HERE Join the Patreon for a chance to win free tickets an ... Show More

Alyson and Breht reflect on recent Democratic Socialist electoral victories, the ongoing contradiction between the progressive left and the corporate center within the Democratic Party, the principled and strategic approach to this development that Marxists should take, the impli ... Show More

<p><em>[Originally released Oct 2020]</em></p> <p>In this episode of our sister podcast "Red Menace", Alyson and Breht summarize and discuss the fundamental ideas, concepts, and arguments within Marxism. We want this episode to stand as a resource for *everyone* interested in Mar ... Show More

<p>Alyson and Breht explain and explore this famous text from Karl Marx, in the process they discuss French history, class conflict, the peasantry and lumpenproletariat, Bonapartism and Fascism, history, the role of the State under capitalism, and how all of this helps us to make ... Show More

<p><em>[Orignally released Oct 2018]</em></p> <p>Alyson Escalante joins Breht to discuss Lenin's major work of political theory, State and Revolution. <br /> <br /> Here is a previous show we here at Rev Left did specifically on the Paris Commune entitled "The Paris Commune: A Br ... Show More

[Originally released Oct 2020] Alyson and Breht summarize and discuss the fundamental ideas, concepts, and arguments within Marxism. We want this episode to stand as a resource for *everyone* interested in Marxism - from those who are brand new to the Marxist left all the way to ... Show More

<p>Listen to the full Red Menace episode (from which this segment was extracted) here: <a href= "https://redmenace.libsyn.com/economic-and-philosophic-manuscripts-of-1844-karl-marx"> https://redmenace.libsyn.com/economic-and-philosophic-manuscripts-of-1844-karl-marx</a></p> <p><s ... Show More

<div> <p>EARLY RELEASE: Jared from <a href= "https://millennialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/">Millennials are Killing Capitalism</a> podcast invited Breht on to talk about Friedrich Engels' draft to the Communist Manifesto entitled <a href="https://www.marxists.org/archive/ma ... Show More

<p><em>What is to be Done?</em> is a classic work on the role and organisation of the revolutionary party in the communist movement. Lenin criticises economism, revisionism and spontaneity, and argues persuasively for a centralised and professional vanguard of the proletariat.</p ... Show More