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Aug 2024
1h 5m

Red Hot Take: The World on Fire

REVOLUTIONARY LEFT RADIO
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Breht reflects on recent global events, from the fascist riots in the UK, to the escalating tensions in the Middle East, to another coup attempt in Venezuela, to the electoral spectacle here in the US... Then he offers up a positive vision of the future and how each of us can contribute to human civilizational evolution.

Outro Song: The Cure by Non-Prophets

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