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Friends of the Congo: The Congolese Struggle for Self-Determination

Friends of the Congo: The Congolese Struggle for Self-Determination

Passy and Maurice from Friends of the Congo join Breht to discuss the history and the present of the Congo. Together, they discuss their organization, Passy's on-the-ground organizing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the history of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba and his legacy, Europ...

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Dialectics Deep Dive IIX: Contradiction and Overdetermination (Pt. 1)

Matthew Furlong returns for another installment of our Dialectics Deep Dive Series.

Together, they discuss Althusser, Hegel, Dialectical Materialism, Marxism, Palestine, process ...

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W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition and Reconstruction

W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition and Reconstruction

In this fouth installment of our ongoing W.E.B. Du Bois series, Breht and PM sit down with Saudia Durrant and Geo Maher from the W.E...

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"Solaris" by Andrei Tarkovsky: A Cosmic Exploration of the Human Psyche

"Solaris" by Andrei Tarkovsky: A Cosmic Exploration of the Human Psyche

EARLY RELEASE: Breht got invited onto Left of the Projector to discuss Soviet filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky's famous sci-fi film from 1972 "Solaris" with Evan and Amanda. Together, they discuss and analyze the film, exploring th...

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AMA Submissions!

Hey everyone, please use the comment section to ask any and all questions for me that you may have, and I will answer as many as I can in the next patreon episode!

Thank you all so much for your continued support of the show, and I look forward to navigating this uncertain and chaotic year...

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Joy James on W.E.B. Du Bois & Black Liberation

Joy James on W.E.B. Du Bois & Black Liberation

EARLY RELEASE: Dr. Joy James joins Breht and PM for their third installment of our ongoing Du Bois series, but this conversation goes well beyond the life and work of Du Bois to cover James' newest book, her long history of organizing, the history of black liberation struggles in the US, and much...

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Kwame Nkrumah: The Great Pan-African Revolutionary Leader of Ghana

Kwame Nkrumah: The Great Pan-African Revolutionary Leader of Ghana

Nicholas Richard-Thompson and Tunde Osazua from the Black Alliance for Peace join Breht to discuss the life and legacy of Kwame Nkrumah. Together, they discuss the Ghanaian Marxist and Pan-Africanist politician, political ...

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Napoleon: the Film, the Man, the History

Napoleon: the Film, the Man, the History

Everett from The Age of Napoleon and Arjun from Deep into History join Breht to discuss Napoleon Bonaparte. Together they explore...

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Understanding Apartheid: South Africa, Settler Colonialism, and Lessons for Palestine

In this Rev Left Family Annual Collab (Rev Left+Red Menace+Guerrilla History), Alyson, Henry, Adnan, and Breht sit down for a deep dive on So...

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Sickness unto Death...

Sickness unto Death...

Here is a recent episode of our semi-secret, non-political podcast for those interested... 

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American Psycho: The Death and Crimes of Henry Kissinger

American Psycho: The Death and Crimes of Henry Kissinger

Breht reads and reflects on a couple of articles covering the life and crimes of Henry Kissinger.

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Black Scare/Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United States

Black Scare/Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United States

This episode is from our sister podcast Guerrilla History, subscribe to it on your preferred podcast app!

In this absolutely fabulous episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back on the one and only Dr. CBS, Charisse Burden-Stelly!  Here, we discuss her outstanding new book 2023-11-28 18:24:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Les Misérables: Victor Hugo, Revolution, and French History

Les Misérables: Victor Hugo, Revolution, and French History

Corey Mohler from Existential Comics returns to the show to discuss the famous novel (and its many adaptations) by Victor Hugo "Les Misérables".

Together they discuss the novel, its various adaptations, its politi...

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An Introduction to Apartheid South Africa

An Introduction to Apartheid South Africa

EARLY RELEASE: Ashley Fataar joins Breht and Henry to give listeners an introduction to South African apartheid; its rise, its control, its defeat, and its lingering legacy... Along the way we use the example of South Africa to help us make sense of Israeli apartheid and the Palestinian resistanc...

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The Political Right and Equality: Turning Back the Tide of Egalitarian Modernity

The Political Right and Equality: Turning Back the Tide of Egalitarian Modernity

Professor Matthew McManus returns to the show to discuss his newest book 2023-11-07 20:41:28 +0000 UTC View Post

Decolonizing Palestine: Toward National Liberation in the Levant

Decolonizing Palestine: Toward National Liberation in the Levant

Alyson and Breht discuss the ongoing national liberation struggle in Palestine. Together, they discuss the incredible shift in public opinion on Israel and Palestine, the internal and external contradictions culminating in unison for Israel, the discussion about whether or not what Israel is doin...

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Uprisings in the Sahel: AFRICOM, Neo-Colonial Imperialism, and Pan-African Liberation

Uprisings in the Sahel: AFRICOM, Neo-Colonial Imperialism, and Pan-African Liberation

Nicholas Richard-Thompson and Tunde Osazua from the Black Alliance for Peace join Breht to discuss AFRICOM, or The United States Africa Command - responsible for U.S. military operations and imperialism on the continent. T...

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Palestine on Fire II

Palestine on Fire II

Breht continues and updates his discussion on the carnage unfolding in Palestine. He discusses the global situation, the very real possibility of a much wider war, Iran and America, the history of the Nakba, the Second Nakba, the tragic murder of precious Wadea Al Fayoume in Chicago by a zionist ...

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Toward Liberation: Palestine on Fire

Toward Liberation: Palestine on Fire

Breht launches into a fiery tirade about the current situation in Palestine, helps listeners navigate and dismantle common Zionist talking points, and brings some much needed moral clarity and intellectual honesty to a topic that, especially in the West, often lacks both...

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Labor Militants: The Trade Union Educational League (TUEL)

Chase from Mass Struggle joins Breht to discuss American labor history and communist political theory in relation to the trade union struggle through the lens of TUEL, or the Trade Union Educational League (1920 -1929). Together they discuss trade union consciousness, the necessity of a vanguard ...

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Principles of Communism

Principles of Communism

EARLY RELEASE: Jared from Millennials are Killing Capitalism podcast invited Breht on to talk about Friedrich Engels' draft to the Communist Manifesto entitled 2023-09-25 18:06:07 +0000 UTC View Post

UAW Strike: Workers Fighting Back!

UAW Strike: Workers Fighting Back!

Teddy Ostrow and Maximillian Alvarez from The Real News Network join Breht t...

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Outline for Upcoming Ep: "The Principles of Communism" with Millennials are Killing Capitalism

These are the questions I was asked by Jared from MaKC, and Im VERY excited to release this episode in a week or two, as I truly l think its one of the better episodes I've done in a while!

Here are the questions Ill be answering in detail:


- One of the things I ...

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Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Lengend

Henry Hakamaki and Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro join Breht to discuss the new translation (by Henry and Salv...

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W.E.B. Du Bois: Radical Black Peace Activism

W.E.B. Du Bois: Radical Black Peace Activism

Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly joins Breht and PM for a second installment of our Du Bois series, this one focusing on Du Bois' human rights and peace activism and how he tied that in with his revolutionary Marxism. Togethe...

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Update on our Donations to a Comrade in Africa

Update on our Donations to a Comrade in Africa

Hey all, just wanted to give you this heartwarming update and picture regarding the episode PM and I dropped a few days ago asking for donations to help prevent this family from losing their home due to their inability to pay all their back-rent. You all rose to the challenge after seeing that we...

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On Stalin: An Historical-Dialectical Materialist Approach

On Stalin: An Historical-Dialectical Materialist Approach

Breht reads and comments on the opening chapter of Domenico Losurdo's "Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend", translated only very recently into English from the original Italian by Henry Haka...

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Fantasy Football Update - Check Your Emails!

Anyone who submitted an email address to be included in a Rev Left league, either on the main post (now deleted) or in the follow up patreon comment section: PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL AND JOIN THE LEAGUE IF YOU HAVENT ALREADY!

We have 3 leagues (Marx League, Engels League an...

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Rich Men North of Richmond

Rich Men North of Richmond

Breht analyzes the lyrics of - and the ideology undergirding - a recent viral country song being presented as a working class anthem.

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Black Rose: Organizing Toward Revolution

Roxana and Enrique from the Black Rose Anarchist Federation join Breht to discuss their new political program, the analysis and strategy contained therein, the importance of organization for revolutionaries, their orientation towar...

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