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ORIGINALLY RELEASED Jun 18, 2021 Kristen R. Ghodsee returns to the show, this time to discuss the life, work, and legacy of the famous Marxist Feminist Alexandra Kollontai. We discuss her life, her radicalization, her relationship with other famous revolutionaries, her role in the October Revolution, her enduring contributions to feminism, Marxism, and proletarian history, and much, much more. Check out Kristen's work here: https://kristenghodsee.com/ Check out AK-47, Kristen's podcast dedicated to Kollontai here: https://kristenghodsee.com/podcast Here are all the previous episodes of RLR that Kristen has been a guest on: Red Hangover: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/red-hangover-legacies-of-20th-century-communism-w-dr-kristen-r-ghodsee International Women's Day: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/womens-day Women Behind the Iron Curtain: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/women-under-socialism Outro Music: "Blame Game" by Beach Bunny Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio

ORIGINALLY RELEASED Dec 29, 2019 On this episode of Rev Left Radio, Zoe Samudzi returns to the show to reflect on the life, art, politics, and legacy of the one and only Nina Simone. Check out Zoe and her work here: http://www.zoesamudzi.com/ Follow Zoe on Twitter @ztsamudzi Listen to Zoe's other appearances on Rev Left here: - https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/critical-race-theory-and-black-liberation-w-zo-samudzi - https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/black-feminism-and-queer-theory-w-zoe-samudzi Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio

ORIGINALLY RELEASED Apr 20, 2019 What is to be Done? 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. On this episode of Red Menace Alyson and Breht explain and reflect on the text, and then extract the core lessons for revolutionaries today. What Is To Be Done? by V.I. Lenin Full text here: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1901/witbd/ The video episode can be found on youtube at: https://youtu.be/1lRM_fsjanE -------- A very special thank you goes out to our Patreon supporters like: Zachary Stueland, Anton Pannekoek, Dillon Bussard, Dylan, HN, Das Chunk, Terrence Major, Walter Jay Gunn Please Rate and Review Red Menace on iTunes. This dramatically helps increase our reach. Support the Show and get access to bonus content on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/TheRedMenace Follow us on Twitter @The_Red_Menace

ORIGINALLY RELEASED May 16, 2020 A.M. Glittlitz joins Breht to talk about the Trotskyist sub-tendency of Posadism and discuss his new - and genuinely fascinating - book "I Want to Believe: Posadism, UFOs, and Apocalypse Communism" Check out more of Glittlitz's work Follow him on Twitter And check out his podcast Outro music 'UFOF' by Big Thief LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com

ORIGINALLY RELEASED Jul 13, 2019 Matt Soener, an economic sociologist, joins Breht to discuss the Great Recession of 2008. Here is the GoFundMe account for Kreetay Briggs Jr., a 12 year old boy hit by a stray bullet while he was playing on a beach: https://www.gofundme.com/f/35gjf-shooting-victim?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fb_dn_cpgnstaticsmall_r Outro Music: White Male Carnivore by Yak Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio

ORIGINALLY RELEASED Feb 11, 2019 For the debut episode of Red Menace Alyson and Breht discuss Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels. The video episode can be found on youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKdxX5eqQyk Outro Music by Adia Victoria - Invisible Hands Check out and support her beautiful music here: http://www.adiavictoria.com

ORIGINALLY RELEASED Jan 14, 2020 Prof. Todd McGowan, author of "Capitalism and Desire: The Psychic Costs of Free Markets" and co-host of "Why Theory", returns to the show to talk with Breht about Marxism and Psychoanalysis, Freud, Lacan, Death Drive, Desire, the fundamental sense of Lack at the core of our psyches, and much more! Check out Todd's book here: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/capitalism-and-desire/9780231178723 Check out Todd's podcast Why Theory here: https://player.fm/series/why-theory Outro music: 'Bowl of Oranges' by Bright Eyes Find more of this music here: https://saddle-creek.com/collections/bright-eyes ------------------- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio

ORIGINALLY RELEASED Feb 24, 2019 Chuka Ejeckam joins Breht to discuss and pay homage to the Black Panther Party leader and Marxist Revolutionary, Fred Hampton. Find and support Chuka and his work here: http://www.chukaejeckam.com/ Follow him on twitter @ChukaEjeckam Outro music by: Dead Prez - Food, Clothes, Shelter Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio

ORIGINALLY RELEASED Jul 25, 2019 On this episode of Red Menace Alyson and Breht discuss On Contradiction by Mao Full text here: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_17.htm Video version of this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNnqmbRhcBQ Check out Bad Mouse's complementary video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k46uaDvnoYE Outro Music by K. Flay - The President Has A Sex Tape ------- Support Red Menace, and get up to three bonus episodes a month, here: https://www.patreon.com/TheRedMenace

ORIGINALLY RELEASED Jul 28, 2018 John from Working Class History joins Brett to discuss the Spanish Civil War! This is a long-anticipated episode on a deeply important and relevant historical event. We spent a LOT of time editing and producing this episode, so we hope you find it informative as well as genuinely moving. Follow Working Class History on all the major social media sites! Here is the reading guide from WCH on the Spanish Civil War: https://libcom.org/library/spanish-civil-war-1936-39-reading-guide Their Spanish Civil War merch store is here: https://working-class-history.myshopify.com/collections/spanish-civil-war Their website is here: https://workingclasshistory.com Their podcast is here: https://soundcloud.com/workingclasshistory Outro Songs: Bitter Old Man and Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of Your Fist; both songs by Ramshackle Glory! Go support their music here: https://ramshackleglory.bandcamp.com Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio