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Dec 31, 2021 • 17min

Guerrilla History Teaser: 2021 Year in Review

Listen to the full episode here: https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/2021-year-in-review Subscribe to Guerrilla History on your favorite podcast app! Support Guerrilla History here: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory
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Dec 28, 2021 • 2min

Red Hot Take: Live a Life of Beauty, Service, & Compassion

Full episode here: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/st-francis Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com
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Dec 21, 2021 • 2h 2min

St. Francis of Assisi: Patron Saint of Ecology & Brother to All Creation

Professor Adnan Husain, Medieval European and Middle Eastern Historian and Director of the School of Religion at Queens University, joins Breht to discuss the life of St. Francis of Assisi. Together they discuss St. Francis of Assisi's legacy within Christianity, nature mysticism, Imitatio Christi, Francis's meeting with the Sultan of Egypt, medieval Europe, Islam and Christianity, Franciscan Virtues, Ecology and Creation, The Canticle of the Sun, Pope Francis, the rise of mercantilism in feudal Europe, stigmata, liberation theology, and more! Outro Music: "All My Tears" by Ane Brun ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com
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Dec 6, 2021 • 1h 56min

Necrocapitalism Revisited: Marxism, Fascism, & Capitalist Crisis

Johanna May Black and Devin Zane Shaw join Breht to discuss the collective project they contributed to: On Necrocapitalism. Check out our first episode on Necrocapitalism: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/necrocapitalism Buy On Necrocapitalism here: https://www.leftwingbooks.net/book/content/necrocapitalism-plague-journal Check out Devin's great book Philosophy of Antifascism here: https://www.leftwingbooks.net/book/content/philosophy-antifascism-punching-nazis-and-fighting-white-supremacy The episode Devin and I did on his book here: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/antifascism Follow Johanna here: https://twitter.com/comrade_jo_may Outro Music: "Mama! There's a Spider in My Room" by The Black Tones ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com
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Nov 26, 2021 • 1h 14min

Guerrilla History: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we talk with Comrade Luna of the YouTube channel LunaOi! We discuss the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and its impacts both within Vietnam as well as in liberation struggles globally. Luna is a Vietnamese communist living in Hanoi. She runs the YouTube channel LunaOi (https://t.co/ibUYXNtQlg?amp=1), which covers Vietnamese foods, culture, and travel, as well as communist theory and political discussion. Support her on patreon by going to https://www.patreon.com/lunaoi. Full episode, with intro and outro, here: https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/luna ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com
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Nov 24, 2021 • 3h 52min

Ayahuasca w/ Joshua Kahn Russell

Joshua Kahn Russell returns to the show, this time to discuss - for the first time publicly - his Ayahuasca practice that he began nearly a decade ago. We try to give this topic the respect, integrity, cultural sensitivity, and spiritual depth that it deserves. We discuss so much, including: science, spirit, healing, cultural appropriation, trauma, capitalism, colonization, visions & hallucinations, depression, addiction, self-development, solidarity & sovereignty, forest defense, and reciprocity. Check out the first two installments of the Psychedelics and Dialectics series with Joshua here: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/joshua-kahn https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/joshua Please donate to The Wildfire Project at https://www.wildfireproject.org/donate www.WidlfireProject.org Instagram: @JoshuaKahnRussell Twitter: @JoshKahnRussell ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com
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Nov 19, 2021 • 1h 33min

Contemplative Practice and Political Struggle

Jay Michaelson is a journalist, meditation teacher, author of many books, and worked as an LGBTQ activist for ten years. Jay holds a Ph.D. in religion from Hebrew University, a J.D. from Yale Law School, a nondenominational rabbinic ordination, and is authorized to teach in the Theravadan Buddhist lineage. Jay joins Breht to discuss spirituality, grief and suffering, Judaism and Buddhism, the importance of collective political struggle, what meditation can offer organizers/activists, and much more! Find out more about Jay here: https://www.jaymichaelson.net/ Outro Music: "Lost in the Country" by Trace Mountains ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com
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Nov 10, 2021 • 1h 17min

Reflections on Afghanistan: History, Culture, & the Struggle for Self Determination

Mina Sharif and Shamayel Shalizi join Breht to discuss and reflect on Afghan culture, history, political struggles, the diaspora, common misconceptions, the Afghanistan War and withdraw, and much more! Decolonial therapy parts 1- 4: https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTAxNjc1NzM2ODk4Njc5?story_media_id=2560750183107113600&utm_medium=copy_link https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTAxNjc1NzM2ODk4Njc5?story_media_id=2560750183107113600&utm_medium=copy_link https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3ODU2ODM1Mjk1NTMyODM5?story_media_id=2571540248469085864&utm_medium=copy_link https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTA0Mzc4OTI5MDg5OTA5?story_media_id=2636629777432125413&utm_medium=copy_link Diaspora Passing links: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CU-Yjl5jX4m/?utm_medium=copy_link https://www.instagram.com/tv/CUxh7yZjnny/?utm_medium=copy_link https://www.instagram.com/tv/CUN1I7HDeYd/?utm_medium=copy_link Their 2 current fundraisers: https://chuffed.org/project/durkhanum https://aseel.xyz/us/fundraiser-afghans-kunar-ghazni.html Outro Music: "I Am" by AK13 ft. Saher ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com
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Nov 7, 2021 • 1h 21min

Convincing Conservatives: Red States, Climate Change & Class Struggle

J.T. Chapman from Second Thought joins Breht to discuss their experiences living in deep red states, how to talk to and persuade conservatives and other non-socialists of our politics, major global trends that will shape this century, and much more! Follow JT on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_secondthought Subscribe to Second Thought: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJm2TgUqtK1_NLBrjNQ1P-w Outro Music: "Man in Black" by Johnny Cash ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com
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Nov 6, 2021 • 3h 38min

Dialectics Deep Dive 4: Finishing Spinoza, Beginning Deleuze & Guattari

This is the fourth installment of the Dialects Deep Dive subseries. Matthew Furlong joins Breht to finish up their discussion of Spinoza's Ethics and to begin their discussion of Deleuze and Guattari. Check out our first installment of "Dialectics Deep Dive" here: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/dialectics Check out our second installment here: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/spinoza Check out our third installments here: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/deep-dive-3a https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/deep-dive-3b Outro Music: "My Philosophy" by Boogie Down Productions ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com

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