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Tim Holland (aka Sole) is a hip hop artist and host of Propaganda by the Seed and The Solecast. He joins Breht to discuss gardening, food forests, permaculture, restorative agriculture, perennials, trees, climate change, being a father, and much more! Check out Tim's work: https://www.soleone.org/ https://propagandabytheseed.com/ Follow him here: https://twitter.com/mcsole Outro Music: "Plague Days" by Sole & DJ Pain 1 ----- 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

Dr. Holly Jean Buck joins Breht to discuss her book "After Geoengineering: Climate Tragedy, Repair, and Restoration". Follow her here: https://twitter.com/hollyjeanbuck Outro Music: "Wooden Soldiers" by Modest Mouse ----- 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

Alyson Escalante joins Breht to respond to arguments that the US left should embrace American patriotism. Together they discuss revolutionary v. reactionary nationalism, US history, settler colonialism, proletarian internationalism, Browderism, anti-imperialism, the CPUSA, tailism, accusations of ultra-leftism, and much more. Outro Music: "U.S.A." by The Exploited ----- 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

Professor Peter Cole returns to the show, this time to do an overview of labor history in the United States. We discuss the earliest worker movements, the Great Uprising of 1877, the Pullman and Homestead strikes, various coal miner strikes, the Seattle General Strike, the IWW, the intersections of race and class, the impact of the Russian Revolution on American class politics, the first and second Red Scare, the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, the rise of neoliberalism and its impact on workers, and much more! Learn more about the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project: https://chicagoraceriot.org/ Follow Peter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/profpetercole Dont forget to check out our previous episodes with Peter on Ben Fletcher, the history of the IWW, and Dockworker Power! Outro Music: "Revolt Resist Rebel" by The Haymarket Squares ----- 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

In this unlocked Red Menace patreon episode, Alyson and Breht discuss the latest IPCC report on climate change and discuss its implications. Listen to more Red Menace: https://redmenace.libsyn.com/ ----- 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

Breht talks with the wonderful comrades from Dixieland of the Proletariat about life in the American South. We discuss the history of the south, labor struggles, the current covid-19 outbreak in the south, how climate change impacts that region specifically, race and indigeneity, and much more! Learn more about, contact, and support Dixieland of the Proletariat: https://linktr.ee/dotprole Outro Music: "Three Great Alabama Icons" by Drive-By Truckers ----- 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

Breht, host of Revolutionary Left Radio, joins the podcast to discuss and critique democratic socialism. They explore the differences between democratic socialism and social democracy, the challenges faced by socialist movements, and the distinctions between democratic socialists and other forms of socialism. They also delve into the debates on reform versus revolution, the contradiction of capitalism, the DSA's historical support for Israel, and the revolutionary potential of Black Lives Matter. The podcast concludes with a discussion on the compatibility of democracy and socialism.

Max Ajl, sociologist and author, joins Breht to discuss his book "A People's Green New Deal". Topics Discussed: the liberal Green New Deal, the history of colonialism, eco-modernism, climate reparations, the Cochabamba's Peoples Agreement, degrowth, ecosocialism, agroecology, the national question, Green Capitalism, and much more. Max's work: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Max-Ajl Max's Twitter: https://twitter.com/maxajl Max's Book: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745341750/a-peoples-green-new-deal/ Check out my co-host on Guerrilla History Henry Hakamaki's interview with Max here (time stamp: 6:23:52): https://davidfeldmanshow.com/kamala-harris-do-not-come-home-episode-1246/ Outro Music: "Dead Buffalos" by C-Rayz Walz ----- 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

This is the first half of our third installment of the Dialects Deep Dive subseries. Matthew Furlong joins Breht to discuss part II of Spinoza's famous work "Ethics", and together, they contemplate it through the lens of dialectical materialism. Find the second half of this episode here: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/deep-dive-3b 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 Outro Music: "When Under Ether" by PJ Harvey ----- 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

This is the second half of our third installment of the Dialectics Deep Dive subseries. In this episode, Matthew Furlong joins Breht to discuss the work of Marshall McLuhan and media analysis more broadly; all through the lens of dialectical materialism. As always, there are tons of (hopefully interesting) detours that our conversations tend to take, so enjoy! Check out the first half of this episode here: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/deep-dive-3a ------ 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 Outro Music: "Resonant Body" by Maggie Rogers ----- 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