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Dr. James Rocha is a professor of philosophy at Fresno State University. He wrote a paper entitled "The Black Reaching Out: An Anarchist Analysis of Firefly" in which he argues for an anarchist interpretation of the show over the more prevalent libertarian interpretation on the show. Him and Brett discuss the paper and the arguments therein. Topics include: Anarchism, Libertarianism, morality, feminism, the genre of Sci Fi, analysis of the State, and much more. **Please take the time to rate and leave a review on iTunes! This will help expand our overall reach.** Donate Follow us on: Facebook Twitter (which we are new to, and trying to build up): @RevLeftRadio or contact us at Revolutionary Left Radio via Email Random Songs of The Week From Friends: Featured as the outro music Hands by Warbonnet Organizations affiliated with the podcast: Omaha GDC NLC Thank You for your support and feedback!

This is a unique episode. We are releasing bonus content from our episode with Dr. Thoreau Redcrow and from our Maoism episode; this bonus content will be bolstered by Q and A sessions with Brett answering questions from listeners. We will also use Brett and David's music as transition between subjects. Dr. Redcrow recounts being on Cuban national television, meeting Subcommadante Marcos, and getting arrested in Turkey for his political activity, and narrowly escaping being handed over to ISIS for beheading. For our Maoist episode, we had a bathroom break through which our mics stayed on. We talk a lot our experiences with right wing professors in college, the myth of Marxist professors at universities, and Taylor threatens to fight Hegel and Lacan while praising Heidegger. **Please take the time to rate and leave a review on iTunes! This will help expand our overall reach.** Donate Follow us on: Facebook Twitter (which we are new to, and trying to build up): @RevLeftRadio or contact us at Revolutionary Left Radio via Email Random Songs of The Week From Friends: Featured as the outro music You Are Not Alone by Two Tone Runts Organizations affiliated with the podcast: Omaha GDC NLC Thank You for your support and feedback!

The Red Plains Revolutionary Group is a multi-tendency communist organization with an intrinsically Maoist inflection. Brett sits down with members of the group to discuss the philosophy of Maoism, and how that philosophy is inseparable from the practice of Maoism. Other topics include: The Black Panther Party, Antifascism, Peru and India, Leninism, Third Worldism, and what organizing looks like in a Maoist context. **Please take the time to rate and leave a review on iTunes! This will help expand our overall reach.** Follow us on: Facebook Twitter (which we are new to, and trying to build up): @RevLeftRadio or contact us at Revolutionary Left Radio via Email Organizations affiliated with the podcast: Omaha GDC NLC Thank You for your support and feedback!

Brett sits down with Dr. Mark Bray to discuss the political philosophy, history, and future of Anarchism. Topics include: Bakunin and Marx, the first international, the Spanish Civil War, Stalinism, listener questions, the anarchist view of the State, Occupy Wall Street, Antifa, and much more! Mark Bray is a historian of human rights, terrorism, and political radicalism in Modern Europe. He completed his PhD in Modern European and Women's and Gender History at Rutgers University in 2016, and is currently finishing his manuscript "The Anarchist Inquisition: Terrorism and the Ethics of Modernity in Spain, 1893-1909." "The Anarchist Inquisition" explores the emergence of groundbreaking human rights campaigns across Europe and the Americans in response to the Spanish state's brutal repression of dissent in the wake of anarchist bombings and assassinations. At GRID, he will begin work on his next project which explores the cultures of violence and street resistance that emerge in the social movements of postwar Western Europe and their impact on conceptions of leftist masculinity in the context of the emergence of competing conceptions of feminism. Bray is the author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook (Melville House, 2017) and Translating Anarchy: The Anarchism of Occupy Wall Street (Zero Books, 2013) as well as the co-editor of the forthcoming Francisco Ferrer and the Modern School (PM Press, 2018). **Please take the time to rate and leave a review on iTunes! This will help expand our overall reach.** Follow us on: Facebook Twitter @RevLeftRadio or contact us at Revolutionary Left Radio via Email Organizations affiliated with the podcast: Omaha GDC NLC Thank You for your support and feedback!

Chelsey Gentry-Tipton is the Nebraska Democratic Party Black Caucus Chair and Anthony Walraven is an activist from Peoria, Illinois who recently ran for City Council in his city. They sit down with Brett to discuss the modern history of the Democratic Party, Bill Clinton's Third Way strategy, the Hillary vs. Bernie primary, the role of race and class in the party, the limitations of the Democratic Party, lessons learned from the humiliating loss to Trump in the 2016 presidential election, the future of the party, and much more. Follow us on: Facebook Twitter @RevLeftRadio or contact the dudes at Revolutionary Left Radio via Email Please take the time to rate and leave a review on iTunes! This will help expand our overall reach. Thank You for your support and feedback!

Brett sits down with Dr. Thoreau Redcrow, an expert on these issues, to discuss The Rojavan Revolution, the history of Kurdish repression in Turkey, and how the Kurds in Northern Syria (i.e. Western Kurdistan) are building socialism against all odds. Dr. Redcrow is an American with a Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis with a concentration in Global Conflict. He did his dissertation while embedded with the PKK in Kurdistan in 2014, coinciding with the emergence of ISIS. Follow Dr. Redcrow on FB: www.facebook.com/thoreau.redcrow Follow us on: Facebook Twitter @RevLeftRadio or contact the dudes at Revolutionary Left Radio via Email Please take the time to rate and leave a review on iTunes! This will help expand our overall reach. Thank You for your support and feedback!

Discuss the vibrant revolutionary spirit witnessed during Cuba's Mayday Parade and the challenges facing socialism today. Dive into Cuba's triumphs in education and healthcare against a backdrop of economic sanctions. Explore the impact of racism within the cultural fabric and critique the authoritarian aspects of the revolution. Delve into the complexities of capitalism's influence on Cuba while questioning the illusion of freedom in U.S. politics. Gain insights into Fidel Castro's legacy and the future of socialism in this multi-faceted discussion.

Revolutionary Left would like to extend a special thanks to our guest this week for their time and for sharing their experiences. We would like to further extend our gratitude to our listeners for your continued support and feedback. Thank you all so much! The second installment of our two-part series. Topics discussed include White rappers, Dave Chapelle's new comedy special, the commodification of hip hop, the moral failings that we have all had, etc. The songs from this weeks episode in order of appearance: Believers - Articulate The Switch Up - Ria Gold Rough, Rugged, and Raw - Articulate Ron Burgundy - Black Jonny Quest Follow Revolutionary Left Radio on: https://www.facebook.com/RevLeftRadio/ Twitter @RevLeftRadio or contact the dudes at Revolutionary Left Radio via email TheRevolutionaryLeft@gmail.com Please take the time to rate and leave a review on iTunes! This will help expand our overall reach.

What a great episode! This may be our best one yet! Brett sits down with three hip hop artists, Alex (aka Black Jonny Quest), Nick (aka Articulate), and Ria (aka Ria Gold) to discuss hip hop, racism, cultural appropriation, capitalism, liberal idpol vs. intersectional solidarity, Trump, white allies, and much more. This is part one of a two part release; part two will be published later this week! Enjoy!!! **Songs featured in this weeks episode in order of appearance Exodus by Black Jonny Quest of the album 'Smells Like Good News' Ancient Mariner by Articulate from the album 'Unreleased' Get Away RiaMix (feat. Kehlani) By Ria Gold from 'Get Away' Single To hear more music by our talented friends from this episode check out: Ria Gold https://soundcloud.com/1goldieworld/ria-gold-sex-u-riamix Alex / Black Jonny Quest https://soundcloud.com/blackjonnyquest Nick / Articulate https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/unreleased/id555205489 Follow Revolutionary Left Radio on: https://www.facebook.com/RevLeftRadio/ Twitter @RevLeftRadio or contact the dudes at Revolutionary Left Radio via email TheRevolutionaryLeft@gmail.com Please take the time to rate and leave a review on iTunes! This will help expand our overall reach. Thank You for your support and feedback!

D'Shawn Cunningham is a long time activist and current city council candidate for Omaha's District 3. Brett sits down with him to discuss the nuances and complexities of gentrification, including who it benefits and how to organize against it. They also discuss its relationship to policing and D'Shawn's activism around police reform. A fascinating episode on two topics that D'Shawn is uniquely qualified to speak about. Follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/RevLeftRadio/ Twitter @RevLeftRadio or contact the dudes at Revolutionary Left Radio via email TheRevolutionaryLeft@gmail.com Please take the time to rate and leave a review on iTunes! This will help expand our overall reach. Thank You for your support and feedback!