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Maoism, Black Nationalism, The US Left, and Our Scorching Future Jul 16, 2021

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Black Red Guard joins Breht to discuss a wide range of topics from the synthesis of maoism and black nationalism to the state of the US left to our projections for the coming decades. Support STL Rising Care Fund here: https://www.facebook.com/STLRising314/

Check out BRG's new podcast here: https://anymeansnecessary.libsyn.com/

Outro Music: "Punch A N*zi" by The Muslims (check them out here: https://themuslims.com/)

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Red Hot Take: Our Simmering Present and Our Boiling Future Jul 11, 2021

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Breht was awoken early this morning by a sickening feeling of anxious dread and existential despair brought on by his ever-deepening realization of the full implications of climate chaos... Instead of curling up in the fetal position and vomiting out his anxiety on his tiny bathroom floor, he went over to Producer Dave's house to record this episode. So... enjoy, I guess? Idk.

Outro Music: "How the World Works" by Bo Burnham

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Patriots, Traitors, and Empires: The Korean War and Korea's Struggle for Freedom Jul 04, 2021

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Stephen Gowans joins Breht to talk about his book "Patriots, Traitors, and Empires: The Story of Korea's Struggle for Freedom". They discuss the history of Korea, Japanese colonial occupation of Korea, WW2 and the Cold War, The Korean War, Kim Il-Sung and guerrilla warfare, South Korea as an American puppet state, the Soviet Union and Mao's China, American propaganda against the DPRK, the prospects for a unified Korea, and much more! Check out Stephen's blog here: https://gowans.blog/

Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GowansStephen

Outro Music: "SNOW" by Zion T (feat. Lee Moon Sae)

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UFO's, The Pentagon, Space-Time, and Extraterrestrial Intelligence Jul 03, 2021

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In this unlocked episode of Guerrilla History, Breht, Adnan, and Henry discuss the recent release by the Pentagon of UAP (Unknown Aerial Phenomenon aka UFO) footage, the theories surrounding its release and the interests at play, the vastness of our cosmos and the challenge of space travel therein, and speculations on what these things could be and, if they are aliens, what their intentions might be.

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The Life and Legacy of Alexandra Kollontai Jun 18, 2021

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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

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The Imperialist Chain, Decolonization, and The Mass Line Jun 16, 2021

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In this collaboration with Faith and Capital, Breht is interviewed on a wide range of subjects, including whether or not there is a contradiction between spirituality and Marxist materialism, the importance of decolonization in the fight for communism, marxism-leninism-maoism, the wages and pathology of whiteness, the material benefits of imperialism for the labor aristocracy, the importance of love on the revolutionary left, and much, much more! Follow Faith and Capital on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/FaithAndCapital

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Outro Music: "Off You" by Big Thief (The Breeders)

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Look for the Helpers: A Collaboration with Srsly Wrong and Mexie Jun 13, 2021

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In this collaboration with Shawn and Aaron from Srsly Wrong and Mexie from the Vegan Vanguard, we have a wide ranging and experimental conversation about helping each other, solidarity, loving compassion, self and other, what it means to be human, and much more.

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Dialectics Deep Dive II: The Philosophy of Spinoza & God-as-Nature Jun 12, 2021

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Matthew Furlong returns to the show to discuss the life and philosophy of Baruch Spinoza, the great 17th century Dutch philosopher, as a lens (no pun intended) through which to deepen our understanding of dialectics and our appreciation for the cosmos in which we exist. Check out our first installment of "Dialectics Deep Dive" here: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/dialectics

Previous Episodes on Dialectics:

- Hegelian Dialectics: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/hegel

- The Principal Contradiction: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/contradiction

- Red Menace "On Contradiction": https://redmenace.libsyn.com/on-contradiction-mao

Outro Music: "You're So Cool" by Hans Zimmer

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Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction May 28, 2021

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Dr. Judith Grisel, former addict and current behavioral neuroscientist, joins Breht to discuss her life experiences and her fascinating book "Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction". We discuss how addiction works at the level of the brain and how it feels at the level of experience. We also discuss multiple substances specifically, including marijuana, alcohol, caffeine, MDMA, and more. At the end, we talk about policy approaches to addiction, how America gets it wrong, how we should approach it societally, and then Judy offers some tips for how to prevent addiction and some hope for those who are struggling with it. Learn more about Judy here: https://www.bucknell.edu/meet-bucknell/bucknell-stories/faculty-stories/judith-grisel-psychology

Find her book here: https://www.audible.com/pd/Never-Enough-Audiobook/1984841076

The Men's Health article mentioned in the episode: https://www.menshealth.com/health/a26146242/marijuana-weed-addiction-recovery-brain-science/

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Our History Is the Future: The Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance May 20, 2021

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Listen to the full episode of Guerrilla History here: https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/nick-estes

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on professor, activist, and author Nick Estes to talk to us about the long history of American indigenous resistance. The conversation is structured around Nick's brilliant book "Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance".

Support Guerrilla History in Exchange for Bonus Content here: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory