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Organizing in a Pandemic: NYC Housing Justice and Fighting Cuomo Apr 23, 2020

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Lena Melendez, Charlie Dulik, and Nicolás Vargas - all organizers in and around New York City - join Breht to discuss Housing Justice 4 All, tenant organizing, the broader fight against Andrew Cuomo and the NY State government, and how you can help! Learn more about, and support, Housing Justice 4 All here: https://linktr.ee/housingjustice4all

Check out Freedom Arts Movement (@freedomartsmvmt) here: https://www.freedomartsmovement.com/

Donate to their fundraiser here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/freedom-arts-movement-fundraiser Outro music 'Crown On the Ground' by Sleigh Bells

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Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective: @Barbaradical

Intro music by DJ Captain Planet.

--------------- This podcast is affiliated with: The Nebraska Left Coalition, Omaha Tenants United, FORGE, Socialist Rifle Association (SRA), Feed The People - Omaha, and the Marxist Center.

Organizing in a Pandemic: Rebel Steps and Rent Strikes! Apr 18, 2020

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Liz and Amy from Rebel Steps joins Breht to discuss tenant organizing, rent strikes, the Covid crisis, anarchism, and much more! Check out Rebel Steps here: https://rebelsteps.com/

Follow them on Twitter @RebelSteps

Here is a list of Mutual Aid orgs to donate to: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/ Check out Channel Zero Network here: https://channelzeronetwork.com/ Outro music 'Breathe America' by Mosin Nagant

find more of their music here: https://mosinnagant.bandcamp.com

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SUPPORT REV LEFT RADIO: www.patreon.com/revleftradio

Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective: @Barbaradical

Intro music by DJ Captain Planet.

--------------- This podcast is affiliated with: The Nebraska Left Coalition, Omaha Tenants United, FORGE, Socialist Rifle Association (SRA), Feed The People - Omaha, and the Marxist Center.

Marx in Soho: What if Marx Came Back? Apr 07, 2020

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Breht performs Howard Zinn's one-man play "Marx in Soho". Outro music 'Weary Blues' by Madeleine Peyroux

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SUPPORT REV LEFT RADIO: www.patreon.com/revleftradio

Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective: @Barbaradical

Intro music by DJ Captain Planet.

--------------- This podcast is affiliated with: The Nebraska Left Coalition, Omaha Tenants United, FORGE, Socialist Rifle Association (SRA), Feed The People - Omaha, and the Marxist Center.

Postmodern Conservatism: Reactionary Politics in Late Capitalism Apr 04, 2020

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Professor Matthew McManus joins Breht to discuss his work on postmodern conservatism. Find Matt on twitter @MattPolProf

Learn more about Matt and his work here

Find the book here

Here are two other Rev Left episodes we've done on this topic:

Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism

Post-Structuralism, Postmodernism, and... Metamodernism?

Outro music 'A Song for Our Fathers' by Explosions in the Sky

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SUPPORT REV LEFT RADIO: www.patreon.com/revleftradio

Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective: @Barbaradical

Intro music by DJ Captain Planet.

--------------- This podcast is affiliated with: The Nebraska Left Coalition, Omaha Tenants United, FORGE, Socialist Rifle Association (SRA), Feed The People - Omaha, and the Marxist Center.

Estranged Labor: Karl Marx on Alienation Apr 04, 2020

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Listen to the full Red Menace episode (from which this segment was extracted) here: https://redmenace.libsyn.com/economic-and-philosophic-manuscripts-of-1844-karl-marx

Support Red Menace and get access to bonus monthly content on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/TheRedMenace

Outro music '9-5ers Anthem' by Aesop Rock

Bit Tyrants: The Political Economy of Silicon Valley Mar 25, 2020

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Professor of Economics, Rob Larson, returns to Rev Left Radio; this time to discuss his new book "Bit Tyrants: The Political Economy of Silicon Valley". Find Bit Tyrants here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1381-bit-tyrants

Find Rob on Twitter @IronicProfessor Outro music 'Bellyache' by Yak

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SUPPORT REV LEFT RADIO: www.patreon.com/revleftradio

Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective: @Barbaradical

Intro music by DJ Captain Planet.

--------------- This podcast is affiliated with: The Nebraska Left Coalition, Omaha Tenants United, FORGE, Socialist Rifle Association (SRA), Feed The People - Omaha, and the Marxist Center.

Thinking Through The Crisis: Coronavirus, Capitalism, and The Future Mar 20, 2020

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On this emergency crossover episode of Red Menace and Rev Left Radio, Alyson and Breht discuss COVID-19, what the best models are predicting, what the response of the US State and capitalist class is, what the Left can do, what the future looks like, and much, much more.

Learn More and Support Red Menace here: https://www.patreon.com/TheRedMenace

History of the IWW: Militant Unionism, Wobblie Internationalism, & Class War Mar 19, 2020

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Prof. Peter Cole joins Breht to talk about the history and internationalism of the IWW: Industrial Workers of the World (aka the Wobblies), as well as to draw out lessons from that history for our current moment.

Become a member of the IWW: https://www.iww.org/

Find Peter on Twitter: @ProfPeterCole Wobblies on the Waterfront: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/34fnp6ps9780252031861.html Wobblies of the World: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745399591/wobblies-of-the-world/ Dockworker Power: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/48ydk2be9780252042072.html

NLC Mutual Aid Fundraiser: https://chuffed.org/project/spring-fundraiser

Outro music 'Joe Hill' by Paul Robeson

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LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com

SUPPORT REV LEFT RADIO: www.patreon.com/revleftradio

Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective: @Barbaradical

Intro music by DJ Captain Planet.

--------------- This podcast is affiliated with: The Nebraska Left Coalition, Omaha Tenants United, FORGE, Socialist Rifle Association (SRA), Feed The People - Omaha, and the Marxist Center.

UNLOCKED: COVID-19, Contradictions, and the Dictatorship of Capital Mar 17, 2020

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NLC Mutual Aid Fundraiser: https://chuffed.org/project/spring-fundraiser

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Support Operation Birmingham's COVID-19 mutual aid (UK): Here's the website for the project: cooperationbirmingham.org.uk Here's the gofundme: gofundme.com/f/cooperation-birmingham-mutual-aid-kitchen

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HERE ARE DOZENS OF OTHER ON-THE-GROUND ORGS ENGAGING IN COVID-19 MUTUAL AID WORK: Find them all here: https://itsgoingdown.org/c19-mutual-aid/

Walter Rodney: Marxist Radical, Guerrilla Intellectual, & Pan-African Martyr Mar 09, 2020

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Devyn Springer joins Breht to discuss the life and legacy of Walter Rodney: the renowned Guyanese historian, Caribbean revolutionary, Pan-Africanist thinker, and Marxist martyr.

Find Devyn and his work: https://devynspringer.journoportfolio.com/

Support his work: https://www.patreon.com/Halfatlanta

Check out his podcast: https://groundings.simplecast.com/

Find and Support the Walter Rodney Foundation: http://www.walterrodneyfoundation.org/

Here are the Essays Devyn mentioned in the episode: https://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/rodney-walter/index.htm

Outro music 'Hussle & Motivate' by Nipsey Hussle

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LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com

SUPPORT REV LEFT RADIO: www.patreon.com/revleftradio

Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective: @Barbaradical

Intro music by DJ Captain Planet.

--------------- This podcast is affiliated with: The Nebraska Left Coalition, Omaha Tenants United, FORGE, Socialist Rifle Association (SRA), Feed The People - Omaha, and the Marxist Center.

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