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Defending Socialism: Deconstructing the "Communism Killed 100 Million" Lie Oct 30, 2019

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Alekx and Ethan from Proles of the Round Table podcast join Breht on this All Hallows Eve to deconstruct the myth and logic of the oft-stated claim that Communism is responsible for the deaths of 100 million human beings.

On this Halloween, we urge our listeners to reject the anti-communist propaganda of our enemies, while also realizing that the real blood-drenched monsters, ghouls, goblins, and vampires of this world are not to be found within the pages of fairy tales, but rather at the highest echelons of capitalist class society: the very people who want nothing more than for you to fall, hook, line, and sinker, for their anti-communist lies in order to maintain their murderous grip on the ill-gotten seats atop our world's bloody and unjust hierarchies of wealth and power.

Find Proles of the Round Table here: https://www.prolespod.com/

and on Twitter @ProlesPod

Here are just some of the sources used for this episode:

https://medium.com/@discomfiting/debunking-communism-killed-more-people-than-naziism-7a9880696f67

https://mronline.org/2011/06/26/revisiting-alleged-30-million-famine-deaths-during-chinas-great-leap/

https://monthlyreview.org/commentary/did-mao-really-kill-millions-in-the-great-leap-forward/

https://mronline.org/2017/10/18/mao-reconsidered/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4331212/

https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/03/03/the-holodomor-and-the-film-bitter-harvest-are-fascist-lies/

https://www.newcoldwar.org/archive-of-writings-of-professor-mark-tauger-on-the-famine-scourges-of-the-early-years-of-the-soviet-union/

https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/research/furr_yezhov_jls17.pdf

Outro Music: 'Bury a Friend' by Billie Eilish

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Intro music by DJ Captain Planet.

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

17N: Marxist Guerrilla Warfare in Greece Oct 28, 2019

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Gabriel Radic, a writer and organizer with the Marxist Center, joins Breht to discuss the Marxist urban guerrilla warfare organization 17N (Revolutionary Organization 17 November), which operated in Greece from 1975 to 2002.

Outro Music: "Revolution" by Derek Minor

Support his music here: www.derekminor.com

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Intro music by DJ Captain Planet.

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

Hegelian Dialectics: Contradiction, Marxism, & the Freudian Unconscious Oct 22, 2019

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Todd McGowan, professor and author of "Emancipation After Hegel: Achieving a Contradictory Revolution" as well as co-host of the philosophy podcast "Why Theory", joins Breht to talk about the many misunderstandings of Hegelian philosophy, the history of Left and Right Hegelianism, the role that contradiction plays in the dialectic, what a Freudian understanding of the mind lends to Hegel's philosophy, Marxism as a deviation from Hegelianism, and much, much more!

Find Todd's book here: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/emancipation-after-hegel/9780231192705

Check out Todd's podcast Why Theory here: https://soundcloud.com/whytheory

Outro Music: "Don't Come Knocking" by Holy Locust

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Intro music by Captain Planet.

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

Red Rosa: The Life and Legacy of Rosa Luxemburg Oct 12, 2019

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Kate Evans, the author and illustrator of "Red Rosa", a graphic novel about the life of Rosa Luxemburg, joins Breht to discuss Rosa's life and legacy! Find her book, and all her other work, here: https://www.cartoonkate.co.uk/

Outro Music: "Europe is Lost" by Kate Tempest

The Dramatized Reading of Red Rosa was performed by Breht O'Shea and Tatiana O'Shea.

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

Intro music by Captain Planet.

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

Red Rosa: The Political and Economic Theories of Rosa Luxemburg Oct 12, 2019

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Simone re-joins Breht to discuss the political and economic theories of Rosa Luxemburg.

Intro Clip by Novara Media, find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUBWmpga2FQ

Outro Song: "Coffee" by Sylvan Essa

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Intro music by Captain Planet

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

Red Hot Take: What If Bernie Wins? Oct 05, 2019

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In this third installment of our Red Hot Take series, Breht explores the history of US social democracy, the strategic logic of the DSA, the implications and obstacles of a Bernie presidency, and much more. Learn more here: www.RevolutionaryLeftRadio.com

Support Rev Left Radio here: www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio Outro Music: "A Report To The Shareholders: Kill Your Masters" by Run The Jewels

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Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective! You can find them on twitter or insta @Barbaradical

Intro music by Captain Planet. Find and support his music here: https://djcaptainplanet.bandcamp.com

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

The Red Army Faction: Marxist Guerrilla Warfare in West Germany Sep 28, 2019

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J. Smith joins Breht to discuss the history and theory of the Marxist urban guerrilla organization in West Germany, The Red Army Faction.

Learn more here:

http://germanguerilla.com/

Outro Music by Bambu - "Pull it Back"

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https://bambubeatrock.bandcamp.com/

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Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective! You can find them on twitter or insta @Barbaradical

Intro music by Captain Planet. Find and support his music here: https://djcaptainplanet.bandcamp.com

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

Against Dystopia: Imagining a Better World (w/ Little Red School House) Sep 23, 2019

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Little Red School House focuses on issues within our current education system and the ways that we can empower students, educators, and anyone who cares about education.

Shouldn't people be put before profits? Shouldn't our children be educated to grow and learn instead of being treated like the mere means to the financial ends of those in power? If you agree with this so-called "radical" and "revolutionary" perspective, you've come to the right place!

Join educators Gord Milstone and John Battalion as they call out systemic problems and discuss how we can break down barriers in the educational system.

Find LRSH on Twitter @LRedSchoolHouse

Support LRSH Here: www.patreon.com/LittleRedSchoolHouse

Outro music by Blueprint - "Perspective"

Check out his music here: https://printmatic.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! You can find them on twitter or insta @Barbaradical

Intro music by Captain Planet. Find and support his music here: https://djcaptainplanet.bandcamp.com

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

Defending Socialism: Debunking Anti-Communist Myths (w/ Radical Reflections) Sep 21, 2019

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David Swanson of Radical Reflections invites Breht on his show to tackle myths, lies, slanders, and popular criticisms wielded against communism by its (often times lazy and unimpressive) opponents.

Check out Radical Reflections here: http://www.radicalreflections.co.uk/

Follow them on Twitter @RadReflections

Outro music by Jarren Benton ft. EARTHGANG - Anarchy

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

Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective! You can find them on twitter or insta @Barbaradical

Intro music by Captain Planet. Find and support his music here: https://djcaptainplanet.bandcamp.com

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

Black Bolshevik: The Life of Harry Haywood Sep 10, 2019

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Historian Dr. Rebecca Hall joins Breht to discuss the life of her father, the famous communist theorist and black liberationist Harry Haywood, as well as her own work on women led slave revolts.

Find her work here: https://rebhallphd.org/

Follow her on Twitter @WakeRevolt

Our Red Menace episode on Harry Haywood's political theory can be found here:

Youtube:

https://youtu.be/ePM8XO4Jtmg

Podcast Version:

http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/11212034

Outro Music: Meditation by EARTHGANG

Check out and support their music here: http://www.earthgang.net/

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

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

Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective! You can find them on twitter or insta @Barbaradical

Intro music by Captain Planet. Find and support his music here: https://djcaptainplanet.bandcamp.com

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

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