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Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? Apr 15, 2018

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Jon (AKA The Lit Crit Guy) joins Brett to discuss the 2009 book by Mark Fisher entitled "Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative" published by Zero Books.

Here is Jon's website: https://thelitcritguy.com

Find him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLitCritGuy

Follow on Twitter:@TheLitCritGuy Learn about and support Critical Mediations here: https://www.critmediations.com Follow Critical Mediations on twitter @CritMediations

Support the Show: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio Follow us on Twitter @RevLeftRadio Follow us on FB at "Revolutionary Left Radio" Intro Music by The String-Bo String Duo. You can listen and support their music here: https://tsbsd.bandcamp.com/track/red-black This podcast is officially affiliated with The Nebraska Left Coalition, the Nebraska IWW, and the Omaha GDC. Check out Nebraska IWW's new website here: https://www.nebraskaiww.org

May 1968: An Uprising in France Apr 07, 2018

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Mitchell Abidor is the principal French translator for the Marxists Internet Archive. He is a writer and translator living in Brooklyn. His previous books are 'The Great Anger: Ultra-Revolutionary Writing in France from the Atheist Priest to the Bonnot Gang' and 'Communards: The Paris Commune of 1871 as Told by Those Who Fought It'. His newest book is "May Made Me: An Oral History of the 1968 Uprising in France". Mitchell was on a previous Rev Left Radio episode about the Paris Commune. This time, he joins Brett to discuss the events in France in May of 1968. You can purchase "May Made Me" here: https://www.akpress.org/may-made-me.html Outro Song by French Rapper Keny Arkana Reach us at: Brett.RevLeftRadio@protonmail.com Support the Show: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio follow us on Twitter @RevLeftRadio Follow us on FB at "Revolutionary Left Radio" Intro Music by The String-Bo String Duo. You can listen and support their music here: https://tsbsd.bandcamp.com/track/red-black This podcast is officially affiliated with The Nebraska Left Coalition, the Nebraska IWW, and the Omaha GDC. Check out Nebraska IWW's new website here: https://www.nebraskaiww.org

Irish Insurrection: The Easter Rising of 1916 Apr 02, 2018

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Guest Brendan Leahy and host Breht O'Shea discuss the Easter Rising of 1916 in Ireland. Outro Music: "Come Out Ye Black and Tans" by The Wolfe Tones Reach us at: Brett.RevLeftRadio@protonmail.com Support the Show: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio follow us on Twitter @RevLeftRadio Follow us on FB at "Revolutionary Left Radio" Intro Music by The String-Bo String Duo. You can listen and support their music here: https://tsbsd.bandcamp.com/track/red-black This podcast is officially affiliated with The Nebraska Left Coalition, the Nebraska IWW, and the Omaha GDC. Check out Nebraska IWW's new website here: https://www.nebraskaiww.org

In Defense of China as a Socialist State: An Interview with Ajit Singh Mar 29, 2018

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Ajit Singh is a Marxist, anti-imperialist writer and political analyst. He received his Juris Doctor in Law from the University of Western Ontario in 2014.

Ajit joins Brett to give a defense of China as a socialist state. Follow Ajit on Twitter @ajitbirsingh

Outro Music: "Shadow Business" by Jedi Mind Tricks Reach us at: Brett.RevLeftRadio@protonmail.com Support the Show: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio follow us on Twitter @RevLeftRadio Follow us on FB at "Revolutionary Left Radio" Intro Music by The String-Bo String Duo. You can listen and support their music here: https://tsbsd.bandcamp.com/track/red-black This podcast is officially affiliated with The Nebraska Left Coalition, the Nebraska IWW, and the Omaha GDC. Check out Nebraska IWW's new website here: https://www.nebraskaiww.org

Gloria La Riva: PSL, Anti-Imperialism, & the Future of the U.S. Left Mar 26, 2018

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Gloria La Riva joins Brett to discuss her experiences in Cuba and Venezuela, her personal relationship with Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, the importance of Anti-Imperialism, engaging in electoral politics as a communist, and much more! Gloria's recommended Links: - https://www.liberationnews.org/ - http://pslweb.com/ Follow Gloria on twitter: @GloriaLaRiva Here is the book that Gloria recommended: http://store.pslweb.org/Palestine-Israel-and-the-US-Empire_p_10.html Outro Music: Who's Illegal? - Jasiri X Ft Rhymefest Reach us at: Brett.RevLeftRadio@protonmail.com Support the Show: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio follow us on Twitter @RevLeftRadio Follow us on FB at "Revolutionary Left Radio" Intro Music by The String-Bo String Duo. You can listen and support their music here: https://tsbsd.bandcamp.com/track/red-black This podcast is officially affiliated with The Nebraska Left Coalition, the Nebraska IWW, and the Omaha GDC. Check out Nebraska IWW's new website here: https://www.nebraskaiww.org

Food Politics & Environmentalism: Climate Change, Hunger, & Veganism Mar 20, 2018

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Mexie joins Brett to discuss Veganism, Climate Change, artificial scarcity, hunger, and much much more! Mexie's YouTube channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCepkun0sH16b-mqxBN22ogA/featured Mexie's other platforms: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5385111 Twitter: https://twitter.com/mexieYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mexieYT Mexie's Podcast, Vegan Vanguard, can be found here: https://www.veganvanguardpodcast.com Outro Music: "Blood // Water" by Grandson Reach us at: Brett.RevLeftRadio@protonmail.com follow us on Twitter @RevLeftRadio Follow us on FB at "Revolutionary Left Radio" Intro Music by The String-Bo String Duo. You can listen and support their music here: https://tsbsd.bandcamp.com/track/red-black This podcast is officially affiliated with The Nebraska Left Coalition, the Nebraska IWW, and the Omaha GDC. Check out Nebraska IWW's new website here: https://www.nebraskaiww.org

Continuity & Rupture: Maoism and the Science of Revolutionary Communism Mar 18, 2018

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J. Moufawad-Paul lives in Toronto and works as casualized contract faculty at York University where he received his PhD in philosophy. He blogs regularly at MLM Mayhem and is the author of The Communist Necessity, Continuity and Rupture, and Austerity Apparatus. Josh joins Brett to discuss Maoism, The Enlightenment, Post-Modernism, the science of Marxism, and much more! Find JMP on twitter @MLM_Mayhem But his books here: https://www.leftwingbooks.net/book/content/communist-necessity and here: http://www.zero-books.net/authors/joshua-r-moufawad-paul Outro Music: "Market Made Murder" by Sims ft. Toki Wright and Mike Mictlan , off the album "Lights Out Paris" Reach us at: Brett.RevLeftRadio@protonmail.com follow us on Twitter @RevLeftRadio Follow us on FB at "Revolutionary Left Radio" Intro Music by The String-Bo String Duo. You can listen and support their music here: https://tsbsd.bandcamp.com/track/red-black This podcast is officially affiliated with The Nebraska Left Coalition, the Nebraska IWW, and the Omaha GDC. Check out Nebraska IWW's new website here: https://www.nebraskaiww.org

Rev Left Radio in Dialogue with Liberalism Mar 13, 2018

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Matthew Downhour, a liberal historian, joins Brett on Rev Left Radio to have a wide-ranging discussion/debate on the differences between liberalism and leftism.

Reach us at: Brett.RevLeftRadio@protonmail.com follow us on Twitter @RevLeftRadio Follow us on FB at "Revolutionary Left Radio" Intro Music by The String-Bo String Duo. You can listen and support their music here: https://tsbsd.bandcamp.com/track/red-black This podcast is officially affiliated with The Nebraska Left Coalition, the Nebraska IWW, and the Omaha GDC. Check out Nebraska IWW's new website here: https://www.nebraskaiww.org

Cuba Today: The Question of Markets, Reform, and the Future of Cuba Mar 05, 2018

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Andres Pertierra graudated in History from the University of Havana and currently works as a Legal Assistant at an immigration law firm in Washington, D.C. He has written on topics related to Cuba in The Nation and Jacobin Magazine. Andres is on Twitter as @ASPertierra.

Andres joins Brett to discuss present day Cuba, Raul Castro, the Embargo, Centralization, Markets, and much more!

Here is the podcast (AskHistorians Podcast) that Andres hosts: https://askhistorians.libsyn.com

Reach us at: Brett.RevLeftRadio@protonmail.com

Intro Music by The String-Bo String Duo. You can listen and support their music here: https://tsbsd.bandcamp.com/track/red-black

This podcast is officially affiliated with The Nebraska Left Coalition, the Nebraska IWW, and the Omaha GDC.

Check out Nebraska IWW's new website here: https://www.nebraskaiww.org

Community Organizing: Advice & Ideas w/ The Nebraska Left Coalition Mar 05, 2018

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Brett sits down with his fellow-organizer, friend, and comrade to discuss their experience organizing as the Nebraska Left Coalition. The point of this episode is to talk about our programs, our experiences, and some ideas about how to get started organizing in your community. We also take questions from listeners on Twitter.

Follow and support The Nebraska Left Coalition on FB here: https://www.facebook.com/TheNebraskaLeftCoalition/ Donate to The Nebraska Left Coalition here: https://www.paypal.me/neleftcoalition

You can find No Thanks new album The Trial here:

https://no-thanks.bandcamp.com

Reach us at: Brett.RevLeftRadio@protonmail.com

Intro Music by The String-Bo String Duo. You can listen and support their music here: https://tsbsd.bandcamp.com/track/red-black

This podcast is officially affiliated with The Nebraska Left Coalition, the Nebraska IWW, and the Omaha GDC.

Check out Nebraska IWW's new website here: https://www.nebraskaiww.org