# breht (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover breht. Page: Feed: --- ## [Socialism and Man in Cuba: Che Guevara and the Revolution of Consciousness](https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/socialism-and-man-in-cuba-che-guevara-and-the-revolution-of-consciousness) _2026-08-19 · Rev Left Radio_ Breht reads, reflects upon, and elaborates on Che Guevara's famous essay "Socialism and Man in Cuba" wherein Che argues that socialism cannot be reduced to changing property relations or economic structures; it must also produce a new kind of human being , less alienated, less governed by private self-interest, and more conscious of themselves as a social being. His central claim is that material… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/revolutionaryleftradio/Che_reading.mp3?dest-id=485908) ## [The Twin Cities Fight Back: ICE, the New Red Scare, and Socialist Organizing](https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/the-twin-cities-fight-back-ice-the-new-red-scare-and-socialist-organizing) _2026-08-17 · Rev Left Radio_ Aminah Sheikh joins Breht to discuss the mass resistance that erupted in Minneapolis against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, the subsequent repression of organizers, and the contours of an emerging new Red Scare. They discuss the current political moment, DSA's growing electoral insurgency, and the struggle to build independent working-class power before turning to Islam,… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/revolutionaryleftradio/Aminah.mp3?dest-id=485908) ## [Socialism Conference '26: Labor Day Weekend in Chicago!](https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/socialism-conference-26-labor-day-weekend-in-chicago) _2026-08-10 · Rev Left Radio_ Breht gives details on his upcoming speech and Q and A at the Socialism Conference in Chicago this September, the listener meet-up afterwards, and the patreon raffle for TWO FREE TICKETS! ENTER THE RAFFLE HERE Check out the Socialism Conference HERE Join the Patreon for a chance to win free tickets and attend the meet-up HERE Learn more, follow us, get merch, and suppport the show HERE [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/revolutionaryleftradio/Marxist_Conf._.mp3?dest-id=485908) ## [The New Red Scare: Trump's War on the American Left](https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/the-new-red-scare-trumps-war-on-the-american-left) _2026-08-07 · Rev Left Radio_ In this episode, Alyson and Breht examine the Trump administration's emerging campaign against what it calls "far-left terrorism." We begin with NSPM-7, the presidential directive encouraging federal agencies to investigate not only alleged political violence, but the organizations, funders, media networks, and ideological communities surrounding it. We then look at two distinct examples of this… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/revolutionaryleftradio/Red_Scare.mp3?dest-id=485908) ## [Toward Indigenous Self-Determination: Fourth World Theory and Indigenous Marxism](https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/toward-indigenous-self-determination-fourth-world-theory-and-indigenous-marxism) _2026-08-03 · Rev Left Radio_ In this episode, Breht speaks with his guests Pavin and Jennifer Marley from Total Sovereignty Working Group about George Manuel's Fourth World theory and the Indigenous Marxist traditions of Howard Adams and Lee Maracle. Together, they examine the conflict between land as capitalist property and land as a living relationship; the formation of colonial-racial capitalism; and the limitations of… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/revolutionaryleftradio/4th_World_Theory_.mp3?dest-id=485908) ## [Substance, Spirit, Struggle: From Spinoza through Hegel to Marx (and Beyond)](https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/substance-spirit-struggle-from-spinoza-through-hegel-to-marx-and-beyond) _2026-07-23 · Rev Left Radio_ In this unlocked patreon episode Breht traces and explains a subterranean philosophical lineage running from Spinoza through Hegel to Marx and Louis Althusser. Beginning with Spinoza's conception of God or Nature as a single, immanent Substance, he explores how Hegel transforms Substance into a self-developing Subject, how Marx grounds the dialectic in material social life and class struggle, and… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/revolutionaryleftradio/Philosophy_Patreon.mp3?dest-id=485908) ## [From Theory to Praxis: Lenin's Revolutionary Formula w/ Breht O'Shea](https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/from-theory-to-praxis-lenins-revolutionary-formula-w-breht-oshea) _2026-07-22 · Rev Left Radio_ "From each according to their ability, to each according to their need." Steve's guest, Breht O'Shea of Rev Left Radio and Red Menace podcast, believes that dedicating one's life to fighting for this vision, even without knowing the outcome, is more meaningful than pursuing capital's vision of wealth and status. Steve invited Breht to help tackle one of the most misunderstood and weaponized texts… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/revolutionaryleftradio/ep-388-breht-o-shea-converted.mp3?dest-id=485908) ## [Practical Dialectics: The Dialectics of Everyday Life](https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/practical-dialectics-the-dialectics-of-everyday-life) _2026-07-20 · Rev Left Radio_ Chris Alfonso joins Breht to have a wide ranging discussion on the dialectics of our personal and political lives. In the process, they discuss Marxist philosophy, Dialectial materialism, the mass line and its development, Chris's oragnizing and education work in prisons, the profound radicalism of Buddhism, Hegelian Freedom and its unfolding through history, thoughts on pedogogy and organizing,… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/revolutionaryleftradio/Dialectics_.mp3?dest-id=485908) ## [Democratic Socialist Electoral Victories and the Implications for American Politics](https://redmenace.libsyn.com/democratic-socialist-electoral-victories-and-the-implications-for-american-politics) _2026-07-13 · Red Menace_ Alyson and Breht reflect on recent Democratic Socialist electoral victories, the ongoing contradiction between the progressive left and the corporate center within the Democratic Party, the principled and strategic approach to this development that Marxists should take, the implications for the near future of american politics, what it all means for the broader socialist left in this country,… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/redmenace/DSA_Wins.mp3?dest-id=1073807) ## [Expropriate the Rich: Billionaire Rule, Class War, and the Socialist Solution](https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/expropriate-the-rich-billionaire-rule-class-war-and-the-socialist-solution) _2026-07-03 · Rev Left Radio_ Economist Rob Larson joins Breht to discuss his book Mastering the Universe: The Obscene Wealth of the Ruling Class, What They Do With Their Money, and Why You Should Hate Them Even More . Together they explore the billionaire class not merely as a collection of rich individuals, but as a ruling class whose ownership of corporations, finance, media, housing, technology, and political access gives… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/revolutionaryleftradio/Rich_People.mp3?dest-id=485908) ## [Meet Claude, the AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/3zic3zAmbPvw) _2026-07-03 · **Sponsored**_ Conversational AI to answer questions, brainstorm ideas, and help with tasks. ## [Philosophy of Mind: Marxism, Materialism, and Dialectical Monism](https://redmenace.libsyn.com/philosophy-of-mind-marxism-materialism-and-dialectical-monism) _2026-06-29 · Red Menace_ In this episode, Breht O'Shea and Alyson Escalante join forces for a deep philosophical conversation on Marxism, consciousness, and the mind-body problem. Using China Miéville's essay on consciousness and materialism as a starting point, they explore why the nature of subjective experience remains such a profound challenge for crude or reductionist forms of materialism -- and why this question… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/redmenace/Philosophy_of_Mind.mp3?dest-id=1073807) ## [Alyson and Breht Answer Your Questions](https://redmenace.libsyn.com/alyson-and-breht-answer-your-questions) _2026-06-06 · Red Menace_ Alyson and Breht spend three hours answering your questions about politics, theory, socialist stragey and much more! Watch the video version on Youtube HERE ----------------------------------------------------------------- Follow, Subscribe, & Learn more about Rev Left Radio https://revleftradio.com/ [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/redmenace/May_AMA.mp3?dest-id=1073807) ## [The Worldwide Family of Militant Women](https://redmenace.libsyn.com/the-worldwide-family-of-militant-women) _2026-05-12 · Red Menace_ In this episode, Breht and Alyson sit down with Arlene Eisen to discuss her new memoir, In the Worldwide Family of Militant Women . Eisen reflects on her political formation across the upheavals of the 1960s through the early 1980s, her encounters with Black liberation and anti-imperialist struggle, and the forgotten history of militant women who built relationships of solidarity across borders.… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/redmenace/Women_1.mp3?dest-id=1073807) ## [The Iran War: A Dialectical and Historical Materialist Analysis](https://redmenace.libsyn.com/the-iran-war-a-dialectical-and-historical-materialist-analysis) _2026-04-09 · Red Menace_ Alyson and Breht apply dialectical and historical materialist analysis to the current war of aggression in Iran. Together they break down the Marxist methodology into its three main parts - dialectics, materialism, and history - and showcase how they apply to the US and Israeli war on Iran, before bringing them back together into a coherent whole. Then they compare and contrast dialectical and… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/redmenace/Dialectics_in_Iran.mp3?dest-id=1073807) ## [Iran Under Attack](https://redmenace.libsyn.com/iran-under-attack) _2026-03-02 · Red Menace_ On this YT livestream (3/1/26) Alyson and Breht discuss the illegal war of aggression launched by the US and Israel against Iran. Throughout the discussion they take live questions from the chat. https://www.youtube.com/@revleftradio ---------------------------------------------------- Support Rev Left and get access to bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/revleftradio Make a one-time donation to Rev… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/redmenace/Live_Stream.mp3?dest-id=1073807) ## [Guillotines for the Epstein Class](https://redmenace.libsyn.com/guillotines-for-the-epstein-class) _2026-02-17 · Red Menace_ Alyson and Breht discuss a range of current events, including Cuba, the Epstein Files, Iran and much more. Make a donation to Socialist Night School via Venmo @OmahaNightSchool Outro Song: "to each their dot" by Haley Heynderickx & Max Garcia Conover [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/redmenace/everything_.mp3?dest-id=1073807) ## [Minneapolis on Fire](https://redmenace.libsyn.com/minneapolis-on-fire) _2026-01-25 · Red Menace_ Breht discusses recent events in Minneapolis... --------------------------------------------------------------------- Outro Music: Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover - Song For Alicia [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/redmenace/ICE_OUT.mp3?dest-id=1073807)