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Dr. James Rocha is a professor of philosophy at Fresno State University. He wrote a paper entitled "The Black Reaching Out: An Anarchist Analysis of Firefly" in which he argues for an anarchist interpretation of the show over the more prevalent libertarian interpretation on the show. Him and Brett discuss the paper and the arguments therein.   Topics include: Anarchism, Libertarianism, morality, feminism, the genre of Sci Fi, analysis of the State, and much more.   **Please take the time to rate and leave a review on iTunes! This will help expand our overall reach.**     Donate Follow us on: Facebook Twitter (which we are new to, and trying to build up): @RevLeftRadio or contact us at Revolutionary Left Radio via Email Random Songs of The Week From Friends: Featured as the outro music Hands by Warbonnet Organizations affiliated with the podcast: Omaha GDC NLC   Thank You for your support and feedback!

This is a unique episode. We are releasing bonus content from our episode with Dr. Thoreau Redcrow and from our Maoism episode; this bonus content will be bolstered by Q and A sessions with Brett answering questions from listeners. We will also use Brett and David's music as transition between subjects.   Dr. Redcrow recounts being on Cuban national television, meeting Subcommadante Marcos, and getting arrested in Turkey for his political activity, and narrowly escaping being handed over to ISIS for beheading.    For our Maoist episode, we had a bathroom break through which our mics stayed on. We talk a lot our experiences with right wing professors in college, the myth of Marxist professors at universities, and Taylor threatens to fight Hegel and Lacan while praising Heidegger.   **Please take the time to rate and leave a review on iTunes! This will help expand our overall reach.**   Donate Follow us on: Facebook Twitter (which we are new to, and trying to build up): @RevLeftRadio or contact us at Revolution

The Red Plains Revolutionary Group is a multi-tendency communist organization with an intrinsically Maoist inflection. Brett sits down with members of the group to discuss the philosophy of Maoism, and how that philosophy is inseparable from the practice of Maoism. Other topics include: The Black Panther Party, Antifascism, Peru and India, Leninism, Third Worldism, and what organizing looks like in a Maoist context.   **Please take the time to rate and leave a review on iTunes! This will help expand our overall reach.**   Follow us on: Facebook Twitter (which we are new to, and trying to build up): @RevLeftRadio or contact us at Revolutionary Left Radio via Email   Organizations affiliated with the podcast: Omaha GDC NLC   Thank You for your support and feedback!

Brett sits down with Dr. Mark Bray to discuss the political philosophy, history, and future of Anarchism.   Topics include: Bakunin and Marx, the first international, the Spanish Civil War, Stalinism, listener questions, the anarchist view of the State, Occupy Wall Street, Antifa, and much more!    Mark Bray is a historian of human rights, terrorism, and political radicalism in Modern Europe. He completed his PhD in Modern European and Women's and Gender History at Rutgers University in 2016, and is currently finishing his manuscript "The Anarchist Inquisition: Terrorism and the Ethics of Modernity in Spain, 1893-1909." "The Anarchist Inquisition" explores the emergence of groundbreaking human rights campaigns across Europe and the Americans in response to the Spanish state's brutal repression of dissent in the wake of anarchist bombings and assassinations. At GRID, he will begin work on his next project which explores the cultures of violence and street resistance that emerge in the social movements of postw

Chelsey Gentry-Tipton is the Nebraska Democratic Party Black Caucus Chair and Anthony Walraven is an activist from Peoria, Illinois who recently ran for City Council in his city. They sit down with Brett to discuss the modern history of the Democratic Party, Bill Clinton's Third Way strategy, the Hillary vs. Bernie primary, the role of race and class in the party, the limitations of the Democratic Party, lessons learned from the humiliating loss to Trump in the 2016 presidential election, the future of the party, and much more.    Follow us on: Facebook Twitter @RevLeftRadio or contact the dudes at Revolutionary Left Radio via Email   Please take the time to rate and leave a review on iTunes! This will help expand our overall reach.   Thank You for your support and feedback!

Brett sits down with Dr. Thoreau Redcrow, an expert on these issues, to discuss The Rojavan Revolution, the history of Kurdish repression in Turkey, and how the Kurds in Northern Syria (i.e. Western Kurdistan) are building socialism against all odds.  Dr. Redcrow is an American with a Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis with a concentration in Global Conflict. He did his dissertation while embedded with the PKK in Kurdistan in 2014, coinciding with the emergence of ISIS. Follow Dr. Redcrow on FB: www.facebook.com/thoreau.redcrow Follow us on: Facebook Twitter @RevLeftRadio or contact the dudes at Revolutionary Left Radio via Email   Please take the time to rate and leave a review on iTunes! This will help expand our overall reach.   Thank You for your support and feedback!

Brett sits down with repeat guests Phil (from our first ever episode) and Brendan (From our episode entitled "Ideology: Capitalism and Liberal Culture) to discuss Phil's recent trip to Cuba, the gains of the Cuban revolution, US imperialism, and the future of socialism in Cuba (and the world!). Please take the time to rate and leave a review on iTunes! This will help expand our overall reach.   Follow Revolutionary Left Radio on: Facebook as well as Nebraska IWW Omaha GDC Twitter @RevLeftRadio or contact the dudes at Revolutionary Left Radio via email TheRevolutionaryLeft@gmail.com    

Revolutionary Left would like to extend a special thanks to our guest this week for their time and for sharing their experiences. We would like to further extend our gratitude to our listeners for your continued support and feedback. Thank you all so much!   The second installment of our two-part series. Topics discussed include White rappers, Dave Chapelle's new comedy special, the commodification of hip hop, the moral failings that we have all had, etc.    The songs from this weeks episode in order of appearance: Believers - Articulate The Switch Up - Ria Gold Rough, Rugged, and Raw - Articulate Ron Burgundy - Black Jonny Quest   Follow Revolutionary Left Radio on: https://www.facebook.com/RevLeftRadio/ Twitter @RevLeftRadio or contact the dudes at Revolutionary Left Radio via email TheRevolutionaryLeft@gmail.com   Please take the time to rate and leave a review on iTunes! This will help expand our overall reach.

What a great episode! This may be our best one yet!    Brett sits down with three hip hop artists, Alex (aka Black Jonny Quest), Nick (aka Articulate), and Ria (aka Ria Gold) to discuss hip hop, racism, cultural appropriation, capitalism, liberal idpol vs. intersectional solidarity, Trump, white allies, and much more. This is part one of a two part release; part two will be published later this week!   Enjoy!!!  **Songs featured in this weeks episode in order of appearance Exodus by Black Jonny Quest of the album 'Smells Like Good News' Ancient Mariner by Articulate from the album 'Unreleased' Get Away RiaMix (feat. Kehlani) By Ria Gold from 'Get Away' Single   To hear more music by our talented friends from this episode check out: Ria Gold https://soundcloud.com/1goldieworld/ria-gold-sex-u-riamix Alex / Black Jonny Quest https://soundcloud.com/blackjonnyquest Nick / Articulate https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/unreleased/id555205489   Follow Revolutionary Left Radio on: https://www.facebook.com/RevLeftRadio/

D'Shawn Cunningham is a long time activist and current city council candidate for Omaha's District 3. Brett sits down with him to discuss the nuances and complexities of gentrification, including who it benefits and how to organize against it. They also discuss its relationship to policing and D'Shawn's activism around police reform.    A fascinating episode on two topics that D'Shawn is uniquely qualified to speak about.   Follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/RevLeftRadio/ Twitter @RevLeftRadio or contact the dudes at Revolutionary Left Radio via email TheRevolutionaryLeft@gmail.com   Please take the time to rate and leave a review on iTunes! This will help expand our overall reach.   Thank You for your support and feedback!

 Ideology is an important concept in leftist political philosophy. It has a colloquial meaning as well as a more nuanced philosophical meaning. Brett sits down with two of his comrades, Brendan and Miles, to discuss the concept. All episodes including this one can be found on iTunes and Stitcher. Be sure to leave a comment or review and subscribe! Follow Us on: https://www.facebook.com/RevLeftRadio/ Message us on Facebook or email us at TheRevolutionaryLeft@gmail.com 

Doug Paterson is a lifelong revolutionary who has been active as an organizer and agitator since the 1960s. He is an absolute fountain of wisdom and experience. Brett sits down with Doug to discuss theater-as-resistance, campus activism in the 60s, fighting cops in the streets, the anti-war movement during the Vietnam War, draft dodging, parallels between the 60's and today, how to reach out to (and organize in) rural areas, and the continued relevance of Karl Marx in today's world.    Anyone who is an activist/organizer today has plenty to learn from Doug, he is deeply knowledgeable, perpetually engaged, and truly fascinating. Do yourself a favor and listen to this episode, you won't regret it!

Brett sits down with two university professors of sociology and a masters candidate in sociology to discuss the issues of intersectionality, the weaknesses of class-less identity politics and of class reductionism, the influence of Karl Marx on the field of sociology, Malcolm X and MLK, the relationship between power structures and identity, segregation and racism in Omaha, and how we can move forward as a global movement (and as individuals) fighting for liberation from all forms of oppression.    Featuring:  - Thomas Sanchez, PhD - Alecia Anderson, PhD  - Kristy Leahy    Follow us on: FB: Revolutionary Left Radio Twitter: @RevLeftRadio   Email us any questions or comments to TheRevolutionaryLeft@gmail.com   Don't forget to subscribe and rate us on iTunes. We are also on various podcast apps including Stitcher.

On this shorter episode, I attempt to answer questions from listeners. This will be a recurring theme for our podcast; after every few regular episodes, we will do a Q and A episode. This opens up dialogue between us and those who listen. This podcast is just as much yours as it is ours! Send questions to our FB page: Revolutionary Left Radio Our Twitter: @RevLeftRadio

I sat down with my friend Jimmy from the local chapter of the IWW to discuss workplace organizing and what a socialist workplace, and economy, might look like.  Follow us on our new twitter page: @RevLeftRadio Facebook: Revolutionary Left Radio