Red Menace

Red Menace is a podcast that explains and analyzes revolutionary theory and then applies its lessons to our contemporary conditions. Hosted by Alyson Escalante and Breht O'Shea.

http://redmenace.libsyn.com/website

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 1h26m. Bisher sind 69 Folge(n) erschienen. .

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 days 4 hours 26 minutes

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Ghosts in the Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness, & Capitalism


In this episode, Alyson and Breht wrestle with the possible rise of artificial general intelligence and its implications. Together they discuss the Silicon Valley Techno-Cult and their dark religious search for immortality, their hubristic attempts to...


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"The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte" by Karl Marx


Alyson and Breht explain and explore this famous text from Karl Marx, in the process they discuss French history, class conflict, the peasantry and lumpenproletariat, Bonapartism and Fascism, history, the role of the State under capitalism, and how...


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 March 19, 2024  1h37m
 
 

Man on Fire: Aaron Bushnell's Sacrifice for Palestine


Rest in Peace, Aaron. Free Palestine! "To burn oneself by fire is to prove that what one is saying is of the utmost importance. There is nothing more painful than burning oneself. To say something while experiencing this kind of pain is to say it with...


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 February 29, 2024  1h1m
 
 

On Mysticism: Ego, Suffering, & Love


On this episode of Red Menace, Alyson and Breht had some things come up such that they couldn't record their planned episode on Marx's 18th Brumaire (coming soon!), so instead they have a deep, organic and wide-ranging conversation on mysticism;...


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 February 20, 2024  2h1m
 
 

Apartheid in South Africa: An Investigation


In this Rev Left Family Annual Collab (+Red Menace+), Alyson, Henry, Adnan, and Breht sit down for a deep dive on South African Apartheid. Together they discuss its euro-colonialist origins, explain the significance of the Boer Wars, define and...


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 December 14, 2023  2h38m
 
 

Decolonizing Palestine: Toward National Liberation in the Levant


Alyson and Breht discuss the ongoing national liberation struggle in Palestine (recorded Oct. 30th 2023). Together, they discuss the incredible shift in public opinion on Israel and Palestine, the internal and external contradictions culminating in...


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 November 2, 2023  1h37m
 
 

What Is To Be Done? with Breht O'Shea and Alyson Escalante (Upstream Interview)


What Is To Be Done? This is the question so profoundly posed by the Russian Revolutionary and Bolshevik leader, Vladimir Lenin, in his landmark text of the same name. Although it was written well over a century ago, this text, the questions it...


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 October 23, 2023  1h54m
 
 

Toward Liberation: Palestine on Fire


 discusses the current situation in Palestine, helps listeners navigate and dismantle common Zionist talking points, and (hopefully) brings some much needed moral clarity and intellectual honesty to a topic that, especially in the West, often...


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 October 11, 2023  51m
 
 

[RE-UPLOAD] Decolonization is Not a Metaphor - Tuck & Yang


Originally Aired on Oct 31, 2021 On this episode of Red Menace Alyson and Breht teach, discuss, and apply the lessons of 'Decolonization is Not a Metaphor' by Tuck and Yang Support Red Menace and get access to bonus monthly content on Patreon here: ...


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 October 9, 2023  1h29m
 
 

"The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and The State" by Friedrich Engels (Pt. 3)


Alyson and Breht finish their 3-part series on Friedrich Engels' text "The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and The State", and reflect on the text as a whole. Together, they wrestle with questions, like: What is family abolition? How do rich...


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 August 8, 2023  1h9m