Red Menace

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Latest Episodes

[UNLOCKED] American Carnage: Mass Shootings, Gun Policy, & Root Causes
June 02, 2022

Breht and Alyson discuss the recent barrage of mass shootings, how Marxists should think about these issues, what the root causes of american mass shootings are, policies/reforms that the socialist le

Anti-Choice Onslaught, American Institutional Decay, & Geopolitical Forecasting
May 12, 2022

On this episode of Red Menace, Alyson and Breht discuss the recent Supreme Court leak and the implications of Roe's dismantling, then they turn to George Friedman's thesis in his book "The Storm Befor

Ride the Tiger - Julius Evola
April 25, 2022

Alyson and Breht summarize, respond to, and discuss "Ride the Tiger", a major work of the Italian fascist/traditionalist/reactionary intellectual Julius Evola. In part 1, they introduce and summariz

War in Europe: Understanding the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
March 12, 2022

Alyson and Breht discuss the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and wrestle with the following questions: Is Russia imperialist, and is this an inter-imperialist conflict? What is the nature of the Ukrainian S

On The Transgender Question
February 19, 2022

On this episode of Red Menace Alyson is joined by Rey and Esperanza to address the transgender question.   Support Red Menace and get access to bonus monthly content on Patreon here:

German Philosophy: Schopenhauer and Nietzsche
February 03, 2022

In this episode, Alyson and Breht introduce, teach, and discuss the philosphy of two giants in western philosophy: Arthur Schopenhaur and Friedrich Nietzsche.  They discuss their respective philosophi

Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future
January 08, 2022

In this episode of Red Menace, Alyson and Breht discuss and analyze Book description: "Despite the science and the summits, leading capitalist states have not achieved anything close to an adequate l

Revisiting On Practice
November 29, 2021

On this episode of Red Menace Alyson revisits 'On Practice' by Mao. Text can be found for free here: Additional material suggested by Alyson   Support Red Menace and get access to bonus monthly cont

On Patriotism...
September 11, 2021

Alyson Escalante joins Breht to respond to arguments that the US left should embrace American patriotism. Together they discuss revolutionary v. reactionary nationalism, US history, settler coloniali

UNLOCKED - Code Red for Humanity: the IPCC Report 2021
September 08, 2021

In this unlocked Red Menace patreon episode, Alyson and Breht discuss the latest IPCC report on climate change and discuss its implications. Support Red Menace and get bonus episodes here: