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Critique of the Gotha Programme - Karl Marx
May 28, 2020

On this episode of Red Menace Alyson and Breht discuss 'Critique of the Gotha Programme' by Karl Marx Free text here:   Support Red Menace and get access to bonus monthly content on Patreon here: Learn more about the show here:   An...

The Plague, Political Economy, and Reactionary Protests
April 23, 2020

Alyson and Breht discuss current events. Topics include: an update on Covid projections and body count, the historical economic crisis that we are all living through, the end of the Bernie campaign, grassroots socialist organizing efforts, why Joe...

Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 - Karl Marx
March 31, 2020

On this episode of Red Menace Alyson and Breht discuss 'Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844' by Karl Marx Free text here:   Support Red Menace and get access to bonus monthly content on Patreon here: Learn more about the show here: ...

Thinking Through The Crisis: Coronavirus, Capitalism, and The Future
March 20, 2020

On this emergency episode of Red Menace, Alyson and Breht discuss COVID-19, what the best models are predicting, what the response of the US State and capitalist class is, what the Left can do, what the future looks like, and much, much more.  ...

The Civil War in France - Karl Marx
February 24, 2020

On this episode of Red Menace Alyson and Breht discuss The Civil War in France by Karl Marx Free text here: video version here: outro music: 'Everything Counts' by Depeche Mode Support Red Menace and get access to bonus monthly content on Patreon...

Demarcation and Demystification by J. Moufawad-Paul
January 26, 2020

On this episode of Red Menace Alyson and Breht interview J. Moufawad-Paul about his book Demarcation and Demystification you can buy his book here: More of his writing can be found here: Video version of this episode: Next month, we will cover "The...

The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon: Colonial War, Mental Illness, and Psychoanalysis
December 22, 2019

In our final installment of "The Wretched of the Earth" Alyson and Breht summarize, examine, and apply the lessons of the final chapter and conclusion of Frantz Fanon's masterpiece work. Next month, we will cover "The Civil War in France" by Karl Marx...

UNLOCKED: Frantz Fanon and The Battle of Algiers (1966)
December 22, 2019

This episode was originally released as a patreon bonus episode, but we have unlocked it for the public! In this episode, Alyson and Breht discuss the 1966 film "The Battle of Algiers", and relate it to the political theory of Frantz Fanon, author of...

The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon: On National Consciousness and National Culture
November 23, 2019

In our second installment of "The Wretched of the Earth" Alyson and Breht summarize, examine, and apply the lessons of the third and fourth chapters of Frantz Fanon's masterpiece work.  Next month, we will cover chapter 5 and the Conclusion....

The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon: On Violence and Spontaneity
October 22, 2019

 In our first installment of "The Wretched of the Earth" Alyson and Breht summarize, examine, and apply the lessons of the first two chapters of Frantz Fanon's masterpiece work.  Next month, we will cover chapters 3 and 4, and in December...