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[Originally released Jun 2018] Yueran Zhang is a PhD candidate in Sociology at Harvard University. Yueran joins Brett to discuss Mao and the Chinese Revolution. Yueran's academic profile is here: https://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/people/yueran-zhang Here are the recommendations Yueran gave at the end of the episode: - Mao's China and After: http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Maos-China-and-After/Maurice-Meisner/9780684856353 Rise of the Red Engineers: https://www.eastwestcenter.org/publications/rise-red-engineers-cultural-revolution-and-origins-chinas-new-class The Cultural Revolution at the Margins: http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674728790 Support Revolutionary Left Radio and get exclusive bonus content here: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio Outro Song: "Chairman Mao" by Bambu Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio
"our motto must be: reform of consciousness not through dogmas, but by analysing the mystical consciousness that is unintelligible to itself, whether it manifests itself in a religious or a political form." It might sound like a Terence McKenna quote, but it is Karl Marx in a letter to Arnold Ruge in 1843 as the two clarified the aims of their journal German-French Annals, where Marx first published the essays that formed his conception of historical materialism, political emancipation and religion in a secular State, and his critique of Hegel. Cat Bee talks about this alchemical wizard that turned whole linen into coats, and the material/historical connections between Marxism & mysticism, passages from Marx that are especially esoterically valuable, how & why capitalism purposefully targeted magically operant people, and we even find a way to talk about David Bowie and the sefirot of Kabbalah. Cat Bee taught me a few things this episode and I hope she taught you something too. Follow her on Twitter @RealTankieHours Support the show on Patreon and you're supporting the OFF! bail fund too. Patreon.com/bbmpod Twitter: @harvest_goth Email: BlackBannerMagic@riseup.net Join the #weirdleft community on Discord https://discord.gg/Pz6akeN Support Revolutionary Left Radio and get exclusive bonus content here: patreon.com/RevLeftRadio
I had the opportunity to speak with Prosper Bonhomme, a writer, traveler, and Romani egoist anarchist. They write professionally for Gods & Radicals and personally on their blog. They also ethically collect animal carcasses to prepare and sell the skeletal remains for magical and ritual use. I'm excited for this talk because prior to our discussion I didn't have as deep of an understanding of Roma history or culture as I should considering many of us use the techniques and traditional Romani magical systems. Much of my view of Romani culture was colored by romanticized versions like Victor Hugo's Esmeralda in Hunchback of Notre Dame, Prosper Mérimée's Carmen, Alexander Pushkin's poems, plus many films and TV shows later on depicting Roma caravans. In the Patreon extended episode we talk about dead animal boners, destroying nationalism and borders, and antiziganism, which Bon goes into great detail in their recent article. If you enjoyed this interview, or any of Bon's writings, or just have some extra cash https://cash.me/$BonRouler Twitter: @bonhommerouler bonhommerouler.wordpress.com If We Shadows on IG instagram.com/ifweshadowsstudios If We Shadows on FB facebook.com/ifweshadowsstudios Gods & Radicals abeautifulresistance.org/search?q=prosper%20bonhomme p.s. my homemade entheogen tea was a blend of sassafras, star anise and hibiscus. the safrole in sassafras is a rough and raw form compound building block of MDMA. The star anise lends itself to psychic ability and the hibiscus is to cut the bold taste of the other two. Become a Patreon of Black Banner Magic patreon.com/blackbannermagic Twitter: @blackbannerpod Email: BlackBannerMagic@riseup.net 2/3rds of every dollar raised through this Patreon will go to the Omaha Freedom Fund! community bail fund. As a member of the Revolutionary Left Radio federation of podcasts, Black Banner Magic records in the RevLeft bunker, and the last 1/3rd goes into studio and engineering costs. More info about OFF! can be found on omahafreedomfund.wordpress.com or on twitter @omahabail Support Revolutionary Left Radio and get exclusive bonus content here: patreon.com/RevLeftRadio
Meredith Graves is the director of music for Kickstarter. She is also the singer of Perfect Pussy, runs her own record label, and is a former MTV News journalist. But wait, there's more! Meredith is also a practicing witch in the Solomonic grimoire tradition. She recently published an article in the resurrected horror magazine Fangoria on how Hollywood consistently gets demon summoning wrong on film. Meredith's dog is the President of Hell, the Goetic demon Glasya-Labolas or Caacrinolaas, a terrier dog with griffin wings. We talk about the high strangeness of New York, the rigors of touring, the catharsis of witchcraft and music, the antifascist black metal fest Black Flags Over Brooklyn, and Witchstarter, her pet project at Kickstarter. Twitter: @gravesmeredith The music used throughout the show is from Perfect Pussy's ep I Have Lost All Desire for Feeling - https://prrfectpussy.bandcamp.com The Kickstarter music newsletter Become a Patreon of Black Banner Magic https://www.patreon.com/blackbannermagic Twitter: @blackbannerpod Email: BlackBannerMagic@riseup.net 2/3rds of every dollar raised through this Patreon will go to the Omaha Freedom Fund! community bail fund. As a member of the Revolutionary Left Radio federation of podcasts, Black Banner Magic records in the RevLeft bunker, and the last 1/3rd goes into studio and engineering costs. More info about OFF! can be found on omahafreedomfund.wordpress.com or on twitter @omahabail Support Revolutionary Left Radio and get exclusive bonus content here: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio
Gareth from Death // Sentence podcast joined me to discuss the chaos magic occult classic comic series The Invisibles and possibly made a comics reader out of me. The Invisibles was Grant Morrison's first major creator-owned title for DC Comics and it drew from 1990s rave, punk, and conspiracy cultures. His intent was to create a hypersigil to improve the culture in a more positive direction. Follow Gareth on twitter @DeathSentencePC Listen at www.deathsentence.co and on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/death-sentence-pod Become a Patreon of Black Banner Magic patreon.com/blackbannermagic Twitter: @blackbannerpod Email: BlackBannerMagic@riseup.net 2/3rds of every dollar raised through this Patreon will go to the Omaha Freedom Fund! community bail fund. As a member of the Revolutionary Left Radio federation of podcasts, Black Banner Magic records in the RevLeft bunker, and the last 1/3rd goes into studio and engineering costs. More info about OFF! can be found on omahafreedomfund.wordpress.com or on twitter @omahabail Support Revolutionary Left Radio and get exclusive bonus content here: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio
We are talking sigil magic this time with the wonderful anarchawitch herself, a 20 year old nonbinary trans girl from the Pacific southwest, she is a hacker and an eclectic Wiccan Taoist witch here to talk with us about sigil magic. Chaos magic is but one form of sigil work she lays down, and this episode makes a perfect companion piece to the RevLeft episode on post-structualism and post-modernism as it illustrates the theory that shaped the early writers laying down chaos magic(k). Song credit: ACAB by Anarchawitch She povides a video library for all kinds of great anarchist propaganda videos via her YouTube. She is a member of the Trans and Non-binary Socialist Association found on Twitter @TransSocialists The game Hardcoded got her into practical witchcraft and the website is found here: https://yoplatz.itch.io/hardcodeddemo "Hardcoded is an open-world dating-sim, set in the lawless reaches of a cyberpunk dystopia, in which you take on the role of a thinking/learning droid who has recently escaped her owners and is on the run. Before you can fully settle into your new life, it becomes obvious that Pira City is a place of dark and dangerous secrets. Fortunately, you're able to befriend a cast of very horny characters who seek your aid in pursuing a shadowrun-style investigation. You can spend your down time trying to establish yourself, by earning money, decorating your apartment, buying clothes, collecting sci-fi dildos, or working on turning friendships into romances." !!!This game is very explicit! There are many dicks in this game! Most of them are attached to girls!!!" @anarchawitch_on Twitter Become a Patreon of Black Banner Magic patreon.com/blackbannermagic Twitter: @blackbannerpod Email: BlackBannerMagic@riseup.net 2/3rds of every dollar raised through this Patreon will go to the Omaha Freedom Fund! community bail fund. As a member of the Revolutionary Left Radio federation of podcasts, Black Banner Magic records in the RevLeft bunker, and the last 1/3rd goes into studio and engineering costs. More info about OFF! can be found on omahafreedomfund.wordpress.com or on twitter @omahabail Support Revolutionary Left Radio and get exclusive bonus content here: patreon.com/RevLeftRadio
Jake Flores sent a reportback from the hex on Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh at Catland Books, an occult bookstore in his Bushwich Brooklyn neighborhood. To see Jake Flores on his stand-up tours, visit his website: http://www.feraljokes.com Follow him on Twitter @FeralJokes, @MrCleoPod, & @PodDamnAmerica At the 16:22 mark of the beast, I talk to Dr Bones about his charity work with Ouija Boards for Kids, a foundation that provides children the tools to contact the dead. Call 510 606 8452 to receive your free Ouija board. Bulk rush orders available for educators! Dr. Bones' poltergasmic politics and gonzo journalism can be found at Gods & Radicals and The Conjure House. He is the author of the book Curse the State, Hex Your Boss, Take Back the World. Dr. Bones is the co-host of The Guillotine with Breht of Revolutionary Left Radio and is on twitter @ole_bonsey Become a Patreon of Black Banner Magic https://www.patreon.com/blackbannermagic Twitter: @blackbannerpod Email: BlackBannerMagic@riseup.net 2/3rds of every dollar raised through this Patreon will go to the Omaha Freedom Fund! community bail fund. As a member of the Revolutionary Left Radio federation of podcasts, Black Banner Magic records in the RevLeft bunker, and the last 1/3rd goes into studio and engineering costs. More info about OFF! can be found on omahafreedomfund.wordpress.com or on twitter @omahabail Support Revolutionary Left Radio and get exclusive bonus content here: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio H
He didn't spend many years in the graveyard to get called Mister. No! The one, the only, the unique Dr. Bones is here to talk about psychic warfare, a strip club wizard, ritual tools and practices, and his patron saint, the protector of the lumpenproletariat, Jesus Malverde. Dr. Bones, as you are no doubt aware, is a Hoodoo-slingin’ Florida native and Egoist-Communist spitting pure vitriol and sorcerous wisdom at a world gone mad. He lives with his loving wife, a herd of cats, and a house full of spirits. His poltergasmic politics and gonzo journalism can be found at Gods & Radicals and The Conjure House. He is the author of the book Curse the State, Hex Your Boss, Take Back the World. Dr. Bones is the co-host of The Guillotine with Breht of Revolutionary Left Radio and is on twitter @ole_bonsey Become a Patreon of Black Banner Magic https://www.patreon.com/blackbannermagic Twitter: @blackbannerpod Email: BlackBannerMagic@riseup.net 2/3rds of every dollar raised through this Patreon will go to the Omaha Freedom Fund! community bail fund. As a member of the Revolutionary Left Radio federation of podcasts, Black Banner Magic records in the RevLeft bunker, and the last 1/3rd goes into studio and engineering costs. More info about OFF! can be found on omahafreedomfund.wordpress.com or on twitter @omahabail Support Revolutionary Left Radio and get exclusive bonus content here: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio F
AK is in the studio to talk about the tarot, these funny little pieces of paper and how they interact within our worlds. We also discuss the DIY scene, self-care, how they use the tarot as a personal coping mechanism, and how I am bad at reading body language. AK can be found on Twitter @666ofswords and they are also 1/2 of the @omahazinefest (the fourth annual fest is March 16 2019 btw, so if you make zines, register a table now because they go fast!) omahazinefest.org Correction note: I misidentified Sephora as Noah's wife. Sephora was married to Moses of the Bible. Become a Patreon of Black Banner Magic https://www.patreon.com/blackbannermagic Twitter: @blackbannerpod Email: BlackBannerMagic@riseup.net 2/3rds of every dollar raised through this Patreon will go to the Omaha Freedom Fund! community bail fund. As a member of the Revolutionary Left Radio federation of podcasts, Black Banner Magic records in the RevLeft bunker, and the last 1/3rd goes into studio and engineering costs. More info about OFF! can be found on omahafreedomfund.wordpress.com or on twitter @omahabail Support Revolutionary Left Radio and get exclusive bonus content here: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio
A.M. Gittlitz joined us to discuss Posadism, space communism, non-human intelligence, and the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis. In the Patreon extended chat we also talked about the anti-communist black magic wizard that secretly ran Argentina's death squad during the Peron regime that targeted J. Posadas. A.M. is the producer of The Antifada, a freelance writer, and independent researcher on countercultural, radical politics, and the paranormal. A.M. tweets at @spaceprole and can also be heard on @The_Antifada podcast. Become a Patreon of Black Banner Magic https://www.patreon.com/bbmpod Email: BlackBannerMagic@riseup.net Twitter @harvest_goth Support Revolutionary Left Radio and get exclusive bonus content here: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio
Charlie Wyseman and Snakebird Sean are anticapitalist magick weirdos from the dirt fields of West Virginia. Their pantheistic practice has roots in Haitian Vodou, Cuban Santeria, as well as Egyptian Kamet, mystical Buddhism, Conjure, Kabbalah, pre-European tree worship, and that olde time grandma magick passed down through generations all over the world. Sean and Charlie run a program called Mutual Aid Magick, providing magick powders, jar spells, recipes, and more to leftists of all stripes free of charge. Follow Charlie @MagickCharlie and Sean @seansnakebird, follow their project @aidmagickal. To see the recipes for the powder and jar spells we discuss, check out https://leftistmagick.livejournal.com/367.html Support Revolutionary Left Radio and get exclusive bonus content here: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio Become a Patreon of Black Banner Magic https://www.patreon.com/blackbannermagic Email: BlackBannerMagic@riseup.net Twitter @BlackBannerPod 2/3rds of every dollar raised through this Patreon will go to the Omaha Freedom Fund! community bail fund. As a member of the Revolutionary Left Radio federation of podcasts, Black Banner Magic records in the RevLeft bunker, and the last 1/3rd goes into studio and engineering costs. More info about OFF! can be found on omahafreedomfund.wordpress.com or on twitter @omahabail
Lateef McLeod is building his career as a scholar and an author. He has earned a BA in English from UC Berkeley and a MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College. He is now a student in the Anthropology and Social Change Doctoral program at California Institute for Integral Studies in San Francisco. He published his first poetry book entitled A Declaration Of A Body Of Love in 2010 chronicling his life as a black man with a disability and tackling various topics on family, dating, religion, spirituality, his national heritage and sexuality. He currently is writing a novel tentatively entitled The Third Eye Is Crying. He was in the 2007 annual theater performance of Sins Invalid and also their artist-in-residence performance in 2011 entitled Residence Alien. He currently completing another poetry book entitled Whispers of Krip Love, Shouts of Krip Revolution. Some of his recent community service work includes being the co-chair of the Persons with Disabilities Ministry at Allen Temple Baptist Church and being the chair of the Lead committee and executive board member of the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication. More of his writings, as well as contact info for Lateef, are available on his website: www.Lateefhmcleod.com Also, here is his Huffington Post blog: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lateef-mcleod/ Listen to and support Lateef's music here: https://soundcloud.com/lateef-mcleod Support Revolutionary Left Radio and get exclusive bonus content here: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio Follow us on Twitter @RevLeftRadio Rate and Review us on iTunes to increase our reach! This podcast is officially affiliated with The Nebraska Left Coalition, the Nebraska IWW, the Omaha GDC, and the Marxist Center. Check out Nebraska IWW's new website here: https://www.nebraskaiww.org
John from Working Class History joins Brett to discuss the Spanish Civil War! This is a long-anticipated episode on a deeply important and relevant historical event. We spent a LOT of time editing and producing this episode, so we hope you find it informative as well as genuinely moving. Follow Working Class History on all the major social media sites! Here is the reading guide from WCH on the Spanish Civil War: https://libcom.org/library/spanish-civil-war-1936-39-reading-guide Their Spanish Civil War merch store is here: https://working-class-history.myshopify.com/collections/spanish-civil-war Their website is here: https://workingclasshistory.com Their podcast is here: https://soundcloud.com/workingclasshistory Outro Songs: Bitter Old Man and Your Heart is a Muscle the size of your Fist; both songs by Ramshackle Glory! Go support their music here: https://ramshackleglory.bandcamp.com Support Revolutionary Left Radio and get exclusive bonus content here: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio Follow us on Twitter @RevLeftRadio Intro Music by The String-Bo String Duo. You can listen and support their music here: https://tsbsd.bandcamp.com/track/red-black This podcast is officially affiliated with The Nebraska Left Coalition, the Nebraska IWW, and the Omaha GDC. Check out Nebraska IWW's new website here: https://www.nebraskaiww.org
Rob Larson is a professor of economics and a libertarian socialist. He joins Brett to discuss his new book: Capitalism Vs. Freedom: The Toll Road to Serfdom. Buy the book here: http://www.zero-books.net/books/capitalism-freedom Outro Music: Venture Capitalist by Feudalism. Listen to and support their music here: https://feudalism.bandcamp.com -------------------- Support Revolutionary Left Radio and get exclusive bonus content here: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio Follow us on Twitter @RevLeftRadio Intro Music by The String-Bo String Duo. You can listen and support their music here: https://tsbsd.bandcamp.com/track/red-black This podcast is officially affiliated with The Nebraska Left Coalition, the Nebraska IWW, and the Omaha GDC. Check out Nebraska IWW's new website here: https://www.nebraskaiww.org
Writer and historian Aaron Leonard, the author of Heavy Radicals, joins Brett to discuss the Revolutionary Union/Revolutionary Communist Party of the 60's and 70's, of which Aaron was a member for 30 years. Topics include Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought, the FBI, Red China, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), The Weather Underground, Police Infiltration of Leftist organizations, the Black Panther Party, Bob Avakian, Mao Zedong, and much more! Find this book, and Aaron's other work here: http://heavyradicals.com Support Revolutionary Left Radio and get exclusive bonus content here: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio Follow us on Twitter @RevLeftRadio Follow us on FB at "Revolutionary Left Radio" Intro Music by The String-Bo String Duo. You can listen and support their music here: https://tsbsd.bandcamp.com/track/red-black This podcast is officially affiliated with The Nebraska Left Coalition, the Nebraska IWW, and the Omaha GDC. Check out Nebraska IWW's new website here: https://www.nebraskaiww.org
Yueran Zhang is a PhD candidate in Sociology at Harvard University. Yueran joins Brett to discuss Mao and the Chinese Revolution. Yueran's academic profile is here: https://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/people/yueran-zhang Here are the recommendations Yueran gave at the end of the episode: - Mao's China and After: http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Maos-China-and-After/Maurice-Meisner/9780684856353 Rise of the Red Engineers: https://www.eastwestcenter.org/publications/rise-red-engineers-cultural-revolution-and-origins-chinas-new-class The Cultural Revolution at the Margins: http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674728790 Support Revolutionary Left Radio and get exclusive bonus content here: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio Outro Song: "Chairman Mao" by Bambu Listen to and Support Bambu here: https://bambubeatrock.bandcamp.com Follow us on Twitter @RevLeftRadio Follow us on FB at "Revolutionary Left Radio" Intro Music by The String-Bo String Duo. You can listen and support their music here: https://tsbsd.bandcamp.com/track/red-black This podcast is officially affiliated with The Nebraska Left Coalition, the Nebraska IWW, and the Omaha GDC. Check out Nebraska IWW's new website here: https://www.nebraskaiww.org
Amado Guzman and Matthew Carson join Brett to discuss the theory and praxis of Marxism-Leninism. Topics Include: Lenin's contributions to Marxism, Dialectical Materialism, what makes Marxism a science, The Dictatorship of the Bourgeoisie, Maoism, the Bolsheviks, the concept of a Vanguard Party, Trotsky and Stalin, the Leninist view of the State, comradeship, the Philippines, and much more! Outro Music is "Comrades" by Bambu. Listen to, and support, Bambu and his music here: https://bambubeatrock.bandcamp.com/ Intro Music by The String-Bo String Duo. Listen to, and support, them here: https://tsbsd.bandcamp.com/track/red-black Support Revolutionary Left Radio by donating to our Patreon. Patrons get access to episodes earlier than the general public. You can support us here: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio This podcast is officially affiliated with The Nebraska Left Coalition and the Omaha GDC.