In Defense of Che Guevara: Analyzing his Life and Answering his Critics

In Defense of Che Guevara: Analyzing his Life...

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The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy: Why the Right Blames the Frankfurt School for the Decline of the West

Breht is joined by A.J.A. Woods, author of The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy: Why the Right Blames the Frankfurt School for the Decline of the West. In this conversation, they explore the genealogy of the "Cultural Marxism" myth, the reactionary forces that shaped it, and the way i ...  Show more

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Breht listens, reacts, and elaborates on a lecture by the late professor Michael Sugrue on the religious philosophy of the famous German Christian Mystic and Theologian, Meister Eckhart. In the process Breht touches on a dizzying array of spiritual, existential and religious them ...  Show more

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