Religion and Marxism: Thinking Through the Human Condition

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On Lebanon: Hezbollah, Faith, and the Struggle Against Zionism and Imperialism

Myriam Charabaty, a Lebanese political analyst and journalist, joins Breht for a wide-ranging discussion on Lebanon, the struggle against imperialism and Zionism, the nature of solidarity and resistance, and the rapidly shifting political landscape of West Asia. Drawing from both ...  Show more

UNLOCKED: Meister Eckhart, Christian Mysticism, and Buddhist Meditation

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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