On The Correct Handling of Contradictions Amo...

In this episode, Breht sits down with Ashwin Shantha to discuss the argument that China's green development is not only an environmental achievement, but also a profoundly political one. Drawing on Ashwin's essay "China's Green Development is Both Anti-Imperialist and Socialist," ...  Show more

In this episode, Breht speaks with professor of history Dr. Afshin Matin-Asgari to discuss his book Axis of Empire: A History of Iran–US Relations, about the long arc of Iranian–American relations from the nineteenth century to the present. Matin-Asgari argues that U.S. policy to ...  Show more

This is a conversation withWilliam C. Anderson, author of the bookThe Natio ...

--{ "Technique of Mass-Suggestion, Truth Deflection"}-- Jacques Ellul, Aldous Huxley, Zbigniew Brzezinski - Political Technocracy - Study of Human Behaviour - Formulas - Technical Economic Analysis - Theory-Doctrine-Procedure - Vocabulary, Terminology, Catch-Phrases; "Cost-Cuttin ...  Show more

This is a conversation with Mia Wong, a writer and researcher with Cool Zone Media whose essay "<a href="https://lausan.hk/2021/communists-crushed-international-workers-movement/" rel="norefer ...

Today we'll be talking to Saleem Haddad. He is the author of Guapa, the director of Marco and a 2nd time guest on The Fire These Times.

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What constitutes queer literature?; Muhammad Abdelnabi; Ocean Vuong;  James Baldwin; The Personal is Pol ...