Episode 20: “The Glorious Proletarian Renaissance" feat. Breht Ó Séaghdha

Nov 13, 2018

We’ve got a jam-packed episode of Coffee with Comrades for you this week. We were joined by Breht Ó Séaghdha of Revolutionary Left Radio and The Guillotine to talk about “Culture” by Terry Eagleton. But first, some current events:

• Jeff Sessions is forced out. Liberal melodrama ensues. The law won’t save us, only freedom will.
• Fuck Tucker Carlson.
• Nancy Pelosi wants to play nice with the GOP. The Democrats offer no hope.
• Trump witlessly compares himself to White Walkers.
• White nationalist and anti-fascist accounts were banned from PayPal earlier this week.
• California wildfires offer yet another glimpse into the future.
• A Neo-Nazi militia in the Ukraine is now training white nationalists in the U.S.
• FL recount: Gillum vs. DeSantis.
• FL restored the voting rights of 1.4 million human beings.

We spend the rest of the episode discussing the cultural analyses of Terry Eagleton, dissecting “American culture,” historical repression, revolutionary ruptures, unfounded and arbitrary authority, neoliberalism, Hollywood, Buddhism, academia, and building an authentic leftist culture.

You can follow Breht on Twitter and be sure to check out Revolutionary Left Radio and The Guillotine, as well. You can also support both shows on Patreon.

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Intro: “I Ain’t Got No Home in this World” by Woody Guthrie

Interlude: “Propaganda” by Dead Prez

Outro: “The House Always Wins” by Stray From the Path

PS. Stick around 'till the very end for goofy bloopers at Pearson's expense.