The Troubles and the Irish Question (Pt.1) w/Chris Beausang
Release Date: 05/30/2022
"Bury us under every stone and house, we will not leave Palestine": The martyrdom of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah w/ Roqayah Chamseddine
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Roqayah Chamseddine is a journalist and writer based in Lebanon and co-host of Consider supporting the show
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(Unlocked) "Weaker than a spider's web": The ghosts of the 2006 Lebanon war w/ Karim Makdisi
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**Note 2: Given everything that's happened, I've unlocked this episode for the main feed** *Note: This is the part of my conversation with Karim. We continued for another 45 mins! To listen to the entire episode, join Help keep the show going and access hundreds of hours of bonus content!* AUB professor and co-host of Karim Makdisi returns to the show after a five-year hiatus(!) to discuss the history of Israeli state terrorism against Lebanon and the decades-long histories of resistance that have confronted it. Consider supporting the show Check out the...
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Tankie Group Therapy #23: What happened to us?
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Louis, Mikey, Nora, Sina, Alex, and Joe join for our usual therapy session. We talk about the developing Israel-Lebanon war, the difficulty performing everyday life, Macklemore's new song, Hinds Hall 2, and the historical changes we're living through. on the Anti-Empire Project YouTube channel Consider supporting the show
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The Crusades and the origins of the West w/ Adnan Husain
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*Note: This is the part of my conversation with Adnan. We continued for another hour! To listen to the entire episode, join for $5 a month. Help keep the show going and access hundreds of hours of bonus content. Alternatively, you can watch the episode for free on our YouTube channel linked below* Adnan Husain is a Medieval European and Middle Eastern at Queen's University and co-host of He returns to the show to talk in-depth about the meaning of the Crusades to our understanding of contemporary imperialism. Watch the on The East is...
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Why the world needs China w/ Kyle Ferrana
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Kyle Ferrana ( is a writer, software engineer, and tenant organizer. He is the author of Check out his latest article, Watch the on the East is a Podcast Consider supporting the show
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Tankie Group Therapy #22: The Bad Guys
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Nora, Alex, Sina, Joe, and Mikey join for our normal therapy session just after Hizbollah's response and after a particularly rough week with the RNC and DNC disconnecting with multiple massacres in Gaza. We talk about our narrowing social circles and how we fend off the siren call of nihilism. on the Anti-Empire Project YouTube channel Consider supporting the show Check out the Anti-Imperialist Archive
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"The decolonization of Palestine is the liberation of the region" w/ Adnan Husain
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*Note: This is the first hour of my conversation with Adnan. We continued for another 45 mins! To listen to the entire episode, join for $5 a month. Help keep the show going and access hundreds of hours of bonus content. Alternatively, you can watch the episode for free on our YouTube channel linked below* Adnan Husain is a Medieval European and Middle Eastern at Queen's University and co-host of Watch the on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show Check out the Anti-Imperialist Archive
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Gaza Palestine Hearing: International People's Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism
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condemns the Israeli assassination of Yasser Adnan Ibrahim al-Derawi, 31 year old attorney from Gaza, Palestine. He served as an expert witness in our Gaza hearing on May 13, 2023. We recently learned of Yasser’s murder after local journalists searched for him to discuss his research on the Israeli blockade and other war crimes in Gaza, Palestine. They informed us that Yasser was targeted during an Israeli bombing campaign of his home in December 2023, following a series of letters he sent to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in collaboration with the...
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Tankie Group Therapy #21 : Single Issue Empire
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The group gets together after two weeks of assassinations, literal mask-off moments, and massacres. The idea of the "single issue voter" arises - but perhaps it's a single-issue empire. Sina, Nora, Alex and Mikey all join for our therapy session. Watch the video edition on the Anti-Empire Project YouTube channel Consider supporting the show Check out the Anti-Imperialist Archive
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Zionism from the inside: a Palestinian view/ Fida Jiryis
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Friend of the show Louis Allday guest hosts a conversation with Fida Jiryis, author of Read an excerpt of the book here Watch the episode on our YouTube channel Date of recording: July 9, 2024 Consider supporting the show Check out The Anti-Imperialist Archive
info_outlineChris Beausang (@ilchinealach) is a writer and critic based in Dublin. His novel Tunnel of Toads is forthcoming from Marrowbone Books.
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https://analoguehumanist.wordpress.com/2022/04/11/the-irish-revolution-in-three-parts/
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