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
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Tankie Group Therapy #20: Yemen's Sacrifice
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Another session of Tankie Group Therapy featuring the old crew: , , , , and .The session seemed to revolve mostly around Ansarallah ("Houthis") statements after they attacked Tel Aviv and were bombed by Israeli F-35s. The disconnect between their response and Western solidarity. And then we got the news of Biden stepping down, so some quick reactions to that at the end. Watch the on Justin's fantastic Consider supporting the show Check out the Anti-Imperialist Archive
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"Palestinians are the glue that holds Israel together" w/ Mary Turfah
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Founder of and longtime supporter of the show Louis Allday ) returns to guest host an episode with Mary Turfah ( about her article on Zionist sadism. Watch the on our YouTube channel "Running Amok" Liberated Texts Consider supporting the show Check out The Anti-Imperialist Archive
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"Landscape of deathmaking": The Palestine/Mexico Border w/ Taylor Miller
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Friend of the show Alex Aviña guests hosts an episode with geographer Taylor Miller about the intertwined systems of carceral border control policing the US/Mexico border and Palestine. Watch the on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel "A Pause, On Possibility" The University of Arizona's Institutionalized Border Violence Consider supporting the show Check out The Anti-Imperialist Archive
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"The commando who never fired a gun": Lessons from the life of Ghassan Kanafani w/ Louis Allday
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[Producer's note: My conversation with Louis went on for another 30 minutes so if you are interested in listening ] Longtime friend of the show Louis Allday is back to discuss the 52nd anniversary of Ghassan Kanafani's martyrdom. Check out Anni Kanafani's which features Louis' fantastic introductory text, Watch the on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show Check out The Anti-Imperialist Archive
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Tankie Group Therapy #19: Running Amok
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On June 18, The Baffler published an article by called in which Mary tried to understand the psychology underlying Israeli troops and citizens' production of trophy videos and photos we have been seeing during the war. Our therapy group (, , , , , ), got together with Mary to talk through the article and use it to understand the Israeli mentality that has left us stunned for all these months. Watch the on Justin's fantastic Consider supporting the show
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