Pod Kapital #1: Seeing the Monster
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Note: Nick Estes and I have launched a new project called Pod Kapital in which we will be reading canonical Marxist texts for weekly episodes on his . I will be posting the audio editions for all but if you want to watch the video edition, you will have to sign up behind his paywall! I encourage you to do so anyway for the great content he is posting ! The Red-Brown alliance is finally happening! The American Indian-Iranian alliance, that is. Host of the East Is a Podcast, Sina Rahmani, joins the Red Scare Podcast for the “Pod Kapital” series, where we dissect and discuss classic Marxist...
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The Airing of Grievances with Sina Rahmani & Friends
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UPDATE ***Yesterday, Jay from MAKC hosted a livestream for me, Adnan Husain, and Nick Estes partly as a mini-fundraiser for my friend . The response has been amazing. As I mention in the episode, donations started pouring in from listeners/ viewers. Someone even donated $500!. It was really moving for me--I even shed a tear on the livestream! Thank you to all who donated. Mohammed was elated to see some money come in, as he has been trying to arrange for transport south for him and his siblings. For a few weeks, donations had dried up, and it was a source of anguish for...
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Tell me what anti-imperialism looks like w/ Max Ajl
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EIAP shadow commander in charge of finding guests Max Ajl returns to the show after a long hiatus to discuss what lessons can be drawn from the 12-day war between Iran and ZioAmerikkan Empire. Check out his piece, Watch the on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show
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Tankie Group Therapy #35 : Tie me to a missile!
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Tankie Group Therapy is back! This time with an actual licensed therapist! Sina hosts alongside Adnan from , Jay from , and Lara Sheehi! Watch the on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show
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Which way, Iranian man? w/ Navid Zarrinnal (Pt.1)
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The first half of a long conversation with longtime friend of the show Navid Zarrinnal about Iran's perpetually tortured relationship with the West and how anti-imperialist resistance shapes attitudes of the population. Check out the second half of the conversation on or subscribe to The East is a Podcast on . Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast
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On John Carpenter's They Live (1988) w/ Sina Rahmani
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**Nick Estes from The Red Nation Podcast invited me on to talk about . This is a preview of the episode. Support Nick on Substack to access this and other great bonus content!** Nick Estes in conversation with TRN Podcast producer and host of Sina Rahmani exploring what John Carpenter’s can teach us how the ruling class uses ideaology to govern our daily lives—and how to break free of that control.
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Tankie Group Therapy #34 - Gaza defends our humanity
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Tankie Group Therapy is back! , , , and get together for another session to discuss the latest news from the Gaza Holocaust. Watch the on the East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show
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The ruins of imperialism w/ Kit Klarenberg and Alexander Mckay
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**I put the concluding 20 mins of the conversation behind the paywall on audio. If you want to listen to the entire episode, sign up for Patreon for less than $2 a month or watch it on our YouTube channel (linked below)** **Note: I managed-yet again-to mess up my audio settings at the last minute before we started recording resulting in me sounding blown out. Apologies!** Returning guest and , co-hosts of the , discuss the deepening crisis Western imperialism faces as it wages proxy wars against Iran and Russia simultaneously and economic war against China. Watch the on The East is a Podcast...
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Tankie Group Therapy #33 : Bread and Circus
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Tankie Group Therapy is back! After a long hiatus, is joined by TGT stalwarts , , , and . Video edition coming soon! Fundraisers Mohammed's family has been ordered to evacuate for the fourth time. Please consider donating to his campaign The Sameer Project Consider supporting the show
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Psyhclib#6: Iran vs. "Israel" - Weakness is strength w/ Sina Rahmani
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***I was invited by the good people at Resistance is Fertile to talk about 12-day-war. ** In this episode, Sacha and Benji welcome Sina Rahmani to analyze the recent 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel. They discuss the implications of the attacks, the psychological impact on both nations, and the broader geopolitical stakes involving external actors like China and Pakistan. The conversation delves into the strengths and weaknesses revealed on both sides, the significance of Iran’s capacity to retaliate, and the ongoing narrative wars shaping public perception. Tune in for...
info_outline*Audio recording of a panel orgnized by friend of the show Frances Hasso. Video edition coming soon!*
Convened by Dr. Frances S. Hasso, Professor of Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies, History, and Sociology, as part of The Palestine Seminar at Duke University
https://gendersexualityfeminist.duke.edu/literary-gaza-hybrid
Speakers
“My Age is Thirty-five Years Old and Five Wars"
Basman Aldirawi
Basman Aldirawi (also Basman Derawi) is a Palestinian and Gazan, a refugee from Bi’r al-Saba`, and currently in Egypt due to the aggression on Gaza. He works as a physiotherapist at the Gaza Ministry of Health and since 2018 has been a member of the Gaza Poets Society, the first spoken word community in Gaza. He has contributed dozens of stories and poems to many online platforms and publications, including We Are Not Numbers (2019), Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire (2022), and the We Are Not Numbers online platform that gives a voice to the victims of Israeli aggression in Gaza/Palestine.
"The Demon of Gaza"
Esmat Elhalaby
Esmat Elhalaby is an Assistant Professor of transnational history at the University of Toronto. He works principally on the intellectual history of West and South Asia, particularly colonial and anti-colonial thought.
“The 5 Stages of Grief, According to a Palestinian”
Samah Serour Fadil
Samah Serour Fadil is an Afro-Palestinian writer, editor and translator. Her work has been featured at the Yale University Art Gallery, Fresno State University and The Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery at Haverford College, among others.
“Tent in the Sky”
Alaa Na`eem `Ali Al-Qatrawi:
Alaa Na`eem `Ali al-Qatrawi completed her PhD in 2022 in Arabic Literature and Criticism at the Islamic University in Gaza, focused on the poetry of Adonis. Her MA thesis at the Islamic University, which examined Ahmed Bakhit’s poetry, won the Award for Best MA thesis in the Humanities in 2015. Dr. Al-Qatrawi is an accomplished poet and short story and operetta writer, winning among others the Abdulaziz Al-Babtain Award for the best poetry collection in the category of young poets in 2022, first in the Union of Palestinian Writers Competition in 2015, first in the Ministry of Culture’s poetry competition among all Palestinian universities in 2013, first in short stories in the Arab world in the international competition organized by Chinese Books and Dar Fadaat Publishing House in Amman (2019), and first in the Letter to Jerusalem competition (2010). She works as an Arabic Language teacher in UNRWA schools at the elementary and secondary levels. She has previously worked as a linguist and screenwriter for UNRWA children’s programming. Dr. Alaa’s Instagram and Facebook pages.
Sponsor
Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, Duke University
Co-Sponsor(s)
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Program (AMES); History Department; Middle East Studies Center (DUMESC); Asian American & Diaspora Studies Program