Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism?
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**Producer's note: The folks at Popular Front asked me to moderate this discusssion of Gabriel Rockhill's latest book on the history of the Frankfurt School. Make sure to check out !** --- We’re thrilled to host author and philosopher Gabriel Rockhill on his book tour in Toronto. One of the key intellectuals of our movement today, his latest work explores ideas that are essential to understanding the challenges and necessities in building a socialist movement—especially for those of us living in the West. Starting with a talk from the author, followed by a discussion with a...
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"We are simply people who love life": Voices from the Gaza holocaust
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**Note: As I explain in the introduction to this video, this is a very special episode that consists of two halves featuring three Palestinians in Gaza sharing their stories. It has become more than evident that our racist ruling class and their media warriors are simply refusing to allow anything that humanizes Palestinians in the slightest into the mainstream. It falls to us to help break the narrative blockade on Palestinians and their liberation struggle. I hope to do more of this content in the future, so if you know people in Gaza who want to make their own episodes in this format, reach...
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"They won't leave us alone": Organized chaos and hybrid war in Iran w/ Navid Zarrinnal
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***Note: Navid's internet has been very unreliable for weeks now, so when I managed to get hold of him with a stable VPN, we decided to hurriedly record. In haste, both of us managed to mangle our respective recordings. I have been forced to resort to--please forgive me, cruel podcast gods---AI audio enhancer tools to see if it could be improved, which it mostly did but there are some funny spots on my side.*** Navid Zarrinal, host of , and one of the oldest friends of The East is a Podcast, described what he witnessed during the last few weeks in Tehran. Watch the on The East is a...
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Tankie Group Therapy #36: Empire of Lulz
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Tankie Group Therapy is back after a long, long hiatus! Lara Sheehi from Psychic Militancy hosts this special, extra-super-duper-sized edition featuring all your TGT faves: Justin Podur, Nora Barrows-Friedman, Alex Avina, Joe Emersberger, Sina Rahmani, Arama Rata, Jared Ware, Adnan Husain, Asa Winstanley, and more! Watch the on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show
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Michael Parenti: "US interventionism, the 3rd world, and the USSR" (1986)
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***RIP Michael Parenti*** Michael Parenti speaks at the University of Colorado, Boulder: "US interventionism, the 3rd world, and the USSR" April 15, 1986 Source Check out the for more great archival mixes Join us for a live edition of Tankie Group Therapy Sunday @ 3:30
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"Listen to the Iranians": Sina Rahmani (The East is a Podcast)
The East is a Podcast
**Note: When stuff in Iran goes down, my natural inclination is to avoid doing content and stay above the fray, at least until the media hysteria dies down. Not the best way to run a media project, I know, but I just have a hard time with all the breathless coverage--BREAKING!!!--and don't really want to feed it. Even then, I am still Iranian, and if people ask me to record during these times, my cultural programming compels me to accept the invitation. This episode of was recorded as I was travelling for work recently and at the end of a busy, emotional day. The...
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Sina Rahmani: "This is hybrid warfare" (The Freedom Side, Jan 15th)
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I have been on the road and unable to do a proper episode on what's happening on Iran, so I decided to post this quick spot I did with The Freedom Side from BT News. You can watch the on their YouTube channel If you can't wait until I am able to record a full episode on Iran (I will try to do one tomorrow night or Saturday morning), my comrade and I recently did an episode of our paywalled show, , and we discussed a little bit about what has been happening but that is already three days ago and out of date! Consider supporting the show
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Psychic Militancy - Ghassan Abu Sittah: Clinic as site of resistance
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***I have been working with Lara Sheehi on her new show. Make sure you subscribe to her and feeds to listen to the rest of this episode**** Ghassan Abu Sittah: Clinic as site of resistance In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah to discuss the centrality of the clinic in the genocidal violence perpetrated by the Zionist settler state in Gaza, his concept of the biosphere of genocide, and importantly, the site of the clinic as central to resistance, refusal, and liberation. Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah is a British-Palestinian Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon. He...
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AISC #8: The Bolivarian and Iranian Revolutions vs. US Imperialism w/ Carlos Ron and Mohammad Marandi
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[NOTE: This is the first portion of the latest episode of podcast. Lots of great content has already been released on both and feeds and more to come, so please make sure you subscribe to both!] Hosted by AISC co-founder Nina Farnia, this episode features two distinguished guests and friends of AISC, Venezuela's former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and University of Tehran professor We initially filmed a 2025 anti-imperialist roundup on December 30, 2025, but just a few days later the US invaded Venezuela and abducted President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady...
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Global Dumpster Fire: 2025 in Review w/ Max Ajl
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Producer's note: Apologies for the long absence from the show. As I explain in the first few minutes of this episode, I have been busy launching some new shows in addition to , currently only available on the YouTube channel. More great content for the main feed and bonus feed coming soon! returns to the show to reflect on some of the wider historical contexts that laid the groundwork for the calamity that was 2025. This was recorded 2 days before the flagrant kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro Watch the on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the...
info_outline**Producer's note: The folks at Popular Front asked me to moderate this discusssion of Gabriel Rockhill's latest book on the history of the Frankfurt School. Make sure to check out Popular Front!**
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We’re thrilled to host author and philosopher Gabriel Rockhill on his book tour in Toronto. One of the key intellectuals of our movement today, his latest work explores ideas that are essential to understanding the challenges and necessities in building a socialist movement—especially for those of us living in the West.
Starting with a talk from the author, followed by a discussion with a guest panel and an audience Q&A – this will be an important evening to explore the past, present, and future of socialist thought, and the principles we need to uphold in order to succeed (which the ruling class desperately wants us to abandon).
Featuring an exciting guest panel, including:
Sina Rahmani (co-host)
Sardana Nikolaeva
Justin Podur
Zeyad El-Nabolsy
Special thanks to our partners in co-organizing this event:
Qiao Collective (@qiaocollective)
Critical Theory Workshop (@criticaltheoryworkshop)
Monthly Review (@monthlyreview)
East is a Podcast (@eastpodcast)
And to our additional media partners: Anti-Empire Project (@jpodur)
Journal of International Solidarity (@journalofintlsolidarity)
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ABOUT THE BOOK:
“Rockhill’s book elucidates how the intellectual world war on the socialist alternative has sought to promote a “compatible left” intelligentsia while misrepresenting, maligning, and trying to destroy the revolutionary left. […] The volume concludes by bringing to the fore the guiding methodological framework: a thoroughly anticolonial and anti-imperialist Marxism dedicated to building socialism in the real world.”
More info at Monthly Review Press:
https://monthlyreview.org/9781685901349/
Canada: Available at most online book sellers, including University of Toronto Bookstore: https://utpdistribution.com/9781685901349/who-paid-the-pipers-of-western-marxism/