Anti-Imperialist Struggle: Lessons from Assata and Gaza
The Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective
Release Date: 10/19/2025
Russia Today and the Crisis of Western Imperialism: A Marxist Perspective
The Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective
In this episode, Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective members Jeannette Graulau and Corinna Mullin are joined by Arto Artinian for a wide-ranging discussion on the US/NATO proxy war in Ukraine, drawing on a recent AISC-convened roundtable and special issue edited by Jeannette Graulau on “Russia Today.” At a moment when Russophobia dominates mainstream discourse and critical scholarship is increasingly marginalized within Western academia, the conversation works to restore historical and political clarity. Situating the war within the longer arc of Western encirclement, sanctions warfare,...
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Labor Zionism, Labor Imperialism, and Labor Internationalism — from Palestine to Venezuela
The Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective
Hosted by AISC members Bikrum Gill and Corinna Mullin, this episode features Suzanne Adely, a movement lawyer, longtime Arab community organizer, and president of the National Lawyers Guild with decades of experience in international labor solidarity, and Sachin Peddada, Research Coordinator at Progressive International whose work maps military supply chains and the political economy of war. Together, they examine labor imperialism and labor Zionism through the intertwined struggles of Palestine and Venezuela. Situating the conversation in the wake of the November 28–29 Disarm Genocide...
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The Trials and Tribulations of Zionist-Imperialism
The Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective
On Episode 5 of the AISC podcast, members Diego Alcalá, Bikrum Gill, and Navid Farnia discuss the U.S. continued buildup in the Caribbean, focusing particularly on the implications for Venezuela and Puerto Rico. They also explore the ongoing imperialist attacks against Lebanon, the West's failing military campaign against Russia, and the popular discourse on the relationship between the Zionist entity and the United States. Watch the on our YouTube channel Follow AISC (@penandmachete) (@penandmachete) Visit our to join the newsletter and find...
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Russia Today: An Anti-Imperialist Perspective
The Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective
The Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective's inaugural roundtable focuses on the in the world system today, highlighting the constellation of local, regional, hemispheric, and global forces that shape Russia’s place in the world. Three central questions guide the discussion: What structural relations define Russia’s position in the world today? How do these relations unfold at local, regional and inter-continental levels? What is Russia’s relationship to the Global Majority? Panelists discuss these questions and more. Date of recording: Saturday, November 15, 2025...
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Fascist repression from the Caribbean to the internal colony
The Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective
In this episode of the AISC podcast, Charisse Burden-Stelly, Diego Alcala, Khadija Haynes, and Corinna Mullin take an anti-imperialist lens to discuss the distortion of Assata Shakur’s legacy and the U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean, with a focus on Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, and Cuba. They trace how imperialist war abroad connects to the resurgent fascist war at home- from ICE raids and university repression to cuts in SNAP and other essential programs- and the social forces that are resisting. Follow AISC (@penandmachete) (@penandmachete) Visit our to join...
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Imperialism's Political, Economic, and Military Machinations: From the Caribbean to Asia
The Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective
On this episode of the AISC podcast, members Bikrum Gill and Navid Farnia address the US's ongoing military buildup in the Caribbean and the energy conflict between the US and China. They also provide more analysis of the Gaza "ceasefire" and comment on the flareup between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Watch the on our YouTube channel Follow AISC on (@penandmachete) and (@penandmachete). Visit our to join the newsletter and find our , The Pen is My Machete. Donations to the producer of this show, Sina Rahmani, are welcome...
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Anti-Imperialist Struggle: Lessons from Assata and Gaza
The Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective
On this episode of the AISC podcast, members Charisse Burden-Stelly and Navid Farnia discuss the passing of the revolutionary Assata Shakur, the ceasefire in Gaza, the Nobel Peace Prize as a mechanism to ramp up imperialist pressure on Venezuela, and the US government's overture to universities in order to induce ideological alignment. Watch the on our YouTube channel Follow AISC on (@penandmachete) and (@penandmachete). Visit our to join the newsletter and find our , The Pen is My Machete. Donations to the producer of this show, Sina Rahmani,...
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Imperialist Wars against Haiti, Venezuela, and Palestine
The Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective
***Producer's note: This episode was recorded before the ceasefire was reached on October 9, 2025*** On this episode of the Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective podcast, AISC members Alex Aviña, Bikrum Gill, and Jemima Pierre discuss and historicize the current imperialist occupation of Haiti. They consider the ramifications of the US-led occupation for the broader Caribbean region and specifically, for the US's military buildup and hybrid war against Venezuela. They also respond to the "peace plan" presented by the US imperialists and their regional collaborators to the Palestinian...
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Introducing AISC and Our Principles of Unity
The Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective
On this inaugural episode of the Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective podcast, AISC members Diego Alcalá and Bikrum Gill introduce the collective and highlight our . Watch the on our YouTube channel Follow AISC on (@penandmachete) and (@penandmachete). Visit our to join the newsletter and find our , The Pen is My Machete. Donations to the producer of this show, Sina Rahmani, are welcome at
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