Syncretic imperialism: A forum on Spanish imperialism in Latin America
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A forum exploring some of the characteristics of Spanish imperialism in Latin America featuring comrade , and co-hosts of podcast, and Consider supporting the show
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Is the Apocalypse Avoidable? Are We Headed for World War 3? w/ Sina Rahmani
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*I recently did two very long livestreams with friend of the show and comrade from Millenials are Killing Capitalism. I didn't want to subject all of you on the free feed to almost six hours of mostly Sina yeling so I put one of our conversations You can watch that episode linked below* Back by popular demand. to discuss whether we are in the early days of World War 3. Has it been "quietly" raging for a few years now? Are such questions hyperbolic or alarmist by nature? What possible futures actually await us in an era of extreme violence and geopolitical fluctuation? In particular, we...
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Team Barbarism is winning!
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*Producer's note: This episode begins with a request to help my friend . Please consider supporting Mohammed's fundraiser to support his family in their efforts to survive the genocide. As I explain in the episode, Mohammed's family has been displaced 5 times, most recently 10 days ago! Any sized donation is welcome!* Prof. Adnan Husain hosts a conversation with Nora Barrrows Friedman ), Alex Aviña ), and Sina Rahmani about the increasingly violent and dangerous turn of events both in the imperial core and West Asia. *Co-published with * Watch the on Adnan's YouTube channel ...
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Tankie Group Therapy #31: This is what imperial decline looks like
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**Note: We recorded this episode on Sunday afternoon, one day before the Ziofash Entity committed a heinous massacre and ended their ceasefire pretense.** After a brief hiatus, the Tankie Group Therapy crew (Sina, Alex, Nora, Mikey, Louis, Joe) reunite to discuss the ongoing genocide in Palestine and beyond. Consider supporting the show
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Why we write w/ Mary Turfah and Taylor Miller
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Friend of the show returns to guesthost a conversation about writing and resistance with and Taylor Miller. Check out some of their recent work below: Taylor Miller Mary Turfah Mary Turfah Taylor Miller Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel Consider supporting the show
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Iran's History and Geopolitical Relations w/Prof. David N. Yaghoubian
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This is a preview of a recent episode of The Adnan Husain Show. The conversation continued for another full hour! Subscribe to Adnan's show on your podcatcher to listen to the full episode or watch it on YouTube linked below. Prof. Adnan Husain discusses the modern history of Iran from the late nineteenth century to contemporary relations with the US with friend and colleague Prof. David N. Yaghoubian of California State University-San Bernardino. We discuss Iran's traditions of statecraft and geopolitical relations with imperial powers, Russia and Britain, until the Cold War, when Iran became...
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The tallest trees in the forest: Indigenous resistance and martyrdom w/ Nick Estes and Ali Alizadeh
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Longtime friends of the show and host of The Red Nation Podcast Nick Estes and Ali Alizadeh ) from to look at the history of the Party of God and its martyred leaders against the wider backdrop of Indigenous resistance to settler colonialism. Watch the on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Check out the documentary, and subscribe to Nick's latest piece for his substack, Consider supporting the show
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Canada vs. Mexico: Two models of anti-sovereignty
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*Producer's note: I put the audio of the final 15 mins of this conversation behind the paywall. You can listen to that portion of the conversation by signing up for $5 a month at or you can watch the entire episode for free on the EIAP YouTube channel linked below* A roundtable discussion featuring Tankie Group Therapy stalwarts Alex and Joe as well as Adnan Husain, who recently launched , to discuss the recent trade war threats from the Trump regime to his two largest trading partners. Watch the on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show
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Gaza is Unconquered, Palestine is STILL the Issue w/ Sina Rahmani
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*I have been helping friend of the show Adnan Husain with his new media project. This episode we recorded after our previous episode was lost (albeit temporarily) by our recording software. That episode is now available and Adnan's linked below* Professor Adnan Husain and Sina Rahmani discuss the political lessons and implications of the Gaza ceasefire agreement for the cause of Palestine, regional and geopolitics of resistance against US/Western empire, and on the direction of the anti-imperial solidarity movements across Europe and North America. Watch the on our YouTube...
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Refaat Alareer's voice from the archives
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*Friend of the show Nora Barrows-Friedman collected some of Refaat's audio archive.* In a special audio podcast episode dedicated to the voice and the words of Dr. Refaat Alareer, we weave together five separate interviews we conducted between 2014 and 2018. Alareer was a beloved professor, poet and mentor who helped sharpen countless young minds and who still inspires people all over the world. He was murdered by Israel on 6 December, 2023, along with six other members of his family in Gaza. Read more:
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