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Yemen's History of Resisting Empire w/Isa Blumi, P. 1 [Adnan Husain Show]

Release Date: 08/15/2025

Solidarity with Cuba w/ The Assata Shakur Brigade

Guerrilla History

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we are happy to be joined by four members of the Assata Shakur Brigade to discuss their solidarity brigade to Cuba, as well as anti-Cuban propaganda, international law and how it relates to Cuba, Cuba's historical role in Africa, and the history of solidarity brigades to Cuba. This is a very important episode, and we want to make sure that you check out the Brigade's website at , and if you are able to do so, support their fundraiser: Also follow them on all social media platforms: @assatashakurbrigade (Instagram mainly) Nuvpreet is cofounder...

Fanon's Psychopolitics & Empire's Anxiety w/ Sarah Jilani

Guerrilla History

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back our friend and comrade, Sarah Jilani (whom you will remember from our episode ) to discuss one of our favorite topics - Fanon. Specifically here, we are talking about two articles that Sarah wrote, the first being , a fascinating scholarly article that came out in the Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE). We then talk about a ROAPE blog piece that Sarah cowrote titled which was a response to members of the British government and diplomatic corps denigrating Fanon and even calling out Sarah by name in doing so. A...

The War on Iran w/ Nina Farnia & Navid Farnia

Guerrilla History

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we have a critically important discussion that we hope you will find useful and will share with others that you think may benefit. Here we bring on Nina Farnia and Navid Farnia to discuss the ongoing war on Iran. The situation continues to develop rapidly, but the analysis provided here is absolutely crucial to continuing to deepen our understanding of what is happening as well as WHY is is happening the way it is. Be sure to check out the piece that they did for Pambazuka which we reference several times throughout the conversation - ....

Lumumba's Assassination & the US's "Jazz Ambassadors" w/ Gerald Horne & Anthony Ballas (AR&D Ep. 14)

Guerrilla History

In this continuation of our African Revolutions and Decolonization series, we bring back two returning guests, Gerald Horne and Anthony Ballas, to discuss the documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, and the U.S.'s "jazz ambassadors". A really stimulating discussion, we highly recommend you also check out our other episodes focused on the Congo to orient yourself historically here - and (both with Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja) and . We also recommend you check out the previous episodes we have done with Dr. Horne, which include - , , and Anthony...

Political Persecution in Kenya/Booker's Abduction w/Booker Omole

Guerrilla History

In this critically important episode (in collaboration with the Adnan Husain Show), we bring back our friend Comrade Booker from the Communist Party Marxist - Kenya to discuss his recent abduction, his imprisonment, the fraudulent case against him, and the work ongoing from the CPMK! An urgently important episode, be sure to share this episode widely to get the word out! *Please note that as of the time of release, donation links to the legal fund are not available yet, but we will edit the show notes to make the link available when the links are up. In the meantime, be sure to...

Whiteness, Jake Paul, Boxing, & the Crisis of US Imperialism w/ Anthony Ballas

Guerrilla History

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we have a fascinating conversation on the intersection of boxing, white supremacy, geopolitics, and imperialism, a discussion that you are sure to find interesting an useful even if you are not into boxing itself! For this, we bring on Anthony Ballas, who cowrote the piece alongside the inimitable Prof. Gerald Horne for Black Agenda Report. Be sure to read the piece and listen to this episode, and stay tuned for another discussion with Tony soon, alongside Dr. Horne! Anthony Ballas is an organizer and a PhD student at Duke University. His work...

Nigeria's Independence Movement & Coup Era w/ Max Siollun (AR&D Ep. 13)

Guerrilla History

In this continuation of our African Revolutions and Decolonization series, we bring back Max Siollun, whom you will remember from our episode from a few months ago. This time, we look at the Independence Movement in Nigeria, and then look at the post-colonial era with a particular focus on the Coup Era from the mid-60's through mid-80's. A fascinating history, and one which we hope you will find useful! Be sure to stay tuned for further episodes of the series! Max Siollun is a historian. He has written several acclaimed books on Nigeria’s history, including What...

IB: Iran, Conferences, and More [Patreon Early Access]

Guerrilla History

In this episode, which was available for early access on , we round up some recent work that we have been doing, discuss Iran, and more. Enjoy, and let us know what you thought of the conversation! Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content:

Communism - The Highest Stage of Ecology [Peacemongers]

Guerrilla History

This is a release from the terrific show Peacemongers (Fredshetsarna), a Swedish anti-imperialist podcast. The episodes features Henry Hakamaki and Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro discussing their book translation of . Be sure to subscribe to and/or ! Below are the shownotes from their episode posting: In this session of Peacemongers we had the honor of having Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro and Henry Hakamäki on, the translators of Guillaume Suing’s “Communism, the highest state of ecology” from iskra books. We dive into the different parts of the book and a surrounding discussion about...

The Imperial Theory Industry w/Gabriel Rockhill [Adnan Husain Show]

Guerrilla History

In this episode, Adnan discusses Professor Gabriel Rockhill's new book, This incredibly important book contributes an insurgent foray, a guerrilla attack, against the imperial theory industry and its ideological work in the psychological, intellectual war that is central to the perpetuation of imperialist capitalism of our era. This first volume lays out a crucial method and approach, a way of performing intellectual history through dialectical and historical materialism, while exposing the relationship between the deep state/permanent state forces that have patronized a compatible...

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This week, we bring you an episode from our sister program The Adnan Husain Show. Enjoy!

In this first part of a two part series, Adnan has an epic conversation with Dr. Isa Blumi, historian and Professor of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies at Stockholm University, about Yemen’s modern history of resisting colonialism geopolitically and global capitalism. Author of Destroying Yemen: What Chaos in Arabia Tells Us about the World, Dr. Blumi masterfully analyzes and integrates the geographic, social, economic, cultural, political and religious dimensions of Yemen’s distinctive historical experience. If you want to understand why Ansarullah as a popular movement has taken leadership of active solidarity with the people of Gaza in confronting ZioAmerican empire, this episode will be indispensable.

To consult more of Dr. Isa Blumi’s recent work on Yemen and the Gulf region:

Blumi, Isa. Destroying Yemen: What chaos in Arabia tells us about the world. Univ of California Press, 2018.

Blumi, Isa. Chaos in Yemen: Societal collapse and the new authoritarianism. Routledge, 2010.

Blumi, Isa. "The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)." In Government and Politics of the Contemporary Middle East, pp. 545-652. Routledge, 2023.

Blumi, Isa, and Jaafar Alloul. "Guest-Editors’ Introduction: Re-Worlding the Gulf: Anomaly as Geopolitical Function." Middle East Critique 34, no. 2 (2025): 181-202.

Blumi, Isa. "Imperial Equivocations Britain’s Temperamental Mobilization of the Caliphate, 1912-1924." Rivista italiana di storia internazionale 4, no. 1 (2021): 149-173.

Blumi, Isa. "Iraqi ties to Yemen’s demise: Complicating the ‘Arab Cold War’in South Arabia." Journal of Contemporary Iraq & the Arab World 16, no. 3 (2022): 235-254.

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