Delete Your Account Podcast
Delete Your Account is a new podcast hosted by journalist Roqayah Chamseddine and her plucky sidekick Kumars Salehi. Every week they will talk about important stories from the worlds of politics and pop culture, both on and off-line, in a way that will never bore you.
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Episode 257 – Iran's Protests Explained
01/26/2026
Episode 257 – Iran's Protests Explained
This week, Iranian historian and returning guest Navid Zarrinnal calls in to the show from Tehran via telephone amid Iran’s continued internet shutdown to elaborate on his recent dispatch for , “Iran’s Protests Explained: A Diary from Tehran.” Navid is professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, host of The Colony Archive, and working on his first monograph, “Secularisation, Mass Literacy and Education in Modern Iran." Navid gives us a timeline of events and shares his analysis, discussing key differences with previous waves of protest, the evidence and extent of foreign infiltration, the nature of the government’s response, and what Iranians think about “regime change”. Check out Navid’s amazing work on The Colony Archive on . If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including the new and improved “Last Week in Lebanon” column and video blog by Roqayah and Lebanese war correspondent and our new third cohost Hadi Hoteit, you can subscribe on our for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to . We can't do this show without your support!!!
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Episode 256 – Prisoners for Palestine
01/23/2026
Episode 256 – Prisoners for Palestine
This week, Roqayah and Kumars introduce an interview with former Palestine Action UK prisoner and current Prisoners for Palestine campaigner Audrey Corno, who talks to Kumars about the criminalization of Palestine Action UK, now a proscribed terrorist organization in that country, and the rolling hunger and thirst strike undertaken by incarcerated former members still fighting the Israeli death machine. Audrey and Kumars also discuss the movement’s success in shutting down Elbit Systems factories in the United Kingdom as well as another recent victory by the imprisoned organizers, many of whom ended their hunger strikes after the UK government canceled a proposed contract with Elbit. Audrey asks listeners in the UK and in the US to put pressure on the British government to agree to a meeting with the last remaining hunger striker, Umer Khalid, as he prepares to begin a thirst strike in protest of their refusal to do so. Find out more about how you can support Prisoners for Palestine and continue the movement by organizing for direct action at as well as (if you’re in the UK) and (if you’re not). For those located in the US, the phone number for the British Embassy in Washington is (202) 588-6500. Call and demand that the UK government meet with Umer! If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including bonus episodes and the revamped “Last Week in Lebanon” column by Roqayah and our newest contributor Hadi Hoteit, you can subscribe on our for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to . We can't do this show without your support!!!
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Episode 255.5 – Homeland Security (free preview)
01/20/2026
Episode 255.5 – Homeland Security (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including the “Last Week in Lebanon” column by Roqayah and our newest contributor Hadi Hoteit, by subscribing on our for as little as $5 a month. While you’re at it, we also love it when you . This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by returning guest Nick Estes. Nick is a member of the Oceti Sakowin Oyate nation, Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota, the author of the book and coauthor of , cofounder of , lead editor at , and purveyor of . Nick breaks down the federal assault on Minneapolis, its precedents in the brutal settler-colonial history of Minnesota, and the inadequacy of the response from the liberal establishment. The gang also discuss the Lebanese Foreign Minister giving Israel permission to bomb Lebanon, the resilience of the Bolivarian Revolution after the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, the recent wave of protests and riots in Iran, and more. For those interested, here is that clip of Palestinian martyr . Follow Nick on Twitter .
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Episode 255 – ¡Yanquis de mierda!
01/05/2026
Episode 255 – ¡Yanquis de mierda!
This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by historian and returning guest Alexander Aviña for an emergency update on the US attack against Venezuela, including the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, and what could happen next. Alex is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University, contributor to the newsletter Foreign Exchanges on , author of , and a founding member of the (AISC). Alex, Roqayah, and Kumars break down the latest escalation by the Trump administration, the response from US media and Democrats, the outpouring of international solidarity with Venezuela from Cuba to Palestine, acting president Delcy Rodriguez’s commitment to the Bolivarian Revolution, and why Trump is right about Maria Corina Machado. Follow Alex on Twitter (not @Alex_Avina, who is someone else). If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including the new and improved “Last Week in Lebanon” column and video blog courtesy of Lebanese war correspondent and our new third cohost Hadi Hoteit, you can subscribe on our for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to . We can't do this show without your support!!!
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Episode 254.5 – America's Mayor (free preview)
12/17/2025
Episode 254.5 – America's Mayor (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including Roqayah’s “Last Week in Lebanon” column, by subscribing on our for as little as $5 a month. While you’re at it, we also love it when you . Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the show by writer, organizer, poet, and returning guest Rasha Abdulhadi, author of several books including (2024). Rasha and Kumars look back on the year since their last conversation and discuss the lessons for organizers going forward including the death of Dick Cheney, the election of Zohran Mamdani, the “12-Day War” on Iran, and those Somali settler memes. Rasha also shares their thoughts on the problem with prescribing a secular, democratic “one-state solution” in Palestine, why questioning empire abroad is sometimes easier than questioning colonial relations at home, and why people are referring to the genocide, like COVID, in the past tense. Follow Rasha on Twitter .
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Episode 254 – Terms of Servitude
11/14/2025
Episode 254 – Terms of Servitude
Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the show by returning guest-host Nora Barrows-Friedman and first-time guest Omar Zahzah to discuss Omar’s new book, Terms of Servitude: Zionism, Silicon Valley, and Digital Settler Colonialism in the Palestinian Liberation Struggle, out now from the Censored Press and Seven Stories Press. Omar is a writer, poet, organizer, and Assistant Professor of Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies at San Francisco State University. He has organized with and the , among other groups, and his journalism has appeared in the , , , and other outlets. Nora is associate editor at the , author of and cohost of the Electronic Intifada daily news roundup livestream . Omar, Nora, and Kumars discuss their experiences with union organizing and BDS, why academics should be freelance journalists, how Silicon Valley’s digital repression has escalated since Oct. 7, how Palestinian content creators are successfully navigating it, the end of Israel’s self-styled image as the “start-up nation,” and what Palestine reveals about the tech industry’s relationship to our world. Follow Omar on Twitter , Nora and don’t forget to pick up a print or digital copy of from Seven Stories Press! If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including Roqayah’s new weekly column “Last Week in Lebanon,” you can subscribe on our for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to . We can't do this show without your support!!!
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Episode 253 – Days of the Dead
11/03/2025
Episode 253 – Days of the Dead
Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the show by historian and returning guest Alexander Aviña. Alex is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University, contributor to the newsletter Foreign Exchanges on , author of , and a founding member of the new (AISC). Alex and Kumars spend the hour digging into for the AISC’s blog, “Unity or Submission? The Great Yankee Risk,” about the Trump administration’s escalating plans for regime change—or regime collapse—in Venezuela. Follow Alex on Twitter and find his latest long-form analysis at , , and more. If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including Roqayah’s weekly column “Last Week in Lebanon,” you can subscribe on our for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to . We can't do this show without your support!!!
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Episode 252.5 – Resistance Mindset (free preview)
10/14/2025
Episode 252.5 – Resistance Mindset (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including Roqayah’s new weekly column “Last Week in Lebanon,” by subscribing on our for as little as $5 a month. While you’re at it, we also love it when you . Kumars is off this week, so Roqayah is joined in Beirut by writer and video journalist Hadi Hoteit, war correspondent for Press TV and producer of “Wartime Cafe with Laith Marouf” along with other programming at . Together, Hadi and Roqayah react to the latest ceasefire agreement in Gaza, reflecting on the regional impact of the genocide, the interconnectedness of the Levant before and despite European colonization, and what Israel’s campaign in Lebanon portends for Gaza in the coming months and years. Hadi and Roqayah also discuss Israel’s targeting of construction machinery and efforts to rebuild south Lebanon, the history of Israeli aggression against Lebanon dating back to 1948, how popular support for Hezbollah’s refusal to disarm is informed by the longstanding marginalization of the Shia community, and finding hope in the global tradition of indigenous resistance. You can watch Free Palestine TV on and follow on Twitter.
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Episode 252 – R&D for the Devil
10/03/2025
Episode 252 – R&D for the Devil
This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by Eliza Salamon, anti-Zionist Jewish organizer and recent alumna of Cornell University, whose direct ties to imperial violence she and her coauthor document in their released in collaboration with the organization . Read Eliza’s full report, published on the website , and visit to access all the resources you need to unmask complicity on your campus. If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including Roqayah’s new weekly column “Last Week in Lebanon,” you can subscribe on our for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to . We can't do this show without your support!!!
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Ep. 251 – To the Dispossessed of Lebanon and the World
09/09/2025
Ep. 251 – To the Dispossessed of Lebanon and the World
This week, Roqayah and Kumars share some life updates and break down the latest developments in Lebanon as the government ramps up its campaign to disarm the Lebanese resistance and Israel’s deadly violations of the November 2024 ceasefire with Hezbollah exceed the 4000 mark. They also discuss the relationship between Harekat Amal and Hezbollah as factions of the Lebanese resistance, the separation of powers in Lebanon’s model of governance, the military’s detention of journalist Laith Marouf, and more before previewing a clip from Kumars’s interview on The Colony Archive with friend of the show Navid Zarrinnal. Check out on YouTube to watch Kumars’s full interview as well as a freshly-released . If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including Roqayah’s new weekly column “Last Week in Lebanon,” you can subscribe on our for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to . We can't do this show without your support!!!
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Episode 250 – Think Pink
07/26/2025
Episode 250 – Think Pink
This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by Danaka Katovich, Chicago-based organizer and National Co-director of the feminist antiwar group CODEPINK: Women for Peace, where she oversees all of the organization’s national advocacy campaigns, from challenging US aggression towards China and Iran to calling for an end to US support for the war in Ukraine and the colonization of Palestine. Danaka, Roqayah and Kumars discuss the demands placed on antiwar and anti-imperialist solidarity activists in our current moment, thow those demands have been changed by the experience of recent years, particularly the genocide in Gaza, and how CODEPINK is rising to meet them. Follow Danaka on Twitter , on Substack at , and visit to get involved. If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including Roqayah’s new weekly column “Last Week in Lebanon,” you can subscribe on our for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to . We can't do this show without your support!!!
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Episode 249.5.5 – Wartime Cafe (free preview)
07/18/2025
Episode 249.5.5 – Wartime Cafe (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including Roqayah’s new weekly column “Last Week in Lebanon,” by subscribing on our for as little as $5 a month. While you’re at it, we also love it when you . This week, Roqayah is joined in Beirut by writer and video journalist Hadi Hoteit, war correspondent for Press TV and producer of Wartime Cafe with Laith Marouf along with other programming at . Hadi has been reporting from the frontlines of Israel’s ongoing assault on Lebanon where he covers the aftermath of Israeli strikes and their devastating impact on infrastructure and civilian life. They discuss the politics of so-called media “neutrality,” the dehumanization of communities in the South, the erasure of Lebanese suffering, and the emotional toll of documenting war. Hadi also reflects on the complicity of mainstream media in Israeli impunity and the silence of the Lebanese state in the face of relentless bombardment. You can watch Free Palestine TV on and follow on Twitter.
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Episode 249.5 – Steel your nerves (update + free preview)
06/22/2025
Episode 249.5 – Steel your nerves (update + free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including Roqayah’s new weekly column “Last Week in Lebanon,” by subscribing on our for as little as $5 a month. While you’re at it, we also love it when you . This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by returning guests Sina Rahmani, historian and creator of The East is a Podcast, and Navid Zarrinnal, professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences and host of The Colony Archive to discuss the latest from the US-Israeli assault on Iran, the effectiveness of Iranian retaliation, the politics of the Iranian diaspora, and the stakes of the Iranian government’s survival for a decolonized Middle East. For more of Sina and Navid, check out and on YouTube.
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Episode 249 – Star Wars Theory
06/12/2025
Episode 249 – Star Wars Theory
Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the show by fan favorite Marvin Gonzalez and Delete Your Account debutantes Josef Burton and Luke to mark the conclusion of Andor. NYC-based organizer Marvin, writer and former US diplomat Josef, and Luke, host of the medieval history podcast , discuss the show’s depiction of revolutionary movements, how the Star Wars IP legitimizes armed struggle, why conservatives are rehabilitating the Empire, post-Andor melancholy, and whether space aliens are a good metaphor for racism. In the final segment, Josef and Marvin square off in an all-new edition of the Star Wars quiz game. Follow Marvin on Twitter , Josef and Luke . If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including Roqayah’s new weekly column “Last Week in Lebanon,” you can subscribe on our for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to . We can't do this show without your support!!!
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Episode 248 – Iranian Exceptionalism
05/23/2025
Episode 248 – Iranian Exceptionalism
This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by an all-star panel of new and old friends of the show to discuss the growing threat of war against Iran and the challenges of renewed nuclear negotiations as well as the Islamic Republic’s commitment to Palestinian liberation and anticolonial solidarity. Assal Rad is an Iranian American historian, a fellow at DAWN and the author of . Sina Toossi is an Iranian American policy analyst and fellow at the . Sina Rahmani is an Iranian-Canadian historian as well as the creator and host of . Navid Zarrinnal is an Iranian historian, assistant professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, and host of on YouTube. Follow Assal on Twitter , Sina Toossi at , Sina Rahmani at and The Colony Archive . If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including Roqayah’s new weekly column “Last Week in Lebanon,” you can subscribe on our for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to . We can't do this show without your support!!!
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Ep. 247 – President Xi, my country, the moon, yearns for freedom
05/01/2025
Ep. 247 – President Xi, my country, the moon, yearns for freedom
This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by returning guest Amanda Yee, an independent journalist and organizer based in Brooklyn. Amanda is also the co-host of The China Report on BreakThrough News and the managing editor of Liberation News. Her writing has appeared in Monthly Review Online, The Real News Network, CounterPunch, and Peoples Dispatch. Amanda talks us through the implications of Trump's “Liberation Day” tariff war on the global market as well as its impact on China, which has inflicted a 125% tariff on US products. Amanda discusses China’s defensive economic strategy under the leadership of Xi Jinping's, which has helped prepare China for a market showdown with the United States, and how China will weather potential setbacks. The crew also delves into China's cultural exchange of ideas and the deprogramming of Americans—namely on social media platforms like the Chinese platform —which has undermined the United States’ dissemination of anti-China propaganda. You can follow Amanda on Twitter and you can also follow Amanda's work over at . If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including Roqayah’s new weekly column “Last Week in Lebanon,” you can subscribe on our for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to . We can't do this show without your support!!!
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Episode 246.5 – BDS with Rockets (free preview)
04/10/2025
Episode 246.5 – BDS with Rockets (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including Roqayah's new weekly column "Last Week in Lebanon," by subscribing on our for as little as $5 a month. While you’re at it, we also love it when you . This week, Roqayah and Kumars discuss the latest news from Lebanon, Yemen, and Iran, including Israel bombing Beirut for the first time since the November ceasefire with Hezbollah, the real scandal of “Signalgate”, the Trump administration’s continued escalation against Yemen, the prospect of US strikes on Iran, and more signs that Gaza is not alone.
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Episode 246 – Mexico is the Wall
03/17/2025
Episode 246 – Mexico is the Wall
This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined for the hour by Alexander Aviña, an expert on Mexican history and US imperialism in Latin America and the Caribbean. He is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University, contributor to the newsletter Foreign Exchanges on , and author of . Alex shares his perspective on how the second Trump administration has actually changed immigration policy and enforcement, the Democrats’ legacy of border militarization, the high-profile detentions of Mahmoud Khalil and others, Dr. Phil’s deportation ride-along, the Marxist case for “open borders”, and the effectiveness of recent popular mobilizations against ICE. Follow Alex on Twitter and stay abreast of his latest analysis at . If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including Roqayah’s new weekly column “Last Week in Lebanon,” you can subscribe on our for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to . We can't do this show without your support!!!
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Episode 245 – Settler Honeymoon
02/27/2025
Episode 245 – Settler Honeymoon
This week, Roqayah and Kumars present a news roundup from Lebanon and Palestine. They preview Roqayah’s on-the-ground coverage of the funeral of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, available exclusively to Delete Your Account subscribers on Patreon, before discussing the current state of the ceasefire in Gaza, the IDF's latest escalation in the West Bank, and Israel’s plans to occupy southern Syria indefinitely. If you want to support the show and receive access to Roqayah’s “Last Week in Lebanon” column along with tons of other bonus content, subscribe on our for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to . We can't do this show without your support!!!
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Episode 244 – Some Changes Around Here
02/17/2025
Episode 244 – Some Changes Around Here
This week, Roqayah and Kumars preview Roqayah’s new weekly column, “Last Week in Lebanon,” available exclusively to Delete Your Account subscribers on Patreon. In her , Roqayah documents the Lebanese Army’s crackdown on pro-Resistance demonstrations after the new Lebanese government prevented an Iranian plane from carrying mourners to the funeral of Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah. If you want to support the show and receive access to Roqayah’s “Last Week in Lebanon” column along with tons of other bonus content, subscribe on our for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to . We can't do this show without your support!!!
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Episode 243.5 – Live from Lebanon (free preview)
01/28/2025
Episode 243.5 – Live from Lebanon (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including Roqayah's upcoming weekly report from Lebanon, by subscribing on our for as little as $5 a month. While you’re at it, we also love it when you . This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by journalist Rania Khalek, host of Dispatches and cohost of The Freedom Side at BreakThrough News, to discuss recent developments in Lebanon including the election of a new president and prime minister, Israel’s violations of the ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah, the future of the Axis of Resistance, and the triumphant return of South Lebanese people to their villages in defiance of the IDF. Follow Rania on Twitter and catch her latest interviews and analysis by subscribing to BreakThrough News on .
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Episode 243 – Catch-22
01/23/2025
Episode 243 – Catch-22
Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined for the hour from Ramallah by writer, translator and returning guest Rawan Masri, cofounder of the online archive and resource hub decolonizepalestine.com. Rawan shares her analysis of the ceasefire in Gaza before turning to the West Bank to break down Israel’s unprecedented escalation, what annexation would actually look like, and the curious revival of armed Palestinian resistance. Follow Rawan on Twitter and check out the wealth of curated information available at your fingertips when you visit . If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, subscribe on our for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to . We can't do this show without your support!!!
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Ep. 242 – Get In Loser, We're Making Asian NATO
12/28/2024
Ep. 242 – Get In Loser, We're Making Asian NATO
Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the hour by Ju-hyun Park, engagement editor at The Real News Network and an organizer with Nodutdol for Korean Community Development. Ju-hyun discusses the origins of , founded in 1999 by diaspora Koreans in the United States to work for reunification, national liberation and the end of US imperialism on the Korean peninsula, and expands on their latest for People’s Dispatch, Ju-hyun and Kumars situate the recent political crisis in the context of the decades-long popular struggle against colonization and military dictatorship, rounding out the conversation by considering the possible confrontations still to come between US imperial designs in Northeast Asia and the Korean people’s fight for sovereignty. Follow Ju-hyun on Twitter and find out everything you need to know about how to support and get involved with Nodutdol at . If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, subscribe on our for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to . We can't do this show without your support!!!
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Episode 241.5 – Hard Target (free preview)
12/18/2024
Episode 241.5 – Hard Target (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content by subscribing on our for as little as $5 a month. While you’re at it, we also love it when you . This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by Asa Winstanley, associate editor with The Electronic Intifada and author of "Weaponising Anti-Semitism: How the Israel Lobby Brought Down Jeremy Corbyn", for a wide-ranging conversation about the police raid on his home in the UK, his reporting on Israel’s implementation of the on October 7, and the impact of on the Axis of Resistance. Follow Asa on Twitter and pick up a copy of "Weaponising Anti-Semitism: How the Israel Lobby Brought Down Jeremy Corbyn" from .
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Episode 241 – Poetic Justice
11/20/2024
Episode 241 – Poetic Justice
A transcript for this episode is now available to download for free as a pdf on our . Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the show by Rasha Abdulhadi, writer, organizer, poet and author of several books including (2024). Rasha discusses a few of their poems including “,” “” and “”, the implications of the US election for Palestinians and solidarity activists, and why left-wing organizers resist disability accommodations. Rasha is on Twitter . If you are in NYC, you can join Rasha at launch events for their new book The Countermonuments this and ! A full list of links referenced during the show can be found below. If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, subscribe on our for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to . We can't do this show without your support!!! Podcasts mentioned: Kali on MAKC podcast: Ordinary Unhappiness gerontophallocracy series: RFK DP episode: Danya's DP episode: Citations Needed December 2020: Socialism con death panel: Political economy of Covid: Refusing Genocide (15min guided writing/planning/organizing reflection at ~44min mark): Poetry stuff: Fargo's essay on craft: Palestinian roundtable on writing in a time of genocide: Dead Palestinian Father: Thyme Travelers (Gaza benefit link if you purchase here): Free download of Shell Houses: Covid stuff: Gym fascism article: BIRCH health graphics for Covid safety/Long Covid: Long Covid Physio: ME Action Long Covid pacing guide: Organizing stuff: Just Practice, great monthly sessions and TJ helpdesk:
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Episode 240.5 – Regime Change (free preview)
11/04/2024
Episode 240.5 – Regime Change (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content by subscribing on our for as little as $5 a month. While you’re at it, we also love it when you . This week, Roqayah has the latest on Israel’s failed invasion of Lebanon, the IDF’s “final solution” for northern Gaza, and US attempts at regime change in Beirut. Roqayah and Kumars debate the stakes of the US election and how people who stand in solidarity with Palestine should approach the next four years of US-led imperialism.
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Episode 240 – Abolish Rent
10/25/2024
Episode 240 – Abolish Rent
Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the hour by Los Angeles Tenants Union co-founders Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis to discuss their new book Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can Solve the Housing Crisis, which documents their experiences on the front lines of the resurgent tenant movement in California and the lessons that organizers everywhere can draw from the movement’s early successes. Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can Solve the Housing Crisis is out now from . Follow Leonardo on Twitter and Tracy . If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, subscribe on our for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to . We can't do this show without your support!!!
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Episode 239.5 – The Lebanon Report (free preview)
09/24/2024
Episode 239.5 – The Lebanon Report (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content by subscribing on our for as little as $5 a month. While you’re at it, we also love it when you . This week, Roqayah is once again reporting from Lebanon. She and Kumars discuss Israel's latest wave of attacks across Lebanon, including its targeting of communications devices. Roqayah also described witnessing two incidents, one of which she discusses in her , as well as the aftermath of the latest attack on the Dahye, which resulted in the deaths of at least 40 people across two residential buildings. Roqayah and Kumars also discuss Hezbollah’s retaliation, the unlikely emergence of Lebanese unity, and how the Axis of Resistance will respond.
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Episode 239 - Djinns
08/30/2024
Episode 239 - Djinns
This week, Roqayah is back and reporting from Lebanon. She and Kumars discuss Hezbollah’s latest military response to Israel’s killing of Hezbollah's Senior Commander Sayyed Fouad Ali Shokr in Beirut's southern suburbs, and her on the Israeli attack on Haret Hreik. They also discuss Israel's response—its biggest since the 2006 July War—the potential impact on the region, which many speculate is building towards a larger confrontation with the Lebanese resistance, as well as the role of the axis of resistance. If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, subscribe on our for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to . We can't do this show without your support!!!
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Episode 238.5 - Live From Lebanon (free preview)
07/24/2024
Episode 238.5 - Live From Lebanon (free preview)
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content by subscribing on our for as little as $5 a month. While you’re at it, we also love it when you . This week, Roqayah is back and reporting from Lebanon. She and Kumars discuss Hezbollah’s military capabilities, the strategic depth of the Axis of Resistance and more of the latest developments as Israel ramps up airstrikes on civilians across its northern border. As mentioned, you can follow Ahmed Hassan .
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