The East is a Podcast

**We managed to get Navid online for a conversation on the perception of Iranians on this war. This episode is co-published with Kumars Salehi at Delete Ur Account** This week's episode is another collaboration with The Colony Archive and The East is a Podcast. As Roqayah continues to document the resistance to Israel's attempted ethnic cleansing of south Lebanon, Kumars and friend of the show Sina Rahmani reconnected with Navid Zarrinnal in Tehran after two weeks. Navid updates us on the current mood in Iran as US-Israeli bombardment continues, sharing his experiences of the significance of Quds Day and Palestinian liberation to people in Iran, and how Iranians are responding to their country's resilience. The gang also discusses the political divisions within the Iranian establishment, the source of accusations of corruption and economic mismanagement, and what a strategic defeat for the US and Israel means for Iran and the world. Don't miss Navid's urgent reporting and analysis for The Colony Archive on YouTube. Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel

Sara Larijani is a PostDoc fellow in Political Geography at the University of Tehran. Her research is on British colonialism in Iran's oil frontiers. Taha Zeinali (@tahazeinalih) is a doctoral researcher in development studies at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. His research focus is imperialist hybrid war, sanctions and sovereign development in Iran. They are both co-founders of the Center for Resistance, Sovereignty and Development Studies at the University of Tehran. Watch the video edition on The East Is a Podcast YouTube channel https://youtu.be/PKc1RPqnca8 Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

**I did an episode with comrads Jay from MAKC and Kumars from Delete Ur Account last week and forgot to post it! The episode explores the concept "kayfabe" in governing American cultural and political life** In this episode Sina Rahmani from The East is a Podcast & Kumars Salehi from Delete Your Account will join us to talk about the wrestling term "kayfabe" which is about maintaining the illusions that staged storylines and pre-determined matches are authentic, and that wrestlers are actually the characters they portray. We'll talk about this idea in relation to how the US Empire projects itself globally, and particularly in light of massive setbacks being faced by Israel & the US in their war on Iran and the Arab-Iranian region.

Friend of the show Bikrum Gill is joined by Helyeh Doutaghi to discuss the resistance of the Islamic Republic of Iran against the US-Zionist war of aggression. The discussion focuses on the strategic objectives pursued by Iran in its resistance, and what the larger stakes are for the region and the world-system as a whole. It considers how Iran's resistance represents a historic advance for forces of anti-imperialism. Finally, the episode explores the basis of the specific social, historical, and theological bases of Iranian sovereignty. Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel https://youtu.be/PaY4Rfdyerw Helyeh Doutaghi is scholar of international law and geopolitical economy. Her research explores the intersections of the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL), encompassing postcolonial critiques of law, sanctions, and international political economy. Her research draws on the mechanisms, harms, and beneficiaries of the sanctions regime imposed on Iran, centering questions of value transfer and wealth drain. Additionally, she is interested in International Humanitarian Law (IHL), having written about its history, practice, and the production of knowledge (and ignorance), particularly in the context of the US military. She was expelled from Yale Law School and the LPE project for speaking up for Palestinian liberation last year. She is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Tehran, where she will focus on completing her manuscript on the Iranian sanctions regime and neoliberalism. Bikrum Gill is a scholar of international political economy and author of The Political Ecology of Colonial Capitalism: Race, Nature, and Accumulation, published by Manchester University Press. Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

***I recorded an episode with some friends earlier this week but forgot to upload it until today! Apologies for the lateness** As the imperialist war rages on a group of us will gather to talks through the developments of the last few days to analyze and discuss. Adnan Husain from the Adnan Husain Show: / @adnanhusainshow Lara Sheehi from Psychic Militancy: / @psychicmilitancy Sina Rahmani from East is a Podcast: / @theeastisapodcast Watch the livestream edition on MAKC YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZh7WXn9ovY To support our platform please contribute to / millennialsarekillingcapitalism

***I did an episode with the lovely folks at Out of Left Field from the End of Sport podcast. Nathan is one of my older friends and comrades, and their show has been going strong for several years In this emergency episode of the End of Sport's Out of Left Field, Nathan, Derek, and Priyansh talk to ⁠The East is a Podcast'⁠s Sina Rahmani about the current situation in Iran, exploring the historical context, the role of imperialism, and the resilience of the Iranian state against foreign interference. We discuss the implications of the ongoing conflict across the world, the intersection of sports and politics, and the broader narrative surrounding the Islamic Republic's stance in the face of imperialist aggression. Hosts: Derek Silva, Anna Posbergh, Priyansh, Johanna Mellis & Nathan Kalman-Lamb ________________________________________ Support & Follow The End of Sport Patreon: ⁠⁠patreon.com/Theendofsport⁠⁠ (Support the show!) Bluesky: ⁠⁠@endofsportpod.bsky.social⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠@endofsportpod⁠⁠ Twitter/X: ⁠⁠@EndofSportPod⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠The End of Sport⁠⁠ Listen, share, and support The End of Sport, a proud member of the Harbinger Media Network, a community of over sixty leftist podcasts at ⁠⁠harbingermedianetwork.com⁠⁠. #sports #labor #capitalism #marxism

***Help support Mohammed and his siblings. They are having a difficult time with their living expences and donations have completely dropped off*** Tankie Group Therapy is back! Lara, Jay, Mikey, Adnan, Nora and Sina got together to discuss the ZioAmerican imperialist aggression on the Islamic Republic of Iran. Note: This episode was recorded a few hours before the announcement of the martyrdom of Imam Ali Khamenei Watch the livestream edition on the East is a Podcast YouTube edition https://youtube.com/live/wKEJ2N2hGA0 Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

**Note: This episode contains a lot of discussion of screenshares. Unfortunately, we didn't do the best job describing every graph for audio listeners, so watch the video edition if you are interested in seeing the graphs cited and the slides prepared by the guest.*** Filmmaker Dror Dayan returns to the show to provide us with an overview of the Zionist media machine in Occupied Palestine. You can follow him on Twitter https://x.com/DrorDayan Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel https://youtu.be/5fkp6GdlgcE Consider supporting the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast

***This conversation with Mujamma stretched slightly over two hours and covered a lot of terrain. Part 2 is now available to patrons, as will the video edition of the entire episode. If a few of you sign up for the Patreon, I will unlock it in a couple of weeks on the free feed.*** The first half of a two-part episode with academic and translator Mujamma Haraket about the historical trajectory of actors, social forces, and ideologies that propelled the Islamic Resistance Movement in Palestine (HAMAS) from its early history to today. Support Mujamma's fantastic work on SubStack https://substack.com/@mujammaharaket Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel https://youtu.be/529Uh9WoapU Consider supporting the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast

**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!** --- 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) --- 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/

**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 out to me, and we can work with Lina to get it translated into English and posted. Maybe if we have enough episodes, we can spin it off into its own channel** A very special episode featuring my friends Mohammed and Mahmoud, who both share their stories of the early days of the genocide and some of their memories of the last two years. Please consider donating to their campaigns Mohammed's campaign https://chuffed.org/project/120676-mohammed-from-gaza Mahmoud's campaign https://chuffed.org/project/141277-help-mahmoud-and-his-family-survive-and-stand-again In the second half of the episode, long-time friend of the podcast Migdalia Arcila-Valenzuela interviews Lina Jehad, an Arabic teacher and translator based in Gaza, about her work and struggles during the genocide. Hire Lina for Arabic lessons or translation work https://www.instagram.com/lina_jehad1212/ Donate directly to Lina and her family https://www.paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=UWTKZ5F2P4XTS

***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 the Colony Archive, and one of the oldest friends of The East is a Podcast, described what he witnessed during the last few weeks in Tehran. Support Navid on Patreon Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

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 livestream edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

***RIP Michael Parenti*** Michael Parenti speaks at the University of Colorado, Boulder: "US interventionism, the 3rd world, and the USSR" April 15, 1986 Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP8CzlFhc14 Check out the Anti-Imperialist Archive for more great archival mixes Join us for a live edition of Tankie Group Therapy Sunday @ 3:30 https://www.youtube.com/live/rX2hbS3eKqg

**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 Peacemongers with Mehmet and Erik was recorded as I was travelling for work recently and at the end of a busy, emotional day. The scale of what had just transpired in Iran was becoming clear to me that morning in between working on the footage I had recorded the day earlier, itself an intense and emotional experience for entirely different, non-Iran-related reasons. All of this is to say that by the time I recorded with these guys that afternoon, I was feeling pretty loopy. You can kinda hear it at the beginning of the episode when I had the giggles and infected everyone else with them! I have no idea how I come off in this episode (too lazy to check it too, sorry), and I was reluctant to even post to this feed!! In my memory, I was exceptionally wandering in my rants. Maybe I'm wrong and it's the same Sini as usual. IDK.** ---------------------- "Listen to the Iranians" they kept saying. Well, we give you Sina Rahmani, the indomitable host of @eastpodcast and producer of countless other anti imperialist shows. We talk about the events in Iran which have been one-sidedly and sensationally presented in the west. In the background the Empire and the Ethno-state have their fingers dirty. So why is Iran such an important target for the Empire and what does it mean to be sovereign? We discuss some of the contents of the imperial toolbox and factors leading up to the protests. Economic pressure with sanctions and currency manipulation, smuggling of Starlink units and weapons to foment violent riots and the media machinery. We discuss the Shah and his son, the clown-prince in exile, Iranian diaspora, support for Palestine and what the destruction of the Iranian state would mean to people in the area. While the battle may be over the war might just have begun. The peoples and states in the crosshairs of a dying empire will keep being demonised. If they resist they are authoritarian, if they open up they'll be vulnerable. What the future holds and what the way forward to avoid a devastating war is unknown. Early in the episode Sina reads a testimony from his friend Navid Zarinnal, who is living in Teheran. He hosts a podcast on imperialism called The Colony Archive, which we highly recommend. Please note that we had some technical difficulties in the beginning, that led to a lot of chaos and laughter. Big thanks to Sina for being such a joyful human being even in these difficult times. The genocide in Gaza continues. We urge you to support the Palestinians in these very dire times by donating: - via @thesameerproject - via @lifeline4gaza

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 full episode 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 Nick and I recently did an episode of our paywalled show, Pod Kapital, 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 www.patreon.com/east_podcast

***I have been working with Lara Sheehi on her new show. Make sure you subscribe to her video and audio 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 completed his medical education at University of Glasgow in the U.K and his postgraduate residency training in London. In April of 2024 he was awarded and Honorary Doctorate from the American University of Beirut, where is currently Professor of Conflict Medicine. His work was featured by numerous newspapers and media outlets notably La Monde, The Independent, Telegraph, BBC and CNN. Follow us on IG: @psychicmilitancypod & TikTok: @psychic.militancy Consider becoming a Patron to support the show! https://www.patreon.com/psychicmilitancy

[NOTE: This is the first portion of the latest episode of The Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective podcast. Lots of great content has already been released on both audio and video 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 Carlos Ron and University of Tehran professor Mohammad Marandi. 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 Cilia Flires. We brought our guests back after the abduction to discuss the invasion, the abduction, and the future of the Bolivarian Revolution in the face of US imperialism. Both episodes are included here. Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel Follow AISC X (@penandmachete) Instagram (@penandmachete) Visit our website to join the newsletter and find our blog, The Pen is My Machete. Donations to the producer of this show, Sina Rahmani, are welcome at www.patreon.com/east_podcast

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 this special episode, currently only available on the YouTube channel. More great content for the main feed and bonus feed coming soon! Max Ajl 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 video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

The Struggle Session is back for November on Sunday Nov 23rd at 3pmET! This monthly livestream panel program is not convening to make you feel better--the unvarnished analysis and fierce self-criticism may make you feel a bit worse! But, it will inform and, hopefully, spur you to taking action. As Marx said, the point isn't just to understand the world but to change it. This is an activist panel for a much needed Struggle Session: Nerdeen Kiswani, founder of Within our Lifetime; Sina Rahmani, host of East is a Podcast and impressario/producer of the online tankie left; Henry Hakamaki, editor at ISKRA Books and co-host of Guerrilla History podcast; and Mehmet Ali Arslan, musician, activist, and co-host of Fredshetsarna podcast in Swedish and English. Join us for a wide-ranging discussion of the key developments and issues for the anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, anti-genocide left. We'll talk about directions of the Palestine solidarity movement and Gaza resistance in light of the ceasefire/UN occupation force resolution that Russia and China didn't veto, Mamdani on the Left and MAGA civil war on the Right, Jolani at the White House and Kremlin, imperial wars on Venezuela, Lebanon, Iran brewing and much more. Post your questions, suggested topics, and comments. Note there are now two livestream formats: landscape and portrait depending on which fits best on your screen. So do choose the alternative if it doesn't show up properly on your mobile device or computer monitor/screen. You can get priority for your questions/suggestions/comments by posting on patreon.com/adnanhusain. Support the show on Patreon if you can (and get early access to episodes)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available as audio podcast on all major platforms: https://adnanhusainshow.libsyn.com X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org

Aman Ullah Tariq is a Pakistani analyst and is one of the hosts of EON. Check out his episode of The Colony Archive Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

***This is a preview of the latest episode of Pod Kapital, the new podcast series co-hosted by me and my comrade Nick Estes exploring Marx's Capital. The episodes are paywalled but we livestreaming our recordings, so subscribe to The East is a Podcast YouTube channel and watch us live for free!*** Nick and Sina return for another episode of Pod Kapital. Today we discuss parts 4+5, chapters 14-21. Subscribe to Nick's Substack to watch the video edition or watch the livestream.

In this edition of Office Hours, Friday Nov. 7 at a special time, 6pm ET, Adnan hosts Hamza Al-Muqawi a Sudanese writer and activist to talk about Sudan's history as a crucial and continuing front in the struggle against colonialism, imperialism, and capitalist exploitation of Eastern Africa and West Asia. We will learn about Sudan's strategic place on the Red Sea and the geopolitical factors fueling imperial and subimperial designs and interventions as well as the resistance and struggle for liberation by Sudan's people facing terror, deliberate starvation and genocide. Hamza's analysis will help illuminate a central battleground in resisting empire and the struggle for liberation. This is a crucial conversation about a major crisis that is thoroughly ignored. Join us and post your questions and comments. You can prepare for Office Hours 13 by reading Hamza's article on substack: https://abuhureirah.substack.com/p/su... You can have priority for your questions and comments by becoming a supporter and posting on patreon.com/adnanhusain or make a one time contribution via buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Support the show on Patreon if you can (and get early access to episodes)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available as audio podcast on all major plaforms: https://adnanhusainshow.libsyn.com X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org

Reza Aslan is a religious scholar and bestselling author, including his biography of Jesus of Nazareth, Zealot (2013) and his history of Islam, No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam (2005). Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

NOTE: I have been helping the great people over at the Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective launch their new show. Lots of great content has already been released on both audio and video feeds and more to come, so please make sure you subscribe to both! Imperialism's Political, Economic, and Military Machinations 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. Follow AISC on X (@penandmachete) and Instagram (@penandmachete). Visit anti-imperialists.com to join the newsletter and find our blog, The Pen is My Machete. Donations to the producer of this show are welcome at www.patreon.com/east_podcast.

**Note: Nick and I have been doing a new show behind our respective paywalls, Pod Kapital, going through the new translation of Marx's Capital published by Princeton University Press. We had originally envisioned it as short-run series but after the tremendous response we have received from listeners, we have decided to make the show permanent. At this point, most of the episodes are locked but we will be figuring out ways to make future episodes accessible to non-Patrons in one way or another.** In this episode, we discuss Marx's chapter on cooperation. We also change the structure of our reading of Capital, slowing down and stretching out our study sessions. There's so much we want to cover. Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

The next installment of the Imperial '80s series is sure to be one for the ages. Evil Dead 2. Bruce Campbell. Chainsaw arm. Sawed off Shotgun. Necronomicon. Sina Rahmani from the East is a Podcast. What more could you want? We can't talk about this film without discussing settler colonialism, zionism, & orientalism (and therefore imperialism)! As always to support our show, please become an Imperial 80s patron, where you get first access to bonus episodes and support both Mtume and J's work on this series. We do hope to have the time to record a bonus episode for this one with Sina as well. Watch the video edition on our MAKC's YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Millennials Are Killing Capitalism and the East is a Podcast will reflect upon the events of the week and talk about all of the unknowns. There is a ceasefire again, but will it hold? If we know that "Israel" violates every ceasefire, and every agreement, what form will their violation take this time? We will throughout this live-stream ask folks to support some families in Gaza who still are living in a state of tremendous devastation. Support Doaa Osama and her family in Gaza https://chuffed.org/project/149565-support-doaa-osama-and-her-family-in-gaza Help Ahmed and his family start over after losing everything https://chuffed.org/project/139183-help-ahmed-and-his-family-start-over-after-losing-everything Help Reem's family Survive https://chuffed.org/project/146196-help-reems-family-survive Help Mahmoud and His Family Survive and Stand Again https://chuffed.org/project/141277-help-mahmoud-and-his-family-survive-and-stand-again

A collaborative livestream discussion meant to support and fundraise for the Sameer Project, a Palestinian led mutual aid organization operating within Gaza, and especially its Mass Displacement Response Campaign for emergency relief. Streaming on multiple channels, the discussion is also sponsored by Jay of Millennials are Killing Capitalism and we will be joined by Sina of East is a Podcast, Benji and Sacha of Resistance is Fertile, Lara Sheehi, Jared of iMWiL!, Renee of Saturdays w/Renee on BLM, and Nick of The Red Nation Podcast. Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Please consider supporting Mahmoud.

***Note: Jay and I did another fundraiser episode. This time, we used the website Lifeline4Gaza to help lift up some slow-moving campaigns. During the episode, I linked to two other campaigns whose organizers I know and who need your help: consider donating to Ahmed or Mahmoud*** As promised we are back to air more grievances! This week Sina and Jared are combining forces once again! Nora Barrows-Friedman from Electronic Intifada, and our frequent guest and comrade Alexander Aviña will be joining us, and some other special guests will join us as well! Last week Adnan Husain, Nick Estes, Mtume Gant, Sina Rahmani, and Jared Ware all joined forces for an "airing of the grievances" and to raise money for Mohammed and his siblings in Gaza For this conversation - in between the airing of the grievances - we will be promoting the work of Lifeline4Gaza. lifeline4gaza gathers links to existing appeals from families, individuals & grassroots community efforts in Gaza. Appeals are automatically ordered according to urgency, or cumulative donations, using software designed to prioritize those receiving the least donations over the past five days (calculated in real-time & accounting for currency conversions). Appeals supported by @gazafunds, @radiowatermelon & @palestineasdiqa are tagged as such (when identified). lifeline4gaza is an ever-evolving, open-source collaborative volunteer initiative to provide a lifeline to people in Gaza, Palestine during the usa-zionist genocide. Volunteers working on developing & maintaining this website met on x/twitter & can be reached at: @ll4gaza on x/twitter @lifeline4gaza on instagram Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel

Note: Nick Estes and I have launched a new project called Pod Kapital in which we will be reading canonical Marxist texts for weekly episodes on his Substack. I will be posting the audio editions for all my patrons but if you want to watch the video edition, you will have to sign up behind his paywall! I encourage you to do so anyway for the great content he is posting ! The Red-Brown alliance is finally happening! The American Indian-Iranian alliance, that is. Host of the East Is a Podcast, Sina Rahmani, joins the Red Scare Podcast for the "Pod Kapital" series, where we dissect and discuss classic Marxist texts. We're aiming for the fences for the first reading, starting with Karl Marx's magnum opus: Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Vol. 1 (1867). We're offering this introduction for free, hoping that you will subscribe to the Substack to join our semi-weekly classes. This eight-week course will meet via livestream on Substack every Tuesday at 1 pm CT. Recordings will be reposted for those who cannot attend the livestreams but still want to follow along. Here's the reading and podcast schedule: September 9: Introduction: Seeing the Monster September 16: Part 1: The Commodity and Money September 23: Part 2: Money and Capital September 30: No Class October 7: No Class October 14: Part 3: Absolute Surplus Value October 21: Part 4: Relative Surplus Value October 28: Parts 5 & 6: Surplus Value and Wages November 4: Part 7: Process of Accumulation November 11: Part 8: Original Accumulation November 18: Conclusion: The Secrets of Political Economy There are several English translations of Capital. For this series, we'll be using the recent Princeton version, translated and edited by Paul Reitter. We also recommend, and will be referencing, the Ben Fowkes translation and the English version available for free at Marxists.org. Purchasing a copy of the book isn't a prerequisite for participating in this study group. (If you're interested in a critical conversation about the Princeton translation, check out the episode of Guerrilla History with Paul North and Paul Reitter.) Sina will also be referring directly to the original German texts found at the Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe (MEGA) archives. Jonathan Sperber's Karl Marx: A Nineteenth Century Life (2013) is an excellent intellectual biography of Karl Marx. We will be referring to it throughout the series. We hope that you read along. But we also want to provide you with enough context and analysis that may inspire you to read or give a foundational overview of Capital. Each episode will be structured with an introduction, a summary, and a critical reflection on the reading, concluding with answering subscriber questions about the text. We hope you tune in to the livestream or post your questions in the comments section or chat function. Pilamayaye ota! Many thanks for your continued support.

UPDATE ***Yesterday, Jay from MAKC hosted a livestream for me, Adnan Husain, and Nick Estes partly as a mini-fundraiser for my friend Mohammed in Gaza. The response has been amazing. As I mention in the episode, donations started pouring in from listeners/ viewers. Someone even donated $500!. It was really moving for me--I even shed a tear on the livestream! Thank you to all who donated. Mohammed was elated to see some money come in, as he has been trying to arrange for transport south for him and his siblings. For a few weeks, donations had dried up, and it was a source of anguish for him. Seeing him get excited as he watched the donations come in made me really happy. The happiness was short-lived. This afternoon (Tuesday) Mohammed messaged me to let me know his brother's wife just had a miscarriage. The Zionists have been shelling the north heavily as they accelerate the genocide, and it caused her to miscarry. Needless to say, they are devastated. Martyred before life! It goes without saying that there are a lot of really worthy campaigns. Here are two being run by a friends of mine https://chuffed.org/project/139183-help-ahmed-and-his-family-start-over-after-losing-everything https://chuffed.org/project/141277-help-mahmoud-and-his-family-survive-and-stand-again I once again want to thank all of you who have been donating and sharing/organizing campaigns. Our ruling class has decided that this starvation war is normal, and it's up to us to do everything we can to support Palestinians fighting to stay alive. I encourage you to adopt your own campaigns. Even if you don't have a large social media following, you can find ways to fundraise. There are a lot of people out there who are not online and would like to show their support. I have learned this first hand! I hope you enjoy this episode. It's a livestream and clocks in at over 2.5 hours. It was fun and chaoatic and very adhoc. I will endevour to do more in the coming weeks and months! -Sina *** The East is a Podcast will host a conversation with multiple friends, airing grievances, covering multiple topics, discussing news and raising funds for Mohammed and his siblings amid evacuation orders. This stream will feature Nick Estes from The Red Nation, Adnan Husain from The Adnan Husain Show, Jared Ware from Millennials Are Killing Capitalism, and possibly other special guests. Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

EIAP shadow commander in charge of finding guests Max Ajl returns to the show after a long hiatus to discuss what lessons can be drawn from the 12-day war between Iran and ZioAmerikkan Empire. Check out his piece, "Peoples and Regimes: Anti-Imperialism and the Islamic Republic of Iran" Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Tankie Group Therapy is back! This time with an actual licensed therapist! Sina hosts alongside Adnan from @adnanhusainshow , Jay from @MAKCapitalism , and Lara Sheehi! Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

The first half of a long conversation with longtime friend of the show Navid Zarrinnal about Iran's perpetually tortured relationship with the West and how anti-imperialist resistance shapes attitudes of the population. Check out the second half of the conversation on @TheColonyArchive or subscribe to The East is a Podcast on Patreon to listen to the audio. Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

**Nick Estes from The Red Nation Podcast invited me on his new project on Substack to talk about John Carpenter's They Live (1988). This is a preview of the episode. Support Nick on Substack to access this and other great bonus content!** Nick Estes in conversation with TRN Podcast producer and host of The East is a Podcast Sina Rahmani (@UrOrientalist) exploring what John Carpenter's They Live (1988) can teach us how the ruling class uses ideaology to govern our daily lives—and how to break free of that control.

Tankie Group Therapy is back! Sina, Alex, Nora, and Jay get together for another session to discuss the latest news from the Gaza Holocaust. Support Palestinians in Gaza through their fundraisers Watch the video edition on the East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

**I put the concluding 20 mins of the conversation behind the paywall on audio. If you want to listen to the entire episode, sign up for Patreon for less than $2 a month or watch it on our YouTube channel (linked below)** **Note: I managed-yet again-to mess up my audio settings at the last minute before we started recording resulting in me sounding blown out. Apologies!** Returning guest Alexander Mckay and Kit Klarenberg, co-hosts of the Decline and Fall, discuss the deepening crisis Western imperialism faces as it wages proxy wars against Iran and Russia simultaneously and economic war against China. Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Tankie Group Therapy is back! After a long hiatus, Sina is joined by TGT stalwarts Nora, Alex, Adnan, and Lara. Video edition coming soon! Fundraisers Mohammed's family has been ordered to evacuate for the fourth time. Please consider donating to his campaign https://chuffed.org/project/120676-mohammed-from-gaza The Sameer Project https://chuffed.org/project/113222-tent-campaign-the-sameer-project Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

***I was invited by the good people at Resistance is Fertile to talk about 12-day-war. ** In this episode, Sacha and Benji welcome Sina Rahmani to analyze the recent 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel. They discuss the implications of the attacks, the psychological impact on both nations, and the broader geopolitical stakes involving external actors like China and Pakistan. The conversation delves into the strengths and weaknesses revealed on both sides, the significance of Iran's capacity to retaliate, and the ongoing narrative wars shaping public perception. Tune in for an in-depth exploration of this complex and evolving situation. Watch the video edition on The Resistance is Fertile YouTube channel Sina's channel: / @theeastisapodcast On Twitter: https://x.com/UrOrientalist If you are on Twitter, please tell @teamyoutube to reinstate the "benjischoendorff" channel! Don't give us any money! Give instead toward Gaza reconstruction, for example, https://x.com/munigaza Or help Gazans provide essential services to Gazans with the Sameer Project: https://chuffed.org/project/113222-te... or https://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/no... Or contribute to Benji's chuffed appeal for Omar and his family of seven in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/133857-he... And for Ibrahim, his pregnant wife, 6 mo baby and extended family! https://chuffed.org/project/134655-he... RIF Linktree https://linktr.ee/resistanceisfertile

Longtime friend of the show Aalex Aviña (@Alexander_Avina) returns to guest host an episode with journalist Abraham Marquez (@abemarquez3) about the recent intensification of the war on racialized communities and undocumented people. Check out Abraham's article, "Paramount and Compton rise up for undocumented workers" on his Substack Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Longtime friend of the show and frequent guest host Louis Allday (@Louis_Allday) was invited to Iran for an international media conference hosted by Press TV. Watch the full episode on Press TV website https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/06/01/749030/Becoming-a-Critical-Thinker-&-an-Anti-Imperialist-Writer Check out Liberated Texts

**Adnan invited me on his show to record on the latest development. We went for so long, I was eventually out of words!* Adnan convenes an emergency panel to discuss and analyze the recent Israeli-US attack on Iran, its implications for Iran, the region and the world. Prof. David Yaghoubian (CSU-San Bernardino) and Sina Rahmani (East is a Podcast) share their insights and reflections along with passionate and deeply committed analysis about the place of Iran as the frontline state fighting for a sovereign future against Western imperial hegemony. Watch the episode on our YouTube channel Co-published on The East is a Podcast Like, subscribe, share! X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com YouTube @adnanhusainshow www.adnanhusain.org Support the show on Patreon if you can! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain

**Producer's note: This is the second episode of "Palestine and the World: History in a Time of Genocide (Denial)," a 7-part series Adnan recorded for his podcast, The Adnan Husain Show with his colleague Dr. Ariel Salzmann. All 7 parts are available right to patrons of his show and will be released individually on the free feed over the next 5 weeks. Subscribe to his show on your podcast app or watch the episode on YouTube channel linked below** Part 2 of Palestine and the World: History in a Time of Genocide (Denial). In this episode Dr. Ariel Salzmann takes a global perspective on the failures of emancipation and liberation in the "long 19th century" from the promise of universal rights in the republican revolution in France and its continual subversion and violent suppression of resistance. The promise of emancipation from slavery, colonization, class oppression, patriarchy, minorities under nationalism, and antisemitism in Europe was systematically derailed. This process historically and its contradictions had important consequences on the shape of resistance globally and on Jewish nationalism. "The Minority Question" in the older empires, especially in the Ottoman Empire, becomes the frame for Dr. Salzmann's analysis of the fateful consequences for the Middle East. Watch the episode on our YouTube channel Like, subscribe, share and support (if you can!): www.patreon.com/adnanhusain @adnanahusain on X adnanahusain.substack.com www.youtube.com/adnanahusain786 www.adnanhusain.org