The East is a Podcast

Sardana Nikolaeva is from Sakha Republic, and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto. Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Clare Daly (@ClareDalyMEP) and Mick Wallace (@Wallacemick) are Members of European Parliament. Check out their podcast, I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace Support the podcast https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast

A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. Friends of the podcast Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost) and Mo (@Askari_3) dive into the completely bonkers world of American video games.

Ndongo Samba Sylla (@nssylla) is a Senegalese development economist. He is the co-author of Africa's Last Colonial Currency: The CFA Franc Story (2021) Guest hosted by Max Ajl Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast

A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. Friends of the podcast Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost) and Mo (@Askari_3) dive into the completely bonkers world of American video games.

Vik Sohonie is the Founder of Ostinato Records & Grammy-nominated producer. Consider supporting the podcast www.patreon.com/east_podcast

A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. Corey (@JamaicanJihadi) is a member of LANDS (Left Alliance for National Democracy and Socialism) Check out his interview with the Cadre Journal podcast

DSA International Commitee (@dsa_intl_comm) member Mirah Wood (@snackvampire) guests hosts an interview with friend of the podcast Sun Feiyang (@moghilemear13) about the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Friend of the show Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost) joins the podcast to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the launch of the show and make a special announcement for an exciting new project. The Anti-Imperialist Archive is an archival podcast dedicated to compiling radical anti-imperialist content from around the world. Subscribe on your podcast app directly by using this link: https://feeds.libsyn.com/437079/rss Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast

A preview of a recent episode by our friends at Guerrilla History. Listen to the entire episode by subscribing on your podcatcher. This episode of Guerrilla History is a continuation of our Sanctions As War miniseries. In this fascinating episode, we have a discussion with Professor Muhammad Sahimi on the history and the impacts of sanctions on Iran, which is both an immensely enlightening and heartbreaking conversation. This episode is particularly timely given the current situation in Iran, which the last question of the interview addresses. Be sure to also stay turned for more installments of our Sanctions As War series! Muhammad Sahimi is a Professor at the University of Southern California, where he analyses Iran's political development, its nuclear program, and its foreign policy. From 2008 to 2012 he was the lead political analyst at E0*/Frontline/Tehran Bureau website. https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/the-history-and-impact-of-sanctions-on-iran-w-muhammad-sahimi

Jared Ware (@jaybeware) is a journalist and host of Millennials are Killing Capitalism More information on US prisoner resistance https://perilouschronicle.com/list-of-events-by-date/ Check out Jared's episode of Unauthorized Disclosure Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Ludovic Leroy (@princertitude) is an engineer with the French Petroleum Institute (IFPEN). Check out his very informative thread on the Nord Steam pipelines. Support the podcast www.patreon.com/east_podcast

*Rania Khalek from BreakThrough News invited me on her show to talk about the absurd media circus surrounded the death of Queen Elizabeth* The British Queen's death has given rise to conversations about the crimes of colonialism as well as defenses and denials of it. Meanwhile the US can't impose itself on the Global South the way it used to, it appears both at home and abroad to be an empire in decline. To discuss empires, both dead and dying, why colonialism still matters and the anti-imperialist struggle around the world, Rania Khalek was joined by Sina Rahmani, creator of East Is A Podcast. Video edition available here Listen to every episode of Rania Khalek Dispatches anywhere you get podcasts. Apple: https://apple.co/3zeYpeW Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3za9DRK

Louis Allday (@Louis_Allday) is a writer, historian and founding editor of Liberatedtexts.com Get a copy of the book here https://www.ebb-magazine.com/books/p/on-zionist-literature Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Ljubica (@srecniprinc) is based in Belgrade. Consider supporting the show. www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Alan MacLeod (@AlanRMacLeod) is a writer with MintPress News. Check out the MintPress News podcast, The Watchdog, hosted by British-Iraqi hip hop artist Lowkey (@Lowkey0nline). Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

I was invited to speak with some comrades at The Cadre Journal, a student-run Journal and Podcast on Anti-Imperialism and Communism, about a section of Edward Said's Culture and Imperialism (1993). Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL3b_QmNV2Y&ab_channel=AmbakisyeDukuzumurenyi https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26643479M/Inventing_reality_the_politics_of_the_mass_media Special thanks to Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost)

A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) returns to the show to talk about the recent wave of left electoral victories across Latin America. Subscribe to Multipolarista!

*I was invited to friend of the show Ben Norton's Multipolarista to discuss Wag the Dog, an excellent, somewhat forgotten political satire of US media and war.* The 1997 Hollywood film "Wag the Dog" perfectly predicted the propaganda tactics the US government and media would use decades later in its wars in Ukraine, Iraq, Syria, Libya, and beyond. In this special joint episode, Multipolarista host Benjamin Norton is joined by Sina Rahmani of The East Is a Podcast to discuss the movie and how shockingly relevant it still is today. Video edition available here Support The East Is a Podcast at https://patreon.com/east_podcast Follow Sina at https://twitter.com/urorientalist || Multipolarista || Please support Multipolarista at https://multipolarista.com/support Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/multipolarista Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/multipolarista Telegram: https://t.me/multipolarista

A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. Gabriel Rockhill (@GabrielRockhill) is Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University. Check out his earlier episode of the podcast and his recent article: https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-cia-the-frankfurt-schools-anti-communism/

A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. Friend of the show Amanda Yee returns to talk about Chinese rural social media celebrities. Sign up here to listen https://www.patreon.com/posts/69252658

*I was invited to join What the Huck?! to talk translation, Eurocentrism, and the 3% problem. This is roughly half of the conversation. Check out What the Huck?! on your podcatcher to download the entire episode or watch it on YouTube* Today we're joined by special a very special guest, our friend Sina Rahmani from The East Is A Podcast! In our interview with Sina, we discussed what gets to be translated and who decides what's worth translating. This has implications in both the literary world as well as in the scholarly realm, and it was fascinating to discuss these sorts of questions. We highly recommend checking out Sina's show The East Is A Podcast wherever you get your pods (or at https://eastisapodcast.libsyn.com/). You also should definitely follow Sina on Twitter @UROrientalist. Special shoutouts also go to our dear friend Katya Kazbek, who we wanted to cite in this episode but only got permission to after recording, as well as The Cadre Journal and Louis Allday, who themselves had a very similar conversation together between when we planned this episode with Sina and the time we actually got it recorded. Your hosts are Safie and Henry, and this episode will introduce the show, which aims to wherever the hosts are interested.

Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt (@HunnicuttWolfe) is Associate Professor of History at California State University, Stanislaus. Friend of the podcast Max Ajl (@maxajl) interviews him about his new book, The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy: Oil and Arab Nationalism in Iraq (2021) A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-in-68883667 *You're gonna be noticing more paywalled content going forward. As much as I want more people to listen for free, recent changes in my life require me to start pushing the Patreon more. Unfortunately, this means the occasional passive aggressive addenda like this one reminding you, dear listener, that I have been doing this show alone for almost 4 years and I get no sponsorships or outside help. I rely on normal people like you to keep going so if you can donate, please do! It will make a big difference for me and let me keep making this content.*

*I was invited by friend of the podcast Justin Podur to discuss the very excellent work of the Mapping Project* In June 2022, a small activist group in Boston created mapliberation.org, a project mapping primarily policing institutions in Massechussetts and their connections to corporations, organizations, and politicians who are implicated in the prison-industry complex, in throwing people out of their homes to create investment opportunities, in grabbing Indigenous land, in colonizing Palestinian land, and other harms. When the website came out, the very institutions discussed in the mapping project unleashed a storm of criticism, bullied them off of two servers, and hurled a wide ranging set of ridiculous accusations. A roundup of the mapping project and the "freakout" about it. Watch the episode on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shyLPioTX-o&t=1378s&ab_channel=JustinPodur https://podur.org/2022/07/02/aer-112-bds-boston-makes-a-map-and-chaos-ensues/

Part 1: An interview with Isaac Saney on the relationship of Cuba, under Castro, and Africa. Isaac Saney is Director and Black Studies Senior Instructor, he holds a PhD in history from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London in the United Kingdom. The SOAS is recognized as one the world's premiere centres for the study of Africa. His teaching has encompassed courses on Africa, the Caribbean, Cuba, and Black Canadian history. He is the author of the widely acclaimed book Cuba: A Revolution in Motion (Zed Books, 2004). Part 2: In this second part of Amandla's look at the life of Fidel Castro and his role on the African continent, Amanda regular Doug Miller talks to Montreal anthropologist, writer, radio broadcaster and filmmaker Ole Gjerstad who was a witness of the Cuban presence in Angola. Gjertad offers a rare first-hand look at the Cuban presence in Africa and how Cubans contributed to the liberation struggles on the continent. Produced by CKUT 90.3 Source https://archive.org/details/TheLegacyOfCastroInAfrica https://archive.org/details/CastrosLegacyInAfricaPart2OleGjerstagRemembersAngolaAndEthiopia Special thanks to Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost)

Bikrum Gill (@bikrumsinghgill) teaches in the Department of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Robert K. Beshara (@decolonialpsych) in conversation with Dr. Neveen Zewar. To learn more about the Arab Psychoanalytic Group in Cairo: sites.google.com/site/egypsa2 Listen to the entire episode https://soundcloud.com/kmtpodcast/psychoanalysis-in-egypt-an-interview-with-dr-neveen-zewar Watch the conversation on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVerZaP2nZg&feature=youtu.be

Chris Beausang (@ilchinealach) is a writer and critic based in Dublin. His novel Tunnel of Toads is forthcoming from Marrowbone Books. Supplementary readling: https://analoguehumanist.wordpress.com/2022/04/11/the-irish-revolution-in-three-parts/ Listen to Chris's latest bonus by signing up as a $5 patron https://www.patreon.com/posts/66261345

*I was invited to join the comrades at The Red Nation Podcast to discuss Dune (2021)* Red Power Hour host Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) is joined by Sungmanitu (@BandsIsland) and Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) to discuss Denis Villeneuve's Dune (2021).

Chris Beausang (@ilchinealach) is a writer and critic based in Dublin. His novel Tunnel of Toads is forthcoming from Marrowbone Books. Supplementary readling: https://analoguehumanist.wordpress.com/2022/04/11/the-irish-revolution-in-three-parts/ Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Friend of the podcast Zeyad el Nabolsy (@ZNabolsy) returns to guest host this episode with Ayesha Umaña Dajud (@AyeshaUmanaD) on the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army (FARC) and the prospects for peace in Colombia. A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. *You're gonna be noticing more paywalled content going forward. As much as I want more people to listen for free, recent changes in my life require me to start pushing the Patreon more. Unfortunately, this means the occasional passive aggressive addenda like this one reminding you, dear listener, that I have been doing this show alone for almost 4 years and I get no sponsorships or outside help. I rely on normal people like you to keep going so if you can donate, please do! It will make a big difference for me and let me keep making this content.*

Friend of the podcast Amanda (@catcontentonly) in conversation with another friend of the podcast, journalist Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton): "The Ukraine war is a government subsidy straight to the military industrial complex...another massive wealth transfer to the US capitalist class" https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-34-left-66358561

Francis Boyle is a professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of Law. Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G6uo7hLAq4&ab_channel=UPTV6 Special thanks to Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost)

Chris Beausang (@ilchinealach) returns to the show to discuss the recent elections in Norther Ireland. A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. *You're gonna be noticing more paywalled content going forward. As much as I want more people to listen for free, recent changes in my life require me to start pushing the Patreon more. Unfortunately, this means the occasional passive aggressive addenda like this one reminding you, dear listener, that I have been doing this show alone for almost 4 years and I get no sponsorships or outside help. I rely on normal people like you to keep going so if you can donate, please do! It will make a big difference for me and let me keep making this content.*

Gabriel Rockhill (@GabrielRockhill) is Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University. Check out his episode on Anti-Empire Radio with Justin Podur, titled "Are your favorite academic theorists really CIA spooks?" Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Aaron Thorpe (@borgposting) is a writer and podcaster with The Trillbillies and Everybody Loves Communism. (Apologies for my poor sound quality! I selected the wrong mic!!!) A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. *You're gonna be noticing more paywalled content going forward. As much as I want more people to listen for free, recent changes in my life require me to start pushing the Patreon more. Unfortunately, this means the occasional passive aggressive addenda like this one reminding you, dear listener, that I have been doing this show alone for almost 4 years and I get no sponsorships or outside help. I rely on normal people like you to keep going so if you can donate, please do! It will make a big difference for me and let me keep making this content.*

Friend of the podcast Tarek Loubani (@trklou) returns to the show to discuss the Stop the Bleed campaign. (Apologies for the sound quality!) Support https://www.launchgood.com/campaign/stop_the_bleed_supply_gaza_with_lifesaving_tourniquets#!/ https://glia.org/

Old friend of the podcast Manu Chander is Associate Professor of English at Rutgers University-Newark. Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast

*A preview of some of the great bonus content available to patrons of the show. Over 100 episodes for only $5 a month. patreon.com/east_poodcast If you can't afford to sign up and want to support the show, please consider writing a review or rating the podcast.* Sam Yang (@LiberationistMA) runs the Southpaw podcast network. Check out his article, "Squid Game and the Long Shadow of the American Empire"

A 2003 documentary produced by Journeyman Pictures titled Operation Persuasion: What is the role of the media in modern day war reporting? Sourcehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3GINVv9-9s&ab_channel=JourneymanPictures Special thanks to Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost)

*You're gonna be noticing more paywalled content going forward. As much as I want more people to listen for free, recent changes in my life require me to start pushing the Patreon more. Unfortunately, this means the occasional passive aggressive addenda like this one reminding you, dear listener, that I have been doing this show alone for almost 4 years and I get no sponsorships or outside help. I rely on normal people like you to keep going so if you can donate, please do! It will make a big difference for me and let me keep making this content.* A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. You can also help keep the show going by donating directly via GoFundMe, Paypal, or Venmo. Links available at eastpodcast.com Vijay Prashad (@vijayprashad) is Director of the Tricontinental Institute (@tri_continental) Co-hosted with Nick Estes (@nickwestes) Sign up here https://www.patreon.com/posts/64736055

A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. You can also help keep the show going by donating directly via GoFundMe, Paypal, or Venmo. Links available at eastpodcast.com Friend of the podcast Max Ajl (@maxajl) is the author of A People's Green New Deal Sign up directly at Patreon.com/east_podcast

A conversation between Visualizing Palestine and Dr. Salman Abu Sitta, filmed at Dar El-Nimer for Arts & Culture, Beirut on 30 January 2019. The interview took place in the context of the exhibition "A National Monument", a collaboration between Visualizing Palestine and the artist Marwan Rechmaoui. A National Monument: https://visualizingpalestine.org/anm Palestine Land Society (Dr. Salman Abu Sitta): http://www.plands.org Visualizing Palestine: https://visualizingpalestine.org Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0p-jgm0YUQ&ab_channel=VisualizingPalestine

In collaboration with international scholar activists and legal experts, the People's Tribunal hosted an introductory webinar to discuss the urgent need to take legal action against U.S. sanctions and economic coercive measures session on March 18. More information https://solidarityiran.org/ Moderator: Helyeh Doutaghi, Doctoral Candidate in Law & Legal Studies at Carleton University, Canada Dr. Eva Nanopoulos, Senior Lecturer in Law at Queen Mary University of London, England Dr. Grasian Mkodzongi, Executive Director at Tropical Africa-Land and Natural Resources Research Institute, Zimbabwe Carlos Ron, President of the Simón Bolívar Institute for Peace and Solidarity Among Peoples, Venezuela Vira Ameli, Interdisciplinary Researcher, Iran Motee Abumusabeh, Political and Media Activist, Gaza, Palestine María Lucrecia Hernández, Attorney, Directora de la ONG Sures, Venezuela

A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. You can also help keep the show going by donating directly via GoFundMe, Paypal, or Venmo. Links available at eastpodcast.com Friend of the podcast Ricardo Vaz (@venanalysis) is a writer and editor with VenezuelAnalysis.com. Sign up directly at Patreon.com/east_podcast

Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) is Co-Founder and Director of The Electronic Intifada http://electronicintifada.net. Subscribe to EI's podcast Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast

A panel discussion hosted by Nodutdol (@nodutdol) on March 1 (삼일절) with past participants of our Korea Education and Exposure Program (KEEP) trips. They speak to their first-hand experience traveling to North Korea. We hope to provide an alternative narrative about the North Korean people, promote peace, and share work on the campaign to lift the travel ban to North Korea. More info https://nodutdol.org/

Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4&ab_channel=TheUniversityofChicago

A group of students at Penn State University have organized in solidarity with Dr. Oliver Baker, who is being unjustly threatened with termination by the university administration for protecting students from right-wing extremists. Read more here https://www.pyriscence.ca/home/oliverbaker Support Dr. Baker https://linktr.ee/supportdrbaker