The East is a Podcast

Muhammad Ali Mojaradi (@sharqhzadeh) is the creator of Persian Poetics (@persianpoetics on Instagram) Check out his video, "Debunking Fake Rumi" Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast

A film biography of Dr. Norman Bethune, the Canadian doctor who served with the loyalists during the Spanish Civil War and with the North Chinese Army during the Sino-Japanese War. Directed by Donald Brittain Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrf8tUKorz4

William Vanwagenen (@WVanwagenen) is the author of "Salafis Throwing Bombs: How American and British Planners Partnered With Al-Qaeda Affiliated Groups At the Start of the Syrian Civil War" and "Creative Chaos: How U.S. Planners Sparked the Anti-Government Protests of the So-Called Arab Spring in Syria" Please consider supporting the podcast on Patreon.com/east_podcast

Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGcl359SMxE&t=1143s&ab_channel=AfroMarxist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAkIwHOSmI4&ab_channel=AfroMarxist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9iaDjOstzk&t=776s&ab_channel=AfroMarxist Black power : the politics of liberation in America

Friend of the podcast Asa Winstanley (@AsaWinstanley) makes his long awaited return to talk about the smearing of Jeremy Corbyn. Check out Asa's work at Electronic Intifada and subscribe to his Substack Support the show on Patreon

Friend of the podcast Amanda (@catcontentonly) has launched her own show. Gain access to this episode in its entirety by signing up at https://www.patreon.com/radiofreeamanda.

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 show Kevin and Mo from Turnip Greens Radio (@GreensRadio) join me to talk about small farms and neoliberal food systems. Subscribe to their podcast on your podcatcher and support the farm on Patreon! Thanks for supporting the show!

Chris Beausang (@ilchinealach) is a writer and critic based in Dublin. His novel Tunnel of Toads is forthcoming from Marrowbone Books. Check out his piece on Liberated Texts, "Ireland's Struggle for Self-determination" https://liberatedtexts.com/reviews/irelands-struggle-for-self-determination-robbie-mcveigh-and-bill-rolstons-ireland-colonialism-and-the-unfinished-revolution/

An excerpt from the latest episode of The Anti Empire Project hosted by friend of the show, Justin Podur Subscribe on your podcatcher or listen on his website

Tarek Loubani is a physician who splits his time between London, Ont and Gaza,Palestine. Check out GLIA (https://glia.org/) Please consider support the show on 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. You can donate directly through Gofundme, and PayPal/Venmo as well. Links to the latter on my website, eastpodcast.com My comrade Nick Estes (@nickwestes) from The Red Nation Podcast joined me (in person!) to discuss the rise of a self-described group of "patriotic socialists." https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-on-60196864

A long interview with General Qasem Soleimani on the 2006 Lebanon war. Transcript available here

I was invited by The Communiqué with Richard Medhurst to share my reflections on the second anniversary of the assassination of Qasem Soleimani. Follow The Communique on Twitter

Chris Beausang (@ilchinealach) is a writer and critic based in Dublin. His novel Tunnel of Toads is forthcoming from Marrowbone Books. Check out his piece, "Ireland's Struggle for Self-determination" https://liberatedtexts.com/reviews/irelands-struggle-for-self-determination-robbie-mcveigh-and-bill-rolstons-ireland-colonialism-and-the-unfinished-revolution/ Consider supporting the show 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. You can donate directly through Gofundme, and PayPal/Venmo as well. Links to the latter on my website, eastpodcast.com Friend of the show Sun Feiyang (@moghilemear13) returns to talk about the Chinese blockbuster The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021).

This is a preview. Listen to the full episode by subscribing to Rewatchability on your podcatcher. This week we get into the Christmas spirit with literal Christmas spirits, yes we're talking about the classic tale A CHRISTMAS CAROL in it many iterations. It's a beloved classic adored by millions, but how does it hold up today?

A conversation on the state of contemporary professional news journalism featuring Justin Podur (@justinpodur) from the Anti-Empire Project, and co-hosts of The Brief Podcast (@thebriefpod) Nora Barrows-Friedman (@norabf), and John Elmer (@jonelmer) Please consider supporting the show patreon.com/east_podcast

An excerpt from the latest episode of The Anti Empire Project hosted by friend of the podcast Justin Podur Subscribe on your podcatcher or listen on his website

Luna oi! is a Vietnamese YouTuber based in Hanoi. Check out her essay on life under US embargo Subscribe to her channel ttps://www.youtube.com/lunaoi Please consider supporting the show patreon.com/east_podcast

Ricardo Vaz is a writer and editor with VenezuelAnalysis.com Subscribe to their new podcast on your podcatcher. Please consider supporting the show patreon.com/east_podcast

RIP Gary Webb ✊🏾 Source

Ju-Hyun Park is a poet and essayist. Check out their essay, "Life During Wartime" Thanks for you supporting the show! Please consider supporting the show

Friend of the podcast Nathan Kalman Lamb is co-host of The End of Sport Podcast. Please enjoy this short preview from their latest episode and subscribe to their amazing show on your podcatcher.

Read Michael Parenti Source

Ju-Hyun Park is a poet and essayist and part of Nodutdol. Check out their essay, "Life During Wartime" Please consider supporting the show

Friends of the podcast Zeyad el-Nabolsi and Yara Shoufani take up the legacy of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Please consider supporting the show

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 donate directly through Gofundme, and PayPal/Venmo as well. Links to the latter on my website, eastpodcast.com Nora Barrows-Friedman (@norabf) is a staff writer and associate editor at The Electronic Intifada, and is co-host of the EI Podcast and @thebriefpod

The third of a three-part lecture series hosted by the SOAS in 2013 titled "The Second Wave of the Rise of the South; the Emerging Countries (as of 2000)" (The first two parts are also available on this feed) Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac8Fsu0WVKg&ab_channel=SOASUniversityofLondon

Louis Allday (@Louis_Allday) is a writer, historian and founding editor of Liberatedtexts.com Unlocked from behind the paywall. Sign up for the bonus feed at Patreon.com/east_podcast to get great bonus content and help sustain the show. Go to eastpodcast.com for links to Gofundme, merch store, and cash apps.

Friend of the podcast Amanda (@catcontentonly) interviews another friend of the podcast, Justin Podur (@justinpodur) about the history of Afghanistan Access this episode in its entirety by signing up at https://www.patreon.com/radiofreeamanda

Long time friend of the podcast Nasser Mufti teaches at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Check out his article, "Hating Victorian Studies Properly" Please consider supporting the show. Go to Eastpodcast.com for links to Patreon, GoFundMe, cash apps, and merch store.

Charles W. Mills giving the Tanner Lecture on Human Values in 2020 at the University of Michigan Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78wzAfQu9Mw&ab_channel=UniversityofMichigan

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 donate directly through Gofundme, and PayPal/Venmo as well. Links to the latter on my website, eastpodcast.com Rob Rousseau is a writer and streams on Twitch

Carlos L. Garrido, Edward L. Smith, and Alex Zambito are the force behind Midwestern Marx Check out their Youtube channel Please consider supporting the show. Go to Eastpodcast.com for links to Patreon, GoFundMe, cash apps, and merch store.

Neama Alamri is a historian who recently completed her Ph.D at the University of California, Merced. Check out her article. Guest hosted by Alexander Aviña Unlocked from behind the paywall. Sign up for the bonus feed at Patreon.com/east_podcast to get great bonus content and help sustain the show. Go to eastpodcast.com for links to Gofundme, merch store, and cash apps.

Guest hosted by Louis Allday (@Louis_Allday) Patrick Higgins on Peter Dale Scott's The Road to 9/11 – Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America Louis Allday, a writer and historian, is the founding editor of Liberatedtexts.com. Patrick Higgins is a Ph.D candidate in the Department of History at the University of Houston. Please consider supporting the show. Go to Eastpodcast.com for links to Patreon, GoFundMe, cash apps, and merch store.

Friend of the show Anjuli Raza Kolb (@anjulifatima) is joined by Mariam Ghani (@ghanimariam) and Chitra Ganesh to discuss the many legacies of the September 11th attacks. Anjuli Raza Kolb (University of Toronto) is a scholar, poet, essayist, and translator living in Harlem. Chitra Ganesh is a Brooklyn-based artist working in film, mural, photographs, painting, comics, and digital media. Mariam Ghani (Bennington College) is a filmmaker, artist, activist, and researcher based in New York. Chitra and Mariam have collaborated since 2004 as Index of the Disappeared, an experimental archive of post-9/11 renditions, redactions, detentions, deportations and disappearances, and a platform for dialogue around related issues and ideas. Please consider supporting the show. Go to Eastpodcast.com for links to Patreon, GoFundMe, cash apps, and merch store.

Dawud Ansari is a researcher based in Berlin and director of the Energy Access and Development Program We discuss this research project (link). Please consider supporting the show. Go to Eastpodcast.com for links to Patreon, GoFundMe, cash apps, and merch store.

Shah Mahmoud Hanifi teaches history at James Madison University and is the author of Connecting Histories in Afghanistan (2011) Please consider supporting the show. Go to Eastpodcast.com for links to Patreon, GoFundMe, cash apps, and merch store.

Kwame Ture interviewed in 1995 for Howard University's"Evening Exchange" Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eM4rP-qHMc&ab_channel=AAPRPbritain

Seymour Hersh in conversation with Afshin Rattansi in 2018 and followed by an interview with Tariq Ali from 2016. Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI3ZkL9Soos&ab_channel=GoingUndergroundonRT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIBxGm08KY8&ab_channel=TeleSUREnglish

Judith Kalman is an author based in Toronto. Read her statement here. Co-hosted with Nathan Kalman-Lamb (@nkalamb) Please consider supporting the show

Friends of the podcast Justin Podur and Zeyad el Nabolsy return for a deep dive into the concept of nonviolence and its strange origin story in the work of Gene Sharp. We discuss these two articles by Marcie Smith in the episode. Please consider supporting the show

Hugo Chávez speaking in 2006 (at the UNGA) and in 2009.

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 donate directly through Gofundme, and PayPal/Venmo as well. Links to the latter on my website, eastpodcast.com Bikrum Gill (@realDrcabbie) teaches in the Department of Political Science at Virginia Tech. The episode opens with a discussion of this tweet.

Edward Said speaking to Bill Moyers and Tariq Ali respectively.

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 donate directly through Gofundme, and PayPal/Venmo as well. Links to the latter on my website, eastpodcast.com Friend of the podcast Olivia Giovetti returns to discuss HBO's fancypants new historical drama, Oslo (2021). Check out her article

Cuban revolutionary hero Fidel Castro speaks in Harlem. Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kBgGLHMfnU&ab_channel=AfroMarxist

Friend of the podcast Amanda (@catcontentonly) has launched her own podcast. Gain access to this episode in its entirety by signing up at https://www.patreon.com/radiofreeamanda.

Tamara Nassar is an associate editor at The Electronic Intifada Please consider supporting the show