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Haiti's Presidential crisis w/ Chris Bernadel

Chris Bernadel is on the Haiti Committee of the Black Alliance for Peace. See their recent statement on the country's illegitimate government Hosted by Justin Podur, author of Haiti's New Dictatorship: The Coup, the Earthquake, and the UN Occupation (2012) Consider supporting the podcast patreon.com/East_podcast

Jul 7, 202130 min

Sudha Bharadwaj: Fighting in the courts and on the streets (2016)

A lecture hosted by Azim Premji University in August 2016 Source: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv4bdkxXT_h4NlnmNhDbq4w

Jul 7, 202142 min

(Preview) Rewatchability 457- STARGATE with Sina Rahmani

(A preview of the latest episode of Rewatchability. For the entire episode, subscribe to Rewatchability wherever you get your podcasts) Grab your space-ankh, this week we walk like an Egyptian-from-another-planet with STARGATE! Starring Snake Plissken, I mean Kurt Russell, and the part of James Spader not obscured by his exceedingly floppy mop, this military sci-fi action flick combined your grade 4 history unit on Egypt with a random episode of Star Trek. Sina Rahmeni from The East Is A Podcast joins us once again to pick apart this Roland Emmerich blockbuster We thought it was fascinating and mysterious when we were kids, but how does it hold up now?

Jun 25, 202119 min

Bordering midnight w/ Suchitra Vijayan

Suchitra Vijayan's book, Midnight's Borders: A People's History of Modern India, is available now. Check out the Polis Project and their podcast. Consider supporting the podcast. Go to eastpodcast.com for links to patreon, Gofundme, merch store, and cash apps.

Jun 21, 202146 min

The ecumenical frame w/ Ussama Makdisi

Ussama Makdisi is the Arab-​American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies at Rice University. Check out his book, Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World Support the podcast https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast Consider supporting the podcast!

Jun 13, 20211h 5m

National sovereignty in the era of multinational capital w/ Mick Wallace and Clare Daly

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

Jun 6, 202157 min

News in Perspective: Gamal Abdel Nasser (1969)

President Nasser interviewed in the Presidential Palace in Cairo by New York Times managing editor Clifton Daniel. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg9eC-otwCs&ab_channel=AfroMarxist

Jun 6, 202157 min

The meaning of missiles w/ Arash Joblaghi

Arash Joblaghi returns to the podcast to talk about rocketry, missiles, and hegemony. Check out his YouTube channel. Support the podcast https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast

May 31, 20211h 10m

Richard Falk: "The Palestinian Future After Gaza" (2014)

Richard Falk's keynote at the Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture in October 2014, hosted by Columbia University. The lecture begins around min 15. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZAVjIfTBVo&ab_channel=SOFHeyman

May 28, 20211h 30m

The persistence of the Armenian question w/ Tamar Boyadjian and Rachel Goshgarian

Tamar Boyadjian (link) teaches at Michigan State University and is Editor of the Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies (link) Rachel Goshgarian teaches at Lafayette College (Link) Support the podcast https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast

May 26, 202159 min

A third Intifada? w/ Saree Makdisi

My teacher and comrade Saree Makdisi (@sareemakdisi) returns to the podcast to talk about the rapid transformation in the Palestine liberation struggle. Check out his recent article, "The Nakba is Now" Support the podcast https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast

May 18, 20211h 11m

The Edward Said Mixtape (Vol. 8): Reflections on Exile and Other Essays (2001)

Edward Said talked about his book Reflections on Exile and Other Essays, published by Harvard University Press. Source

May 15, 202157 min

"This Isn't Something New": Susan Abulhawa on Palestine, Settler-Colonialism, and the Environment

(Note: This was recorded before the recent uprising) Ted Kelly (@teddyredder) speaks to Susan Abulhawa (@sjabulhawa) Palestinian writer, biologist, and Workers World Party member. Comrade Abulhawa's latest novel, Against the Loveless World, is out now. We're also joined by Susan's dogs, Luca, Lily, and Mika. !أبطال فلسطين توحّد الأشراف في العالم !تسقط الحركة صهيونية Against the Loveless World: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Agains…781982137038

May 13, 202147 min

(Preview) Bonus Episode 99 - Statue of Oppression w/ Nick Estes

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 and longtime patron of the podcast Nick Estes returns to explore the meaning of immigration against the historical backdrop of settler colonialism in the US.

May 5, 202124 min

Michael Parenti: The 1% Pathology and the Myth of Capitalism (2012)

A lecture hosted by Evergreen College in October 2012. Check out Michael Parenti's media archive

Apr 30, 202157 min

Losing Hindustan (Pt. 2) w/ Manan Ahmed Asif

Justin Podur and I teamed up to interview Columbia University historian Manan Ahmed on his fantastic new book, The Loss of Hindustan. This is the second half of the conversation. Subscribe to the Anti-Empire project and download the first!

Apr 29, 202140 min

(Preview) Bonus Episode 93 - The Problem of Othello w/ Ambereen Dadabhoy

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 (almost up-to-date) website, eastpodcast.com Ambereen Dadabhoy is Associate Professor of Literature at Harvey Mudd College in California.

Apr 21, 202113 min

Stephan Weissman: The Lumumba Assassination and CIA Accountability (2013)

A lecture hosted by the Woodrow Wilson Center in 2013. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhZsPIrpYI4&ab_channel=WoodrowWilsonCenter

Apr 19, 20211h 21m

Samir Amin: Neoliberalism and the Decline of the Bandung Project (1975-2000)

The second part of a three-part lecture series hosted by the SOAS titled "Six Decades of Development Debate" in 2013. (The first part is available on this feed as well, released back in September last year) Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq8OK4BUyM&ab_channel=SOASUniversityofLondon

Apr 14, 202148 min

Marielle Tsukamoto on Japanese Internment (2013)

"First-Hand Accounts of the Japanese American Internment Experience. It is our hope that these stories will build on the work and legacy of the late Mary Tsukamoto, who devoted her life to promoting social justice for all, regardless of race, creed, or ethnicity." Learn more about the Time Remembrance Project Source

Apr 5, 20211h 8m

Iran-China Deal: Don't buy the hype? w/ Arash Joblaghi

Arash Joblaghi is a Strategic Adviser and the creator of the Iran Military Review Full text of Joint Statement on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between I.R. Iran, P.R. China Consider supporting the podcast

Apr 3, 20211h 3m

Tunisia's Unfinished Revolution? w/ Fadil Aliriza

Fadil Aliriza is a journalist based in Tunis and the founder & editor-in-chief of Meshkal. Support the podcast on patreon

Mar 29, 20211h 4m

(Unlocked) Bonus Episode 96 - Salman Abu Sitta "Eleven Wars against Palestinians"

A reading of Dr. Salman Abu Sitta's article "Eleven Wars against Palestinians: How Palestinians are coping with their Elimination" Read by Nyla Matuk 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.

Mar 26, 202128 min

Lebanon's economic freefall w/ Ehsani

Friend of the podcast Ehsani returns to discuss Lebanon's worsening cash crisis. Link to sign up for the MATCH4SARA Campaign Consider supporting podcast on Patreon or go to Eastpodcast.com for links to GofundMe, Paypal, and merch store.

Mar 18, 202147 min

Abdel Razzaq Takriti: "Kurdistan, Palestine, and the Politics and Poetics of Solidarity"

A talk by Abdel Razzaq Takriti for the Global Middle East Seminar Series at Goldsmiths Centre for Postcolonial Studies. Introduction by friend of the show, Eskandar Sadeghi

Mar 14, 20211h 1m

Maps of Return: an interview with Dr. Salman Abu Sitta

Dr. Salman Abu Sitta is the Founder and President of the Palestine Land Society and the General Coordinator of the Right of Return Congress and has served as a member of the Palestine National Council. Nyla Matuk is the author of two collections of poetry and the editor of Resisting Canada: An Anthology of Poetry.

Mar 11, 202148 min

(Preview) The Anti Empire Project : Sorry for using the word "Corbyn" (in Canada)

An excerpt from a recent episode of Justin Podur's fantastic podcast, The Anti Empire Project. If you like my show you will probably enjoy Justin's! Subscribe on your podcatcher or listen on his website

Mar 10, 202112 min

The OG Moderate Rebels: Iran-Contra and the violent legacies of US foreign policy w/ Alexander Aviña

Alexander Aviña is Associate Professor of History in the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. Check out his article. Consider supporting podcast on Patreon or go to Eastpodcast.com for links to GofundMe, Paypal, and merch store.

Feb 28, 20211h 4m

Malcolm Byrne: "Iran-Contra: Reagan's Scandal and the Unchecked Abuse of Presidential Power" (2015)

A 2015 lecture hosted by the US National Archives. Get the book Source

Feb 24, 202157 min

The View from Sana'a w/ Nasser Arrabyee

Nasser Arrabyee is a journalist based in Sana'a. Consider supporting podcast on Patreon or go to Eastpodcast.com for links to GofundMe, Paypal, and merch store.

Feb 22, 202128 min

(Preview) Bonus Episode 90 - Whitewashing the Crusades w/ Erik Wade

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 (almost up-to-date) website, eastpodcast.com Erik Wade is a Medievalist and currently teaches in Germany. Check out his thread

Feb 17, 202110 min

Ratna Kapur "Gender and human rights: Success, failure or new imperialism?" (2016)

Source

Feb 16, 202146 min

(Unlocked) Bonus Episode 86 - War Chronicles

An excerpt from Joelle Abi-Rached's book read by Alex Salamat 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.

Feb 8, 202117 min

Game Changer or Rebrand? w/ Shireen Al-Adeimi

Shireen Al-Adeimi is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University Donate here to Yemen's reconstruction

Feb 5, 202130 min

US-Iran Relations in the Biden Era: What's Next?

Hosted by Committee of Anti-Imperialists in Solidarity with Iran An-depth look at US-Iran relations following the change in administrations, the long history of US imperialism directed against Iran, and the ongoing sanctions regime threatening the people of Iran. Presentations include: "Continuity or Discontinuity: Iran as Biden's first major foreign policy test" Richard A. Falk Albert G. Milibank Professor Emeritus of International Law, Princeton University "The politics of US economic sanctions against Iran revisited" Sasan Fayazmanesh, Professor Emeritus of Economics California State University, Fresno "Sanctions in the age of 'Sustainable Development Goals': Long-term implications" Vira Ameli Dphil/PhD Candidate, Center for Evidence-Based Intervention, University of Oxford Moderator: Vida Samiian Visiting Researcher, Linguistics, UCLA Professor and Dean Emerita, CSU Fresno Source

Feb 3, 20211h 41m

Arab Spring, Ten Years On: Tunisian Perspectives

Featuring Amayed Aymen and Heythem Guesmi and guest hosted by friend of the show Max Ajl Consider supporting podcast on Patreon or go to Eastpodcast.com for links to GofundMe, Paypal, and merch store.

Jan 31, 202159 min

Remember Bloody Sunday (1992)

Source

Jan 30, 202149 min

Epidemic Empire w/ Anjuli Raza Kolb

Anjuli Raza Kolb teaches at the University of Toronto Get the book through the publisher's website and use code UCPLIT for 20% off. Consider supporting podcast on Patreon or go to Eastpodcast.com for links to GofundMe, Paypal, and merch store.

Jan 26, 20211h 12m

Old Sheldon w/ Dan Cohen

Dan Cohen is a journalist based in DC with Behind the Headlines and director of Killing Gaza. Support the podcast

Jan 19, 20211h 10m

On NYT's "Caliphate" Podcast w/ Ambereen Dadabhoy

Ambereen Dadabhoy is an Assistant Professor of Literature at Harvey Mudd College in California. Check out her article Consider supporting the show on Patreon

Jan 11, 20211h 1m

Alfred McCoy: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power (2017)

Q&A available from source Get the book

Jan 7, 202150 min

War is hell (pt.2) w/Christopher Helali

Christopher Helali fought in Syria with the International Freedom Battalion. P. S. A lot of acronyms thrown around in this one: PKK: Kurdistan Workers' Party YPG: People's Protection Units SDF: Syrian Democratic Forces PYD: Democratic Union Party (Syria) SAA: Syrian Arab Army KDPI: Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran KDP: Kurdistan Democratic Party

Jan 1, 20211h 2m

War is hell (pt.1) w/Christopher Helali

Christopher Helali fought in Syria with the International Freedom Battalion. P. S. A lot of acronyms thrown around in this one: PKK: Kurdistan Workers' Party YPG: People's Protection Units SDF: Syrian Democratic Forces PYD: Democratic Union Party (Syria) SAA: Syrian Arab Army KDPI: Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran KDP: Kurdistan Democratic Party Consider supporting the show on Patreon

Dec 27, 20201h 16m

Orson Welles presents: "A Christmas Carol" (1939)

More info on the broadcast.

Dec 24, 202052 min

The Edward Said Mixtape (Vol. 7): Palestine and the Universality of Human Rights

Source

Dec 19, 20201h 42m

Anti-imperialism, policing and decolonization after the Trump presidency

Organized by the Committee of Anti-Imperialists in Solidarity with Iran Speakers: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Nick Estes Toussaint Losier Navid Farnia Zhun Xu Moderator: Suzanne Adely Recorded Dec 14. If you have any questions, please contact CASI.

Dec 14, 20202h 13m

(Preview) The Anti Empire Project #76: Punjab Farmer's Movement Confronts the Modi Juggernaut

An excerpt from a recent episode of Justin Podur's fantastic podcast, The Anti Empire Project. Subscribe today on your podcatcher! https://podur.org/2020/12/09/aep-76-punjab-farmers-movement-confronts-the-modi-juggernaut/

Dec 13, 202030 min

(Preview) Bonus Episode 83 - Amir Taha on the Iraqi PMU

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 (almost up-to-date) website, eastpodcast.com Amir Taha discusses the origins of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (Hashd).

Dec 9, 20206 min

The Paul Robeson Mixtape (Vol. 2)

Paul Robeson was a singer, activist, and open Communist during the heyday of McCarthyite America. Great thanks to Hami Bahadori for putting this amazing mix together. Check out volume 1 if you missed it!

Dec 5, 202026 min

Resisting Saddam w/ Amir Taha

Amir Taha is a PhD student at the University of Amsterdam. Check out his article Please consider supporting the show and help me hit my goal of $1500 a month. I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

Nov 30, 20201h 1m