While everyone is focusing on the elections, we thought we should look at something far more important: The Labor Movement. Because when there is a historically hostile presidency to labor, the only thing that will advance the cause of the working class is a strong labor movement. I want to take a look at the history of Anticommunism within the US Labor movement from both inside and outside factors with the knowledge this anticommunism often left the United States’ borders and had deep rooted ef...
Nov 06, 2024•56 min
Iraq Body Count is a website that has maintained the most thorough list of civilian casualties from the Iraq War. According to Jonathan Steele, writing in The Guardian , IBC "is widely considered as the most reliable database of Iraqi civilian deaths.” It has been featured in the Chilcot report, and other official government websites. But, there is much to the war that most people don’t know about: * The US began softening-up strikes in 2002, well before the official entry into the war. * A chil...
Jun 14, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Perhaps no country has been subjected to the whims of US imperialism as much as Nicaragua. In the 1800s, it was seen a new breeding ground for the Monroe Doctrine, and sent mercenaries over there to fight wars. In the early 1900s, during the quest for colonies, the US marines invaded again, and through the efforts of Agosto Sandino, they were pushed out, not before establishing a foothold in the form of Anastasio Somoza and his sons who ruled the country with an iron fist. Somoza and his allies ...
May 31, 2023•1 hr 21 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.historicly.net Today, we have the lovely Carl Zha join us again to tell us about the history of Bruce Lee, whose family story is the story of Hong Kong itself! Show Notes: 3:17 - The Coolie Trade - “Coolie” is a transliteration from a Chinese (and Indian) word. Coolie, in Chinese, means “bitter labor.” In the mid-to-late 1800s the slave trade was abolished in many So…...
May 07, 2023•57 min
On Part 2 of Blindingly Unjust, we look at the way the law, public relations, the media interact with each other in order to manufacture consent. We start by examining the kid-gloves in which Sam-Bankman Fried is treated with and then we move on to examine the larger power structures that allows impunity for some and imprisonment for others. Show Notes 0:50 - Sam Bankman-Fried Scandal 1:30 - Elizabeth Holmes 2:00 - Sam Bankman-Fried admits to running a Ponzi Scheme 10:36 - Coordinated Pump and D...
Apr 07, 2023•50 min
Justice is often depicted as a blind woman who holds an evenly balanced scale as it is meant to reflect that justice is supposed to be dispensed impartially and to all members of society. Of course, within American hegemony is a popular myth that judiciaries are impartial arbiters of constitution and constitutionality. Today, attorney Christopher Dilworth joins us in a two-part episode to debunk this myth while explaining the history of the US judiciary. Show Notes 2:10: What do Lawyers do? Nuan...
Mar 22, 2023•52 min
The world has a lot of borders, but very few people understand what it means for the ordinary citizen and how it affects their lives. The problem this century is that these borders are not decided by people, in order to best serve them. Instead, there is a multi-tiered system that gives some humans some rights and many corporations a free-for all. Today, journalist Todd Miller, and author of Empire of Borders and Build Bridges and Not Walls , joins us to discuss the meaning of the borders and wh...
Mar 08, 2023•1 hr 12 min
It started with protests that was dubbed the Arab Spring, but western sources wants us to believe that protests over housing prices spontaneously erupted into a full-blown civil war. But, this is not the case. In fact, the so-called “moderate rebels” of Syria were armed, trained and funded by the west in a grandmaster plan to destabilize Syria in order to access its natural resources. Today, veteran journalist Vanessa Beeley, who has spent the better part of the last 8 years in Syria, tells us t...
Feb 23, 2023•1 hr 21 min
Today, we have Carl Zha from the Silk and Steel Podcast joining us to discuss the Opium wars. Show Notes 0:00:00 - 0:03:12 - Introductions 0:03:14- 0:05:20 - Opium Beginnings Originally, opium was ingested orally. However, ingesting it in large quantities lead to death because it stopped breathing. However, after Europeans colonized the New World, they brought back tobacco from the Americas. Particularly, the Spanish and the Portuguese, who brought it to the Philippines and Malaysia, both countr...
Jan 30, 2023•1 hr 26 min
Today, anthropology scholar Elijah Fanan joins us to discuss the rich history of Morocco. A very special episode where we go through over 3000 years of history of a beautiful country. Show Notes 0:01:11 - The Geography of Morocco 0:02:00 - First Recorded Human life - 300,000 years ago. 0:04:11 - Mitochondrial Eve 0:04:38 - First Sign of Civilization in Morocco 0:05:21 - Amazigh Kingdom of Mauretania - During the Roman Times 0:07:15 - When did Islam Come to Morocco? 0:10:31 - Ibn Khaldoun 0:16:00...
Jan 15, 2023•1 hr 15 min
With the release of a new cache of documents, there has been a renewed interest amongst the American Public on the truth behind the JFK assassination. Today, we interview film director JFK Assassination and Mrs. Paine , where he painstakingly, over a few years interviews a key witness in the Kennedy Assassination Ruth Paine. 0:00:45 - Introductions and how Max Good funded his film 0:02:55 - Michael Parenti’s Lecture Gangster Nature of our State 0:03:26 - Who is Ruth Paine? 0:04:55 - Lee Harvey O...
Dec 30, 2022•50 min
Today, we have Author Aaron Good, join us to talk about the driving force behind the US foreign policy for the past 100 years. He talks about who the actors are, what actually occurs and what the end result is, in this extremely informative interview. 0:00:49 - Aaron Good’s transition from working on the Obama Campaign to writing the book “American Exception” 0:03:36 - The impact of JFK and the unspeakable 0:04:41 - The US Empire being a mass criminal enterprise 0:05:31 - Political Scientist wit...
Dec 20, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Last month, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni drew some waves when she (rightfully) criticized French Colonialism in Africa. She drew particular attention to the CFA Franc Zone. While her critique was rightful, there is much to be said about her motivations. Today, we are joined by Ndongo Samba Sylla, author of “Africa’s Last Colonial Currency” to talk to us about the brutal history of the CFA Franc and how it purposefully impoverishes Africa. Show Notes 0:41 - Colony within a nation: “Neoli...
Dec 05, 2022•1 hr 4 min
In today’s episode we have Alexander Buzgalin from the Moscow State University to talk to us about the history of Russia, Ukraine and the economic implications of this war. We apologize for the delay, I am currently in Russia reporting about the war in Donbass, and our internet connection has been spotty. We have worked out the kinks, and we will be back to our regular schedule. We apologize for the delay. Show notes: 1:22 - Poland-Russian War from 1650 6:58 - The Russian Revolution 10:58 - Donb...
Nov 18, 2022•1 hr
We have come a full circle. When we first started our podcast back in 2018, Lula was in prison because of a judicial coup called “Lavajato.” Bolsonaro was the leading candidate. We were trying to understand the coup effort sponsored by the US state department against Lula De Silva. Before he went to prison, Lula gave a very inspiring speech, where he said “ The elites can kill one rose, two roses, or a hundred roses, but they cannot stop the arrival of spring and ours is a fight for spring.” Fou...
Oct 23, 2022•3 hr 17 min
Sorry for the delay in posting. Esha is in Russia and is just getting settled. We will resume our scheduled posting next week. Today, we have Booker Omole, the head of the Communist Party of Kenya to discuss with us everything related to theory: Dialectical & Historical Materialism, Hegels, Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin and Gramsci. We also learn about why we need to have a party that has an educated citizenry that is capable of fighting for its rights, and how to turn your citizenry with the ...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 50 min
At the turn of the 19th century and early 20th century, people all over the world were demanding the rights given to them in theory on old documents, be put into practice. There was unprecedented activity in unions, unemployment collectives, and civil rights organizations. All of them demanding a voice in the government. Edward Bernays realized the “problem of Democracy” early on: The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses is an important elemen...
Sep 18, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Critical theory as it's been canonized within the Western Academy, is a tradition that comes out of a group of thinkers affiliated with what's called the Frankfurt School. It purported to offer a kind of radical critique of capitalism, consumer society and issues of contemporary society and how they are controlled. However, once again proving Gramsci true, instead, the Frankfurt School has been blunted by its funding sources, used by the CIA and in the end, while prevasive in Western academia, o...
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 5 min
We have studied many events in human history, we have delved a little bit into humanity before history, but today, we decided to learn more about time and space itself. Sean Johnson, a professor of Astronomy from the University of Michigan joins us to talk to us about the history of the universe. We answer questions like “How did our solar system form?” and “What is a galaxy?” and how big is the universe? It is the episode that answers questions about Life, Universe and Everything and we end wit...
Aug 10, 2022•55 min
Today, on our podcast, The Rising Sons of Japan with Tim Shorrock. Summary of Podcast Episode Since the murder of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, there has been many hagiographies that distort his historical role and his rise to power, in the process of doing so, they also end up distorting the history of post war Japan. Today, we have Tim Shorrock, self described “Writer, guitar player, author (SPIES FOR HIRE). Working on investigative memoir of US intervention in Korea & Japan after WWII...
Jul 26, 2022•52 min
Most of us have heard about the great heroic Salt March of Mahatma Gandhiji, and the boycott of British fabrics, but very few of us have heard of the Great Indian Naval Mutiny, an event which gave a great scare to the British colonial powers and helped chart the course for Independence. Today, we have Pramod Kapoor, author of 1946 Royal Indian Navy Mutiny; Last War of Independence to talk to us about this revolutionary event. Show Notes 1:19 - “In popular history, it became almost a footnote.” 1...
Jul 06, 2022•45 min
During the cold war, the CIA was obsessed with mind-control. There vision was creating a something like a Cylon from Battlestar Galactica. And so, they began a division called the MK-ULTRA, within MK-ULTRA, they conducted many gruesome experiments on human beings around the world. Some of it came to light during the church hearings. Some of it came to light because of diligent researchers who use the freedom of information act, and others through leaks. We still don’t know the breadth and depth ...
Jun 16, 2022•54 min
The conservatives complain about godlessness, reactionaries think god punishes America for its godlessness, progressives think that America is too religious. But, wherever one might be on the spectrum, they each are unhappy about how religion manifests itself in America. Today, we have Justin Clark from Red Reviews Podcast here to talk about the history of Atheism, secularism and other types of godlessness in America. He also talks about the cult of Reason and all the other problems associated w...
Jun 02, 2022•1 hr 39 min
Editor’s note: Apologies for the delay. I had a seizure and I was in the hospital. During the seizure I also broke my nose. We will resume with our regular weekly content. We also plan on including some bonus content for the weeks we missed. We apologize. And now, let's get right back to my conversation with Asad Zaman. Enjoy. Audio chapters * 4:11 - Mercantilism * 8:10 - Fascism is not something in and of itself, rather it's something to fill in the vacuum left by the wreckage of the self-regul...
May 17, 2022•54 min
Today Jeffrey Epstein talks with Asad Zaman about the 2001 edition of Karl Polanyi's 1944 book, The Great Transformation. Professor Zaman is a PhD economist based in Pakistan, with many lectures, papers, and posts on the topic. The Great Transformation reveals, essentially, that what we think to be a foundation of our economy and society is, in fact, an illusion. Specifically, Polanyi calls capitalism and its free or "self-regulating" market "a stark Utopia". By definition, a Utopia (an imagined...
Apr 29, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Today's part two of my two-part conversation with Jackson Winter, on the 2001 edition of Karl Polanyi's 1944 book, The Great Transformation . This is also part two of a larger four-part series on the book. Jackson is co-writer and editor for PEGS Institute , which is a project to demystify and explain some commonly misunderstood realities of the modern world. Here's their YouTube channel . (A list of the "audio chapters" in this episode can be found at the bottom of this post. A link to all four...
Apr 19, 2022•56 min
This month, we will have four special episodes hosted by our correspondent,Jeffrey Esptein. Today, he will talk author Jackson Winter about the 2001 edition of the Karl Polyani book, “The Great Transformation” Jackson is co-writer and editor for PEGS Institute , which is a project to demystify and explain some commonly misunderstood realities of the modern world. The Great Transformation is the centuries-long history of how our current rentier capitalism came to be, and what preceded it. It reve...
Apr 06, 2022•57 min
While mainstream media is running a propaganda Blitz on Ukraine, where they seem to frame it as “Russian aggression” against Ukrainians, Ukraine was already invaded 8 years ago. The movie Ukraine on Fire goes through the armed coup, planned at the US Embassy with then Under Secretary Victoria Nuland, where they picked the leaders, and the army and launched the country into an eight-year-long civil-war with the eastern regions of Ukraine. Today, we interview Igor Lopatonok, the director of this a...
Mar 21, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Propaganda is a word thrown around, but very few people understand the nature of the indoctrination within the. United States. David Swanson of “World Beyond War” says: When we imagine that the U.S. military only occasionally and slightly influences U.S. movies, we are extremely badly deceived. The actual impact is on thousands of movies made, and thousands of others never made. And television shows of every variety. The military guests and celebrations of the U.S. military on game shows and coo...
Mar 10, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Editor’s note: We apologize for the lateness of this interview. This months, one of us had extensive health issues and another had a very urgent personal issue that had to be dealt with. We sincerely apologize, and we add extra episodes in the upcoming months. Today, we have Miguel Arjona Sanchez, Professor of Constitutional Law, join us for the second time to discuss the true history of the Euro and all the problems that stem with it. Don’t forget to also listen to our first interview with Migu...
Feb 21, 2022•56 min
