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The East is a Podcast

Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)•www.eastpodcast.com
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A critical lens on the history of the present on West Asia and North Africa. Interviews with experts and archival mashups. Created by Sina Rahmani (twitter: @urorientalist)
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(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 09, 2020•7 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 05, 2020•27 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, 2020•1 hr 1 min

Asfuriyyeh: the Lebanon Hospital for the Insane w/Joelle M. Abi-Rached

Joelle Abi-Rached is an invited researcher at the École normale supérieure. Check out her book 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 27, 2020•55 min

The Bruce Lee Mixtape

Bruce Lee gave relatively few interviews in English during his lifetime. I've compiled a few of them into an episode. 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 22, 2020•45 min

Sanctions against liberation: a conversation on Zimbabwe today

Guest hosted by Paris Yeros Grasian Mkodzongi @Hondo1973 is a researcher whose work is focused on the political economy of land and natural resources in the Southern African sub-region. Richard R Runyararo @VaMahomva is a political scientist and Executive Coordinator of Leaders for Africa Network (LAN). Freedom Mawzi @FreedomMazwi is researcher at SMAIAS; his research is focused on political economy of land and agricultural financing. Paris Yeros is Professor at the Federal University of ABC (UF...

Nov 10, 2020•1 hr 42 min

A user's guide to Monopsony Capitalism w/ Ashok Kumar

Ashok Kumar is Lecturer in International Political at Birkbeck and author of Monopsony Capitalism: Power and Production in Twilight of the Sweatshop Age (2020) 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 09, 2020•53 min

Let the System Die w/ Justin Kaliebe of #PrisonsKIll

Justin Kaliebe is an incarcerated survivor of the so-called War on Terror, as one of 433 currently incarcerated or detained people charged with terrorism-related charges post 9/11 (according to the Intercept). The so-called War on Terror was a two-front assault on Muslims and those racialized as 'other' both within the US's colonial borders and western Asia. "Please write to Just at: Justin Kaliebe #81912-053 FCI Jesup 2680 301 South Jesup, GA 31599 You can follow #PrisonsKill on Twitter here: h...

Oct 27, 2020•34 min

Wagging the Dog in Syria w/ Ben Norton

Ben Norton is a journalist and writer with the Grayzone. Check out his article on the recent leaks. 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...

Oct 12, 2020•1 hr 10 min

Seymour Hersh on Syria Disinformation (2013)

Seymour Hersh is one of the most respected and trusted investigative journalists in the US. However, he has all but disappeared from mainstream news venues for the last few years. A big reason for this is his refusal to accept the media hysteria around Syria and chemical weapons. I have compiled a series of clips from various interviews he gave on the question beginning in 2013 and through 2017.

Oct 07, 2020•55 min

(Preview) Bonus Episode 76 - The Memory of Salah Ben Youssef

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 Nadia Ben Youssef interview her father about the legacy of her grandfather Salah Ben-Youssef....

Oct 06, 2020•11 min

"Bread, Freedom, Dignity" w/Nadia Ben Youssef and Nada Trigui

Nadia Ben-Youssef ( @nadiaby ) is Advocacy Director at the Center for Constitutional Rights. Nada Trigui ( @TrNada ) is a political economist based in Tunisia. 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...

Oct 01, 2020•1 hr 11 min

Anti-Imperialist Solidarity with Iran

The Committee of Anti-Imperialists in Solidarity with Iran (CASI) opposes U.S. imperialism against Iran, and is united against U.S. intervention in Iran, Iraq and throughout the world. We are a group of internationalist activists, Iranian and otherwise, located in the United States and Canada, and we consider ourselves part of the anti-imperialist and anti-war movements throughout the world. Speakers: Max Ajl Nina Farnia Vida Samiian Micol Savia More info available here https://solidarityiran.or...

Sep 27, 2020•1 hr 27 min

(Unlocked) Bonus Episode 71 - Danny Haiphong on American Exceptionalism

Unlocked from behind the paywall. Sign up for the bonus feed at Patreon.com/east_podcast and get great bonus content! *** Danny Haiphong is Contributing Editor of Black Agenda Reporter and Co-Host of The Left Lens, He is the co-author of American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People's History of Fake News―From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror...

Sep 23, 2020•54 min

(Preview) Bonus Episode 73 - Justin Podur on Planet of the Humans

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 and patron of the podcast Justin Podur reviews Planet of the Humans (2020). Check out Justin's blog...

Sep 18, 2020•9 min

"The world is full of men whose hearts are broken" w/ Fatima Bhutto

Fatima Bhutto returns to the show to talk about her most recent novel, The Runaways 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...

Sep 10, 2020•53 min

Neoliberal White Saviourism w/ David Jefferess

David Jefferess teaches English and Cultural Studies at UBC Okanagan. 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...

Sep 05, 2020•58 min

The Kwame Nkrumah Mixtape

Special thanks to Dehgani for putting this together. Sources: https://bit.ly/2ELwJHs https://bit.ly/3hF4XLg https://bit.ly/3gK33YH https://bit.ly/3gLE0Ei https://bit.ly/32FgqnT https://bit.ly/2QF9e5B https://bit.ly/3bcNCqu...

Aug 31, 2020•57 min
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