*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 Palesti...
Jul 07, 2022•1 hr
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 acclaime...
Jun 30, 2022•52 min
Bikrum Gill (@bikrumsinghgill) teaches in the Department of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast
Jun 28, 2022•1 hr 10 min
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...
Jun 26, 2022•18 min
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...
Jun 15, 2022•58 min
*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).
Jun 13, 2022•1 hr 2 min
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...
May 30, 2022•1 hr
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 re...
May 29, 2022•21 min
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...
May 18, 2022•19 min
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)
May 15, 2022•1 hr 13 min
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 remin...
May 11, 2022•18 min
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...
May 08, 2022•1 hr 28 min
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, ...
May 03, 2022•22 min
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/
May 01, 2022•1 hr 30 min
Old friend of the podcast Manu Chander is Associate Professor of English at Rutgers University-Newark. Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast
Apr 22, 2022•1 hr 2 min
*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"...
Apr 14, 2022•1 hr 4 min
A 2003 documentary produced by Journeyman Pictures titled Operation Persuasion : What is the role of the media in modern day war reporting? Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3GINVv9-9s&ab_channel=JourneymanPictures Special thanks to Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost)
Apr 13, 2022•44 min
*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 di...
Apr 05, 2022•20 min
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...
Mar 31, 2022•9 min
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...
Mar 30, 2022•1 hr 19 min
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 Mk...
Mar 22, 2022•2 hr 22 min
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...
Mar 22, 2022•16 min
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
Mar 16, 2022•1 hr 22 min
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/
Mar 07, 2022•1 hr 48 min
Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4&ab_channel=TheUniversityofChicago
Mar 02, 2022•1 hr 14 min
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...
Feb 27, 2022•39 min
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
Feb 23, 2022•1 hr 19 min
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
Feb 21, 2022•59 min
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...
Feb 13, 2022•1 hr 7 min
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...
Feb 10, 2022•49 min
