Listen in as Dr. Bikrum Gill discusses an analysis of Palestinian resistance; historically and contemporarily. We also discuss the Palestinian struggle in relation to wider struggles against imperialism and for global struggle of liberation. Dr. Gill is currently working on a book manuscript titled “Race, Nature, and Accumulation: A Decolonial Political Ecological Analysis of Land Grabbing.” This book examines the motives and consequences of the post financial crisis phenomenon of large-scale ag...
May 23, 2024•58 min•Ep. 116
Listen in as we discuss structures, agency and the role of political economy. Naeem Inayatullah is professor of politics at Ithaca College. He has taught at the University of Denver, University of Colorado, Syracuse University, and for a short period in Brazil. He is associate editor of the Journal of Narrative Politic I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal @CTayJ
May 01, 2024•55 min•Ep. 115
Listen in as Dr. Matteo Capasso offers a marxist analysis of Iran's retaliation to Israel's attack on their consulate. Matteo Capasso is @mscactions research fellow at @cafoscari and @columbia, whose work focuses on imperialism and the Global South. He is the author of 'Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya' and co-editor of @mideastcritique. His work has appeared in @ripe, @roap and @journalPolitics. He is also a rapporteur at in the International Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctio...
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 114
As the US gears up for yet another intervention in Haiti, what do those who are plugged into movements on the ground make of the current situation? Listen in as Kweku Lumumba takes us through his perspective on contemporary Haiti I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal @CTayj @Aldanmarki
Mar 30, 2024•53 min•Ep. 113
[This episode was recorded February 27th] Many of us have heard what is happening in Senegal listen in as Fatima and Florian take us through what has led to this current moment. I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @Nestawane @FloTok
Mar 19, 2024•47 min•Ep. 112
The Ansarullah in Yemen continues their blockade of the red sea of all ships headed toward Israel. Who are they? Listen in as Rune discusses the history of Ansarullah and their place within Yemen's society. Rune Agerhus Political Commentator & Member of the Organization of Solidarity with the Yemeni Struggle (OSYS I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal @CTayj @Aldanmarki...
Mar 04, 2024•53 min•Ep. 111
History did not start on October 7th. Listen in as Tara contextualizes October 7th and gives a long history of Palestinian resistance. Tara Alami is a Palestinian writer and organiser from occupied Jerusalem and occupied Yafa, based in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal). I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal @taraxrh
Feb 22, 2024•45 min•Ep. 110
What is the axis of resisance? How did they emerge? In this episode, Dr. Matteo Capasso gives us an introduction to the axis of resistance. Matteo Capasso is @mscactions research fellow at @cafoscari and @columbia, whose work focuses on imperialism and the Global South. He is the author of 'Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya' and co-editor of @mideastcritique. His work has appeared in @ripe, @roap and @journalPolitics. He is also a rapporteur at in the International Tribunal on U.S....
Feb 12, 2024•47 min•Ep. 109
In this episode, I speak with Azhaar, a PhD student at Cornell, on what is happening in Sudan. I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: AzhaarSholgami
Feb 05, 2024•47 min•Ep. 108
An in-depth look into what is currently taking place in DRC. Kambale Musavuli, a native of the Democratic Republic of Congo and one of the leading political and cultural Congolese voices, is a social entrepreneur and an international human rights advocate working with youth groups across the African continent. He writes on issues affecting the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and has served for the past decade as the national spokesperson for the Friends of the Congo, a group that ...
Jan 10, 2024•57 min•Ep. 107
Starting the new year with a special episode on 'Love' in James Baldwin's archive. Quincy Diallo is a double major in African-American studies and English at Yale University. I.G. @TheGambian @Quincy.Diallo Twitter: @MomodouTaal
Jan 02, 2024•31 min•Ep. 106
Palestine remains the litmus test. As our movements continue to gain momentum, Arun and I discuss what are the stakes when organizing for Palestine in the west. Arun Kundnani has been active in antiracist movements in Britain and the United States for three decades. He is a former editor of the journal Race & Class and was a scholar-in-residence at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library. I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal @ArunKundnani...
Dec 20, 2023•34 min•Ep. 105
Support The Malcolm Effect: https://www.patreon.com/TheMalcolmEffect A historical overview of the creation of the Zionist state of Israel. Professor Lentin's bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronit_Lentin I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal
Dec 03, 2023•36 min•Ep. 104
Support The Malcolm Effect: https://www.patreon.com/TheMalcolmEffect In this episode, Yara Shoufani details what this current iteration of the Palestinian resistance represents for Palestinians specifically and the world more broadly. Yara Shoufani is an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement in Toronto. She holds a master's in political science, with a research focus on colonisation and gentrification in Occupied Palestine. I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal @Yaraxsh...
Nov 21, 2023•45 min•Ep. 103
Support The Malcolm Effect: https://www.patreon.com/TheMalcolmEffect In this episode, Barnaby Raine succinctly details a history of Zionism whilst speaking to our current moment. Barnaby Raine is an intellectual historian writing his PhD at Columbia University. His doctoral research seeks to explain the decline of thinking about the end of capitalism from Marx through to debates in twentieth century Britain, amid the end of formal empire. He holds a Masters in History from Columbia and a BA in H...
Nov 11, 2023•37 min•Ep. 102
Professor Russell Rickford, whom I have had the fortunate experience of studying with, is under malicious attack from Zionists. His commitment to justice has been unwavering and there is a vicious campaign calling for his resignation. This baseless campaign is based on a 2 minuted doctored audio without context. Please find attached a petition that seeks to protect Professor Rickford and those who have the courage to affirm the basic humanity of Palestinians. Please share with others. This audio...
Oct 19, 2023•20 min•Ep. 101
Listen in to this important analysis of the recent coups in the West. Professor Siba Grovogui situates today's events in history Support The Malcolm Effect: https://www.patreon.com/TheMalcolmEffect Professor Grovogui is a professor of international relations theory and law at Cornell University. I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal
Sep 19, 2023•43 min•Ep. 100
This episode is in honour of Omar Blondin Diop, as today marks his birthday. Listen in as we talk about this inspiring radical figure Support The Malcolm Effect: https://www.patreon.com/TheMalcolmEffect Florian Bobin is a Dakar-based researcher in history who studies liberation struggles and state violence in 1960s-1970s Senegal, author of a forthcoming biography of revolutionary philosopher Omar Blondin Dio. @flotok...
Sep 18, 2023•32 min•Ep. 99
In this episode, Deej and I discuss with Professor Alana Lentin the current war on "wokeism" Support The Malcolm Effect: https://www.patreon.com/TheMalcolmEffect Alana Lentin is Professor of Cultural and Social Analysis at Western Sydney University. She is a Jewish European woman who is a settler on Gadigal land (Sydney, Australia). She works on the critical theorization of race, racism and antiracism. Her latest book is Why Race Still Matters (Polity 2020) and she previously published The Crise...
Sep 06, 2023•48 min•Ep. 98
We often hear that China is colonising Africa. Or that Russia's actions are imperialist in Africa. Christian and I spoke to one of my favorite thinkers, about all things Africa vis-a-vis China & Russia Zubairu Wai is Associate Professor of Political Science and Global Development Studies. He is the author of Epistemologies of African Conflicts: Violence, Evolutionism, and the War in Sierra Leone (2012), which won the ATWS Toyin Falola Africa Book Award for 2013, and co-editor (with Marta Iñi...
Aug 09, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 97
Listen in as I speak to Gary Wilder on his generation of scholars and their disavowal of class analysis. Gary Wilder is a Professor in the Ph.D. Program of Anthropology, with cross-appointments in History and French, at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he is also Director of the Committee on Globalization and Social Change . Wilder’s work on the French empire, Francophone West Africa and the Caribbean, and Black Atlantic social thought is located at the intersection ...
Aug 03, 2023•42 min•Ep. 96
You’d be hard-pressed to scroll through social media without seeing a discussion on gender. Listen in as I discuss with Micah Valentine. Micah Valentine is a stem cell researcher who has an interest in Radical Black politics and labour history. I.G. @TheGambian @_micahvalentine Twitter: @MomodouTaal TikTok: Micahvalentine @Afroconfetti
Jul 28, 2023•27 min•Ep. 95
Listen in as Deej, Christian, and I discuss AfroPessimism with Professor Frank Wilderson Frank B. Wilderson III is an American writer, dramatist, filmmaker, and critic. He is a Professor of African American Studies at the University of California, Irvine. I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal @FanonIsCanon @CTayJ
Jul 24, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 94
In this episode, I sat with my Uncle as we discussed the radical history of The Gambia and its connection to movements beyond its borders. I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal
Jul 15, 2023•36 min•Ep. 93
Listen in as Sita, Deej and I discuss Sita's book "Deadly and Slick:Sexual Modernity and the Making of Race" I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal @FanonIsCanon
Jul 02, 2023•30 min•Ep. 92
Listen in as we discuss with Judith Butler on their assessment of discussions surrounding gender today. Judith Pamela Butler [3] (born February 24, 1956) is an American philosopher and gender studies writer whose work has influenced political philosophy , ethics , and the fields of third-wave feminism , [4] queer theory , [5] and literary theory . [6] In 1993, Butler began teaching at the University of California, Berkeley , where they [a] have served, beginning in 1998, as the Maxine Elliot Pro...
Jun 15, 2023•51 min•Ep. 91
Listen in as Obi Egbuna jr, Deej and I discuss what Pan African organising in the US should focus on today. I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal @FanonIsCanon
Jun 08, 2023•55 min•Ep. 90
In this episode, we discuss with Dr. Matteo Campasso the history and mechanism of sanctions. Matteo Capasso is @mscactions research fellow at @cafoscari and @columbia, whose work focuses on imperialism and the Global South. He is the author of 'Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya' and co-editor of @mideastcritique. His work has appeared in @ripe, @roap and @journalPolitics. He is also a rapporteur at in the International Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions Blockades, and Unilater...
May 30, 2023•52 min•Ep. 89
In this episode Dr. Norman Finkelstein talk to Annie, Christian, and Momodou about how he sees the class struggle today. Norman Gary Finkelstein is an American political scientist, activist, former professor, and author. His primary fields of research are the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust. He is a graduate of Binghamton University and received his Ph.D. in political science at Princeton University.
May 04, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 88
In this episode, Professor Radhika Desai gives us a masterclass on our geopolitical situation. Dr. Radhika Desai is Professor at the Department of Political Studies, and Director, Geopolitical Economy Research Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. She is the author of Geopolitical Economy: After US Hegemony, Globalization and Empire (2013), Slouching Towards Ayodhya: From Congress to Hindutva in Indian Politics (2nd rev ed, 2004) and Intellectuals and Socialism: ‘Social Democrats’ and...
Apr 20, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 87
