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
Borders are not just lines on a map. Listen in as Harsha Walia, Deej and I discuss bordering regimes Harsha Walia is a Canadian activist and writer based in Vancouver , British Columbia . She has been involved with No one is illegal , the February 14 Women's Memorial March Committee, the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre, and several Downtown Eastside housing justice coalitions. [2] [3] Walia has been active in migrant justice, Indigenous solidarity, feminist , anti-racist , and anti-capitalist m...
Apr 09, 2023•34 min•Ep. 86
Musa Springer joined me for an introduction to Walter Rodney. Musa Springer is a cultural worker and community organizer, host of the Grounding podcast, and a volunteer with the Walter Rodney Foundation. I.G. @TheGambian @Paranoid_Alive Twitter: @MomodouTaal @HalfAtlanta
Mar 31, 2023•46 min•Ep. 85
In this episode, we discuss what are the some of questions the African intellectual should be considering in our current moment. Grovogui is a professor at Cornell university of international relations theory and law. I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal @FanonIsCanon
Mar 14, 2023•36 min•Ep. 84
In this episode, I discuss with Shaykh Khaled Abou El Fadl about his current activities and how we can re-engage Islam in our time. Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl is one of the world’s leading authorities on Shari'ah, Islamic law and Islam, and a prominent scholar in the field of human rights. He is the Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law where he teaches International Human Rights; Islamic Jurisprudence; Political Asylum and Refugee Law; The Trafficking of ...
Mar 02, 2023•54 min•Ep. 83
In this episode, we discuss Dr. Joy James' latest publication: In pursuit of revolutionary love with. I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal @FanonIsCanon
Feb 14, 2023•53 min•Ep. 82
A crossover episode discussing the Balkans from a decolonial perspective. Piro Rexhepi is a researcher based in London. He holds a PhD in politics and writes about borders, racism, religion, and sexuality. He is the author of “White Enclosures Racial Capitalism and Coloniality along the Balkan Route.” It was published by Duke University Press in December 2022 and is discussed in today’s episode. Adem Ferizaj is a PhD student at the Centre for Gender Studies at SOAS University of London. His diss...
Feb 09, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 81
In this episode, we speak to Dr. Alison Phipps regarding some of the challenges for feminism in our current moment. Alison Phipps is a UK-based scholar, writer, and teacher working in the area of gender, with a specific focus on sexual violence. She is currently a Professor of Sociology at Newcastle University. Her most recent book is called Me, Not You: the trouble with mainstream feminism and is published by Manchester University Press. I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal @Too_Black_ @Fanon...
Feb 03, 2023•57 min•Ep. 80
We spoke to Ashok Kumar around the themes in his book “Monopsony Capitalism” Ashok Kumar is a Senior Lecturer of Political Economy Birkbeck University. His most recent book Monopsony Capitalism: Power and Production in the Twilight of the Sweatshop Age (Cambridge University Press) was the winner of the American Sociological Association's 2021 Paul Sweezy Outstanding Book Prize and the 2022 Immanuel Wallerstein Memorial Book Award. The book demonstrates that the production process under global ca...
Jan 24, 2023•57 min•Ep. 79
In this episode we discuss why Marxism in our current moment has a new lease on life? Stephan Hammel’s work is focused on developing a historical materialist framework for the study of music. His research encompasses the history of Marxist approaches to the subject—both “Western” and “Eastern” variants—as well as the role of music in the communist movement. In addition, he harbors an interest in musical modernism in Latin America, especially as it relates to Left politics. Both agitator and educ...
Jan 11, 2023•49 min•Ep. 78
In this episode, we spoke to Professor Jodi Dean regarding what a socialist future would look like. And how we can make steps in advancing to a socialist project in the United States
Dec 31, 2022•38 min•Ep. 77
In this episode, we discuss the legacy of Guinean's first president and Pan-Africanist Ahmed Sekou Toure. Grovogui is a professor at Cornell university of international relations theory and law. I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal
Dec 10, 2022•34 min•Ep. 76
