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Guerrilla History

Guerrilla History

Guerrilla History is the podcast that acts as a reconnaissance report of global history for the activist left, and aims to use the lessons of history to analyze the present. Your hosts are educators Henry Hakamaki and Professor Adnan Husain, historian and Director of the School of Religion at Queens University. Follow us on social media! Our podcast can be found on twitter at https://twitter.com/guerrilla_pod, and can be supported on patreon at https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory. Your

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01:29:02

The History and Impact of Sanctions on Iran w/...

Guerrilla History ·

2022/10/14

This episode of Guerrilla History is a continuation of our Sanctions As War miniseries. In this fascinating episode, we have a discussion with Professor Muhammad Sahimi on the history and the impacts of sanctions on Iran, which is both an immensely enlightening and heartbreaking conversation. This episode is particularly timely given the current situation in Iran, which the last question of the interview addresses. Be sure to also stay turned for more installments of our Sanctions As War series!

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01:07:41

Sanctions As Siege Warfare w/ Manu Karuka

Guerrilla History ·

2022/10/07

This episode of Guerrilla History is a continuation of our Sanctions As War miniseries (check out our earlier episodes from the series if you've not already!). In this episode, we lay out some very interesting historical and analytical parallels between sieges throughout history and modern sanctions regimes. A fascinating conversation with a great scholar and committed anti-imperialist, you don't want to miss this! Be sure to also stay turned for more installments of our Sanctions As War series!

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01:16:35

Part 2 - Why Political Education & Historical...

Guerrilla History ·

2022/09/30

In this Intelligence Briefing, we continue the conversation with our panel from last week by doing listener Q&As. Be sure to stay tuned for future Spaces, if you have questions you'd like to ask them, and sign up for our patreon to help keep the show up and running and to send us comments anytime! To follow each of the panelists on Twitter, just click on the link after their name: James: @GoodVibePolitik, Ilima: @ItsIlima, Isa: @endsanctions, Matt: @MattxRed, Mikey: @karaokecomputer, Mirah:

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01:34:42

Why Political Education & Historical Knowledge is KEY...

Guerrilla History ·

2022/09/23

For this Intelligence Briefing, we gathered a panel of great activists and organizers for a discussion on why political education is crucial to building our movements. This is part one of the conversation, the panel discussion. Part two, the Q&A segment, will come out next week. To follow each of the panelists on Twitter, just click on the link after their name: James: @GoodVibePolitik, Ilima: @ItsIlima, Isa: @endsanctions, Matt: @MattxRed, Mikey: @karaokecomputer, Mirah: @snackvampire, Sam:

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01:10:54

Sanctions & Nation-Breaking Yugoslavia w/ Gregory...

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2022/09/16

This episode of Guerrilla History is a continuation of our Sanctions As War miniseries (check out the intro episode if you've not already!), and is our first case study of the series. In this episode, we hear the simultaneously heartbreaking and infuriating story of the sanctions on Yugoslavia from Gregory Elich. Gregory, in addition to being a committed anti-imperialist and keen analyst of world events, was on the ground in Yugoslavia to investigate NATO war crimes, and this is truly an excellent

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01:25:58

Multipolarity w/ Ben Norton

Guerrilla History ·

2022/09/09

In this incredibly fun episode, we talk with Ben Norton about multipolarity, from both theoretical and real-world analytical lenses. Who better to discuss the topic of multipolarity with us than Mr. Multipolarista himself? The conversation itself was excellent, as is Ben's work more generally. If you don't already check out Multipolarista's content regularly, this is your notice to do so! Ben Norton is a journalist, writer, and filmmaker based in Nicaragua, and is the founder of

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01:03:57

The Fred Hampton Assassination & Judas and the Black...

Guerrilla History ·

2022/09/02

Guerrilla History "From the Archives" is a series of episodes, consisting of previously patreon-exclusive episodes that we are unlocking for the general public after one year. This From the Archives episode was originally released on Patreon on April 2, 2021, and is about the Fred Hampton assassination, some new information that had come out around the time of the recording of the episode, and the docudrama Judas and the Black Messiah. Join us for this very fun conversation! You can support

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01:22:30

Booker Omole of the Communist Party of Kenya -...

Guerrilla History ·

2022/08/26

In this tremendous conversation, we talk with Comrade Booker Omole of the Communist Party of Kenya for the history and class analysis of the recent elections in Kenya. An absolutely fascinating and enlightening discussion, we could not hope for a better guest than Comrade Booker! Booker Omole is the National Vice Chairperson and National Organizing Secretary of the Communist Party of Kenya. He can be found on Twitter @BookerBiro. Support the Communist Party of Kenya! You can contribute to their

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01:57:22

The Fragility of US Power w/ Noam Chomsky & Vijay...

Guerrilla History ·

2022/08/19

In this tremendous episode, we talk with Professor Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad about the topics in their brand new book The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power. An absolutely wonderful conversation with two great guests! The book will be released in 10 days, so be sure to sign up for your copy! Professor Noam Chomsky is a world-renowned linguist and political activist, and is author of numerous books. Whether you are already familiar with his work or not,

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01:31:31

Sanctions As War w/ Immanuel Ness & Stuart Davis

Guerrilla History ·

2022/08/12

This episode of Guerrilla History is the introduction to a mini-series we are running for the next couple of months. The topic is Sanctions As War, based off of the book of the same name edited by Professors Immanuel Ness and Stuart Davis. Subsequent episodes will be focused on case studies of countries that have faced sanctions, and this intro will lay some of the theoretical groundwork necessary for us to build a narrative around! And who better to get us underway in this series than Manny and

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Announcements and Recommendations - August 2022

Guerrilla History ·

2022/08/05

Read and subscribe to our free weekly newsletter https://guerrillahistory.substack.com/ Breht's recommendation: The Counterrevolution of 1776 w/ Gerald Horne Adnan's recommendation: Why Turkey Is Authoritarian w/ Halil Karaveli Henry's recommendation: Women In Nepal's Civil War w/ Hisila Yami Support us on Patreon!

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01:36:53

The Economics of Imperialism and Inflation w/ Richard...

Guerrilla History ·

2022/07/29

In this useful episode, we talk with Professor Richard Wolff about the economics of both imperialism and inflation - two major issues facing nearly everyone today, but that we often don't look at the economic drivers or mechanisms of. An incredibly fun conversation with someone we've wanted to bring on the show for quite some time! Richard Wolff is a Professor Emeritus of Economics at UMass-Amherst and a Visiting Professor at The New School. He is also the host of Economic Update and the founder

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01:08:36

From the Archives - The 1776 Report

Guerrilla History ·

2022/07/22

Guerrilla History "From the Archives" is a new series of episodes, consisting of previously patreon-exclusive episodes that we are unlocking for the general public after one year. This From the Archives episode was originally released on Patreon on January 29, 2021, and is about the (at the time) recently released, ahistorical 1776 Report by the sham 1776 Commission. Join us as we rant about this report and talk about its potential impact. The report itself can be viewed here. You can support

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01:39:11

Coups, Oil, and Oil Nationalization: Supplement w/...

Guerrilla History ·

2022/07/15

This supplemental episode is the recording of a Twitter Space we just recorded with our friends, Professors Alexander Aviña and Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt. What was originally supposed to be a pretty informal meeting became a nearly 1 hour and 40 minute discussion of coups, oil, and oil nationalization! Enjoy! Alexander Aviña is historian at Arizona State University, and is author of the book Specters of Revolution: Peasant Guerrilla in the Cold War Mexican Countryside (Oxford University Press,

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02:57:36

Coups, Oil, the CIA, and Arab Nationalism in Iraq w/...

Guerrilla History ·

2022/07/08

In this fascinating episode, we talk with Professor Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt about the numerous coups of Iraq from 1953-1968 (and the CIA/State Department role in these) amidst the background of rising Arab nationalist politics and pushes by several groups for nationalization of Iraqi oil. A fantastic discussion based off of Brandon's equally fabulous book The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy: Oil and Arab Nationalism in Iraq! Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt is a historian at California State

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01:01:33

Shut Down Red Hill! Naval Pollution Disaster w/...

Guerrilla History ·

2022/07/01

In this Dispatch, we talk to Mikey from O'ahu Water Protectors about the both ongoing and impending disaster at the Red Hill facility, where the US Navy's fuel continues to leak into the largest aquifer on the island of O'ahu. We discuss the history of this fuel facility, and the activism taking place to shut it down! You can find Mikey on various social media platforms, including Twitter, @karaokecomputer. You can find more information about O'ahu Water Protectors and the efforts to shut down Red

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24:29

[Teaser] James Baldwin's Down at the Cross - IB

Guerrilla History ·

2022/06/24

This 20 minute teaser is the conclusion to an hour and 45 minute long Intelligence Briefing we did on Baldwin's magnificent essay Down at the Cross. The full episode will be patreon-exclusive for roughly a year, so if you don't want to wait, be sure to sign up for our patreon to help support the show! https://www.patreon.com/posts/68187078 If you want to read the essay itself, it is available here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1962/11/17/letter-from-a-region-in-my-mind

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02:23:11

Time with the Red Army Faction w/ Margrit Schiller

Guerrilla History ·

2022/06/17

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on a very special guest, Margrit Schiller! Margrit was associated early on with the Red Army Faction, before being imprisoned and tortured by the West German state, being forced into exile in Cuba and Uruguay, and then having to move back to Germany more or less against her will. A fascinating life story from someone just as committed to the struggle as ever! Margrit Schiller is author of Remembering the Armed Struggle: My Time with the Red Army

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37:53

From the Archives - Historical Impact of the Plague

Guerrilla History ·

2022/06/10

Guerrilla History "From the Archives" is a new series of episodes, consisting of previously patreon-exclusive episodes that we are unlocking for the general public after one year. This From the Archives episode was originally released on Patreon on November 4, 2020, and is about the plague. Join us in this old episode where we discussed a bit of the science of the plague, as well as the historical impact of it in the 14th century. Your hosts are immunobiologist Henry Hakamaki, Professor Adnan

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01:28:35

Indian Farmers' Protest Retrospective w/ Sandeep...

Guerrilla History ·

2022/05/27

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Santosh Kumar and Sandeep Rauzi of workersunity.com to give a retrospective look at the massive Indian Farmers' Protests that went on for over a year, from the perspective of journalist activists on the ground! We discuss the conditions of Indian agricultural workers before the protests, the "Farm Bills" that sparked the protests, what the protests were like, and what has happened since the Indian government has dropped the proposed bills!

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