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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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01:38:24

African Revolutions and Decolonization (AR&D) - Ep....

Guerrilla History ·

2025/01/24

With this episode of Guerrilla History, we officially launch our long awaited series on African Revolutions and Decolonization! Every other week (between other, non-thematic episodes) for roughly the next year and a half, we will be turning a spotlight on struggles across the African continent, with both case studies as well as more theoretical or conceptual episodes present. We could scarcely ask for a better guest to help us launch this series than our comrade Momodou Taal. In this episode, we

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02:06:16

Post-Soviet Georgia History, and Today's Events w/...

Guerrilla History ·

2025/01/17

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Georgian labor union leader and writer Sopo Japaridze to run through post-Soviet Georgia's history to help us understand the events that are unfolding today! This is a critical discussion that hopefully will be of use to many of you who find yourself not knowing as much about Georgia as you wish you did, and will allow you to understand the ongoing events much better. We certainly found quite a bit of value in this episode, and look forward to

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01:21:43

[Unlocked] Conferences, What We're Reading, and More...

Guerrilla History ·

2025/01/10

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we're unlocking a conversation that we recorded for Patreon on October 30. Here we had an impromptu chat when a guest had to reschedule last minute, but despite not planning in advance, we had a marvelous conversation on a pretty wide variety of topics. We put out the call to our patrons on whether they thought anything in the conversation would be useful for our non-patreon audience, and some of the responses we heard included: "I especially enjoyed Adnan's

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02:26:12

Reviewing 2024 and Looking Forward to 2025 & Beyond...

Guerrilla History ·

2025/01/03

It's time for our annual Revolutionary Guerrilla Menace episode, where we crossover with Rev Left and the Red Menace in order to review the past year in world events and look forward to what we think will be coming in the next year. Breht, Alyson, Adnan, and Henry discuss Palestine, BRICS, the Alliance of Sahel States, global capitalism, and much more, so be sure to tune in and share widely! This episode will also be available through Rev Left Radio and Red Menace. Help support the show by signing

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01:16:48

The New International Economic Order at 50 w/ Michael...

Guerrilla History ·

2024/12/27

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back Pawel Wargan (whom you'll remember from our episode Disarming Empire + the Elections in Pakistan) as a guest host to help us interview Michael Galant about a new publication from the Progressive International, a series of essays commemorating the New International Economic Order at its 50th anniversary, and updating it for today. These essays are available in English here, and in Spanish here. These essays include historical entries from

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01:27:26

Korea Dispatch - Martial Law, Impeachment, and More...

Guerrilla History ·

2024/12/20

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back our comrade Ju-Hyun Park (whom you will remember from our recent episode A History of American Imperialism in Korea) to discuss all the latest in South Korea, with the recent martial law/coup attempt, impeachment, attempts to restart a hot phase of the Korean War, and more as topics of discussion. This is not only an extremely important dispatch, but also a dynamic situation with new information coming out all the time, so be sure to listen to

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01:32:37

Tricontinental's Early (1967-71) Socio-Ecological...

Guerrilla History ·

2024/12/13

In this wonderfully esoteric yet very important episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Alejandro Pedregal to discuss his marvelous co-authored historical article The Early Socio-ecological Dimensions of Tricontinental (1967–1971) : A Sovereign Social Metabolism for the Third World. This piece was published in one of our favorite journals, a resource that you really should all be utilizing, Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy. In this discussion, we talk about OSPAAAL, the Cuban Third

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01:29:41

The Lost & Early Writings of James Connolly w/ Conor...

Guerrilla History ·

2024/12/06

In this exciting episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on the editor of the newly released The Lost & Early Writings of James Connolly: 1889 - 1898, a groundbreaking work that fits wonderfully within our Sources and Methods series of episodes. Dr. Conor McCabe has done an incredible job of piecing together part of the lost James Connolly writings, and showing Connolly's engagement and adherence with Marxism, applied within the Irish national context. You won't want to miss this conversation! This

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01:10:06

New Translation of Marx's Capital, Vol. 1 w/ Paul...

Guerrilla History ·

2024/11/29

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on the translator/editors of the new translation of Capital Vol. 1 by Karl Marx. We discuss, in addition to other things, the reasons why it was decided that this new translation was needed, the political background to making that decision, why the 2nd German Edition was used for making the translation from, why these introductions were used, whether there will be translations of the subsequent volumes of Capital and if a paperback edition will come

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01:31:57

Zionist Rampage & Narrative Distortion in Amsterdam...

Guerrilla History ·

2024/11/22

In this dispatch episode of Guerrilla History, bring on left-wing Amsterdam City Council member Jazie Veldhuyzen to discuss the recent events that took place in Amsterdam surrounding an Ajax-Maccabi Tel Aviv football match, where violent Zionist hooligans went on a rampage through the city, but the media and major Dutch politicians instead characterized the event as a "modern pogrom" until the facts became too clear to ignore. This is a really important discussion that not only clarifies that

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01:21:02

Women and Militarism w/ Sarah Raymundo

Guerrilla History ·

2024/11/15

In this important episode of Guerrilla History, bring on Sarah Raymundo to discuss Women and Militarism, with a particular focus on the context of the Philippines, but ranging far beyond that! Within this conversation, we discuss the impact of militarism, and imperialist/colonialist military presence on women, as well as women's resistance to militarism. This is a critical discussion, and Sarah brings out many important threads here within the conversation. You, listeners, will no doubt be happy

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01:48:24

Publishing as Anti-Imperialist Practice w/ Iskra...

Guerrilla History ·

2024/11/08

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on several comrades from Iskra Books, a non-profit, all volunteer-run, independent communist publishing company to discuss Publishing as Anti-Imperialist Practice! This discussion also relates to the episode we did two weeks ago with Sina Rahmani of The East Is a Podcast on Radical Independent Media as Anti-Imperialist Practice. We also include the audio of a talk that Henry did on these topics at a China at 75 event hosted by the Friends of

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01:45:24

Western Marxism w/ Gabriel Rockhill

Guerrilla History ·

2024/11/01

In this fantastic episode of Guerrilla History, bring on Gabriel Rockhill to discuss the landmark new English translation of the legendary Domenico Losurdo's Western Marxism: How it was Born, How it Died, How it can be Reborn, freshly out from Monthly Review Press. This critical work acts as a trenchant critique of the Western left intelligentsia, showing how it is rooted in the political economy of imperialism. The conversation we have surrounding this is deep, generative, and thought provoking,

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01:08:07

Radical Independent Media as Anti-Imperialist...

Guerrilla History ·

2024/10/25

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we present a crossover conversation we did with our friend Sina from The East Is a Podcast on the topic of Radical Independent Media As Anti-Imperialist Practice! This topic stems from a talk Henry gave for the Friends of Socialist China, and will be continued in a forthcoming episode on Publishing As Anti-Imperialist Practice featuring several Editorial Board members of Iskra Books. Be sure to Subscribe to Sina's show (links below), and also subscribe to our

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01:25:12

Dogmatism and Reading History w/ Alexander Aviña

Guerrilla History ·

2024/10/18

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we have an informal discussion with our friend and comrade Alex Aviña about the dangers of dogmatism when reading history, and much more! We love these slightly more theoretical conversations, and we know many of you do too. This one fits very well with many of the Sources and Methods episodes we have released, so be sure to check those previous episodes out if you are new to the show! Alexander Aviña is associate professor of Latin American history at Arizona

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01:36:01

Political Traitors and Sellouts w/ J. Moufawad Paul &...

Guerrilla History ·

2024/10/11

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on two wonderful comrades to take on a pretty big topic of traitors and sellouts, the processes that take place that cause ideological changing, and some case studies of this phenomenon, including the discussion of Zak Cope's recent heel turn from Thirdworldist to radical free market capitalist and Zionist, and how to try to prevent this from happening within our organizations and within ourselves. We could not ask for better guests to tackle this

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02:20:28

The West Bank, and the Nature of Resistance w/ Bana &...

Guerrilla History ·

2024/10/04

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on two members from the Good Shepherd Collective, Bana Abu Zuluf and Lara Kilani, for a wide ranging conversation on The West Bank, the nature of resistance, the one year mark from October 7, narratives, and more! This was a terrific and vital discussion with two wonderful comrades, and we will certainly be bringing them back on again soon. Be sure to follow the Good Shepherd Collective on twitter @Shepherds4Good, and check out their website.

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01:57:43

Intro to African Revolutions and Decolonization w/...

Guerrilla History ·

2024/09/27

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we first provide a small bit of information about the retribution that friend (and future guest) of the show Momodou Taal is facing from Cornel University for standing in solidarity with Palestine in the face of the ongoing Genocide, before releasing a fully remastered edition of one of our very first episodes, the nearly 4 year old survey on African revolutions and decolonization movements we did. We still have our ~35 part series on African Revolutions and

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Intro to African Revolutions and Decolonization w/...

Guerrilla History ·

2024/09/26

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we first provide a small bit of information about the retribution that friend (and future guest) of the show Momodou Taal is facing from Cornel University for standing in solidarity with Palestine in the face of the ongoing Genocide, before releasing a fully remastered edition of one of our very first episodes, the nearly 4 year old survey on African revolutions and decolonization movements we did. We still have our ~35 part series on African Revolutions and

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01:35:24

Islam, the Commons, and (Democratic) Socialism w/ Ali...

Guerrilla History ·

2024/09/20

In this wonderful crossover episode between Guerrilla History and The Majlis, we bring on Dr. Ali Al-Assam to discuss the legendary Iraqi Communist leader Ibrahim Allawi's work Al-Mushtarak (The Commons), which Ali has just translated an edited edition in English, available from Iskra Books! This conversation covers the life and work of Allawi, his book Al-Mushtarak, and the fascinating fusion of Islamic culture and socialist politics contained within. Really a great discussion, you're going to

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