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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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01:31:57

Zionist Rampage & Narrative Distortion in Amsterdam...

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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

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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...

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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

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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...

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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

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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 &...

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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 &...

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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/...

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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...

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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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01:34:48

[Urgent] Targeted by the State - Comrade Booker Omole...

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2024/09/13

In this critically important episode, we bring back our friend Comrade Booker from the Communist Party of Kenya to discuss the breaking news of his arrest and charges against him by the Kenyan governing apparatus. In addition to discussing his personal case, he analyses and describes the wider repressive nature of the Kenyan government, and how the Communist Party of Kenya is operating in the environment of mass public discontent. A fascinating, timely, and important conversation! Also, be sure to

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02:19:13

Electoral Theory and Strategy of Marx and Lenin w/...

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2024/09/06

In this fully remastered 3+ year old episode of Guerrilla History, we brought on Professor August Nimtz to talk about his book, The Ballot, The Streets, or Both? From Marx and Engels to Lenin and the October Revolution. This book takes a look at the theoretical and strategic groundings and evolution of electoralism via the writings of Marx/Engels and Lenin. A conversation that will add a lot of historical nuance to the debates that we have every election season in the "western democratic"

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01:39:05

The Far Right of a Special Type - 10 Theses w/ Vijay...

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2024/08/30

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back on our friend Vijay Prashad to talk about one of the latest newsletter articles from the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, titled Ten Theses on the Far Right of a Special Type. Here, we have a bit of a theoretical discussion before diving in and discussing each of the theses in turn. Be sure to read the article, critically engage with it, and critically engage with our discussion here as well! Also, check out our previous episodes

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01:34:18

A History of American Imperialism in Korea - US Out...

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2024/08/23

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we have an vitally important conversation with Ju-Hyun Park of Nodutdol. In this conversation, we discuss the recent history of American imperialism within Korea, recent developments in the Korean Peninsula regarding stances towards unification and nuclear disarmament, and Nodutdol's new campaign US Out of Korea. Be sure to keep up with the campaign at usoutofkorea.org, take part, and share this conversation and the resources within with your comrades! The

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01:57:59

Subjectivity and Decolonization in the...

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2024/08/16

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we have the opportunity to discuss a fabulous new book, Subjectivity and Decolonisation in the Post-Independence Novel and Film with its brilliant author Sarah Jilani. Through examinations of novels and film from Africa and South Asia, Frantz Fanon's materialist approach to self and representations of subjectivity and decolonization are discussed. Really an outstanding conversation, we really hope Sarah will join us again for future conversations! Another

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01:25:11

Defiance - Fighting the Far Right in Britain w/...

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2024/08/09

In this timely episode of Guerrilla History, Adnan discusses Defiance: Fighting the Far Right w/ Rajesh Thind, a director & producer of the three part Channel 4 documentary series produced by Rogan Productions in association with Riz Ahmed’s Lefthanded Films. The series is an immersive social history that brings the South Asian activists who combatted and organized successfully against far right racist and anti-immigrant violence in the 1970s & early 1980s to our screens. Exclusive to Guerrilla

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02:13:31

Desperation & Defiance: "Israel"'s Assassinations of...

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2024/08/02

In this critical Dispatch episode of Guerrilla History, we are joined by Abdullah Shehadeh from al-Feda'i Media (formerly known as al-Falastineyeh) and Matteo Capasso (whom you will remember from our episode on the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) to discuss the assassinations by the Zionist entity of Ismail Haniyeh (political leader of Hamas) and Fuad Shukr (military commander of Hezbollah), as well as what we might expect from the Axis of Resistance going forward. This is a very timely discussion, and

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01:44:27

Great Replacement: Politics, Patriarchy, &...

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2024/07/26

In this terrific episode of Guerrilla History, Adnan and returning guest co-host Breht discuss the essays of an important new book studying many aspects of the history and contemporary expression of right wing demographic obsessions, anti-immigrant and fascistic patriarchies, and the politics of Islamophobia in Europe, North America and beyond with co-editors Luiz Manuel Hernandez Aguilar and Sarah Bracke. The book is The Politics of Replacement: Demographic Fears, Conspiracy Theories, and Race

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01:26:55

Bob Menendez & US-Cuba Policy w/ Liz Oliva Fernández...

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2024/07/19

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we are lucky to be joined by a special guest in Cuba as well as a special guest host whom many of you will likely remember from past episodes of the show. Here, we bring on Cuban journalist Liz Oliva Fernández from Belly of the Beast to discuss Bob Menendez (who was just convicted on corruption charges), US-Cuba policy, and how these are related. This episode is being based off of two documentaries that Liz hosted for Belly of the Beast - Hardliner of the

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