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by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)
A critical lens on the history of the present on West Asia and North Africa. Interviews with experts and archival mashups. Created by Sina Rahmani
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- Yesterday1h 32m
Reproducing Radicals | Season 1 Introduction with Sina Rahmani
***I've been in conversation with Alex for some time about launching his own podcast. I'm not sure he has his own RSS feed as of yet, but I will add it to this description when I have the link. In the meantine, you can check out his YouTube channel linked below** Join us for a lighthearted introduction to this new podcast offering an anti-imperialist analysis of all things culture and reproductive labor. We chat with the tankie-verse podcast godfather Sina Rahmani about his role in the origins of the podcast and some of the themes the project plans to cover this season. Watch the video edition on the Redproducing Radicals YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NSnFpr9PYk We will release an additional episode each week over the next 5 weeks with the following schedule. Season 1 Schedule: E1 - All My Homies Hate Zionism w/ Steve Salaita E2 - A School for Revolution w/ Ndindi Kitonga E3 - Parenting Against Capitalism w/ Della Duncan E4 - Community is a Verb w/ Leslie W. Bray E5 - Self-Sabotage for Revolution w/ Todd McGowan E6 - Living the FIlipino Ancestral w/ Leny Strobel Please consider donating to Mohammed and his family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/120676-mohammed-from-gaza Chapters 00:00 Introduction 05:42 Care Work, Disability, and Sustaining Movements 08:19 Medicine, Academia, and Turning Ideas Into Practice 14:44 Building Alternative Communities and Living Ethically 19:45 Imperialism, Settler Colonialism, and Fascism 26:00 Parenting, Identity, and the Contradictions of American Life 35:00 America, Empire, and Settler Colonialism 42:00 Indigenous Radical Thought and Nick Estes 48:00 Organic Intellectuals and Class Struggle 54:00 Solidarity, Charity, and the Limits of Liberalism 01:03:00 Reclaiming Community and Collective Power 01:12:00 The Personal Costs of Political Commitment 01:18:00 Relationality, Culture & Kinship 01:25:00 Gaza Solidarity 01:30:50 Closing Reflections
- 4 days ago1h 22m
Announcing "Islam and Muslim Societies, 550-1453" Online History Course
***Adnan and I are developing a new online course and we disscuss it in the episode. Sign up soon as the seminar is filling up quickly*** Adnan announces the new course and discusses it with producer extraordinaire Sina Rahmani. We will talk about the plans for the channel, the current media environment, and the future for left media and political education. Join us for an impromtu discussion about the upcming course and other media matters! Starting Nov 15, 1pmET, the seminar discussion component of the bi-monthly 8 session course begins. You can join the course by becoming a $5/month member or subscriber on patreon.com/ or substack.com/@adnanahusain or make a one-time payment of $20 via buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain If you cannot afford this nominal course fee to cover video editing costs of the free and publicly available lecture component, no worries! Contact me by dm on socials or at info@adnanhusain.org. We have already had generous offers of sponsorship for just this situation. If you want to sponsor someone indicate on the platform by adding an extra $5 on Patreon or Substack or an additional $20 on buymeacoffee.com. No one who is serious about learning and participating will ever be prevented from knowedge on this channel! Support the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.substack.com/@adnanahusain Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available as audio podcast on all major platforms: https://adnanhusainshow.libsyn.com https://x.com/adnanahusain Substack: substack.com/@adnanahusain https://www.adnanhusain.org
- 1 weeks ago1h 0m
Inside the Podcaster's Studio | Sina Rahmani & Jared Ware | Episode 3
***I did another edition of Inside the Podcaster's Studio with friend of the show Jay Ware. This is the first half of the conversation. We continued for another hour! You can watch the full episode on YouTube (linked below) or sign up for Patreon to listen to the audio edition*** Sina Rahmani and I have decided it's time for a third episode of our "Inside the Podcaster's Studio" conversations. Support Jay on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism Consider supporting Mohammed and his family https://chuffed.org/project/168100-mohammed-and-siblings-need-our-help Watch the video edition on the East is a Podcast YouTube https://youtube.com/live/sX3ud2ua7-Q Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast
- 2 weeks ago1h 5m
The Quietism of the Scholars: Iranian Studies in the West w/ Shirin Saeidi
Longtime friend of the show Navid Zarrinal returns to guesthost an interview with Shirin Saeidi, who was fired from her position at the University of Arkansas for her political positions. They discuss the failure of Iranian Studies scholars to produce work related to modern Iran, defend their colleagues against Zionist repression, and adequately confronting US imperialism. Watch the video edition on the East is a Podcast YouTube channel https://youtu.be/SWX4nHY5Bx0 Follow Shirin on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drshirinsaeidi/ Follow Navid on his various socials https://linktr.ee/navid.wahraman Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast
- 3 weeks ago1h 22m
Fraud: The case of Ward Churchill w/ Nick Estes (Unlocked)
In this special bonus episode co-published with Red Scare, I'm joined by longtime collaborator Nick Estes to discuss the strange career trajectory of Ward Churchill and the violence of pretendianism. Watch the video edition on the East is a Podcast YouTube channel https://youtu.be/_D_tlo5gZsA Follow Nick on Substack https://nickestes.substack.com Consider supporting the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast
- Oct 4, 20261h 38m
Zionist Abuse, Tankie Support #1
Join us for the first round of a new (recurring??) series on the podcast, co-published with Justin Podur's Anti-Empire Project substack. Nora, Justin, Mikey, Sina and Joe discuss the myriad ways opponents of genocide are silenced by Zionist and philosemitic strategies of intimidation. Watch the livestream edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel https://youtube.com/live/jNpqZW99sds Please consider helping Ameer https://chuffed.org/project/help-ameer-live Support the showwww.patreon.com/east_podcast
- Sep 30, 20261h 27m
Solidarity verboten: Germany and the attack on the Palestine Congress w/ Helena Zohdi and Dror Dayan
Dror Dayan returns to the show and is joined by Helena Zohdi, a socialist organizer in Berlin, to discuss the repression of the Palestine Congress. You can access the material from the Congress recorded later here https://palaestinakongress.de/video-documentation Helena Zohdi is a socialist based in Berlin. She has been active in the Palestine solidarity movement for many years, and has been involved in various antiracist and antifascist organizing. Dror Dayan is a filmmaker and academic based in Berlin and Liverpool. He is involved in various anti-imperialist and Palestine solidarity campaigns and media production To organize film screenings, feel free to reach out to Dror Gleichgeschaltet.film@gmail.com Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast
- Sep 28, 20261h 26m
Khamenei's last move w/ Ali Alizadeh
Longtime friend of the show Ali Alizadeh (@jedaal) returns to discuss his latest essay on the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Watch the video edition on the East is a Podcast YouTube channel https://youtu.be/tEW7BsTj-7o Watch the essay here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEwa6aIZqC4 Support Ali on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/jedaal Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast
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