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 (twitter: @urorientalist)
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Palestine and the World: Emancipation and the Minority Question, 1789-1923
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**Producer's note: This is the second episode of "Palestine and the World: History in a Time of Genocide (Denial)," a 7-part series Adnan recorded for his podcast, The Adnan Husain Show with his colleague Dr. Ariel Salzmann. All 7 parts are available right to patrons of his show and will be released individually on the free feed over the next 5 wee…
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Robert Massoud is the founder of Zatoun, which bottles and distributes olive oil from Palestine around the world. He also ran Beit Zatoun in downtown Toronto for many years. Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast
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Tankie Group Therapy #32: The West is not worth saving
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Tankie Groupy Therapy is back! A lively, "dudes rock" episode featuring: Alex, Joe, Sina, Adnan, and our newest member, Jay Ware from Millennials are Killing Capitalism Check out Adnan's conversation with Alana Lentin on his new podcast Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Fundraisers Mohammed's campaign has languished s…
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Alex Aviña: "Ayotzinapa and Palestine: Global Laboratories of Repression"
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Comrade and longtime friend of the show Alex Aviña recently gave a lecture the seminar "Global Laboratories of Repression, Global Visions of Liberation" and the organizers have kindly shared the audio for listeners of the show!
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Fascism has no ethnicity: a forum on the Ziofash ascendency
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**Note: This extra-long conversation continued for another 25 mins, which has been posted for Patrons of the show.** A very special episode featuring comrades and former guests of the show: Nora Barrows-Friedman from El, writer Morgan Artyukhina, filmmaker Dror Dayan, and Adam Horowitz from Mondoweiss Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcas…
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Is your Rage Pure Enough? w/Sina Rahmani - Psychlib ep.5
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*I was invited to the Psychlib podcast to discuss the power of rage and it resulted in ~90 mins of mostly me ranting* In this wide-ranging and wide-ranting discussion, Sina, Sacha and Benji explore the psychological clay feet of the dying white empire. We explore the entanglement of settler colonies and how they can't genocide their way to victory …
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Syncretic imperialism: A forum on Spanish imperialism in Latin America
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A forum exploring some of the characteristics of Spanish imperialism in Latin America featuring comrade Alex Aviña, and co-hosts of Kuskalla podcast, Yojana Miraya Oscco and Renzo Aroni Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast
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Is the Apocalypse Avoidable? Are We Headed for World War 3? w/ Sina Rahmani
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*I recently did two very long livestreams with friend of the show and comrade Jared Ware from Millenials are Killing Capitalism. I didn't want to subject all of you on the free feed to almost six hours of mostly Sina yeling so I put one of our conversations behind the paywall. You can watch that episode linked below* Back by popular demand. Sina Ra…
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*Producer's note: This episode begins with a request to help my friend Mohammed in Gaza. Please consider supporting Mohammed's fundraiser to support his family in their efforts to survive the genocide. As I explain in the episode, Mohammed's family has been displaced 5 times, most recently 10 days ago! Any sized donation is welcome!* Prof. Adnan Hu…
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Tankie Group Therapy #31: This is what imperial decline looks like
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**Note: We recorded this episode on Sunday afternoon, one day before the Ziofash Entity committed a heinous massacre and ended their ceasefire pretense.** After a brief hiatus, the Tankie Group Therapy crew (Sina, Alex, Nora, Mikey, Louis, Joe) reunite to discuss the ongoing genocide in Palestine and beyond. Video edition available here Consider su…
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Why we write w/ Mary Turfah and Taylor Miller
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Friend of the show Alex Avina returns to guesthost a conversation about writing and resistance with Mary Turfah and Taylor Miller. Check out some of their recent work below: "Against These Walls: A Unity of Struggle from Gaza to Sonora" Taylor Miller "Peace From Our Point of View" Mary Turfah "Points of Entry" Mary Turfah "Silicon Wadi, Silicon Des…
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Iran's History and Geopolitical Relations w/Prof. David N. Yaghoubian
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This is a preview of a recent episode of The Adnan Husain Show. The conversation continued for another full hour! Subscribe to Adnan's show on your podcatcher to listen to the full episode or watch it on YouTube linked below. Prof. Adnan Husain discusses the modern history of Iran from the late nineteenth century to contemporary relations with the …
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The tallest trees in the forest: Indigenous resistance and martyrdom w/ Nick Estes and Ali Alizadeh
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Longtime friends of the show and host of The Red Nation Podcast Nick Estes (@nickwestes) and Ali Alizadeh (@Ali7adeh) from Jedaal to look at the history of the Party of God and its martyred leaders against the wider backdrop of Indigenous resistance to settler colonialism. Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Check out t…
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Canada vs. Mexico: Two models of anti-sovereignty
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*Producer's note: I put the audio of the final 15 mins of this conversation behind the paywall. You can listen to that portion of the conversation by signing up for $5 a month at patreon.com/east_podcast or you can watch the entire episode for free on the EIAP YouTube channel linked below* A roundtable discussion featuring Tankie Group Therapy stal…
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Gaza is Unconquered, Palestine is STILL the Issue w/ Sina Rahmani
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*I have been helping friend of the show Adnan Husain with his new media project. This episode we recorded after our previous episode was lost (albeit temporarily) by our recording software. That episode is now available behind the paywall on my patreon and Adnan's linked below* Professor Adnan Husain and Sina Rahmani (The East is a Podcast) discuss…
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Refaat Alareer's voice from the archives
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*Friend of the show Nora Barrows-Friedman collected some of Refaat's audio archive.* In a special audio podcast episode dedicated to the voice and the words of Dr. Refaat Alareer, we weave together five separate interviews we conducted between 2014 and 2018. Alareer was a beloved professor, poet and mentor who helped sharpen countless young minds a…
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Never again? Germany and the Gaza Holocaust w/ Dror Dayan (pt.2)
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**A preview of the latest bonus episode: the second half of my conversation with Dror Dayan about Germany's role in the Axis of Genocide. Subscribe on Patreon to access hundreds of bonus episodes and help support the show. Alternatively, you can watch the episode for free on YouTube** Dror Dayan (@DrorDayan) is a filmmaker, political activist and f…
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Tankie Group Therapy #30: They will never break them (or us)
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Lara Sheehi joins as our therapist with Jon Elmer(successfully pressured by your comments on the Day 467 Sit Rep), Nora, Mikey, Alex, and Joe. Hours before the ceasefire is set to go into effect, we debrief our worry, our awe and pride in the Palestinians, our rage at genocide, why we did this series of so-called "tankie therapy" and why some of us…
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Tankie Group Therapy #29: No disclaimers necessary
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Two beloved members of the Tankie Group Therapy crew (Joe and Matteo) return after long absences to join Alex, Nora, and Sina to discuss some of the recent (not so very good) news. Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel Check out Joe's essay, "My Health Ordeal of 2024" Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast…
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Never again? Germany and the Gaza Holocaust w/ Dror Dayan (pt.1)
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Dror Dayan (@DrorDayan) is a filmmaker, political activist and film scholar based in Berlin and Liverpool. Check out "Not Just Your Picture: The Story of the Kilani Family" https://notjustyourpicture.com/ Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast…
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Imperial Debris: From 1492 to the Gaza pier w/ Taylor Miller
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Alex Axina (@Alexander_Avina) returns as guest host to interview Taylor Miller about the meaning of Gaza "humanitarian pier" against the wider historical backdrop of genocidal settler colonialism. Check out Taylor's article, "Land Grab, By Sea" Consider supporting the podcast www.patreon.com/east_podcast…
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Tankie Group Therapy #28: Imperialism is the primary contradiction
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A reduced crew for Tankie Group Therapy featuring Nora, Alex, and Sina discussing the end of the Syrian Arab Republic and its wide-ranging consequences. Video edition coming soon! Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast
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Chaos in the Levant: Fake ceasefire in Lebanon; hot war in Syria w/ Adnan Husain
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Adnan Husain (@adnanahusain), Medieval European and Middle Eastern historian at Queen's University and co-host of Guerilla History, returns to discuss recent developments in the region. Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast Youtube channel or Adnan's (still under construction) personal channel (Coming soon!) Consider supporting the show …
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"The settlers and the land will never be one" w/ Good Shepherd Collective
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A conversation with GSC founders Bana Abu Zuluf and Cody O'Rourke. Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel "The Good Shepherd Collective was formed in Palestine in 2017 in response to the restrictive NGO system and its inability to meet the needs of the moment. GSC understands oppression as rooted in the systems and laws gu…
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Tankie Group Therapy #27: Predict what you want, the precondition is liberation
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Actual therapist Lara Sheehi joins us with Justin, Sina, Mikey and Nora in the group. We talk about psychic intrusions, shame, the tricky ecosystem of the colonial assault on the mind, and setting the precondition as liberation. Watch the video edition on the Anti-Empire Project YouTube channel
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