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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 contributions will make the show possible to continue and succeed!

Follow the hosts, Henry can be found on twitter at https://twitter.com/huck1995. Adnan can be followed on twitter at https://twitter.com/adnanahusain, and also runs The Majlis Podcast, which can be found at https://anchor.fm/msgp-queens, and the Muslim Societies-Global Perspectives group at Queens University, https://www.facebook.com/MSGPQU/. The other shows of the Revolutionary Left Radio family can be found at revolutionaryleftradio.com.

Thanks to Ryan Hakamaki, who designed and created the podcast’s artwork, and Kevin MacLeod, who creates royalty-free music.

Latest Episodes:

Why Anti-Racism Means Anti-Capitalism w/ Arun Kundnani Aug 25, 2023

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In this important episode, Arun Kundnani comes on the show to discuss his new book What Is Antiracism?: And Why It Means Anticapitalism. This is a fascinating discussion that focuses on liberal vs. radical conceptions of antiracism, and why liberal antiracism has proven powerless against structural oppression. This topic is important for us to think about as we build movements that tackle all forms of oppression, including racial oppression.

Arun Kundnani has been active in antiracist movements in Britain and the United States for three decades. He is a former editor of the journal Race & Class and was a scholar-in-residence at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library. His website can be found at https://www.kundnani.org/ and you can follow him on Twitter @@ArunKundnani.

Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

The Military vs. the Planet - Earth's Greatest Enemy w/ Mike Prysner Aug 18, 2023

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In this episode of Guerrilla History, we are joined by Mike Prysner to discuss the devastating impact of the US military, and the forthcoming documentary that Mike and Abby Martin are putting together on this topic titled Earth's Greatest Enemy (watch the trailer here)! This is a critical and deeply underappreciated topic that we really appreciate Mike and Abby taking the effort to tell the story of. Do us a favor, share this episode, and contribute to the finishing of Earth's Greatest Enemy if you are able to!

Mike Prysner is a co-founder of March Forward, a long time organizer with the ANSWER Coalition, and is on the National Board of Directors of Veterans for Peace. He also is a producer and cowriter for The Empire Files. You can find out more about the documentary and the information for how to contribute to it at earthsgreatestenemy.com. Mike can be followed on twitter @MikePrysner, Empire Files is @EmpireFiles, and Eyes Left is @EyesLeftPod.

Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

Sources and Methods - Psychedelic Remote Viewing w/ Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt Aug 11, 2023

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In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on a returning fan favorite, Prof. Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt, for an episode on sources and methods within history - including discussion of a method Brandon dubs psychedelic remote viewing. This conversation is certainly one that will please those interested in HOW history is done, and how we should view various sources used within historiographic analysis! It sounds super nerdy, and it kind of is, but we're sure you're going to love the conversation!

Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt is a historian at California State University, Stanislas. You can (and should!) get The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy: Oil and Arab Nationalism in Iraq from Stanford University Press. He can be followed on twitter @HunnicuttWolfe

Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

Save the History of Africa & the African Diaspora MRes! w/ Hakim Adi Aug 04, 2023

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In this pressing episode, we bring on the esteemed Professor Hakim Adi to discuss the MRes History of Africa & the African Diaspora program, and the University of Chichester's efforts to shut down the program and make Professor Adi redundant. This is an incredibly important issue that we take up, so listeners, take action. Sign this petition NOW to tell the University of Chichester to preserve the MRes program and maintain Professor Adi in his role, then write a comment on the petition and forward it to 5 comrades! Tag us in any tweets you make about the petition, we will boost your message! Once again, sign and share the petition at https://www.change.org/p/stop-university-of-chichester-s-axing-of-the-mres-history-of-africa-the-african-diaspora.

Hakim Adi is Professor of the History of Africa and the African Diaspora at University of Chichester, and the founder of History Matters and its affiliated journal. He has authored numerous books, and has written many articles which can be found on his website hakimadi.org. You can follow him on twitter @hakimadi1

Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

Weaponizing Antisemitism w/ Asa Winstanley Jul 28, 2023

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In this excellent episode, we bring on Asa Winstanley to discuss his new book Weaponising Anti-Semitism: How the Israel Lobby Brought Down Jeremy Corbyn. This conversation is a fantastic work of recent history, and also is an important study for those of us active in the Palestine solidarity movement. Be sure to listen closely, grab yourself a copy of the book, and let others know about the episode!

Asa Winstanley has been writing about Palestine and the Israel lobby since 2005. He spent two years living under Israeli occupation in the West Bank as an activist and writer. He has been an associate editor and reporter with the award-winning website The Electronic Intifada for more than a decade.

Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

Climate Breakdown, Sovereignty, & the "Anthropocene" - IB Jul 21, 2023

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In this Intelligence Briefing, Adnan and Henry discuss some of the latest regarding the ongoing climate breakdown and discussions of the "Anthropocene", weaving in discussion of sovereignty, techno-modernism, the Capitalocene, and much more.

This is the latest in our series of episodes focused on the environment and climate, be sure to check out our previous episodes on A History of the World in 7 Cheap Things (w/ Jason W. Moore & Raj Patel), World Ecology & the Capitalocene (w/ Jason W. Moore), Shut Down Red Hill! Naval Pollution Disaster (w/ Mikey from O'ahu Water Protectors), Socialist States and the Environment (w/ Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro), COP26 Dispatch (w/ Vijay Prashad & Chris Saltmarsh), and Eco-Despair, Revolutionary Optimism, and the Fight for the Future.

Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

Freedom or Martyrdom – Walid Daqqah's fate is in our hands w/ Jeanine and Thawra from the Palestinian Youth Movement Jul 14, 2023

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Today we are cross-publishing our latest Guerrilla Radio spinoff episode, to ensure as many of our listeners can take part in the action to free Walid Daqqah as possible. Be sure to spread the word!

In this high-priority episode of Guerrilla Radio, we are joined by Jeanine and Thawra from the Palestinian Youth Movement to bring light to their current campaign for the urgent and immediate release of the Palestinian political prisoner Walid Daqqah, and the history, centrality, and role the Prisoners Movement plays in the struggle for national liberation.

The Palestinian Youth Movement calls on the international community to demand the immediate release of Walid Daqqah and expose the illegal nature of his imprisonment.

Link to the petition: https://palestinianyouthmovement.com/free-walid-daqqah Link to the toolkit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vw3YvXsB_pCVm2OJzyrOIFNL2OE5VojForV8gmQ60T8/edit

Check PYM's social media for actions happening near you:

IG: palestinianyouthmovement Backup account: palyouthmvmt

Twitter: palyouthmvmt Facebook: Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) To find out about more campaigns: https://linktr.ee/palestinianyouthmovement

Keep up to date with the latest Guerrilla Radio episode releases by following ⁠⁠Guerrilla History⁠⁠ on twitter

The intro/outro song is ⁠⁠Model Home by snny ft. Topaz Jones

Stalin: History & Critique of a Black Legend w/ Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro & David Peat Jul 07, 2023

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Special, early access to an extended conversation about the imminent release of the new translation (by Henry and Salvatore) of Domenico Losurdo's Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend from Iskra Books. The release of the book is imminent, and is available from the Iskra Books website, where it is currently linked at https://www.iskrabooks.org/copy-of-the-dark.

Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro is Professor at the Geography Department of SUNY New Paltz and is chief editor for the journal Capitalism Nature Socialism. His book Socialist States and the Environment is available from Pluto Press: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745340418/socialist-states-and-the-environment/. You can also find the journal Capitalism Nature Socialism for more invaluable anti-capitalist environmental perspectives: http://www.cnsjournal.org/.

David Peat is one of the editorial board members at the Center for Communist Studies and their imprint Iskra Books. You can follow him on twitter @dajveism.

Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

Trying to Unbalance Russia - Sanctions on Russia w/ Jeremy Kuzmarov Jun 30, 2023

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This episode of Guerrilla History is a continuation of our Sanctions As War miniseries (get the book here). In this timely episode, we bring on the Jeremy Kuzmarov to discuss the history and unfolding situation regarding sanctions on Russia. This episode is as timely now as it ever has been. Be sure to get the word out and share this with comrades involved in the anti-sanctions movement.

Jeremy Kuzmarov is Managing Editor of CovertAction Magazine and is author of four books on US foreign policy including The Myth of the Addicted Army (Massachusetts, 2009); Modernizing Repression (Massachusetts, 2012); The Russians are Coming, Again, with John Marciano (New York: Monthly Review Press, 2018) and Obama's Unending Wars (Atlanta: Clarity Press, 2019). You can stay up to date with his work by checking out his website at https://jeremykuzmarov.com/

Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

Stand with Cuba Against the State Sponsors of Terrorism List w/ Calla Walsh & Jorge Rocha Jun 23, 2023

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In this important episode, we discuss some real-world efforts to stand in solidarity with Cuba by the National Network on Cuba, as well as how Cuba's placement on the State Sponsors of Terrorism List is a complete sham that continues to hurt the Cuban people. Be sure to connect with NNOC, and take part in their June 25 Weekend of Action! Find out more by checking out their website or following them on twitter @NNOCuba.

Calla Walsh is a cochair of the National Network on Cuba and was one of their coordinators for the International May Day Brigade. You can follow her on twitter @CallaWalsh.

Jorge Rocha is on the steering committee for the International Committee of DSA, citywide leadership committee for DSA, and cohost of the podcast Everybody Loves Communism. You can follow him on twitter @LineGoesDown.

Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

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