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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:

Jose Maria Sison: In Conversation with Comrade Joma [REMASTERED] Jun 16, 2023

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This episode is a fully-remastered edition of a previous episode we released, where we brought on the late Professor Jose Maria Sison, better known as Comrade Joma, to talk about his life, how it impacted his ideology, the history of the Communist Party of the Philippines, and more! Comrade Joma was and is an absolute legendary figure, and it was a pleasure and an honor to be able to talk with him. A must listen conversation for anyone interested in proletarian struggles and People's War in the Global South, especially the Philippines!

Jose Maria Sison was the Founding Chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines, Chair Emeritus of the International League of People's Struggle, and the Chief Political Consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. He had written extensively, a great place to find some of his works is via our friends at Foreign Languages Press. They have several of his works available for free as pdfs or for affordable print copies on their website https://foreignlanguages.press/.

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

Sanctions & Dedollarization (+Cornel West chat) w/ Richard Wolff Jun 09, 2023

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In this episode, we continue our previous conversation with Professor Richard Wolff about the process of dedollarization and specifically focusing on how this process will impact the United States's ability to sanction anyone they see fit as they see fit, and a brief discussion of Cornel West's Presidential bid. We then follow up the conversation with an extended wrap-up conversation!

Richard Wolff is a Professor Emeritus of Economics at UMass-Amherst and a Visiting Professor at The New School. He is also the host of Economic Update and the founder of Democracy At Work. You can follow him on Twitter @profwolff. The websites to find his work are rdwolff.com and democracyatwork.info

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

History of Sanctions on the DPRK & China w/ Tim Beal Jun 02, 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 fascinating episode, we bring on the Tim Beal to discuss the history and ongoing reality of sanctions on the DPRK and China, as well as how these two cases are intimately related. Get the word out and share this with comrades involved in the anti-sanctions movement.

Tim Beal is a retired New Zealand academic who has written extensively on Asia, particularly on Northeast Asia and US imperialism. Recent publications include the new introduction (alongside our friend Gregory Elich) of I.F. Stone's The Hidden History of the Korean War, 'Korea and Imperialism' (The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism), and 'In Line of Fire: The Korean Peninsula in US-China Strategy' (Monthly Review). You can find more of Tim's work by looking at his website, especially the section on Asian Geopolitics.

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

Sweden's Integration into the Imperialist World System ft/ Torkil Lauesen [REMASTERED] May 26, 2023

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This episode is a fully-remastered edition of a Revolutionary Left Radio episode: Riding the Wave: Sweden's Integration into the Imperialist World System" featuring Torkil Lauesen. We plan on periodically remastering some of our early episodes and re-releasing them as well, and releasing them one every month or two between our regular episodes. Stay tuned for that!

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

Torkil Lauesen returns to the show, this time to discuss his newest book "Riding the Wave: Sweden's Integration into the Imperialist World Order". Pushing back against the narrative that Nordic countries like Sweden are socialist paradises who don't engage in colonialism and imperialism like other western countries, Torkil dives deep into history to deconstruct this rather naive perspective and offer a historical materialist account of Sweden's actual place in the history of colonialism, capitalism, and imperialism.

Henry Hakamaki from Guerrilla History joins Breht for the interview as well!

Check out the book here: https://www.leftwingbooks.net/book/content/riding-wave-sweden

Read more of Torkil's work here: https://anti-imperialist.net/author/lauesen/

Outro Music: "I'm the Echo" by DARKSIDE

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Decolonizing Science w/ Sibusiso Biyela May 19, 2023

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In this really great discussion, we talk with science communicator Sibusiso Biyela about decolonizing science, from both theoretical and practical standpoints! This is a fascinating topic that we hope to explore further in upcoming episodes, and a topic that doesn't get nearly the attention or comradely discussion that it deserves.

Sibusiso Biyela is a science communicator and journalist in South Africa. He also co-hosts the isiZulu language science podcast iLukuluku. You can find more of Sibusiso's work through his Linktree, and follow him on twitter @astrosibs. Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

A History of the World in 7 Cheap Things w/ Jason W. Moore & Raj Patel May 12, 2023

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In this terrific episode, we talk with Professors Jason W. Moore and Raj Patel about their fabulous work A History of the World in 7 Cheap Things, which analyzes the history of the world's planetary emergency through Cheap nature, money, work, care, food, energy, & lives. A super important conversation with two vital thinkers, you're definitely going to want to read the book if you haven't already!

Jason W. Moore is an environmental historian and historical geographer at Binghamton University, and has authored multiple outstanding books. You can follow Jason on twitter @oikeios Raj Patel is an award-winning writer, activist, and academic. He is Research Professor in the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin and Senior Research Associate at the Unit for the Humanities at Rhodes University. He has numerous projects that you can keep up with by following him on Twitter @_RajPatel Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

Dedollarization & the Petrodollar w/ Richard Wolff May 05, 2023

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In this fun episode, we talk with Professor Richard Wolff about the process of dedollarization, its impact on the Petrodollar, and how these play into geopolitics more broadly including the ability of the US to sanction whomever they wish - processes that we need to continue keeping an eye on. A really interesting conversation, we're looking forward to continuing it very soon!!

Richard Wolff is a Professor Emeritus of Economics at UMass-Amherst and a Visiting Professor at The New School. He is also the host of Economic Update and the founder of Democracy At Work. You can follow him on Twitter @profwolff.

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

Right Wing Moral Panic: "The Crisis of Masculinity" - Unlocked IB Apr 28, 2023

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In this patreon-early access Intelligence Briefing, Adnan and Breht discuss the current moral panic on the political right around issues of masculinity, dropping testosterone levels, and family formation. Together they discuss how the Right obscures the role of under-regulated corporations in poisoning us and the role capitalism plays in destabilizing human life in general, and instead blame scapegoats like life-saving vaccines, innocuous food stuffs like soy, feminism, LGBTQ people, and liberal elites (but never reactionary ones ofc). In addition, they try to think through what masculinity actually is, how it might express itself in healthy ways, what the left can offer young people in general, how reactionary notions of masculinity are rooted in profound fear and insecurity, and how misogynistic figures in the manosphere actually hamstring and poison the minds of young men trying to find a good partner and build a meaningful life.

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

History and Impacts of the Blockade Yemen w/ Shireen Al-Adeimi Apr 21, 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 critical episode, we bring on the wonderful Shireen Al-Adeimi to discuss the history and impact of the blockade on Yemen, and how this blockade is intimately tied to the geopolitics of the region. Get the word out and share this with comrades involved in the anti-sanctions movement.

Shireen Al-Adeimi is an assistant professor of language and literacy at Michigan State University, and is an expert on the war and humanitarian crisis in her country of birth, Yemen. She writes for In These Times and Responsible Statecraft, and speaks and writes frequently on Yemen for media globally. You can follow her on twitter @shireen818, and help support the Yemen Relief & Reconstruction Foundation.

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

Building the Communist Party of Kenya w/ Comrade Booker Omole Apr 14, 2023

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In this excellent conversation, we talk with Comrade Booker Omole of the Communist Party of Kenya about their new book release - The Building of the Communist Party of Kenya! A great conversation about building a Communist Party, the book is a tremendous resource, and all proceeds of it go towards supporting the CPK!

Booker Omole is the National Vice Chairperson and National Organizing Secretary of the Communist Party of Kenya. He can be found on Twitter @BookerBiro.

Support the Communist Party of Kenya! You can contribute to their fundraising drive on PayPal. You can follow them on Twitter @CommunistsKe, on Facebook, YouTube, or on Instagram. You can also support them by buying something from their Propaganda Shop or getting the book we talked about today! You can also check out their website at https://www.communistpartyofkenya.org/.

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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