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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:

Concerning Violence - Review, From the Archives Apr 07, 2023

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This From the Archives episode was originally a patreon-exclusive episode from November 2021, where Adnan and Henry discuss Fanon and the documentary Concerning Violence: Nine Scenes from the Anti-Imperialist Self-Defense. This was a really fun and thought provoking conversation, and something that you will be able to hopefully get something out of whether you've seen the documentary or not. Hope you enjoy!

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

Laundering Black Rage - From the Archives Mar 31, 2023

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This From the Archives episode is a crossover between Guerrilla History and the Black Myths Podcast, originally released on our patreon back in early November. Cohost Henry sits down with Too Black to talk about his fantastic essay Laundering Black Rage which is available in two parts (Part 1: https://www.blackagendareport.com/laundering-black-rage, Part 2: https://www.blackagendareport.com/laundering-black-rage-part-2) from the fabulous Black Agenda Report. This really great conversation touches on a lot of tangential topics to the essay as well, so be sure to both read the essay AND listen to the episode!

Too Black is a poet, host of the Black Myths Podcast , member of Black Alliance For Peace , and communications coordinator for the Defense Committee to Free the Pendleton 2 . You can find him on twitter @too_black_

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

Religion and Marxism - Unlocked Intelligence Briefing Mar 24, 2023

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This episode of Guerrilla History is an unlocked early-access episode from our patreon! A fun Intelligence Briefing conversation about religion and Marxism - this is certainly one which we could have gone MUCH longer on, and one which we will almost certainly revisit in the future as we did not have nearly the chance to say everything we wanted to on the topic.

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

Fund People's Needs - Not the War Machine! [Guerrilla Radio] Mar 17, 2023

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This week we bring you our latest episode from our spin-off show, Guerrilla Radio. Be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts, and turn out tomorrow for the rally in D.C.!

On March 18, the anti-war movement is mobilizing for a national march in Washington D.C. On this episode, co-hosts Amanda Yee of ANSWER Coalition and Gerard Dalbon of DSA International Committee—two organizations endorsing the march—speak to Marcy Winograd of CodePink and Yasemin Zahra of U.S. Labor Against Racism and War about anti-war organizing in light of the war in Ukraine, the imperative to build a movement capable of confronting the U.S. war machine, and why their organizations are also supporting the rally.

Be sure to join us in D.C. on Saturday, March 18 at 1pm in front of the White House to say NO to endless U.S. wars! For more information, or to check bus transportation centers in your city, visit answercoalition.org.

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

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

The History and Impact of Sanctions on Syria w/ Greg Shupak Mar 10, 2023

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This episode of Guerrilla History is a continuation of our Sanctions As War miniseries. In this important episode, we bring on Greg Shupak to discuss the history and impact of sanctions on Syria, and how these sanctions continue in their brutality despite the ongoing humanitarian disaster unfolding. Get the word out and share this with comrades involved in the anti-sanctions movement.

Greg Shupak teaches English and Media Studies at the University of Guelph-Humber and is the author of the book, The Wrong Story: Palestine, Israel, and the Media (OR Books, 2018). You can follow him on twitter @GregShupak.

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

Wounded Knee '73 at 50 Retrospective w/ Sungmanitou Tanka Mar 03, 2023

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In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Sungmanitou Tanka to discuss the 50th anniversary of the Wounded Knee Occupation in 1973! We talk about the causes, the events themselves, and the legacy with 50 years of hindsight, a very important discussion on all of these fronts. Sungmanitou is of the Oglala Lakota Nation, is one of the hosts of Bands of Turtle Island, and has recently also taken over the Marx Madness Podcast. Listen to the season of People's History they are putting together that goes much more into depth on the events of the Wounded Knee Occupation. Also be sure to follow the Chunka Luta Network (@ChunkaLuta1973) and Sungmanitou (@BandsIsland) on twitter! Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

Black Communist Women's Political Writing w/ Charisse Burden-Stelly and Jodi Dean Feb 24, 2023

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In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on two fantastic guests, Prof. Charisse Burden-Stelly and Prof. Jodi Dean. We discuss their co-edited collection, Organize, Fight, Win: Black Communist Women's Political Writing, which is an absolutely indispensable resource for those of us serious about achieving liberation! This collection includes writings focused on the period from 1919-1956, which argue that racial and economic equality can only be achieved by overthrowing capitalism. Pick up the book! Dr. CBS is an Associate Professor of African American Studies at Wayne State University. She is an organizer with Black Alliance for Peace and a Co-Author of W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life in American History alongside our mutual friend Gerald Horne. She can be followed on twitter @blackleftaf or on her website https://www.charisseburdenstelly.com/. Dr. Jodi Dean is a Professor of Political Science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. She is the author of numerous books including Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging, Crowds and Party, and The Communist Horizon. She can be followed on twitter @jodi7768. Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

(Bonus) How to Shut Down an Arms Factory w/ Palestine Action (Guerrilla Radio episode) Feb 21, 2023

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This is an episode from our spin-off show. We are releasing this episode on our channel to encourage you to subscribe to Guerrilla Radio wherever you get your podcasts, or directly on https://anchor.fm/guerrilla_radio. On this exciting episode of Guerrilla Radio, Partisan Brigade members James and Shatha are joined by the two founders of Palestine Action, Huda Ammori and Richard Barnard. Palestine Action is an organization engaged in direct action to materially disrupt the supply chain of of Israel's largest arms, drones, and security manufacturer: Elbit Systems. In this episode we breakdown direct action, the important role Palestine Action plays in the Palestinian solidarity struggle and how it connects to a larger global internationalist struggle against Zionist colonial expansion and imperialism. To connect with Palestine Action they are on Twitter, Instagram and Tiktok as Pal_Action and by email: info@palestineaction.org The intro/outro song is Model Home by snny ft. Topaz Jones

The Black Liberation Army w/ Comrade Z of Rookery Press Feb 17, 2023

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In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Comrade Z from Rookery Press to talk about a vital new book Collected Works of the Black Liberation Army. In this episode, we discuss the history, idology, tactics, and legacy of the BLA, and we truly feel this is an important episode. We highly encourage everyone to pick up the book, and also share the episode with others who would benefit from hearing about a militant and radical organization, based off of their own writings! Comrade Z is a member of the Rookery Press. Rookery Press is a new publishing house dedicated to retrieving forgotten texts and theory lost to the Whirlwind. You can find their published works on their website, and you can also follow them on twitter @rookerypress Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

The History & Impact of Sanctions on Iraq w/ Nima Nakhaei Feb 10, 2023

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This episode of Guerrilla History is a continuation of our Sanctions As War miniseries. In this important episode, we bring on Nima Nakhaei to discuss the history and impact of sanctions on Iraq, the repercussions of which we continue to see today! Get the word out and share this with comrades involved in the anti-sanctions movement.

Nima Nakhaei is a faculty member in the Department of Politics at York University. His research sits at the nexus of Marxist political economy, Poulantzasian state theory and Gramscian discourse analysis. Within this approach, he explores the ways in which the political economy, state formations and identity discourses in the Middle East have been structured by the interiorization of imperialist relations and their crises.

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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