Guerrilla History

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Socialist States & the Environment w/ Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro Jan 14, 2022

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In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Professor Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro to talk about his book, Socialist States and the Environment: Lessons for Eco-Socialist Futures. This book is an analytical and historical examination of the impact of Socialist States on the environment, and busts many myths that we hear in the imperialist core about this historical record. A really deep dive of a conversation that will arm you with facts and historical perspective to combat the dual conservative/liberal propaganda against socialist states!

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/.

Guerrilla History is the podcast that acts as a reconnaissance report of global proletarian history, and aims to use the lessons of history to analyze the present. If you have any questions or guest/topic suggestions, email them to us at guerrillahistorypod@gmail.com.

Your hosts are immunobiologist Henry Hakamaki, Professor Adnan Husain, historian and Director of the School of Religion at Queens University, and Revolutionary Left Radio's Breht O'Shea.

Follow us on social media! Our podcast can be found on twitter @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!

To follow the hosts, Henry can be found on twitter @huck1995, and also has a patreon to help support himself through the pandemic where he breaks down science and public health research and news at https://www.patreon.com/huck1995. Adnan can be followed on twitter @adnanahusain, and also runs The Majlis Podcast, which can be found at https://anchor.fm/the-majlis, and the Muslim Societies-Global Perspectives group at Queens University, https://www.facebook.com/MSGPQU/. Breht is the host of Revolutionary Left Radio, which can be followed on twitter @RevLeftRadio and cohost of The Red Menace Podcast, which can be followed on twitter @Red_Menace_Pod. Follow and support these shows on patreon, and find them at https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/.

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

Dispatch: January 6 Anniversary Jan 06, 2022

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In this episode of Guerrilla History, we talk about the anniversary of the Capital Riot on January 6, 2021. This episode is a Dispatch, which is part of our series of shorter, more informal episodes that are rooted in more current events, but which aim to use lessons of history to analyze. Here we talk about the fetishization of the event by liberals and the media, the significance of the underlying tensions that led to the event, as well as other odds and ends. Hope you enjoy!

Your hosts are immunobiologist Henry Hakamaki, Professor Adnan Husain, historian and Director of the School of Religion at Queens University, and Revolutionary Left Radio's Breht O'Shea.

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

2021: Year In Review Dec 31, 2021

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This Intelligence Briefing is a patron early access episode where the guys get together to discuss and analyze the most significant events of 2021. A lot has happened in the past year, and we had a lot of fun chatting about some things that have been on the forefront of our minds, as well as some things that we had forgotten happened. Hope you enjoy!

Guerrilla History- Intelligence Briefings will be roughly a twice monthly series of shorter, more informal discussions between the hosts about topics of their choice. Patrons at the Comrade tier and above will have access to all Intelligence Briefings.

Your hosts are immunobiologist Henry Hakamaki, Professor Adnan Husain, historian and Director of the School of Religion at Queens University, and Revolutionary Left Radio's Breht O'Shea.

Follow us on social media! Our podcast can be found on twitter @guerrilla_pod. Your contributions make the show possible to continue and succeed! Please encourage your comrades to join us, which will help our show grow.

To follow the hosts, Henry can be found on twitter @huck1995, and also has a patreon to help support himself through the pandemic where he breaks down science and public health research and news at https://www.patreon.com/huck1995. Adnan can be followed on twitter at @adnanahusain, and also runs The Majlis Podcast, which can be found at https://anchor.fm/the-majlis and the Muslim Societies-Global Perspectives group at Queens University, https://www.facebook.com/MSGPQU/. Breht is the host of Revolutionary Left Radio, which can be followed on twitter @RevLeftRadio cohost of The Red Menace Podcast, which can be followed on twitter at @Red_Menace_Pod. You can find and support these shows by visiting https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/.

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

China, and the "Western Left" w/ Immanuel Ness (IB Part 2) Dec 24, 2021

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We have another fun Intelligence Briefing this time, with a special guest! For this conversation that takes a look at China, and once again takes aim at the "Western Left", we bring back our good friend and comrade Professor Immanuel Ness. Manny is Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and a Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg. His latest book is Organizing Insurgency: Workers' Movements in the Global South, which is available from Pluto Press: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745343594/organizing-insurgency/. You can follow him on twitter @ImmanuelNess.

Your hosts are immunobiologist Henry Hakamaki, Professor Adnan Husain, historian and Director of the School of Religion at Queens University, and Revolutionary Left Radio's Breht O'Shea.

To follow the hosts, Henry can be found on twitter @huck1995, and also has a patreon to help support himself through the pandemic where he breaks down science and public health research and news at https://www.patreon.com/huck1995. Adnan can be followed on twitter at @adnanahusain, and also runs The Majlis Podcast, which can be found at https://anchor.fm/the-majlis and the Muslim Societies-Global Perspectives group at Queens University, https://www.facebook.com/MSGPQU/. Breht is the host of Revolutionary Left Radio, which can be followed on twitter @RevLeftRadio cohost of The Red Menace Podcast, which can be followed on twitter at @Red_Menace_Pod. You can find and support these shows by visiting https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/.

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

Peasants' Revolt of 1381 w/ Taylor Genovese Dec 10, 2021

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We get medieval in this episode, and we're joined by a special guest! The topic of this conversation is the English Peasants' Revolt of 1381, and we are joined by the fantastic Taylor Genovese for the episode. We talk about the historical context of the Revolt, the events of it, as well as its impacts. A very interesting discussion, and one that we were very happy that Taylor could join us for!

Taylor Genovese is a PhD researcher of anthropology at Arizona State University (where his PhD work is supervised by, among others, none other than Alexander Aviña). He is also an editorial board member of the fantastic journal Peace, Land, and Bread, which all Guerrilla History listeners should check out. You can follow Taylor on twitter @trgenovese and on his website at taylorgenovese.com. You can also follow Peace, Land, and Bread on twitter @PLBmagazine and on their website at peacelandbread.com.

Your hosts are immunobiologist Henry Hakamaki, Professor Adnan Husain, historian and Director of the School of Religion at Queens University, and Revolutionary Left Radio's Breht O'Shea.

To follow the hosts, Henry can be found on twitter @huck1995, and also has a patreon to help support himself through the pandemic where he breaks down science and public health research and news at https://www.patreon.com/huck1995. Adnan can be followed on twitter at @adnanahusain, and also runs The Majlis Podcast, which can be found at https://anchor.fm/the-majlis and the Muslim Societies-Global Perspectives group at Queens University, https://www.facebook.com/MSGPQU/. Breht is the host of Revolutionary Left Radio, which can be followed on twitter @RevLeftRadio cohost of The Red Menace Podcast, which can be followed on twitter at @Red_Menace_Pod. You can find and support these shows by visiting https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/.

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

The Battle of Dien Bien Phu w/ Comrade Luna Nov 26, 2021

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In this episode of Guerrilla History, we talk to a very special guest, one whom many of you are probably familiar with-Comrade Luna of the YouTube channel LunaOi! We discuss the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and its impacts both within Vietnam as well as in liberation struggles globally. Definitely something we've all been wanting to discuss!

Comrade Luna is a Vietnamese communist living in Hanoi. She runs the YouTube channel LunaOi (https://t.co/ibUYXNtQlg?amp=1), which covers Vietnamese foods, culture, and travel, as well as communist theory and political discussion. Well worth checking out! You can also follow Luna on twitter @LunaOi_VN, and support her on patreon by going to https://www.patreon.com/lunaoi.

Your hosts are immunobiologist Henry Hakamaki, Professor Adnan Husain, historian and Director of the School of Religion at Queens University, and Revolutionary Left Radio's Breht O'Shea.

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

Amerithrax at 20 w/ Robbie Martin Nov 22, 2021

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We have another fun Intelligence Briefing this time, with a special guest! For this conversation to mark the 20th anniversary of the Amerithrax case, we bring onto the show Robbie Martin from Media Roots Radio, who has been doing a tremendous amount of research into the topic.

Robbie Martin (alongside his sister Abby) is one of the two cohosts of Media Roots Radio, a show they've been doing since 2010 with a critical eye on American politics and imperialism. You can listen to Media Roots's public episodes wherever you get your podcasts, and you can support them and get bonus content by subscribing to their patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio. You can follow Robbie on twitter @FluorescentGrey and Media Roots @MediaRootsNews.

Your hosts are immunobiologist Henry Hakamaki, Professor Adnan Husain, historian and Director of the School of Religion at Queens University, and Revolutionary Left Radio's Breht O'Shea.

To follow the hosts, Henry can be found on twitter @huck1995, and also has a patreon to help support himself through the pandemic where he breaks down science and public health research and news at https://www.patreon.com/huck1995. Adnan can be followed on twitter at @adnanahusain, and also runs The Majlis Podcast, which can be found at https://anchor.fm/the-majlis and the Muslim Societies-Global Perspectives group at Queens University, https://www.facebook.com/MSGPQU/. Breht is the host of Revolutionary Left Radio, which can be followed on twitter @RevLeftRadio cohost of The Red Menace Podcast, which can be followed on twitter at @Red_Menace_Pod. You can find and support these shows by visiting https://www.revolutionaryleftradio.com/.

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

COP26 Dispatch w/ Vijay Prashad and Chris Saltmarsh Nov 18, 2021

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In this episode of Guerrilla History, Adnan facilitates a discussion about the recently wrapped up COP26 climate conference, its failures, and what we should look to do going forward! We are calling this a "Dispatch" as it's a shorter, more "in the moment" episode to ground us for current events. Our guests are Vijay Prashad, Executive Director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, who was at COP26, and Chris Saltmarsh, co-founder of Labour for a Green New Deal, climate activist, and writer.

Vijay Prashad is the author of many books, including The Darker Nations, The Poorer Nations, and Washington Bullets. He was also the first guest on Guerrilla History, so be sure to go back and check out the episode we did with him on Washington Bullets! Follow him on twitter @vijayprashad. Chris Saltmarsh is the author of the new book Burnt: Fighting for Climate Justice, and regularly writes about the climate. His two newest articles in Tribune are 2.4 Degrees Is a Disaster-But COP Won't Stop It, and COP26 Can Learn From West Papua's Green Resistance. You can follow Chris on twitter @Chris_Saltmarsh.

Your hosts are immunobiologist Henry Hakamaki, Professor Adnan Husain, historian and Director of the School of Religion at Queens University, and Revolutionary Left Radio's Breht O'Shea.

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

Anniversary Livestream w/ Gerald Horne Nov 07, 2021

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For this special episode of Guerrilla History, we celebrated our one year anniversary by hosting a livestream featuring returning guest and fan favorite, Dr. Gerald Horne! We covered a lot in this conversation, from Texas and the historical roots of US fascism, the need for Cuban solidarity, recent books and movies that have caught Dr. Horne's eye, and more! If you haven't already heard our previous episode with him on The Counterrevolution of 1776, be sure to scroll back in your podcast feed and check that out too, as some of these themes are connected.

Gerald Horne is the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. His research interests are unbelievably varied, encompassing biographies of W.E.B. Du Bois and Paul Robeson, to The Haitian Revolution, to Hollywood in the '30s-'50s, to Jazz and Justice. Be sure to check out his bibliography, you're certain to find something that interests you!

Your hosts are immunobiologist Henry Hakamaki, Professor Adnan Husain, historian and Director of the School of Religion at Queens University, and Revolutionary Left Radio's Breht O'Shea.

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

Anniversary Livestream Announcement Oct 30, 2021

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Guerrilla History is celebrating its one year anniversary!

Join us for our inaugural livestream on Saturday, November 6 at 6pm Eastern Time, with special guest Dr. Gerald Horne! The livestream can be viewed on the Revolutionary Left Radio youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGz5KS3SlLJHSVc4HtYH3QA. Be sure to subscribe and set your notifications on! The audio will also be uploaded onto our general feed for podcast listeners.

For those able to support the show monetarily, we will be hosting a short meet and greet after we wrap up the livestream with those contributing at the $10 tier or higher on our patreon. If this sounds like something you'd like to do, and you'd like to chip in, you can join us here: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory.

Hope to see you there!

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