Guerrilla History

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USAID: Crossover with Radio Free Amanda Oct 29, 2021

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In this special crossover episode of Guerrilla History, we collaborate with friend of the show Amanda Yee and her podcast Radio Free Amanda to discuss the history and somewhat covert imperialism of USAID. This is a conversation that was very interesting to do the background research before, and was a very fun conversation in itself!

Amanda Yee is an activist and the creator of the podcast Radio Free Amanda. Her show focuses on topics such as imperialism, media criticism, and more. The show is very new, and we are hoping to help get the word out about it! You can follow Amanda on twitter @catcontentonly and support her and her show at https://www.patreon.com/radiofreeamanda.

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: The Pandora Papers w/ Branko Marcetic Oct 22, 2021

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In this episode of Guerrilla History, we host a crash course and discussion on the recently leaked Pandora Papers, the political impact of them, and their provenance! We are calling this a "Dispatch" as it's a shorter, more "in the moment" episode to ground us for current events. Our guest is Branko Marcetic, writer at Jacobin Magazine and author of the new article CIA Op or Not, the Pandora Papers Are a Big Deal.

Branko Marcetic is a staff writer at Jacobin Magazine and the author of the book Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden (Verso Books). You can read his work for Jacobin, which is compiled here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/author/branko-marcetic?__cf_chl_managed_tk__=pmd_lI6_GpQJFtFB4rr09QEWFBODkM1bLZd4qFjYo7Mp8sA-1634881856-0-gqNtZGzNAzujcnBszQd9. You can follow Branko on twitter @BMarchetich. Also look for his podcast about New Zealand and international politics, 1/200 Podcast (on twitter @1of200podcast, and wherever you get your pods).

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.

Electoral Theory and Strategy of Marx and Lenin w/ August Nimtz Oct 15, 2021

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In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Professor August Nimtz to talk about his book, The Ballot, The Streets, or Both? From Marx and Engels to Lenin and the October Revolution. This book takes a look at the theoretical and strategic groundings and evolution of electoralism via the writings of Marx/Engels and Lenin. A conversation that will add a lot of historical nuance to the debates that we have every election season in the "western democratic" countries!

August Nimtz professor of political science and African American and African studies at the University of Minnesota. His book The Ballot, The Streets, or Both? is available from Haymarket Books: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1385-the-ballot-the-streets-or-both. His other books include Marx and Engels: Their Contribution to the Democratic Breakthrough (SUNY Press), Marx, Tocqueville, and Race in America: The 'Absolute Democracy' or 'Defiled Republic' (Lexington Books), and Marxism versus Liberalism: Comparative Real-Time Political Analysis (Palgrave Macmillan).

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.

US Imperialism and the Western Left w/ Immanuel Ness (IB Pt 1) Oct 01, 2021

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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.

We have another fun Intelligence Briefing this time, with a special guest! For this wide ranging conversation about, among other things, the irrelevance of the Western left and US imperialism, 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.

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.

Jose Maria Sison: In Conversation with Comrade Joma Sep 17, 2021

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In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on 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 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 is 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's 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/.

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.

Dispatch: Coup in Guinea w/ Abayomi Azikiwe Sep 06, 2021

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In this episode of Guerrilla History, we host a crash course on Guinean history to help provide context on the ongoing coup unfolding! We are calling this a "Dispatch" as it's a shorter, more "in the moment" episode to ground us for current events. Our guest is Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of Pan-African News Wire.

Abayomi Azikiwe is the editor of Pan-African News Wire, and has had writings featured in numerous outlets. Read Pan-African News Wire by visiting http://panafricannews.blogspot.com/. You can follow Abayomi on twitter @panafnewswire. You can also find him on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/panafricannewswire or on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/abayomiazikiwe/?hl=en.

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.

Eco-Despair, Revolutionary Optimism, and the Fight for the Future: Part 1-Intelligence Briefing Aug 27, 2021

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This Intelligence Briefing is the first half of a wide ranging conversation on apathy and hopelessness as a result of the climate crisis, how we maintain our revolutionary optimism, and chat about our fight for the future! This half will be available as an early release to our Patreon members, the second half will be exclusive to comrades on Patreon. We hope that this conversation gives you a bit of optimism and perhaps a bit of fire to continue the struggle for the future. We have a world to win!

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.

Modern Bolivian History w/ Ollie Vargas Aug 13, 2021

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In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Ollie Vargas to talk about the recent history of Bolivia. This is an expansive episode that aims to provide historical grounding of Bolivia so that we can better understand current events taking place there!

Ollie Vargas is a Bolivian reporter at Kawsachun News, and has covered Bolvian politics, news, and the recent coup for other outlets such as The Grayzone, teleSUR English, Morning Star, and Mintpress News. You can follow Ollie on twitter @OVargas52. You can find Kawsachun News via twitter @KawsachunNews or on their website kawsachunnews.com. Support Kawsachun News, which provides a ton of vital reporting and analysis of Bolivia and Latin America more broadly by subscribing to their patreon at patreon.com/KawsachunNews.

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.

Intelligence Briefing: The Beautiful Game w/ Alexander Aviña Jul 30, 2021

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We have a fun intelligence briefing this time, with a special guest! For this conversation about football (soccer to some of you) and the politics surrounding it, we bring on fan favorite Professor Alexander Aviña. You can find Alex's website at alexanderavina.com, and you can follow him on twitter @Alexander_Avina.

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.

Workers Movements in the Global South w/ Immanuel Ness Jul 16, 2021

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In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Professor Immanuel Ness to talk about his brand new book, Organizing Insurgency: Workers Movements in the Global South. The book combines theory of workers movements with case studies from India, South Africa, and the Philippines. A must listen conversation for an internationalist proletarian understanding of workers power!

Immanuel Ness is Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg. His book Organizing Insurgency is available from Pluto Press: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745343594/organizing-insurgency/. His other books include Southern Insurgency: The Coming of the Global Working Class (Pluto Press), Urban Revolt: State Power and the Rise of People's Movements in the Global South (Haymarket Books), and The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism (Palgrave Macmillan). He is also the editor of the Journal of Labor and Society (Brill). Lots of stuff to check out! Manny can be found 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.

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

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