Guerrilla History

In this excellent conversation (originally released Apr 14, 2023), we talk with Comrade Booker Omole of the Communist Party of Kenya about their 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  We also have a (free!) newsletter you can sign up for, and please note that Guerrilla History now is uploading on YouTube as well, so do us a favor, subscribe to the show and share some links from there so we can get helped out in the algorithms!

In this remastered episode (originally aired 18 December 2020) of Guerrilla History, we are joined by Hisila Yami to talk about The People's War in Nepal, and the role of women in it. Hisila Yami was a leader in The People's War, a three times minister of Nepal, a former member of the Constituent Assembly, and the author of People's War and Women's Liberation in Nepal.  She can be followed on twitter @HisilaPost.    Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory  We also have a (free!) newsletter you can sign up for, and please note that Guerrilla History now is uploading on YouTube as well, so do us a favor, subscribe to the show and share some links from there so we can get helped out in the algorithms!!

Nina Farnia, a legal historian and law professor, dives into the chilling concept of lawfare, revealing how legal systems are weaponized to stifle dissent and maintain control. She discusses the historical evolution of this manipulation from colonial times to modern practices in the U.S. The conversation touches on American imperialism's financial motives and its repercussions on global populations. Farnia also highlights the interplay between law and resistance movements, emphasizing the potential for transformative change amid legalized oppression, while foreshadowing her forthcoming book.

Dr. Gerald Horne, a prominent historian and Chair at the University of Houston, engages in a thought-provoking discussion about resistance in Los Angeles. He examines how historical struggles against racial capitalism relate to contemporary issues like ICE raids and U.S. foreign policy. Horne connects the legacies of the Black Panthers to modern activism, emphasizing the need for international solidarity. The conversation also explores the complexities of social movements, anti-Semitism, and the evolving dynamics of justice in marginalized communities.

Ali Kadri, an esteemed professor and author, dives deep into the thought-provoking concept of sanctions as genocide. He explores how U.S. sanctions serve as powerful tools of war, often leading to humanitarian crises akin to genocide. Kadri discusses the impact of economic disparities and structural genocide, particularly highlighting the dire situation in Gaza. The conversation challenges listeners to consider the broader implications of sanctions on global stability and the need for revolutionary consciousness against systemic oppression.

In this great episode of Guerrilla History, we have a discussion with Linda Quiquivix about her study and book Palestine 1492: A Report Back, which is a study of 500 years of the struggle for life in words, maps, and images in the seven cardinal directions in Mayan philosophy and in the spiral that is time.  This was such an interesting conversation, and one which we think you will find really useful! Linda Quiquivix is a geographer and popular educator of Maya-Mam roots raised by Palestinians, Zapatistas, Panthers, and jaguars. Learn more about her work at quiqui.org. Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory  We also have a (free!) newsletter you can sign up for, and please note that Guerrilla History now is uploading on YouTube as well, so do us a favor, subscribe to the show and share some links from there so we can get helped out in the algorithms!! *As mentioned, you will be able to find Tsars and Commissars: From Rus to Modern Russia soon on YouTube.

This remastered episode of Guerrilla History was a continuation of our Sanctions As War miniseries.  In this fascinating episode, we had a discussion with Professor Muhammad Sahimi on the history and the impacts of sanctions on Iran, which is both an immensely enlightening and heartbreaking conversation.  This episode is particularly timely given the current situation in Iran.  Be sure to also stay turned for our analysis on the situation in Iran, coming soon! Muhammad Sahimi is a Professor at the University of Southern California, where he analyses Iran’s political development, its nuclear program, and its foreign policy. From 2008 to 2012 he was the lead political analyst at Frontline/Tehran Bureau website. Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory  We also have a (free!) newsletter you can sign up for, and please note that Guerrilla History now is uploading on YouTube as well, so do us a favor, subscribe to the show and share some links from there so we can get helped out in the algorithms!! *As mentioned in the intro, you will be able to find Tsars and Commissars: From Rus to Modern Russia soon on YouTube.

For the next two weeks, we will be introducing (or reintroducing) our new sister shows.  This week, we will be presenting Part 1 of a 7 part series on The Adnan Husain Show titled Palestine and the World.  Next week, we will present the introduction of a new 25 part series that Henry is cohosting with a Russian historian on Russian history titled Tsars and Commissars: From Rus to Modern Russia.  Be sure to subscribe to Adnan's show and to stay tuned for Tsars and Commissars updates from Henry on twitter (@Huck1995). Also, please note that Guerrilla History now is uploading on YouTube as well, so do us a favor, subscribe to the show and share some links from there so we can get helped out in the algorithms! Part 1 of Palestine and the World: History in a Time of Genocide (Denial) examines the premodern paradigms of Latin Christendom's relationship to Jews and Muslims, Judaism and Islam, over centuries since the time of the Crusades and the establishment of the Latin Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. Dr. Ariel Salzmann and Adnan discuss a Mediterranean history from the medieval crusades to the "Reconquista" in Iberia into the early modern period and reflect on the transformation in the Latin West from religious difference between Christian and non-Christian as predominant to the elaboration of new ethno-racial forms of exclusion in the shared roots of antisemitism, Islamophobia and other forms of racism.

The following episode of our African Revolutions and Decolonization series is a massive one, two former episodes on Apartheid edited together into a giant conversation.  Information on each of the episodes below: The first is a crossover episode that we had done in collaboration with our sister podcast RevLeft Radio, we brought on Ashley Fataar to provide a primer into Apartheid in the South African context, and where we also began to explore some of the parallels to the apartheid that the settler-colonial state of Israel is enforcing in occupied Palestine today.  Ashley Fataar is a long time socialist activist and writer based in South Africa.  If you would like to get in touch with Ashley, you can reach him via email at ash.fataar@gmail.com.   After that, we have the 2023 Revolutionary Guerrilla Menace get-together, also known as the Rev Left Family Annual Collab (Rev Left+Red Menace+Guerrilla History), where Alyson, Henry, Adnan, and Breht sat down for a deep dive on South African Apartheid. Together they discussed its euro-colonialist origins, explained the significance of the Boer Wars, defined and explicated the origins of apartheid, explored the political economy of apartheid and how brutal racism shaped it, examined the multi-faceted indigenous resistance to apartheid, analyzed the end of formal apartheid as well as its ongoing legacy in post-apartheid South Africa, and tried to extract important lessons from this history to apply to the ongoing struggle in Palestine.   Subscribe to our Substack (free!) to keep up to date with what we are doing.  With so many episodes coming in this series (and beyond), you won't want to miss anything, so get the updates straight to your inbox.  guerrillahistory.substack.com Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory 

Kit Klarenberg, an investigative journalist and UK Lead at The Grayzone, joins Nemanja Lukić, a Yugoslav anti-imperialist activist, to discuss NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia and its ongoing relevance today. They explore the historical and personal impacts of the campaign, the media's role in shaping narratives, and its implications for modern conflicts like those in Gaza. The conversation also touches on the environmental crises stemming from these interventions, highlighting the long-term effects of war on society and ecology.