Guerrilla History

Today we are cross-publishing our latest Guerrilla Radio spinoff episode, to ensure as many of our listeners can take part in the action to free Walid Daqqah as possible.  Be sure to spread the word! In this high-priority episode of Guerrilla Radio, we are joined by Jeanine and Thawra from the Palestinian Youth Movement to bring light to their current campaign for the urgent and immediate release of the Palestinian political prisoner Walid Daqqah, and the history, centrality, and role the Prisoners Movement plays in the struggle for national liberation.  The Palestinian Youth Movement calls on the international community to demand the immediate release of Walid Daqqah and expose the illegal nature of his imprisonment. Link to the petition: https://palestinianyouthmovement.com/free-walid-daqqah Link to the toolkit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vw3YvXsB_pCVm2OJzyrOIFNL2OE5VojForV8gmQ60T8/edit Check PYM's social media for actions happening near you:  IG: palestinianyouthmovement Backup account: palyouthmvmt Twitter: palyouthmvmt Facebook: Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) To find out about more campaigns: https://linktr.ee/palestinianyouthmovement  Keep up to date with the latest Guerrilla Radio episode releases by following ⁠⁠Guerrilla History⁠⁠ on twitter The intro/outro song is ⁠⁠Model Home by snny ft. Topaz Jones

Special, early access to an extended conversation about the imminent release of the new translation (by Henry and Salvatore) of Domenico Losurdo's Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend from Iskra Books.  The release of the book is imminent, and is available from the Iskra Books website, where it is currently linked at https://www.iskrabooks.org/copy-of-the-dark. 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/. David Peat is one of the editorial board members at the Center for Communist Studies and their imprint Iskra Books.  You can follow him on twitter @dajveism. Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory 

This episode of Guerrilla History is a continuation of our Sanctions As War miniseries (get the book here).  In this timely episode, we bring on the Jeremy Kuzmarov to discuss the history and unfolding situation regarding sanctions on Russia.  This episode is as timely now as it ever has been. Be sure to get the word out and share this with comrades involved in the anti-sanctions movement. Jeremy Kuzmarov is Managing Editor of CovertAction Magazine and is author of four books on US foreign policy including The Myth of the Addicted Army (Massachusetts, 2009); Modernizing Repression (Massachusetts, 2012); The Russians are Coming, Again, with John Marciano (New York: Monthly Review Press, 2018) and Obama’s Unending Wars (Atlanta: Clarity Press, 2019).  You can stay up to date with his work by checking out his website at https://jeremykuzmarov.com/ Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory 

In this important episode, we discuss some real-world efforts to stand in solidarity with Cuba by the National Network on Cuba, as well as how Cuba's placement on the State Sponsors of Terrorism List is a complete sham that continues to hurt the Cuban people.  Be sure to connect with NNOC, and take part in their June 25 Weekend of Action!  Find out more by checking out their website or following them on twitter @NNOCuba. Calla Walsh is a cochair of the National Network on Cuba and was one of their coordinators for the International May Day Brigade.  You can follow her on twitter @CallaWalsh. Jorge Rocha is on the steering committee for the International Committee of DSA, citywide leadership committee for DSA, and cohost of the podcast Everybody Loves Communism. You can follow him on twitter @LineGoesDown. Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory 

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

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 

Tim Beal, retired New Zealand academic, discusses the history and impact of sanctions on the DPRK and China. They challenge stereotypes about North Korea, explore US imperialism and manifest destiny, and highlight the hypocrisy of nuclear weapons testing. The conversation also covers the economic and political impacts of sanctions on North Korea, China, and Russia.

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 ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com

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

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