Guerrilla History

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

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

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

Nima Nakhaei, political economy scholar, discusses the history and impact of sanctions on Iraq. Topics include the geopolitical context, interconnectedness of sanctions and warfare, collapse of the Soviet Union, impacts of sanctions and occupation, geopolitical possibilities in the Middle East, and potential for democratic socialism in Iraq.

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we present something a bit different than usual!  We recently appeared on Lee Camp's program Behind the Headlines to discuss history as propaganda, moving beyond capitalism, and much more.  Here, we provide a roughly 50 minute introduction to the topics and reflection on what we discussed with Lee before we include our interview on Lee's show in its entirety.  A very fun interview, be sure to check out Behind the Headlines if you enjoyed how it went!  You can also watch the interview portion (though not the reflection/intro) on YouTube. Lee Camp is a writer, comedian, podcaster, news journalist and news commentator.  Among other things, he was noted for hosting RT America's weekly comedy news show Redacted Tonight with Lee Camp before RT America was shut down last year.  You can keep up with his latest work, including new episodes of Behind the Headlines at his website leecamp.com.  You can also follow him on twitter @LeeCamp. 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 of Guerrilla History, we bring on a good comrade of ours, Max Ajl (much overdue, we might add)!  Here, we get a primer on the agrarian question and discuss its importance to national liberation struggles globally!  Max is the perfect guest for this conversation, and we know you'll get a lot out of it. Max Ajl is is an associated researcher with the Tunisian Observatory for Food Sovereignty and the Environment, a researcher on decolonization, post-colonial planning, Arab dependency theory and food sovereignty at Ghent University, and the author of the outstanding A People's Green New Deal.  You can follow Max on twitter @maxajl.  Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory 

Professor Zhun Xu, Associate Professor of Economics, discusses the political economy of US sanctions on China, including its historical perspective and current developments. They explore China's transition from feudalism to social classes, US-China relations, rise of China as a global power, justifications for sanctions, and impacts on both China and Western countries.

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on a good friend and comrade of ours, Professor Jason W. Moore!  In this fabulous conversation, we discuss world-ecology, the capitalocene, and how to view/analyze history through these lenses.  We intend on getting into much further discussion with Jason in a couple of upcoming episodes that we already have planned, so be sure to check this one out to prepare yourself for those! Jason W. Moore is an environmental historian and historical geographer at Binghamton University, and has authored multiple outstanding books that you should check out. Among these are Anthropocene or Capitalocene? Nature, History, and the Crisis of Capitalism, Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital, and (with Raj Patel) A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet, the last of which we already have an upcoming episode planned for.  You can follow Jason on twitter @oikeios.  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, a great resource for political education!

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back returning fan favorite Professor Gerald Horne to discuss his latest book The Counter-Revolution of 1836: Texas Slavery & Jim Crow and the Roots of U. S. Fascism.  As always, the conversation with Prof Horne is incredibly enlightening and very entertaining.  We hope you get some use from it! 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! 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, a great resource for political education!

We close out 2022 with a livestream!  All the members of the Revolutionary Left Radio family of podcasts came together for a two hour live Q&A that we had a ton of fun doing.  We hope you enjoy as we look ahead to 2023!   P.S. If you're on twitter, let us know what your favorite episode of the show was during 2022 - tag us @guerrilla_pod with your pick and we'll hopefully encourage some new people to check that episode out! Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory