Guerrilla History

Guerrilla History "From the Archives" is a series of episodes, consisting of previously patreon-exclusive episodes that we are unlocking for the general public after one year.  This From the Archives episode was originally released on Patreon on April 2, 2021, and is about the Fred Hampton assassination, some new information that had come out around the time of the recording of the episode, and the docudrama Judas and the Black Messiah.  Join us for this very fun conversation! You can support Guerrilla History by joining us at patreon.com/guerrillahistory, where you will also get bonus content!

Booker Omole, National Vice Chairperson and National Organizing Secretary of the Communist Party of Kenya, discusses the history and class analysis of Kenyan elections. Topics include the struggle for democracy, involvement of the Communist Party of Kenya, religious discourse in politics, China's presence in Africa, the decline in political reputation of Mr Odinga, and the political strategy and economic development in Kenya.

In this tremendous episode, we talk with Professor Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad about the topics in their brand new book The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power.  An absolutely wonderful conversation with two great guests!  The book will be released in 10 days, so be sure to sign up for your copy!   Professor Noam Chomsky is a world-renowned linguist and political activist, and is author of numerous books.  Whether you are already familiar with his work or not, check out his website https://chomsky.info/. Vijay Prashad is director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, editor of LeftWord Books, and the chief correspondent for Globetrotter, author of numerous books, and is a multiple-time guest of Guerrilla History.  Check out his previous appearances on the show wherever you get your podcasts, and follow him on twitter @VijayPrashad. 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 new (free!) newsletter you can sign up for!

Sanctions As War explores the topic of sanctions and their impact. The hosts introduce Professors Immanuel Ness and Stuart Davis, editors of the book Sanctions As War. They discuss the nature and enforcement of sanctions, challenging the notion that they are a nonviolent alternative to war. The podcast also explores the racialization of populations in the third world and the increasing application of sanctions to countries like China. It examines the influence of mainstream media on the sanctions narrative and delves into the role of sanctions within the neoliberal order.

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In this useful episode, we talk with Professor Richard Wolff about the economics of both imperialism and inflation - two major issues facing nearly everyone today, but that we often don't look at the economic drivers or mechanisms of.  An incredibly fun conversation with someone we've wanted to bring on the show for quite some time! 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. 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 new (free!) newsletter you can sign up for!

Guerrilla History "From the Archives" is a new series of episodes, consisting of previously patreon-exclusive episodes that we are unlocking for the general public after one year.  This From the Archives episode was originally released on Patreon on January 29, 2021, and is about the (at the time) recently released, ahistorical 1776 Report by the sham 1776 Commission.  Join us as we rant about this report and talk about its potential impact.  The report itself can be viewed here. You can support Guerrilla History by joining us at patreon.com/guerrillahistory, where you will also get bonus content!

This supplemental episode is the recording of a Twitter Space we just recorded with our friends, Professors Alexander Aviña and Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt.  What was originally supposed to be a pretty informal meeting became a nearly 1 hour and 40 minute discussion of coups, oil, and oil nationalization!  Enjoy! Alexander Aviña is historian at Arizona State University, and is author of the book Specters of Revolution:  Peasant Guerrilla in the Cold War Mexican Countryside (Oxford University Press, 2014, https://alexanderavina.com/specters-of-revolution/ ).  Listen to the episode we did with him on Cold War Latin America here: https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/alex-avia  Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt is a historian at California State University, Stanislas.  You can (and should!) get The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy: Oil and Arab Nationalism in Iraq from Stanford University Press https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=26330 .  Listen to the episode we did with him on Coups, Oil, the CIA, and Arab Nationalism here: https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/coups-oil-the-cia-and-arab-nationalism-in-iraq-w-brandon-wolfe-hunnicutt  You can support Guerrilla History by joining us at patreon.com/guerrillahistory, where you will also get bonus content!

In this fascinating episode, we talk with Professor Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt about the numerous coups of Iraq from 1953-1968 (and the CIA/State Department role in these) amidst the background of rising Arab nationalist politics and pushes by several groups for nationalization of Iraqi oil.  A fantastic discussion based off of Brandon's equally fabulous book The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy: Oil and Arab Nationalism in Iraq! Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt is a historian at California State University, Stanislas.  You can (and should!) get The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy: Oil and Arab Nationalism in Iraq from Stanford University Press https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=26330  Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory 

In this Dispatch, we talk to Mikey from O'ahu Water Protectors about the both ongoing and impending disaster at the Red Hill facility, where the US Navy's fuel continues to leak into the largest aquifer on the island of O'ahu.  We discuss the history of this fuel facility, and the activism taking place to shut it down! You can find Mikey on various social media platforms, including Twitter, @karaokecomputer.  You can find more information about O'ahu Water Protectors and the efforts to shut down Red Hill at oahuwaterprotectors.org. Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory