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Jan 13, 2021 • 1h 41min

Civilizations 26a: Canada pt1 – Devolution, Confederation, and Immigration stories

Part 1 of at least 3 on Canada, this one sets up the story of Canadian colonialism with some required historical touchpoints about Canada’s devolution into independence from Britain, the story of Confederation as a series of business deals, and the role of racism in Canadian immigration policy.
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Jan 4, 2021 • 1h 22min

Civilizations 25: The 1870 Paris Commune, as told by Karl Marx

The Paris Commune was so much more than a short bloody two-month interlude in European politics. In this episode, the story of the Paris Commune as related by Karl Marx in his address to the International Workingmen’s Association. From passing debt relief programs to tearing down militarist statues, the Paris Commune was a real revolution, … Continue reading "Civilizations 25: The 1870 Paris Commune, as told by Karl Marx"
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Dec 27, 2020 • 1h 24min

Civilizations 24: Jamaica 1865 – Morant Bay Uprising shakes the British Empire

In 1865, Paul Bogle led an uprising in Jamaica that was repressed with extreme violence by the British, led by Jamaica’s Governor Eyre. The reaction was disproportionate and the story was big news in Britain, leading to a committee questioning Eyre’s brutality and a counter-committee forming to defend him. Both committees have some big names … Continue reading "Civilizations 24: Jamaica 1865 – Morant Bay Uprising shakes the British Empire"
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Dec 12, 2020 • 1h 28min

Civilizations 23d: American Civil War pt4 – the Rise and Fall of Reconstruction

We conclude our 4 part series on the American Civil War following WEB Du Bois’s book Black Reconstruction in America, talking about the brief, glorious moment of potential for genuine racial equality in the United States. In some ways, despite the gains made a century later, we still live with the consequences of the fall … Continue reading "Civilizations 23d: American Civil War pt4 – the Rise and Fall of Reconstruction"
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Dec 9, 2020 • 1h 9min

AEP 76: Punjab Farmer’s Movement Confronts the Modi Juggernaut

Opposing a series of Farm bills that will render them destitute and further enrich India’s billionaires, a farmer’s movement has converged on Delhi demanding that the legislation (passed in September) be repealed. I talk to historian Navyug Gill about the laws, the history, and the politics of the Farmer’s movement in India, a sustained opposition … Continue reading "AEP 76: Punjab Farmer’s Movement Confronts the Modi Juggernaut"
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Dec 8, 2020 • 32min

AEP 75: The Dec 6 Venezuelan Legislative Elections

Maria Victor and I talk about the December 6 legislative elections in Venezuela. Turnout was low at 31%, but that’s normal for legislative elections* in a pandemic (Romania had around the same turnout on the same day, as others have pointed out). We talk about the electoral system in Venezuela, why it’s more fair than … Continue reading "AEP 75: The Dec 6 Venezuelan Legislative Elections"
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Nov 29, 2020 • 2h 19min

Civilizations 23c: The American Civil War pt3 – the War

The American Civil War from Lincoln’s election in 1860 to the surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomatox Court House. The major events, the commanders, and the decisive role of what Du Bois called the General Strike of the Black Worker. Part 3 of 4 on the US Civil War.
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Nov 20, 2020 • 1h 24min

AEP 74: The Fighting Intellectual, with Sayf Carman

Sayf Carman runs the Ummah Fight Camp martial arts youtube channel and has recently started Mindscrub, an intellectual channel. Carman teaches martial arts in New Jersey. He has been in the Nation of Islam, the Communist Party, has studied Buddhism and Western Philosophy. We talk about different approaches to thinking, teaching, and techniques and approaches … Continue reading "AEP 74: The Fighting Intellectual, with Sayf Carman"
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Nov 17, 2020 • 1h 26min

Civilizations 23b: “This question is still to be settled”: John Brown and the Civil War pt2

John Brown routed 75 men with 14, defended Lawrence from raiders, wrote a manual for the Underground Railroad, and began the war that ended slavery. Frederick Douglass, talking about Brown’s actions in Kansas, wrote that one could not read the history “without feeling that the man who in all this bewildering broil was least the … Continue reading "Civilizations 23b: “This question is still to be settled”: John Brown and the Civil War pt2"
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Nov 14, 2020 • 1h 48min

AEP 73: Pakistan’s Hybrid Civil-Military Regime, with Saadia Toor

I’m joined by the Anti-Empire Project’s special correspondent for Pakistan, Saadia Toor, professor at CSI CUNY and author of the State of Islam: Culture and Cold War Politics in Pakistan. Saadia gives us a quick sweep of Pakistan’s history including the key role of the left in the many twists and turns. We get caught … Continue reading "AEP 73: Pakistan’s Hybrid Civil-Military Regime, with Saadia Toor"

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