The East is a Podcast

Justin Podur, Nora Barrows-Friedman, and Matteo Capasso discuss ideological hellscape, flags, NATO bombing of Serbia, limited tools for debate, current state of anti-war movements, contradictions in anti-war on Ukraine cabal, geopolitical predictions, military coups in formerly colonized countries.

*This is a preview of the latest bonus episode. Sign up for $5 a month to access the entire conversation and help keep the show going!* Morgan Artyukhina (@LavenderNRed) is a historian, teacher, and writer. Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Kai Bosworth, author and professor, discusses alternative production configurations, critiques consumer choices in environmentalism, the global exchange of commodities, mono cropping, and the potential for transformative agricultural practices. They also explore the importance of engaging with production processes and understanding distribution struggles.

Kyle Ferrana (@KyleTrainEmoji)is a writer based in Portland, Oregon.  Check out his amazing thread on China's rapid advances in renewable energy and infrastructure. Watch the video edition of the episode on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the podcast.  www.patreon.com/east_podcast

*This is a preview of the latest bonus episode. Sign up for $5 a month to access the entire conversation and help keep the show going!* Matteo Capasso (@capassomat) recently joined me for a two-part episode ("Lessons from the end of the Libyan Arab Jamāhīriyyah"), and I wanted to have him back to elaborate on some of the threads we didn't pick up on in our initial talk.  This is roughly 50% of our conversation.  Sign up on Patreon for to access the full episode   Check out his book, Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (2023)

Friend of the podcast Chris Beausang (@ilchinealach) returns to the show to explore the life and legacy of Roger Casement. Subscribe to Chris' fantastic podcast, Politics and Letters Check out his earlier episodes on the podcast James Connolly and Irish anticolonial resistance (Pt.1)  The Troubles and the Irish Question (Pt.1)   Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast    

*This is a preview of the latest bonus episode. Sign up for $5 a month to access the entire conversation and help keep the show going!* Cindy Li is a DJ based in Toronto. She is currently on tour, and you can check out her recent set in Berlin.

*This is a preview of the latest bonus episode. Sign up for $5 a month to access the entire conversation and help keep the show going!*   The second half of my conversation with Matteo Capasso (@capassomat), author of the new book,  Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (2023).      

**This episode contains roughly 60% of our conversation.  To listen to the second half, subscribe to the show on Patreon and help keep the show going** Matteo Capasso (@capassomat) is the author of Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (2023) Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Friend of the podcast Frances Hasso (@nasawiyya) interviewed Dana Al-Hasan (@cuote32) about how she connects the dots on local and international activism from a socialist, feminist, and anti-imperialist perspective. They discussed Palestine, gentrification, racism, anti-policing, and reproductive rights activism in North Carolina, especially the Raleigh and Durham areas.   Learn more here about the campaigns discussed in the interview:   https://www.refundraleigh.org/ https://www.heartdrm.com/   Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel   Check out Frances' recent episode about her amazing (and open-access!) book  Buried in the Red Dirt: Race, Reproduction, and Death in Modern Palestine (2021)    Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast