The East is a Podcast

*Apologies for the sound quality*   Mfalme Sikivu is an incarcerated scholar and mentor. He is fighting the carceral state from the inside and needs outside support. Mfalme and a team of outside supporters are pushing Governor Cuomo of NY to grant him clemency in 2019.   Mfalme has three cases pending against DOCCS; one which urges DOCCS to organize his mentoring organization, Ujamaa Fraternal Dynasty (UFD), and two cases to expose the inhumane treatment of our incarcerated comrades by COs and staff. Please visit his facebook page for ways to get involved    We are also doing coordinated phone calls to push Cuomo to free Mfalme and Jalil Muntaqim on every Friday from 1-3 PM.   You can write to Mfalme at the following address   Dontie Mitchell #98A0071 Great Meadow Correctional Facility PO Box 51 Comstock, NY 12821-0051

Jared Ware is an abolitionist and host of Millennials are Killing Capitalism   An appeal Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300).  I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal.  Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com 

Special series on the Iraqi revolts by guest host Yousef K. Baker.     Zahra Ali is a sociologist and Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University, she is the author of Women and Gender in Iraq: between Nation-building and Fragmentation (2018)

Olivia Giovetti is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, NPR, VAN Magazine and other venues. We discuss this article Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300).  I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal.  Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com 

Karim Makdisi is Associate Professor of International Politics at the  American University of Beirut.  An appeal Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300).  I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal.  Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com 

Tim Anderson is an academic based in Australia and the author of the forthcoming book, Axis of Resistance: Towards an Independent Middle East. Thanks to Nazanin Zarepour for arranging and conducting this interview.  An appeal Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make a third of that and it's unsustainable. I have a Patreon and Gofundme You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal.  Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com     

Ali Alizadeh is a political analyst and media activist based in London.   An appeal Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make a third of that and it's unsustainable. I have a Patreon and Gofundme You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal.  Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com     

Louis Allday is an academic and researcher based in London.  Read the piece here An appeal Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make a third of that and it's unsustainable. I have a Patreon and Gofundme You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal.  Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com 

Assal Rad is a Research Fellow at the National Iranian American Council.  Check out her article.

Federico Fuentes is a political analyst and writer based in Australia.    An appeal Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make just over half of that and it's unsustainable. I have a Patreon and Gofundme.  You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal.  Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com