Guerrilla History
174 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 478 ratingsGuerrilla History is the podcast that acts as a reconnaissance report of global history for the activist left, and aims to use the lessons of history to analyze the present.
Your hosts are educators Henry Hakamaki and Professor Adnan Husain, historian and Director of the School of Religion at Queens University.
Follow us on social media! Our podcast can be found on twitter at https://twitter.com/guerrilla_pod, and can be supported on patreon at https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory. Your contributions will make the show possible to continue and succeed!
Follow the hosts, Henry can be found on twitter at https://twitter.com/huck1995. Adnan can be followed on twitter at https://twitter.com/adnanahusain, and also runs The Majlis Podcast, which can be found at https://anchor.fm/msgp-queens, and the Muslim Societies-Global Perspectives group at Queens University, https://www.facebook.com/MSGPQU/. The other shows of the Revolutionary Left Radio family can be found at revolutionaryleftradio.com.
Thanks to Ryan Hakamaki, who designed and created the podcast's artwork, and Kevin MacLeod, who creates royalty-free music.
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Episodes
Red Sea Shipping & Gaza Genocide w/ Laleh Khalili
June 28, 2024 06:07 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBIn this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on the esteemed Professor Laleh Khalili to discuss Red Sea Shipping and the regional consequences of the Gaza Genocide. This conversation bridges two of the major topics of her work, and is an incredibly thought provoking and generative discussion. We would love to hear what you find particularly useful from this one, so let us know on Twitter once you listen! Laleh Khalili is Professor and Director of the Center for Gulf Studies at the Inst...
Commune to Capitalism - Decollectivization of Agriculture in China w/ Zhun Xu
June 21, 2024 06:10 - 1 hour - 73.4 MBIn this episode of Guerrilla History, we once again have our great friend and comrade Zhun Xu, whom you should remember from two previous episodes of the show, North Korea & Industrial Agriculture as well as Sanctions Against China & Their Political Economy. Here, we discuss Zhun fantastic book From Commune to Capitalism: How China’s Peasants Lost Collective Farming and Gained Urban Poverty! Unsurprisingly, this was a fabulous discussion, and is a really important conversation when add...
Football! Palestine, Copa América, & the Euros w/ Alex Aviña
June 14, 2024 06:29 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBIn this episode of Guerrilla History, we end up continuing our informal and unplanned "Football" (soccer to those of you in the US and Canada) miniseries with our friend and comrade Alex Aviña! Here, we discuss some of the Palestine related goings-on in the football world, as well as give a preview and make predictions for the Copa América and European Championships, which are getting kicked off at the time of this episode being released. If you've not already heard our previous Football e...
Haiti as Empire's Laboratory w/ Jemima Pierre
June 07, 2024 05:19 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBIn this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on the absolutely terrific Professor Jemima Pierre to discuss her vital piece Haiti as Empire's Laboratory, which came out in NACLA late last year. Here, we discuss the history of Western Imperialist intervention in Haiti primarily since the revolution, and why Haiti is often overlooked outside of analysis of the Revolution, or the current material situation divorced from any historical understanding. You may remember our episode Haiti and W...
Black & Brown Resistance in the UK (1960s-80s) w/ Preeti Dhillon
May 31, 2024 07:04 - 1 hour - 73.7 MBIn this episode of Guerrilla History, we discuss a fascinating new book The Shoulders We Stand On: How Black and Brown people fought for change in the United Kingdom with its author, Preeti Dhillon. This conversation is a terrific look at the repression against racially oppressed communities in the UK from the 1960s-80s, and the resistance of those communities. This episode works excellently in conjunction with our previous episode African & Caribbean People in Britain - A History w/ Hak...
North Korea & Industrial Agriculture w/ Zhun Xu
May 24, 2024 07:07 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBIn this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back our great friend and comrade Zhun Xu, whom you may remember from our episode Sanctions Against China & Their Political Economy from our Sanctions As War miniseries. In this episode, we discuss Zhun terrific new article in Monthly Review, Industrial Agriculture: Lessons from North Korea! This conversation was incredibly generative, and will certainly be of great benefit to you whether you are someone who studies agricultural systems, th...
A Polycentric World & the 'Sixth Great Power' w/ Paris Yeros
May 17, 2024 06:49 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBIn this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on the fantastic and vitally important Paris Yeros to discuss his fabulous article A Polycentric World Will Only Be Possible by the Intervention of the ‘Sixth Great Power’, which was published by the Agrarian South Network. Paris himself and the Agrarian South Network more generally are both some of the best resources out there today, and we hope that you will engage with more of their work. We hope that this conversation similarly will be of ...
UN, the Palestine Question, & International Law w/ Ardi Imseis (Crossover w/ The Majlis)
May 10, 2024 07:31 - 1 hour - 31.2 MBIn this special episode of Guerrilla History, we bring you a crossover episode done in collaboration with The Majlis, a project by the Muslim Societies Global Perspectives project at Queens University, which is hosted by our own Adnan Husain (so be sure to subscribe on your podcast app!). Here, Adnan and Dr. Ardi Imseis, explore the complexities of international law, human rights and the urgent imperative of addressing the current situation of Palestine. Through meticulous research and unwav...
The Deng Reform Period w/ Ken Hammond (Modern Chinese History Pt. 4)
May 03, 2024 07:25 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBIn this episode of Guerrilla History, we conclude our series on Modern Chinese History with this important, and inevitably controversial discussion of the Deng Reforms and the Reform Period! Very important that no matter your ideological tendencies, you come into this episode with an open mind, because there will be a lot of useful information for you regardless of how you analyze the Deng Reforms overall - this is meant primarily as a resource to allow you to deepen your personal understan...
Everyday Politics in Gaddafi's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya w/ Matteo Capasso
April 26, 2024 06:35 - 1 hour - 39.6 MBIn this terrific episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on our comrade and friend Matteo Capasso to discuss his fantastic book Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, a work based on oral histories and "provides a unique and vivid look into the political dynamics that characterized the everyday lives of Libyans, offering a compelling counterargument to those who insist on framing the history of the country as a stateless, authoritarian, and rogue state". Really great conversation ...
The Great Leap Forward & Cultural Revolution w/ Ken Hammond (Modern Chinese History Pt. 3)
April 19, 2024 07:08 - 2 hours - 54.4 MBIn this episode of Guerrilla History, we get into part 3 of our 4 part miniseries on modern Chinese history featuring Ken Hammond (and guest host Breht O'Shea of Revolutionary Left Radio) with an amazing discussion of The Great Leap Forward and The Cultural Revolution! If you haven't already listened to part 1 of the series, on the Taiping and Boxer Rebellions, or part 2 on The Chinese Revolution & Civil War, be sure to go back and check those out because we pick up right where we left of...
Disarming Empire + the Elections in Pakistan w/ Pawel Wargan
April 12, 2024 07:36 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBIn this terrific and wide ranging episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Pawel Wargan to discuss the recent elections in Pakistan, which he was an international observer for, as well as his excellent article Disarming Empire (which we HIGHLY recommend reading!). We truly enjoyed this conversation, and are really looking forward to having Pawel back on again soon to discuss Western Sahara and the work he has done there. Pawel Wargan is an activist, researcher, organizer, and coordinato...
The Chinese Revolution & Civil War w/ Ken Hammond (Modern Chinese History Pt. 2)
April 05, 2024 07:50 - 1 hour - 35.5 MBIn this episode of Guerrilla History, we get into part 2 of our 4 part miniseries on modern Chinese history featuring Ken Hammond (and guest host Breht O'Shea of Revolutionary Left Radio) with this absolutely terrific discussion on the Chinese Revolution & Civil War! If you haven't already listened to part 1 of the series, on the Taiping and Boxer Rebellions, be sure to do so because we pick up right where we left off last time. The next two installments will drop every other week (with o...
For Palestine & Liberated Texts w/ Louis Allday
March 29, 2024 07:06 - 1 hour - 28.8 MBIn this outstanding episode of Guerrilla History, we have another installment of our Sources and Methods series, and this time with the terrific Louis Allday. Here, we bring on Louis to discuss Liberated Texts and the work that is done within that project, as well as the recently released special edition of Ebb Magazine, For Palestine. We loved the conversation with Louis about preserving and spreading under-appreciated and supressed sources and books, Kanafani, solidarity with Palestine, ...
The Taiping & Boxer Rebellions w/ Ken Hammond (Modern Chinese History Pt. 1)
March 22, 2024 06:30 - 1 hour - 29.1 MBIn this episode of Guerrilla History, we launch our 4 part miniseries on modern Chinese history featuring Ken Hammond (and guest host Breht O'Shea of Revolutionary Left Radio) with this terrific discussion on the Taiping and Boxer Rebellions! Be sure to go back and listen to the previous episode we did with Ken in the fall, which serves as a bit of an introductory work for this miniseries. The other three installments will drop every other week (with other episodes in between), and will co...
History of Palestinian Communism w/ Patrick Higgins
March 15, 2024 07:19 - 2 hours - 42.8 MBIn this absolutely fascinating and important episode of Guerrilla History, we are joined once again by Patrick Higgins to discuss the history of Palestinian communism. Patrick serves up an masterclass here, and honestly this one is worth listening to and then re-listening to while taking notes despite its 2 hour length. You certainly don't want to miss this one! Also be sure to share this with comrades, this episode is sure to benefit many! If you didn't catch Patrick's last appearance o...
Parting Ways (For Now): Guerrilla History Bids Farewell to Breht & Dave
March 08, 2024 06:55 - 1 hour - 30.4 MBIn this episode of Guerrilla History, we mark an era change in the show's history as we bid farewell to cohost Breht and Producer Dave. After almost three and a half years of working together on the show, we amicably part ways as Breht and Dave take on new endeavors in their lives and renew their focus on Rev Left Radio and Red Menace. From the bottom of our hearts, Adnan and Henry thank the Breht and Dave for their tireless pursuit of justice and for the effort they have put in alongside ...
The History of Modern Yemen & the Struggle Against Zionist Imperialism w/ Shireen Al-Adeimi & Rune "Aldanmarki" Agerhus
March 01, 2024 06:17 - 2 hours - 56.3 MBIn this blockbuster episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on two outstanding guests to discuss the modern history of Yemen, as well as their ongoing struggle against Zionist imperialism and opposition to the genocide in Gaza. Shireen and Rune bring fantastic insight and analysis, making this complicated history accessible and utilizable for individuals in our movement against imperialism in all forms, and Zionist imperialism specifically at this moment. Be sure to take in all that our gu...
African & Caribbean People in Britain - A History w/ Hakim Adi
February 23, 2024 06:29 - 1 hour - 26.4 MBIn this fantastic episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back our esteemed friend and guest, Prof. Hakim Adi, to discuss his eminently important new book African and Caribbean People in Britain: A History, which has just been shortlisted for the prestigious Wolfson History Prize! In this conversation, we trace this history back thousands of years and come up to the present, but you MUST get this book in order to truly appreciate the work that Prof. Adi has done here. We also get an update...
American Imperialism's Shadow on Latin America w/ Michael Fox
February 16, 2024 06:05 - 1 hour - 37.2 MBIn this episode of Guerrilla History, we are joined by returning guest Michael Fox (whom you may remember from our episode The Rise of Fascism, Bolsonaro, & the Brazilian Elections) to discuss his excellent new series Under the Shadow, a collaboration between The Real News Network and NACLA which examines the lasting impacts of American imperialism on Latin America. This is a fantastic conversation, and one which we hope to follow up with Michael on as his project continues for years to co...
Archiving Arghiri Emmanuel's Works w/ The Arghiri Emmanuel Association
February 09, 2024 06:53 - 1 hour - 38.5 MBIn this terrific Sources and Methods episode of Guerrilla History, we are joined by Torkil Lauesen, Nemanja Lukić from the Anti-Imperialist Network, Immanuel Ness, and Joseph Mullen (whom you may remember from our episode with The Cadre Journal, which has since merged with Anti-Imperialist Network), who are members of the newly formed Arghiri Emmanuel Association! We discuss the life of the legendary theorist of Unequal Exchange, his theory, as well as the Association's efforts to archive ...
Making the Toussaint Louverture Graphic Novel w/ Sakina Karimjee & Nic Watts
February 02, 2024 06:16 - 1 hour - 39 MBIn this great episode of Guerrilla History, we are joined by the creative team behind the new graphic novel Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History! This tremendous work is the graphic novelization of a long lost CLR James play about the Haitian Revolution (which, incidentally, starred the great Paul Robeson the only time it was staged). In this conversation, we talk about this play and the process of adapting it, as well as the objectives behind doing...
Migration as Economic Imperialism w/ Immanuel Ness
January 26, 2024 07:11 - 2 hours - 57 MBIn this fascinating episode of Guerrilla History, we are joined by fan-favorite Manny Ness to discuss one of his new books, Migration as Economic Imperialism: How International Labour Mobility Undermines Economic Development in Poor Countries. This work directly takes on and dismantles the notion that labor migration is beneficial for the countries of the Global South who send their workers abroad. This is a common refrain in mainstream, neoliberal developmentalist discourse, and this boo...
Intro to Colonialism & Imperialism (The Deprogram Collab)
January 19, 2024 08:32 - 1 hour - 36.9 MBIn this collaboration, we went onto The Deprogram (hosted by comrades Hakim, JT, and Yugopnik) to provide an introduction to Colonialism and Imperialism. While we didn't have quite as much time to discuss newer theories of imperialism, such as World Systems Theory and Unequal Exchange, or specific forms of colonialism, such as settler-colonialism and neocolonialism, we hope that this primer will be of use to you and we also hope to reconvene with The Deprogram boys again to talk about som...
Lebanon vs. Zioimperialism w/ Ali Kadri & Rania Khalek
January 12, 2024 07:37 - 2 hours - 65.3 MBIn this critical episode of Guerrilla History, we have a two part-conversation with absolutely terrific guests. Ali Kadri rejoins us to give a more theoretical background on the role of Lebanon historically and in the present with regards to its relations to the West and to the Zioimperialist project, after which Rania Khalek comes on to discuss some of the recent history and analyzes the current role of Lebanon vs. the Zioimperialist project and how it relates to the struggle in Gaza. A f...
Indigeneity & Palestine w/ Nick Estes & Mohamed Abdou
January 05, 2024 08:42 - 2 hours - 78.6 MBIn this episode of Guerrilla History, bring on two exceptional guests to discuss a critical topic for deepening our understanding of Palestine and the ongoing settler-colonial domination by the state of "Israel"! Nick Estes and Mohamed Abdou come on the show for a conversation about Indigeneity and Palestine, and we found this discussion to be incredibly fruitful and useful when analyzing the situation in Occupied Palestine today. We are sure that you will also find use in this, and we enco...
Guerrilla History's 2023 In Review
December 29, 2023 06:58 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBIn this year end episode, we do our annual Year In Review. We discuss some of the major things that happened globally in 2023 as well as the work we have done over the course of this year. With this, we've released over 50 publicly available episodes this year on a wide range of topic, and we are really proud of what we have been able to provide to you for political education purposes. We are looking forward to continuing to grow and expand as we go into 2024! If you appreciate what we d...
"Israel" and Its Role in Latin America w/ Alexander Aviña
December 22, 2023 07:22 - 1 hour - 53.1 MBIn this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back the official unofficial fourth member of the hosting panel, Alexander Aviña! Here we discuss Alex's freshly released article at Foreign Exchanges titled A Future of Walls or Liberation, which examines some of the role and relationships between "Israel" and the countries and governments in Latin America. This is a really interesting piece of the Zioimperialist story, and one which is frankly very under-discussed. Tune in, learn something...
Understanding Apartheid: South Africa, Settler Colonialism, and Lessons for Palestine
December 15, 2023 07:02 - 2 hours - 91 MBIn this Revolutionary Guerrilla Menace get-together, also known as the Rev Left Family Annual Collab (Rev Left+Red Menace+Guerrilla History), Alyson, Henry, Adnan, and Breht sit down for a deep dive on South African Apartheid. Together they discuss its euro-colonialist origins, explain the significance of the Boer Wars, define and explicate the origins of apartheid, explore the political economy of apartheid and how brutal racism shaped it, examine the multi-faceted indigenous resistance to ...
Understanding Apartheid: South Africa, Settler Colonialism, and Lessons for Palestine
December 15, 2023 07:01In this Revolutionary Guerrilla Menace get-together, also known as the Rev Left Family Annual Collab (Rev Left+Red Menace+Guerrilla History), Alyson, Henry, Adnan, and Breht sit down for a deep dive on South African Apartheid. Together they discuss its euro-colonialist origins, explain the significance of the Boer Wars, define and explicate the origins of apartheid, explore the political economy of apartheid and how brutal racism shaped it, examine the multi-faceted indigenous resistance to ...
Understanding Apartheid: South Africa, Settler Colonialism, and Lessons for Palestine
December 15, 2023 07:01In this Revolutionary Guerrilla Menace get-together, also known as the Rev Left Family Annual Collab (Rev Left+Red Menace+Guerrilla History), Alyson, Henry, Adnan, and Breht sit down for a deep dive on South African Apartheid. Together they discuss its euro-colonialist origins, explain the significance of the Boer Wars, define and explicate the origins of apartheid, explore the political economy of apartheid and how brutal racism shaped it, examine the multi-faceted indigenous resistance to ...
Understanding Apartheid: South Africa, Settler Colonialism, and Lessons for Palestine
December 15, 2023 07:01In this Revolutionary Guerrilla Menace get-together, also known as the Rev Left Family Annual Collab (Rev Left+Red Menace+Guerrilla History), Alyson, Henry, Adnan, and Breht sit down for a deep dive on South African Apartheid. Together they discuss its euro-colonialist origins, explain the significance of the Boer Wars, define and explicate the origins of apartheid, explore the political economy of apartheid and how brutal racism shaped it, examine the multi-faceted indigenous resistance to ...
Understanding Apartheid: South Africa, Settler Colonialism, and Lessons for Palestine
December 15, 2023 07:01In this Revolutionary Guerrilla Menace get-together, also known as the Rev Left Family Annual Collab (Rev Left+Red Menace+Guerrilla History), Alyson, Henry, Adnan, and Breht sit down for a deep dive on South African Apartheid. Together they discuss its euro-colonialist origins, explain the significance of the Boer Wars, define and explicate the origins of apartheid, explore the political economy of apartheid and how brutal racism shaped it, examine the multi-faceted indigenous resistance to ...
Understanding Apartheid: South Africa, Settler Colonialism, and Lessons for Palestine
December 15, 2023 07:00In this Revolutionary Guerrilla Menace get-together, also known as the Rev Left Family Annual Collab (Rev Left+Red Menace+Guerrilla History), Alyson, Henry, Adnan, and Breht sit down for a deep dive on South African Apartheid. Together they discuss its euro-colonialist origins, explain the significance of the Boer Wars, define and explicate the origins of apartheid, explore the political economy of apartheid and how brutal racism shaped it, examine the multi-faceted indigenous resistance to ...
Settler Colonial Law & Sue the T. rex w/ the Leninist Lawyer
December 08, 2023 06:49 - 1 hour - 39.9 MBIn this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on The Leninist Lawyer to discuss settler colonial law, and use the case study of Sue the T. rex, which was extracted from native lands, to help demonstrate how this works. A really interesting conversation, and while we are using a dinosaur fossil as the case study, this conversation is much more about settler colonial law generally, and therefore should be relevant for all of you regardless of whether you find dinosaurs interesting or not! ...
Palestine - War, Occupation, and Proletarianization w/ Ali Kadri
December 01, 2023 08:43 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBIn this critical episode of Guerrilla History, we bring the esteemed and critically important Ali Kadri onto the show to discuss Palestine. This episode is largely based off of Ali's terrific book A Theory of Forced Labour Migration: The Proletarianisation of the West Bank Under Occupation (1967-1992). In this conversation, we discuss themes including war as a method of capital accumulation, indigenous labour extirpation, and much, much more. We want to thank friend of the show Max Ajl fo...
Black Scare/Red Scare w/ Charisse Burden-Stelly
November 24, 2023 06:34 - 1 hour - 53.5 MBIn this absolutely fabulous episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back on the one and only Dr. CBS, Charisse Burden-Stelly! Here, we discuss her outstanding new book Black Scare/Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United States. This work focuses on how anti-radical repression (especially anti-communist repression) is infused and inseparable with anti-Black racial oppression, and vice versa. This is a critical work by one of the most critical voices in our times, and we think...
Apartheid: An Introduction w/ Ashley Fataar
November 17, 2023 09:59 - 1 hour - 39.1 MBIn this crossover episode that we have done in collaboration with our sister podcast RevLeft Radio, we bring on Ashley Fataar to provide a primer into Apartheid in the South African context, and where we also begin to explore some of the parallels to the apartheid that the settler-colonial state of Israel is enforcing in occupied Palestine today. This is a good introduction to the topic, and we plan on getting everyone in the RevLeft family (Breht, Henry, Adnan, & Alyson) together in the co...
Palestine & the BDS Movement w/ Corinna Mullin
November 10, 2023 07:46 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBIn another vital episode of Guerrilla History, we close out our Sanctions As War miniseries while continuing to examine Palestine and the various components of the conflict in Occupied Palestine. This time, we bring on Corinna Mullin to discuss sanctions from below, the BDS movement, and how what those in the West can do to support the Palestine liberation movement. This is a really important conversation, so be sure to share with anyone you think would benefit from hearing it! Follow th...
Palestine and the Media w/ Tara Alami
November 03, 2023 06:11 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBIn another crucial episode of Guerrilla History, we continue to examine Palestine and the various components of the conflict in Occupied Palestine. This time, we bring on Tara Alami to discuss the ongoing bombardment of Gaza and media misrepresentations/propaganda surrounding it. This is a really critically important conversation, and we hope that you will share it next week when it comes out on our general feed - this is something that we need as many people to hear as possible! Tara Al...
Understanding the Conflict in Occupied Palestine - History & Geopolitics w/ Rabab Abdulhadi & Ariel Salzmann
October 27, 2023 08:07 - 1 hour - 45 MBIn this important and wide-ranging episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on two esteemed guests, Professors Rabab Abdulhadi and Ariel Salzmann, to discuss the conflict in occupied Palestine, the bombardment in Gaza, attempts to legitimize the Zionist project that is the so-called State of Israel, and public activist movements. This is another really crucial conversation that builds off of our previous episode with Max Ajl and Patrick Higgins on Palestinian Resistance vs. the Zionist Proje...
Palestinian Resistance vs. The Zionist Project w/ Max Ajl & Patrick Higgins
October 20, 2023 08:58 - 1 hour - 53.2 MBIn this critical episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Max Ajl and Patrick Higgins to discuss some recent history and the ongoing situation regarding Palestinian resistance to the Zionist project and the ongoing bombardment on Gaza. Max and Patrick provide some absolutely crucial information here, so be sure to tune in, and forward the episode along to anyone you think would benefit from it. Our guests recommend you to donate to the Middle East Children's Alliance, read the work of El...
How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs w/ Elizabeth Thompson [Remastered]
October 13, 2023 10:26 - 1 hour - 40.4 MBIn this remastered episode of Guerrilla History (originally released in January, 2021), we were joined by Professor Elizabeth F. Thompson to talk about her book How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs, about the historic Syrian-Arab Congress of 1920. Elizabeth Thompson is the Mohamed S. Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace and Professor of History at American University. Her book was published by Atlantic Monthly Press, and is available here: https://groveatlantic.com/book/how-the-west-stol...
The Mexican Dirty War: A War to the Death w/ Alexander Aviña & Benjamin T. Smith
October 06, 2023 08:50 - 1 hour - 37 MBIn this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Benjamin T. Smith and his coauthor, returning fan favorite Alexander Aviña, to talk about an article that they just cowrote about the (ongoing) Mexican Dirty War for NACLA titled A War to the Death! This short article condenses the decades history of the Mexican Dirty War in advance of an upcoming Truth Commission report on state terrorism within Cold War era Mexico. As our guests highlight though, this dirty war never really ended. A grea...
The Mexican Dirty War: A War to the Death w/ Alexander Aviña & Benjamin T. Smith
October 06, 2023 08:50In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Benjamin T. Smith and his coauthor, returning fan favorite Alexander Aviña, to talk about an article that they just cowrote about the (ongoing) Mexican Dirty War for NACLA titled A War to the Death! This short article condenses the decades history of the Mexican Dirty War in advance of an upcoming Truth Commission report on state terrorism within Cold War era Mexico. As our guests highlight though, this dirty war never really ended. A grea...
China’s Revolution & the Quest for a Socialist Future w/ Ken Hammond
September 29, 2023 07:08 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBIn this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Ken Hammond to talk about his new book China’s Revolution & the Quest for a Socialist Future! Here, we provide an overview of modern Chinese history, and Ken makes his case that China is still on the path to a socialist future. This was a fantastic survey of this history, and will serve as a great introduction to a forthcoming mini-series we will be doing with Ken on some specific events in modern Chinese History! Ken Hammond is Professo...
Organizing, Militant Unionism, & the Class War: The Fighting (Life &) Times of Jon Melrod
September 22, 2023 09:16 - 1 hour - 46.2 MBIn this outstanding episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Jon Melrod to discuss his new book Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War (use code FIGHTING to get 40% off)! In this episode, we discuss the life and times of Jon, who in many ways is a real working class hero. We talk about his early embrace of radical political ideology, his radical campus organizing, his 13 years fighting in and organizing within industrial factories in Wisconsin, his rise within the ...
Dinosaurs and Decolonizing Paleontology w/ Aline Ghilardi, Juan Cisneros, & Tito Aureliano
September 15, 2023 04:58 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBIn this episode of Guerrilla History, we have a fascinating discussion alongside three wonderful paleontologists based in Brazil about efforts to decolonize paleontology and restitute stolen fossils. These three have written some great articles on this topic, such as The moral and legal imperative to return illegally exported fossils, Colonial history and global economics distort our understanding of deep-time biodiversity, and Digging deeper into colonial palaeontological practices in mo...
Why Turkey Is Authoritarian w/ Halil Karaveli [REMASTERED]
September 08, 2023 09:05 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBThis episode is a fully-remastered edition of a previous episode we released, where we brought on Halil Karaveli to talk about Why Turkey Is Authoritarian. This discussion was our second interview ever on the show, and while the format of the show has slightly changed over the last few years, this was really a tremendous discussion about an important work and topic. If you didn't catch this episode when it first came out, or if it has been a few years since you have listened to it, be sure ...
Empire and the Deep State - American Exception w/ Aaron Good
September 01, 2023 17:28 - 1 hour - 38.6 MBIn this fascinating and fun episode, Aaron Good comes on the show to discuss his book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. This is a great conversation which focuses on Aaron's conceptualizing of exceptionism and how the American Empire works. This topic is critical for us, as the concept of "the Deep State" has been distorted by the right-wing, and obscures the workings of the actual Deep State here within the belly of the beast. Aaron Good has a PhD in Political Science fr...