Podcast

Guerrilla History

Education, History

Guerrilla 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.

Episodes
273
Releases
Every two weeks
Typical length
1 hr 43 min
On air since
2020
Latest episode
6 days ago

Episodes

273 episodes, newest first

  1. Karl Marx in America w/ Andrew Hartman

    Season 7, Episode 25

    Show notes

    In this episode of Guerrilla History, we are joined by Andrew Hartman, to discuss his fascinating book Karl Marx in America! Even in periods in which Marxism itself is quite weak in the United States, Karl Marx and Marxism still are a specter haunting the political landscape of the country, as we discuss in this fantastic conversation. Be sure to share with comrades!

    Andrew Hartman is professor of history at Illinois State University. In addition to Karl Marx in America, he is the author of A War for the Soul of America: A History of the Culture Wars, published by the University of Chicago Press, and Education and the Cold War: The Battle for the American School. He is also the coeditor of American Labyrinth: Intellectual History for Complicated Times.

    Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

    1 hr 46 min
  2. Yemen's Helpers of God w/Shireen Al-Adeimi [Adnan Jusain Show]

    Season 7, Episode 24

    Show notes

    This is a cross publication from our sister show, The Adnan Husain Show. The Radical Academy returns with the 46th episode of the (almost) weekly Friday (usually!) livestream session of Office Hours. This week, Dr. Shireen Al-Adeimi, a scholar at Michigan State University's College of Education, speaks with us about the extraordinary recent events in Yemen where the Ansarallah movement which governs nearly the entire populated districts of the country has taken steps to control the Bab al-Mandeb, resist the Saudi led blockade, and rout the remaining Saudi aligned and Saudi paid mercenaries. We'll learn more about the last decade of Yemen's history and the current situation geopolitically with a great guest and analyst. Join us 4:30pmET for Office Hours and a Guerrilla History Dispatch episode, bring your questions and comments! You can check out previous conversations with Dr. Al-Adeimi on Yemen with Guerrilla History: https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/t... https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/h... A double episode on this channel on the history of Yemen and its resistance to imperialism and colonialism with Dr. Isa Blumi will also be valuable: • Yemen's History of Resisting Empire w/ Isa... • Yemen: Solidarity & Resistance w/ Isa Blum... Please support Rahima Foundation, the charitable food aid and other assistance providing organization in the Bay Area founded by my mother over 30 years ago to support refugees of America's imperial wars: https://rahima.org/donate Please support our fundraiser for students in Gaza taking my online course, Guerrilla History: Anticolonial Resistance History, Theory, Practice, for materials and supplies for their final history research projects and the costs to support an in-person version of the course starting in September for displaced students from Gaza on the campus of the American University in Cairo: https://chuffed.org/project/174168-su... Support the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanahusain.substack.com Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available as audio podcast on all major platforms: https://adnanhusainshow.libsyn.com X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com https://www.adnanhusain.org

    Help support Guerrilla History by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

    1 hr 26 min
  3. China and the Dialectics of Labour w/ Immanuel Ness

    Season 7, Episode 23

    Show notes

    In this episode of Guerrilla History, we are joined by returning guest Immanuel Ness (fan favorite whom you will remember from our episodes Migration as Economic Imperialism, Political Traitors and Sellouts, Sanctions As War, Workers Movements in the Global South, and more!) to discuss his great new book Dialectics of Chinese Labor (please note, there is a free download of the book available through this link)! This is a fascinating work, and a terrific discussion, as conversations with Manny always are. Be sure to share the episode, and also download the book and give it a read!

    Immanuel Ness is Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College, City University of New York and Visiting Professor of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg. He is the author or editor of numerous works including Organizing Insurgency: Workers' Movements in the Global South, Southern Insurgency: The Coming of the Global Working Class, and The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism. We have episodes with him about many of these, so check out our catalogue!

    Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

    1 hr 52 min
  4. Political Prisoners and the Black Radical Tradition w/Orisanmi Burton [Adnan Husain Show]

    Season 7, Episode 22

    Show notes

    This is a cross publication from our sister show, The Adnan Husain Show. The Radical Academy is in session for an early edition, 9amET Fri Sept 4! Orisanmi Burton, a social anthropologist at the CUNY Graduate School and author of the profound study, Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression and the Long Attica Revolt, joins Office Hours for a discussion of political prisoners, Black radical resistance movements, internationalism and anti-imperialist solidarity. We might have a chance also to talk about his new project that integrates Black Muslim militants thinkers and activists and think about aspects of the relationsip between the Black Radical tradition and socialism/Marxism. We will certainly have much to discuss about the importance of political prisoners in the imperial core and under settler colonial rule from the US to Palestine. Since the open letter addressed rhetorically in the Guardian to political prisoners in Iran and signed by many leading scholars, activists and even political prisoners, the question of the politics around prisoners and solidarity has come further to the fore. Without belaboring that particular controversy, now is an opportune time to learn about and from the experience of political prisoners and resistance. Join us with your questions and comments! You can buy Orisanmi's book: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/tip-of-... Follow him on Instagram: / orisanmi_burton Please support our fundraiser for students in Gaza taking my online course, Guerrilla History: Anticolonial Resistance History, Theory, Practice, for materials and supplies for their final history research projects and the costs to support an in-person version of the course starting in September for displaced students from Gaza on the campus of the American University in Cairo: https://chuffed.org/project/174168-su... Support the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanahusain.substack.com Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available as audio podcast on all major platforms: https://adnanhusainshow.libsyn.com X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com https://www.adnanhusain.org

    Help support Guerrilla History by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

    1 hr 33 min
  5. The Western Left's Letter "To Iranian Political Prisoners" - Dispatch

    Season 7, Episode 21

    Show notes

    In this impromptu Dispatch episode of Guerrilla History, Adnan and Henry sit down to discuss the recent open letter published in the Guardian, "To Iran's political prisoners, trapped 'between two blades of a scissors'", signed by many notable members of the Western Left. While unplanned as a result of having to reschedule a guest last minute, this topic was chosen because both Adnan and Henry had already spoken on this topic independently, and we thought that having a collaborative discussion on it would further develop our respective analyses further. To listen to Adnan's other discussion on this topic, you can watch "Three Cheers for "Hollow Anti-Imperialism"! w/Sina Rahmani" on the Adnan Husain Show YouTube channel. For Henry's discussion, you can find "Comment - The Western Left On Iranian Political Prisoners" on our patreon.

    Help support Guerrilla History by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

    1 hr 14 min
  6. The Exterminating Empire w/ Chris de Ploeg

    Season 7, Episode 20

    Show notes

    The following dual episode of Guerrilla History/The Adnan Husain show was originally an Office Hours Friday livestream on Fri Aug 21. In it, we discussed a new book from Monthly Review Press titled The Exterminating Empire: Capitalism's War on Life, from Palestine to the Burning Planet with its author Chris de Ploeg. The book examines the political economy of imperialism and its connection to climate crisis, war, genocide. Foreword by Jason Hickel. It was a great discussion!

    Order the book: https://monthlyreview.org/9781685901653/

    And follow Chris at: https://www.chrisdeploeg.com

    Please support the fundraiser for Adnan's online course for students in Gaza: Guerrilla History: Anticolonial Resistance History, Theory, Practice for materials, supplies and equipment for creative expression and sharing of their historical research. Please be generous again as you have in supporting this course: https://chuffed.org/project/174168-su...

    Support the Adnan Husain Show on Patreon or Substack: https://www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanahusain.substack.com

    Help support Guerrilla History by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

    2 hr 3 min
  7. Sudan Today - The Sudanese Revolution & Its Psychic Aftermath w/ Mohamed Khougali & Ruehl Muller [Pt.2] (AR&D Ep. 16)

    Season 7, Episode 19

    Show notes

    In this episode of our African Revolutions and Decolonization series, we are once again joined by Mohamed Khougali, author of Politically Unconscious: The Psychic Aftermath of the Sudanese Revolution, and returning guest host Ruehl Muller, to continue our discussion of Sudan's history, its revolution, and today we focus on what is happening today in Sudan. An extremely important episode, be sure to listen and share! Also, if you have not already listened to part 1 of this conversation, Sudan's History Through Independence & the Destruction of the Sudanese Left, be sure to do so before listening to this episode.

    Also, referenced in this episode are three older episodes we also recommend checking out, Jose Maria Sison - In Conversation with Comrade Joma, Migration as Economic Imperialism w/ Immanuel Ness, and Burma's History & Rohingya Tragedy w/ Carlos Sardiña Galache.

    Mohamed Khougali is a Sudanese socialist who was part of the Sudanese revolution of 2018-19. He is currently residing in Germany where he and his wife founded the Black Radicals, an anti-racist group informed by the Black Radical Tradition. He also continues his radical psychological practice, where you can reach him (notatherapist.de). Also be sure to follow his instagram, Black Radicals!

    Ruehl Muller is senior lecturer/associate professor at the Institute of Creativity and Innovation at Xiamen University in China, and the editor of the fantastic Building a People's Art: Selected Works of Trường Chinh and Tố Hữu (buy a physical copy or download the free PDF from Iskra Books).

    Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

    2 hr 49 min
  8. The Battle for Free Speech w/ Michael Fox

    Season 7, Episode 18

    Show notes

    In this episode of Guerrilla History, we are joined by returning guest Michael Fox (whom you may remember from our episodes The Rise of Fascism, Bolsonaro, & the Brazilian Elections, American Imperialism's Shadow on Latin America, and Stories of Resistance + Brazil Update) to discuss his great new series The Battle for Free Speech, a collaboration with The Real News Network. Be sure to check this one out!

    Michael Fox is a Brazil-based journalist, contributor to The World, former Editor of NACLA, and the host of the podcast series Under the Shadow and Brazil on Fire, and now also Stories of Resistance. Michael can be followed on Twitter @mfox_us, you can support his project on his patreon and follow his band Monte Perdido.

    Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

    1 hr 37 min
  9. Sudan's History Through Independence & the Destruction of the Sudanese Left w/ Mohamed Khougali & Ruehl Muller [Pt.1] (AR&D Ep. 15)

    Season 7, Episode 17

    Show notes

    In this continuation of our African Revolutions and Decolonization series, we we have an lengthy conversation that just starts to scratch the surface of Sudan, with a terrific guest and guest host. Here, we are joined by Mohamed Khougali, author of Politically Unconscious: The Psychic Aftermath of the Sudanese Revolution, and returning guest host Ruehl Muller, whom you will remember from our episodes with the Communist Party of Swaziland's Bafanabakhe Sacolo. Stay tuned, part 2 of this conversation will be coming very soon!

    Mohamed Khougali is a Sudanese socialist who was part of the Sudanese revolution of 2018-19. He is currently residing in Germany where he and his wife founded the Black Radicals, an anti-racist group informed by the Black Radical Tradition. He also continues his radical psychological practice, where you can reach him (notatherapist.de). Also be sure to follow his instagram, Black Radicals!

    Ruehl Muller is senior lecturer/associate professor at the Institute of Creativity and Innovation at Xiamen University in China, and the editor of the fantastic Building a People's Art: Selected Works of Trường Chinh and Tố Hữu (buy a physical copy or download the free PDF from Iskra Books).

    Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

    2 hr 42 min
  10. The Counterrevolution of 1776 w/ Gerald Horne [Remastered]

    Season 7, Episode 16

    Show notes

    This episode is a fully remastered version of our classic and extremely popular episode from February 2021, rereleased on the occasion of 4 July 2026

    In this episode of Guerrilla History, we close out Black History Month with a very special guest, the great Professor Gerald Horne. In this episode, we talk about heroic creation myths of the United States, and the actual history in order to deconstruct these myths. This episode will be largely based on Gerald's books The Counterrevolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States, The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long 16th Century, and The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in 17th Century North America and the Caribbean.

    Gerald Horne is the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. His research interests are unbelievably varied, encompassing biographies of W.E.B. Du Bois and Paul Robeson, to The Haitian Revolution, to Hollywood in the '30s-'50s, to Jazz and Justice. Be sure to check out his bibliography, you're certain to find something that interests you!

    Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

    2 hr 6 min
  11. World Cup 2026: Geopolitics and the Beautiful Game w/ Alex Aviña, Abubaker Abed, & Indi.Ca,

    Season 7, Episode 15

    Show notes

    This is our newest installment of our Guerrilla History series previewing and analyzing the major international football (soccer) tournaments on and off the pitch. This time, with the disastrous US/Canada/Mexico hosted World Cup 2026. Amid war on Iran, anti-immigrant ICE terror gangs, dismal initial attendance numbers and astronomical costs, this world cup looks to be one of the worst in history. No wonder there have been calls to boycott it and the US. A terrific global panel joins Guerrilla History hosts Adnan and Henry to discuss the geopolitics of the once beautiful game and review the myriad ways this world cup violates the spirit of sport. Gazan journalist Abubaker Abed , Resistance is Fertile podcast co-host Indi.ca, and returning panelist and great friend of both Guerrilla History and the Adnan Husain Show Latin American historian Alex Aviña will break this down.

    Give to Dahnoun Mutual Aid in Gaza: dahnounmutualaid

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    Follow Abubaker Abed on X and substack: x.com/AbubakerAbedW and substack.com/@AbubakerAbedW

    Follow Indi on X and his website: x.com/indica and https://indi.ca as well as Resistance is Fertile podcast on his YT channel: @indications

    Follow Alex on X: x.com/Alexander_Avina

    Support The Adnan Husain Show www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanahusain.substack.com Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available as audio podcast on all major platforms: https://adnanhusainshow.libsyn.com X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com https://www.adnanhusain.org

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    1 hr 57 min
  12. Still Minab: Iran's Martyrs and Sovereign Truth w/Helyeh Doutaghi and Bikrum Gill [Adnan Husain Show]

    Season 7, Episode 14

    Show notes

    The following is an episode from our sister podcast, The Adnan Husain Show:

    Helyeh Doutaghi from Tehran and Bikrum Gill join me to discuss the haunting and powerful series "Still Minab" and its first two episodes. Helyeh's documentary absorbs the first part of our discussion about narrating and expressing the truth outside of the colonial and imperial framework. Then Adnan and Bikrum reflect on the wider significance of Iran's defiant position against the imperialist world system, revolutionary Shi'i theology and Islam as a vanguard of anti-imperialist resistance, and the fundamental question of sovereignty. We look forward to another episode soon with stable internet to further develop the themes of the scholarly article Helyeh and Bikrum are writing for Middle East Critique on these issues of Iran's place in anti-imperialist resistance history, theory and practice.

    Follow Helyeh Doutaghi's work for Vocal Politics and on X to get links to "Still Minab": https://x.com/Helyeh_Doutaghi

    Follow Bikrum Gill on X to keep up with his work: https://x.com/bikrumsinghgill

    Support the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes as well as full audio of all livestreams)!

    http://www.patreon.com/adnanhusain

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    Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain

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    Also available in video on YouTube:

    https://youtube.com/@adnanhusainshow

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    1 hr 30 min
  13. What Is Propaganda? w/ Lucia Hubinska

    Season 7, Episode 13

    Show notes

    In this fascinating episode of Guerrilla History, we are joined by researcher and academic Lucia Hubinska to provide a (2 hour) introduction to the topic of Propaganda. Even with the 2 hours of analysis and discussion here, we only started to scratch the surface of this topic, so stay tuned for further discussions with Lucia on this! Additionally, for those of you who may have questions related to propaganda, listen to the full episode and you'll hear how to get those questions in for the next time we have Lucia on.

    Referenced towards the end of this episode was our friend Stuart Davis's article What is Netflix imperialism?, which we also discussed in our episode with Stuart and Greg Shupak Media Narratives & Hegemonic Discourses, so be sure to check those out as well, both the article and the discussion are fascinating!

    Lucia Hubinska is a Lecturer in Public Relations and Communications in China and is doing a PhD in Visual Communication and Propaganda. You can find her on social media on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

    Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

    2 hr 6 min
  14. Solidarity with Cuba w/ The Assata Shakur Brigade

    Season 7, Episode 12

    Show notes

    In this episode of Guerrilla History, we are happy to be joined by four members of the Assata Shakur Brigade to discuss their solidarity brigade to Cuba, as well as anti-Cuban propaganda, international law and how it relates to Cuba, Cuba's historical role in Africa, and the history of solidarity brigades to Cuba. This is a very important episode, and we want to make sure that you check out the Brigade's website at https://assatashakurbrigade.org/, and if you are able to do so, support their fundraiser: https://fundrazr.com/aidtocuba

    Also follow them on all social media platforms: @assatashakurbrigade (Instagram mainly)

    Nuvpreet is cofounder of the Assata Shakur Brigade, and an organizer and writer based in London.

    Alfie is cofounder of the Assata Shakur Brigade and an anti-imperialist and anti-war activist in London including with Friends of Socialist China, Codepink Britain, and the US-UK Bases off Cyprus campaign.

    Alessandro Zancan is an artist, developer and independent researcher. They are the founder and lead developer of MatGen, an associate editor and graphic designer at Iskra Books, and member of the Friends of Socialist China Britain Committee. Follow on Instagram and X: @ale_zancan, and be sure to check out Ale's Mindlessness Video: https://youtu.be/TcD5wubqZn4?si=9YDr-gJmE92e-llt

    Grace Balchin is currently studying a Master's degree in international law at SOAS, with research focusing on the imperialism of international institutions. She is an editorial assistant at Iskra Books, as well as being a member of the Assata Shakur Brigade. She also works as a veterinary care assistant. Follow Grace on Instagram: @gracebolshevik

    Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

    1 hr 37 min
  15. Fanon's Psychopolitics & Empire's Anxiety w/ Sarah Jilani

    Season 7, Episode 11

    Show notes

    In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back our friend and comrade, Sarah Jilani (whom you will remember from our episode Subjectivity and Decolonization in the Post-Independence Novel and Film) to discuss one of our favorite topics - Fanon. Specifically here, we are talking about two articles that Sarah wrote, the first being Fanon's psycho-politics of decolonisation, a fascinating scholarly article that came out in the Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE). We then talk about a ROAPE blog piece that Sarah cowrote titled Fanon, Gaza and the anxieties of empire which was a response to members of the British government and diplomatic corps denigrating Fanon and even calling out Sarah by name in doing so. A really fascinating discussion, and the articles are really great too so be sure to check them out!

    Sarah Jilani is a Lecturer in English at City, University of London. She is the author of several articles on postcolonial literatures and film that have appeared in Textual Practice, Interventions, and Journal of Commonwealth Literature, amongst others, and a widely published culture journalist. Be sure to check out her book Decolonisation in the Post-Independence Novel and Film and her show The Global Gaze. Keep up to date with Sarah by checking out her website for more of her work, and follow her on twitter @sarahjilani.

    Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

    1 hr 32 min
  16. The War on Iran w/ Nina Farnia & Navid Farnia

    Season 7, Episode 10

    Show notes

    In this episode of Guerrilla History, we have a critically important discussion that we hope you will find useful and will share with others that you think may benefit. Here we bring on Nina Farnia and Navid Farnia to discuss the ongoing war on Iran. The situation continues to develop rapidly, but the analysis provided here is absolutely crucial to continuing to deepen our understanding of what is happening as well as WHY is is happening the way it is. Be sure to check out the piece that they did for Pambazuka which we reference several times throughout the conversation - Iran v. US Imperialism: An Interview with Navid Farnia & Nina Farnia.

    We also recommend you check out the previous episode that Nina did with us Lawfare and Imperialism.

    Nina Farnia is a legal historian, focusing on the role of modern imperialism in U.S. law and politics. Her forthcoming book Imperialism and Resistance will be coming out next year from Stanford University Press, so stay tuned for that! You can find more of her work on her Albany Law webpage, and you can follow her on twitter @NinaFarnia.

    Navid Farnia is a scholar of African American Studies. His research broadly explores the relationship between racial oppression in the United States and U.S. imperialism with a focus on revolutionary movements and counterrevolutionary responses. Navid's book manuscript, National Liberation in an Imperialist World: Race, Counterrevolution, and the United States, traces the U.S. national security state's evolution by examining how U.S. officials responded to national liberation movements at home and abroad from the 1950s to 1980.

    Both are members of the Anti-Imperalist Scholars Collective.

    Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

    1 hr 43 min
  17. Lumumba's Assassination & the US's "Jazz Ambassadors" w/ Gerald Horne & Anthony Ballas (AR&D Ep. 14)

    Season 7, Episode 9

    Show notes

    In this continuation of our African Revolutions and Decolonization series, we bring back two returning guests, Gerald Horne and Anthony Ballas, to discuss the documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, and the U.S.'s "jazz ambassadors". A really stimulating discussion, we highly recommend you also check out our other episodes focused on the Congo to orient yourself historically here - The Congo - From Colonization Through Lumumba & Mobutu and The Situation in Congo - From Mobutu to M23 Rebels Today (both with Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja) and Mining the Congo w/ Josaphat Musamba, Germain Ngoie Tshibambe, & Ben Radley.

    We also recommend you check out the previous episodes we have done with Dr. Horne, which include - Histories of Resistance in LA from 60's to Today, Texas and the Roots of U.S. Fascism, and The Counterrevolution of 1776

    Anthony Ballas was also on the show recently, you can listen to the episode we did with him - Whiteness, Jake Paul, Boxing, & the Crisis of US Imperialism

    Gerald Horne is the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. His research interests are unbelievably varied, encompassing biographies of W.E.B. Du Bois and Paul Robeson, to The Haitian Revolution, to Hollywood in the '30s-'50s, to Jazz and Justice. Be sure to check out his bibliography, you're certain to find something that interests you!

    Anthony Ballas is an organizer and a PhD student at Duke University. His work appears in Monthly Review, Protean Magazine, Caribbean Quarterly, 3:AM Magazine, Truthout, Middle West Review, CounterPunch, Scalawag Magazine, Peace, Land and Bread Magazine, and elsewhere. He also the host of the De Facto Podcast and co-host of Cold War Cinema.

    Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

    1 hr 2 min
  18. Political Persecution in Kenya/Booker's Abduction w/Booker Omole

    Season 7, Episode 8

    Show notes

    In this critically important episode (in collaboration with the Adnan Husain Show), we bring back our friend Comrade Booker from the Communist Party Marxist - Kenya to discuss his recent abduction, his imprisonment, the fraudulent case against him, and the work ongoing from the CPMK! An urgently important episode, be sure to share this episode widely to get the word out!

    *Please note that as of the time of release, donation links to the legal fund are not available yet, but we will edit the show notes to make the link available when the links are up. In the meantime, be sure to follow the Communist Party Marxist - Kenya for updates as well - on Twitter @CommunistsKe, on Facebook, YouTube, or on Instagram and their website at https://cpmk.org/.

    Also, be sure to listen to the 3 other episodes we have with Booker - History and Class Analysis of Kenyan Elections Dispatch, Building the Communist Party of Kenya, and Targeted by the State - Comrade Booker Omole from the Communist Party of Kenya On State Repression and His Personal Ordeal

    Booker Omole is the General Secretary of the Communist Party Marxist - Kenya. He can be found on Twitter @BookerBiro.

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    1 hr 46 min
  19. Whiteness, Jake Paul, Boxing, & the Crisis of US Imperialism w/ Anthony Ballas

    Season 7, Episode 7

    Show notes

    In this episode of Guerrilla History, we have a fascinating conversation on the intersection of boxing, white supremacy, geopolitics, and imperialism, a discussion that you are sure to find interesting an useful even if you are not into boxing itself! For this, we bring on Anthony Ballas, who cowrote the piece Shadowboxing with Ghosts: Whiteness, Jake Paul, and the Crisis of U.S. Imperialism alongside the inimitable Prof. Gerald Horne for Black Agenda Report. Be sure to read the piece and listen to this episode, and stay tuned for another discussion with Tony soon, alongside Dr. Horne!

    Anthony Ballas is an organizer and a PhD student at Duke University. His work appears in Monthly Review, Protean Magazine, Caribbean Quarterly, 3:AM Magazine, Truthout, Middle West Review, CounterPunch, Scalawag Magazine, Peace, Land and Bread Magazine, and elsewhere. He also the host of the De Facto Podcast and co-host of Cold War Cinema.

    Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

    1 hr 26 min
  20. Nigeria's Independence Movement & Coup Era w/ Max Siollun (AR&D Ep. 13)

    Season 7, Episode 6

    Show notes

    In this continuation of our African Revolutions and Decolonization series, we bring back Max Siollun, whom you will remember from our episode Precolonial Nigeria from a few months ago. This time, we look at the Independence Movement in Nigeria, and then look at the post-colonial era with a particular focus on the Coup Era from the mid-60's through mid-80's. A fascinating history, and one which we hope you will find useful! Be sure to stay tuned for further episodes of the series!

    Max Siollun is a historian. He has written several acclaimed books on Nigeria's history, including What Britain Did to Nigeria: A Short History of Conquest and Rule, which was shortlisted in BBC History Magazine's 2021 Books of the Year, and The Forgotten Era: Nigeria Before British Rule. Follow him on twitter @maxsiollun.

    Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

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