Guerrilla History

This is a fully remastered episode, which originally came out in April 2022 In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back Africana studies scholar, Professor Takiyah Harper-Shipman, to continue our conversation!  This time, the discussion focused on the paradigm of ownership of development, China's role in Africa, and AFRICOM!  If you haven't already listened to part 1 of the conversation, y...

In this installment of our African Revolutions and Decolonization series, we host a critically important deep dive into Fanon's life and work with Professor Lou Turner!  With 2025 being the 100th anniversary of Fanon's birth, there is no better time for this discussion than now.  We really found the conversation a rich one, and are sure you will learn a lot from it.  Help us out by sharing it! Lou...

This is a fully remastered episode, which originally came out in April 2022 In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on the fantastic Africana studies scholar, Professor Takiyah Harper-Shipman, to talk about West African women's development, Sankara, AFRICOM, and more!  Due to time constraints, this episode will act as an introduction to these topics for our next conversation with Professor...

In this continuation of our African Revolutions and Decolonization series, we bring you another fascinating episode focused on precolonial Nigeria - the people's there, their history, the political systems, political economy, international relations, and more.  We are fortunate to be joined by the person who wrote the book on this topic, Max Siollun, whose The Forgotten Era: Nigeria Before British...

A very unusual episode, where returning guest-panelist Safine Hakamaki (Née Ashirova) co-hosts an interview with Henry of the esteemed Svetlana Grivorevna Ter-Minasova.  In this episode, Henry and Safie discuss the life of Professor Ter-Minasova, from her early childhood during WWII up through the present, where she continues to work as the Founding President of the Faculty of Foreign Languages an...

With this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring you another fascinating episode in our series African Revolutions and Decolonization.  This time, a big episode on mining in Congo - extraction, exploitation, environmental and economic impacts, as well as the history, regional variations, and the difference between industrial mining and artisanal mining in Congo.  For this, we are lucky to be joine...

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we have an extensive and fascinating conversation on football with Robert Wilson! This was a great conversation, not only if you are a fan of the sport.  We highly recommend you also check out the interview Robert did on Rev Left Radio . Be sure to also check out our past episodes on football, each of which featured Alexander Aviña: Football! Palestine, Copa A...

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we are joined by two fan favorites of the show - Alexander Aviña and Michael Fox!  Here, we discuss the escalating imperialist war that is being waged on Venezuela.  With such a rapidly evolving situation, you will want to make sure that you listen to this to know the background! Also, be sure to check out the past episodes Alex and Michael have been on the sh...

In this collaboration between Guerrilla History and the Adnan Husain Show, Adnan has a wonderful conversation with a remarkable radical activist, Elaine Mokhtefi, as part of our ongoing series of interviews with living historical revolutionaries. Elaine Mokhtefi is author of "Algiers, Third World Capital: Freedom fighters, Revolutionaries, Black Panthers." This fascinating discussion retraces Elai...

This episode is a release of our sister program The Adnan Husain Show. Adnan discusses a crucial history of US subversion of Syria's sovereignty even before the conclusion of WW2 starting with interference and covert operations by the OSS precursor to the CIA and then through the entire Cold War with Dr. Patrick Higgins, a Middle East historian, co-editor of Liberated Texts and member of the Anti-...

In this episode of Guerrilla History, Ali Kadri is back for another installment of our new mini-series with him!  This time, a fascinating discussion on The Future of Resistance.  If you missed our previous episode with him, Surplus Populations and the Political Economy of Waste , be sure to check that out!  Also, stay tuned for more installments of this series! Ali Kadri  is an esteemed Professor...

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 and  American Imperialism's Shadow on Latin America w/ Michael Fox ) to discuss his fantastic new series Stories of Resistance , a collaboration with The Real News Network and provides short surveys of resistance throu...

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we kick off a brilliant new mini-series with our friend, Dr. Ali Kadri!  Here, we discuss surplus populations and the political economy of waste.  We always hear terrific things about our conversations with Ali, and we are sure you will similarly love this one.  Be sure to stay tuned for the next installment of this mini-series, which will be on The Future of...

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on a good comrade of ours, Max Ajl (much overdue, we might add)!  Here, we get a primer on the agrarian question and discuss its importance to national liberation struggles globally!  Max is the perfect guest for this conversation, and we know you'll get a lot out of it. Max Ajl is is an associated researcher with the Tunisian Observatory for Food Sov...

This week, we bring you an episode from our sister program The Adnan Husain Show.  Enjoy! In this first part of a two part series, Adnan has an epic conversation with Dr. Isa Blumi, historian and Professor of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies at Stockholm University, about Yemen's modern history of resisting colonialism geopolitically and global capitalism. Author of  Destroying Yemen: What Chaos...

In this blockbuster episode of Guerrilla History (originally released Mar 1, 2024), 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 m...

In this fascinating remastered episode (originally released Jul 8, 2022), we talk with Professor Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt about the numerous coups of Iraq from 1953-1968 (and the CIA/State Department role in these) amidst the background of rising Arab nationalist politics and pushes by several groups for nationalization of Iraqi oil.  A fantastic discussion based off of Brandon's equally fabulous b...

In this excellent conversation (originally released Apr 14, 2023), we talk with Comrade Booker Omole of the Communist Party of Kenya about their book release -  The Building of the Communist Party of Kenya !  A great conversation about building a Communist Party, the book is a tremendous resource, and all proceeds of it go towards supporting the CPK! Booker Omole is the National Vice Chairperson a...

In this remastered episode (originally aired 18 December 2020) of Guerrilla History, we are joined by Hisila Yami to talk about The People's War in Nepal, and the role of women in it. Hisila Yami was a leader in The People's War, a three times minister of Nepal, a former member of the Constituent Assembly, and the author of People's War and Women's Liberation in Nepal.  She can be followed on twit...

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back fan favorite Ali Kadri to discuss a very important topic - Sanctions as Genocide!  Long time listeners will remember that we previously had a series on Sanctions As War, and this episode is a great accompaniment to those past conversations.  Similarly, this goes very well with our other conversations with Ali ( Lebanon vs. Zioimperialism and Pale...

In this episode, we present a crossover of Guerrilla History and the Adnan Husain Show.  Here, Dr. Gerald Horne joins Adnan and Henry to discuss his recent book, Armed Struggle?: Panthers and Communists, black Nationalists and Liberals in Southern California, Through the Sixties and Seventies. As ever, Professor Horne connects the histories of organizing and resistance against racial capitalism to...

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back fan favorite Ali Kadri to discuss a very important topic - Sanctions as Genocide!  Long time listeners will remember that we previously had a series on Sanctions As War, and this episode is a great accompaniment to those past conversations.  Similarly, this goes very well with our other conversations with Ali ( Lebanon vs. Zioimperialism and Pale...

In this great episode of Guerrilla History, we have a discussion with Linda Quiquivix about her study and book Palestine 1492: A Report Back , which is a study of 500 years of the struggle for life in words, maps, and images in the seven cardinal directions in Mayan philosophy and in the spiral that is time.  This was such an interesting conversation, and one which we think you will find really us...

This remastered episode of Guerrilla History was a continuation of our Sanctions As War miniseries.  In this fascinating episode, we had a discussion with Professor Muhammad Sahimi on the history and the impacts of sanctions on Iran, which is both an immensely enlightening and heartbreaking conversation.  This episode is particularly timely given the current situation in Iran.  Be sure to also sta...

For the next two weeks, we will be introducing (or reintroducing) our new sister shows.  This week, we will be presenting Part 1 of a 7 part series on The Adnan Husain Show titled Palestine and the World.  Next week, we will present the introduction of a new 25 part series that Henry is cohosting with a Russian historian on Russian history titled Tsars and Commissars: From Rus to Modern Russia.  B...