Guerrilla Radio

It’s one thing to tell a story, it’s another to do it in a way that does justice to the topic. In much of the discussion of Palestine, the focus lies squarely on Palestinians largely in relation to their interactions to the Zionist project. But there it more to dive into, and more to discuss beyond simple counter-hasbara. Partisan Brigade member James is joined by Bassam, the brains behind the pod...

In this episode of Guerrilla Radio, Henry Hakamaki and Matt Deitsch , part of the Guerrilla Radio Partisan Brigade, interview members of the Communist Party of Kenya's Bangaisa Crew, a revolutionary music and dance outfit. The Crew is well known for their song "Booker 2022" , and we talked here about using music and dance as revolutionary propaganda. A great conversation! Be sure to...

In this special episode of both the Majlis podcast of the Muslim Societies-Global Perspectives project at Queen’s University in Kingston, ON and Guerrilla Radio, an activist companion podcast to Guerrilla History podcast, Adnan Husain and Matt Deitsch, part of the Guerrilla Radio activist network, discuss campus organizing, the repression of Palestinian solidarity at universities, and how faculty...

In January, several Palestinian students at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) registered for a virtual event hosted by the Study Abroad Office (SAO) about a new summer programme to be held in Israel. The university’s response has led to a a federal complaint alleging discrimination against Palestinian students at UIC. Partisan Brigade member James is joined by Salaam, Jenin, and Soha, three...

In this high-priority episode of Guerrilla Radio, we are joined by Jeanine and Thawra from the Palestinian Youth Movement to bring light to their current campaign for the urgent and immediate release of the Palestinian political prisoner Walid Daqqah, and the history, centrality, and role the Prisoners Movement plays in the struggle for national liberation.  The Palestinian Youth Movement calls on...

This episode of Guerrilla Radio is a clear explanation of inflation  with a pro-worker economist. A lecture by Partisan Brigade member Matt Deitsch on Keynes profit inflation, its relation to the mass death by policy and why it’s relevant is followed by an interview w/ JNU economics professor Dr. Rohit Azad .  The lecture includes a short conversation with Prabhat Patnaik and Rohit. Rohi...

On March 18, the anti-war movement is mobilizing for a national march in Washington D.C. On this episode, co-hosts Amanda Yee of ANSWER Coalition and Gerard Dalbon of DSA International Committee —two organizations endorsing the march—speak to Marcy Winograd of CodePink and Yasemin Zahra of U.S. Labor Against Racism and War about anti-war organizing in light of the war in Ukraine, the imperative to...

On this exciting episode of Guerrilla Radio , Partisan Brigade members James and Shatha are joined by the two founders of Palestine Action , Huda Ammori and Richard Barnard .  Palestine Action is an organization engaged in direct action to materially disrupt the supply chain of of Israel’s largest arms, drones, and security manufacturer: Elbit Systems. In this episode we breakdown direct acti...

Partisan Brigade members James Ray and Henry Hakamaki talk to striking Temple University Graduate Student Association members Raegan Davis and Kyler Lehrbach.  Here, we talk about what precipitated the strike, the unprecedented retaliation the university has taken against the union, how to aid TUGSA in their struggle, and more!  You can read Raegan's article in People's World summarizing...

Hello and welcome to Guerrilla Radio, a companion to, and spin-off from, the Guerrilla History Podcast !   In this episode, several members of the hosting collective The Partisan Brigade introduce themselves, discuss what they hope to accomplish with the show, their entries into political engagement, and more!  We look forward to many more episodes coming soon! In this episode, you will...