Psychic Militancy

This is a special episode release (out of order, yes!) to commemorate Tufan al-Aqsa, continued and fierce resistance in Palestine, Libnan, Yemen and across the region, as a direct result of the Resistance's Oct. 7, 2023 political intention to disrupt Zionist foreclosure on Palestinian life and life-making.  Fady Joudah joins me on the show for the firs time. I've been wanting to have him on for a...

I was SO excited to have a dear comrade and incredible filmmaker and professor Mtume Gant on the show for the first time! If you don't know him already from his incredible art, his new film, The Hand that Feeds, or from his co-hosting of The Imperial 80s with our comrade Jared Ware of Millennials Are Killing Capitalism, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE!  I was so happy to continue our conversation from his pod...

I am releasing this episode out of order because it is an urgent report back from our Palestinian siblings from Al-Mughayyir, one of the Palestinian villages in the West Bank that is incurring increasing state and settler violence (one and the same, we know). Their testimony is moving, as it traces the ongoing asphyxiation of their village, the longstanding policies of attacks on life and life-mak...

I joined my dear comrade Nick Estes from the Red Nation podcast (follow them here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRedNation) and we got to use my book as a springboard to talk about a wide range of issues--I really loved this conversation and always feel fortified after being in conversation with Nick. Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PsychicMilitancy Conside...

I am SO excited for this episode to come out on audiostream--if you haven't seen the video yet, definitely check it out. I was joined by some kickass clinician comrades who are all actively thinking through how we defy the carceral logics of the psy-fields, how to resist imperial cooptation, how to push against the seams of normative fuckery, and all the struggles and contradictions inherent to do...

I sat down with the brilliant Charisse Burden-Stelley, aka, Dr. CBS . We packed so much into this interview, including us shooting the shit toward the end a bit, BUT, the more important things that I am so excited for you all to hear are what we have come to know and appreciate Dr. CBS for, and why she is someone I see and feel practices psychic militancy. We discussed her thoughts about anti-comm...

I was so excited to be joined by a new comrade and brother, Jamal Williams. Jamal and I met when he reached out to connect about our shared political values in the decrepit and violent psy-disciplines. From our first discussion, I knew we had a LOT to talk about and more importantly, how it felt vital to share Jamal's work and commitments with the larger community. In this discussion we will get i...

We are back for this popular TGT spinoff with my fav Nora!! We had a lot to talk about and, back by popular demand, she DID sing a song for us all…and perhaps with with a special comrade surprise. As with every time, we will be talking resistance and how to maintain our fight against *all of this*. Nora Barrows-Friedman is an associate editor at The Electronic Intifada and has been a reporter and...

Rania Khalek joined me again to discuss the latest developments in Lebanon, including traitorous normalization efforts by the corrupt US-empire lackey government, on the ground organizing efforts, and continued resistance--yes, the fiber optic kind and more. We had so much to talk about, as you might imagine! Rania Khalek is a journalist for Breakthrough News, where she hosts the show Dispatches....

This was the ultimate lovefest between me and my comrade Nora!! We had a lot to look forward to in this episode which came about as a joke between us after Nora got proposed to in the chat during our first livestream of Tankie Group Therapy. So, in addition to us talking politics and resistance (because of course), we also made a cheeky deal: if Nora got *ten* live proposals during the livestream...

In this episode, I sit down with Nick Estes, our comrade from The Red Nation! We had a lot to talk about, as expected, but I was especially excited to talk to Nick about formative moments in his life that have shaped how he maintains militant alignment with anti-imperialist politics despite the extensive pressures to disidentify from this struggle. We also into his incredible book, "Our History is...

In this episode I am joined by longtime comrade and colleague, Carter J. Carter to talk about their analysis of fascism in psychoanalysis, including why the field was so readily primed for fascistic infiltration. And, as Carter and I always do, we  riff, making good fun of the antiquated ways of our field--and the people who believe in neutrality--and all the ways in which we need to be ready for...

Between the so-called Middle-East and Latin America, oh my, we had a lot to talk about how this empire implodes, psychically and otherwise, in the face of sovereign nations refusing to bend to its violence. Who better to help us unpack this than three of the most fierce anti-imperialist comrades I know--all of whom have a lot to say about sovereignty, empire, and, importantly, resistance. Helyeh D...

In this episode I was joined by Calla Walsh and Hussein Assaf to talk about the urgent situation in Lebanon and the ongoing resistance against Zionist violence and imperial violence. We discussed how we can continue to orient ourselves to the long struggle against empire and all textures of its violence. Calla Walsh is a freelance journalist and anti-imperialist organizer who was one of the founde...

In this episode, I spoke with Palestinian psychotherapist, Maria Fakhouri, about the lies the field of psychology peddles in the name of so-called neutrality. She and I have quite a bit of experience being on the receiving end of accusations related to being "too political". We discussed what this means against the backdrop of an ongoing genocide, rising fascism, and imperial violence—and we also...

This was a livestream collaboration with Psychic Militancy and the Adnan Hussein Show discusses an important document "Toward a Revolutionary Charter for Comprehensive Liberation" released recently that takes an adamant and uncompromising critique of contemporary Arab intelligentsias and calls for a radical realignment against colonial knowledges and with the masses. This is a critical juncture in...

In this episode, I sit down with the incredible Françoise Vergès. We had a beautiful conversation about how the politics of Réunion has animated her life's work, how she was brought up in the struggle alongside the revolutionaries in her family, about her time in Algeria and Paris, decolonial feminisms (of course!), and the centrality of psychic life to our ongoing fight against fascism and oppres...

In this episode, I sit down with ‪ @MakdisiStreet‬  podcast hosts and brothers, Karim, Ussama and Saree Makdisi to discuss the current situation in Lebanon. We get into a lot, as you can imagine, including the US and Zionist interventionism in Lebanon, their attempt to foment sectarian hate and violence, internalized Arabophobia (and other potential explanations) and, importantly, how we believe t...

In this session I was joined by my comrades Arama Rata, Sina Brown-Davis and Bianca Ranson to talk about the longstanding and ongoing struggle for Māori sovereignty under settler colonial conditions, the struggle against Zionism in Aotearoa, and how they remain focused in the face of settler violence--and so much more. Arama Rata (Taranaki, Ngāruahine, Ngāti Maniapoto) is a Māori researcher, write...

Back by popular demand, two of my favorite comrades, Geo Maher and Alex Aviña, jointed me to talk about Mexico and Cuba in the teeth of empire. We discussed the US empire's continued strangulation of Cuba, the so-called war and drugs and its connection with the so-called war on terror, and the ways that people on the ground continue to resist, despite the nonstop violence against them. Geo Maher i...

In this episode I was joined by psychoanalytic colleagues, Avgi Saktepoulou and Iris Hefets to discuss boycott & divestment from the state now known as Israel and Zionism more broadly--a call that answers the Palestine Global Mental Health Networks call for all psychoanalysts of conscience to resign from the International Psychoanalytic Asociation. This feels like an even more timely conversation...

In this episode, I sit down with the one and only Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian to talk about the textures of life making that abound in Palestine, produced and created by Palestinians, for the preservation and continuation of all of Palestine. We discuss the centrality of al-Quds (Jerusalem) in her thinking and in her scholarship, and unpack the ways in which her focus has always been to provide coun...

I was so excited to be joined by two kickass and unbending comrades and colleagues, both of whom have been fighting the struggle against the violence of Zionism in the academy and beyond. We discuss each of our "cases" with specific focus on the mechanics of these zionist smear campaigns and their intention to silence us, disappear us, and derail us from our political commitments. But more importa...

This episode is dedicated to political prisoner and revolutionary, Mumia Abu-Jamal, who continues to be unjustly incarcerated and tortured by the violent US carceral machine. Mumia has been incarcerated for more than 44 years and has been continuously punished for his principled stances and unbending political commitments. I was joined by longtime comrade and friend of the show, Jared Ware, Gabe B...

In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi, a stalwart organizer and professor who has been a fierce mainstay in the movement for the liberation of Palestine for decades. In this episode we get into her history beginning in Nablus, Palestine, and discuss the communal processes, people, and mentors that reared her. To me, Rabab has long been someone who exemplifies what it means to take un...