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You can now watch this episode on YouTube . This week, Roqayah and Kumars unpack Roqayah's latest reporting and analysis on the genocidal implications of the trilateral agreement in south Lebanon, including her new article for the  UK Column , "The Unraveling of Childhood in Southern Lebanon," and her i nterview with Dr. Lina Mortada Farhat. We can't do the show without your support, so help us ke...

This week, Roqayah and Kumars discuss the latest developments on the ground in south Lebanon and review some common tropes in Western coverage of imperialism in the south and the region more broadly. You can now listen to this episode on  YouTube . Roqayah is now also blogging at roqayahchamseddine.substack.com . If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of extra content, from bon...

This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only!   We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of extra content, from bonus episodes to exclusive video and photojournalism by Roqayah, by subscribing on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. While you're at it, we also love it when you subscribe, rat...

You can now watch the video edition of this episode on  YouTube . Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the hour by returning guests Maryam Jamshidi and Adnan Husain to discuss sportsball and geopolitics. Maryam Jamshidi is associate professor of law at the University of Colorado Law School and a nonresident fellow at the Quincy Institute. Adnan Husain is associate professo...

You can now watch the video edition of this and every episode of the Delete Your Account free feed on YouTube @kumarsontv .  This week's episode of Delete Your Account is a special collaboration with The East is a Podcast . Kumars, Navid Zarrinnal and Sina Rahmani review bad takes on Iran by left-liberal academics and journalists in the Iranian diaspora. Navid is now on Twitter @navidwahraman and...

Roqayah is off this week, but Kumars is joined once again by esteemed friends of the show Alex Aviña and Sam Sacks to review the knockout stage of the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup and play the 2026 Delete Your Account Major Men's Soccer Tournament Trivia Game.  Alex is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University and author of Specters of Revolution: Peasant Guerrillas in the Cold War M...

Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the show by friends of the show Alex Aviña, Adnan Husain and Sam Sacks to review the group stage of the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup. The gang focuses on what's been happening outside of the stadium, including solidarity with Palestine at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the ongoing campaign to ban Israel from international soccer, and what the op...

Roqayah is off this week, but Kumars is joined from Tehran by historian and journalist Navid Zarrinnal in another special collaboration with The East is a Podcast and The Adnan Husain Show on day 80 of the US-Israeli war on Iran that began on February 28th. Navid, Sina Rahmani, Adnan Husain, and Kumars discuss the prospect of renewed bombing by the US and Israel, how Iranians view the global impac...

This week, Roqayah and Kumars devote the hour to a news roundup and analysis of Roqayah's reporting on the reality on the ground during the latest fake ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, which has now extended after US-brokered negotiations with Lebanon's comprador government.  They also discuss the media fueling rising anti-Shia sectarianism, how Israel uses the bombing of Beirut...

Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the show by returning guest-host Nora Barrows-Friedman and returning guest Maryam Jamshidi to discuss Maryam's recent article in The Nation headlined "Only One Side Has Clearly Broken the Law In the Strait of Hormuz. And it isn't Iran" . Maryam is associate professor of law at the University of Colorado Law School, a nonresident fellow...

This week's episode is a collaboration with The Colony Archive and The Adnan Husain Show . As Roqayah continues to report from the front lines of Israel's assault on south Lebanon, Kumars is joined by returning guest Navid Zarrinnal and debutante Adnan Husain.  The gang discusses President Masoud Pezeskhian's letter to Americans, Javad Zarif's ceasefire proposal in Foreign Affairs , the Iranian go...

This week's episode is another collaboration with The Colony Archive and The East is a Podcast . As Roqayah continues to document the resistance to Israel's attempted ethnic cleansing of south Lebanon, Kumars and friend of the show Sina Rahmani reconnected with Navid Zarrinnal in Tehran after two weeks.  Navid updates us on the current mood in Iran as US-Israeli bombardment continues, sharing his...

Kumars is off this week, so Roqayah is joined from the top of the show by war correspondent writer and video journalist Hadi Hoteit, producer of "Free Palestine TV" and "Wartime Cafe with Laith Marouf" along with other programming at Free Palestine TV .  Hadi and Roqayah discuss the conditions that led to the Lebanese resistance entering the war against the US and Israel, including the latest atte...

This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only!   We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including the "Last Week in Lebanon" column by Roqayah and our newest contributor Hadi Hoteit, by subscribing on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. While you're at it, we also love it...

This week, Roqayah and Kumars welcome back Navid Zarrinnal, Iranian historian and host of The Colony Archive, to continue the conversation about his article for BreakThrough News, "Iran's Protests Explained: A Diary from Tehran", and to discuss subsequent developments. Navid shares his perspective on the latest round of indirect talks between the US and Iran in Switzerland, the alarming US militar...

This week, Iranian historian and returning guest Navid Zarrinnal calls in to the show from Tehran via telephone amid Iran's continued internet shutdown to elaborate on his recent dispatch for BreakThrough News , "Iran's Protests Explained: A Diary from Tehran." Navid is professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, host of The Colony Archive, and wo...

This week, Roqayah and Kumars introduce an interview with former Palestine Action UK prisoner and current Prisoners for Palestine campaigner Audrey Corno, who talks to Kumars about the criminalization of Palestine Action UK, now a proscribed terrorist organization in that country, and the rolling hunger and thirst strike undertaken by incarcerated former members still fighting the Israeli death ma...

This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only!   We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including the "Last Week in Lebanon" column by Roqayah and our newest contributor Hadi Hoteit, by subscribing on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. While you're at it, we also love it...

This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by historian and returning guest Alexander Aviña for an emergency update on the US attack against Venezuela, including the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, and what could happen next. Alex is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University, contributor to the newsletter Foreign Exchanges on Substack , author of Spe...

This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only!   We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including Roqayah's "Last Week in Lebanon" column, by subscribing on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. While you're at it, we also love it when you subscribe, rate, and review us on...

Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the show by returning guest-host Nora Barrows-Friedman and first-time guest Omar Zahzah to discuss Omar's new book, Terms of Servitude: Zionism, Silicon Valley, and Digital Settler Colonialism in the Palestinian Liberation Struggle , out now from the Censored Press and Seven Stories Press.  Omar is a writer, poet, organizer, and Assista...

Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the show by historian and returning guest Alexander Aviña. Alex is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University, contributor to the newsletter Foreign Exchanges on  Substack , author of Specters of Revolution: Peasant Guerrillas in the Cold War Mexican Countryside , and a founding member of the new Anti-Imperial Scholars C...

This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including Roqayah's new weekly column "Last Week in Lebanon," by subscribing on our  Patreon for as little as $5 a month. While you're at it, we also love it when you subscribe, rate, and rev...

This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by Eliza Salamon, anti-Zionist Jewish organizer and recent alumna of Cornell University, whose direct ties to imperial violence she and her coauthor document in their new report released in collaboration with the organization The Antiwar Initiative .  Read Eliza's full report, published on the website Everything is Political , and visit antiwar.io to access...

This week, Roqayah and Kumars share some life updates and break down the latest developments in Lebanon as the government ramps up its campaign to disarm the Lebanese resistance and Israel's deadly violations of the November 2024 ceasefire with Hezbollah exceed the 4000 mark. They also discuss the relationship between Harekat Amal and Hezbollah as factions of the Lebanese resistance, the separatio...