Guerrilla History

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Alexey Sakhnin to discuss the history of Russia/Ukraine relations.  Given the current events, this is an important topic for us to understand the historical context of.  Take the information here and use it to help you analyze what is unfolding! Alexey Sakhnin is a Russian activist, historian, Progressive International Council member, and member of...

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on the world-renowned linguist, Professor Ruth Wodak, to talk about her book The Politics of Fear: The Shameless Normalization of Far-Right Discourse (SAGE Publications).  This book takes both a historical and analytical look at how the rhetoric of the far-right ("right wing populist" in Prof Wodak's words) plays to and stokes our fears, and how far-r...

In this Intelligence Briefing, the guys go over Edward Said's book Representations of the Intellectual, which was based on his 1993 series of Reith Lectures.  This book focuses on the conceptions of intellectuals and the roles that they should play within society.  A very fun conversation, on a very important work!  Part 2 of this conversation will be coming out as a Patreon Exclusive episode very...

In this special crossover episode of Guerrilla History, we collaborate with friend of the show Danny Haiphong and his show The Internationalist Transmission to discuss US imperialism, the Russia-US tensions, "patriotic socialism", and the necessity of anti-imperialist politics.  A very fun conversation! Danny Haiphong is a journalist acting as Contributing Editor of Black Agenda Report, Co-Host of...

An unusual episode, but one that is a lot of fun and quite useful as well!  We have a returning guest, Taylor Genovese (see our episode on the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 to hear his previous appearance), AND a guest interviewer today, Safie Ashirova.  We talked about Alexander Bogdanov's Art and the Working Class, which Taylor has just translated into english for the very first time and has been rel...

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Professor Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro to talk about his book, Socialist States and the Environment: Lessons for Eco-Socialist Futures .  This book is an analytical and historical examination of the impact of Socialist States on the environment, and busts many myths that we hear in the imperialist core about this historical record.  A really deep dive...

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we talk about the anniversary of the Capital Riot on January 6, 2021.  This episode is a Dispatch, which is part of our series of shorter, more informal episodes that are rooted in more current events, but which aim to use lessons of history to analyze.  Here we talk about the fetishization of the event by liberals and the media, the significance of the underl...

This Intelligence Briefing is a patron early access episode where the guys get together to discuss and analyze the most significant events of 2021.  A lot has happened in the past year, and we had a lot of fun chatting about some things that have been on the forefront of our minds, as well as some things that we had forgotten happened.  Hope you enjoy! Guerrilla History- Intelligence Briefings wil...

We have another fun Intelligence Briefing this time, with a special guest!  For this conversation that takes a look at China, and once again takes aim at the "Western Left", we bring back our good friend and comrade Professor Immanuel Ness.  Manny is Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and a Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg.  Hi...

Guerrilla History- Intelligence Briefings will be roughly a twice monthly series of shorter, more informal discussions between the hosts about topics of their choice.  Patrons at the Comrade tier and above will have access to all Intelligence Briefings. We get medieval in this episode, and we're joined by a special guest!  The topic of this conversation is the English Peasants' Revolt of 1381, and...

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we talk to a very special guest, one whom many of you are probably familiar with-Comrade Luna of the YouTube channel LunaOi!  We discuss the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and its impacts both within Vietnam as well as in liberation struggles globally.  Definitely something we've all been wanting to discuss! Comrade Luna is a Vietnamese communist living in Hanoi.  Sh...

Guerrilla History- Intelligence Briefings will be roughly a twice monthly series of shorter, more informal discussions between the hosts about topics of their choice.  Patrons at the Comrade tier and above will have access to all Intelligence Briefings. We have another fun Intelligence Briefing this time, with a special guest!  For this conversation to mark the 20th anniversary of the Amerithrax c...

In this episode of Guerrilla History, Adnan facilitates a discussion about the recently wrapped up COP26 climate conference, its failures, and what we should look to do going forward!  We are calling this a "Dispatch" as it's a shorter, more "in the moment" episode to ground us for current events.  Our guests are Vijay Prashad, Executive Director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research...

For this special episode of Guerrilla History, we celebrated our one year anniversary by hosting a livestream featuring returning guest and fan favorite, Dr. Gerald Horne!  We covered a lot in this conversation, from Texas and the historical roots of US fascism, the need for Cuban solidarity, recent books and movies that have caught Dr. Horne's eye, and more!  If you haven't already heard our prev...

Guerrilla History is celebrating its one year anniversary! Join us for our inaugural livestream on Saturday, November 6 at 6pm Eastern Time, with special guest Dr. Gerald Horne!  The livestream can be viewed on the Revolutionary Left Radio youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGz5KS3SlLJHSVc4HtYH3QA .  Be sure to subscribe and set your notifications on!  The audio will also be uploaded...

In this special crossover episode of Guerrilla History, we collaborate with friend of the show Amanda Yee and her podcast Radio Free Amanda to discuss the history and somewhat covert imperialism of USAID.  This is a conversation that was very interesting to do the background research before, and was a very fun conversation in itself! Amanda Yee is an activist and the creator of the podcast Radio F...

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we host a crash course and discussion on the recently leaked Pandora Papers, the political impact of them, and their provenance!  We are calling this a "Dispatch" as it's a shorter, more "in the moment" episode to ground us for current events.  Our guest is Branko Marcetic, writer at Jacobin Magazine and author of the new article CIA Op or Not, the Pandora Pap...

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Professor August Nimtz to talk about his book, The Ballot, The Streets, or Both? From Marx and Engels to Lenin and the October Revolution .  This book takes a look at the theoretical and strategic groundings and evolution of electoralism via the writings of Marx/Engels and Lenin.  A conversation that will add a lot of historical nuance to the debat...

Guerrilla History- Intelligence Briefings will be roughly a twice monthly series of shorter, more informal discussions between the hosts about topics of their choice.  Patrons at the Comrade tier and above will have access to all Intelligence Briefings. We have another fun Intelligence Briefing this time, with a special guest!  For this wide ranging conversation about, among other things, the irre...

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Professor Jose Maria Sison, better known as Comrade Joma, to talk about his life, how it impacted his ideology, the history of the Communist Party of the Philippines, and more!  Comrade Joma is an absolute legendary figure, and it was a pleasure and an honor to be able to talk with him.  A must listen conversation for anyone interested in proletari...

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we host a crash course on Guinean history to help provide context on the ongoing coup unfolding!  We are calling this a "Dispatch" as it's a shorter, more "in the moment" episode to ground us for current events.  Our guest is Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of Pan-African News Wire. Abayomi Azikiwe is the editor of Pan-African News Wire, and has had writings featured...

Guerrilla History- Intelligence Briefings will be roughly a twice monthly series of shorter, more informal discussions between the hosts about topics of their choice.  Patrons at the Comrade tier and above will have access to all Intelligence Briefings. This Intelligence Briefing is the first half of a wide ranging conversation on apathy and hopelessness as a result of the climate crisis, how we m...

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Ollie Vargas to talk about the recent history of Bolivia.  This is an expansive episode that aims to provide historical grounding of Bolivia so that we can better understand current events taking place there! Ollie Vargas is a Bolivian reporter at Kawsachun News, and has covered Bolvian politics, news, and the recent coup for other outlets such as...

Guerrilla History- Intelligence Briefings will be roughly a twice monthly series of shorter, more informal discussions between the hosts about topics of their choice.  Patrons at the Comrade tier and above will have access to all Intelligence Briefings. We have a fun intelligence briefing this time, with a special guest!  For this conversation about football (soccer to some of you) and the politic...

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Professor Immanuel Ness to talk about his brand new book, Organizing Insurgency: Workers Movements in the Global South .  The book combines theory of workers movements with case studies from India, South Africa, and the Philippines.  A must listen conversation for an internationalist proletarian understanding of workers power! Immanuel Ness is Prof...