Guerrilla History

This episode of Guerrilla History is a continuation of our Sanctions As War miniseries.  In this fantastic episode, we have a discussion with Professor Zhun Xu on the political economy of US sanctions on China, both from a historical perspective as well as analyzing current developments.  We're sure that this will be of great interest to many of you and your comrades.  Help us get the word out by...

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on a good friend and comrade of ours, Professor Jason W. Moore!  In this fabulous conversation, we discuss world-ecology, the capitalocene, and how to view/analyze history through these lenses.  We intend on getting into much further discussion with Jason in a couple of upcoming episodes that we already have planned, so be sure to check this one out t...

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back returning fan favorite Professor Gerald Horne to discuss his latest book The Counter-Revolution of 1836: Texas Slavery & Jim Crow and the Roots of U. S. Fascism .  As always, the conversation with Prof Horne is incredibly enlightening and very entertaining.  We hope you get some use from it! Gerald Horne is the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of...

We close out 2022 with a livestream!  All the members of the Revolutionary Left Radio family of podcasts came together for a two hour live Q&A that we had a ton of fun doing.  We hope you enjoy as we look ahead to 2023!   P.S. If you're on twitter, let us know what your favorite episode of the show was during 2022 - tag us @guerrilla_pod with your pick and we'll hopefully encourage some new people...

Join the Livestream on December 28th at 9pm EST (8pm CST) here: https://www.youtube.com/live/m2KrBF5xW6c?feature=share

This episode of Guerrilla History is with Professor Harvey J. Kaye about his book The British Marxist Historians , the first and most complete study of the work of the British Marxist intellectuals Maurice Dobb, Rodney Hilton, Christopher Hill, Eric Hobsbawm, and E.P. Thompson, and has just gotten released as a new edition from Zer0 Books.  A fascinating conversation about a fascinating group of c...

This episode of Guerrilla History is Part 2 of a two-part conversation with Professor Raquel Varela on the history of modern Europe.  In this installment, we carry on from last time, where we left off at the end of WWII.  If you haven't already checked out part 1, be sure to do so!  This work necessitates critical engagement! Raquel Varela is a labour historian, researcher and Professor at New Uni...

This episode of Guerrilla History is Part 1 of a two-part conversation with Professor Raquel Varela on the history of modern Europe.  In this installment, we cover the period from WWI through WWII, and it was a great conversation!  The next part will come out next week and will bring us from the end of WWII to today. Raquel Varela is a labour historian, researcher and Professor at New University o...

Guerrilla History "From the Archives" is a new series of episodes, consisting of previously patreon-exclusive episodes that we are unlocking for the general public after one year.  This From the Archives episode was originally released on Patreon on May 29, 2021, and is about the Battle of Spioen Kop, during the Second Boer War.  This battle, which was an utter calamity for the British, was the la...

This episode of Guerrilla History is a continuation of our Sanctions As War miniseries.  In this excellent episode, we have a discussion with Professor Helen Yaffe on the history and the impacts of sanctions on Cuba, absolutely something that all anti-imperialists need to be fully aware of and engage with to act in solidarity with the Cuban Revolution.  Help us spread the word by sharing with comr...

This episode of Guerrilla History comes out just in time for the start of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar!  In this episode, we bring back fan favorite Alexander Aviña to discuss the politics behind the World Cup, both historically and in this current edition.  We hit on topics of human rights, sports washing, and propaganda in both cases. We also talk about the sport itself and the prospects on the f...

In this Dispatch episode, we provide a grounding on the history of Western intervention in Haiti in order to analyze the current situation taking place there, and the prospects for even expanded intervention.  For this, we bring on Pascal Robert, who's writing on Haiti has been very useful in shedding light on a locality that the Western media tends to ignore unless convenient for them.  W're also...

A great conversation with three young comrades from The Cadre Journal !  A fairly wide ranging conversation focused on why it's critical to push anti-imperialism for the youth, and why it's important that we learn from the Global South, its revolutionaries and theorists.   The Cadre Journal is a student-run podcast and journal on Marxism, Anti-Imperialism, and Communism.  You can follow them on tw...

In this Dispatch episode on a very recent topic, we bring in both a great guest and a fabulous guest host - both of whom are our friends from the DSA International Committee.  Mirah and Sun Feiyang.  We discuss the recently wrapped up Communist Party of China National Congress, its implications for Chinese domestic and foreign policy, and what to expect in the next 5 years. Mirah and Feiyang are b...

In this outstanding conversation, we talk with journalist Michael Fox about the rise of Fascism in Brazil, Bolsonaro, the impending runoff elections, the rise of Evangelicalism, the role of the US in these processes, and much more!  We make sure to give plenty of historical background on these current events, so whether you're listening for the history or for analysis of the present, we know you'l...

This episode of Guerrilla History is a continuation of our Sanctions As War miniseries.  In this fascinating episode, we have 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, which the last question of the...

This episode of Guerrilla History is a continuation of our Sanctions As War miniseries (check out our earlier episodes from the series if you've not already!).  In this episode, we lay out some very interesting historical and analytical parallels between sieges throughout history and modern sanctions regimes.  A fascinating conversation with a great scholar and committed anti-imperialist, you don'...

In this Intelligence Briefing, we continue the conversation with our panel from last week by doing listener Q&As.  Be sure to stay tuned for future Spaces, if you have questions you'd like to ask them, and sign up for our patreon to help keep the show up and running and to send us comments anytime!  To follow each of the panelists on Twitter, just click on the link after their name: James: @GoodVi...

For this Intelligence Briefing, we gathered a panel of great activists and organizers for a discussion on why political education is crucial to building our movements.  This is part one of the conversation, the panel discussion.  Part two, the Q&A segment, will come out next week.  To follow each of the panelists on Twitter, just click on the link after their name: James: @GoodVibePolitik , Ilima:...

This episode of Guerrilla History is a continuation of our Sanctions As War miniseries (check out the intro episode if you've not already!), and is our first case study of the series.  In this episode, we hear the simultaneously heartbreaking and infuriating story of the sanctions on Yugoslavia from Gregory Elich.  Gregory, in addition to being a committed anti-imperialist and keen analyst of worl...

In this incredibly fun episode, we talk with Ben Norton about multipolarity, from both theoretical and real-world analytical lenses.  Who better to discuss the topic of multipolarity with us than Mr. Multipolarista himself? The conversation itself was excellent, as is Ben's work more generally.  If you don't already check out Multipolarista's content regularly, this is your notice to do so!   Ben...

Guerrilla History "From the Archives" is a series of episodes, consisting of previously patreon-exclusive episodes that we are unlocking for the general public after one year.  This From the Archives episode was originally released on Patreon on April 2, 2021, and is about the Fred Hampton assassination, some new information that had come out around the time of the recording of the episode, and th...

In this tremendous conversation, we talk with Comrade Booker Omole of the Communist Party of Kenya for the history and class analysis of the recent elections in Kenya.  An absolutely fascinating and enlightening discussion, we could not hope for a better guest than Comrade Booker! Booker Omole is the National Vice Chairperson and National Organizing Secretary of the Communist Party of Kenya.  He c...

In this tremendous episode, we talk with Professor Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad about the topics in their brand new book The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power .  An absolutely wonderful conversation with two great guests!  The book will be released in 10 days, so be sure to sign up for your copy!   Professor Noam Chomsky is a world-renowned linguist and politi...

This episode of Guerrilla History is the introduction to a mini-series we are running for the next couple of months.  The topic is Sanctions As War, based off of the book of the same name edited by Professors Immanuel Ness and Stuart Davis.  Subsequent episodes will be focused on case studies of countries that have faced sanctions, and this intro will lay some of the theoretical groundwork necessa...