The Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective

AISC members Jeannette Graulau and Corinna Mullin will discuss the radical ideas behind Latin American Marxist dependency theory, its origins and contributions to Third World Marxism, and why it matters for understanding Latin America today.   Watch the  livestream edition  on the AISC YouTube channel Follow AISC  X  (@penandmachete)  Instagram  (@penandmachete) Visit our  website  to join the new...

AISC members, Navid Farnia, Jemima Pierre, and Aby Sene discuss the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) struggle for sovereignty and fight against imperialist assault, as well as what the federation means for Pan-Africanism in the 21st century.  Watch the livestream edition  on the AISC YouTube channel Follow AISC  X  (@penandmachete)  Instagram  (@penandmachete) Visit our  website  to join the newslet...

AISC members Layla Brown, Charisse Burden-Stelly, and Navid Farnia will discuss Pan-Africanism, its history, and its contemporary significance amid this weekend's annual African Liberation Day celebrations. Watch the livestream edition on the AISC YouTube channel Follow AISC  X (penandmachete)  Instagram (penandmachete) Visit our website to join the newsletter and find our blog, The Pen is My Mach...

This podcast will feature AISC member Diego Alcala in conversation with Rabab Abdulhadi about the enduring significance of the ongoing Nakba- the genocidal Zionist-imperialist colonization of Palestine- amid the unyielding resistance of the Palestinian people and the irreversible shift triggered by the Al-Aqsa Flood. This year's commemoration takes place at a moment of US imperialist decline, even...

AISC members Charisse Burden-Stelly and Tamanisha John will be joined by Kimberly Miller for a wide-ranging conversation centering the Caribbean as a primary site of analyzing, critiquing and ultimately overthrowing U.S. imperialism. From the use of extraordinary force to the imposition of genocidal sanctions to the discursive violence of declaring the Caribbean as its 'backyard', this region is t...

On this May Day livestream, AISC members Peter Hudson, Corinna Mullin and Jemima Pierre will be joined by Brahim Rouabah to discuss why imperialism is still the primary contradiction and has been for centuries. We will tackle the latest news in the war on West Asia and the capitalism v. white supremacy debates that raged on social media. The show will be hosted by Nina Farnia, with Corinna Mullin...

On our regular Friday podcast livestream, AISC members Nina Farnia, Navid Farnia, and Diego H. Alcalá Laboy discussed the latest news and offered analysis about West Asia's battle against empire. Watch the  video edition  on our YouTube channel Follow AISC  X  (@penandmachete)  Instagram  (@penandmachete) Visit our  website  to join the newsletter and find our  blog , The Pen is My Machete. Donati...

AISC members Tamanisha John, Jemima Pierre, and Diego Alcalá Laboy join Navid Farnia to talk about U.S. imperialism's current machinations in the Caribbean and the current state of regional resistance and solidarity.  They discuss the U.S.'s ongoing colonial occupations of Haiti and Puerto Rico, along with the attacks on Cuba. Watch the video edition  on our YouTube channel Follow AISC  X  (@penan...

What fuels empire? This cross-collaboration podcast episode between AISC and The Red Nation Podcast brings AISC scholars Aby Sène and Jeannette Graulau into conversation with Nick Estes about the political economy of resource flows from Latin America and Africa. Sène and Graulau argue that we must understand imperialism's economic expressions to understand what raw materials create imperial supply...

AISC members Diego Alcalá Laboy, Jemima Pierre, and Navid Farnia focus on the Zionist-imperialist war against Iran and highlight how Iran is waging a strategic resistance campaign. They discuss how the situation reached this point, provide updates regarding battlefield developments, and examine the global implications of the war. Watch the  video edition  on our YouTube channel Follow AISC  X  (@p...

In this interview conducted by Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective member Corinna Mullin, H.E. Yuri Gala López, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cuba to the United Nations, reflects on the decades-long U.S. blockade and broader imperialist campaign of sabotage and ideological warfare directed at Cuba's socialist project, including recent escalations targeting the...

**Producer's note: Nina and Navid recently did an episode with Adnan Husain to his show. Watch the livestream edition on Adnan's channel**   Adnan is joined by Nina and Navid Farnia, members of the Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective, to talk about the illegal imperialist US-Israeli-Western war launched against Iran. Please avail yourselves of the playlist Iran: History and Politics on this chann...

On this episode, AISC member Navid Farnia speaks with guest and friend of the show, Professor Setareh Sadeqi (@Leelako) . They discuss all things Iran and the United States, including the renewed negotiations between the two countries, the brutal Zionist-U.S. urban war against Iran in January, the possibility of U.S. military aggression, and Iran's preparedness. Watch the video edition on our YouT...

This episode, hosted by AISC member Bikrum Gill, addresses the recent US attack on Venezuela and the brazen kidnapping of President Nicholas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. We are joined by journalist Camila Escalante, who begins the episode with important updates on the situation in Venezuela and shares key insights regarding the need to be vigilant against psychological warfare in this momen...

Hosted by AISC co-founder Nina Farnia, this episode features two distinguished guests and friends of AISC, Venezuela's former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Ron and University of Tehran professor Mohammad Marandi. We initially filmed a 2025 anti-imperialist roundup on December 30, 2025, but just a few days later the US invaded Venezuela and abducted President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady...

In this episode, Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective members Jeannette Graulau and Corinna Mullin are joined by Arto Artinian for a wide-ranging discussion on the US/NATO proxy war in Ukraine, drawing on a recent AISC-convened roundtable and special issue edited by Jeannette Graulau on "Russia Today." At a moment when Russophobia dominates mainstream discourse and critical scholarship is increasi...

 Hosted by AISC members Bikrum Gill and Corinna Mullin, this episode features Suzanne Adely, a movement lawyer, longtime Arab community organizer, and president of the National Lawyers Guild with decades of experience in international labor solidarity, and Sachin Peddada, Research Coordinator at Progressive International whose work maps military supply chains and the political economy of war. Toge...

On Episode 5 of the AISC podcast, members Diego Alcalá, Bikrum Gill, and Navid Farnia discuss the U.S. continued buildup in the Caribbean, focusing particularly on the implications for Venezuela and Puerto Rico. They also explore the ongoing imperialist attacks against Lebanon, the West's failing military campaign against Russia, and the popular discourse on the relationship between the Zionist en...

The Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective's inaugural roundtable focuses on the modern role of Russia in the world system today, highlighting the constellation of local, regional, hemispheric, and global forces that shape Russia's place in the world.  Three central questions guide the discussion: What structural relations define Russia's position in the world today?  How do these relations unfold a...

In this episode of the AISC podcast, Charisse Burden-Stelly, Diego Alcala, Khadija Haynes, and Corinna Mullin take an anti-imperialist lens to discuss the distortion of Assata Shakur's legacy and the U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean, with a focus on Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, and Cuba. They trace how imperialist war abroad connects to the resurgent fascist war at home- from ICE raids an...

On this episode of the AISC podcast, members Bikrum Gill and  Navid  Farnia address the US's ongoing military buildup in the Caribbean and the energy conflict between the US and China.  They also provide more analysis of the Gaza "ceasefire" and comment on the flareup between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Watch the  video edition on our YouTube channel   Follow AISC on  X  (@penandmachete) and  Instag...

On this episode of the AISC podcast, members Charisse Burden-Stelly and Navid Farnia discuss the passing of the revolutionary Assata Shakur, the ceasefire in Gaza, the Nobel Peace Prize as a mechanism to ramp up imperialist pressure on Venezuela, and the US government's overture to universities in order to induce ideological alignment. Watch the  video edition on our YouTube channel Follow AISC on...

***Producer's note: This episode was recorded before the ceasefire was reached on October 9, 2025*** On this episode of the Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective podcast, AISC members Alex Aviña, Bikrum Gill, and Jemima Pierre discuss and historicize the current imperialist occupation of Haiti. They consider the ramifications of the US-led occupation for the broader Caribbean region and specificall...

On this inaugural episode of the Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective podcast, AISC members Diego Alcalá and Bikrum Gill introduce the collective and highlight our  Principles of Unity . Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel Follow AISC on  X  (@penandmachete) and  Instagram  (@penandmachete). Visit our  website  to join the newsletter and find our  blog , The Pen is My Machete. Donations...