The East is a Podcast

Sina, Adnan, and Nora are back on the couch for another round of Tankie Group Therapy. Please consider supporting Mohammed. He is trying to raise $1600 towards his laptop and tuition https://chuffed.org/project/168100-mohammed-and-siblings-need-our-help Lara Sheehi is helping a comrade to raise some money for a Palestinian family https://www.instagram.com/p/DZidHejxHtH/ Patreon www.patreon.com/eas...

**This episode ends abruptly when Sara's internet connection cut off suddenly! We picked up the conversation as best as we could the next day. Part 2 will be available to Patrons (soonish) and on YouTube** Tehran-based Sara discusses some of her experiences during the war, the rage she feels for Iranians who advocated for bombing, and the different meaning of resistance. You can follow Sara on Ins...

Days of Rage: The Young Palestinians is a documentary film produced by Jo Franklin-Trout about Palestinian views on the Israeli occupation, first aired on PBS in 1989 " Days of Rage takes an inside look at the Palestinian intifada, which began in late 1987. Filmed in Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza, this documentary reveals the horrors of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation. Aired on S...

***Thank you to everyone who signed up and helped make this episode free. I appreciate the support*** Mujamma Haraket returns to the show for an overview of the complex relationship between Iran and Hamas, and the Palestinian resistance. Check out his article, "How the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Developed its Relationship with Iran and Hajj Ramadan" Watch the video edition on...

**I was once again forcibly conscripted into another edition of Iran vs. Epstein Empire. This is about 60% of the episode. You can listen to the entire episode if you become an EIAP Pa treon or watch the  livestream edition here **   "Have the tables turned" is the 17th installment of this collaborative livestream series Iran vs. the Epstein Empire or the Axis of Resistance vs. the Axis of Epstein...

**This conversation went longer than expected. I have posted the first 75 mins of the episode here, to listen to the rest of it sign up for EIAP Patreon or watch the fulll episode on YouTube***  Navid, Sina Rahmani, Adnan Husain, and Kumars discuss the prospect of renewed bombing by the US and Israel, how Iranians view the global impact of Iran's military and economic resilience, how support for t...

**I did another episode of Iran vs. Epstein Empire with the boys of Resistance is Fertile. This is the first half of the conversation. You can watch the full episode on YouTube (link below) or subscribe to the East is a Podcast on Patreon, where I post all my guest spots on other shows.*** *** Please consider supporting Ameer  https://chuffed.org/project/176452-help-ameer-live **** Watch the lives...

Journalist and Al Mayadeen Producer Ali Jezzinni ( @Aly_jezzini ) returns to the show to discuss the much hyped "defeat" of Lebanon's Party of God and how the emergence of First Person View drone warfare represents a watershed moment in the fight for liberation. Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast Youtube channel Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast  

**I did a long livestream with Jay from MAKC on making media in a time of fascism and genocide.  This is about 50% of the episode. You can listen to the entire episode by becoming a member of the EIAP Patreon or watch it for free on YouTube*** In this episode, East is a Podcast and Millennials Are Killing Capitalism will co-stream to discuss the world of podcasting. How we do our work, what our st...

**Note: In the first half of the episode, there is an abrupt break in the conversation where we briefly discussed this clip of Martyred IRGC General Hajizadeh . Sorry for the confusion!** Arash Joblaghi  returns to the show (after a very long hiatus!) to discuss some of the broader historical trends that the Ramadan War demonstrated about the future (and present) of military conflict.  Check out h...

Tankie Group Therapy is back! Sina, Jay, Lara, Adnan, Mikey, and Nora join the episode for a long debrief, and joining us for the first time is longtime friend of the show, Ali Alizadeh! Some of the campaigns mentioned in the episode https://chuffed.org/project/168100-mohammed-and-siblings-need-our-help   https://chuffed.org/project/174168-support-a-third-round-of-spocs-for-gaza https://www.freefu...

Aman Ullah Tariq from the EON podcast returns to the show to discuss the negotiations between US and Iran in Pakistan and the latter's role in mediating all the actors in this conflict and the wider region.  Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel https://youtu.be/GwYsbmOimys Make sure to check out his earlier episode  https://youtu.be/hYC1aqErss8 Consider supporting the s...

Jared Ware from Millennials are Killing Capitalism and Tankie Group Therapy alum Mikey joined me to talk about the latest developments from the war.  Watch the livestream edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel https://youtube.com/live/bReHZ4POy90   Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

**We managed to get Navid online for a conversation on the perception of Iranians on this war.  This episode is co-published with Kumars Salehi at Delete Ur Account** 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 S...

Sara Larijani is a PostDoc fellow in Political Geography at the University of Tehran. Her research is on British colonialism in Iran's oil frontiers. Taha Zeinali (@tahazeinalih)  is a doctoral researcher in development studies at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. His research focus is imperialist hybrid war, sanctions and sovereign development in Iran. They are both co-founders of the Cente...

**I did an episode with comrads Jay from MAKC and Kumars from Delete Ur Account last week and forgot to post it! The episode explores the concept "kayfabe" in governing American cultural and political life** In this episode Sina Rahmani from The East is a Podcast & Kumars Salehi from Delete Your Account will join us to talk about the wrestling term "kayfabe" which is about maintaining the illusion...

Friend of the show Bikrum Gill is joined by Helyeh Doutaghi to discuss the resistance of the Islamic Republic of Iran against the US-Zionist war of aggression. The discussion focuses on the strategic objectives pursued by Iran in its resistance, and what the larger stakes are for the region and the world-system as a whole. It considers how Iran's resistance represents a historic advance for forces...

***I recorded an episode with some friends earlier this week but forgot to upload it until today! Apologies for the lateness** As the imperialist war rages on a group of us will gather to talks through the developments of the last few days to analyze and discuss. Adnan Husain from the Adnan Husain Show:     / @adnanhusainshow   Lara Sheehi from Psychic Militancy:     / @psychicmilitancy   Sina Rah...

***I did an episode with the lovely folks at Out of Left Field from the End of Sport podcast .  Nathan is one of my older friends and comrades, and their show has been going strong for several years   In this emergency episode of the End of Sport's Out of Left Field, Nathan, Derek, and Priyansh talk to ⁠The East is a Podcast'⁠s Sina Rahmani about the current situation in Iran, exploring the histor...

***Help support Mohammed and his siblings . They are having a difficult time with their living expences and donations have completely dropped off***     Tankie Group Therapy is back! Lara, Jay, Mikey, Adnan, Nora and Sina got together to discuss the ZioAmerican imperialist aggression on the Islamic Republic of Iran. Note: This episode was recorded a few hours before the announcement of the martyrd...

**Note: This episode contains a lot of discussion of screenshares. Unfortunately, we didn't do the best job describing every graph for audio listeners, so watch the video edition if you are interested in seeing the graphs cited and the slides prepared by the guest.*** Filmmaker Dror Dayan returns to the show to provide us with an overview of the Zionist media machine in Occupied Palestine. You can...

***This conversation with Mujamma stretched slightly over two hours and covered a lot of terrain. Part 2 is now available to patrons , as will the video edition of the entire episode. If a few of you sign up for the Patreon, I will unlock it in a couple of weeks on the free feed.***  The first half of a two-part episode with academic and translator Mujamma Haraket about the historical trajectory o...

**Producer's note:  The folks at Popular Front asked me to moderate this discusssion of Gabriel Rockhill's latest book on the history of the Frankfurt School. Make sure to check out Popular Front !**   --- We're thrilled to host author and philosopher Gabriel Rockhill on his book tour in Toronto. One of the key intellectuals of our movement today, his latest work explores ideas that are essential...

**Note: As I explain in the introduction to this video, this is a very special episode that consists of two halves featuring three Palestinians in Gaza sharing their stories. It has become more than evident that our racist ruling class and their media warriors are simply refusing to allow anything that humanizes Palestinians in the slightest into the mainstream. It falls to us to help break the na...

***Note: Navid's internet has been very unreliable for weeks now, so when I managed to get hold of him with a stable VPN, we decided to hurriedly record. In haste, both of us managed to mangle our respective recordings. I have been forced to resort to--please forgive me, cruel podcast gods---AI audio enhancer tools to see if it could be improved, which it mostly did but there are some funny spots...