The Malcolm Effect

Support The Malcolm Effect: https://www.patreon.com/TheMalcolmEffect   A historical overview of the creation of the Zionist state of Israel.   Professor Lentin's bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronit_Lentin   I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal

Support The Malcolm Effect: https://www.patreon.com/TheMalcolmEffect   In this episode, Yara Shoufani details what this current iteration of the Palestinian resistance represents for Palestinians specifically and the world more broadly.   Yara Shoufani is an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement in Toronto. She holds a master's in political science, with a research focus on colonisation an...

Support The Malcolm Effect: https://www.patreon.com/TheMalcolmEffect   In this episode, Barnaby Raine succinctly details a history of Zionism whilst speaking to our current moment.   Barnaby Raine is an intellectual historian writing his PhD at Columbia University. His doctoral research seeks to explain the decline of thinking about the end of capitalism from Marx through to debates in twentieth c...

Professor Russell Rickford, whom I have had the fortunate experience of studying with, is under malicious attack from Zionists. His commitment to justice has been unwavering and there is a vicious campaign calling for his resignation. This baseless campaign is based on a 2 minuted doctored audio without context. Please find attached a petition that seeks to protect Professor Rickford and those who...

Listen in to this important analysis of the recent coups in the West. Professor Siba Grovogui situates today's events in history   Support The Malcolm Effect: https://www.patreon.com/TheMalcolmEffect Professor Grovogui is a professor of international relations theory and law at Cornell University. I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal

This episode is in honour of Omar Blondin Diop, as today marks his birthday. Listen in as we talk about this inspiring radical figure   Support The Malcolm Effect: https://www.patreon.com/TheMalcolmEffect   Florian Bobin is a Dakar-based researcher in history who studies liberation struggles and state violence in 1960s-1970s Senegal, author of a forthcoming biography of revolutionary philosopher O...

In this episode, Deej and I discuss with Professor Alana Lentin the current war on "wokeism"   Support The Malcolm Effect: https://www.patreon.com/TheMalcolmEffect   Alana Lentin is Professor of Cultural and Social Analysis at Western Sydney University. She is a Jewish European woman who is a settler on Gadigal land (Sydney, Australia). She works on the critical theorization of race, racism and an...

We often hear that China is colonising Africa. Or that Russia's actions are imperialist in Africa. Christian and I spoke to one of my favorite thinkers, about all things Africa vis-a-vis China & Russia   Zubairu Wai is Associate Professor of Political Science and Global Development Studies. He is the author of Epistemologies of African Conflicts: Violence, Evolutionism, and the War in Sierra L...

Listen in as I speak to Gary Wilder on his generation of scholars and their disavowal of class analysis.   Gary Wilder is a Professor in the Ph. D. Program of Anthropology, with cross-appointments in History and French, at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he is also Director of the Committee on  Globalization and Social Change . Wilder’s work on the French empire, Fran...

You’d be hard-pressed to scroll through social media without seeing a discussion on gender. Listen in as I discuss with Micah Valentine. Micah Valentine is a stem cell researcher who has an interest in Radical Black politics and labour history.    I.G. @TheGambian @_micahvalentine Twitter: @MomodouTaal   TikTok: Micahvalentine @Afroconfetti

Listen in as Deej, Christian, and I discuss AfroPessimism with Professor Frank Wilderson   Frank B. Wilderson III is an American writer, dramatist, filmmaker, and critic. He is a Professor of African American Studies at the University of California, Irvine. I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal @FanonIsCanon @CTayJ

In this episode, I sat with my Uncle as we discussed the radical history of The Gambia and its connection to movements beyond its borders.   I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal

Listen in as Sita, Deej and I discuss Sita's book "Deadly and Slick:Sexual Modernity and the Making of Race"   I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal @FanonIsCanon

Listen in as we discuss with Judith Butler on their assessment of discussions surrounding gender today.   Judith Pamela Butler [3]  (born February 24, 1956) is an American  philosopher  and  gender studies  writer whose work has influenced  political philosophy ,  ethics , and the fields of  third-wave feminism , [4]   queer theory , [5]  and  literary theory . [6]  In 1993, Butler began teaching...

Listen in as Obi Egbuna jr, Deej and I discuss what Pan African organising in the US should focus on today.   I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal @FanonIsCanon

In this episode, we discuss with Dr. Matteo Campasso the history and mechanism of sanctions.    Matteo Capasso is @mscactions research fellow at @cafoscari and @columbia, whose work focuses on imperialism and the Global South.  He is the author of 'Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya' and co-editor of @mideastcritique. His work has appeared in @ripe, @roap and @journalPolitics.  He is...

In this episode Dr. Norman Finkelstein talk to Annie, Christian, and Momodou about how he sees the class struggle today.   Norman Gary Finkelstein is an American political scientist, activist, former professor, and author. His primary fields of research are the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust. He is a graduate of Binghamton University and received his Ph. D. in polit...

In this episode, Professor Radhika Desai gives us a masterclass on our geopolitical situation.    Dr. Radhika Desai is Professor at the Department of Political Studies, and Director, Geopolitical Economy Research Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. She is the author of Geopolitical Economy: After US Hegemony, Globalization and Empire (2013), Slouching Towards Ayodhya: From Congress to...

Borders are not just lines on a map. Listen in as Harsha Walia, Deej and I discuss bordering regimes   Harsha Walia is a Canadian activist and writer based in  Vancouver ,  British Columbia . She has been involved with  No one is illegal , the February 14  Women's Memorial March  Committee, the  Downtown Eastside  Women's Centre, and several Downtown Eastside housing justice coalitions. [2] [3]  W...

Musa Springer joined me for an introduction to Walter Rodney.   Musa Springer is a cultural worker and community organizer, host of the Grounding podcast, and a volunteer with the Walter Rodney Foundation.   I.G. @TheGambian @Paranoid_Alive Twitter: @MomodouTaal @HalfAtlanta

In this episode, we discuss what are the some of questions the African intellectual should be considering in our current moment.   Grovogui is a professor at Cornell university of international relations theory and law.   I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal @FanonIsCanon

In this episode, I discuss with Shaykh Khaled Abou El Fadl about his current activities and how we can re-engage Islam in our time.   Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl is one of the world’s leading authorities on Shari'ah, Islamic law and Islam, and a prominent scholar in the field of human rights. He is the Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law where he teaches In...

In this episode, we discuss Dr. Joy James' latest publication: In pursuit of revolutionary love with.    I.G. @TheGambian   Twitter: @MomodouTaal @FanonIsCanon

A crossover episode discussing the Balkans from a decolonial perspective.    Piro Rexhepi is a researcher based in London. He holds a PhD in politics and writes about borders, racism, religion, and sexuality. He is the author of “White Enclosures Racial Capitalism and Coloniality along the Balkan Route.” It was published by Duke University Press in December 2022 and is discussed in today’s episode...

In this episode, we speak to Dr. Alison Phipps regarding some of the challenges for feminism in our current moment.   Alison Phipps is a UK-based scholar, writer, and teacher working in the area of gender, with a specific focus on sexual violence. She is currently a Professor of Sociology at Newcastle University. Her most recent book is called Me, Not You: the trouble with mainstream feminism  and...