Episodios

  • #129 A recent trip to China - Professor Gabriel Rockhill
    Feb 15 2025

    As the West continues to malign China in an attempt to give life to imperialism. Professor Rockhill details how his recent visit went.

    Dr. Gabriel Rockhill is the Founding Director of the Critical Theory Workshop / Atelier de Théorie Critique, Professor of Philosophy and Global Interdisciplinary Studies at Villanova University, and the author or editor of ten books, as well as numerous scholarly and general public articles. He is also the Associate Director of Cultural Studies at Villanova University, Research Associate at the Laboratoire d’anthropologie politique – LAP (EHESS, Paris), one of the editors-in-chief of the World Marxist Review, and co-editor of the book series AIM–Anti-Imperialist Marxism.

    Journals: Monthly Review, World Marxist Review, International Critical Thought Books: China's Economic Dialectic, People's China at 75, The East Is Still Red, China's Path to Development, Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, Class Struggle (Losurdo), China's Global Strategy, The Dragon's Gift

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  • #128 - US Imperialism case study: Guatemala, El-Salavdor and Nicaragua - Professor Aviva Chomsky
    Jan 26 2025

    Listen in as we discuss the story of US imperialism in central America and how it relates to today.

    Aviva Chomsky is an American professor, historian, author, and activist. She is a professor of history and the Coordinator of Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies at Salem State University in Massachusetts.

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    43 m
  • #127 Drone warfare - Khalil Dewan
    Jan 21 2025

    Listen in as we discuss how drones have changed the landscape of war.

    Khalil Dewan is a dedicated researcher and practitioner with a strong focus on international law and human rights.

    Currently pursuing a PhD in Law at SOAS University of London, he is also a Member of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), SOAS Centre for Human Rights Law, and the Centre for the Study of Colonialism, Empire and International Law.

    Khalil's research primarily centers around the intersection of UK counter-terrorism practices, drone targeted killings, and international law. His work incorporates critical legal theories and the socio-legal method, with a particular emphasis on lived experiences. Khalil's academic journey includes the successful completion of an LL.M in International Law with merit at SOAS.

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    38 m
  • #126 The Future of the Arab-Iranian Region - Professor Mohammad Marandi
    Jan 15 2025

    Listen in as we discuss what the future holds for the Arab-Iranian region with Professor Marandi

    Mohammad Marandi (Persian: سید محمد مرندی; born 1966 in Richmond, Virginia) is an Iranian-American academic and political analyst.

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    35 m
  • #125 Pan-Africanism as World Making - Professor Zubairu Wai
    Jan 7 2025

    What does the world look like from a Pan-Africanist perspective? Listen in as we discuss what it means to be "authentically" African and see the world from the vantage point of Africa.

    Zubairu Wai is Associate Professor of Political Science and Global Development Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada

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  • #124 Campus Repression: SOAS
    Dec 30 2024

    Featuring:

    Haya Adam Tara Mann Abel Harvie-Clark Alex Cachinero-Gorman

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    https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241201-soas-student-union-is-supposed-to-be-independent-but-it-has-been-completely-silenced/

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    44 m
  • #123 Neoliberalism and the role of the dollar in US imperialism - Professor Radhika Desai?
    Nov 28 2024

    What is neoliberalism? What is the nature of US capitalism today? How does the dollar act as a function of US imperialism? Listen in to the brilliant Radhika Desai.

    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 Hindutva in Indian Politics (2nd rev ed, 2004) and Intellectuals and Socialism: ‘Social Democrats’ and the Labour Party (1994), a New Statesman and Society Book of the Month, and editor or co-editor of Russia, Ukraine and Contemporary Imperialism, a special issue of International Critical Thought (2016), Theoretical Engagements in Geopolitical Economy (2015), Analytical Gains from Geopolitical Economy (2015), Revitalizing Marxist Theory for Today’s Capitalism (2010) and Developmental and Cultural Nationalisms (2009).

    She is also the author of numerous articles in Economic and Political Weekly, International Critical Thought, New Left Review, Third World Quarterly, World Review of Political Economy and other journals and in edited collections on parties, political economy, culture and nationalism.

    With Alan Freeman, she co-edits the Geopolitical Economy book series with Manchester University Press and the Future of Capitalism book series with Pluto Press.

    She serves on the Editorial Boards of many journals including Canadian Political Science Review, Critique of Political Economy, E-Social Sciences, Pacific Affairs, Global Faultlines, Research in Political Economy, Revista de Economía Crítica, World Review of Political Economy and International Critical Thought

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    53 m
  • #122 The Political Economy of Fascism & the US Election- Dr. Corinna Mullin
    Nov 21 2024

    What is the material basis of fascism? Listen in as Dr. Mullin masterfully details the political economy of fascism and how Palestine fits into US' current juncture of capitalist crisis.

    Corinna Mullin is an anti-imperialist scholar who teaches political science and international political economy at John Jay College and Brooklyn College (CUNY). Corinna's research examines global South security dependency through a world system analytical framework, with a focus on colonial legacies, imperialism, unequal exchange and delinking. Corinna has also researched and published academic works on anti-/decolonial theory and praxis, the colonial-capitalist university, land and labor struggles. Corinna is a member of CUNY4Palestine and The Committee of Anti-Imperialists in Solidarity with Iran (CASI). She is on the Editorial Board of the journal Science & Society and is an Editor of Middle East Critique.

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    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SrveH0c5XA3a2CksdCcz6M5H7YTjboP93iLftqq8yUA/edit

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SrveH0c5XA3a2CksdCcz6M5H7YTjboP93iLftqq8yUA/edit

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