The East is a Podcast

Join us for the first round of a new (recurring??) series on the podcast, co-published with Justin Podur's Anti-Empire Project substack. Nora, Justin, Mikey, Sina and Joe discuss the myriad ways opponents of genocide are silenced by Zionist and philosemitic strategies of intimidation.

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Dror Dayan returns to the show and is joined by Helena Zohdi, a socialist organizer in Berlin, to discuss the repression of the Palestine Congress. 

You can access the material from the Congress recorded later here
https://palaestinakongress.de/video-documentation

Helena Zohdi is a socialist based in Berlin. She has been active in the Palestine solidarity movement for many years, and has been involved in various antiracist and antifascist organizing.

Dror Dayan is a filmmaker and academic based in Berlin and Liverpool. He is involved in various anti-imperialist and Palestine solidarity campaigns a...

Longtime friend of the show Ali Alizadeh (@jedaal) returns to discuss his latest essay on the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei    Watch the video edition on the East is a Podcast YouTube channel
https://youtu.be/tEW7BsTj-7o

Watch the essay here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEwa6aIZqC4

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Hanna Eid returns to the show after his first appearance got nuked by our digital overlords to speak in broad strokes about the resistance in West Asia.

Check out his author page on Al Mayadeen
https://english.almayadeen.net/authors/hanna-eid

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PressTV reporter Hadi Hoteit reflects on the pain and terror being inflicted on South Lebanon and the complete silence of the mainstream press on the war crimes being committed by ZioAmerican forces.

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https://youtu.be/sZ6wCT8lZn0

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***Adnan Husain invited me to join him and Rabab Abdulhadi for livestream conversation on the 25th anniversary of 9/11 WTC attacks. This is first hour! We continued for another hour plus! To listen to the entire episode subscribe on Patreon or watch the episode on the EIAP YouTube channel***

Friday is the 25th Anniversary of 9/11/2001 and all that followed from the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon: the launching of the "Global War on Terrorism", the wars and occupations in Afghanistan and Iraq, the drone campaigns across Africa and Asia, the securitization and surveillance...

Friend of the show Kit Klarenberg returns to the podcast to discuss the 25th anniversary of the WTC attacks.

Watch the livestream edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel
https://youtube.com/live/1sgbc8twLgk

Check out his article
https://thegrayzone.com/2023/04/18/9-11-hijackers-cia-recruits/

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[Note: This conversation continued for another 30 mins or so. You can listen to the entire episode by becoming a Patron or watch the episode on our YouTube channel linked below]

Ammar Ali Jan is a Pakistani political activist, academic, and author. He is founder and general secretary of Haqooq-e-Khalq Party, also a member of Progressive International.

Adeem Suhail is a Philadelphia-based college professor who teaches political anthropology. He is an editor for the Journal of South Asia & Middle East Studies (JSAMES), works closely with the Huqooq-e Khalq Party (HKP) in Pakistan, and co-hosts The Southern...

***Producer's note: The guest host of this special episode recorded this during the weird 48-hour period where my YouTube channel was banned. It's unbanned now (at least as of today!). Unfortunately, the video recording of this episode got mangled, so I'm not able to post the entire episode on YouTube as video*** 

A special episode hosted by friend of the show Ambereen Dadabhoy with Sumun Pendakur on the media lynching of Jason Arday spearheaded by the eugenist pseudo-scholar and Zionist Nathan Cofnas

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***The first half of an extra-long conversation I had with Adnan Husain on this channel.  Check out the full episode on either of your channels or listen to the full audio on my Patreon!***

Join us for a special impromptu edition of Office Hours Sunday Aug 23rd to break down the infamous "Open Letter" addressed to "political prisoners" in the Islamic Republic of Iran signed by a number of promient left academics and activists in the BLM and abolotionist anti-carceral movement. The response has been overwhelming and swift in criticism and condemnation of the ill-advised letter. Sina R...

Some of you may know that around 48 hours ago,  I received notice from YouTube that they were closing my account for violating their policy on "Violent Criminal Organizations."  I appealed the ruling, and it was rejected.  After a massive online campaign, I got notice this morning that my channel had been restored (with one video removed and a strike added to my account).

Jay from Millennials are Killing Capitalism and Adnan from the Adnan Husain Show   joined me for a livestream discussion of  what happened and the wider web of censorship that seems to be sweeping through Westoid...

Alexander Mckay and Kit Klarenberg are the hosts of Decline and Fall. available on Substack
https://dandf.substack.com/

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***Jay and I did a very long livestream, and I'm posting the first half of it here on the free feed.  To listen to the entire episode, please consider joining the Patreon, watching the episode on YouTube,  OR donating to a Gaza fundraiser! If you donate $25 or more to a fundraiser, I'll gift you a free year-long subscription to the podcast. Just send me an email at eastisapodcast@gmail.com with a screenshot of your donation and I will send you back a gift link***

You asked for more (at least according to Sina you did) and we...

I successfully bullied Justin from the Anti-Empire Project into a Saturday morning livestream!!! We talk, in a roundabout way, about ZIoAmerican regime change wars and what the defeat at the hands of Iran means for the future of the US empire.

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This week's episode of Delete Your Account is a special collaboration with The East is a Podcast.

Kumars, Navid Zarrinnal and Sina Rahmani review bad takes on Iran by left-liberal academics and journalists in the Iranian diaspora.

Navid is now on Twitter @navidwahraman and Sina is still @UrOrientalist. Find East is a Podcast on YouTube and more of Navid's coverage on Instagram.

Watch the video edition of every episode of the Delete Your Account free feed on Patreon at patreon.com/deleteyouraccount and on YouTube @kumarsontv.

Welcome to episode 266 of DYA...

***I did an episode of the  @penandmachete  Livestream with comrades Navid and Diego***

Join AISC livestream producer Sina Rahmani along with AISC members Navid Farnia and Diego Alcalá for a conversation on the latest developments in the global anti-imperialist struggle.

Watch the video edition on the AISC YouTube channel
https://youtube.com/live/kTSftJUL87s?feature=share

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Visit our website to join the newsletter and find our blog, The Pen is My Machete.

Donations to the producer of this show...

Masha and Sardana are the Sakha scholars and co-hosts of the podcast TYMSYY, a multilingual podcast on global Indigenous topics produced by Red Media.

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****This was supposed to be a bonus episode but since I haven't been posting I decided to unlock it. Apologies again for the long delay between episodes!!!***

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.

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**Sorry for the long absence from the podcast. I am getting more content in the can! Here is a live episode of Lara Sheehi's show, Psychic Militancy**

I thought it was time to bring Sina from behind the scenes, to the limelight. Can you believe this is his first solo appearance on Psychic Militancy? This episode's graphic is Sina's brainchild, which should already tell you everything you need to know and have to look forward to for this episode. All things Iran, anti-imperialism, and empire's decay on full sight. 

Sina Rahmani is a producer extraordinaire an...

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
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Lara Sheehi is helping a comrade to raise some money for a Palestinian family
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZidHejxHtH/

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**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 Instagram
@Sarasg2026

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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 September 6, 1989, Days of Rage drew one of the largest viewing audiences in the history of PBS."

Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX16FuQg-ek

***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"

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**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 Patreon 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.

As ever, co-hosts of Resistance is Fertile Podcast, Benji and Indi, will be there, but Adnan will be asleep on his travels East (but return next week!), so tw...

**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 the Axis of Resistance registers on the Iranian domestic political spectrum, whether good anti-imperialists should all convert to Islam, and much more.

Watch the video edition on 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.***

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"Iran Breaks the Siege" is the 16th installment of this collaborative livestream series Iran vs. the Epstein Empire o...

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.

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**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 struggles are, what our gripes are, and perhaps, what is to be done?

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**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 his earlier episode of the podcast, "The Meaning of Missiles"

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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.freefunder.com/campaign/support-yusof-azizi

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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

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Jared Ware from Millennials are Killing Capitalism and Tankie Group Therapy alum Mikey joined me to talk about the latest developments from the war. 

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**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 Sina Rahmani reconnected with Navid Zarrinnal in Tehran after two weeks. 

Navid updates us on the current mood in Iran as US-Israeli bombardment continues, sharing his experiences of the significance of...

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 Center for Resistance, Sovereignty and Development Studies at the University of Tehran.

Watch the video edition on The East Is a Podcast YouTube channel
https://youtu.be/PKc1RPqnca8

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**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 illusions that staged storylines and pre-determined matches are authentic, and that wrestlers are actually the characters they portray. We'll talk about this idea in relation to how the US Empire...

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 of anti-imperialism. Finally, the episode explores the basis of the specific social, historical, and theological bases of Iranian sovereignty.

Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel<...

***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 Rahmani from East is a Podcast:    / @theeastisapodcast  

Watch the livestream edition on MAKC YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZh7WXn9ovY

***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 historical context, the role of imperialism, and the resilience of the Iranian state against foreign interference. We discuss the implications of the ongoing conflict across...

***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 martyrdom of Imam Ali Khamenei 

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**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 follow him on Twitter
https://x.com/DrorDayan

Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel
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