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(Preview) World War Civ 40: How Britain Took Palestine in 1917

(A preview of the latest episode of Justin Podur’s World War Civ series on his very excellent ) General Allenby, Sharif Hussein and his son Feisal, and their handler TE Lawrence array the forces of the British Empire and the Arab Revolt against the…

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Tankie Group Therapy #15: Segregationist Methuselah and the fading US Empire

Nora , Sina , Rob (), and Alex ( are back on the couch for another session of Tankie Group Therapy. on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show

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Tankie Group Therapy #14: Too much democracy!

An extra large helping of Tankie Therapy featuring a big crowd of patients crammed together on the digital couch: , , , Arama, , , , and chaotically trying to host. We discussed the very irrational response on the part of the university…

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Buying Back Our Things: One Man’s Mission to Reclaim Somali Material Culture w/ Aziz Faarah

Guest host and writer Amal Nura interviews Aziz Faarah , independent archivist and collector of Somali artifacts. They discuss his auction adventures and encounters with vendors including one who spent a few weeks in Somali jails in the 1970s . …

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The Martyrdom of Walid Daqqa w/ Rana Barakat and Abduljawad Hemayel

is associate professor of history at Birzeit University in Palestine and director of the BZU Museum (. Abduljawad Hemayel ) is a lecturer at Birzeit University. , “The parallel human: Walid Daqqah on the 1948 Palestinian political…

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Tankie Group Therapy #13: We consider the matter closed

On Day 191 the tankie therapy group convenes (Joe Emersberger , Rob Rousseau , Mikey Inouye , Sina Rahmani , Alex Aviña but for an analytical discussion about Iran’s missiles hitting Israeli airbases the day before. A summary of what happened, a…

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The Mass Hannibal Event of October 7th w/ William Van Wagenen

Investigative journalist William Van Wagenenfrom returns to the podcast to discuss his deep dive into what really happened on Oct 7th. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel Check out the article, “What Really Happened on October 7?”…

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Concrete Imaginings: Building a Liberated Palestine, Panel 3

Introductory Remarks by Professor Frances Hasso PANEL 3 “Seeing Palestine, Not Seeing the Palestinians: Gaza in the British Pathé Colonial Lens” Shahd Abusalama, Lebanese American University My presentation will critically engage…

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Concrete Imaginings: Building a Liberated Palestine, Panel 2

PANEL 2 Introductory Remarks by Professor Frances Hasso “Queer Threads: Activist Fashion in Palestine” Roberto Filippello, University of Amsterdam In this presentation I sketch the contours of the formation of an activist fashion…

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Concrete Imaginings: Building a Liberated Palestine, Panel 1

Concrete Imaginings: Building a Liberated Palestine An In-Person and Livestreamed ConferenceWednesday, February 28, 2024 Panel 1 Introductory Remarks by Professor Frances Hasso “The Urgency of Anti-Imperial Feminism: Lessons from…

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