Thawra Ep. 2 – Birth of Arab Nationalism| Listen on Anghami

Oct 30

Human Liberation, Planetary Salvation w/ Alyssa Battistoni

Featuring Alyssa Battistoni on Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature. This episode is the second of a two-part interview: Battistoni’s account of capitalist class and market rule; what’s hidden behind the mystification of the externality; existentialism and Marxism; w ... Show More

2h 21m

Oct 22

Free Gifts w/ Alyssa Battistoni

Featuring Alyssa Battistoni on Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature. Fossil-fueled capitalism has pushed our planet into a profound set of crises. How Marxists should make sense of this all, however, is unclear. Battistoni offers a Marxist theory of nature that’s sim ... Show More

2h 7m

Oct 14

Who Moves America w/ Yael Bridge, Jeremy Flood, and Erick Stoll

Featuring Yael Bridge, Jeremy Flood, and Erick Stoll on Who Moves America, a powerful documentary about the massive 2023 Teamsters strike against UPS that ultimately did not happen. Find or request a screening of Who Moves America at whomovesamerica.com Support The Dig at Patreon ... Show More

57m 47s

Apr 2024

The Dig: Thawra Ep. 7 - United Arab Republic Against Eisenhower

Featuring Abdel Razzaq Takriti, this is the SEVENTH episode of Thawra (Revolution), our rolling mini-series on Arab radicalism in the 20th century. Today’s installment lays out the the US’s Eisenhower Doctrine, which in 1957 inaugurated a new era of imperialism in the ... Show More

1h 25m

Jun 2024

"Partition was about creating a settler colonial state" w/ Abdel Razzaq Takriti (pt.1)

The brothers welcome historian Abdel Razzaq Takriti <a href= "https://x.com/abedtakriti">(@abedtakriti)</a>, the author of Monsoon Revolution: Republicans, Sultans, and Empires in Oman 1965-1976 (2016), "<a href= "https://read.dukeupress.edu/radical-history-review/art ... Show More

1h 12m

Nov 2022

S2E4 - The Bloody Birth of the Arabs pt 2

In part two of "The Bloody Birth of the Arabs", we explore how the violence of 1860 gave voice to a new message:"Hob al watan min al iman." Love of your nation is part of your faith. This episode is a deep dive into the local and foreign attempts to reach the children of Palestin ... Show More

49m 20s

Jan 2024

The Dig: Colonialism, Zionism, Sectarianism w/ Ussama Makdisi

Featuring Ussama Makdisi on how Western colonialism and Zionism exploited, exacerbated, and imposed sectarianism across the Arab Middle East. This is the SECOND of a two-part interview. Support The Dig at <a href="http://Patreon.com/TheDig" rel="nofollow">Patreon.com ... Show More

1h 39m

Mar 2022

The Periphery and Aimé Césaire's Ghosts in the Syrian Revolution w/ Fadi Bardawil (E103)

This is a conversation with Fadi Bardawil, his 2nd time on the podcast. Bardawil is an anthropologist who researches the Leftist tradition in the Arab world. In this episode, we talked about two essays he's written: "Forsaking the Syrian Revolution: An Anti-Imperialist Handbook" ... Show More

1h 7m

Jul 2024

"Partition was about creating a settler colonial state" w/ Abdel Razzaq Takriti (pt.2)

The second half of the conversation between the brothers and historian Abdel Razzaq Takriti <a href= "https://x.com/abedtakriti">(@abedtakriti)</a>. In this part, they do a deep dive into the Oslo negotiations, the effect of the Camp David Agreement, Yasser Arafat's leadership ... Show More

1h 4m

Apr 2025

Arab Socialism Part II: Nasserism (Teaser)

Arab Socialism is deeply intertwined with Arab Nationalism, to the extent that they are sometimes used interchangeably. On this second episode in our series on Arab Socialism Samuel and Edgar discuss the man who more than any other has come to define the term Arab Socialism, as ... Show More

1m 35s

May 2022

Pro-Palestine Activism, Anti-Authoritarianism and Democracy in the Arab World w/ Dana El-Kurd (E109)

This is a conversation with Dana El-Kurd, her second time on the podcast. We spoke about a paper that she wrote entitled "Gateway to dissent: the role of pro-Palestine activism in opposition to authoritarianism."We primarily spoke about the role of pro-Palestine activism in pro-d ... Show More

1h 41m

Aug 2024

Ep. 1 – Europe’s Imperial Juggernaut

Featuring Abdel Razzaq Takriti, this is the first episode of Thawra (Revolution), our rolling mini-series on Arab radicalism in the 20th century. Today’s installment sets the stage: European imperialism in the Arab Mashriq from the late 18th century through the early 20th.

1h 19m