Featuring Ilias Alami and Tim Sahay on a global conjuncture defined by Washington's shredding of the liberal international order’s legitimacy amid a panic over decline: the escalating Cold War with China; Gaza genocide; Trump’s tariff wars and militarism, and his pivot toward Putin on Ukraine; European defense buildup and fiscal revolution; what this all mea ... Show More
Aug 5
Chicago’s Left Experiment
Featuring Alex Han, Asha Ransby-Sporn, and Alderwoman Jeanette Taylor on Chicago's left political experiment. In the wake of Zohran's remarkable victory in New York, organizers all over the country are taking a close look at Chicago under Mayor Brandon Johnson. A Chicago Teachers ... Show More
2 h
Jul 22
Actual Abundance w/ Isabella Weber, Malcolm Harris, Paul Williams
Featuring Isabella Weber, Malcolm Harris, and Paul Williams on Abundance. A debate and discussion of: the book; the discourse; the underlying economic and political questions of how we make the affordable housing, green energy, and fast trains we need; and how actual capitalist s ... Show More
1h 57m
Jun 2024
"Partition was about creating a settler colonial state" w/ Abdel Razzaq Takriti (pt.1)
The brothers welcome historian Abdel Razzaq Takriti (@abedtakriti), the author of Monsoon Revolution: Republicans, Sultans, and Empires in Oman 1965-1976 (2016) and “Before BDS: Lineages of Boycott in Palestine.” They take a deep dive into the history of Palestinian resistance in ... Show More
1h 12m
Jun 4
The New Arab Events: Palestine in a World on Fire
What does it mean to stand with Palestine in a world on fire?In this special live episode, recorded at Reference Point in London, Benjamin Ashraf of The New Arab chairs a powerful conversation with historian Ilan Pappé, scholar Katherine Natanel, and legal academic Nadine El-Enan ... Show More
1h 26m
Sep 2024
"A society built on the ashes of another will always be violent" w/ Yara Hawari
The brothers welcome Yara Hawari (@yarahawari), Co-director of Al-Shabaka, to discuss how the Oslo Accords transformed Palestinian civic life, the emergence of the PA from the PLO, the significance of the increasing number of political and social ruptures among Zionist settlers, ... Show More
1h 30m