We interview Mikael Dassi, President of the Federation of Young Socialists of Côte d'Ivoire, on socialist alternatives to French neocolonialism, foreign multinational dominance of the cocoa industry, the mainstream politics of Côte d'Ivoire after two civil wars, and more.

Yesterday, a critical situation occurred when the SNAT President Mbongwa Dlamini's house at Helemisi was surrounded by the Swazi police. There were shootings outside his house and the paramilitary OSSU was outside the premises. We carry an update on what happened. Comrade Dlamini is safe now. 

We talk to Max Ajl, author of "A People's Green New Deal", who critiques the Green New Deal and First World ecological reformism for its failure to confront imperialism and unequal exchange. We also discuss Tunisia, food sovereignty, agriculture, land, the Arab Spring, and Global South response to the climate crisis.  Follow Max here:  @maxajl

We hear a statement from the Sudanese Communist party, which is undertaking revolutionary struggle now against the coup government backed by the US. The protests are also driven by the recognition and legitimation of Israel by the forced American Abraham Accords. This continues in the aftermath of the Sudanese revolution in 2019 against Omar al-Bashir and the recent coup government by the military. All solidarity to the revolutionary struggle of the Sudanese Communists!

We interview Professor Sean Malloy at UC Merced (@Cpt_John_Riley) about his book "Out of Oakland: Black Panther Party Internationalism During the Cold War" where he discusses the Panthers in North Korea, Cuba, Algeria, Vietnam, and China. This was a great conversation about a phenomenal book.

We talk to MSU Professor and Yemeni Anti-War activist Shireen Al-Adeimi about the Saudi-led "peace process" which offers no peace while imperialism remains, America's continued participation in the war, the horrors of the ongoing blockade by Saudi Arabia, and more.

Nabaz Mustafa of the Kurdistan Communist Party sends a statement on the party's history, relation to the Iraqi Communist Party, policy on Kurdistan, US Imperialism, gender equity, and more.

We interview Justin Podur, a Professor at York University and host of the exceptional Anti-Empire Project, on the history of the American Empire meddling in the Congo, as well as the stories of resistance from Patrice Lumumba's vision and assassination and Che Guevara's role in the Simba Rebellion.  Check out: https://podur.org

We interview Justin Theodra, a PhD candidate at University of Connecticut, on his Monthly Review article on Indonesia 1965, Indonesian development, his readings of Samir Amin, and more.

We interview Bill Mullen (no relation) on his book "Afro-Orientalism", W.E.B. DuBois's solidarity with Asian revolutions, Black solidarity with Palestine, and much more.