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This week, Roqayah and Kumars discuss the latest developments on the ground in south Lebanon and review some common tropes in Western coverage of imperialism in the south and the region more broadly.

You can now listen to this episode on YouTube. Roqayah is now also blogging at roqayahchamseddine.substack.com.

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This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of extra content, from bonus episodes to exclusive video and photojournalism by Roqayah, by subscribing on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. While you're at it, we also love it when you subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts.

This week, Roqayah and Kumars are back on the bonus feed to go in depth into her reporting from the ground in south Lebanon. Roqayah shares her analysis of why the Lebanese government is sanctioning Israel's genocide in the south and why Hezbollah still the leading representative of the people's ongoing resistance.

You can subscribe to Roqayah's new Substack The Southern Citadel and check out Kumars's YouTube for the video versions of all free episodes from now on.

You can now watch the video edition of this episode on YouTube.

Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the hour by returning guests Maryam Jamshidi and Adnan Husain to discuss sportsball and geopolitics.

Maryam Jamshidi is associate professor of law at the University of Colorado Law School and a nonresident fellow at the Quincy Institute.

Adnan Husain is associate professor of history at Queen's University in Ontario, medievalist scholar of religion in Europe and West Asia and host of The Adnan Husain Show on YouTube.

Topics include the continuously unfolding corruption scandals surrounding FIFA President Gianni Infantino in the aftermath of the World Cup, the mutual defense pact between Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, the campaign to ban Israel from soccer, Trump's "Board of Peace," the crumbling facade of neoliberal institutions in general, and the challenges of solidarity between global South nations.

Follow Maryam on Twitter @MsJamshidi and Adnan @AdnanAHusain.

You can now watch the video edition of this and every episode of the Delete Your Account free feed on YouTube @kumarsontv.

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 this and every episode of the Delete Your Account free feed on Kumars's new YouTube channel. You can also support the show and get access to bonus episodes with Roqayah by subscribing to our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. We can't do this show without your support!!!

Roqayah is off this week, but Kumars is joined once again by esteemed friends of the show Alex Aviña and Sam Sacks to review the knockout stage of the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup and play the 2026 Delete Your Account Major Men's Soccer Tournament Trivia Game.

Alex is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University and author of Specters of Revolution: Peasant Guerrillas in the Cold War Mexican Countryside, and Sam is the host of the daily news roundup Means Morning News on Means TV.

Follow Alex on Twitter @Alexander_Avina and Sam @SamSacks, and subscribe to Means Morning News on Means TV.

You can watch the video edition of this and all future episodes for free on Kumars's new YouTube channel or on our Patreon, where you can also support the show and get access to bonus content like Roqayah's "Last Week in Lebanon" column when you subscribe for as little as $5 a month. We can't do this show without your support!!!

Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the show by friends of the show Alex Aviña, Adnan Husain and Sam Sacks to review the group stage of the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup.

The gang focuses on what's been happening outside of the stadium, including solidarity with Palestine at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the ongoing campaign to ban Israel from international soccer, and what the opposite of sportswashing is.

Follow Alex on Twitter @Alexander_Avina, Adnan @AdnanaHusain and Sam @SamSacks. Subscribe to The Adnan Husain Show on YouTube and Means Morning News on Means TV.

Pre-register here to join Kumars, Helyeh Doutaghi and Bikrum Gill for a discussion of colonialism, imperialism, and national sovereignty in the context of Iran this Wednesday, July 8, at 12:30 pm Eastern.

If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including Roqayah's "Last Week in Lebanon" column, you can subscribe on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts. We can't do this show without your support!!!

Roqayah is off this week, but Kumars is joined from Tehran by historian and journalist Navid Zarrinnal in another special collaboration with The East is a Podcast and The Adnan Husain Show on day 80 of the US-Israeli war on Iran that began on February 28th.

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.

You can find Navid's courageous reporting and insightful analysis on Instagram and head over to YouTube for more from Adnan and Sina on The Adnan Husain Show and The East is a Podcast.

If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including Roqayah's "Last Week in Lebanon" column, you can subscribe on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts. We can't do this show without your support!!!

This week, Roqayah and Kumars devote the hour to a news roundup and analysis of Roqayah's reporting on the reality on the ground during the latest fake ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, which has now extended after US-brokered negotiations with Lebanon's comprador government.

They also discuss the media fueling rising anti-Shia sectarianism, how Israel uses the bombing of Beirut as a bargaining chip in its attempt to re-occupy south Lebanon, why reports of Hezbollah's demise were greatly exaggerated, and Roqayah's "do's and don't's" for foreigners journalists in Lebanon.

Don't miss Kumars's upcoming virtual roundtable on "Indigeneity and Resistance from Turtle Island to Palestine" featuring friend of the show Alex Aviña, Palestinian scholar Steven Salaita, and Kanien'kehá:ka filmmaker Clifton Nicholas!

This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including Roqayah's "Last Week in Lebanon" column, by subscribing on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. While you're at it, we also love it when you subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts.

Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the show by returning guest-host Nora Barrows-Friedman and returning guest Maryam Jamshidi to discuss Maryam's recent article in The Nation headlined "Only One Side Has Clearly Broken the Law In the Strait of Hormuz. And it isn't Iran".

Maryam is associate professor of law at the University of Colorado Law School, a nonresident fellow at the Quincy Institute. Nora is associate editor of the Electronic Intifada and cohost of the Electronic Intifada Daily News Roundup Livestream on YouTube.

Maryam shares her experience as an Iranian American since February 28 and shares her analysis of the true intent of Trump's blockade, why it's definitely illegal, why Iran's mining and transit passage regime in the Strait probably isn't, the imperialist foundations of international maritime law, and how international law can nevertheless be a vehicle for decolonizing states to assert their sovereignty.

Follow Maryam on Twitter @MsJamshidi and Nora @norabf.

If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including Roqayah's "Last Week in Lebanon" column, you can subscribe on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts. We can't do this show without your support!!!

This week's episode is a collaboration with The Colony Archive and The Adnan Husain Show. As Roqayah continues to report from the front lines of Israel's assault on south Lebanon, Kumars is joined by returning guest Navid Zarrinnal and debutante Adnan Husain.

The gang discusses President Masoud Pezeskhian's letter to Americans, Javad Zarif's ceasefire proposal in Foreign Affairs, the Iranian government's response to the mass displacement caused by US-Israeli bombing, the history of Western opposition to Iranian development, relations between the Islamic Republics of Iran and Pakistan, whether the war will ultimately push the Gulf states out of the imperialist orbit, and what it could mean for Iran to become a global power.

You can find Navid's courageous reporting and insightful analysis for The Colony Archive on Instagram and subscribe to The Adnan Husain Show on YouTube for all of your politically Shi'i needs.

If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including Roqayah's "Last Week in Lebanon" column, you can subscribe on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts. We can't do this show without your support!!!