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Djene  Bajalan is a historian of the Middle East specializing in the rise of nationalism and the evolution of the Kurdish question. He is an associate professor at Missouri State University, the co-host of This is Revolution and a co-host of Gaming Materialists. He also sometimes writes for Jacobin.  He discusses the Kurdish perspective on recent protests in Iran.   We also mention his article at  Jacobin here.

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Host: C. Derick Varn
Audio Producer: Paul Channel Strip  ( @aufhebenkultur )
Branding Design: Djene Bajalan and C. Derick Varn
Intro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.
Intro Videos Design: Jason Myles, Dejene Balajan

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