Resistance is Fertile Substack Podcast

Welcome back to episode 93 of the Psychlib series of the Resistance is Fertile podcast. This week, Amy and Benji are joined by a dear friend of the show and a tireless organizer on the ground: Hamza, also known as Abu Hureirah (TIP) Abu Kittens. https://x.com/mabukittens

Hamza is the creator and careful tender of the Abu Hureirah Mutual Aid Network, a unique and vital mutual aid project providing direct material support to folks surviving the genocides in both Gaza and Sudan.

In this episode, we dive deep into the second part of Hamza’s extensively researched Substack series on the proxy war in Sudan. We dissect the architecture of sub-imperialism, the UAE’s role as White Empire’s counter-revolutionary attack dog, the exploitation of the Global South’s working class as mercenary cannon fodder, and the deeply disturbing psychology of the oppressor.

Here is a breakdown of what we covered in this crucial conversation.

🏛️ The UAE: A Counter-Revolutionary Entity

We often talk about imperialism as a global system, but Hamza breaks down the specific historical and material role of the UAE. The UAE is not a nation built on organic ethnic or historical grounds; it is a counter-revolutionary project. Created by the British in the 1970s by unifying seven emirates specifically to crush the rising Omani socialist revolution, the UAE’s foundational purpose has always been to act as a bulwark against popular liberation.

Today, the UAE operates as “middle-management” for White Empire. Rather than waiting for direct orders from Washington or Brussels, the UAE anticipates the needs of the imperial core, executing counter-revolutions and proxy wars in Egypt, Libya, Yemen, and now Sudan. They are the ultimate attack dog, willing to do the dirty work that the traditional imperial powers are too stretched thin to manage directly.

🩸 Sudan: Not a Civil War, but a Genocide by Proxy

One of the most vital takeaways from Hamza’s research is the dismantling of the mainstream media narrative that Sudan is simply a “civil war” between two generals. What is happening in Sudan is a UAE-backed counter-revolution and genocide carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

To sustain this, the UAE has established a massive, transnational mercenary supply chain:

* Military Labor: The UAE recruits impoverished working-class men from Colombia, Ethiopia, Chad, and South Sudan. They are flown to Abu Dhabi, trained, and then smuggled through hubs in Libya (Benghazi/Kufra) and Chad into Darfur.

* Weapons Smuggling: Despite UN arms embargoes, weapons flow freely from Abu Dhabi through Libya, Chad, and Ethiopia (which is currently being used by the UAE to launch suicide drones into Sudan).

* The Illusion of “Local” Conflict: By using foreign mercenaries and proxy militias, the UAE attempts to mask its direct involvement, treating the lives of the Global South poor as disposable tools for imperial hegemony.

🧠 The Psychology of the Oppressor & Digital Hubris

From a psychological and dialectical materialist perspective, the behavior of the RSF and the UAE reveals the deep cognitive dissonance required to sustain oppressive systems.

* The Victimhood Narrative: Hamza highlights what we might call the “Israeli Syndrome” of the imperialist mind—the need for the oppressor to frame themselves as the ultimate victim. Whether it is the US military-industrial complex grooming poor youth of color into becoming traumatized perpetrators, or the UAE funding ethnic cleansing while claiming to fight “terrorism,” the oppressor relies on a dehumanizing relational frame that justifies atrocities as “self-defense” or “burdens.”

* The TikTok War Criminals: In a bizarre twist of digital hubris, the RSF fighters are addicted to social media. They are literally livestreaming their war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and sexual violence on TikTok. They are so entrenched in their impunity that they are generating the very evidence needed for future international legal tribunals.

🛰️ OSINT as Resistance: Tech, Satellites, and “The Flood”

Hamza is not just organizing mutual aid; he is waging information warfare. He has developed incredible Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) tools to track the UAE’s proxy war.

* Interactive Maps: Hamza has built machine-learning software that scans satellite imagery to detect changes in RSF bases, mercenary transit nodes, and UAE weapons smuggling routes.

* Tracking the Cargo: His system tracks suspected UAE cargo planes that turn off their transponders, exposing the logistical arteries of the genocide.

* “The Flood” (Video Game): In a brilliant crossover of tech and resistance culture, Hamza is developing a guerrilla warfare simulation game where players can scout, strategize, and defend against imperial convoys.

🛑 Anti-Imperialism is Material or It Is Nothing

We cannot merely consume content about these struggles; we must materially intervene. The psychology of dehumanization associated with oppressive systems relies on our passive detachment. By providing material support, we break that psychological alienation and stand in direct solidarity with those resisting simply by existing.

Hamza’s Abu Hureirah Mutual Aid Network has raised over $110,000 in just over a year, directly funding the survival of our siblings in Gaza and Sudan.

How you can help right now:

* Contribute to the Abu Hureirah Network.

* Donate to Mustafa in North Gaza.

* Support Lifeline for Gaza (Direct, life-saving mutual aid).

* Support the Sameer Project (Set up a monthly donation to keep their comprehensive mutual aid networks running).

* Support the Gaza Municipality as it seeks to rebuild so essential infrastructure!

The empire relies on the exhaustion and complicity of the masses. But as we see in Sudan, in Gaza, and across the Global South, the resistance is fertile.

Free Palestine. Swift victory to the Sudanese people. Down with the UAE and all of White Empire.

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Palestinian-Run Mutual Aid (independent of the imperial NGO-military complex)

Help Gazans provide essential services to Gazans with the Sameer Project.

Contribute to the Abu Hureirah Network, launched by our friend Hamza to support mutual aid groups in Gaza and Sudan.

Or contribute to Benji’s Gaza fundraisers

For Omar and his family of seven: ⁠https://bit.ly/omargaza⁠

For Ibrahim, his wife, newborn baby and extended family! ⁠https://bit.ly/IbrahimGaza⁠

For a pregnant lady and her family: ⁠https://bit.ly/PregnantMotherGaza⁠

For Mustafa in North Gaza: ⁠https://bit.ly/MustafaGaza⁠

For Khaled and his six children: https://bit.ly/khaledinGaza

You can also support

Doctors against Genocide

Palestine Trauma Centre

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Thank you Lorelei O’Hagan, M Laubscher, Matt Karol, Misha, Dipika Nath, and many others for tuning into our live video!

In Episode 96 of RIF Podcast Live, hosts Benji, Indi, and Amy Yang tackle the philosophical roots of Western imperialism, the absurdity of celebrity geopolitics, and the enduring legacy of anti-imperialist struggle.

Together, they dissect how white supremacy operates not just as a racial hierarchy, but as the essential philosophical counterpart to extractive capitalism. Benji opens the show by tracing this ideology back to Cartesian dualism—the separation of humanity from nature—which provided the intellectual justification for colonial plunder, the enclosure of the commons, and the violent subjugation of the Global South, considered, including in its human component as a part of an external nature to be conquered and dominated, and eventually turned into dead profit.

The conversation naturally pivots to the recent controversy surrounding French football star Kylian Mbappé, whose ignorant comments about Mao Zedong as some Chinese “dictator” sparked a massive backlash from Chinese netizens and commercial sponsors in China. Amy and Indi dismantle the Western narrative that equates “authoritarianism” with national sovereignty, pointing out that the G7 nations are the very same empires that historically carved up China and the Global South.

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Using objective historical data, such as the dramatic doubling of life expectancy under Mao, we trace the origins of and debunk the inflated Western death toll narratives used to discredit the Chinese socialist revolution. We explore how the Chinese Communist Party’s “mass line,” emerge from the absolute opposite of dictatorship, its unwavering commitment to self-correction, and the stark contrast between China’s commercial engagements in Africa and the West’s history of violent colonial interventions regime change operations.

https://mronline.org/2011/06/26/revisiting-alleged-30-million-famine-deaths-during-chinas-great-leap/

The episode concludes with a hilarious moment of “self-criticism” as Benji accidentally plays a White House propaganda Lego video before correcting course with a powerful anti-imperialist anthem from our friends at Explosive Media. It’s a sharp, unapologetic critique of the Empire’s intellectual bankruptcy and a celebration of the Global South’s rising multipolar reality.

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⏱️ Episode Timeline

00:00 – Chapter 1: Introduction and the Urgent Call for Material Support02:50 – Chapter 2: The White Empire’s Idiots’ Burden and Cartesian Dualism11:35 – Chapter 3: Authoritarianism, National Sovereignty, and the G7’s Colonial Legacy14:05 – Chapter 4: Race as Speciation and the Erection of Global Hierarchies17:00 – Chapter 5: Common Humanity vs. White Supremacy and Xenophobia26:20 – Chapter 6: Smashing Feudal Relations: The Caste System and Mao’s Revolution30:15 – Chapter 7: The Mbappé Controversy and Western Hypocrisy on “Dictators”33:50 – Chapter 8: Deconstructing the “30 Million” Myth with Objective Data43:15 – Chapter 9: The CCP’s Self-Correction, the Mass Line, and Peasant Support51:35 – Chapter 10: Internal Dialectics of the CCP and the Return of Maoist Spirit56:00 – Chapter 11: The Rules of Apology: Mbappé, IShowSpeed, and Cultural Respect58:20 – Chapter 12: Media Control, Information, and the Danger of Celebrity Politics1:06:00 – Chapter 13: China in Africa: Commercial Interests vs. Imperialist Regime Change1:21:00 – Chapter 14: Re-educating the “Golden Billion” and the Necessity of Multipolarity1:38:00 – Chapter 15: The White House Lego Video, Self-Criticism, and Closing Music

🛠️ Walk on Two Legs: Practice and Yapping

The Empire is terrified of material solidarity, which means it works. If they give you a tenure, you aren’t making a difference. If they shut down your fundraisers and censor your videos, you are hitting the nail on the head.

* Donate to Mustafa in North Gaza.

* Support Lifeline for Gaza (Direct, life-saving mutual aid).

* Support the Sameer Project (Set up a monthly donation to keep their comprehensive mutual aid networks running).

* Support the Gaza Municipality as it seeks to rebuild so essential infrastructure!

* 🔗 Make a monthly pledge to Free Palestine TV:

Free Palestine. Swift and ever-swifter victories to the free peoples of the world and the resistance.

NB: Summary and timeline drafted with some automated pushback with help from Qwen AI

Follow Resistance is Fertile on Substack for unfiltered analysis and updates

Share this episode – narrative warfare is everyone’s fight

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Palestinian-Run Mutual Aid (independent of the imperial NGO-military complex)

Help Gazans provide essential services to Gazans with the Sameer Project.

Contribute to the Abu Hureirah Network, launched by our friend Hamza to support mutual aid groups in Gaza and Sudan.

Or contribute to Benji’s Gaza fundraisers

For Omar and his family of seven: ⁠https://bit.ly/omargaza⁠

For Ibrahim, his wife, newborn baby and extended family! ⁠https://bit.ly/IbrahimGaza⁠

For a pregnant lady and her family: ⁠https://bit.ly/PregnantMotherGaza⁠

For Mustafa in North Gaza: ⁠https://bit.ly/MustafaGaza⁠

For Khaled and his six children: https://bit.ly/khaledinGaza

You can also support

Doctors against Genocide

Palestine Trauma Centre

RIF Linktree https://linktr.ee/resistanceisfertile

Thank you Khadija Haynes, Mille, Ramona E Lawson, Ellen, airdtrax, and many others for tuning into our live video!

In Episode 92 of the PsychLib series, hosts Benji, indica, and Amy Yang are joined by returning guest Abubaker Abed for a raw, unflinching conversation about the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Having evacuated Gaza a year and a half ago, Abubaker provides a crucial, ground-level perspective that cuts through Western media narratives, leftist optimism, and the performative politics of international “humanitarian” aid.

The Myth of the Western “Safe Haven”

Abubaker opens by detailing the profound psychological toll of surviving while watching his homeland be erased. He highlights the systemic racism and bureaucratic violence Palestinian students face when trying to evacuate or study abroad. While Western governments waived visa requirements almost overnight for Ukrainians, Palestinian students face absurd rejection rates—even in supposedly “progressive” nations like Ireland, which Abubaker notes is actively eroding its historical neutrality to align closer with NATO and imperial interests. As Amy Yang astutely points out, this selective “rescue” is not charity; it is a continuation of the genocide via brain drain, stripping Palestine of the very minds needed to rebuild it.

The Betrayal of “Humanitarian” Organizations

A major focus of the episode is a scathing critique of international NGOs and UN bodies like the WFP. Abubaker reveals the grim reality on the ground: while these organizations collect hundreds of millions of dollars, they simultaneously slash the salaries of their Palestinian staff by a third and fail to deliver basic aid. In 19 months, Abubaker received only one $100 food box from the WFP. He contrasts this with the proactive, door-to-door aid delivery seen in Israeli communities, exposing these institutions not as neutral helpers, but as imperial tools designed to manage the optics of genocide, not stop it.

Deconstructing the “Hamas” Narrative

Abubaker dismantles the deliberate Western conflation of “Hamas” with the entire Palestinian armed resistance. He clarifies that Hamas functions as a political and governing body, while the resistance is a broad coalition of groups (including Al-Qasam, Soraya Al-Quds, and others). By lazily labeling all fighters as “Hamas,” Western media manufactures consent for the destruction of all Palestinian governance and the right to self-defense.

Geopolitical Realities vs. Ground-Level Desperation

The episode features a vital, respectful debate on the trajectory of the conflict. The hosts propose that Iran and the Axis of Resistance are successfully winding up the “spider’s web” of Greater Israel, decimating US military infrastructure in the Gulf and setting the stage for the collapse of the Zionist project.

While Abubaker acknowledges the shifting global power dynamics, he pushes back against abstract Western optimism. He reminds listeners that Palestinians on the ground are currently eating bug-infested flour and living in threadbare tents. They cannot wait for a geopolitical miracle or the collapse of Arab collaborating regimes. Without an immediate diplomatic, political, or military off-ramp, and with the resistance leadership decimated, the immediate reality is one of sheer survival.

Existence is Resistance

The conversation concludes with a powerful reminder: ordinary Palestinians are the resistance. As Abubaker notes, when asked if they support the resistance, Gazans reply, “We are not with the resistance. We are the resistance.” True liberation will require unprecedented unity, but until then, mere existence in the face of erasure is the ultimate act of defiance.

🔗 Take Action: The hosts are currently raising funds for the Gaza Municipality and Omar, a fisherman in Gaza. Please consider donating via the links in the show notes. Even a single dollar is a vital act of material solidarity.

Episode Timeline

* 00:00 – Chapter 1: Introduction and Abubaker’s Reality 1.5 Years Outside Gaza

* 02:45 – Chapter 2: The Illusion of Western “Safe Havens” for Palestinian Students

* 06:50 – Chapter 3: Genocide vs. War: The Ukraine Double Standard

* 09:50 – Chapter 4: The Brain Drain as a Tool of Erasure

* 11:00 – Chapter 5: Ireland’s Erosion of Neutrality and the Push Toward NATO

* 14:00 – Chapter 6: The Looming Third Wave of Famine in Gaza

* 15:15 – Chapter 7: The Betrayal of International Humanitarian Organizations

* 19:10 – Chapter 8: Profiteers and the Failure of Unverified Mutual Aid Projects

* 21:10 – Chapter 9: Deconstructing the Western Conflation of “Hamas” and the Resistance

* 27:20 – Chapter 10: The Imperial Function of “Moderating” Genocide

* 31:40 – Chapter 11: The Exaltation of Jewish Voices Over Palestinian Reality

* 35:45 – Chapter 12: The Total Lack of Accountability for Genocide Perpetrators

* 39:05 – Chapter 13: The Geopolitical Debate: Can the Zionist Regime Collapse from Within?

* 45:15 – Chapter 14: The Brutal Reality of Attrition vs. Western Optimism

* 54:45 – Chapter 15: The “Spider’s Web” of Greater Israel and the Absolute Necessity of Unity

Support the ongoing mutual aid efforts mentioned in this episode by contributing to the fundraiser for Omar the Fisherman, the Sameer Project, Lifeline for Gaza, or the Gaza Municipality.

🛠️ Walk on Two Legs: Practice and Yapping

The Empire is terrified of material solidarity, which means it works. If they give you a tenure, you aren’t making a difference. If they shut down your fundraisers and censor your videos, you are hitting the nail on the head.

* Donate to Omar in Gaza, once a fisherman who lost his livelihood.

* Support Lifeline for Gaza (Direct, life-saving mutual aid).

* Support the Sameer Project (Set up a monthly donation to keep their comprehensive mutual aid networks running).

* Support the Gaza Municipality as it seeks to rebuild so essential infrastructure!

* 🔗 Make a monthly pledge to Free Palestine TV:

Free Palestine. Swift and ever-swifter victories to the free peoples of the world and the resistance.

NB: Summary and timeline drafted with some automated pushback with help from Qwen AI

Follow Resistance is Fertile on Substack for unfiltered analysis and updates

Share this episode – narrative warfare is everyone’s fight

https://lifeline4gaza.com/

Palestinian-Run Mutual Aid (independent of the imperial NGO-military complex)

Help Gazans provide essential services to Gazans with the Sameer Project.

Contribute to the Abu Hureirah Network, launched by our friend Hamza to support mutual aid groups in Gaza and Sudan.

Or contribute to Benji’s Gaza fundraisers

For Omar and his family of seven: ⁠https://bit.ly/omargaza⁠

For Ibrahim, his wife, newborn baby and extended family! ⁠https://bit.ly/IbrahimGaza⁠

For a pregnant lady and her family: ⁠https://bit.ly/PregnantMotherGaza⁠

For Mustafa in North Gaza: ⁠https://bit.ly/MustafaGaza⁠

For Khaled and his six children: https://bit.ly/khaledinGaza

You can also support

Doctors against Genocide

Palestine Trauma Centre

RIF Linktree https://linktr.ee/resistanceisfertile

Thank you Urja Lakhani, Mona, and many others for tuning into our live video!

In Episode 91 of the PsychLib series, cohosts Benji, Indi, and Amy Yang welcome renowned geopolitical economist Radhika Desai for a wide-ranging, deeply theoretical conversation about the end stages of global capitalism. Moving beyond the hype of Silicon Valley, the episode dissects how the current AI frenzy is not a sign of imperial resilience, but rather a desperate, absurd symptom of a system in terminal decline.

Drawing on orthodox Marxist and Leninist frameworks, Radhika dismantles the myth of capitalism’s “infinite adaptability,” exposing the AI craze as the latest iteration of financial fiction designed to mask a profound crisis of productive investment.

Key Themes & Takeaways

The 1914 High-Water Mark and Terminal DeclineRadhika revitalizes Lenin and Hilferding’s analysis of imperialism, arguing that capitalism reached its absolute peak in 1914 with the advent of monopoly finance capital. Since then, the system has been in a state of terminal, senile decline. The idea that capitalism can infinitely adapt is a neoliberal myth; in reality, the core countries have exhausted their ability to expand, forcing them into increasingly violent, genocidal, and financialized methods to extract value from a periphery that is actively developing its own sovereign resistance (most notably, China).

The AI “Everything Bubble” as Financial FictionThe hosts and guest dissect the AI boom not as a technological revolution, but as a desperate “hail-Mary” by monopoly capital. Because the system can no longer generate acceptable profit rates through ordinary productive activity, it must hype absurd, science-fiction-level fantasies to justify massive financial speculation. Much like the dot-com bubble or Reagan’s “Star Wars” initiative, the AI bubble is an attempt to artificially inflate asset values in a system that has abolished the market’s information-processing power without replacing it with rational, social planning.

Patient Capital vs. Predatory SpeculationA crucial distinction is made between the Anglo-American financial model and the German/Chinese model. While Western central banks and monopolies engage in short-term, predatory speculation that extracts wealth from the real economy, China utilizes a system of “patient capital.” By providing long-term, productive financing and treating advanced technologies like AI as international public goods (e.g., open-source models), China is actively shattering the Western monopoly capitalist grip on innovation.

Use Value Over Exchange ValueAt the heart of the discussion is the Marxist distinction between use value and exchange value. Capitalism’s chaotic chase for exchange value (profit) has led to ecological destruction, massive inequality, and the production of things nobody actually needs. Socialism, by contrast, is simply the rational, democratically planned apparatus of use value production—creating what society actually needs to thrive. China’s prioritization of use value in its technological development is presented as a major spanner in the works of global capital.

The Convergence of Global Class ConditionsAddressing the lack of visible communist organizing in the West, Radhika traces the intellectual and political failures of Western Marxism, particularly its reformist compromises and its refusal to take “actually existing socialism” seriously. However, she offers a materialist basis for hope: as imperial super-profits dry up and de-industrialization accelerates, the privileged buffer of the Western working class is evaporating. The material conditions of workers in the imperial core are now rapidly converging with those in the Global South, creating the objective conditions for a renewed, unified hunger for transformative change.

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References

DeepSeek Upends Silicon Valley’s Sci-Fin-Fi Business Model International Critical Thought, 2025

Lenin Was Right About the ‘Highest Stage’ of Capitalism World Marxist Review, 2025

Outlines of a geopolitical economy of Chinese socialism against US-led capitalist imperialism: a reply to 'China's development path, 1949-2022' (2023)

Capitalism, Coronavirus and War: A Geopolitical Economy Routledge, 2022

Patient Finance: Beijing’s Core Challenge to the Washington Consensus People’s China at 75: The Flag Stays Red, 2025

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Introduction & Material Support for Resistance in Gaza02:45 - Radhika Desai’s Academic and Political Journey to Marxism06:15 - Reclaiming “Political Economy” from Neoliberal Silos11:15 - The Terminal Decline of Capitalism Since 191414:30 - Monopoly Capitalism and the Illusion of Infinite Productivity20:15 - The Rising Global Hunger for Socialism (Even Without the Label)22:40 - The Abolition of the Market Without Planning: Central Banks and Index Funds26:40 - The AI Bubble: Where Science Fiction Meets Financial Fiction31:05 - Patient Capital vs. Predatory Anglo-American Speculation35:25 - China’s Open-Source AI as an International Public Good40:25 - Use Value Over Exchange Value: The Core of Socialist Planning44:35 - Capital as a Form of Artificial Intelligence48:05 - The Intellectual and Political Failures of Western Marxism53:20 - The Communist Party of China and the Pluripolar World55:45 - The Convergence of Western and Global South Working-Class Conditions

Support the ongoing mutual aid efforts mentioned in this episode by contributing to the fundraiser for Omar the Fisherman, the Sameer Project, Lifeline for Gaza, or the Gaza Municipality.

🛠️ Walk on Two Legs: Practice and Yapping

The Empire is terrified of material solidarity, which means it works. If they give you a tenure, you aren’t making a difference. If they shut down your fundraisers and censor your videos, you are hitting the nail on the head.

* Donate to Omar in Gaza, once a fisherman who lost his livelihood.

* Support Lifeline for Gaza (Direct, life-saving mutual aid).

* Support the Sameer Project (Set up a monthly donation to keep their comprehensive mutual aid networks running).

* Support the Gaza Municipality as it seeks to rebuild so essential infrastructure!

* 🔗 Make a monthly pledge to Free Palestine TV:

https://freepalestine.video/

Free Palestine. Swift and ever-swifter victories to the free peoples of the world and the resistance.

NB: Summary and timeline drafted with some automated pushback with help from Qwen AI

Follow Resistance is Fertile on Substack for unfiltered analysis and updates

Share this episode – narrative warfare is everyone’s fight

Palestinian-Run Mutual Aid (independent of the imperial NGO-military complex)

Help Gazans provide essential services to Gazans with the Sameer Project.

Contribute to the Abu Hureirah Network, launched by our friend Hamza to support mutual aid groups in Gaza and Sudan.

Or contribute to Benji’s Gaza fundraisers

For Omar and his family of seven: ⁠https://bit.ly/omargaza⁠

For Ibrahim, his wife, newborn baby and extended family! ⁠https://bit.ly/IbrahimGaza⁠

For a pregnant lady and her family: ⁠https://bit.ly/PregnantMotherGaza⁠

For Mustafa in North Gaza: ⁠https://bit.ly/MustafaGaza⁠

For Khaled and his six children: https://bit.ly/khaledinGaza

You can also support

Doctors against Genocide

Palestine Trauma Centre

RIF Linktree https://linktr.ee/resistanceisfertile

Thank you to everyone who tuned into our live video!

In Episode 95, hosts Benji, Indi, and Amy Yang return to the airwaves following yet another YouTube channel Nuking. Rather than viewing this as a setback, the team frames it as a badge of honor and a necessary consequence of refusing to play by the rules of “genocide-enabling” platforms. This episode is a wide-ranging, unapologetic exploration of guerrilla media, the hypocrisy of Western “free speech,” the material limits of social democracy, and the inevitable decline of the white imperial project.

Key Themes & Takeaways

The Guerrilla Broadcast and the Illusion of Western “Free Speech”The episode opens with a defiant stance on platform censorship. The hosts assert that complying with YouTube’s content moderation means normalizing genocide and sanitizing the truth about anti-colonial resistance. They contrast the intense censorship within the “belly of the beast” with the reality of the Global South, noting that in countries like China, Iran, Russia, and Sri Lanka, supporting groups like Hamas or Hezbollah is not only legal but widely accepted. The ban is framed not as a silencing, but as proof that their message is actively threatening to the imperial status quo.

The Agrarian Question and the Limits of Social DemocracyA significant portion of the discussion is dedicated to the recent Brazilian elections. While acknowledging Lula’s victory over Bolsonaro as a necessary block against fascism, the hosts critique the fundamental weakness of social democratic projects that fail to address the “agrarian question.” Drawing on the work of Bikram Gill, they contrast China’s revolutionary land reform—which granted collective sovereignty over land to the people—with India and Brazil, where land remains concentrated in the hands of a comprador bourgeoisie aligned with extractive imperial capital. Without confronting the ownership of the means of production and land, the hosts argue, social democracy merely paves the way for fascist resurgence.

Ibn Khaldun, Asabiyah, and the Decline of EmpireThe conversation turns to historical materialism and the 14th-century scholar Ibn Khaldun. The hosts apply his theory of asabiyah (group cohesion) to explain the cyclical rise and fall of political regimes. They argue that Western elites and Gulf state monarchies have entered their terminal “fourth or fifth generation” of decline, having lost their foundational cohesion to luxury, degeneration, and a reliance on imperial rent. This decline is currently manifesting in the West’s self-sabotaging anti-immigrant policies, which cut off the very labor and “energy source” required to maintain their societies, accelerating their collapse.

The Digital Frontline: Chinese Netizens and Imperial EquivalenceThe hosts celebrate the recent influx of Chinese netizens onto X (formerly Twitter), noting that they are bringing rigorous, well-researched Marxist and historical materialist analysis to counter Western propaganda. They highlight how these digital “shock troops” are effectively dismantling fabricated imperial narratives, such as the myth of a monolithic “Turkic” identity designed to divide China. The episode concludes with a sharp critique of the “neither Washington nor Beijing” trope, arguing that for those under the boot of empire, this false equivalence is a trap that plays directly into imperialist psychological warfare.

Episode Timeline

00:00:00 - Introduction & The Reality of the YouTube Ban00:03:37 - Material Support & The Mechanics of Platform Censorship00:08:35 - The Privilege and Danger of Speaking Truth to Power00:10:15 - The Global Totalitarian Empire vs. The Global Majority00:14:34 - The Myth of Western Free Speech and the Chinese Firewall00:17:27 - Why “Oppressive” Governments Are the West’s Best Friend00:21:44 - The Brazilian Election: Blocking Fascism, But Failing the Left00:27:38 - Elections as a Trojan Horse for Imperial Interference00:33:24 - Ibn Khaldun, Asabiyah, and the Generational Decline of Empires00:39:28 - The Agrarian Question: Why Land Reform is Non-Negotiable00:46:10 - State Ownership of Land: The Chinese Model vs. Western Abstractions00:51:39 - “Neither Washington Nor Beijing”: The Trap of Imperial Equivalence00:56:42 - The Arrival of the Chinese Netizen Shock Troops on X01:08:05 - The Self-Sabotage of the West: Anti-Immigration as Economic Suicide01:22:43 - Closing Remarks, Material Support, and Upcoming Episodes

Support the ongoing mutual aid efforts mentioned in this episode by contributing to the Sameer Project, Lifeline for Gaza, or the Gaza Municipality. To follow RIF Podcast and avoid platform bans, find us on Substack, Rumble, and X.

🛠️ Walk on Two Legs: Practice and Yapping

The Empire is terrified of material solidarity, which means it works. If they give you a tenure, you aren’t making a difference. If they shut down your fundraisers and censor your videos, you are hitting the nail on the head.

* Donate to Omar in Gaza, once a fisherman who lost his livelihood.

* Support Lifeline for Gaza (Direct, life-saving mutual aid).

* Support the Sameer Project (Set up a monthly donation to keep their comprehensive mutual aid networks running).

* Support the Gaza Municipality as it seeks to rebuild so essential infrastructure!

* 🔗 Make a monthly pledge to Free Palestine TV:

https://freepalestine.video/

Free Palestine. Swift and ever-swifter victories to the free peoples of the world and the resistance.

NB: Summary and timeline drafted with some automated pushback with help from Qwen AI

Follow Resistance is Fertile on Substack for unfiltered analysis and updates

Share this episode – narrative warfare is everyone’s fight

https://lifeline4gaza.com/

Palestinian-Run Mutual Aid (independent of the imperial NGO-military complex)

Help Gazans provide essential services to Gazans with the Sameer Project.

Contribute to the Abu Hureirah Network, launched by our friend Hamza to support mutual aid groups in Gaza and Sudan.

Or contribute to Benji’s Gaza fundraisers

For Omar and his family of seven: ⁠https://bit.ly/omargaza⁠

For Ibrahim, his wife, newborn baby and extended family! ⁠https://bit.ly/IbrahimGaza⁠

For a pregnant lady and her family: ⁠https://bit.ly/PregnantMotherGaza⁠

For Mustafa in North Gaza: ⁠https://bit.ly/MustafaGaza⁠

For Khaled and his six children: https://bit.ly/khaledinGaza

You can also support

Doctors against Genocide

Palestine Trauma Centre

RIF Linktree https://linktr.ee/resistanceisfertile

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As RIF gets once more banned from genocide-enabling YouTube for saying the truth about the resistance, we welcome Laith Marouf for a wide-ranging historical conversation.

In Episode 90 of the PsychLib series, cohosts Indi, Benji, and Amy welcome back Laith Marouf of Free Palestine TV for a sweeping historical and geopolitical analysis. Following recent coordinated suspensions of their accounts across major social media platforms, the episode opens with a discussion on the resilience of decentralized media and the ongoing material mutual aid efforts in Gaza.

From there, Laith takes the listeners on a profound journey through history, archaeology, and sociology to deconstruct the foundational myths of Western supremacy, the imperial tactics used to divide the Global South, and the inevitable collapse of the current unipolar order.

Key Themes & Takeaways

The Fabrication of “Europe” and the Psychology of EmpireLaith challenges the historical and mythological foundations of European identity, tracing the name “Europa” back to the Phoenician princess of Tyre (in modern-day Lebanon) from Greek mythology. He argues that Western civilization is built on a “psychosis” of cultural appropriation—looting the Levant, North Africa, and the broader Arab world to manufacture a cohesive identity. The discussion contrasts this with the historical reality of scarcity and communalism, highlighting how the harsh environments of the Arab desert bred radical hospitality and communal sharing, whereas European history fostered a scarcity mindset that manifests today in social isolation and hyper-individualism.

Decolonizing Race: Arabs, Africa, and Imperial Divide-and-ConquerAddressing a common imperialist talking point designed to fracture solidarity between Arabs and Sub-Saharan Africans, Laith dismantles the concept of an “Arab race.” He outlines the deep geographic, genetic, and historical ties between the Arabian Peninsula and Africa, referencing the ancient land bridge between Yemen and Somalia. By examining pre-Islamic poetry like the story of Antar and Abla, and the historical Zanj Rebellion, Laith illustrates that racialized chattel slavery as practiced in the Transatlantic trade was an anomaly in the region, and that historical Arab societies were deeply intertwined with the African continent.

Wahhabism, Colonialism, and the Geopolitics of CollapseThe conversation shifts to the modern Middle East, with Laith sharing personal anecdotes of cross-class solidarity among migrants and locals in Riyadh, contrasting it with the supremacist attitudes engineered by modern Gulf states. He traces the origins of Wahhabism not as a pure Islamic movement, but as a “religious banditry” cult born in the isolated Najd region, forged in an alliance with the Saud family, and ultimately backed by British intelligence (including St. John Philby) to serve imperial interests. Finally, Laith offers a geopolitical forecast on the decline of Western hegemony, analyzing the non-interventionist geographic destiny of China and the strategic imperatives of Russia, pointing toward a rapidly approaching multipolar reality.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Introduction and the Reality of Platform Bans10:00 - Mutual Aid in Gaza and the “Guerrilla” Distribution Strategy15:00 - The Mythological Origins of “Europa” and Cultural Appropriation20:00 - The Psychology of Scarcity vs. Desert Communalism28:00 - The Swedish Dinner Phenomenon and European Social Isolation33:00 - Imperial Tactics: The “Arab Slave Trade” Narrative39:00 - Deconstructing the “Arab Race” and Geographic Realities44:00 - Out of Africa: The Yemen-Somalia Land Bridge and Human Origins53:00 - Antar and Abla: Pre-Islamic Roots of Anti-Racism57:00 - The Zanj Rebellion and the Truth About Slavery in the Arab World01:01:00 - The Inevitable Decline of the Western Empire and Regional Proxies01:08:00 - Reclaiming African Identity: The Tectonic Plates of the Levant01:11:00 - Life in Riyadh: Migrant Solidarity vs. Colonial Segregation01:17:00 - The Origins of Wahhabism: Religious Banditry and British Intelligence01:28:00 - The Geopolitics of the Global South: China, Russia, and the Future

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The RIF team are joined by returning guest Mujamma Haraket, a researcher and writer, to discuss the life, intellectual background, and strategic vision of the late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, as well as the historical and operational context of the Tufan al-Aqsa operation.

Key Themes and Discussion Points

1. Context and Social Media Suspension

* The episode begins with the hosts making calls for financial donations to specific mutual aid projects and municipalities in Gaza.

* We ask Mujamma about the recent permanent suspension of his X (formerly Twitter) account. Mujamma speculates that the suspension may have been influenced by Saudi investors on the platform, as he had recently published translations of interviews and articles criticizing Saudi Arabia’s arrest of Hamas members and highlighting tensions between Saudi Arabia and the “axis of resistance.” He also mentioned receiving an anonymous offer to sponsor research aimed at sowing division within resistance factions, which he rejected.

2. Biographical Background of Yahya Sinwar

* Mujamma provides a biographical overview of Sinwar, noting he was born in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in 1962 to a family displaced from Al-Majdal (Ashkelon).

* During his youth, Sinwar became involved in the Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood and student activism at the Islamic University of Gaza, where he studied Arabic literature. He became close to Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and held leadership roles in student councils and debate clubs.

* In the early 1980s, Sinwar became involved in Al-Majd, a security apparatus initially created to identify and deal with collaborators. This organization later evolved into the security and intelligence wing of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Sinwar was arrested multiple times by Israeli authorities, and during his imprisonment, he reportedly organized hunger strikes to demand better detention conditions and access to education.

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3. Intellectual Influences and Internal Hamas Dynamics

* The hosts and guest discuss Sinwar’s intellectual profile, noting reports that he frequently quoted anti-colonial thinkers like Frantz Fanon and Malcolm X in private meetings.

* Mujamma argues that Sinwar actively built bridges with secular, leftist Palestinian factions (such as the PFLP-GC of Ahmed Jibril) and rejects the notion that this strain of political Islam is inherently incompatible with Marxist or anti-imperialist ideologies.

* The discussion also touches on internal Hamas dynamics, distinguishing between the historically more pragmatic, diaspora-based political leadership (e.g., Khaled Meshaal) and the Gaza-based leadership (e.g., Mahmoud al-Zahar and Yahya Sinwar), which Mujamma characterizes as more strictly aligned with the broader “axis of resistance” (including Iran and Hezbollah).

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4. October 7 Preparations and Counterintelligence

* Addressing reports (such as the “Jericho Wall” document) that Israeli intelligence had forewarning of the October 7 attack, Mujamma argues that Hamas engaged in extensive strategic deception to feign containment.

* He presents how in the years leading up to the attack, Sinwar publicly dissolved the elite Nukba forces, curtailed the activities of the Qassam Brigades’ military council, and refrained from joining Palestinian Islamic Jihad in skirmishes with Israel.

* Mujamma also describes how Hamas conducted large-scale, public military drills (such as “Mighty Pillar 4”) and utilized a paraglider training company as a front to train operatives, arguing these actions were designed to give the impression of transparency and a lack of covert planning. He also disputes narratives suggesting a “stand-down” order was given to Israeli forces on October 7, bringing crucial counter-evidence into the conversation.

5. Strategic Vision and Regional Impact

* Benji asks whether Sinwar intended for the October 7 operation to trigger a broader, world-historical shift against Western imperialism.

* Mujamma cites interviews with Hamas officials and internal documents, suggesting that while the operation may not have been designed to micromanage every subsequent regional event, it was intended to break the existing “rules of the game” (deterrence-based skirmishes) and force a major strategic realignment.

* He references a 2022 letter from Sinwar outlining scenarios for a “major strategic campaign” that would involve coordination with Hezbollah and other regional actors, arguing that the operation accelerated pre-existing regional tensions rather than creating them from scratch.

6. Recommended Literature

* The episode concludes with Mujamma recommending several academic and historical texts for those seeking to understand Hamas’s history and political thought, including works by scholars Khaled Hroub, Azzam Tamimi, Leila Seurat, and a doctoral dissertation by José Vericat.

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Welcome to Episode 88 of the PsychLib series. In this episode, co-hosts Benji, Amy, and Indi welcome first-time guest Felix Marquardt for a sprawling, deeply insightful conversation on the intersections of psychological trauma, addiction, and Western imperialism.

Benji opens the show with a crucial call to action for material solidarity with Gaza, highlighting verified fundraisers including Fatima and children, the Samia Project, and the Gaza Municipality, reminding listeners that true resistance requires material support, not just rhetoric.

The conversation then shifts to Felix Marquardt, who shares his profound personal journey. Raised in a privileged “North Atlantic” bubble between Paris and New York, Felix recounts his 25-year battle with severe drug addiction and his eventual work for the corporate and political elite. He explains how his existential crisis and near-death experience led him to Islam, recovery, and a radical anti-imperialist political awakening. Felix argues that the sociopathy of the Zionist regime and the broader Western empire is deeply rooted in unhealed, intergenerational trauma and a collective addiction to the “moral high ground.”

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The hosts and Felix dissect the current political climate in France. They critique the reformist nature of La France Insoumise and the European “extreme center,” contrasting the cowardice of the political elite with the heroism of French youth who are taking to the streets with Palestinian keffiyehs. Drawing on Frantz Fanon, Indi and Felix emphasize that a true revolution cannot merely switch seats in the first-class carriage of the imperial baggage train; it must turn the entire train around.

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Finally, the episode explores the cosmopolitan solidarity of the French banlieues, the demographic realities forcing Europe to look toward the Mediterranean and Africa, and the psychological mechanisms the West uses to sell genocide. The show closes with a shoutout to the brilliant Iranian “Lego” propaganda creators and a final reminder that every dollar counts for the survival of Gaza.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Introduction & Material Aid for Gaza05:42 - Guest Intro: Felix Marquardt’s Journey from Addiction to Liberation12:45 - The French Context: Revolution vs. Bourgeois Revolt16:47 - The Geopolitics of Addiction and Intergenerational Trauma25:03 - Recovery as a Political Act: Inner Child and the West28:59 - Consumerist Culture and the Addiction to Greed31:24 - European Arrogance and the “Moral Übermensch”38:41 - Critiquing La France Insoumise and the French Deep State48:47 - Europe’s Demographic Decline and the Mediterranean Imperative51:28 - Frantz Fanon: Decolonization and the Imperial Baggage Train57:14 - The French Youth and the Rejection of Imperial Propaganda01:03:17 - The Imperial Core, Stolen Land, and the “Nice” Individual01:12:17 - The Mechanics of Selling Genocide and Western Gaslighting01:28:49 - Extreme Centrist Fascism and Europe as a Vassal State01:33:57 - Street Culture: Solidarity Between Immigrants and the Working Class

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The Empire is terrified of material solidarity, which means it works. If they give you a tenure, you aren’t making a difference. If they shut down your fundraisers and censor your videos, you are hitting the nail on the head.

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For a pregnant lady and her family: ⁠https://bit.ly/PregnantMotherGaza⁠

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In this episode of the RIFT Podcast, we dive deep into the explosive political climate shaking the imperial core, asking the critical question: are we witnessing a mere revolt, or the dawn of a revolution?

We begin with an urgent, heartfelt appeal for material solidarity with Gaza. As winter sets in and the threat of starvation looms over our siblings in Palestine, the need for consistent, monthly financial support has never been more desperate.

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From there, the conversation shifts to the streets of France. Benji unpacks the historical and philosophical roots of the current unrest, tracing the tension between France’s universalist promises of “radical equality” and its dark history of the “racial pact” and colonialism. Today, a new generation—fueled by the decolonial movements of the banlieues and armed with Palestinian flags—is rejecting the neoliberal gutting of their society. With high school students leading the charge and the concept of a “New France” taking shape, the state is responding with savage repression, exposing a deeply pre-revolutionary situation.

Indi brings vital insights from the Global South, drawing parallels between the current European energy crisis and the power cuts that toppled the government in Sri Lanka. The empire is suffocating under the weight of its own contradictions, diesel shortages, and the loss of its policy flexibility. Meanwhile, Amy highlights how these internal fractures in the imperial core provide crucial breathing room for the Third World and the Sahel to shake off French neocolonialism.

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Finally, we touch upon the anti-corruption uprisings in Albania and the steadfast, miraculous resistance of Yemen against the Saudi-imperialist war machine. The empire is dissolving from the edges inward, and the fires being lit in the streets of Europe are a testament to a world that is finally becoming ungovernable.

Timeline

00:00:00 - Introduction and Urgent Appeals for Gaza00:07:04 - Imperial Crisis, Colonial Capitalism, and Cartesian Dualism00:14:02 - The French State, The Nation, and the 1789 Revolution00:23:21 - The Tension Between Radical Equality and the Racial Pact00:30:35 - Macron’s Neoliberalism and the Gutting of Public Services00:37:10 - The Spark: Student Revolts, Mayotte, and Suburban Uprisings00:42:43 - October 7th, Palestine, and the Decolonial Consciousness00:47:23 - Mélenchon, France Insoumise, and the Concept of “New France”00:51:44 - A Pre-Revolutionary Situation and the Threat of Fascism01:01:00 - Lessons from Sri Lanka: Energy Shortages and Regime Collapse01:11:16 - The Media Blackout and the Need for Revolutionary Organization01:20:15 - The Dying Empire: Diesel Shortages and Ungovernable Core States01:29:29 - The Dissipation of Imperial Power Through Brute Force01:34:00 - Revolts in the Provinces: Albania, The Sahel, and Europe01:38:43 - Yemen’s Steadfast Resistance and Closing Thoughts

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The Empire is terrified of material solidarity, which means it works. If they give you a tenure, you aren’t making a difference. If they shut down your fundraisers and censor your videos, you are hitting the nail on the head.

* Donate to Fatima in Gaza, the mother of three young children.

* Support Lifeline for Gaza (Direct, life-saving mutual aid).

* Support the Sameer Project (Set up a monthly donation to keep their comprehensive mutual aid networks running).

* Support the Gaza Municipality as it seeks to rebuild so essential infrastructure!

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For Omar and his family of seven: ⁠https://bit.ly/omargaza⁠

For Ibrahim, his wife, newborn baby and extended family! ⁠https://bit.ly/IbrahimGaza⁠

For a pregnant lady and her family: ⁠https://bit.ly/PregnantMotherGaza⁠

For Mustafa in North Gaza: ⁠https://bit.ly/MustafaGaza⁠

For Khaled and his six children: https://bit.ly/khaledinGaza

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In this episode, co-hosts Benji (libérationpsy), Sister Amy, and Brother Indy gather to discuss the terminal decline of the White Empire, the illusions of Western commentary, and the strategic realities of the current multipolar world. Although Brother Leith was unable to join due to connection issues, the trio dives deep into the material conditions of imperial collapse and the vital role of psychological support for those resisting from within the “belly of the beast.”

Episode Summary

Material Support Over “Yapping”The episode opens with a crucial reminder about the nature of solidarity. Benji highlights the podcast’s ongoing Gaza fundraising efforts, emphasizing that material support—even as little as $1—is a necessary act of alignment with the resistance. The hosts stress that in an era of intense psychological warfare, tangible action is the antidote to the paralysis of “genocidal imperialist realism.”

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The Irrelevance of Western OpinionA major theme of the discussion is the tendency of Western commentators to overestimate the power of their own opinions. Indi and Benji argue that anti-imperialists in the West must recognize their actual place: they are in the “baggage train” of the resistance, not the vanguard. The hosts dismantle the binary of “defeatism vs. triumphalism,” arguing instead for a dialectical materialist understanding of the Empire’s collapse. The collapse is not a matter of wishful thinking; it is visible in material indicators like US military setbacks in the Persian Gulf, global energy shortages, and the atrophy of the Western workforce and education systems.

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Sovereignty and the Chinese QuestionThe conversation shifts to a rigorous definition of sovereignty—requiring both monetary and military control. Benji and Indi defend China’s strategic, dialectical choice to integrate into the imperialist world system to develop its productive forces. They push back against liberal, moralizing criticisms of China’s foreign policy regarding Palestine, highlighting China’s principled, non-hegemonic stance. Unlike Western “economic hit men,” China focuses on building infrastructure and productive forces in the Global South, while prioritizing the stability and development of its own 1.4 billion people to avoid a catastrophic direct conflict with the US.

The Role of Psychological SupportUltimately, the hosts clarify the mission of the podcast: to provide psychological sustenance for those waking up to the life-extinguishing nature of the Empire. By fighting defeatism and grounding analysis in material reality, the podcast aims to nurture the spirit of resistance, proving that while the Empire is in terminal decline, the fight for a multipolar, sovereign world is a long, strategic haul.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Opening Fundraisers and the Necessity of Material Support for Gaza09:15 - New Podcast Launches and the Reality of Platform Censorship13:40 - Tracing the Historical Timeline and Roots of the White Empire17:30 - Navigating Defeatism and Triumphalism in Anti-Imperialist Analysis25:40 - The Podcast’s Mission: Psychological Support Against Imperial Realism31:20 - The Strategic Management of Imperial Collapse to Avoid Nuclear War36:20 - The Limits of Western Opinion and the “Baggage Train” of Resistance42:30 - The Atrophy of the Western Ruling Class and the Commodification of Education49:15 - The Empire’s AI Fantasy and the Contradictions of Capitalist Productive Forces52:00 - Defining True Sovereignty: Monetary and Military Control58:30 - Material Evidence of US Military and Economic Fragility1:08:20 - China’s Dialectical Choice: Integrating to Develop Productive Forces1:16:30 - Rejecting Liberal Criticisms of China’s Foreign Policy1:21:00 - China’s Pragmatism, Self-Preservation, and the Maintenance of Global Stability1:25:00 - Final Fundraising Push and Teasing the French Revolution Episode

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The Empire is terrified of material solidarity, which means it works. If they give you a tenure, you aren’t making a difference. If they shut down your fundraisers and censor your videos, you are hitting the nail on the head.

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Palestinian-Run Mutual Aid (independent of the imperial NGO-military complex)

Help Gazans provide essential services to Gazans with the Sameer Project.

Contribute to the Abu Hureirah Network, launched by our friend Hamza to support mutual aid groups in Gaza and Sudan.

Or contribute to Benji’s Gaza fundraisers

For Omar and his family of seven: ⁠https://bit.ly/omargaza⁠

For Ibrahim, his wife, newborn baby and extended family! ⁠https://bit.ly/IbrahimGaza⁠

For a pregnant lady and her family: ⁠https://bit.ly/PregnantMotherGaza⁠

For Mustafa in North Gaza: ⁠https://bit.ly/MustafaGaza⁠

For Khaled and his six children: https://bit.ly/khaledinGaza

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