#ukraine #russia #putin #warinukraine #blackdiplomats #ukrainianhistory #history #harvard 

Terrell J. Starr spoke with Havard Professor of Ukrainian History Serhii Plokhii about Putin’s obsession with fake Ukrainian history, Ukrainian resistance against Russian colonialism, Stepan Bandara, fighting Kremlin disinformation and more.

Host: Terrell Jermaine Starr

Guest: Serhii Plokhii

Producer: Mike Hull

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00:00: Welcome

03:15: Mental Health Check-In

10:40: Teaching Ukrainian History At Harvard 

15:32: Putin's Fake Ukrainian History

20:08: Similarities between Putin and Trump

26:00: Ukrainian Resistance Against USSR

31:40: Stepan Bandera 

43:40: Russification Of Ukraine

49:20: How 2014/2022 Invasions Changed Ukraine

#crimea #crimeantatars #ukraine #russia #ukrainianhistory #history

Terrell spoke with Tamila Tasheva, the Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea about liberating Crimea, human rights violations on the peninsula, Crimean history and what people get wrong about what’s happening there. 

Host: Terrell Jermaine Starr

Guest: Tamila Tasheva

Producer: Mike Hull

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Time Stamps

00:00:Welcome

00:51: Mental Health

02:28: Who are Crimean Tatars?

05:15: How Ukraine Monitors Crimea During Occupation 

14:14: Human Rights Violations Against Crimean Tatars

19:40: Disinformation Over Crimea

28:38: What Happens To Transferred Russians In Liberated Crimea 

31:25: Why Khrushchev Transferred Crimea To Ukraine

35:28: Crimean Liberation Will Happen

41:50: Message To House Speaker Mike Johnson

#ukraine #russia #putin #zelensky #warinukraine #blackdiplomats

Terrell J. Starr spoke with Ukrainian security expert Maria Avdeeva about Russia’s ongoing missile attacks against civilian targets, Germany’s reluctance to send Taurus missiles, why Russia doesn’t want peace, her own work documenting war crimes and so much more.

Host: Terrell Jermaine Starr

Guest:. Maria Adveeva

Producer: Mike Hull

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00:00: Welcome

01:30: Mental Health Check-In

07:30: Why Russia Targets Civilians

10:35: Russia Doesn't Want Peace

23:14: Attacks On Ukrainian Energy System 

27:20: Why Ukraine Won't Stop Fighting 

32:40: Ukrainian Military Surprised The World

46:10 Why Germany Won't Provide Taurus Missiles 

58:20: Russian Opposition

01:04:34: Documenting War Crimes

#ukraine #blackdiplomats #foreignpolicy #un #unitednations #nobelprize 

Terrell Jermaine Starr speaks with Ukraine’s first Nobel Peace Prize Winner Oleksandra Matviichuk about her work as a war crimes documentor, the broken United Nations system, why it’s not possible to have peace with Russia and building solidarity with Africans and Palestinians. 

Host: Terrell Jermaine Starr

Guest:. Oleksandra Matviichuk 

Producer: Mike Hull

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00:00: Welcome

01:22: Mental Health Check-In

02:43: Path to Nobel Prize

09:09: Putin's Genocide Against Ukraine

12:55: Hopes For Palestinian and Ukrainian Solidarity

22:00: Making "Peace" With Russia

25:00: Maidan CIA Coup Myth 

27:28: Ukraine's Democracy Since 2014

I spoke with Christopher Shell and Nola Haynes about Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats, why Black people should care about foreign policy, Andrew Tate’s arrest, uncommitted voter movement and more.

Host: Terrell Jermaine Starr

Guests: Christopher Shell is a fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Nola Haynes is a national security and foreign affairs analyst. 

Producer: Mike Hull

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Time stamps:

00:00: Welcome

01:48: Mental Health Check-In

05:55: Putin's Latest Nuclear Strike Threat 

15:20: Black People and Foreign Policy

32:36: Biden's Response To Gaza

44:04: Romania To Extradite Andrew Tate To UK

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZY3_2uQzzrU

#ukraine #russianinvasion #foreignpolicy #trump #nato

This week, Terrell Starr and Ukrainian journalist Olga Tokariuk discuss how Ukrainians are reacting to the possibility of Trump winning the U.S. election, her curiosity over Black support for Trump, NATO’s relationship with its Eastern European members and her trip to South Africa that convinced her Ukraine needs to build solidarity ties with Africa. 

Host: Terrell Jermaine Starr

Guest: Olga Tokariuk 

Producer: Mike Hull

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00:00: Welcome

00:50: Mental Health Check-In

09:22: Ukraine and the 2024 Presidential Election

27:00: How Ukrainians Can Build Solidarity With Africa

43:36: Trump and Black Support

Terrell J. Starr and guest Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon discuss the second year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the African students who faced discrimination while fleeing the war, House Speaker’s Mike Johnson’s refusal to bring the U.S. Senate’s bill to the floor for a vote, how MAGA’s racism is blocking Ukraine military aid and Alexei Navalny’s death.

Host: Terrell J. Starr

Guest: Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon (Book her here)

Producer: Mike Hull

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Time Stamps

00:00: Welcome

03:32: Mental Health Check-in

04:08: Two-Year Mark of SECOND Russian Invasion of Ukraine

08:57: African Students Who Fled the War 

23:25: Mike Johnson Refuses Vote on Ukraine Aid

44:20: Navalny’s Death

How stalled U.S. aid for Ukraine exemplifies GOP’s softening stance on Russia (PBS)

Foreign students fled Ukraine as war broke out. Some remain in limbo, while others fear deportation (CNN)

More than 14 million people fled homes in Ukraine since Russia invasion: UN (Al Jazeera)

Navalny's body returned to mother, spokeswoman says (BBC)

Greetings, everyone.  

This week, I was a guest on Andrea Chalupa’s Gaslit Nation podcast, where we discussed Alexei Navalny’s death and how we should all be reflecting on it. 

This recording is from her most recent episode. 

We also talked about how New York State Attorney General Tish James and Fulton County  District Attorney Fani Willis are defending American democracy from Donald Trump’s attacks on our democratic institutions. 

Thanks for listening!

Show notes:

DEFIANT Fani Willis HITS BACK At Misconduct Claims In HEATED Testimony: ‘IT IS A LIE!’--Roland Martin Unfiltered (YouTube)

Fani Willis’ testimony evokes long-standing frustrations for Black women leaders (AP)

What we know about Alexei Navalny's death in Arctic prison (Reuters)

Body of Alexei Navalny to be held for two weeks for 'chemical analysis', family told (BBC)

We need to have a talk about Alexei Navalny (The Washington Post)

This week, we’re replaying our May 10 show about Palestine. We’re pretty sure you’re aware of the terrorist attacks Hamas committed against Israeli civilians October 7 and Israel’s response. What is making matters worse is the massive disinformation that is going around on social media. Twitter is a cesspool of disinformation, where even the best and most seasoned reporters are being tripped up by false accounts and videos.

Black Diplomats wants to fight against the disinformation by resurfacing the May 10 episode we aired about Palestine.

It features Palestinian human rights lawyer Diana Buttu and independent journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous. We were talking about the then one-year anniversary of Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing, but we got into Israel’s apartheid government and why the West tolerates it.

We hope this will add some much-needed context about what’s happening now. Thank you for listening and please stay safe.

News articles:

A timeline of Israel and Palestine’s complicated history (VOX)

The fifth and final episode of “Liberating Iran” features Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda. She talks about being Black in Iran and the racism she and other Black Iranians face under Tehran’s brutal theocracy. This episode is one of the few pieces of reporting that deals with the lives of Black Iranians in any meaningful way. 

There is pretty much no reporting on Black Iranians, but this episode does address some aspects of how they are experiencing the uprisings in Iran.

You can learn more about Priscillia’s work at the Collective for Black Iranians, which may very well be the only place where you can learn about Black Iranians. 

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