Dr. Ussama Makdisi (@UssamaMakdisi) is Professor of History and Chancellor's Chair at the University of California, Berkeley. He is co-host of the newly-launched podcast, Makidisi Street,   Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast  

The anachronism of Zionism w/ Ussama Makdisi

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An extra large helping of Tankie Therapy featuring a big crowd of patients crammed together on the digital couch: Nora, Rob, Mikey, Arama, Justin, Alex, Joe, and Sina chaotically trying to host. We discussed the very irrational response on the part of the university administrators across the West to the encampments in solidarity with Palestinians sprouting up at dozens of schools.  Watch the video edition on the East is a Podcast YouTube channel   Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast     

Tankie Group Therapy #14: Too much democracy!

Guest host and writer Amal Nura (@amaalnuura) interviews Aziz Faarah (@azizfaarah), independent archivist and collector of Somali artifacts. They discuss his auction adventures and encounters with vendors including one who spent a few weeks in Somali jails in the 1970s https://twitter.com/azizfaarah/status/1736547727821943090.   Their conversation touches on the value of material culture, the museum as a colonial invention and Aziz’s mission to reclaim and repatriate pieces to Somalis in the Horn of Africa and across the diaspora. To read more and get a glimpse into Aziz’s collection:  https://africasacountry.com/2024/04/buying-back-our-things   Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast   Check out the Anti-Imperialist Archive https://feeds.libsyn.com/437079/rss

Buying Back Our Things: One Man’s Mission to Reclaim Somali Material Culture w/ Aziz Faarah

Rana Barakat is associate professor of history at Birzeit University in Palestine and director of the BZU Museum (@bzu.museum). Abduljawad Omar (@HHamayel2) is a lecturer at Birzeit University.    Check out the article, "The parallel human: Walid Daqqah on the 1948 Palestinian political prisoners" by Abdul-Rahim Al-Shaikh An archive of Walid Daqqa's writings https://shorturl.at/hyzQX Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast   Check out the  Anti-Imperialist Archive https://feeds.libsyn.com/437079/rss

The Martyrdom of Walid Daqqa w/ Rana Barakat and Abdaljawad Omar

On Day 191 the tankie therapy group convenes (Joe Emersberger (@rosendo_joe), Rob Rousseau (@robrousseau), Mikey Inouye (@karaokecomputer), Sina Rahmani (@UrOrientalist), Alex Aviña (@Alexander_Avina) but for an analytical discussion about Iran's missiles hitting Israeli airbases the day before. A summary of what happened, a media roundup, Jordan's role, the new equation, and more. Watch  this episode on Justin's YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast Check out the  Anti-Imperialist Archive https://feeds.libsyn.com/437079/rss

Tankie Group Therapy #13: We consider the matter closed

Investigative journalist William Van Wagenen (@WVanwagenen) from The Cradle returns to the podcast to discuss his deep dive into what really happened on Oct 7th. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/PP7ZBzTJFmU  Check out the article, "What Really Happened on October 7?"  https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/what-really-happened-on-october-7/?feed_id=11264&_unique_id=65d3514b9b6fe   Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast   Check out the  Anti-Imperialist Archive https://feeds.libsyn.com/437079/rss

The anachronism of Zionism w/ Ussama Makdisi

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