The Left Lens with Danny Haiphong

Anti-Asian racism is on the rise in the United States and the West and has been discussed most frequently in the aftermath of the murder of six women of Asian descent in Atlanta on March 16th. However, the roots for anti-Asian racism have been entirely left out of the mainstream discourse on the issue.   On this episode of The Internationalist Transmission, Danny Haiphong is joined by Invent the Future's Carlos Martinez and a panel of Chinese and Asian diaspora activists and political analysts to connect the dots between the history of anti-Asian racism and present day U.S. aggression toward China.  GUESTS:  Carl Zha Xiangyu Amanda Yee  Qiao Collective Sheila Xiao

Pan-Africanism and Black Radicalism are key pillars in the ongoing struggle for liberation. Abdushshahid and Jacqueline Luqman of Luqman Nation and the newly formed Black Power Media join The Left Lens to bring unapologetic truth from a Pan-Africanist perspective as we analyze the numerous lies obscuring the crises facing U.S. imperialism in the Biden era.  About Luqman Nation: The Luqmans are DC-based podcasters, activists, and writers bringing information to the neglected masses of the divinely Melanated, unapologetically.

For more than seventy years, the struggle against Zionism and for self-determination for the Palestinian people has become a global struggle and is hotly debated in all corners of the planet.  Co-founder of The Electronic Intifada and author of The Battle for Justice in Palestine Ali Abunimah joins The Internationalist Transmission to discuss the global significance of Palestine's freedom struggle and its connections to the larger struggle for justice and peace everywhere.

The United States celebrates Black History Month every February but does so with little regard to the Black Radical Tradition for social justice and liberation. Dr. Cornel West joins co-hosts Margaret Kimberley and Danny Haiphong to discuss key aspects of the Black Radical Tradition and their relevance to the current situation confronting Black Americans and the rest of humanity both in the U.S. and around the world.  Dr. Cornel West is a public intellectual and professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard University. He is author of more than twenty books including the acclaimed works "Race Matters" and Democracy Matters. Dr. West co-hosts the Tight Rope Podcast with Tricia Rose.

Luna Oi discusses why Vietnam can teach us lessons into the fight for peace and internationalism in the U.S. and West.

More than forty-five years ago, the people of Vietnam achieved a monumental victory against imperialism by defeating the United States after several decades of long struggle with several colonial powers. Luna Oi joins The Left Lens' new feature program, The Internationalist Transmission, to discuss with Danny Haiphong what the world can learn from Vietnam's struggle for liberation and how it informs the present day situation from an internationalist perspective.  Luna Oi is a communist YouTuber from Vietnam. She runs the YouTube Channel Luna Oi! which focuses on helping international audiences particularly in the U.S. and West understand the history and political development of her homeland.   The Internationalist Transmission features interviews with scholars, activists, and organizers who are on the frontlines of building a truly internationalist world defined by solidarity among nations and an end to imperialist wars of aggression.

Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly joined the Left Lens Live to discuss her work on Racial Capitalism, anti-communism, and what we can learn from the socialist tradition in the Black movement. In this segment, Burden-Stelly outlines the history of red-baiting directed at the Black Left and why it matters to Black Lives in this moment of crisis and endless austerity

2020 has been a living embodiment of what Malcolm X called "the American Nightmare" for majorities of humanity. Dr. Charisse Buden-Stelly joins The Left Lens live to discuss the nightmarish conditions oppressed peoples face in 2020 and the necessity of Black socialism in addressing them.  Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly is the 2020-2021 Visiting Scholar in the Race and Capitalism Project at the University of Chicago. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science at Carleton College. A scholar of political theory, political economy, and intellectual history, Dr. Burden-Stelly is the co-author, with Dr. Gerald Horne, of W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life in American History.

Left Lens Co-Hosts Margaret Kimberley and Danny Haiphong join you live to discuss the Obama legacy and its continued impact on the struggle for peace, justice, and liberation.

What does the presidential election say about the United States and its political and economic system? Left Lens Co-hosts Margaret Kimberley and Danny Haiphong react to the closing weeks of the 2020 election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.   NOTE: Joe Biden was not yet the president-elect when this video was being recorded.