Journal of International Solidarity
A podcast that explores current affairs and history relating to imperialism, the global south, gender, political economy, and people-to-people ties
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India's Youth Revolts Against Modi Regime, BRICS in New Delhi (w/ Jyotishman Mudiar) (opens the original)
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In this episode, Jyotishman Mudiar and I discuss the recent student protests in India and the underlying material concerns behind them, as well as the strength of Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the state of the opposition and left forces in response to it. We also looked at the history of India’s solidarity with the Third World and of Palestine in particular, as well as some of the contradictions contained within that tradition. Finally, we look at India’s recent moves to draw closer t
Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism in Africa (w/ David Hundeyin) (opens the original)
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In this episode, I sat down with David Hundeyin to unpack the historical and contemporary quest for African sovereignty against imperialist domination. We began by examining the longue-durée impact of Western capitalism, colonialism, and the slave trade on Africa's systemic underdevelopment. We then shifted to contemporary issues and looked at how the US is weaponizing health aid to try to poach Africans’ healthcare related data. We also explored the legacy of both sovereignty and neocolonialism
Russia in a Multipolar World: Imperialism or Anti-Imperialism? (w/ Socialista Champagne) (opens the original)
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In this episode, I have Isabella Aidar on the podcast to discuss Russia and the Russia-Ukraine war through an anti-imperialist and socialist lens. We began our conversation by examining Europe’s economic self-sabotage and its elites' complicity in prolonging the conflict to serve US geopolitical hegemony. We then traced the deeper structural roots of the war beyond the mainstream narrative that history started in 2022. We also deconstructed the false liberal equivalence between Ukraine and Pales
Is Canada Standing Up to US-led Imperialism? (w/ Yves Engler & Jasmine Peardon) (opens the original)
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In this episode, I speak with Jasmine Peardon and Yves Engler from Capitalism Can’t Be Fixed, which is a socialist and anti-imperialist formation in Canada seeking social transformation. Later this month, Capitalism Can’t Be Fixed is organizing two important actions to counter Mark Carney’s corporate agenda, which we get further into toward the end of the discussion. Otherwise, we discussed the state of Canadian politics since Carney has come to power and the rightward turn his government has ta
The Dialectics of Chinese Labor: Are Chinese Labor Unions More Effective than Western Unions? (w/ Immanuel Ness) (opens the original)
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In this episode, we discuss how China’s official trade union federation — the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (the ACFTU) — has been remarkably successful in organizing the working class in China and in boosting the conditions and wages of the working class. We discuss the connection between the ACFTU and the Communist Party of China, how the ACFTU has been able to successfully manage large-scale internal labour migration, how it’s successfully unionized digital platform gig workers, how AI
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