The East is a Podcast

Guest hosted by Paris Yeros Grasian Mkodzongi @Hondo1973 is a researcher whose work is focused on the political economy of land and natural resources in the Southern African sub-region. Richard R Runyararo @VaMahomva is a political scientist and Executive Coordinator of Leaders for Africa Network (LAN). Freedom Mawzi @FreedomMazwi is researcher at SMAIAS; his research is focused on political economy of land and agricultural financing. Paris Yeros is Professor at the Federal University of ABC (UFABC) in São Paulo, Brazil, Editor of Agrarian South, Research Associate of Sam Moyo African Institute for Agrarian Studies (SMAIAS) in Zimbabwe, and Coordinator of Novo Bandung Study Group at UFABC, the host of this conversation.

Ashok Kumar is Lecturer in International Political at Birkbeck and author of Monopsony Capitalism: Power and Production in Twilight of the Sweatshop Age (2020) Please consider supporting the show and help me hit my goal of $1500 a month. I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

Exploring the complexities of the overthrow of communism, historical repression under communist regimes, challenges faced in socialist countries, Eastern European perspectives on post-communism, transitioning to a free market system, human behavior and preferences, reflections on Marxism, rewriting history from communism to fascism, and creativity under Marxism.

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Justin Kaliebe is an incarcerated survivor of the so-called War on Terror, as one of 433 currently incarcerated or detained people charged with terrorism-related charges post 9/11 (according to the Intercept). The so-called War on Terror was a two-front assault on Muslims and those racialized as 'other' both within the US's colonial borders and western Asia. "Please write to Just at: Justin Kaliebe #81912-053 FCI Jesup 2680 301 South Jesup, GA 31599 You can follow #PrisonsKill on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/prisonskill You can read "#PrisonsKill" by Justin Kaliebe here - https://prisonskill.wordpress.com/2020/10/07/prisonskill/ You can read "Homegrown" by Justin Kaliebe here- https://prisonskill.wordpress.com/2020/10/09/homegrown/ You can read the whole catalog of #PrisonsKill pieces here- https://prisonskill.wordpress.com/

Two speeches given by Evo Morales at the UN in 2018 and 2019 respectively. Music

From our friends at the Decolonized Buffalo Podcast: In this episode we speak to Satine about the current situation in the Armenia – Azerbaijan conflict, and the history which led to the current conflict. armeniafund.org Intro Music: Armenian War Dance Yarkhushta

An excerpt from a recent episode of Justin Podur's fantastic podcast, The Anti Empire Project. If you like my show you will probably enjoy Justin's! https://podur.org/2020/10/10/civilizations-20a-1857-indias-war-of-independence-pt1/

Ben Norton is a journalist and writer with the Grayzone. Check out his article on the recent leaks. Please consider supporting the show and help me hit my goal of $1500 a month. I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

Seymour Hersh is one of the most respected and trusted investigative journalists in the US. However, he has all but disappeared from mainstream news venues for the last few years. A big reason for this is his refusal to accept the media hysteria around Syria and chemical weapons. I have compiled a series of clips from various interviews he gave on the question beginning in 2013 and through 2017.