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Cadre Journal
The Cadre Journal is a student-run podcast and journal group focused on Interviews and Discussions on Third Worldism, Communism, Anti-Imperialism, and more, featuring original interviews with Communist/Socialist Parties from the Global South.
Why are we supporting the PCCO (Congolese Communist Party)'s call for solidarity with Professor Giscard Loando? Watch here to learn more about the details about this neocolonial attack on communists in the Congo. This is part of our ongoing solidarity work with the Communist resistance in the Congo.
To read more: https://pcco.info/accueil/aux-amis-de-professeur-giscard-loando-bakombo
To contribute, click here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-congolese-professor-giscard-loando?qid=304abafe65ff7ddcb1ca12b8cdc23711
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The Global South countries face extremely unfair trade when engaging with the Global North, because the West charges high prices for their products and the rest of the world is left with low remuneration due to their low wages. This creates an unequal exchange and low terms of trade for the Global South. This situation has attempted to be reversed by many proposals from the Non-Aligned Movement and New International Economic Order, but one unique solution has been proposed by Arghiri Emmanuel: a tax on exports. This could bring the equilibrium price of the Global South's products up, and lower the costs for their products. It's a solution worth exploring to address the inequality the Global South faces. For more: https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/sovereign-africahttps://www.prisoncensorship.info/archive/books/Economics/UnequalExchange_ArghiriEmmanuel.pdf
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Torkil joins us to discuss the intellectual and political history of the theories of Unequal Exchange and Dependency Theory, and how these apply within the context of neoliberal globalization.
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In this first episode of a new series, we break down Arghiri Emmanuel's "Unequal Exchange" chapter by chapter, beginning first with the Introduction. We discuss how Emmanuel critiques David Ricardo's comparative advantage theory and the Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem, and extends Marx's analysis of value to an international level.Thanks for watching! To support our work, considering becoming a Patron:patreon.com/ArghiriEmmanuelAssociation
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In the 1960s, the independence of the Congo seemed to herald the delinking of one of Africa's most powerful economies and nations from Western imperialism. Patrice Lumumba presented a vision of a unified, Pan-African Congo whose resources "would actually benefit its children". This posed an immense challenge to the rule of Belgian high finance, the major mining companies in the Katanga province led by Union Minière du Haut-Katanga, and not least the white settlers who by 1960 numbered 110,000 throughout the Congo, yet accrued half of the value of the entire country. And of course, the rising imperial hegemon of the time, America, refused to allow a socialist Congo allied with the Soviet Union. All these forces unified to remove Lumumba and crush his Pan-African vision. In the ensuing conflict, imperialism would win out even against the settlers. Yet the resistance of the Congo continued, with Lumumbist figures like Antoine Gizenga rising and struggling to create socialism in the Congo. In this first episode of an ongoing series aimed to reveal the ways the Congo has been exploited by unequal exchange, we begin with reference to Arghiri Emmanuel, who began his theorization of unequal exchange by seeing its brutal effects firsthand while advising and allying with Lumumba. Thus, we tease out the roots of Unequal Exchange analysis as a method of solidarity with Third World liberation, originating undeniably in the Congo.
A bibliography for this episode:
Emmanuel on Settler Colonialism: https://newleftreview.org/issues/i73/articles/arghiri-emmanuel-white-settler-colonialism-and-the-myth-of-investment-imperialism.pdf
The Bias of the World: https://www.kallebrolin.com/Local%20Images%20Folder/portfoliostills/0TheBiasoftheWorld.pdf
A People's History from Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja: https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?docid=b-9781350223004To support our work, consider becoming a Patron: patreon.com/ArghiriEmmanuelAssociation
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We read a selection from Torkil Lauesen's "The Global Perspective", Appendix 1: "Introduction to the Marxist Theory of Value", where Lauesen connects Arghiri Emmanuel's Unequal Exchange analysis of International Value to critical Marxist concepts.
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The Arghiri Emmanuel Association was founded to preserve the legacy of Arghiri Emmanuel, a Greek political economist and author of "Unequal Exchange", "Profit and Crises", "Appropriate or Underdeveloped Technology?" and many other classic texts related to the economic and political liberation of the Third World. We are seeking to archive this material and preserve it in an accessible fashion for other anti-imperialists.
Emmanuel dedicated part of his personal life to this liberation, as an economic advisor to Patrice Lumumba and Antoine Gizenga, leaders of the struggle for independence in the Congo. His archival project also contains correspondences related to this involvement.
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Though Thomas Sankara was removed and assassinated in a comprador counter-revolution backed by the West 36 years ago, his legacy is still a source of revolutionary inspiration for the Burkinabé people and their ongoing revolutionary struggle against imperialism. Today, after a period of great unrest, a military government led by Captain Ibrahim Traoré has signaled some shifts towards justice for Sankara and the continuation of his legacy - but work remains for the Burkinabé revolution.
That work is being greatly assisted by the efforts of the Thomas Sankara Center for Liberation and African Unity, an initiative designed to support the Sankarist project and its continuation through pedagogy for the youth and the continued distribution of revolutionary literature. We were glad to discuss this with Inem, one of the co-founders of this incredible project.
Find all the links to support the Thomas Sankara Center here:
https://lnk.bio/BurkinaBooks
Song credit: "Sankara" by Cheikh Lô
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A new conflict in Sudan has erupted between two capitalist factions led by warlord/gold profiteer Hemedti and ruling clique leader al-Burhan. The Sudanese Communist Party is resisting both capitalist sides and fighting for the safety of the masses, and for the continuation of the 2019 revolution.
We interviewed SCP spokesperson Fathi el-Fadl for more on how the SCP is resisting the civil war.
For more on the Civil War: https://www.theelephant.info/features/2023/04/28/bloody-times-sudans-counter-revolutionary-war/
For more on the SCP see here: sudancp.com
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We interview Thumeka Magwangqana and Gabisile Khanyile of the Sinethemba Marikana Women's Collective on the legacy of the Marikana Massacre in South Africa, the connections between patriarchy and imperialism, and more.
The Sinethemba Women's Collective is calling for support to expand its community work in Marikana. Contribute here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/sinethemba-women-marikana-south-africa-workshop
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Sinethemba means ‘We have hope’ in isiXhosa. Sinethemba is a self-organised grass roots group that has set up a sewing and handicraft cooperative, making products to provide some income for Marikana women, but Covid has hit them hard. “We are worried as our government is not helping with social relief funds. Food is scarce in our houses, sometimes we go to sleep with our children without anything to eat. We are asking for funds for a stipend for these women even if it’s for 6 months. We are hoping that we can do our job until we sell our stock. We also want to buy some material so that we can keep on working. We are women that always fight Gender Based Violence and have been making some workshops to equip our communities with knowledge. We need a computer so that we can be able to talk to you anytime and so that you can be able to see us when you want...We want this Unity to be stable until death do us part, because we have a history and a memory of our Mine Workers that were killed by Police and our own Government. Please help us, our hopes are with you...We hope to meet one day and tell you our Stories. Hoping that our plea will be taken into consideration. "
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We read aloud Samir Amin's "Letter of intent for an inaugural meeting of the International of Workers and Peoples", where he issued a call for a 5th International to combat imperialism.
Originally published by Pambazuka News
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Why is the U.S. backing a coup against Peruvian president Pedro Castillo? Why is the unelected golpista Dina Boluarte keeping power and using force against protestors? What's at stake with Perú's contracts with foreign businesses up for renewal?
To answer these questions, we talked with Didier Ortiz (@DiddyOrtiz), a comrade from Troika Kollectiv (@troikakollectiv) and Perú Libre, Castillo's party.
Check out PUMAS Collective here:
https://www.instagram.com/pumascollective/
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We read Lenin's text "The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism", published in 1913 in Prosveshcheniye No. 3, dedicated to the Thirtieth Anniversary of Marx’s death.
Source: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1913/mar/x01.htm
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The Liberation Support Movement (LSM) was an anti-imperialist organization founded by Don Barnett and based in Canada and the United States from 1968 until 1982. The group's activities supported indigenous resistance movements in Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, South Africa/Azania, East Timor, and more. They were in contact and collaboration with the Danish M-KA organization as well. Here, we give an audio-presentation of LSM’s “Principles of Anti-Imperialist Work”, where they lay out the theory and praxis that guided their organization.
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After a genocide committed by colonial Germany from 1904-1908 against the Herero and Nama peoples, and occupation by Apartheid South Africa from 1915 to 1990, Namibia remains deeply scarred by the colonial legacy, particularly on the question of land. In 1990, the white settler minority which made up less than 0.5 percent of the population owned almost all commercial land in Namibia. In 2018, 28 years after independence from the Apartheid regime, land inequality remained high, with white settlers owning 70 percent of agricultural land and Namibians only 16 percent.
The Landless Peoples' Movement of Namibia, founded in 2017, seeks to address this inequality with radical land redistribution and rights for the landless, as well as reparations for Germany's genocide. We interviewed Henny Seibeb to learn more about their efforts to fight for reparations and land now!
Learn more about LPM here: https://www.lpmparty.org
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What does it mean to commit your life to struggle for anti-imperialism? How does it affect you in a political group fighting together in solidarity? What are the benefits and limitations of an undercover strategy?These are some of the questions that Torkil Lauesen and other members of the Manifest-Communist Working Group (Manifest–Kommunistisk Arbejdsgruppe) of Denmark asked themselves as they engaged in revolutionary support for liberation struggles in the Global South. Lauesen joined us to discuss his global perspective on this work and reflect in a dialectical manner on this time period.For more information on Torkil's work, please visit this informative website: https://snylterstaten.dk
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We discuss the connections of NATO and South African Apartheid, from anti-communism and the Cape Sea Route to Le Cercle propaganda and more. Read more on the subject here:https://www.africaportal.org/publications/nato-and-south-africa/https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/british-anti-apartheid-movementThanks to @PresterJohn for the subject recommendation.
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Livestream hosted 12/18/22 on Mapuche Struggle in Chile by Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco (CAM) and repression by Chilean state.https://thecadrejournal.org/essays-articles/archived-writings/enviar-acciones-urgentessend-urgent-actions
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We read aloud Lenin's "On the Question of Dialectics" from the 1915 war diaries, first published in 1925 in the magazine Bolshevik, No. 5-6, as part of the “conspectus” on Heraclitus and Aristotle.
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We read aloud Che Guevara's 1954 essay "The American Working Class: Friend or Foe?", originally published in Casa de las Américas magazine, Jan-Feb 1988: biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar
Thanks to Red Sails for translating this essay: https://redsails.org/amiga-o-enemiga/#fn:inline1
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Here, we read Lenin's essential text "Imperialism and the Split in Socialism", where Lenin enunciates a conception of opportunism in the labor movement, chauvinism, the labor aristocracy, parasitism, and imperialism, and how they all divide socialism between anti-imperialists and social-imperialists.
Here is the published text on Marxists Internet Archive: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/oct/x01.htm
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On March 23rd, Akinyele Umoja (New African Peoples Organization, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement) and Obi Egbuna Jr. (External Relations Officer for the Zimbabwe-Cuba Friendship Association) presented speeches at Cornell University on the liberation struggle for New Afrikans and the global connections of this struggle to that of Zimbabwe, Palestine, Cuba, and much more. Thank you to the Cornell Pan-African Students Association for hosting this collaborative event.
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We interview Christian Høgsbjerg (author of "C.L.R. James in Imperial Britain") on the Revolutionary life of James, an activist and theorist, renowned author, and foremost advocate for Pan-African revolution. James's numerous texts range from the legendary (Black Jacobins, Beyond a Boundary) to the overlooked (Notes on Dialectics, A History of Pan-African Revolt), so we didn't get to cover everything here, but hope this is a useful introduction to James.
Check out Christian's work: https://christianhogsbjerg.com
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In 1979, Maurice Bishop and the New J.E.W.E.L. Movement (NJM) came to power, in the spirit of the Cuban and Haitian revolutions, against an authoritarian neocolonial puppet and promised to end illiteracy, poverty, and the colonial condition of Grenada as a site of former enslavement and ongoing extraction. 4 years later (and 40 years past from 2023) Bishop was dead, assassinated by members of his own revolutionary government, and Ronald Reagan was authorizing the imperialist invasion of a tiny island that posed no threat to the American Empire. What happened? The story of the Grenadian Revolution is a complicated tale of Vanguards and Masses; a dialectical interplay of the forces that make revolution possible. In looking at the 40th anniversary of the end of the short-lived revolution, we ask how a revolution's flame can burn so bright that even its extinguishing still casts a shadow on the Caribbean today.Our guest is David Austin, the author of the Casa de las Americas Prize-winning Fear of a Black Nation: Race, Sex, and Security in Sixties Montreal, Moving Against the System: The 1968 Congress of Black Writers and the Making of Global Consciousness, and Dread Poetry and Freedom: Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Unfinished Revolution. He is also the editor of You Don’t Play with Revolution: The Montreal Lectures of C.L.R. James.Recommended texts: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kuhDpdu-MOS72_mKntQPUO-EA4mgyNTf/view?usp=sharinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z-AxNFx88oSongs: Bass Culture, Linton Kwesi Johnson; Maurice Bishop Revolution, President LilyFilms: Grenada, the Future Coming Towards Us
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Here, we offer an audio reading of Arghiri Emmanuel's Preface to "Unequal Exchange and the Prospects of Socialism", by the Manifest-Communist Working Group of Denmark (Manifest–Kommunistisk Arbejdsgruppe) from 1986. Emmanuel discusses his perspective on the prospects of a proletarian revolution in the age of the labor aristocracy.
To find a digital version of this text from "Unequal Exchange and the Prospects of Socialism", visit here: https://anti-imperialist.net/2019/11/13/unequal-exchange-and-the-prospects-of-socialism/
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Here's an audio version of the text, "What Should Communists In the Imperialist Countries Do?", written by the Manifest–Kommunistisk Arbejdsgruppe (Manifest Communist Working Group of Denmark), with the English translation published in 1986.
To find a digital version of this text from "Unequal Exchange and the Prospects of Socialism", visit here: https://anti-imperialist.net/2019/11/13/unequal-exchange-and-the-prospects-of-socialism/
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We talk with Nancy Lindisfarne and Johnathan O'Neale on their work in Afghanistan, the development of socialism, gender relations, American occupation, and the genocidal famine post-occupation. Check out their work here: https://annebonnypirate.organd the article on Afghanistan we discussed: https://annebonnypirate.org/2021/08/17/afghanistan-the-end-of-the-occupation/
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What is Proletarian Internationalism? And how do we implement it today? Anti-Imperialist struggle is not just a remnant of the past; it has to be conducted in the ongoing fight against the unequal division of the world by the imperialists.
We discussed with Justin Yeary, the Treasurer of Friends of Swazi Freedom, on his recent solidarity mission to South Africa to assist the Communist Party of Swaziland in their ongoing struggle against neocolonialism, and his theory of internationalism. We hope comrades learn from this example about ways they can participate in internationalist solidarity. https://friendsofswazi.com https://twitter.com/KansasSBC https://discord.gg/RURAWQWJ
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We interviewed Jasmine Butler on their article "The Imperative of Political Education in a Miseducated Society". We talked about some of the main points in the article like the application of Paulo Freire's thoughts on pedagogy and also Butler's own experiences in education and organizing. Jasmine Butler works with a variety of organizations with a special emphasis on the climate crisis. These experiences and their experiences growing up in the south informed a lot of our discussion. Check out their article and website here: https://blackbluegreen.substack.com/p/the-imperative-of-political-education https://www.jasmine-butler.com/ Also a link to the event mentioned at the end of the interview: https://www.powershift2023.org/
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We discuss Lucia Pradella's article "Marx and the Global South", which touchs on many subjects but deals centrally with Marx's thoughts on Capital Accumulation in the Global South, as ascertained through his writings on the Opium Wars, the Taiping Rebellion, the Sepoy Rebellion, and more instances of (anti)colonialism in Asia and the Global South. Read the article here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0038038516661267
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We interview Professor Gerald Horne on his work on the counterrevolution of 1776, as well as discuss the recent police murder of Tyre Nichols and how it fits into the culmination of the American white supremacist project.
Check out Gerald Horne's "Freedom Now" broadcast: https://www.kpfk.org/on-air/freedom-now/
Donate to the BLM Memphis Bail Fund if you can: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/blm2023
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We interview Fernando Ximenes of Komité Esperansa, a Timor Leste anti-imperialist youth group, on the rise of neocolonialism in Timor Leste after independence and the continuing liberation struggle against Indonesian, Australian, and Western imperialism. We discuss Fernando's excellent Monthly Review article "Twenty-two years of austerity in Timor-Leste: The IMF and rebuilding the neoliberal state from scratch".
Read it here: https://mronline.org/2022/12/30/twenty-two-years-of-austerity-in-timor-leste-the-imf-and-rebuilding-the-neoliberal-state-from-scratch/
Komité Esperansa here: https://www.facebook.com/Komité-Esperansa-118044306690108/?paipv=0&eav=AfZW48MDAMsDIDrBrmh2moPksQNr450ga7AZZZFogMo1KeofGb849z1Q4q0LTQTVRIs&_rdr
Song credits here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aciOd_-x4R8
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We interview Jamie Tyberg, a researcher, activist, and author of articles like "Degrowth and Revolutionary Organizing" for the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, on how Degrowth works within an anti-Imperialist paradigm. Check out Jamie's work here: https://rosalux.nyc/author/jamie-tyberg/
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We interview Aboubacar Naby Sylla of the Mouvement Sekou Toureist of Guineé about the life and legacy of Ahmed Sékou Touré, and his contributions to Pan-Africanism, Touréism, and Guinean Liberty.
Song Credits: "Non" by Didier Awadi
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We interview the All Marxist-Leninist Union of Rutgers University, New Brunswick on student communist activism past and present, and how students can organize communist work on college campuses. Thanks to the AMLU comrades for joining! Find AMLU here: https://mobile.twitter.com/scarletrevamlu https://www.instagram.com/scarletrevs/?hl=en
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While the West attacks China, it ignores the fact that Taiwan is colonizing Swaziland by backing the authoritarian neocolonial absolute monarchy of King Mswati III. This is an analysis of the situation with testimonials from Swazi people struggling against this colonialism. @friendsofswazifreedom3374 https://friendsofswazi.com/ https://twitter.com/friendsofswazi https://www.facebook.com/friendsofswazi/Cash App/Venmo: $friendsofswazi All videos used are fair use. Credit to: Why China Is in Africa - If You Don’t Know, Now You Know (The Daily Show) Rex Tillerson attempts to counter China influence in Africa China's Rush Into Africa, Explained. (Johnny Harris) How Africa is Becoming China's China (Wendover Productions) Weaving a Future in Swaziland (Formosa TV English News) How The Eswatini Royal Family Spends Their Billions (The Richest)
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We discuss the radical life of Claudia Jones, her life and theories as a Black female Communist, her repression by the FBI, and much more, with the author of Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones by Professor Carole Boyce Davies. Check out Prof CBD's work here: https://caroleboycedavies.com/left-of-karl-marx/Other Claudia Jones texts here: https://caribbeananti-colonialthoughtarchive.domains.trincoll.edu/claudia-jones-2/ https://archives.nypl.org/scm/20876
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We read the speech "Sowing the Seeds of Revolution" by Samora Machel, leader of FRELIMO in Mozambique.
We interview Calla Walsh (@CallaWalsh), Co-Chair of the National Network and youth anti-imperialist activist. Thanks to Calla for this great interview!
We discuss Taiwan's imperialism in Swaziland through weapons shipments and super-exploitation of Swazi labor, as well as the need for international solidarity with the Communist Party of Swaziland, with Cde. Pius. Check out CPS: @CPSwaziland https://cp-swa.orgCheck out Pius: https://twitter.com/PiusmyRinto
We discuss recent events in the Swazi Revolution with Cde. Pius, such as the targeting of students by the regime.
Check out CPS: @CPSwaziland https://cp-swa.org Check out Pius: https://twitter.com/PiusmyRinto
We interview Fadiah Nadwa Fikri on her review of Chin Peng/Ong Boon Hua's autobiography "My Side of History" detailing the Malayan Communist Uprising and the British violence against it.
Check out the article here: https://liberatedtexts.com/reviews/unveiling-the-violence-of-the-british-imperialist-war-in-malaya-chin-peng-my-side-of-history/
We interview David Martinez, who is in the process of making a film about Immanuel Wallerstein, about Wallerstein's life and thought, and some of the events in his life that made way for World Systems Analysis.
PLEASE contribute to the fundraiser if you can so we can see this film get made! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-eagle-has-crash-landed#/
We interview Andy Higginbottom on his article "Enslaved African labour in the Americas: from primitive accumulation to manufacture with racial violence" and the issue of Eurocentric Marxism, the Brenner Thesis, and theorizing racial capitalism. Check out the article here: https://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/id/eprint/43047/
We discuss Prof. Gabriel Rockhill's article "The CIA and the Frankfurt School's Anti-Communism" published here: https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-cia-the-frankfurt-schools-anti-communism/
Thanks so much to Prof. Rockhill for his great work, check him out here: https://gabrielrockhill.com
We conclude Rodney's Decolonial Marxism, focused on Chapters 15-16. This was an excellent reading group on Decolonial Marxism. Thanks to our comrades from the Walter Rodney Revolutionary Peoples Library for attending and helping present, and thanks to Verso Books and the Walter Rodney Foundation for releasing this great text.
We discuss the Arghiri Emmanuel Digital Archive, an important resource for those interested in Unequal Exchange. Thanks to Anti-Imperialist Network. Visit the archive here: https://anti-imperialist.net/category/arghiri-emmanuel-digital-archive/
We talk with Amandla Thomas-Johnson about his book "Becoming Kwame Ture" on Ture's move from America to Guinea, his experience with the Portuguese invasion in 1970, his founding of the All African People's Revolutionary Party, and his time with Sekou Toure and Kwame Nkrumah.
Check out the book here: https://www.decolonisingthearchive.com/shop/becoming-kwame-ture-by-amandla-thomas-johnson
Thanks to Amandla for the interview! Follow him here: @tjAmandla
We continue Rodney's Decolonial Marxism, focused on Chapters 13-14. This is part of our ongoing reading group on Decolonial Marxism. If you would be interested in joining, see here: https://twitter.com/thecadrejournal/s... Thanks to our comrades from the Walter Rodney Revolutionary Peoples Library for attending and helping present, and thanks to Verso Books and the Walter Rodney Foundation for releasing this great text.
We interview Andre Nascimento, a Brazilian PhD student, on Round 1 of the Brazilian Elections, what's at stake in Round 2, the possibilities of a coup, and other issues.
Thanks so much to Andre, check him out here: @A_NascimentoD
In the wake of recent news about an escalation of U.S./U.N. intervention in Haiti, we briefly introduce the context with Haiti Action Committee's Robert Roth and discuss ways to oppose the intervention and occupation.
Here are the resources Robert mentioned:
https://blackallianceforpeace.com
https://blackallianceforpeace.com/bapstatements/haiticrisisofimperialism
https://haitisolidarity.net https://haitisolidarity.net/no-foreign-troops-to-haiti/
https://thetricontinental.org/newsletterissue/haiti-insurrection-military-intervention/
https://globalwomenstrike.net/haiti-fri-21-oct-stop-us-canadian-intervention-4-5pm/
We continue Rodney's Decolonial Marxism, focused on Chapters 10-12. This is part of our ongoing reading group on Decolonial Marxism. If you would be interested in joining, see here: https://twitter.com/thecadrejournal/status/1571983998548844546?s=20&t=wgXHQI46pIzi_Nuh4WAJxQ Thanks to our comrades from the Walter Rodney Revolutionary Peoples Library for attending and helping present, and thanks to Verso Books and the Walter Rodney Foundation for releasing this great text.
We discuss Arghiri Emmanuel's 1972 article on "White Settler Colonialism and the Myth of Investment Imperialism".
Article here: https://newleftreview.org/issues/i73/articles/arghiri-emmanuel-white-settler-colonialism-and-the-myth-of-investment-imperialism
We continue Rodney's Decolonial Marxism, focused on Chapters 8-9. This is part of our ongoing reading group on Decolonial Marxism. If you would be interested in joining, see here: https://twitter.com/thecadrejournal/status/1571983998548844546?s=20&t=wgXHQI46pIzi_Nuh4WAJxQThanks to our comrades from the Walter Rodney Revolutionary Peoples Library for attending and helping present, and thanks to Verso Books and the Walter Rodney Foundation for releasing this great text.
Our resident Patrick Bateman expert Niccolo joins us to venture into the 1991 book by Bret Easton Ellis and the 2000 film directed by Mary Harron to discuss what American Psycho can tell us about capitalism, imperialism, (neo)liberalism, violence, the rise of the "sigma male", and bad music reviews.
This is our first time doing a film analysis so let us know what you think. Film Credit: American Pyscho (2000)
We read Lenin's Draft Theses on National and Colonial Questions from the Second Comintern Conference. This is an invaluable text that serves as a cornerstone for Marxist thinking on anti-colonialism so we thought we'd share an accessible narration of the text.
We continue Rodney's Decolonial Marxism, focused on Chapters 5-7 (with main emphasis on 5 and 7). This is part of our ongoing reading group on Decolonial Marxism. If you would be interested in joining, see here: https://twitter.com/thecadrejournal/status/1571983998548844546?s=20&t=wgXHQI46pIzi_Nuh4WAJxQThanks to our comrades from the Walter Rodney Revolutionary Peoples Library for attending and helping present, and thanks to Verso Books and the Walter Rodney Foundation for releasing this great text.
In this chat, Sam Spellmann (from our episode a while back on John Smith's book Imperialism in the 21st Century) rejoins us to discuss Andre Gunder Frank, Dependency Theory, its applications to Brazil and China, and much more. Texts: Development of Underdevelopment (1966) + World Accumulation (1978)
We present an introduction to Rodney's Decolonial Marxism, focused on the Foreword, and Chapters, 1-4 (with main emphasis on 1, 3-4). This is part of our ongoing reading group on Decolonial Marxism. If you would be interested in joining, see here: https://twitter.com/thecadrejournal/status/1571983998548844546?s=20&t=wgXHQI46pIzi_Nuh4WAJxQ Thanks to our comrades for attending, and thanks to Verso Books and the Walter Rodney Foundation for releasing this great text.
We interview Narendra VK, the Vice-president of the All (Revolutionary) Student Wing of the Communist Party of Nepal, on the historical development of Communism in Nepal, the people's war and people’s revolution, and the process of development after the revolution. Thanks to Narendra for this interview.
On what would have been his 98th Birthday, had he not been assassinated, Amílcar Cabral is introduced as a radical anti-colonial theorist and National Liberation Marxist revolutionary. We discuss his early life and education, his formation of the PAIGC (African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde), and his writings. Specifically, we discuss "The Nationalist Movements of the Portuguese Colonies" and "The Weapon of Theory".
For more on Cabral's biography, see here: https://globalsocialtheory.org/thinkers/cabral-amilcar/ For his writings, see here: https://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/cabral/index.htm https://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/cabral/1965/tnmpc.htm https://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/cabral/1966/weapon-theory.htm
We interview Zeyad El Nabolsy on his article "Lenin in East Africa: Abdul Rahman Mohammed Babu and Dani Wadada Nabudere" in the collection "The Future of Lenin". Check out Zeyad here: https://twitter.com/znabolsy?lang=en Check out the texts we discussed here: Babu: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19CKfIlgdh_d9Ws0-97pFkhHZRkm1KLeG/view?usp=sharingAmrit Wilson: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745334073/the-threat-of-liberation/Nyerere: https://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/nyerere/index.htm https://www.amazon.com/Motorcycle-Hell-Run-Uncertain-Pan-Africanism/dp/1611862523 https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/2215386.Freedom_Socialism_Uhuru_Na_UjamaaRodney: https://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/rodney-walter/works/ujamaaandscientificsocialism.htm https://liberatedtexts.com/reviews/walter-rodneys-lost-book-one-hundred-years-of-development-in-africa/Nabudere: https://www.amazon.fr/Imperialism-East-Africa-Exploitation/dp/0905762053 https://liberatedtexts.com/reviews/insurgent-theory-in-times-of-crisis-dani-wadada-nabuderes-the-political-economy-of-imperialism/ Zeyad's writings: https://sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-Future-of-Lenin https://liberatedtexts.com/reviews/african-socialism-in-retrospect-karim-f-hirjis-the-travails-of-a-tanzanian-teacher/
We interviewed comrades from Palestine Action UK (@Pal_action) on their ongoing campaign to shut down the Elbit Israeli weapons factories in the UK in support of Palestine.
Check out and support the comrades' ongoing campaign here: https://www.palestineaction.org
We talk about the future of the Cuban Revolution with Michael Lebowitz, focusing on his recent Monthly Review article "The Struggle between the Future and the Past: Where is Cuba Going?"
Check out the article here: https://mronline.org/2022/07/03/the-struggle-between-the-future-and-the-past-where-is-cuba-going/
Our comrade Marek reads José Carlos Mariátegui's "Seven Interpretative Essays on Peruvian Reality", Essay Two: "The Problem of the Indian" aloud.
Our comrade Marek reads José Carlos Mariátegui's "Seven Interpretative Essays on Peruvian Reality", Essay One: Outline of the Economic Evolution aloud.
We interview the Young Communist League of Kenya (@yclleague_kenya) on the development of their Cadre, how to engage the youth in revolutionary politics, and an analysis of the recent elections as well as the strategy of electoralism.
We talk with Sina of "The East is a Podcast", a podcast veteran who offers comradely advice on how to podcast (in all seriousness, check them out here: https://eastpodcast.com) and an amazing discussion about Edward Said's 1993 book "Culture and Imperialism", specifically the chapter "Collaboration, Independence, and Liberation". This was a great episode; huge thanks to Sina for joining us, and lending some cadre development!
We interview Torkil Lauesen, renowned anti-imperialist author and activist, on anti-Imperialist action, Unequal Exchange and the Global Perspective. Torkil's bio: In the 1970s and 80s, Torkil Lauesen was a member of a clandestine communist cell which carried out a series of robberies in Denmark, netting very large sums which were then sent on to various national liberation movements in the Third World. Following their capture in 1989, Torkil would spend six years in prison. In 2016, Lauesen’s book Det Globale Perspektiv was released in Denmark. In it, he explains how he sees the world political situation today, and his thoughts about the future. Check out Torkil's writings here: https://anti-imperialist.net/author/lauesen/
Entrevistamos professora Yazmín Bárbara Vázquez Ortiz sobre la relación entre los estados unidos y Cuba incluyendo el bloqueo y el histórico impacto de la agresión Yankee. Professora Vázquez compartió con nosotros la história de Cuba y como realmente es la condición en la isla.
We interview comrades from the Sri Lankan Frontline Socialist Party on the July 9 storming of the presidential palace, state repression the IMF loan crisis, and the general crisis in Sri Lanka and opportunities.
The Walter Rodney Peoples Public Revolutionary Library is a nonprofit library that is Pan Africanist in orientation which aims to encourage reading in working class society in Azania. Check them out here: https://www.facebook.com/WRPRLibrary/
We had the privilege to interview the Anti-Imperialist Network on Anti-Imperialist Action, their website, what anti-imperialism looks like today, and much more! Check them out here: https://anti-imperialist.net
We got the chance to visit the Communist Party of Swaziland comrades Kenneth Kunene and Pius Vilakati in exile in South Africa.
We interview Professor Charisse Burden-Stelly on her Monthly Review article "Modern U.S. Racial Capitalism: Some Theoretical Insights", discussing racial capitalism, imperialism, anti-Blackness, Labor Aristocracy, and more. Check out the article here: https://monthlyreview.org/2020/07/01/modern-u-s-racial-capitalism/ https://twitter.com/blackleftaf https://www.charisseburdenstelly.com
We discuss John Smith's book "Imperialism in the 21st Century" and a lot more with Brazilian imperialism researcher Sam Spellmann. Check out Sam's work here: https://pucminas.academia.edu/SamuelSpellmann/Book-Reviews https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332167549_Resenha_de_Imperialism_in_the_Twenty-First_Century_de_John_Smith_2016
In this short Introduction, Chris and Joseph explore the life, writings, and activism of Samir Amin, one of the greatest intellectuals to come from the Global South.
To read more of Samir Amin's work, here's a good beginner's guide: https://monthlyreview.org/2011/10/01/samir-amin-at-80-an-introduction-and-tribute/
We interview Piero Gliejeses, Professor at Johns Hopkins University, about his writings on the subject of Cuban action against Apartheid South Africa, for which he has become quite renowned. Check out more of the Professor's writings here: https://sais.jhu.edu/users/pgleije1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piero_Gleijeses And check out the Radio War Nerd Interview with Prof. Gelijeses: https://podcastaddict.com/episode/106968736
We talked to Professor Zhun Xu about his brilliant article for Monthly Review on the ideology of late imperialism, the Second International and the return of similar thoughts in the writings of Bill Warren, Hardt/Negri and David Harvey, and more. Check out Zhun Xu's article here: https://monthlyreview.org/2021/03/01/the-ideology-of-late-imperialism/
We interviewed Comrade Raghid of the Lebanon Communist Party on the 2022 elections and the Crisis in Lebanon. Good luck to the CP in the elections! More information about the CP here: http://www.lcparty.org/en/
We interview Communist Party of Swaziland General Secretary Thokozane Kenneth Kunene on the history of the Tinkhundla system, the ties between the Swazi monarchy and Apartheid, and more.
Check out our book drive here: https://twitter.com/thecadrejournal/status/1519041657638957060
We interview Sushovan Dhar of the Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt (CADTM) on current debt crises in Lebanon, Argentina, and Sri Lanka, the plans to abolish all debt, the use of structural debt against the Third World, and more.
We interview Professor Thula Simpson of the University of Pretoria on his book "Umkhonto We Sizwe: the ANC's armed struggle". Check out Professor Simpson here: https://www.up.ac.za/historical-heritage-studies/article/2353404/prof-thula-simpson
We interviewed Professor Kevin B. Anderson on his classic text "Marx at the Margins" and discussed Marx's thoughts on pre-capitalist and non-Western societies, as well as on race, and how these can impact the Left today. Check out Professor Anderson's works here: https://kevin-anderson.com
We interview Sandro Mezzadra on his fantastic article "Marx in Algiers" which seeks out Marx's theoretical understanding of the "Global South", development, primitive accumulation, the World Market, imperialism, and borders, amongst other things. Mezzadra also deals with the Neue Marx-Lektüre and Operaismo on the question of subjectivity, postcolonialism, the universal, revolutionary potential, and more. Read his article here: https://www.radicalphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/rp201_mezzadra.pdf
We discuss Walter Rodney's "lost" (or at least recently rediscovered) text, One Hundred Years of Development in Africa, with ROAPE's Leo Zeilig. Read more about Rodney's text here: https://developingeconomics.org/2021/10/05/walter-rodneys-lost-book-one-hundred-years-of-development-in-africa/
We interview Njuki Githethwa, poet, activist, and organizer with the Comrades Book House in Nairobi. We discussed the need for decolonizing literature, the role of socialist and African literature in modern Kenya, the need for accessibility in theory, and much more. Check out Comrades here: https://www.facebook.com/ComradesBooks/
We interview Adama Congo, President of the Organisation patriotique de la jeunesse (Organization of Patriotic Youth) of Burkina Faso, a Leftist youth movement, on the legacy of Thomas Sankara, the coup in Burkina in January, ECOWAS sanctions, Russia and more.
We interview comrades Adeyinka and Adebayo of the Movement for African Emancipation on Neocolonialism, Dollar Hegemony, Colonial Bourgeoisie and Parasitic Elites, in Nigeria and across Africa. Check out MAE's Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwxhMOyuAC7otNaOT6QC2Pg/videos Check out the blog for incredible writings: https://movementforafricanemancipation.org/news-media/page/5/ Check out their Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/arise4freedom
We interview Abdallah El Harif of the Democratic Way of Morocco about the Marxist organization, the repression of the Moroccan Kingdom, the Western Sahara struggle, solidarity with Palestine, NATO, jailing and the Arab Spring, and more.
We interviewed Tsul (@mltsulisttheory) about Armenian Marxism, the Armenian Communist Party, Armenia's experience in the USSR, and solidarity between Armenians and Palestinians in their national liberation struggle. Check out Tsul on Twitter for more!
We interview Laila (Samidoun NY/NJ) and Charlotte (Samidoun International) about the incredible work Samidoun does to advocate for those incarcerated by the Occupation in Palestine, as well as the horrific conditions of mass incarceration in Palestine. We also discuss the case of Ahmed Manasra, the recent attacks on Al-Aqsa, the escalation of conflict, and more. Check out Samidoun here: https://samidoun.net https://mobile.twitter.com/samidounnynj https://mobile.twitter.com/SamidounPP
We talked to comrades Gourab Ghosh and Debojit Banerjee about the International Magazine, a publication dedicated to international communism. Check them out here: https://www.internationalmagz.com/about www.Internationalmagz.com/magazine
We talked to Palestinian journalist Daoud Kuttab about the IOF attacks on the Al Aqsa mosque during Ramadan, the current crisis in Israeli politics, the response of various Arab states to the attacks and the potential impacts during the normalization process, and more.
We talked to Kobi Guillory (@killerguerilla) about the legacy of Steve Biko, his political and social thoughts, writings, and more, as well as the legacy of Steve Biko in South Africa and how we can intepret him today for Revolution. Thanks so much to Kobi for this great conversation.
We talk to Kim Miller about the island of Dominica, her research on tourism, disaster aid, environmental sovereignty, and American imperialism such as Operation Red Dog, a CIA-backed white supremacist invasion attempt in 1981. We also learn about attempts at multipolarity such as Venezuela's Petro Caribe, China, and continuing Cold War politics, as well as the history of Marxism-Leninism on the island. Thanks so much to Kim for this interview, and make sure to follow her on Twitter @KimCommie
We interview Dr. Tamanisha J. John on the 2022 Annual Walter Rodney Symposium, as well as on her research on Canadian Imperialism and IMF Structural Adjustment in the Caribbean, particularly in Grenada, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago. Thanks so much to Dr. John for joining to have this conversation. Check out Dr. John on Twitter here: @TamanishaJohn
We interview Professor Chris GIlbert, an author and professor in Venezuela, on the communes and Bolivarian process, socialist transitions, and more. Chris Gilbert is professor of political science at the Universidad Bolivariana de Venezuela. He is creator, together with Cira Pascual Marquina, of the Marxist educational television program Escuela de Cuadros and co-author of Venezuela The Present as Struggle: Voices from the Bolivarian Revolution (Monthly Review, 2020). His writing can be found in Monthly Review and Counterpunch. Links to Chris's works: https://monthlyreview.org/author/chrisgilbert/
We talk to Robert Roth, one of the co-founders of Haiti Action, on the US operation in 2004 to overthrow Jean-Bernard Aristide, a progressive anti-imperialist leader, and the connections to the recent material conditions in Haiti that led to the killing of Jovenel Moïse, a right wing pro-US figure. We also discuss methods of resistance against the US Empire and the IMF from Fanmi Lavalas and Haitian garment workers.
We talk to Adam Pal of Lal Salaam Pakistan about the removal of Imran Khan as Prime Minister, US and IMF Imperialism in Pakistan, the impacts of the wars in Afghanistan and Ukraine, and the resistance of the working class. Follow Adam here: @adampal1 And follow Lal Salaam here: https://www.marxist.pk
We talk to an Egyptian Marxist about the Egyptian Revolution in 2011, el-Sisi's rise to power, repression and arrests, the relationship with Israel and the US Imperialism, tracing it back to Anwar Sadat's neoliberal project in the 70s.
We talk to Louis Allday (@Louis_Allday) of Liberated Texts (https://liberatedtexts.com) about the project of the group, countering CIA literary propaganda, the restrictions Western linguistic neo-colonialism in Kuwait, Bahrain, and the Gulf places on anti-imperialist resistance there, and how resistance on the Left has been hampered by Imperialist narratives in Literature. This was a great conversation and feel free to check out Liberated Texts.
We talk to Ehsan Safarnejad, an Iranian anti-imperialist living in Iran, about the conflict between Iran and the USA, Sanctions, the Revolution of 1979, and much, much more. Thanks so much to Ehsan for this great interview.
We interview Q. Anthony Omene @qaomene on the Morant Bay Uprising of 1865, Paul Bogle, Jamaican Anti-Colonialism, and more.
We interview Professor Gerald Horne on his many, many incredible books, as well as his takes on the Ukraine crisis, NATO, American counter-revolution worldwide, and more.
We interview Mikael Dassi, President of the Federation of Young Socialists of Côte d'Ivoire, on socialist alternatives to French neocolonialism, foreign multinational dominance of the cocoa industry, the mainstream politics of Côte d'Ivoire after two civil wars, and more.
Yesterday, a critical situation occurred when the SNAT President Mbongwa Dlamini's house at Helemisi was surrounded by the Swazi police. There were shootings outside his house and the paramilitary OSSU was outside the premises. We carry an update on what happened. Comrade Dlamini is safe now.
We talk to Max Ajl, author of "A People's Green New Deal", who critiques the Green New Deal and First World ecological reformism for its failure to confront imperialism and unequal exchange. We also discuss Tunisia, food sovereignty, agriculture, land, the Arab Spring, and Global South response to the climate crisis. Follow Max here: @maxajl
We hear a statement from the Sudanese Communist party, which is undertaking revolutionary struggle now against the coup government backed by the US. The protests are also driven by the recognition and legitimation of Israel by the forced American Abraham Accords. This continues in the aftermath of the Sudanese revolution in 2019 against Omar al-Bashir and the recent coup government by the military. All solidarity to the revolutionary struggle of the Sudanese Communists!
We interview Professor Sean Malloy at UC Merced (@Cpt_John_Riley) about his book "Out of Oakland: Black Panther Party Internationalism During the Cold War" where he discusses the Panthers in North Korea, Cuba, Algeria, Vietnam, and China. This was a great conversation about a phenomenal book.
We talk to MSU Professor and Yemeni Anti-War activist Shireen Al-Adeimi about the Saudi-led "peace process" which offers no peace while imperialism remains, America's continued participation in the war, the horrors of the ongoing blockade by Saudi Arabia, and more.
Nabaz Mustafa of the Kurdistan Communist Party sends a statement on the party's history, relation to the Iraqi Communist Party, policy on Kurdistan, US Imperialism, gender equity, and more.
We interview Justin Podur, a Professor at York University and host of the exceptional Anti-Empire Project, on the history of the American Empire meddling in the Congo, as well as the stories of resistance from Patrice Lumumba's vision and assassination and Che Guevara's role in the Simba Rebellion. Check out: https://podur.org
We interview Justin Theodra, a PhD candidate at University of Connecticut, on his Monthly Review article on Indonesia 1965, Indonesian development, his readings of Samir Amin, and more.
We interview Bill Mullen (no relation) on his book "Afro-Orientalism", W.E.B. DuBois's solidarity with Asian revolutions, Black solidarity with Palestine, and much more.
We receive a statement from the South Sudan Communist Party leader, Comrade Thor Tok Khan.
We interview Nishant, a student activist in the Communist Party of India (Marxist) about Kerala politics, the campaign against the BJP, the party stance on Russia and Ukraine, and more.
We do an introductory discussion of unequal exchange and the theories of Arghiri Emmanuel with George Anderson.
We interview Professor Donping Han, author of "The Unknown Cultural Revolution", about the progress during the Cultural Revolution, growing up in Mao's China, the benefits of education and infrastructure, rural empowerment, and more.
An in depth interview on the subject of the arrest of Bongi "Bongo" Nkambule a CPS Activist by the King's police in Swaziland.
The Communist Party of Swaziland provides us an urgent update on their struggle, the repression of King Mswati's police, and the arrest of Comrade Bongo, who is likely being tortured right now.
BAP National Organizer Ajamu Baraka speaks on NATO, Ukraine, AFRICOM, Black Anti-Imperialism, creating an Anti-Imperialist Left, and more.
Thanks to comrade Baraka for this incredible interview on NATO and AFRICOM, and the US Empire's oppression of Black Lives everywhere.
Check out BAP here: https://blackallianceforpeace.com
We talk to Professor Biko Agozino about his article "The Africana Paradigm in Capital", on refuting the Eurocentric allegations against Marx and Capital, Africa's inspiration for Marx, and themes of slavery, colonialism, racism, and development in Capital. Read the article here:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03056244.2013.872613
We interview Ali Mansour, a Libyan, who discusses the NATO demolition and atrocities in Libya, life before, during, and after Gaddafi, Gaddafi's Green Book and Pan-African/Pan-Arab approach, the civil war in Libya today, and many, many other subject.
This was an incredibly insightful interview and we loved getting to talk to Ali. His insight on Libya and the destruction NATO has wrought was fantastic.
Also a lot of gratitude to @libyajamahiriya for helping us set this up.
Follow both Ali @aliabdallah172 and @libyajamahiriya on Twitter.
We interview Ani Kayode Somtochukwu on #ENDSARS, Nigerian Refugees in Ukraine, Neocolonialism, Marxism, and Queer Liberation in Nigeria. Ani is the founder of QUEST (Queer Union for Economic and Social Transformation) in Nigeria.
Follow Ani here: https://twitter.com/Kayode_ani
We talk with Corey (@JamaicanJihadi on Twitter), about the revival of a deeply revisionist "Proletarian Patriotism", South-South Cooperation between Cuba, Jamaica, and China, Canada's role in NATO and the current crisis, Israeli imperialism in Jamaica, and the legacy of Walter Rodney in Jamaica.
This was an awesome conversation, and make sure to follow Corey on Twitter.
And check out JA LANDS: https://www.jalands.org
We interview Professor Mike Gonzalez (author of In the Red Corner and more) on the life and times of J.C. Mariátegui, a leading Peruvian Marxist thinker of the 1920s, his impact on contemporary Latin American politics in Bolivia and Venezuela, and his deeply thoughtful contribution to an indigenous-centered Marxism.
Check out Professor Gonzalez's article on marxists.org here: https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/writers/gonzalez/2007/xx/mariategui.html
We interview Daniel Alan Bey on a number of subjects from China's response to COVID, the campaign to eliminate absolute poverty, China's semi-peripheral status in the World System, reaction to the Ukraine Crisis, changes in the economy, and more.
Check out Daniel on Twitter here: @dabcule
Thanks to Daniel for this great interview.
We interview Kieron (@decolonialcommi on Twitter) on his research on changing Palestine solidarity activism in the BDS movement, resisting Israeli militarism, the recent Apartheid reports, and the need to decolonize Palestine with radical action.
Thanks so much to Kieron for this great discussion and make sure to follow him on Twitter.
Follow @Pal_action on Twitter as well.
We interview @RTSG_Etu on Ethiopian communism, the Revolution, human development, literacy, post-communist Ethiopia, the Civil War and more.
This was a great conversation and very eye-opening, so we thank our comrade for the discussion. Check him out on Twitter.
Book suggestion: Revolutionary Ethiopia from Empire to People's Republic
We interview Bram Hanekom, Board Member of Africa 4 Palestine, on South African solidarity with Palestine, the effort to downgrade Israel at the AU and diplomatically in South Africa, and more. Follow A4P here: @Africa4Pal
Cadre interviews Pan-African Palestine Solidarity Network and BDS South Africa Coalition Organizer Roshan Dadoo on the recent Pan-African Anti-Apartheid Conference in Dakar Senegal from March 9th-12th 2022 against Israel's observer status at the African Union and ties with African governments.
Facebook: Pan-African Palestine Solidarity Network - PAPSN and Twitter: @PalestinePapsn
FB: SA BDS Coalition and Twitter: @sabdscoalition
We interview Professor Richard Marcus (California State University Long Beach) on Didier Ratsiraka, the "Red Admiral" of Madagascar, and his "Boky Mena" (Red Book). Thanks to Professor Marcus for this great interview.
A special statement from comrade S'bu Zikode on the killing of Ayanda Ngila. Comrade Zikode tells us the history of AbM, the murder of Comrade Ngila, and more.
The tragic events in South Africa are a further reminder that communism must be renewed and the revolution refounded before neoliberalism captures the progress made by South African communists and freedom fighters.
Find AbM at https://abahlali.org
A special statement from comrade S'bu Zikode on the killing of Ayanda Ngila. Comrade Zikode tells us the history of AbM, the murder of Comrade Ngila, and more.
The tragic events in South Africa are a further reminder that communism must be renewed and the revolution refounded before neoliberalism captures the progress made by South African communists and freedom fighters.
Find AbM at https://abahlali.org
Cadre interviews Professor Radhika Desai of the International Manifesto Group and Geopolitical Economy Research Group on Puripolarity, World System Crisis, Ukraine, China, and more. We're big fans of Professor Desai's writings on Geopolitical Economy, "Hegemony", and political crises, so this was a great interview to conduct.
Read more about Professor Desai's work here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.org/people/radhika-desai/
Cadre interviews Friends of the Congo Executive Director Maurice Carney, where we discuss left-wing programs and Third World resource extraction, Patrice Lumumba, the Congo and the Cold War, different solidarity organizations for the Congo, American imperialism in Africa, how to create a truly anti-imperialist communist program, and more.
Find Friends of the Congo and Mr. Carney here: https://friendsofthecongo.org/leadership/
Cadre interviews Faston Mwale of the Socialist Party of Zambia on the SPZ's powerful political program, Neo-colonialism, Zambian history, China in Zambia, and more.
Cadre conducts a special interview with Tinyiko Ntini, Secretary of the YCLSA (Youth Communist League of South Africa), on South African solidarity for Venezuela, Cuba, Palestine, and more.
We interview Ian Beddowes, International Spokesperson for the ZCP, London Recruit, and uMkhonto we Sizwe veteran, on the prospects for communism in Zimbabwe today, their perspective on Mugabe, stories from the independence and anti-Apartheid movement, American sanctions, and more.
Cadre interviews Shaun Whittaker of the Marxist Group of Namibia on post-independence Namibian politics, socialism in the Global South, and more.
The first episode of Cadre's series on Operation Gladio and the Years of Lead features a conversation with Niccolò Bargellini, an Italian student in Milan, on post WW2 Italy and the rise of Gladio.
Cadre interviews Yvon Gatete, a Cornell student from Rwanda, on politics and development in Rwanda.
We interview Stan Smith of the ALBA Solidarity Network on the reactions of the ALBA nations (Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, and more) to the Crisis in Ukraine.
Cadre Interviews Tommy Miles, a researcher on French West Africa, on the French system in West Africa, Neo-colonialism, war in Mali, "withdrawal", the implications of NATO and Russia, and more.
In the wake of the Ukraine Crisis, we review the statements of Global South nations (China, Brazil, South Africa, Venezuela, Cuba, and more) in reaction to the Russian actions.
Cadre talks with Professor Horace Campbell of Syracuse on "Global NATO" and the failure in Libya, as well as the Ukraine Crisis.