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In this episode, Dr. Viral Mistry and I explore the life, legacy, and politics of the martyr Bhagat Singh, who was truly a giant of anti-colonialism, socialism, and moral righteousness and justice in South Asia.We look at the context of colonial India in which Bhagat Singh was raised, what kind of person he was, and how he got politicized. We discuss the organization he came to be a central part of, the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, and their revolutionary activities, as well as how Bhagat Singh was ultimately imprisoned and killed by the British Indian colonial state. We round out the conversation by discussing his legacy today both in South Asia and beyond and how we should remember him.Bhagat Singh documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9v9SbyLqcU Underground Asia: Global Revolutionaries and the Assault on Empire (Tim Harper): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/556218/underground-asia-by-tim-harper/9780241957943Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire (Caroline Elkins): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/45877/legacy-of-violence-by-caroline-elkins/Journal of International Solidarity LinksPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/InternationalSolidarityPodcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journalofintlsolidarity/ Substack: https://intlsolidarity.substack.com/

In the first part of this episode, we looked back at the rise of the West and of the capitalist world-system from a political ecology perspective, discussing the divorce between society and nature that began with Western colonialism and capitalism. We looked at the rise of the global South in reaction to this long rise of capitalism and imperialism, and looked at the agrarian question in the global South as the basis of Southern sovereignty. In this second part, we look more precisely at how China and India approached their agrarian questions differently, and why China was actually able to resolve its agrarian question to guarantee national sovereignty, while India hasn’t yet. We also look at the significance of China’s approach to ecological civilization within this longer history of capitalism’s rise being premised on ecological dispossession. Finally, we end by discussing the liberation struggles that are ongoing in West Asia today, including Palestine, Lebanon, and Iran, but with a particular focus on the recent developments in Yemen. Still Minab (Helyeh Doutaghi, Bikrum Gill): https://youtu.be/RYd8ePRlq1U?si=vmJFdqoFr1yXKUOH Political Ecology of Colonial Capitalism: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526181350/ Anti-Imperialism in a Multipolar World: Lessons from V. I. Lenin and M. N. Roy: https://youtu.be/90ZMzjPyc-k?si=lNiaklSws2fOWGU6 Journal of International Solidarity Links Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/InternationalSolidarityPodcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journalofintlsolidarity/ Substack: https://intlsolidarity.substack.com/

In Part 1 of this episode, we look back at the rise of the West and of the capitalist world-system from a political ecology perspective. In particular, we discuss how the rise of capitalism meant the beginning of a qualitatively different relationship between society and nature that started with the colonial encounter in the Americas. We also looked at how the rise of capitalism and imperialism meant the appropriation of ecological systems that were co-created by Indigenous peoples and how these systems and their peoples were subordinated to capital accumulation. We then shifted to look at the rise of the global South in reaction to capitalism and imperialism, and looked at the agrarian question in the global South as the basis of Southern sovereignty. Still Minab (Helyeh Doutaghi, Bikrum Gill): https://youtu.be/RYd8ePRlq1U?si=vmJFdqoFr1yXKUOH Political Ecology of Colonial Capitalism: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526181350/ Anti-Imperialism in a Multipolar World: Lessons from V. I. Lenin and M. N. Roy: https://youtu.be/90ZMzjPyc-k?si=lNiaklSws2fOWGU6 Journal of International Solidarity Links Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/InternationalSolidarityPodcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journalofintlsolidarity/ Substack: https://intlsolidarity.substack.com/

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 to Russia and China at the recent BRICS and SCO summits, and what that might mean for Indian development. Jyotishman Mudiar is a researcher and the host of India & Global Left on Youtube. Journal of International Solidarity Links Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/InternationalSolidarityPodcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journalofintlsolidarity/  Substack: https://intlsolidarity.substack.com/  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@journalofintlsolidarity/

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 in Nigeria, and the various ways it remains dominated by the West. We then turned our attention to the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) as a bold beacon of anti-imperialist, sovereign development, while also discussing some of the military and political threats they face. Finally, we looked toward the future of African politics and the extent to which conditions are becoming favourable for a decisive exit from imperialist domination. David Hundeyin is an award-winning Nigerian investigative journalist and author based in Ghana who is also a founder of the Spearhead, which is a media outlet dedicated to telling the stories of Africa and Africans on their own terms from an anti-imperialist perspective. Journal of International Solidarity Links Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/InternationalSolidarityPodcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journalofintlsolidarity/  Substack: https://intlsolidarity.substack.com/  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@journalofintlsolidarity/

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 Palestine and looked at how Ukraine's alignment with Israel and strikes on Iranian assets expose the global architecture of Western imperialism and, consequently, the anti-imperialist forces. Furthermore, we challenged the unhelpful framework of "Russian imperialism," instead analyzing Russia's engagement in the Global South, particularly in West Africa's Sahel region. Finally, we discussed the extent to which Russia can be understood as an anti-imperialist actor and whether its ongoing war should be supported as an anti-imperialist war. Isabella Aidar, known online as Socialista Champagne, is a Brazilian‑Canadian political educator, writer, and UX & interface designer for Tech for Palestine. With a focus on anti-imperialism, geopolitics, and applying historical and dialectical materialism, Isabella’s goal is to make materialist analysis and Marxist-Leninist theory accessible to a wide range of audiences coming from all sorts of biases and ideological backgrounds. Socialista Champagne on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/socialista.champagne/ Socialista Champagne on Substack: https://socialistachampagne.substack.com/ Journal of International Solidarity Links Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/InternationalSolidarityPodcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journalofintlsolidarity/ Substack: https://intlsolidarity.substack.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@journalofintlsolidarity/

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 taken, including expanding opportunities for capital accumulation in the fossil fuel sector, in the military industry, and in AI. On September 14, Capitalism Can’t Be Fixed is organizing a mass protest at Nathan Philips Square in downtown Toronto to counter Carney’s attempt to host his own Davos summit in the city, where he’ll invite a wide range of members from the Epstein class to find profitable investment opportunities in Canada. Capitalism Can’t Be Fixed website: https://capitalismcantbefixed.ca/ Capitalism Can't Be Fixed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/capitalismcantbefixed/ Journal of International Solidarity Links Patreon: ⁠https://patreon.com/internationalsolidaritypodcast/⁠  Instagram: ⁠https://instagram.com/journalofintlsolidarity/⁠  Substack: ⁠https://intlsolidarity.substack.com/

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 is impacting the working class in China, as well as where China is along the socialist path. Immanuel has graciously made this book open-access which means you can get a PDF of the book online completely for free. Otherwise you can also buy a hard copy of the book for a relatively affordable price. Check out the book: https://brill.com/display/title/74520 Immanuel Ness is a Professor of Political Science at the City University of New York. He is a Marxist scholar whose work looks at migration and workers’ struggles. He is also a longtime labour organizer. Journal of International Solidarity Links Patreon: ⁠https://patreon.com/internationalsolidaritypodcast/⁠  Instagram: ⁠https://instagram.com/journalofintlsolidarity/⁠  Substack: ⁠https://intlsolidarity.substack.com/

In this episode, Professor Ken Hammond and I discussed the long history of the rise of the West and capitalism, and China’s role within it. We examined the central position of the Chinese economy in the world-system prior to Western dominance, looking at how its society and economy functioned. Furthermore, we discussed the concept of Chinese/socialist modernization – which is current in Chinese academic discourse – and how it differs from Western modernization theories rooted in colonial thinking. Finally, we considered what this socialist modernization trajectory signifies within the broader 500-year history of Western capitalism, alongside recent developments in China’s approach to global politics and the meaning of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China within this broader historical context. Ken Hammond is a Professor at the Department of History at New Mexico State University, he is an expert in Chinese and East Asian history, having worked and lived in China for several periods over the past 40 years. He is the author of several books including ‘From Yao to Mao: 5000 Years of Chinese History’ and ‘China’s Revolution and the Quest for a Socialist Future’. 'The Long Transition Toward Socialism' podcast episode with Torkil Lauesen: https://youtu.be/D84K0yH-Cuw?si=U6ORw_a-kKUfYS3b 'Building a New Development Theory from the Global South' (Wenhua Zongheng): https://thetricontinental.org/asia/wenhua-zongheng-2026-1-building-new-development-theory/ Journal of International Solidarity Links Patreon: https://patreon.com/internationalsolidaritypodcast/  Instagram: https://instagram.com/journalofintlsolidarity/  Substack: https://intlsolidarity.substack.com/

In this episode, Ammar Ali Jan and I discuss his recent trip to Iran to attend the funeral of martyr Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and related reflections on how Palestine since 2023 has been shaping the fabric of Pakistan since then. We then discuss the first International Anti-Imperialist Conference held in Lahore this past May and some of its conclusions relating to the need for political and economic sovereignty in the global South, the role of the state and the necessity of taking state power to pursue development in the global South, how Haqooq-e-Khalq is building their party, developing new institutions, and training new cadre and the youth, as well as how the geopolitics of Pakistan being wedged between Iran and China are shaping the terrain of class struggle in the country. Ammar Ali Jan is a historian and the General Secretary of the Haqooq-e-Khalq Party in Pakistan. He is also a cabinet member of the Progressive International. PLEASE DONATE TO THE SAMEER PROJECT'S FOOD AND WATER CAMPAIGN: https://chuffed.org/project/help-us-deliver-vital-aid-to-gaza-families-in-need Reportback from Lahore Anti-Imperialist Conference: https://voxummah.com/2026/05/the-struggle-to-build-a-new-internationalism/ Journal of International Solidarity Links Patreon: https://patreon.com/internationalsolidaritypodcast/  Instagram: https://instagram.com/journalofintlsolidarity/  Substack: https://intlsolidarity.substack.com/  Youtube: https://youtube.com/@journalofintlsolidarity/

In this episode, I speak with Steve Goldfield, who is an elder of the anti-imperialist and Marxist-Leninist left about the organization he was a part of in the 1970s and 80s called the Liberation Support Movement (LSM). LSM (1968–1982) was a North American, Marxist-Leninist solidarity group whose main mission was to cultivate U.S. and Canadian support for African liberation movements, forging direct partnerships with revolutionary organizations in countries like Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. We discussed some of LSM’s cadre organization work in North America, which included raising funds for these revolutionary organizations, sending printing equipment, and sending medicines and clothes, alongside other theoretical and ideological work. We also discussed comrade Steve’s solidarity trips to different parts of Africa and West Asia, where they did work interviewing African revolutionaries and publishing these interviews. We looked at how the LSM internally organized itself and what lessons can be drawn from their example in today’s context, as well as how Steve thinks about how the state of capitalism and imperialism has changed today from the time of the LSM, and how resistance to them is shaping up today. Liberation Support Movement's digital archive (including pamphlets, transcripts of interviews with African revolutionaries, etc.): https://africanactivist.msu.edu/organization/210-813-777/ Journal of International Solidarity Links Patreon: https://patreon.com/internationalsolidaritypodcast/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/journalofintlsolidarity/ Substack: https://intlsolidarity.substack.com/

In this episode, I’m speaking with Momodou Taal about the role of Islam in anti-imperialist struggles in West Asia. We discuss how the Western left has typically oriented itself to spirituality and Islam and what it is about Islamic theology that lends itself to shaping anti-imperialist struggles. We asked what it would mean to analyze history through a ‘theological-geopolitical-economy’ lens, and we looked at how the ideology of anti-imperialism has evolved over time from being Marxist and Marxist-adjacent to an Islamic anti-imperialism in our current period. Finally, we discussed what the post-Oct 7 world means for Muslims politics. Please donate to Shatha, my friend in Gaza and a nursing student supporting her younger siblings: https://whydonate.com/fundraising/a-hope-to-live Check out Momodou's excellent podcast, The Malcolm Effect: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-malcolm-effect/id1532417345 Journal of International Solidarity Links Patreon: https://patreon.com/internationalsolidaritypodcast/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/journalofintlsolidarity/ Substack: https://intlsolidarity.substack.com/

In this episode, I have Lara Sheehi back on the podcast to discuss her new book on revolutionary psychology and psychic militancy. We discuss how the capitalist and imperialist ruling classes see our minds as a terrain on which to wage war, how this psychological warfare can confuse or pacify our resistance to the system, and most importantly, how we can tune ourselves to being uncompromising on our revolutionary politics and not succumb to pacification. We also look at the psychic militancy practiced by those at the vanguard of anti-imperialism – the Axis of Resistance – and what lessons we can take from their ‘resistance psychology’. PLEASE DONATE to the Sameer Project's Food and Water Campaign: https://chuffed.org/project/help-us-deliver-vital-aid-to-gaza-families-in-need?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio Get Lara's Book: https://www.plutobooks.com/product/from-the-clinic-to-the-streets/ Lara's Psychic Militancy podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJvUPsxvEc7gn3BAsDG9I0w Journal of International Solidarity Links Patreon: https://patreon.com/internationalsolidaritypodcast/  Instagram: https://instagram.com/journalofintlsolidarity/  Substack: https://intlsolidarity.substack.com/  Youtube: https://youtube.com/@journalofintlsolidarity/

In this episode, I’m joined by Jasmine Peardon and Garrett Halas to discuss their recent trip to China which was organized by Canada-China Focus. We discuss what they learned from how the state prioritizes ecology as a vital part of development; we discussed some of their experiences in urban versus rural China, the role of the tech sector and AI in China, as well as some of their personal reflections on China’s socialist path. Garrett Halas is a PhD candidate in the sociology department at Carleton University with a specialization in Marxist political economy and Canada-China relations. He’s a member of the Communist Party of Canada, Peace Alliance Winnipeg and Canadians United Against Modern Exclusion. His YouTube channel, Red Pen, focuses on the history, theory, and biographies of socialist revolutions and revolutionaries. Jasmine Peardon is a Masters student studying Indigenous international relations with China, and has spent several years working in public policy. She co-founded Montréal Anti-Apartheid and hosts weekly political education seminars with the organization Capitalism Can't be Fixed. Journal of International Solidarity Links Patreon: https://patreon.com/internationalsolidaritypodcast/  Instagram: https://instagram.com/journalofintlsolidarity/  Substack: https://intlsolidarity.substack.com/  Youtube: https://youtube.com/@journalofintlsolidarity/

In this episode, Max Ajl returns to the podcast to discuss the ongoing anti-imperialist struggle in West Asia involving Iran and the Axis of Resistance. We discuss what this current war reveals about the state of imperialism today, the US-Israeli relationship and possible contradictions between them, Iran’s sovereign military technology, as well as how global South states can orient toward greater energy sovereignty, including with green productive forces from China, after Iran’s effective nationalization of the Strait of Hormuz. Finally, we discuss what this US-Israeli war on Iran signifies in these five centuries of global Western dominance.  PLEASE DONATE to the Sameer Project's Food and Water Campaign: https://chuffed.org/project/help-us-deliver-vital-aid-to-gaza-families-in-need?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio Journal of International Solidarity Links Patreon: https://patreon.com/internationalsolidaritypodcast/  Instagram: https://instagram.com/journalofintlsolidarity/  Substack: https://intlsolidarity.substack.com/  Youtube: https://youtube.com/@journalofintlsolidarity/