The Malcolm Effect

Jan 26 2025 100 ep. 46 mins 164
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#128 - US Imperialism case study: Guatemala, El-Salavdor and Nicaragua - Professor Aviva Chomsky

Jan 26 2025 42 mins  
Listen in as we discuss the story of US imperialism in central America and how it relates to today. Aviva Chomsky is an American professor, historian, author, and activist. She is a professor of history and the Coordinator of Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies at Salem State University in Massachusetts.

#127 Drone warfare - Khalil Dewan

Jan 21 2025 37 mins  
Listen in as we discuss how drones have changed the landscape of war. Khalil Dewan is a dedicated researcher and practitioner with a strong focus on international law and human rights. Currently pursuing a PhD in Law at SOAS University of London, he is also a Member of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), SOAS Centre for Human Rights Law, and the Centre for the Study

#126 The Future of the Arab-Iranian Region - Professor Mohammad Marandi

Jan 15 2025 35 mins  
Listen in as we discuss what the future holds for the Arab-Iranian region with Professor Marandi Mohammad Marandi (Persian: سید محمد مرندی; born 1966 in Richmond, Virginia) is an Iranian-American academic and political analyst. I.G. @TheGambian Twitter: @MomodouTaal @CTayJ @s_m_marandi

#125 Pan-Africanism as World Making - Professor Zubairu Wai

Jan 07 2025 94 mins  
What does the world look like from a Pan-Africanist perspective? Listen in as we discuss what it means to be "authentically" African and see the world from the vantage point of Africa. Zubairu Wai is Associate Professor of Political Science and Global Development Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada I.G. @TheGambian @Ethan_Levine_ Twitter: @MomodouTaal @CTayJ@EthanLevin

#124 Campus Repression: SOAS

Dec 30 2024 43 mins  
Featuring: Haya AdamTara MannAbel Harvie-ClarkAlex Cachinero-Gorman @democratise.education @soasliberatedzone@[email protected]@alejandre.cachivache https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241201-soas-student-union-is-supposed-to-be-independent-but-it-has-been-completely-silenced/

#123 Neoliberalism and the role of the dollar in US imperialism - Professor Radhika Desai?

Nov 28 2024 53 mins  
What is neoliberalism? What is the nature of US capitalism today? How does the dollar act as a function of US imperialism? Listen in to the brilliant Radhika Desai. Dr. Radhika Desai is Professor at the Department of Political Studies, and Director, Geopolitical Economy Research Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. She is the author of Geopolitical Economy: After US

#122 The Political Economy of Fascism & the US Election- Dr. Corinna Mullin

Nov 21 2024 69 mins  
What is the material basis of fascism? Listen in as Dr. Mullin masterfully details the political economy of fascism and how Palestine fits into US' current juncture of capitalist crisis. Corinna Mullin is an anti-imperialist scholar who teaches political science and international political economy at John Jay College and Brooklyn College (CUNY). Corinna's research examines global

#121 Anti imperialism and The Question of Syria - Max Ajl

Nov 16 2024 78 mins  
What does an anti-imperialist position on the question of Syria sound like? Max Ajl is a fellow at MECAM/University of Tunis, a Senior Fellow at University of Ghent and an associated researcher at the Tunisian Observatory for Food Sovereignty and the Environment. He is an associate editor at Agrarian South and Journal of Labor and Society, and has written for The Journal of Peasa

#120 Our role within the imperial core - Dr. Nina Farnia

Oct 29 2024 45 mins  
What does our present moment require from us? Listen in as Dr. Nina Farnia and I discuss the responsibility of those who live in the imperial core, particularly the US. Nina Farnia is a law professor and legal historian whose research focuses on US imperialism and anti-imperialist dissidents. Her forthcoming book is entitled Imperialism: An American Story (Stanford University Pre

#119 The Problem with Western Marxism - Professor Gabriel Rockhill

Oct 22 2024 49 mins  
Why is it the case that so many leftists in the West fail on the question of imperialism? Listen in as Professor Rockhill takes us through the problems with Western Marxism Dr. Gabriel Rockhill is the Founding Director of the Critical Theory Workshop / Atelier de Théorie Critique, Professor of Philosophy and Global Interdisciplinary Studies at Villanova University, and the author