THIS IS REVOLUTION ＞podcast

THIS IS REVOLUTION＞podcast Ep. 227: Iraqi Kurdistan in Crisis w/ Djene Bajalan and Stefan Bertram Lee

Djene and Stefan talk to Datsan Jasim, Lana Askari, and Abdulla Hawez about the ongoing protests in Iraqi Kurdistan and the broader social, political, and economic history of the region.

 

Dastan Jasim

Doctoral Fellow at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies in Hamburg and Doctoral Candidate at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg. She works on the political culture of Kurds in Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey and has been a conflict researcher for the Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research, focusing on the Kurdish conflict in Syria and the war against ISIS since 2017.

 

Lana Askari

Lana Askari has a PhD in Social Anthropology with Visual Media from the University of Manchester. Her PhD research focused on how people in Iraqi Kurdistan imagine and plan their future in times of crisis, for which she produced the films “Bridge to Kobane” (2016) and “Future Factory” (2018). She currently works for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign affairs and as a Teaching Fellow at the University of Amsterdam.

 

Abdulla Hawez

Abdulla Hawez is a researcher with a private consultancy firm in London, focusing on Turkey, Iraq, and Syria. He has worked with the BBC World Service and The Daily Beast as a journalist. He was also co-founded Yalla news organization in 2014.

 

 

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THIS IS REVOLUTION＞podcast Ep. 226: The Joy Industry and the Science of Happiness w/ Ashley Frawley

Is Happiness a science? Is there a trick to being happy? Why should we be happy? Jason talks to Ashley Frawley about her book Semiotics of Happiness: Rhetorical Beginnings of a Public Problem.

Ashley Frawley

Ashley Frawley is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at Swansea University and the author of Semiotics of Happiness: Rhetorical Beginnings of a Public Problem. She is also a member of Diet Soap Media.

Follow her on Twitter

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Reading

Semiotics of Happiness: Rhetorical beginnings of a public problem

https://www.amazon.com/Semiotics-Happiness-Rhetorical-beginnings-Bloomsbury/dp/1472523717

 

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THIS IS REVOLUTION＞podcast Ep. 225: Is the Online Left a Grift w/ Jason Myles

Djene and Varn talk to Jason Myles about the nature of online left media and discuss Jason’s recent Medium piece, Left Influencers: THIS IS NOT A GRIFT.

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https://jasonmyles.medium.com/left-influencers-this-is-not-a-grift-5630ee792c25

TIR Presents Mau Mau Hour w/ Pascal Robert: Merry Holidays You Filthy Animal

The Crüe discusses Pascal's latest piece in Newsweek as well as has a bit of year end retrospection.

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Pascal Robert in Black Agenda Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/author/PascalRobert

 

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Readings:

https://www.newsweek.com/obsession-black-white-wealth-gap-protects-elites-opinion-1661910

THIS IS REVOLUTION＞podcast Ep. 224: The Left and the Biden Administration w/ Kali Akuno

Since the rise of Trump in 2016 debate has increased in liberal and left political spaces pertaining to the rise of a fascist moment in America. With the election of Joe Biden in 2020, some believed the Trump threat had abated. Then on January 6, 2021, the Trump insurrection at the US Capitol building took place, alarming many Americans. With Biden's agenda not generating enthusiastic support as his poll numbers drop, the reactionary right is on the march again as recent electoral victories have served as an unfavorable referendum on Biden.

Considering these current political realities, what direction should those on the left take? Should there be a popular front union with the Democratic party to challenge the reactionary right? Or is there a more radical and effective strategy?

 

Kali Akuno

Kali Akuno is a co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson. Kali served as the Director of Special Projects and External Funding in the Mayoral Administration of the late Chokwe Lumumba of Jackson, MS. His focus in this role was supporting cooperative development, the introduction of eco-friendly and carbon reduction methods of operation, and the promotion of human rights and international relations for the city.

https://cooperationjackson.org/

 

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THIS IS REVOLUTION＞podcast Ep. 223: Combating Conspiracy w/ Ashley Frawley

Pascal, Jason, and Djene talk with Ashley Frawley about the bumbling inefficiency of political elites and why this should dispel any notion that they are capable of any kind of ‘conspiracy’.

 

Ashley Frawley

Ashley Frawley is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at Swansea University and the author of Semiotics of Happiness: Rhetorical Beginnings of a Public Problem. She is also a member of Diet Soap Media. Follow her on Twitter @Ashleyafrawley

 

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Reading

https://www.rt.com/.../535060-elites-incompetent.../

TIR PRESENTS GAMING MATERIALISTS: Literature and Politics of the OSR w/Hoi and Jeff

We are joined by Hoi and Jeff of the Appendix N Book Club to talk about the politicization of the sword and sorcery of the Appendix N book list, the actual politics of that list, and the politics around Dungeon Crawl Classics and other OSR/OSR-adjacent games. Hoi and Jeff have been reading Appendix N literature for several years as well as other books they have added to expand and modernize this canon. We have this to be first on many discussions of the neo-70s gaming revival.

You can find the Appendix N Book Club podcast at

https://appendixnbookclub.com/ https://www.patreon.com/appendixnbook...

 

Support VarnVlog

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMuZ...

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THIS IS REVOLUTION＞podcast Ep. 222: Understanding the Biden Economy w/ Dr. Jack Rasmus

The economy is once again back in the news with stories of inflation, supply chain issues, and labor shortages. While Democrats attempt to spin this state of affairs as evidence of a post-COVID recovery, Republicans seek to paint a picture of doom and gloom. With these contradictory narratives abroad, we talk to economist Jack Rasmus about the current outlook for the American economy. What explains the issue of labor shortages? What explains the supply chain issues? And how serious is the threat of inflation?

 

Jack Rasmus

Dr. Jack Rasmus, Ph.D Political Economy, teaches economics at St. Mary’s College in California. He is the author and producer of the various nonfiction and fictional workers, including the books The Scourge of Neoliberalism: US Economic Policy From Reagan to Bush, Clarity Press, October 2019; Alexander Hamilton & The Origins of the Fed, Lexington books, March 2019; Central Bankers at the End of Their Ropes: Monetary Policy and the Coming Depression, Clarity Press, August 2018; Looting Greece: A New Financial Imperialism Emerges, Clarity Press, Sept. 2016; Systemic Fragility in the Global Economy, Clarity Press, January 2016; ‘Obama’s Economy: Recovery for the Few‘, Pluto Press, 2012, ‘Epic Recession: Prelude to Global Depression, Pluto Press, 2010, and ‘The War at Home: The Corporate Offensive from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush‘, Kyklosproductions, 2006.

@drjackrasmus

https://jackrasmus.com/about/

http://www.kyklosproductions.com/

 

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THIS IS REVOLUTION＞podcast Ep. 221: The Race Politics of Veteran Affairs w/ Mike Kim and Sports Kick Off Show w/ Emma Vigeland

This Saturday we will be talking with Michael Kim about Veterans issues. What are the problems that veterans in the United States face? In what ways do racial dynamics impact upon the experience of veterans? And how might these issues be resolved?

 

Mike Kim

Mike Kim is a psychoanalyst, an Iraq War vet, an ex-friar monk, a war trauma care provider and a doctoral researcher at the Teachers College of Columbia University. Find him on his website www.mikekimveteran.com

 

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THIS IS REVOLUTION＞podcast Ep. 220: The Savagery of The Private Healthcare System f/ Qualia Redux and Dr. Eric Osgood

The question of healthcare in the United States has been one of the preeminent questions in American politics. While some form of socialized healthcare exists in most countries, the United States is almost unique in the way that it leaves such life and death issues to market forces. In 2010, the passage of the Affordable Care Act, so-called Obamacare, was supposed to solve the healthcare question. However, unfortunately for millions, the profit-driven nature of healthcare provision remained in place.

This week on This is Revolution, we speak with Dr. Eric Osgood about the brutality of the US healthcare system and discuss with Qualia Redux her recent video that drew parallels between American healthcare provision and the SAW movie franchise.

 

Eric Osgood

Dr. Eric D. Osgood is an internist in Trenton, New Jersey, and is affiliated with St. Francis Medical Center-Trenton.

@EdoajoEric

 

Qualia Redux

Qualia Redux is a YouTube content creator, cultural critic, and political observer.

https://www.youtube.com/c/qualiaredux

@QualiaRedux

 

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