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Analyzing the history of American and British Imperialism (we don't like it), current events, politics, and more. Hosted by Nick, Steve, and Levi
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Just some more slop for the trough as we get back into gear with the real stuff. It's coming, we promise. Free Palestine!
Nick and Steve get together for some drinks and have some fun comparing the political situations of the US and the UK. Nothing earthshattering here, folks, but good to be back, even if only for a moment.
The United States is the world’s leading purveyor of immiseration, destruction, death, and instability—as the swamp that sustains our current world order of monopoly capitalism and imperialism, the United States is still, and has been for a century now, the leading global hegemon, the imperialist super power that calls the shots on the world stage. Its drive towards accumulation and geopolitical dominance has wrought hell on the rest of the world’s nations and the planet itself. So why, then,...
We join Destiny of Closeted History to begin what we anticipate being the first in many collaborations exploring the intersection of the LGBTQ+ movement with other revolutionary struggles. Through the lens of "pinkwashing," we consider how landmark actions of the LGBTQ+ liberation movement (think Stonewall) have been appropriated to justify limited gains (think President Obama designating Stonewall a national monument). We pivot to a conversation of the genocide in Palestine and h...
Getting sloppy again going over the basic contours of the European left in anticipation of Levi's move to the German fatherland. We also break some fresh ground talking about Biden's infirm grasp on reality and Trump's racial insensitivity...there's some good stuff in there too, we think.We tease our latest collaboration with Destiny over at Closeted History. Look forward to that as we go through a transitional period of sloppy recording and production.The Intervention Podcast:Twitter: @inter...
1Hey all, no Intervention standalone this week, but enjoy Nick's conversation with two local Palestinian-American activists on Pittsburgh Liberation Radio.Palestinian-Americans Karim and Ahmed return to the show to tell stories of struggle from the past and present that have defined their families. As we witness replays of the 1948 Nakba in real time, it is more important than ever to take a stand, unapologetically, for the human beings with families, children, hopes, and dreams in Palestine. ...
The episode details the events of the Fourth Arab-Israeli War of 1973 (also known as the Yom Kippur War, the Ramadan War, and the October War) and the aftermath in Israels domestic affairs. The sizable amount of Israeli blood spilled provided an opening for what would become the Likud front to articulate a wedding of their revisionist Zionism with the religious Zionism embodied by the organization Gush Emunim.As we’ve maintained, these ideologies existed among Zionists even before the Mandate...
Nick and Comrade Ty have a discussion on imperialism, popular resistance and self-determination in our contemporary context. We discuss how to apply and update foundational theory to concrete conditions in 2024, with the genocide in Gaza and the actions of regional anti-imperialist forces as a backdrop. Now, more than ever, it is clear that our role in the belly of the beast is to build a strong, effective anti-imperialist movement. Reject US/NATO interventions! No to imperialist demonization...
Another heaping helping of slop for Mr Pig's piglets. On this one we "cherry-pick evidence — some factual, some highly distorted — to push misleading narratives" - according to the Washington Post. We talk bloodthirsty Dems John Fetterman and Nancy Pelosi antagonizing anti-imperialist protestors as well as the defunding of UNRWA. The point in each is to muddy the waters by conflating those taking a principled stand with anti-Semites, puppets of Putin, and pawns of China. We spend the las half...
We've been teasing this one for quite some time and, after long last, it's here. Steve leads an initial discussion on where we're in our knowledge and preconceptions of the Irish Republican Army and the broad history of Ireland. The Intervention Podcast:Twitter: @intervenepodInstagram: @intervention_podEmail: interventionpod@gmail.comLevi Levi:Twitter: @levi0leviInstagram: @levi0levi0leviEmail: levi0levi@duck.comBig thanks to Plasmid for the music for the show: Instagram - @plasmidband....
Notes this is a rebroadcast from the Pittsburgh PSL podcast: Pittsburgh Liberation RadioIn this episode, Nick sits down with local Palestinian-American activists Karim and Ahmed for a wide ranging conversation on Palestine. Karim and Ahmed relate the heart-wrenching conditions of their families in Gaza, many of whom have been injured or murdered by Israel. We also discuss the ongoing people's movement for Palestine and the strength in solidarity, among many other topics.If there is a theme fo...
As promised in the previous episode, we discuss V. I. Lenin's Draft Theses on National and Colonial Questions for the Second Congress of the Communist International. It takes us quite awhile to get to the actual text of Lenin because we end up discussing the nation, the ecumenical state, ethnicity, and many of the contradictions therein.Note: Had some pesky background noise in this one that was hard to get rid of. Sorry about that! Additional Sources:Imagined Communitie...
This is an experiment of sorts. Before jumping into the seminar style discussion we've done in the past, we've chosen to do a straight reading of V. I. Lenin's Draft Theses on National and Colonial Questions for the Second Congress of the Communist International. The piece is short and, by nature as a draft, not fully fleshed out, but it is also brimming with insight and rife for interrogation.We will be releasing our discussion of this piece as our next full episode.The Intervention Podcast:...
In this episode begins with the War of Attrition beginning 1967 through the fallout of the 1972 attack by the Black September Group on the Munich Olympics.Pan-Arabism transitioned to more localized struggles in which the Soviet Union and the United States emerged as major, opposed, forces. As a benefactor of nobody, a stateless people, Palestinian invisibility and hostility, even among former Arab state allies, began to harden. In this context, the Jordanian Crown kicked off a vicious o...
We're back with Evan of Left of the Projector for the third (maybe second?) entry in the History in Film series. This time it's 1960's Zionist epic, Exodus. Based on the novel of the same name by Leon Uris, this film aimed to convince American Jewry to consider the State of Israel (at this point, only twelve years old) as a nation deserving their investment, sympathy, and loyalty. Somehow, we've dragged along Sam and Gabe from Labor Jawn to slog our way through this three and half hour long p...
A year in review, U.S. Steel brings good news to their shareholders, the pillaging of the Congo, Steve's Reich-wing roundup, and a spark of hope in the smoldering left in the State of Israel.Articles:“Who are the Israeli refuseniks picking jail over the Gaza war?” in Al Jazeera"U.S. Steel’s acquisition will end a difficult marriage that forged — and constrained — Pittsburgh’s identity" by Christopher Briem in PublicSource"First Israeli Conscientious Objector of the Gaza War Is Jailed: 'I Know...
Al Jazeera launched a “Know their Names' ' project on December 12th to bring attention to the over 275 Palestinian men, women, and children murdered in the West Bank since Operation Al-Aqsa Flood has drawn the world’s attention to Gaza. There has been an (understandable) secondary attention given to the West Bank from sympathetic press or even outright neglect from mainstream press with an active, horrifying, genocide occurring in Gaza. Prolific author, human rights lawyer and anti-imperialis...
After two months that have felt like two decades, Mike rejoins us to polish off The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte. In the first part, we dug deep into the theory undergirding Marx’s understanding of political history. while in this part we focused on the political history undergirding Marx’s understanding of theory. Don't worry, this isn't a primer on 19th century France, rather we consider what of his analysis continues to be relevant in understanding our current political str...
We take a minute to work through two articles in depth which speak to structural rot at the basis of the Israeli liberal establishment. The first by Jonathan Ofir argues the depravity at the basis of the genocide of Palestinians is proof of a state death cult. The second, by Nir Hasson & Liza Rozovsky represents the decadence of the liberal position as it condemns the "excesses" of individual actors to justify the actions of state. In both, the genocidal logic of Zionism is laid bare but ...
Joe Mayall finally returns to talk about the parallels between the American propaganda efforts leading into the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the current massive propaganda push to support Israel's erasure of Palestine. Pulling from Joe's article (which formed the basis of our discussion) propaganda production rests on four interrelated concepts: outright lies, selective use of facts, manipulating the structure of a narrative, and censorship. We work through how each concept is being employed rig...
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