Episodes
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Part two with Dr. Max Ajl, (@maxajl)
In this episode we discuss the overthrow of Syria. What does this mean for the present.
Resources:
The Cradle.co
Al-Mayadeen English
Middle East Critique
Agrarian South
Journal of Labor and Society
Excellent podcasts from comrades on Syria compiled by the Good Shepherd Collective
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In our inaugural episode with a guest, we are pleased to invite Dr. Max Ajl (@maxajl) to speak about Syria. This is a two part interview. Part one is a historical materialist primer on Syria, the groundwork you need to be able to understand the present moment. Part two will be helping us understand recent developments and de-developments.
A quick note, as Max works and lives in Tunisia, he says Tunisia/Tunisian at several points when he means Syria/Syrian.
Resources:
Patrick Higgins' "Gunning for Damascus: The US War on the Syrian Arab Republic," Middle East Critique
Max Ajl, "The Political Economy of Thermidor in Syria: National and International Dimensions," from Linda Matar and Ali Kadri's Syria: From National Independence to Proxy War (209-245).
Linda Matar, "The Political Economy of Investment in Syria"
Excellent podcasts from comrades on Syria compiled by the Good Shepherd Collective
For an excellent overview of what happened at the start of the so-called Syrian Civil War, read William Van Wagenen's two part essays
Salafis Throwing Bombs: How American and British Planners Partnered with al-Qaeda Affiliated Groups at the Start of the Syrian Civil War (Dec. 28, 2021) "Creative Chaos: How U.S. Planners Sparked the Anti-Government Protests of theSo-Called Arab Spring in Syria(Jan. 31,2022) -
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References:
Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang, "Decolonization is Not A Metaphor": https://clas.osu.edu/sites/clas.osu.edu/files/Tuck%20and%20Yang%202012%20Decolonization%20is%20not%20a%20metaphor.pdf
"We Remember the Attempts to be Free" Joy James on Black August and the Captive Maternal"
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/millennials-are-killing-capitalism/id1292638162?i=1000531844926
Max Ajl, "Logics of Elimination and Settler Colonialism: Decolonization or National Liberation?"
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/19436149.2023.2191401?casa_token=fi5MSn12KIgAAAAA:H_l0Xv2oZteXv-lWgNzMjqU2MmJMZJyG8qJ0CyTBgN68WuBE61DOJx2uhC4p3JTSTHBnZVF19Lye
Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory:
https://archive.org/details/intheoryclassesn0000aija
Paulo Freire, Pedagogy in Process: Letters to Guinea-Bissau:
https://archive.org/details/pedagogyinproces0000frei_m5v5
Curry Malott, How Amilcar Cabral shaped Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy:
https://mronline.org/2021/09/03/how-amilcar-cabral-shaped-paulo-freires-pedagogy/
Joma Geneciran, Global Historical Materialism and Decoloniality,"
https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.62191/ROAPE-2024-0035https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.62191/ROAPE-2024-0035
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Ending music credit:
Bambu - "November to Remember": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXG3QxgXgVA
References:
MAKC - “Opening as Many Fronts as Possible” - Reflections on Palestine Action Us & the Merrimack 4 With Calla Walsh:
https://millennialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/opening-as-many-fronts-as-possible-reflections-from-palestine-action-us-the-merrimack-4-with-calla-walsh
Bayan USA - "Resist Fascism & Imperialism! Build the Mass Movement and Forge Hope through Struggle!":
https://www.bayanusa.org/blog/us-election
Aime Cesaire - Discourse on Colonialism:
https://files.libcom.org/files/zz_aime_cesaire_robin_d.g._kelley_discourse_on_colbook4me.org_.pdf
George Jackson - Blood in my Eye:
https://files.libcom.org/files/2022-08/BloodInMyEye_text_0.pdf
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Suggested Readings/Cited Sources:
Kwame Ture and Charles Hamilton - Black Power: https://mygaryislike.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/black-power-kwame-ture-and-charles-hamilton.pdf
Rod Bush - We Are Not What We Seem (Chapter 1): https://rodbush.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/we-are-not-what-we-seem-ch-1.pdf
Rod Bush - The End of World White Supremacy: https://drive.proton.me/urls/CTSPD2FQQM#xATxPdcz3V6i
Sam Klug - Making the Internal Colony dissertation: https://drive.proton.me/urls/RNAS30145R#gtMlu8c3wHFV
Will Kujala - The Dialectics of Domestication dissertation: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/37128575-cba0-4d10-8302-5f947b4c5990
The Collected Works of the Black Liberation Army, vol. I - https://rookerypress.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cwbla-ebook-mdr.pdf
Robert Allen - Black Awakening in Capitalist Amerikkka: https://www.are.na/block/11409385
Robert Allen - Reassessing the Internal (Neo) Colonialism Theory: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41069111
Robert Blauner - Racial Oppression in Amerikkka: https://enriquedussel.com/txt/Textos_200_Obras/Giro_descolonizador/Racial_oppression-Robert_Blauner.pdf
Charles Pinderhughes - Toward a New Theory of Internal Colonialism: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270140270_Toward_a_New_Theory_of_Internal_Colonialism
Manu Karuka - Empire's Tracks: https://drive.proton.me/urls/JH8QGBH418#xS1AVyvdgRhZ
Dylan Rodriguez - White Reconstruction: https://drive.proton.me/urls/QP4H5DTSC4#DaviLqXqDnwt
Jared Ball and Charles Pinderhughes debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFygMVFCFrU
Dylan Rodriguez on White Reconstruction (MAKC): https://millennialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/white-reconstruction-dylan-rodriguez-on-domestic-war-the-logics-of-genocide-and-abolition
Dylan Rodriguez on White Reconstruction (Rev Left): https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/white-reconstruction
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IG: @ka.joma
Twitter: @600cm3 @ka_joma_
Suggested Readings:
Max Ajl, "Palestine and the End of Theory": https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19436149.2024.2404338
Joma Geneciran, "Global Historical Materialism and Decoloniality": https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.62191/ROAPE-2024-0035
Mondoweiss Interview with Mousa Abu Marzouk: https://mondoweiss.net/2024/10/a-time-of-painful-birth-and-major-transformation-a-senior-hamas-leader-reflects-on-october-7-and-its-aftermath/
Within Our Lifetime, “To Them, We Are All Outside Agitators: Encampments & Escalation”: https://wolpalestine.com/encampments/
Palestine Action US, "Flood the Gates, Escalate": https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/flood-the-gates-escalate/
Fire Ant Movement Defense, “We Don’t Need Safety: We Need to Escalate” (published by Escalate Network): https://ia600303.us.archive.org/5/items/no-safety/NoSafety.pdf
James Boggs, The American Revolution: Pages from a Negro Worker's Notebook: https://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/amreboggs.html
Boggs and Hocker, But What About the Workers?: https://drive.proton.me/urls/6V5CQVEA60#gFBL8zWjZPNb
Liberation Support Movement, Principles of LSM’s Anti-Imperialist Work: https://drive.proton.me/urls/X9K063YV9W#9HwyL7J7IaGQ
Additional References:
Insurgency & Counterinsurgency 101 with Dylan Rodríguez - MAKC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OlKVDR_WdE
https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/08/30/business/elbit-israel-palestinian-protests/#google_vignette
https://apnews.com/article/longshoremen-strike-ports-dockworkers-agreement-86fac07d1189e11ca4816b2cbf37affb
https://olmsapps.dol.gov/query/orgReport.do?rptId=891102&rptForm=LM2Form
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/456/212/
https://web.archive.org/web/20150526060617/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/27/nyregion/thomas-gleason-92-who-led-longshoremen-s-union-is-dead.html
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References:
May 19th Communist Organization (M19CO) Principles: https://archive.org/details/may-19th-principles-of-unity_202105 Anti-Imperialist Network (AIN) Points of Unity: https://file.io/YCLqt1VaaXzC Anti-Imperialist Network (AIN Website): https://anti-imperialist.net/ "Eating the Apple of the World" - Social Investigation and Class Analysis with Dani Manibat" on Millennials are Killing CapitalismWhile Nate and I both went through the tramautic experience that is higher education in Amerikkka, our goal is to make this information as accessible as possible. DM us on Twitter with feedback and questions at @ka_joma_ and/or @600cm3.
