The Malcolm Effect

#87 Pan African activism in the US - Obi Egbuna jr

Listen in as Obi Egbuna jr, Deej and I discuss what Pan African organising in the US should focus on today.

 

I.G. @TheGambian

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#86 Sanctions, U.S Imperialism and The case of Libya - Dr. Matteo Capasso

In this episode, we discuss with Dr. Matteo Campasso the history and mechanism of sanctions. 

 

Matteo Capasso is @mscactions research fellow at @cafoscari and @columbia, whose work focuses on imperialism and the Global South.  He is the author of 'Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya' and co-editor of @mideastcritique. His work has appeared in @ripe, @roap and @journalPolitics.  He is also a rapporteur at in the International Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions Blockades, and Unilateral Coercive Measures @sanctionstrib

 

I.G. @TheGambian

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@capassomat

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@CTayJ

 

 

#85 Liberal identity politics & The class struggle today - Dr. Norman Finkelstein

In this episode Dr. Norman Finkelstein talk to Annie, Christian, and Momodou about how he sees the class struggle today.

 

Norman Gary Finkelstein is an American political scientist, activist, former professor, and author. His primary fields of research are the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust. He is a graduate of Binghamton University and received his Ph.D. in political science at Princeton University.

#84 Imperialism, Multipolarity & De-dollarisation - Radhika Desai

In this episode, Professor Radhika Desai gives us a masterclass on our geopolitical situation. 

 

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 Hegemony, Globalization and Empire (2013), Slouching Towards Ayodhya: From Congress to Hindutva in Indian Politics (2nd rev ed, 2004) and Intellectuals and Socialism: ‘Social Democrats’ and the Labour Party (1994), a New Statesman and Society Book of the Month, and editor or co-editor of Russia, Ukraine and Contemporary Imperialism, a special issue of International Critical Thought (2016), Theoretical Engagements in Geopolitical Economy (2015), Analytical Gains from Geopolitical Economy (2015), Revitalizing Marxist Theory for Today’s Capitalism (2010) and Developmental and Cultural Nationalisms (2009).

She is also the author of numerous articles in Economic and Political Weekly, International Critical Thought, New Left Review, Third World Quarterly, World Review of Political Economy and other journals and in edited collections on parties, political economy, culture and nationalism.

With Alan Freeman, she co-edits the Geopolitical Economy book series with Manchester University Press and the Future of Capitalism book series with Pluto Press.

She serves on the Editorial Boards of many journals including Canadian Political Science Review, Critique of Political Economy, E-Social Sciences, Pacific Affairs, Global Faultlines, Research in Political Economy, Revista de Economía Crítica, World Review of Political Economy and International Critical Thought

 

I.G. @TheGambian

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@MomodouTaal

@CTayJ

#83 Let’s talk about Borders - Harsha Walia

Borders are not just lines on a map. Listen in as Harsha Walia, Deej and I discuss bordering regimes

 

Harsha Walia is a Canadian activist and writer based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has been involved with No one is illegal, the February 14 Women's Memorial March Committee, the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre, and several Downtown Eastside housing justice coalitions.^[2][3] Walia has been active in migrant justice, Indigenous solidarity, feminist, anti-racist, and anti-capitalist movements for over a decade.^[4]

Walia is the author of Undoing Border Imperialism (2013) and Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism (2021), co-author of Never Home: Legislating Discrimination in Canadian Immigration (2015), and Red Women Rising: Indigenous Women Survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (2019).^[9] She has also contributed to over thirty academic journals, anthologies, magazines, and newspapers.^[4] She is a frequent guest speaker at campuses and conferences across North America.^[10]

 

I.G. @TheGambian

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@MomodouTaal

@FanonIsCanon

#82 An Introduction to Walter Rodney - Musa Springer

Musa Springer joined me for an introduction to Walter Rodney.

 

Musa Springer is a cultural worker and community organizer, host of the Grounding podcast, and a volunteer with the Walter Rodney Foundation.

 

I.G. @TheGambian

@Paranoid_Alive

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@MomodouTaal

@HalfAtlanta

#81 Some Questions for the African Intellectual - Professor Siba Grovogui

In this episode, we discuss what are the some of questions the African intellectual should be considering in our current moment.

 

Grovogui is a professor at Cornell university of international relations theory and law.

 

I.G. @TheGambian

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@MomodouTaal

@FanonIsCanon

#80 Islam, Muslims & Modernity - Shaykh Khaled Abou El Fadl

In this episode, I discuss with Shaykh Khaled Abou El Fadl about his current activities and how we can re-engage Islam in our time.

 

Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl is one of the world’s leading authorities on Shari'ah, Islamic law and Islam, and a prominent scholar in the field of human rights. He is the Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law where he teaches International Human Rights; Islamic Jurisprudence; Political Asylum and Refugee Law; The Trafficking of Human Beings: Law and Policy; Political Crimes and Legal Systems; and Muslims, Race and Law. He was also formerly the Chair of the Islamic Studies Interdepartmental Program at UCLA. He is the founder of the Institute of Advanced Usuli Studies ("The Usuli Institute"), a non-profit educational institute dedicated to ethics, beauty and critical thinking in the Islamic intellectual tradition.

 

If you wish to support the Shaykh's work:

www.LaunchGood.com/projectilluminesirah

 

I.G. @TheGambian

 

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@MomodouTaal

 

#79 In Pursuit of Revolutionary Love - Dr. Joy James & Deej

In this episode, we discuss Dr. Joy James' latest publication: In pursuit of revolutionary love with. 

 

I.G. @TheGambian

 

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@MomodouTaal

@FanonIsCanon

Book Talk: White Enclosure: Racial Capitalism and Coloniality along the Balkan Route - Adem Ferizaj & Piro Rexhepi

A crossover episode discussing the Balkans from a decolonial perspective. 

 

Piro Rexhepi is a researcher based in London. He holds a PhD in politics and writes about borders, racism, religion, and sexuality. He is the author of “White Enclosures Racial Capitalism and Coloniality along the Balkan Route.” It was published by Duke University Press in December 2022 and is discussed in today’s episode.

 

Adem Ferizaj is a PhD student at the Centre for Gender Studies at SOAS University of London. His dissertation is an epistemological study of the roles of Muslim-majority populations from the Balkans in the global hierarchies of whiteness. He has previously worked as a graduate teaching assistant at SOAS.

 

@ademfer

@Pirorexhepi