Show Notes
Longtime friend of the show Navid Zarrinal returns to guesthost an interview with Shirin Saeidi, who was fired from her position at the University of Arkansas for her political positions. They discuss the failure of Iranian Studies scholars to produce work related to modern Iran, defend their colleagues against Zionist repression, and adequately confronting US imperialism. Watch the video edition on the East is a Podcast YouTube channel https://youtu.be/SWX4nHY5Bx0 Follow Shirin on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drshirinsaeidi/ Follow Navid on his various socials https://linktr.ee/navid.wahraman Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast
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Dror Dayan returns to the show and is joined by Helena Zohdi, a socialist organizer in Berlin, to discuss the repression of the Palestine Congress. You can access the material from the Congress recorded later here https://palaestinakongress.de/video-documentation Helena Zohdi is a socialist based in Berlin. She has been active in the Palestine solidarity movement for many years, and has been involved in various antiracist and antifascist organizing. Dror Dayan is a filmmaker and academic based in Berlin and Liverpool. He is involved in various anti-imperialist and Palestine solidarity campaigns and media production To organize film screenings, feel free to reach out to Dror [email protected] Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast
Longtime friend of the show Ali Alizadeh (@jedaal) returns to discuss his latest essay on the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Hanna Eid returns to the show after his first appearance got nuked by our digital overlords to speak in broad strokes about the resistance in West Asia.