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• The Egyptian Revolution & Nasser's Era w/ Ahmad Shokr (AR&D Ep. 7)

  With this episode of Guerrilla History, we roll into our next case study in our series African Revolutions and Decolonization.  Here, we turn our focus to Egypt, and particularly the 23 July Revolution in 1952 and the rise of Nasser.  However, to tell this story, we turn back to the pre-colonial era, discuss the British colonial period, and the post-independence monarchy before getting to the Free Officers Movement.  A LOT of history covered here, and a really fascinating conversation with the terrific Prof. Ahmad Shokr!  We're sure you'll learn a lot here, and be sure to stay tuned for the next episode of our AR&D series, which is a deep examination of Nasserism both domestically and regionally!   Also subscribe to our Substack (free!) to keep up to date with what we are doing.  With so many episodes coming in this series (and beyond), you won't want to miss anything, so get the updates straight to your inbox.  guerrillahistory.substack.com   Ahmad Shokr is a professor at Swarthmore College, and is a historian of the modern Middle East who researches (among other things) the history of capitalism, empire, and decolonization.  He is author of the soon-to-be-released  Harvests of Liberation: Cotton, Capitalism, and the End of Empire in Egypt (out in May).  Follow him on twitter to keep up with his work @ahmadshokr Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory 

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• Media Narratives & Hegemonic Discourses w/ Greg Shupak & Stuart Davis

  In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back two outstanding guests, Stuart Davis (whom you will remember from our episode Sanctions As War (alongside Manny Ness)), and Greg Shupak (whom you will remember from our episode The History and Impact of Sanctions on Syria).  Here, we discuss a topic that each of them has done a lot of work on - media narratives and hegemonic discourses.  This is an incredibly important conversation, and a very interesting discussion as well.  As we say in the episode, this is one that is perfect for sharing with friends and family members who may not already be highly tuned in to political affairs, but who understand that the media may be manipulating them! Greg Shupak is a professor of English and Media Studies and is the author of the book, The Wrong Story: Palestine, Israel, and the Media.  You can follow him on twitter @GregShupak, and you should definitely check out the writing he does at Electronic Intifada. Stuart Davis is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Baruch College, the City University of New York he focuses on digital media advocacy, protest politics, and digital media and public health, particularly in the Latin American context. You can find more of Stuart's work on his faculty page, or on his Google Scholar page. Additionally, pick up Sanctions As War, the outstanding book he coedited alongside Manny Ness. Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory 

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• The Situation in Congo - From Mobutu to M23 Rebels Today w/ Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja (AR&D Ep. 6)

  With this episode of Guerrilla History, were follow up on our last episode of African Revolutions and Decolonization with another discussion with Prof. Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, who joined us last time for The Congo - From Colonization Through Lumumba & Mobutu.  Here, we pick up where we left off, with Mobutu's regime, and come to the present.  Particular focus is given to the situation in eastern Congo with the 23 rebels today and their foreign backers.  This is an extremely important conversation, so be sure to share this series with comrades!  We are still in the very early phases of the planned ~40 parts, so it is a great time for them to start listening in as well!   Also subscribe to our Substack (free!) to keep up to date with what we are doing.  With so many episodes coming in this series (and beyond), you won't want to miss anything, so get the updates straight to your inbox.  guerrillahistory.substack.com   Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja is Professor Emeritus of African and Afro-American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and previously served as the DRC's Permanent Representative to the United Nations.  Additionally, he is the author of numerous brilliant books, including Patrice Lumumba and The Congo from Leopold to Kabila: A People's History Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory 

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• Indigenous Diamonds of Russia's Sakha Republic w/ Sardana Nikolaeva

  In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on Dr. Sardana Nikolaeva to discuss her brilliant study Indigenous Diamonds: Extractivism and Indigenous Politics in the Diamond Province of Russia.  We go over Sakha and the Sakha people, the history of diamond extraction in Sakha, and then went over the politics of indigeneity in Russia, how these diamonds were branded as "indigenous", and how sanctions on Russia impact the indigenous Sakha people.  With so much in this conversation, you are sure to learn a lot, and we hope you will help by sharing this with your comrades!   Sardana Nikolaeva is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Toronto, where she is an indigenous anthropologist studying indigeneity, indigenous methodologies, extractivism, and more.  She cowrote the wonderful paper we discussed today, which you should read here: https://www.ziibiinglab.org/indigenous-diamonds   Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory 

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• The Congo - From Colonization Through Lumumba & Mobutu w/ Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja (AR&D Ep. 5)

  With this episode of Guerrilla History, were continuing our series on African Revolutions and Decolonization with an outstanding case study on the Congo, looking at the process of colonization, how decolonization unfolded, Lumumba's short time as Prime Minister, and the transition to the Mobutu regime.  We really could not ask for a much better guest than Prof. Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, who not only is one of the foremost experts in not only this history, but also served as a diplomat for the DRC.  We're also fortunate that the professor will be rejoining us for the next installment of the series, a dispatch on what is going on in the Eastern Congo and the roots of the ongoing conflict there.  Be sure to share this series with comrades, we are still in the very early phases of the planned ~40 parts, so it is a great time for them to start listening in as well!   Also subscribe to our Substack (free!) to keep up to date with what we are doing.  With so many episodes coming in this series (and beyond), you won't want to miss anything, so get the updates straight to your inbox.  guerrillahistory.substack.com   Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja is Professor Emeritus of African and Afro-American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and previously served as the DRC's Permanent Representative to the United Nations.  Additionally, he is the author of numerous brilliant books, including Patrice Lumumba and The Congo from Leopold to Kabila: A People's History Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory 

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