Journal of International Solidarity – Details, episodes & analysis

Vijay Prashad joins me on this episode of the International Solidarity podcast for a wide-ranging discussion that covers the Iran-Israel conflict, the India-Pakistan conflict, Zohran Mamdani’s recent Democratic primary win, and the tasks of the global left today and prospects for socialism.

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This episode features a recent presentation podcast host Ashwin gave at an academic conference earlier in June. The presentation takes a Marxist approach in analyzing how 'Canadian multiculturalism' as a phenomenon came about, its relationship to settler colonialism, what its contradictions are today, and what it reveals about decolonization on this continent and globally.

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Part 1 of this series outlines the common history of colonialism between Palestine & India, and demonstrates that Indian colonial history serves as a basis to unite with Palestinians.

This series is based on an article I wrote on my Substack which can be found here.

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Tings Chak joins me on this episode of the International Solidarity Pod to have a wide-ranging discussion on China's path in the 21st century. We discuss the poverty alleviation campaign in China and how it was conducted, the question of women’s liberation in China, and the future of the One Country, Two Systems policy in Hong Kong and Macau.

"Serve the People: The Eradication of Extreme Poverty in China": https://thetricontinental.org/studies-1-socialist-construction/

"China’s Ecological Transition": https://thetricontinental.org/wenhua-zongheng-2024-2-china-ecological-transition/

Wenhua Zongheng: https://thetricontinental.org/wenhua-zongheng/

Tings Chak on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tingschak/

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Raven from In Defense of Liberation joins me this episode for a wide-ranging conversation that covers the ongoing ge-nocidal war in Palestine and the global history of resistance and liberation struggles, among other things.

In Defense of Liberation Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-defense-of-liberation/id1484422538

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In this latest episode of the pod, I was joined by lawyer and journalist Dimitri Lascaris to discuss the 2025 Canadian federal election. We touch on Canada’s place in the world, particularly as it relates to both the US and the genocide in Palestine, issues of housing and immigration in Canada, and the state of the Canadian left, and more.

Reason2Resist (Dimitri's channel): https://www.youtube.com/@reason2resist

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Pranay Somayajula of Hindus for Human Rights joins me to discuss the global rise of Hindutva and contesting Hinduism from the left. We discuss Islamophobia, the growing connections between Zionism and Hindutva, as well as the caste system and Brahminical patriarchy within Hinduism, among other things.

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Hindus for Human Rights: https://www.hindusforhumanrights.org/

Return to Bandung (Pranay's podcast): https://www.returntobandung.com/

Culture Shock (Pranay's substack): https://www.culture-shock.xyz/

Pranay's website: https://www.pranaysomayajula.com/

Why Indians Must See Themselves in Palestine: https://open.substack.com/pub/intlsolidarity/p/why-indians-must-see-themselves-in?r=fbqfe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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Jyotishman from India & Global Left joins me this episode to discuss how China and India – two countries with many similarities – ended up developing so differently. We discuss their liberation struggles, patriarchy and class, the agrarian question, neoliberalism, Hindutva, and more.

Check out India & Global Left's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@IndiaGlobalLeft

China and India: A Sisterhood That Could Have Been: https://open.substack.com/pub/intlsolidarity/p/china-and-india-a-sisterhood-that?r=fbqfe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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This episode, we discuss how how western imperialism wages hybrid-war against women in the global south, and how this is resisted by them.

Guests: Pilar Troya Fernandez, Harleen Kaur (Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research)

REPORT (Imperialist War and Feminist Resistance in the Global South): https://thetricontinental.org/dossier-imperialist-war-and-feminist-resistance-in-the-global-south/

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In this episode, we look at the legacy of Marxism across the global south as an ideology and practice of national liberation against imperialism, as well as the challenges faced by the global south today. In doing so, we cover Palestine, China, India, the Alliance of Sahel States in Africa, and more.

Tricontinental Institute for Social Research: https://thetricontinental.org/

Hyperimperialism dossier: https://thetricontinental.org/studies-on-contemporary-dilemmas-4-hyper-imperialism/

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