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Jules introduces his latest podcast project he is producing and at times cohosting - The Vanquished, hosted by Anders Lee (Pod Damn America)

Listen to The Vanquished here: https://pod.link/1735216373

In this episode, Jules drops the first episode of Season 2 of The Labor Link Podcast, hosted by Judy Gearhart. This is one of several other podcast projects produced by Jules.

More info about The Labor Link is available at www.laborlinkpodcast.org

Jules talks about the current war in Ukraine and how the Iranian uprisings could further complicate things. 
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Just a quick update on the state of the show and what's going on moving forward 

Independent scholar and researcher Wahid Azal returns to the show to share his insights on the current Iranian uprising and what it means for our contemporary geopolitical conflicts.

Additional links / recommendations…

• Wahid Azal Twitter, Blog, YouTube
• A Feminist Revolution in Iran by Wahid Azal for Counterpunch
• No Easy Answers - Episode 48      with Wahid Azal
• Women's rights movement in      Iran on      Wikipedia

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Music for this episode: Severe Tire Damage by Kevin MacLeod

Link:     https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5004-severe-tire-damage

Dan Arel joins Jules to speak about digital privacy in a world post-Roe v. Wade. If you are even in need of an illegal abortion, this conversation will help you cover your digital trail online. This conversation applies beyond those in need of illegal medical procedures. It should benefit anyone looking to guard their privacy online, including organizers, sex workers, journalists, and more.

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• Dan Arel on Twitter, webpage, thinkprivacy.ch
• Digital Privacy articles on Startpage.com
• Dan Arel's Privacy Checklist
• Dan Arel at Startpage.com "First Step Towards Privacy: Design Your Own Threat Model"
• Books by Dan Arel Parenting Without God: How to Raise Moral, Ethical, and Intelligent Children, Free from Religious Dogma, The Secular      Activist: A How-To Manual for Protecting the Wall between Church and State
• Startmail, Proton, Euki, Startpage, BitWarden, Semiphemeral, Jumbo
• Send a message to Dan Arel

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Severe Tire Damage by Kevin MacLeod

Link:     https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5004-severe-tire-damage

In this roundtable discussion, Mel, Kris, Max, Jules, and Frances speak to the concepts of 'revolutionary trauma' and how we might build a better world without replicating the same systems of oppression we struggle against.

Additional links / About our Guests:

• Mel Buer - Twitter, Morning Riot Podcast, Website
• Max Alvarez - Twitter, Working People Podcast, The Real News Network, Website
• Francis Madeson - Twitter, Website, Cooperation Jackson Articles
• Kristofer Nivens - Twitter, Patreon

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Severe Tire Damage by Kevin MacLeod

Link:    https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5004-severe-tire-damage

Jules sits down with Professor Matthew McManus to discuss his book "The Rise of Postmodern Conservatism". Thinkers discussed include Edmund Burke, Joseph de Maistre, Michael Oakeshott, Isaiah Berlin, and many others. This is a conversation that traces the roots of reactionism all the way back to the French Revolution.

Additional links below…

• Matthew McManus on Twitter
• The Rise of      Postmodern Conservatism by Matthew McManus
• Matthew McManus articles at Jacobin
• Matthew McManus articles at Areo
• Plastic Pills Podcast
• Matthew McManus on Academia.edu

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Outro music "Panda Punk Tongue" by Peelander-Z

Music for this episode:

Lewis And Dekalb by Kevin MacLeod

Link:   https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4989-lewis-and-dekalb

Severe Tire Damage by Kevin MacLeod

Link:   https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5004-severe-tire-damage

In this very special episode, Jules (@realjulestaylor) sits down with Brett (@RevLeftRadio) to have a long conversation about Aleksandr Dugin.

This episode is a follow-up to Episodes 47 and 48 of No Easy Answers.  If you are interested in hearing interviews with Wahid Azal, an anti-imperialist Sufi Muslim who published a 2016 article about Dugin, check out Episode 48.  

Additional Links Below...

• About Brett Twitter, podcasts (Rev Left Radio, Red Menace, Guerrilla History)
• If you must have a couple of links on Dugin, here they are: 
• Fascism, Borderless and Red
• Alexander Dugin speaking on the Ukraine conflict
• Dugin Eurasian Conference 

Outro Music: https://bit.ly/julestaylorbio

Music for this episode:

Lewis And Dekalb by Kevin MacLeod:    https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4989-lewis-and-dekalb

Severe Tire Damage by Kevin MacLeod:    https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5004-severe-tire-damage

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In part 2 of our ongoing series about Aleksandr Dugin, Jules Taylor sits down to speak with Wahid Azal, author of the 2016 Counterpunch article entitled "Dugin's Occult Fascism and the Hijacking of Left Anti-Imperialism and Muslim Anti-Salafism".

Wahid wrote this article when he realized that Duginists were actively recruiting leftists and anti-imperialists, as well as anti-Salafist Shiʿi and Sunni Muslims. This conversation was eye-opening on numerous levels, but I want to be cautious here and remind folks that being an anti-fascist isn't not dangerous. Fascists, in general, are dangerous people, with a ravenous ideology who are not to be trifled with.

Wahid currently lives in Australia, and he relocated there from Berlin for his safety and the safety of his daughter after his wife mysteriously passed away. This conversation is about more than Dugin. It's about being anti-fascist and calling it out when you see it and how there is a very real cost to doing that. It's also about the way shades of far-right ideology can muddy the water and how we lose comrades.

My heart goes out to Wahid and his daughter, as it takes an incredible amount of bravery to keep sounding the alarm on all of this.

Wahid's Article in Counterpunch

About Wahid Azal…

Blog   https://wahidazal303.blogspot.com/

Academia.edu  https://independent.academia.edu/NimaAzal

Twitter https://twitter.com/wahidazal66

Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/nwahidazal/

Telegram @WahidAzal303

Youtube  https://www.youtube.com/c/wahidazal/

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