Deathnography Podcast

All eyes are on occupied Palestine. The zionist entity has been expelling Palestinians from their lands for a century, and have been perpetrating an outright genocide for a half a year now, supplied by western weapons and western excuses. While protestors gather in the tens of thousands in Toronto, the Canadian media industry works overtime to vilify  them, and police conduct pre-dawn raids on the homes of those who stand against prominent local zionists. In this episode, my guests and I discuss the history of zionism, the way mainstream media outlets try to obscure the material reality of colonization, "purplewashing" tactics, and how you can help fight for Palestine.   Link to Tara and Rawan's Briarpatch article: https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/imagining-palestinian-feminist-futurities   More on Canadian media bias against Palestine: https://breachmedia.ca/how-canadian-media-distorts-the-truth-about-palestine/   Palestinian Youth Movement https://palestinianyouthmovement.com/   Palestinian Feminist Collective https://linktr.ee/palestinianfeministcollective

A special crossover episode brought to you by CURSED WITH GOOD IDEAS and Deathnography, one hundred and eight minutes of call-in show with Dino Chang, Gabriele de Seta, Patrick Harrison, and Henry Lee answering your questions and giving advice to Young Men. In this episode: sapiosexuality, academic career, love, labor, therapy, cuckoldry Coughs and volume dips due to smoking and shared recording facilities. LINKS: - Deathnography podcast: https://deathnography.libsyn.com - James Cage White: https://twitter.com/JamesCageWhite - Palo Alto: https://amazon.com/Palo-Alto-History-California-Capitalism… - Dino's Green Hat Society essay: https://theasiadialogue.com/2019/11/21/the-spectacle-of-cuckoldry-and-the-crisis-of-the-libidinal-economy/ Deathnography is a proud member of the Harbinger Media Network https://harbingermedianetwork.com/  

Toronto's police budget has increased by nearly 50 million dollars, while shelters and warming centres remain critically underfunded. I speak with Lorraine Lam, from the Shelter and Housing Justice Network about the current housing crisis, and together we tackle some myths about homelessness and encampments.   LINK FOR LORRAINE AND EVY'S LNY DRIVE: linktr.ee/lnygiveback LINK TO UNITY KITCHEN: https://holytrinity.to/2021/04/toronto-kitchen-provides-fresh-meals-for-homeless-in-the-city/ LINK TO ALL SAINTS TORONTO: https://allsaintstoronto.com/ LINK TO DISPLACEMENT CITY (BOOK): https://utorontopress.com/9781487546496/displacement-city/ LINK TO SHELTER AND HOUSING JUSTICE NETWORK: http://www.shjn.ca/ Contact Lorraine Lam @lorrainelamchops on instagram, @lorrainelamchop on twitter

In this episode, I speak with Majerle Lister (member of the Navajo Nation, host of Wósdéé Podcast, PhD at University of Arizona) about sovereignty, the history of Navajo tribal government, red-baiting, and solidarity between Indigenous and white working people. I also speak with Alexandra Lépine (Métis communist and organizer, Theory and Criticism PhD candidate at Western University) about class and colonial antagonisms in Canada, identity and the concept of "white-passing," and the necessity of anti-fascist organizing.   ***LINKS - MAJERLE*** The report discussed with Majerle, Land Reform in the Navajo Nation, can be accessed at: https://www.dinecollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Land-Reform-In-Navajo-Nation.pdf Majerle's podcast is called Wósdéé Podcast, it's available on all platforms go check it out immediately. ***LINKS - ALEX*** The Red River Rebellion https://indigenouspeoplesatlasofcanada.ca/article/red-river-resistance/ Ipperwash https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/ipperwash_crisis/ The Northwest is Our Mother (book) by Jean Teillet: https://www.harpercollins.ca/9781443450126/the-north-west-is-our-mother/ The document "What is Canada?" by the PCR-RCP, discussed with Alex, can be accessed at: http://blogs.ubc.ca/span280/files/2015/12/what-is-canada-primer.pdf Info on Africville, Nova Scotia: https://humanrights.ca/story/the-story-of-africville Accomplices, Not Allies (zine) https://indigenousaction.org/wp-content/uploads/accomplices-not-allies-print-friendly.pdf Defend Your Territory (pamphlet) https://cobp.resist.ca/fr/documentation/defend-your-territory-tactiques-et-techniques-pour-combattre-les-attaques-de-la-police Info on The "Trucker" Convoy https://readpassage.com/p/the-trucker-convoy-is-not-a-workers-revolt/ Info on Every Child Matters: https://nctr.ca/education/every-child-matters/ Interview with Glen Coulthard https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/01/indigenous-left-glen-coulthard-interview/ Info on The Native People's Caravan: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/native-people-s-caravan Info on encampment clearing in Toronto: https://www.toronto.com/news-story/10480091-toronto-spent-almost-2-million-to-clear-three-downtown-encampments-this-summer/

HAPPY NEW YEAR *PREVIOUSLY PATRON-ONLY CONTENT* I had a conversation with my friend Aamer of Das Criminal Podcast (https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/dascriminal). We discussed the good art vs good politics, video games as propaganda, and whether art can be a substitution for political theory (no). I recorded and edited said discussion for you to enjoy! And here are some links: A nice little article about marxist approaches to art criticism and analysis: https://www.culturematters.org.uk/index.php/culture/theory/item/2626-what-do-marxists-have-to-say-about-art John Berger's Ways of Seeing BBC series about historicizing art criticism: Episode 1 (all 4 episodes available on youtube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pDE4VX_9Kk&ab_channel=tw19751 (cover art on this podcast episode is John Berger) David Graeber on the reactionary politics of The Dark Knight Rises and other Superhero movies: https://www.thenewinquiry.com/super-position/ Playthrough of Call of Duty Modern Warfare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0Wy_fjXLdc&ab_channel=MKIceAndFire   As always, I appreciate feedback and criticism, through comments or messages on any of my social media. Support my endeavours and subscribe to my Patreon at patreon.com/deathnography Thank you Henry

Socialist projects of the 20th century were the target of murderous campaigns originating in the global north. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed... but they aren't the ones getting a monument in Ottawa. A discussion with Harbinger Society Presents and Habibti Please Podcast

What is possible, politically? When are we being too idealistic? What is "realistic," when we talk about social change? Is non-violent revolution possible?   In this episode, I speak with journalist Vincent Bevins, author of The Jakarta Method, about the mass killings of suspected communists and ethnic Chinese in Indonesia during the 1960s and other Washington-supported anti-communist efforts around the globe. Next, Maya Menezes, writer of a recent article "Migrant workers are the present and future of low-carbon care work" in Briarpatch magazine, tells me about Canadian dependence on migrant labour, and the insidious myth of "scarcity" undermining our political goals.   To purchase Vincent's book: https://vincentbevins.com/book/   Maya's article: https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/migrant-workers-are-the-present-and-future-of-low-carbon-care-work   To support the podcast: patreon.com/deathnography

Here is a recent conversation I had with two young researchers, Agha Saadaf and Amber Ye, who are both about to finish their undergraduate degrees in anthropology at the University of Toronto - my alma mater. They reached out to interview me for the Anthropology Undergraduate Journal, for which they are both editors. We talked about my time at u of t, ethnography and ethnology, accessibility in public scholarship, Marx & Foucault & Ruth Wilson Gilmore, private sector research, and other work experiences we've had. Check out their work in Volumes 7 and 8 of the Anthropology Undergraduate Journal: https://anthro.sa.utoronto.ca/anthropology-undergraduate-journal/ Support me at  patreon.com/deathnography

Let's talk about China and COVID-19! Let's take a look at western imperialism at the root of the current media war on China! Let's visit a wet market with our grandmas! In this episode of the Deathnography Podcast, I speak with three guests about these topics. Amanda (@catcontentonly) breaks down the American ideological state apparatuses known as "The New York Times" and "The Washington Post." Vijay Prashad tells us how pandemics are racialized, historically, and gives us a chronology of early Chinese responses to this Coronavirus. Justin Kong reports on sinophobia faced by Chinese Canadians.   If you want to support the organizations mentioned by Amanda and Justin: https://ca.gofundme.com/f/emergency-stirfry-mealsonwheels-for-seniors https://ccnctoronto.ca/ https://secure.givelively.org/donate/minkwon-center-for-community-action-inc/flushing-mutual-aid-fund   Read Vijay Prashad, Du Xiaojun, and Weiyan Zhu's report "China and Coronashock" here: https://www.thetricontinental.org/studies-2-coronavirus/ Read Justin Kong's report on anti-Chinese sentiment in Canadian politics: https://ricochet.media/en/3068/right-wing-political-strategies-based-on-anti-chinese-prejudice-are-growing If you want to learn more about imperialism you can read Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/   Special thanks to Jen, Sydney, Elizabeth, Sharmeen, Ri, Gareth, and Liona for test-listening to this episode. Thank you also to all my supporters on Patreon.

In this episode of the Deathnography Podcast, I talk to two leftist scholars about Marxism, subtle anti-communism in the academy, and art history. Taylor Genovese explains the neoliberal co-option of radical politics in the corporate university. McKenna Gray tells us about their time in a conservative art college, and the colonial roots of museums. McKenna Gray has also prepared a reading list to accompany this podcast, about the relationship between capitalism and contemporary art: www.mckennagray.com/deathnography Thank you to the Patreon subscribers who support my work - sorry for the long wait.