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The Gaza Genocide in World-Historical Perspective / Gilbert Achcar
Gilbert Achcar joins us to discuss his recent book, "Gaza Catastrophe: The Genocide in World-Historical Perspective" (University of California Press). "This Day in Rotten History" from Renaldo Migald…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
US Sanctions Kill as Many People as Wars / Mark Weisbrot & Francisco Rodriguez
Mark Weisbrot and Francisco Rodríguez join us to discuss their Lancet article, co-authored with Silvio Rendón, "Effects of international sanctions on age-specific mortality: a cross-national panel da…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
You're on Your Own: MAHA Dismantles Public Health / Rob Wallace & Rita Valenti
Rob Wallace and Rita Valenti join us to discuss their recent articles at Truthout that cover the Trump administration's dismantling of public health in the United States. These include "Trump Is Tryi…
Published on 3 months ago
Climate Justice Through Collective Liberation / Mikaela Loach
All-new longform interview Hell returns at last! Mikaela Loach joins us to discuss her new book, "It’s Not That Radical: Climate Action to Transform Our World" (Haymarket Books). "The Moment of Truth…
Published on 3 months ago
Building Community to Sustain Liberation in Atlanta / Kamau Franklin
We wrap up our three-part series on "No Cop City, No Cop World," by speaking with co-editor and contributor Kamau Franklin, founder of Community Movement Builders, a Black member-based collective of …
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
How the War in Gaza is Becoming the Crime of the Century / Suzy Hansen
Journalist and author Suzy Hansen will returns to This Is Hell! To talk about her New York Magazine article, "Crimes of the Century: How Israel, with the help of the U.S., broke not only Gaza but the…
Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Deep Background on Bukele's Gulags in El Salvador / John Washington
John Washington joins us to discuss his recent piece in the New York Review of Books, "The Roots of Bukele’s Gulag." An all new "Rotten History" and "The Moment of Truth" segments follow the intervie…
Published on 4 months ago
2020 Flashback: Generalized Precarity and Subversive Pragmatism / Albena Azmanova
While Chuck is out this week, we revisit our first interview from 2020. Theorist Albena Azmanova examines the dynamics of post-2008 precarity capitalism, the left's long failure to strike through cap…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Resisting "Cop City" in America's Most Surveilled, Unequal City / Micah Herskind
Micah Herskind returns to This Is Hell! to discuss his contribution to the new edited volume, "No Cop City, No Cop World: Lessons from the Movement" from Haymarket Books. After the interview, Jeff Do…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Right's War on Gender is Also a War on Government / Paisley Currah
Paisley Currah joins us to discuss his New Yorker piece, "Donald Trump's War on Gender Is Also a War on Government." "Rotten History" by Renaldo Migaldi follows the interview. Check out Paisley's art…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago