The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

By: Van Jackson
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  • Global power politics, for the people. Hosted by Van Jackson, Julia Gledhill, and Matt Duss. A podcast of the Center for International Policy.
    2019 Un-Diplomatic
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Episodes
  • Dumpster Fire: Temu Supply Chains Gig-ified, The Russian Missile Crisis, New Zealand’s Hikoi | Ep. 206
    Nov 21 2024

    The world is a dumpster fire right now. For my own sanity, but also for yours, we need more critical takes about current events. There’s too much happening and it’s hard to keep track of everything that matters.

    So as a bonus for patrons of the newsletter, I’m going to check in each week with a run down of stories that deserve amplification, with critiques from the Un-Diplomatic perspective.

    This week:

    The gigification of Temu supply chains amid great-power rivalry.

    The Russian missile crisis and what it has to do with North Korea.

    The hikoi protest march in New Zealand as a beacon of hope for humanity.

    Further Reading:

    Biden Allows Ukraine to Strike Russia With Long-Range U.S. Missiles

    The U.S. Chinese immigrants running Temu shipping centers from their homes

    Live updates: Hīkoi concludes as attention shifts to inside parliament

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    23 mins
  • The Battle of Algiers (1966) | A Bang-Bang Podcast Crossover | Ep. 205
    Nov 15 2024

    Free preview crossover with the Bang-Bang Podcast!

    Arguably the most successful revolutionary film of all time, Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers boasts many legacies. For film buffs, its import derives from its landmark status in the pantheon of Italian neorealism and political cinema. For anti-imperialists, its value comes from its hardnosed but sympathetic depictions of armed struggle. And for imperialists or right-wing strongmen, the film has been deployed as a realistic guidebook for counterinsurgency. Van and Lyle relate these competing readings to the War on Terror and the latest debates around Gaza, Palestine, and liberation.

    Get the full episode and subscribe at https://www.bangbangpod.com/p/the-battle-of-algiers-1966.

    Further Reading:

    A Savage War of Peace (1977), by Alistair Horne

    Discourse on Colonialism (1955), by Aimé Césaire

    The Wretched of the Earth (1961), by Franz Fanon

    “Negroes are Anti-Semitic Because They’re Anti-White” (1967), by James Baldwin

    “Open Letter to the Born Again” (1979), by James Baldwin

    On Violence (1970), by Hannah Arendt

    “No regrets from an ex-Algerian rebel immortalized in film” (2007), Interview with Saadi Yacef

    “The Communists and the Colonized” (2016), Interview with Selim Nadi

    Hamas Contained (2018), by Tareq Baconi

    The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine (2020), by Rashid Khalidi

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    17 mins
  • Militarized Police: Women for Weapons Trade Transparency and the Imperial Boomerang | Ep. 204
    Nov 9 2024

    How exactly do police end up supermilitarized? What is the imperial booming that brings militarism abroad to the Homefront? And what does the feminist standpoint offer analysts of these problems? Part of the answer are obscure programs called 1033 and 1122. The founders of the Women for Weapons Trade Transparency (W2T2) join the pod to explain.

    W2T2: https://www.w2t2.org

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    27 mins

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