#48: Revolutions of Our Times with The Peoples Want

For this week's episode Benj and israa' from The Peoples Want join Malek and Matt to discuss the network's new book Revolutions of Our Times: An Internationalist Manifesto.We discuss the global uprisings since the Arab Spring leading to new understanding of revolution and internationalism. We talk about the figure of the exile, migrant, refugee, and diaspora translating new conceptions of the local and neighboring - values and ideology - and whether a shared orientation towards revolt can produce new subjective categories of solidarity. We end by hearing a history of The Peoples Want network, its emergence in the Syrian Canteen outside Paris, and the series of international gatherings they've organized since 2019. READINGS:--Mujawara: Weaving a Revolutionary Neighbouring Beyond Borders (published May 2026): https://thepeopleswant.org/en/mujawara/mujawara-weaving-a-revolutionary-neighbouring-beyond-borders--Revolutions of Our Times: An Internationalist Manifesto: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2732-revolutions-of-our-timesBenjamin is a member of the Limousine Mountain Syndicate in Tarnac, France, which is part of The Peoples Want network.israa' is a Queer Egyptian Muslim anarchist, co-founder of From the Periphery Media Collective, and an activist scholar working to build a world where many words fit. They are a member of The Peoples Want network.The Peoples Want is a network comprised of collectives, organisations, places and individuals from across the world working together to build an internationalist practice suited to our times. We share a committment to internationalism from below, focusing on people and movements rather than states. An internationalism that promotes solidarity and mutual aid between those in struggle, at times of crisis or uprising.