Against Multipolar Imperialism w/ Kavita Krishnan⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Promise Li⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Romeo Kokriatski (Rerun)

For this rerun episode, Elia Ayoub is joined by Kavita Krishnan, an Indian Marxist and Feminist who used to be a politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation who resigned over Ukraine. He is also joined by ⁠Promise Li⁠, a US-based Hong Konger organizer and part of the Left diaspora collective ⁠Lausan. Co-hosting this episode is ⁠Romeo Kokriatski⁠, a Ukrainian-American journalist, managing editor of the ⁠New Voice of Ukraine⁠ and co-host of the ⁠Ukraine Without Hype⁠ podcast.The topic: why the idea of multipolarity needs to be understood & critiqued, and why the left cannot abandon anti-authoritarianism and internationalism.Note: Due to Russia's ongoing bombardments of Ukraine, Romeo's power went out towards the end of the episode so we had to continue without him. Support: You can support my work with⁠⁠⁠ ⁠a one-off or monthly donation⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Ko-fiMasterclass on Modern Lebanon:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Registration is now open⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter: Subscribe to⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Hauntologies⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media: I’m on⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ and⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Mastodon⁠⁠⁠⁠Contact: To collaborate, reach out on ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠The Fire These TimesSocial Media: TFTT is on⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky⁠⁠⁠ and⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Transcription: You can help⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Antidote Zine⁠⁠⁠⁠ transcribe TFTT episodes⁠⁠⁠ here⁠⁠⁠Website: All episodes are archived ⁠⁠⁠on the website⁠⁠⁠From The PeripheryTFTT is a proud member of ⁠⁠⁠⁠From The Periphery Media Collective⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, which you can support⁠⁠⁠ on Patreon⁠⁠⁠ and follow on⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠⁠.Check out other project wherever you get your podcasts:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Politically Depressed⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠From The Periphery Podcast⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠The Mutual Aid Podcast⁠⁠Links:- My piece for Lausan Collective: ⁠The periphery has no time for binaries⁠- ⁠Majoritarian State: How Hindu Nationalism is Changing India by Angana P. Chatterji, Thomas Blom Hansen and Christophe Jaffrelot ⁠ (recommended by Kavita Krishnan)- ⁠Money Power and Financial Capital in Emerging Markets: Facing the Liquidity Tsunami by Ilias Alami (recommended by Promise Li)- Regular updates on India can be found on ⁠The India Cable⁠Previous episodes with Romeo Kokriatski:Anti-Imperialism From the Periphery w/ Leila Al Shami & Dana El KurdWhen War Gets Normalized, Or What’s At Stake in Ukraine w/ Mariam Naiem Ukraine Series: 2. From Ukraine, with Love (and Anger)Russian Imperialism, Cynical Discourse and Life Amidst War w/ Mariam NaiemA View on Ukraine, Hong Kong & Tiananmen, from Taiwan w/ Wen Liu & Brian HioePrevious episodes with Promise Li:From Hong Kong to Lebanon, Basebuilding Against AuthoritarianismFollow:Follow Romeo Kokriatski on Bluesky, Twitter and New Voice of Ukraine. Check out Ukraine Without HypeFollow Promise Li on Twitter and BlueskyFollow Kavita Krishnan on Twitter Credits:Hosts: Elia Ayoub and Romeo Kokriatski | Guests: Kavita Krishnan and Promise Li | Producer: Elia Ayoub | Music: ⁠Rap and Revenge⁠ | Main theme design: ⁠Wenyi Geng⁠ | Sound editor: Elliott Miskovicz | Team profile pics: ⁠⁠⁠Molly Crabapple⁠⁠ | Episode design: Elia Ayoub.