Assyrian History and Struggle: Indigeneity, Colonialism, and Rojava

Published: Sept. 11, 2019, 3:37 p.m.

Meia and Chris join Breht to discuss Assyrian history, West Asian politics, Indigenous struggles, colonialism and the Western Gaze, Kurdish nationalism, Christianity and Islam, Rojava and Syria, Anti-Imperialism, and much more!

Find Chris on Twitter @assyrianSR

Find and Support Meia and her work here: https://www.patreon.com/ninwa

Here is The Magnificast episode: 

 https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-magnificast/e/59130359 

Here are the Season of the Bitch episodes: 

 Part 1: https://soundcloud.com/seasonofthebitch/episode-43-foreign-policy-and-the-left 

 Part 2:  https://soundcloud.com/seasonofthebitch/episode-44-foreign-policy-and-the-left-part-two 

The Bad Mouse Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afuFaLoAhGs

Assyrians and Yezidis talking about the Peshmerga withdrawal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVqcmgAtjp8&t=78s

Articles/Resources:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewelinaochab/2017/07/31/can-the-peshmerga-fighters-be-held-liable-for-abandoning-the-yazidis-in-sinjar/#777019c378b1

https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-us-favored-kurds-abandoned-the-yazidis-when-isis-attacked

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