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You can now watch this episode on YouTube . This week, Roqayah and Kumars unpack Roqayah's latest reporting and analysis on the genocidal implications of the trilateral agreement in south Lebanon, including her new article for the UK Column , "The Unraveling of Childhood in Southern Lebanon," and her i nterview with Dr. Lina Mortada Farhat. We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of extra content, from bonus episodes to exclusive video and photojournalism by Roqayah, by subscribing on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. While you're at it, we also love it when you subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts .

This week, Roqayah and Kumars discuss the latest developments on the ground in south Lebanon and review some common tropes in Western coverage of imperialism in the south and the region more broadly. You can now listen to this episode on YouTube . Roqayah is now also blogging at roqayahchamseddine.substack.com . If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of extra content, from bonus episodes to exclusive video and photojournalism by Roqayah, you can subscribe on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts . We can't do this show without your support!!!

This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of extra content, from bonus episodes to exclusive video and photojournalism by Roqayah, by subscribing on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. While you're at it, we also love it when you subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts . This week, Roqayah and Kumars are back on the bonus feed to go in depth into her reporting from the ground in south Lebanon. Roqayah shares her analysis of why the Lebanese government is sanctioning Israel's genocide in the south and why Hezbollah still the leading representative of the people's ongoing resistance. You can subscribe to Roqayah's new Substack The Southern Citadel and check out Kumars's YouTube for the video versions of all free episodes from now on.

You can now watch the video edition of this episode on YouTube . Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the hour by returning guests Maryam Jamshidi and Adnan Husain to discuss sportsball and geopolitics. Maryam Jamshidi is associate professor of law at the University of Colorado Law School and a nonresident fellow at the Quincy Institute. Adnan Husain is associate professor of history at Queen's University in Ontario, medievalist scholar of religion in Europe and West Asia and host of The Adnan Husain Show on YouTube. Topics include the continuously unfolding corruption scandals surrounding FIFA President Gianni Infantino in the aftermath of the World Cup, the mutual defense pact between Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, the campaign to ban Israel from soccer, Trump's "Board of Peace," the crumbling facade of neoliberal institutions in general, and the challenges of solidarity between global South nations. Follow Maryam on Twitter @MsJamshidi and Adnan @AdnanAHusain .

You can now watch the video edition of this and every episode of the Delete Your Account free feed on YouTube @kumarsontv . This week's episode of Delete Your Account is a special collaboration with The East is a Podcast . Kumars, Navid Zarrinnal and Sina Rahmani review bad takes on Iran by left-liberal academics and journalists in the Iranian diaspora. Navid is now on Twitter @navidwahraman and Sina is still @UrOrientalist . Find East is a Podcast on YouTube and more of Navid's coverage on Instagram . Watch the video edition of this and every episode of the Delete Your Account free feed on Kumars's new YouTube channel. You can also support the show and get access to bonus episodes with Roqayah by subscribing to our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. We can't do this show without your support!!!

Roqayah is off this week, but Kumars is joined once again by esteemed friends of the show Alex Aviña and Sam Sacks to review the knockout stage of the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup and play the 2026 Delete Your Account Major Men's Soccer Tournament Trivia Game. Alex is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University and author of Specters of Revolution: Peasant Guerrillas in the Cold War Mexican Countryside , and Sam is the host of the daily news roundup Means Morning News on Means TV. Follow Alex on Twitter @Alexander_Avina and Sam @SamSacks , and subscribe to Means Morning News on Means TV. You can watch the video edition of this and all future episodes for free on Kumars's new YouTube channel or on our Patreon , where y ou can also support the show and get access to bonus content like Roqayah's "Last Week in Lebanon" column when you subscribe for as little as $5 a month. We can't do this show without your support!!!

Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the show by friends of the show Alex Aviña, Adnan Husain and Sam Sacks to review the group stage of the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup. The gang focuses on what's been happening outside of the stadium, including solidarity with Palestine at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the ongoing campaign to ban Israel from international soccer, and what the opposite of sportswashing is. Follow Alex on Twitter @Alexander_Avina , Adnan @AdnanaHusain and Sam @SamSacks . Subscribe to The Adnan Husain Show on YouTube and Means Morning News on Means TV. Pre-register here to join Kumars, Helyeh Doutaghi and Bikrum Gill for a discussion of colonialism, imperialism, and national sovereignty in the context of Iran this Wednesday, July 8, at 12:30 pm Eastern . If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including Roqayah's "Last Week in Lebanon" column, you can subscribe on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts . We can't do this show without your support!!!

Roqayah is off this week, but Kumars is joined from Tehran by historian and journalist Navid Zarrinnal in another special collaboration with The East is a Podcast and The Adnan Husain Show on day 80 of the US-Israeli war on Iran that began on February 28th. Navid, Sina Rahmani, Adnan Husain, and Kumars discuss the prospect of renewed bombing by the US and Israel, how Iranians view the global impact of Iran's military and economic resilience, how support for the Axis of Resistance registers on the Iranian domestic political spectrum, whether good anti-imperialists should all convert to Islam, and much more. You can find Navid's courageous reporting and insightful analysis on Instagram and head over to YouTube for more from Adnan and Sina on The Adnan Husain Show and The East is a Podcast . If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including Roqayah's "Last Week in Lebanon" column, you can subscribe on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts . We can't do this show without your support!!!

This week, Roqayah and Kumars devote the hour to a news roundup and analysis of Roqayah's reporting on the reality on the ground during the latest fake ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, which has now extended after US-brokered negotiations with Lebanon's comprador government. They also discuss the media fueling rising anti-Shia sectarianism, how Israel uses the bombing of Beirut as a bargaining chip in its attempt to re-occupy south Lebanon, why reports of Hezbollah's demise were greatly exaggerated, and Roqayah's "do's and don't's" for foreigners journalists in Lebanon. Don't miss Kumars's upcoming virtual roundtable on "Indigeneity and Resistance from Turtle Island to Palestine" featuring friend of the show Alex Aviña, Palestinian scholar Steven Salaita, and Kanien'kehá:ka filmmaker Clifton Nicholas! This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including Roqayah's "Last Week in Lebanon" column, by subscribing on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. While you're at it, we also love it when you subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts .

Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the show by returning guest-host Nora Barrows-Friedman and returning guest Maryam Jamshidi to discuss Maryam's recent article in The Nation headlined "Only One Side Has Clearly Broken the Law In the Strait of Hormuz. And it isn't Iran" . Maryam is associate professor of law at the University of Colorado Law School, a nonresident fellow at the Quincy Institute. Nora is associate editor of the Electronic Intifada and cohost of the Electronic Intifada Daily News Roundup Livestream on YouTube. Maryam shares her experience as an Iranian American since February 28 and shares her analysis of the true intent of Trump's blockade, why it's definitely illegal, why Iran's mining and transit passage regime in the Strait probably isn't, the imperialist foundations of international maritime law, and how international law can nevertheless be a vehicle for decolonizing states to assert their sovereignty. Follow Maryam on Twitter @MsJamshidi and Nora @norabf . If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including Roqayah's "Last Week in Lebanon" column, you can subscribe on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts . We can't do this show without your support!!!

This week's episode is a collaboration with The Colony Archive and The Adnan Husain Show . As Roqayah continues to report from the front lines of Israel's assault on south Lebanon, Kumars is joined by returning guest Navid Zarrinnal and debutante Adnan Husain. The gang discusses President Masoud Pezeskhian's letter to Americans, Javad Zarif's ceasefire proposal in Foreign Affairs , the Iranian government's response to the mass displacement caused by US-Israeli bombing, the history of Western opposition to Iranian development, relations between the Islamic Republics of Iran and Pakistan, whether the war will ultimately push the Gulf states out of the imperialist orbit, and what it could mean for Iran to become a global power. You can find Navid's courageous reporting and insightful analysis for The Colony Archive on Instagram and subscribe to The Adnan Husain Show on YouTube for all of your politically Shi'i needs. If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including Roqayah's "Last Week in Lebanon" column, you can subscribe on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts . We can't do this show without your support!!!

This week's episode is another collaboration with The Colony Archive and The East is a Podcast . As Roqayah continues to document the resistance to Israel's attempted ethnic cleansing of south Lebanon, Kumars and friend of the show Sina Rahmani reconnected with Navid Zarrinnal in Tehran after two weeks. Navid updates us on the current mood in Iran as US-Israeli bombardment continues, sharing his experiences of the significance of Quds Day and Palestinian liberation to people in Iran, and how Iranians are responding to their country's resilience. The gang also discusses the political divisions within the Iranian establishment, the source of accusations of corruption and economic mismanagement, and what a strategic defeat for the US and Israel means for Iran and the world. Don't miss Navid's urgent reporting and analysis for The Colony Archive on YouTube . If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including Roqayah's "Last Week in Lebanon" column, you can subscribe on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts . We can't do this show without your support!!!

Kumars is off this week, so Roqayah is joined from the top of the show by war correspondent writer and video journalist Hadi Hoteit, producer of "Free Palestine TV" and "Wartime Cafe with Laith Marouf" along with other programming at Free Palestine TV . Hadi and Roqayah discuss the conditions that led to the Lebanese resistance entering the war against the US and Israel, including the latest attempt by the Lebanese state to disarm Hezbollah, as well as the legacy of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and what he has meant to anticolonial resistance in West Asia. You can watch Free Palestine TV on YouTube and follow Hadi on Twitter @HadiHtt . If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including bonus episodes and the revamped "Last Week in Lebanon" column by Roqayah and our newest contributor Hadi Hoteit, you can subscribe on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts . We can't do this show without your support!!!

This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including the "Last Week in Lebanon" column by Roqayah and our newest contributor Hadi Hoteit, by subscribing on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. While you're at it, we also love it when you subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts . This week's bonus episode is a collaboration with The Colony Archive and The East is a Podcast . While Roqayah is documenting the lead-up to another Israeli ground invasion of south Lebanon, Kumars and friend of the show Sina Rahmani were finally able to reach fellow friend of the show Navid Zarrinnal in Tehran. Speaking on the phone as the internet blackout continues, Navid discusses his experience of the bombardment of Tehran, the US and Israel's increasingly untargeted strikes across the country, Western media's psychological warfare against people in Iran, and how Iranians are responding to the assassination of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Sina and Kumars fill Navid in on the abysmal response to this attack in the United States, Iran's ongoing retaliation against Israel and US bases in the region, and the massive mobilization of Shia Muslims in response to the news of Khamenei's martyrdom.

This week, Roqayah and Kumars welcome back Navid Zarrinnal, Iranian historian and host of The Colony Archive, to continue the conversation about his article for BreakThrough News, "Iran's Protests Explained: A Diary from Tehran", and to discuss subsequent developments. Navid shares his perspective on the latest round of indirect talks between the US and Iran in Switzerland, the alarming US military buildup in the Persian Gulf, Iran's regional and global alliances from Hezbollah to China, what Iranians think it means to be a "normal country," and Western nostalgia for the 19th century. Check out Navid's amazing work on The Colony Archive on Patreon . If you haven't already, read and share Navid's article from January for BreakThrough News , "Iran's Protests Explained: A Diary from Tehran." If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including bonus episodes and the revamped "Last Week in Lebanon" column by Roqayah and our newest contributor Hadi Hoteit, you can subscribe on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts . We can't do this show without your support!!!

This week, Iranian historian and returning guest Navid Zarrinnal calls in to the show from Tehran via telephone amid Iran's continued internet shutdown to elaborate on his recent dispatch for BreakThrough News , "Iran's Protests Explained: A Diary from Tehran." Navid is professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, host of The Colony Archive, and working on his first monograph, "Secularisation, Mass Literacy and Education in Modern Iran." Navid gives us a timeline of events and shares his analysis, discussing key differences with previous waves of protest, the evidence and extent of foreign infiltration, the nature of the government's response, and what Iranians think about "regime change". Check out Navid's amazing work on The Colony Archive on YouTube . If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including the new and improved "Last Week in Lebanon" column and video blog by Roqayah and Lebanese war correspondent and our new third cohost Hadi Hoteit, you can subscribe on our Patreon f or as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts . We can't do this show without your support!!!

This week, Roqayah and Kumars introduce an interview with former Palestine Action UK prisoner and current Prisoners for Palestine campaigner Audrey Corno, who talks to Kumars about the criminalization of Palestine Action UK, now a proscribed terrorist organization in that country, and the rolling hunger and thirst strike undertaken by incarcerated former members still fighting the Israeli death machine. Audrey and Kumars also discuss the movement's success in shutting down Elbit Systems factories in the United Kingdom as well as another recent victory by the imprisoned organizers, many of whom ended their hunger strikes after the UK government canceled a proposed contract with Elbit. Audrey asks listeners in the UK and in the US to put pressure on the British government to agree to a meeting with the last remaining hunger striker, Umer Khalid, as he prepares to begin a thirst strike in protest of their refusal to do so. Find out more about how you can support Prisoners for Palestine and continue the movement by organizing for direct action at prisonersforpalestine.org as well as directaction.org (if you're in the UK) and global.palestineaction.org (if you're not). For those located in the US, the phone number for the British Embassy in Washington is (202) 588-6500. Call and demand that the UK government meet with Umer! If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including bonus episodes and the revamped "Last Week in Lebanon" column by Roqayah and our newest contributor Hadi Hoteit, you can subscribe on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts . We can't do this show without your support!!!

This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including the "Last Week in Lebanon" column by Roqayah and our newest contributor Hadi Hoteit, by subscribing on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. While you're at it, we also love it when you subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts . This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by returning guest Nick Estes. Nick is a member of the Oceti Sakowin Oyate nation, Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota, the author of the book Our History is the Future and coauthor of Red Nation Rising , cofounder of The Red Nation , lead editor at Red Media , and purveyor of nickestes.substack.com . Nick breaks down the federal assault on Minneapolis, its precedents in the brutal settler-colonial history of Minnesota, and the inadequacy of the response from the liberal establishment. The gang also discuss the Lebanese Foreign Minister giving Israel permission to bomb Lebanon, the resilience of the Bolivarian Revolution after the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, the recent wave of protests and riots in Iran, and more. For those interested, here is that clip of Palestinian martyr Nizar Banat . Follow Nick on Twitter @nickwestes .

This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by historian and returning guest Alexander Aviña for an emergency update on the US attack against Venezuela, including the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, and what could happen next. Alex is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University, contributor to the newsletter Foreign Exchanges on Substack , author of Specters of Revolution: Peasant Guerrillas in the Cold War Mexican Countryside , and a founding member of the Anti-Imperial Scholars Collective (AISC). Alex, Roqayah, and Kumars break down the latest escalation by the Trump administration, the response from US media and Democrats, the outpouring of international solidarity with Venezuela from Cuba to Palestine, acting president Delcy Rodriguez's commitment to the Bolivarian Revolution, and why Trump is right about Maria Corina Machado. Follow Alex on Twitter @Alexander_Avina (not @Alex_Avina, who is someone else). If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, including the new and improved "Last Week in Lebanon" column and video blog courtesy of Lebanese war correspondent and our new third cohost Hadi Hoteit, you can subscribe on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts . We can't do this show without your support!!!

This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including Roqayah's "Last Week in Lebanon" column, by subscribing on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. While you're at it, we also love it when you subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts . Roqayah is off this week, so Kumars is joined from the top of the show by writer, organizer, poet, and returning guest Rasha Abdulhadi, author of several books including The Countermonuments (2024). Rasha and Kumars look back on the year since their last conversation and discuss the lessons for organizers going forward including the death of Dick Cheney, the election of Zohran Mamdani, the "12-Day War" on Iran, and those Somali settler memes. Rasha also shares their thoughts on the problem with prescribing a secular, democratic "one-state solution" in Palestine, why questioning empire abroad is sometimes easier than questioning colonial relations at home, and why people are referring to the genocide, like COVID, in the past tense. Follow Rasha on Twitter @rashaabdulhadi .