Guerrilla History is the podcast that acts as a reconnaissance report of global history for the activist left, and aims to use the lessons of history to analyze the present.
Your hosts are educators Henry Hakamaki and Professor Adnan Husain, historian and Director of the School of Religion at Queens University.
Follow us on social media! Our podcast can be found on twitter at https://twitter.com/guerrilla_pod, and can be supported on patreon at https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory. Your contributions will make the show possible to continue and succeed!
Follow the hosts, Henry can be found on twitter at https://twitter.com/huck1995. Adnan can be followed on twitter at https://twitter.com/adnanahusain, and also runs The Majlis Podcast, which can be found at https://anchor.fm/msgp-queens, and the Muslim Societies-Global Perspectives group at Queens University, https://www.facebook.com/MSGPQU/. The other shows of the Revolutionary Left Radio family can be found at revolutionaryleftradio.com.
Thanks to Ryan Hakamaki, who designed and created the podcast's artwork, and Kevin MacLeod, who creates royalty-free music.
Latest episodes
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Yemen's Helpers of God w/Shireen Al-Adeimi [Adnan Jusain Show]
This is a cross publication from our sister show, The Adnan Husain Show.
The Radical Academy returns with the 46th episode of the (almost) weekly Friday (usually!) liv
Oct 19 1 h 25 min
China and the Dialectics of Labour w/ Immanuel Ness
In this episode of Guerrilla History, we are joined by returning guest Immanuel Ness (fan favorite whom you will remember from our episodes Migration as Economic Imperial
Oct 5 1 h 51 min
Political Prisoners and the Black Radical Tradition w/Orisanmi Burton [Adnan Husain Show]
This is a cross publication from our sister show, The Adnan Husain Show.
The Radical Academy is in session for an early edition, 9amET Fri Sept 4! Orisanmi Burton, a s
Sep 21 1 h 33 min
The Western Left's Letter "To Iranian Political Prisoners" - Dispatch
In this impromptu Dispatch episode of Guerrilla History, Adnan and Henry sit down to discuss the recent open letter published in the Guardian, "To Iran's political prison
Sep 11 1 h 14 min
The Exterminating Empire w/ Chris de Ploeg
The following dual episode of Guerrilla History/The Adnan Husain show was originally an Office Hours Friday livestream on Fri Aug 21. In it, we discussed a new book from
Sep 4 2 h 03 min
Sudan Today - The Sudanese Revolution & Its Psychic Aftermath w/ Mohamed Khougali & Ruehl Muller [Pt.2] (AR&D Ep. 16)
In this episode of our African Revolutions and Decolonization series, we are once again joined by Mohamed Khougali, author of Politically Unconscious: The Psychic Afterma
Aug 21 2 h 49 min
The Battle for Free Speech w/ Michael Fox
In this episode of Guerrilla History, we are joined by returning guest Michael Fox (whom you may remember from our episodes The Rise of Fascism, Bolsonaro, & the Brazilia
Aug 6 1 h 37 min
Sudan's History Through Independence & the Destruction of the Sudanese Left w/ Mohamed Khougali & Ruehl Muller [Pt.1] (AR&D Ep. 15)
In this continuation of our African Revolutions and Decolonization series, we we have an lengthy conversation that just starts to scratch the surface of Sudan, with a ter
Jul 24 2 h 42 min
The Counterrevolution of 1776 w/ Gerald Horne [Remastered]
This episode is a fully remastered version of our classic and extremely popular episode from February 2021, rereleased on the occasion of 4 July 2026
In this episode of
Jul 4 2 h 05 min
World Cup 2026: Geopolitics and the Beautiful Game w/ Alex Aviña, Abubaker Abed, & Indi.Ca,
This is our newest installment of our Guerrilla History series previewing and analyzing the major international football (soccer) tournaments on and off the pitch. This
Jun 11 1 h 57 min
Still Minab: Iran's Martyrs and Sovereign Truth w/Helyeh Doutaghi and Bikrum Gill [Adnan Husain Show]
The following is an episode from our sister podcast, The Adnan Husain Show:
Helyeh Doutaghi from Tehran and Bikrum Gill join me to discuss the haunting and powerful ser
Jun 5 1 h 30 min
What Is Propaganda? w/ Lucia Hubinska
In this fascinating episode of Guerrilla History, we are joined by researcher and academic Lucia Hubinska to provide a (2 hour) introduction to the topic of Propaganda.
May 10 2 h 05 min
Solidarity with Cuba w/ The Assata Shakur Brigade
In this episode of Guerrilla History, we are happy to be joined by four members of the Assata Shakur Brigade to discuss their solidarity brigade to Cuba, as well as anti-
Apr 30 1 h 36 min
Fanon's Psychopolitics & Empire's Anxiety w/ Sarah Jilani
In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back our friend and comrade, Sarah Jilani (whom you will remember from our episode Subjectivity and Decolonization in the P
Apr 18 1 h 31 min
The War on Iran w/ Nina Farnia & Navid Farnia
In this episode of Guerrilla History, we have a critically important discussion that we hope you will find useful and will share with others that you think may benefit.
Apr 7 1 h 42 min
Lumumba's Assassination & the US's "Jazz Ambassadors" w/ Gerald Horne & Anthony Ballas (AR&D Ep. 14)
In this continuation of our African Revolutions and Decolonization series, we bring back two returning guests, Gerald Horne and Anthony Ballas, to discuss the documentary
Apr 1 1 h 02 min
Political Persecution in Kenya/Booker's Abduction w/Booker Omole
In this critically important episode (in collaboration with the Adnan Husain Show), we bring back our friend Comrade Booker from the Communist Party Marxist - Kenya to di
Mar 21 1 h 45 min
Whiteness, Jake Paul, Boxing, & the Crisis of US Imperialism w/ Anthony Ballas
In this episode of Guerrilla History, we have a fascinating conversation on the intersection of boxing, white supremacy, geopolitics, and imperialism, a discussion that y
Mar 7 1 h 25 min
Nigeria's Independence Movement & Coup Era w/ Max Siollun (AR&D Ep. 13)
In this continuation of our African Revolutions and Decolonization series, we bring back Max Siollun, whom you will remember from our episode Precolonial Nigeria from a f
Feb 23 1 h 50 min
IB: Iran, Conferences, and More [Patreon Early Access]
In this episode, which was available for early access on our patreon, we round up some recent work that we have been doing, discuss Iran, and more. Enjoy, and let us know
Feb 15 1 h 42 min
Chart positions
Where Guerrilla History ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Oct 22, 2026).
A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.
I’ve been searching for a good podcast that would help me catch up on understanding global revolutionary history and the way it affects our present and future from a leftist, anti-colonial, anti-imperial, anti-capitalist, socialist, perspective. I think I’ve found it in Guerilla History! Check out their other sister podcasts Revolutionary Left and Red Menace as well which are equally as incredible and deserve a follow.
bsanch3878 · Dec 2023
I’ve been listening to this podcast for the past 6 months during my daily commutes, during chores, and lol during labwork, and I always walk away with a foundation of how to understand each topic I’d previously only had vague impressions of. (Yemen, Haiti, sanctions as siege warfare, the British partition of the Middle East post-WW2, CIA coups, Chinese economic partnerships in Eurasia, the Allende socialist govt’s platform and coalition-building in Chile)
The hosts are super listenable to me, remind me of friends who manage to have scholarly gravitas, pop culture literacy, chill but engaging energy, and who sincerely invested in a conversation where you get to discuss and have your most basic or in-depth questions answered. The personalities, speaking styles, and choice of / approach to revolutionary topics are definitely my favorite part of the podcasts.
I’ll be recommending this podcast to anyone who’s hungry to understand the historical, materially informed / driven bigger picture of how the each country on today’s earth ended up as the wretched place we see them painted as in headlines in the New York Times, CNN, or Instagram’s “humanitarian fundraiser” ads, lol.
I’m deeply in debt to this podcast’s hosts and guests for actually teaching me how to analyze any piece of media (mainstream news, etc.) or any development from any country or region in the world now, whereas the flood of “facts” and default history / social science “education” in the US (that isn’t remotely leftist, and is both communism-phobic and imperialism-legitimizing) just serves to exhaust and confuse its audience. Can’t wait to learn more from the hosts and use this podcast’s energy to step up my material engagement in leftist / anti-imperialist organizing.
Switch inpressionalist · Oct 2023
This podcast, along with Revleft and a couple others, has been so pivotal in my education. All 3 hosts are incredible at what they do and I feel truly lucky to get to listen to them every week. They have incredible thoughts themselves and have clearly spent a lot of years working towards educating themselves. The guests they have on their show are really incredible people who have great insights and experience themselves. I also enjoy how personable Breht, Adnan, and Henry are and how they’re willing to give their own opinions on complex topics without acting like they know everything there is to know. They’re all humble and routinely acknowledge the limits the exist within any one person’s views. I appreciate their willingness to tackle really difficult topics and take the time to explain something well even if it means a 2 or 3 hour podcast. Incredible work!
nard banker · Jul 2023
Such an informative series -as an example the discussion with South African science communicator and journalist Sibusiso Biyela on decolonizing science and the legacy of vile eugenic experiments that corrupts scientific and medical institutions to this day. Do listen and support the guerrilla pod!
H. Beale · May 2023
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