Ep. 1: Gerald Horne on the Rise of the Far Right, Fascism, Imperialism & International Relations

See my short write-up in Monthly Review introducing my interview with Dr. Horne: https://monthlyreview.org/press/the-p...

In this video I interview Dr. Gerald Horne on the rise of the far right, fascism, white supremacy, Western imperialism, international relations, and other matters. We also talked about the recent shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo, the coup of January 6, 2021, the legacy of US and French colonialism in Haiti, China's Belt and Road initiatives, and the novel American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson. This interview took place on May 28, 2022.

Dr. Horne holds the Moores Professorship of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. His research has addressed issues of racism in a variety of relations involving labor, politics, civil rights, international relations and war. He has also written extensively about the film industry, jazz music, and the political economy of boxing. Dr. Horne received his Ph.D. in history from Columbia University and his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley and his B.A. from Princeton University.

Anthony Ballas teaches philosophy and humanities at Northern New Mexico College, as well as writing and rhetoric at the University of Colorado at Denver. His research focuses on a range of topics, including racism, class politics and internationalism; film and literature, architecture, music, philosophy and politics. He has also written on psychoanalysis, art, hip hop, Shakespeare, and, most recently, the coup of January 6, 2021 and COVID-19.