Psychic Militancy

Psychic Militancy Podcast
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A podcast that dissects the psycho-politico-affective dimensions of violent systems of power and militantly refocuses us on how we can remain aligned in our revolutionary anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist, and anti-colonial commitments to the world. Hosted by clinical psychologist Lara Sheehi.

Episodes

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    IN SESSION #3: Lebanon and the continued struggle for land and life in the South

    I was joined by Lebanese comrades Rami Zureik and Munira Khayyat, both of whom are from the South, and work and think about land-based struggle and healing. We will discuss the current political landscape of Lebanon, with focus on the South; unpack the many atrocities the Zionist state has perpetrated even after the so-called "ceasefire", and importantly to Psychic Militancy, the ways people continue to create life and resist occupation.  Rami Zurayk is a native of Jabal Amel in South Lebanon, a farmer and a Researcher in Ecosystem Management. He has written extensively in Arabic, English and French about the political ecology of the Arab World, with special emphasis on Lebanon and Palestine.  Munira Khayyat is an anthropologist whose research revolves around life in war, intimate genealogies of empire, and theory from the South. Her first book, A Landscape of War: Ecologies of Resistance and Survival in South Lebanon (University of California Press 2022) examines resistant ecologies in a world of perennial warfare. Drawing on long-term fieldwork in frontline villages along Lebanon's southern border with Israel, she examines war not only as a place of death and destruction, but also necessarily, as an environment of living. Check out some of Munira's work here (including a piece by our other guest, Rami!): https://www.culanth.org/fieldsights/series/another-season-of-war-in-lebanon And here in this stunning e-publication: https://freight.cargo.site/m/Y2744105737271792238767236430700/Dignified_Life_Outliving_Impossible_Ecologies_LOWRES.pdf And here she is on Speaking out of Place, right after the Zionist aggression began on Lebanon in Fall 2024: https://speakingoutofplace.com/2024/10/12/an-urgent-episode-on-lebanon-with-munira-khayyat-a-landscape-of-war-ecologies-of-resistance-and-survival-in-south-lebanon/ Don't forget to subscribe to the channel and follow us on IG at: @psychicmilitancypod & TikTok @psychic.militancy For exclusive audio and video releases, make sure to become a Patron at: www.patreon.com/psychicmilitancy

    1h 2m
  2. Tankie Group Therapy #36 (LIVE!): Empire of Lulz

    1 FEB

    Tankie Group Therapy #36 (LIVE!): Empire of Lulz

    The comrades from Tankie Group Therapy came together for the first ever LIVE to officially launch Psychic Militancy and to process, well, every f-ing thing that has been happening so that we don't have to do it alone. I hosted this comrade power line-up including your favorites, Justin Podur, Nora Barrows-Friedman, Alex Aviña, Sina Rahman, Jared Ware, Asa Winstanley, Adnan Hussein, Joe Emersberger, Arama Rata and Mikey Inouye. Make sure to Subscribe to our YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/@PsychicMilitancy and follow us on IG: @psychicmilitancypod & TikTok: @psychic.militancy And sign up to be a Patron to keep up with announcements of new episodes, livestreams and for exclusive releases! www.patreon.com/psychicmilitancy

    1h 51m

  3. 17 JAN

    Diana Buttu: Keeping the pulse on reality in Palestine

    In this episode I sit down with Diana Buttu for a raw and moving conversation about how throughout the arch of her life and career she has remained aligned with the psychic, affective, and material reality of Palestine. She discusses being on Palestine's negotiating team under Yasser Arafat and shares exclusive details she has never before publicly spoken about. In discussing the importance of remaining psychically aligned for Palestine, we go into how sexism, racism, and attempts at psychic destabilization are all part of the aggression of Zionism and its expansionism. Most movingly, we talk about Palestine always having been, and continuing to be a real place with real people who persist. Diana Buttu is a lawyer specializing in negotiations, international law, and international human rights law. Earlier in her career, Buttu worked on the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, serving as the only female negotiator during her five-year tenure. Follow us on IG: @psychicmilitancypod & TikTok: @psychic.militancy Become a Patreon to get announcements, early access to full episodes, and more! www.patreon.com/psychicmilitancy

    1h 50m

  4. 16 JAN

    IN SESSION #2: Staying militantly clear in the face of all things Empire with Jared Ware

    My comrade Jared Ware from fan favorite podcast Millennials Are Killing Capitalism will be joining me for our first live together on Psychic Militancy! We will be continuing the ongoing conversations we have been having on MAKC Live! and unpack and analyze how to remain focused in the face of Empire's violent reach, including the spectacle(s) of ICE violence, carceral discipline we are subjected to, the ongoing aggression on Venezuela, psyops related to Iran, Palestine and Lebanon...and much more.  Jared Ware is one of the hosts of Millennials Are Killing Capitalism. He has published pieces in 68to05, Abolition Journal, Mint Press News, The New Inquiry, Prism, San Francisco Bay View, Southern Cultures, Shadow Proof, Truthout, and other outlets. Catch Jared and our comrades at: https://www.youtube.com/@MAKCapitalism and on IG: @makcapitalism Follow us on IG at: @psychicmilitancypod & TikTok at: @psychic.militancy To stay up to date on announcements and get first access to full episodes, consider becoming a Patreon at: www.patreon.com/psychicmilitancy Here are the links mentioned in this livestream: Venezuela Responds to the Kidnapping of their President Nicolás Maduro with Andreína Chávez Alava: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=uVHdMKDXXBU  Resist the US Colonization of Venezuela! Trump Kidnaps President Maduro with Alexander Aviña: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oECFKV--BKY https://progressive.international/blueprint/e57562a0-4dbd-479f-b77d-ed23bee16394-irans-indigenous-labor-movement-and-working-class-sovereignty/en/ The Malcolm Effest: Iran, women's rights and external disruptions to sovereignty - Dr. Helyeh Doutaghi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf9A8aih1UA&list=PLwYUBYeb4u9g8k77_zVYzqmETp_nRe6cT&index=27&t=2s

    1h 58m

  5. 8 JAN

    IN SESSION #1 - Venezuela, Empire & the imperative for psychic militancy w/ Geo Maher and Alex Aviña

    This was our first live stream, fittingly for the urgent times, with comrades Geo Maher and Alex Aviña. We address the most recent fascistic display of empire in Venezuela, listen to their analysis (some of the most precise and my personal favorite out there!), and importantly, unpack the psychological warfare that is at the heart of this aggression and how we can stay focused and committed to our revolutionary struggles.  Geo Maher is Coordinator of the WEB Du Bois Movement School for Abolition & Reconstruction and author of 5 books, including We Created Chávez and Building the Commune. Please support the incredible project our comrades at the School for Abolition & Reconstruction are doing. You can follow their work on IG at: @abolitionschool and here on YouTube  @AbolitionSchool . Check them out here and please consider donating to help support their incredible work and principled stance in terms of funding streams: https://abolitionschool.org/ You can find some of Geo's books here: Building the Commune: Radical Democracy in Venezuela (https://www.versobooks.com/products/147-building-the-commune); We Created Chávez: A People's History of the Venezuelan Revolution (https://dukeupress.edu/we-created-chavez); Anticolonial Eruptions: Racial Hubris and the Cunning of Resistance (https://www.ucpress.edu/books/anticolonial-eruptions/paper) Alex Aviña is an Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University. He is a historian of Mexico and Latin America. You can find some of Alex's analysis at Foreign Exchanges, with one of my favorites being: https://www.foreignexchanges.news/p/the-american-maginot-line-part-3; and NACLA: Report on the Americas with one of my favorites being: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10714839.2025.2542070; and his book: Specters of Revolution: Peasant Guerrillas in the Cold War Mexican Countryside (https://alexanderavina.com/specters-of-revolution/) Follow us on IG at: @psychimilitancypod & TikTok: @psychic.militancy. And consider becoming a patron to help support the podcast! www.patreon.com/psychicmilitancy

    1h 28m

  6. 2 JAN

    Amy Greer: Embodied lawyering and resisting being a cog in the machine

    In this episode, I sit down with Amy Greer, who is best known to us as Mahmoud Khalil's lawyer—the one he called on the day of his abduction by ICE agents. We discuss the ethical imperative for what she calls "embodied lawyering" and how one resist seduction of a carceral discipline intent on innocence under the guise of saviorism. Amy E. Greer is an associate attorney at Dratel & Lewis. She is a member of Mahmoud Khalil's legal team, and one of the lead attorneys in a jawbone First Amendment suit against Columbia University, the House Committee on Education and Workforce, and the federal agencies. She has also recently served as a discipline defense advisor for students facing discrimination and disciplinary charges at Columbia University and Barnard College. Additionally, Amy assists in handling state and federal trial and appellate cases involving extradition, RICO, terrorism, drug trafficking, and sexual assault. She previously worked as an assistant public defender and as a research attorney for death-sentenced clients. Greer earned her J.D. from Roger Williams University School of Law in 2020, receiving the Public Interest Award. Admitted in NY, NJ, DC, and multiple federal courts, she has experience in capital defense and holistic representation. She holds a B.A. from Wheaton College, master's degrees in Theater and Library Science, and a Ph.D. focused on race and policy in the U.S. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel Follow us on IG: @psychicmilitancypod & TikTok: @psychic.militancy   Consider becoming a Patron to support the show! www.patreon.com/psychicmilitancy

    1h 50m

  7. 2 JAN

    Ghassan Abu Sittah: Clinic as site of resistance

    In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah to discuss the centrality of the clinic in the genocidal violence perpetrated by the Zionist settler state in Gaza, his concept of the biosphere of genocide, and importantly, the site of the clinic as central to resistance, refusal, and liberation. Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah is a British-Palestinian Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon. He completed his medical education at University of Glasgow in the U.K and his postgraduate residency training in London. In April of 2024 he was awarded and Honorary Doctorate from the American University of Beirut, where is currently Professor of Conflict Medicine. His work was featured by numerous newspapers and media outlets notably La Monde, The Independent, Telegraph, BBC and CNN. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel Follow us on IG: @psychicmilitancypod & TikTok: @psychic.militancy Consider becoming a Patron to support the show! www.patreon.com/psychicmilitancy

    1h 18m

  8. 2 JAN

    Welcome to Psychic Militancy

    Psychic Militancy

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A podcast that dissects the psycho-politico-affective dimensions of violent systems of power and militantly refocuses us on how we can remain aligned in our revolutionary anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist, and anti-colonial commitments to the world. Hosted by clinical psychologist Lara Sheehi.

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