Psychic Militancy
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
IN SESSION #19: Imperial and Zionist capture of Blackness with Jamal Williams
I was so excited to be joined by a new comrade and brother, Jamal Williams. Jamal and I met when he reached out to connect about our shared political values in the decrepit and violent psy-disciplines. From our first discussion, I knew we had a LOT to talk about and more importantly, how it felt vital to share Jamal's work and commitments with the larger community. In this discussion we will get i
IN SESSION #18: Everybody (still) loves Nora with Nora Barrows-Friedman
We are back for this popular TGT spinoff with my fav Nora!! We had a lot to talk about and, back by popular demand, she DID sing a song for us all…and perhaps with with a special comrade surprise. As with every time, we will be talking resistance and how to maintain our fight against *all of this*. Nora Barrows-Friedman is an associate editor at The Electronic Intifada and has been a reporter and
IN SESSION #17: Lebanon, normalization & fiber optic resistance with Rania Khalek
Rania Khalek joined me again to discuss the latest developments in Lebanon, including traitorous normalization efforts by the corrupt US-empire lackey government, on the ground organizing efforts, and continued resistance--yes, the fiber optic kind and more. We had so much to talk about, as you might imagine! Rania Khalek is a journalist for Breakthrough News, where she hosts the show Dispatches.
IN SESSION #16: Everybody loves Nora with Nora Barrows-Friedman
This was the ultimate lovefest between me and my comrade Nora!! We had a lot to look forward to in this episode which came about as a joke between us after Nora got proposed to in the chat during our first livestream of Tankie Group Therapy. So, in addition to us talking politics and resistance (because of course), we also made a cheeky deal: if Nora got *ten* live proposals during the livestream
Nick Estes: "Our History is the Future" & Revolutionary Certainty
In this episode, I sit down with Nick Estes, our comrade from The Red Nation! We had a lot to talk about, as expected, but I was especially excited to talk to Nick about formative moments in his life that have shaped how he maintains militant alignment with anti-imperialist politics despite the extensive pressures to disidentify from this struggle. We also into his incredible book, "Our History is
IN SESSION #14: Fascism in and through psychoanalysis with Carter J. Carter
In this episode I am joined by longtime comrade and colleague, Carter J. Carter to talk about their analysis of fascism in psychoanalysis, including why the field was so readily primed for fascistic infiltration. And, as Carter and I always do, we riff, making good fun of the antiquated ways of our field--and the people who believe in neutrality--and all the ways in which we need to be ready for
IN SESSION #13: Empire's problem with sovereignty with Helyeh Doutaghi, Bikrum Gill & Alex Aviña
Between the so-called Middle-East and Latin America, oh my, we had a lot to talk about how this empire implodes, psychically and otherwise, in the face of sovereign nations refusing to bend to its violence. Who better to help us unpack this than three of the most fierce anti-imperialist comrades I know--all of whom have a lot to say about sovereignty, empire, and, importantly, resistance. Helyeh D
IN SESSION #12: Lebanon's continued resistance with Calla Walsh & Hussein Assaf
In this episode I was joined by Calla Walsh and Hussein Assaf to talk about the urgent situation in Lebanon and the ongoing resistance against Zionist violence and imperial violence. We discussed how we can continue to orient ourselves to the long struggle against empire and all textures of its violence. Calla Walsh is a freelance journalist and anti-imperialist organizer who was one of the founde
IN SESSION #11: Psychology, complicity and the myth of neutrality with Maria Fakhouri
In this episode, I spoke with Palestinian psychotherapist, Maria Fakhouri, about the lies the field of psychology peddles in the name of so-called neutrality. She and I have quite a bit of experience being on the receiving end of accusations related to being "too political". We discussed what this means against the backdrop of an ongoing genocide, rising fascism, and imperial violence—and we also
A Call for Revolutionary Intellectual Alignment with Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah
This was a livestream collaboration with Psychic Militancy and the Adnan Hussein Show discusses an important document "Toward a Revolutionary Charter for Comprehensive Liberation" released recently that takes an adamant and uncompromising critique of contemporary Arab intelligentsias and calls for a radical realignment against colonial knowledges and with the masses. This is a critical juncture in
Françoise Vergès: The world is made through struggle
In this episode, I sit down with the incredible Françoise Vergès. We had a beautiful conversation about how the politics of Réunion has animated her life's work, how she was brought up in the struggle alongside the revolutionaries in her family, about her time in Algeria and Paris, decolonial feminisms (of course!), and the centrality of psychic life to our ongoing fight against fascism and oppres
"It hasn't worked": Lebanese defiance of Zionist oppression w/ Karim, Ussama and Saree Makdisi
In this episode, I sit down with @MakdisiStreet podcast hosts and brothers, Karim, Ussama and Saree Makdisi to discuss the current situation in Lebanon. We get into a lot, as you can imagine, including the US and Zionist interventionism in Lebanon, their attempt to foment sectarian hate and violence, internalized Arabophobia (and other potential explanations) and, importantly, how we believe th
IN SESSION #10: Māori sovereignty & smashing white supremacy with comrades from Aotearoa
In this session I was joined by my comrades Arama Rata, Sina Brown-Davis and Bianca Ranson to talk about the longstanding and ongoing struggle for Māori sovereignty under settler colonial conditions, the struggle against Zionism in Aotearoa, and how they remain focused in the face of settler violence--and so much more. Arama Rata (Taranaki, Ngāruahine, Ngāti Maniapoto) is a Māori researcher, write
IN SESSION #9: Cuba & Mexico in empire's teeth with Geo Maher & Alex Aviña
Back by popular demand, two of my favorite comrades, Geo Maher and Alex Aviña, jointed me to talk about Mexico and Cuba in the teeth of empire. We discussed the US empire's continued strangulation of Cuba, the so-called war and drugs and its connection with the so-called war on terror, and the ways that people on the ground continue to resist, despite the nonstop violence against them. Geo Maher i
IN SESSION #8: Boycott & Divestment in Psychoanalysis
In this episode I was joined by psychoanalytic colleagues, Avgi Saktepoulou and Iris Hefets to discuss boycott & divestment from the state now known as Israel and Zionism more broadly--a call that answers the Palestine Global Mental Health Networks call for all psychoanalysts of conscience to resign from the International Psychoanalytic Asociation. This feels like an even more timely conversation
Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian: Countertechnologies of life making in Palestine, for Palestine
In this episode, I sit down with the one and only Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian to talk about the textures of life making that abound in Palestine, produced and created by Palestinians, for the preservation and continuation of all of Palestine. We discuss the centrality of al-Quds (Jerusalem) in her thinking and in her scholarship, and unpack the ways in which her focus has always been to provide coun
IN SESSION #7: Kicking power in the shins with Maura Finkelstein & Michel DeGraff
I was so excited to be joined by two kickass and unbending comrades and colleagues, both of whom have been fighting the struggle against the violence of Zionism in the academy and beyond. We discuss each of our "cases" with specific focus on the mechanics of these zionist smear campaigns and their intention to silence us, disappear us, and derail us from our political commitments. But more importa
IN SESSION #6: Free Mumia Abu-Jamal brick by brick & wall by wall
This episode is dedicated to political prisoner and revolutionary, Mumia Abu-Jamal, who continues to be unjustly incarcerated and tortured by the violent US carceral machine. Mumia has been incarcerated for more than 44 years and has been continuously punished for his principled stances and unbending political commitments. I was joined by longtime comrade and friend of the show, Jared Ware, Gabe B
Rabab Abdulhadi: The indivisibility of justice from Turtle Island to Palestine
In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi, a stalwart organizer and professor who has been a fierce mainstay in the movement for the liberation of Palestine for decades. In this episode we get into her history beginning in Nablus, Palestine, and discuss the communal processes, people, and mentors that reared her. To me, Rabab has long been someone who exemplifies what it means to take un
IN SESSION #5: If it looks, feels, and acts like counterinsurgency, it's probably counterinsurgency!
Hold on tight, folks!! I was joined by the unbending and awesome comrade, Dylan Rodríguez, to talk all things counterinsurgency. We analyzed the current psyops pressures upon us and how they different from the past, unpacked what he calls "lexical warfare" and the logics of "liberal counterinsurgency" as a political project and machinery of violence, and talked about his forthcoming book Counterin
IN SESSION #4: WTF-ing empire with Rania Khalek
In this livestream, I was joined by Rania Khalek to continue Psychic Militancy's ongoing public facing conversations about empire and its violent malcontent. She and I both are WTF-ing empire, as one does, and we wanted to come together to talk about what she has witnessed in the so-called Middle East region, on-the-ground analysis, especially about Lebanon, normalization bs, the suffocation of Cu
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 conti
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
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 r
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 t
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
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
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
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