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The Fire These Times

The Fire These Times

By: Joey Ayoub
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 How do we build the new in the shell of the old? How do we tackle global warming and its associated crises? How do we make it easier to imagine the end of capitalism than the end of the world? Every week, Joey Ayoub and guests explore how to answer these questions and more. We get into everything from anti-fascism to Star Trek, degrowth to Solarpunk, genocide to mutual aid. From Syria to Taiwan, Ukraine to Bosnia, Ethiopia to Argentina. This is a one-nerd project. To Support: https://www.patreon.com/firethesetimesJoey Ayoub Political Science Politics & Government
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  • 212/ Iranian protesters don't owe us an explanation

    212/ Iranian protesters don't owe us an explanation
    Feb 13 2026
    Elia Ayoub reads his Hauntologies essay "Iranian protesters don't owe us an explanation" (00:00 to 09:50) and reflects on it (09:50-36:49).You can support Elia's work with a one-off or monthly donation on Ko-fi.For more:The Fire These Times is on Bluesky, Instagram⁠ and has a⁠ ⁠website⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠From The Periphery is on⁠ ⁠Patreon⁠⁠, ⁠Bluesky⁠, ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠,⁠ Instagram⁠, and has a⁠ website⁠⁠Elia is on Bluesky and Instagram. His newsletter is Hauntologies and his archives are on eliaayoub.com.Check out Politically Depressed's latest video "What Are Tankies Really?" since it's so clearly related to what I'm talking about here.The Hezbollah essay I mentionedMy conversation with Hong KongersThe Fire These Times is a proud member of⁠ ⁠From The Periphery (FTP) Media Collective⁠⁠. If you’re not a supporter yet, please consider doing so with only $5 a month on Patreon.com/fromtheperipheryTranscriptions: Transcriptions are done by⁠⁠ Antidote Zine⁠⁠ and will be published on⁠⁠ The Fire These Times' transcript archive⁠⁠.Credits:Elia Ayoub (host, producer, episode art), ⁠Rap and Revenge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Music),⁠ ⁠⁠Wenyi Geng⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (TFTT theme design),⁠ ⁠⁠Hisham Rifai⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (FTP theme design) and⁠ ⁠⁠Molly Crabapple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (FTP team profile pics)
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    37 mins
  • 211/ Organizing Against ICE w/ Nicole Bedera, Ed & Aydin

    211/ Organizing Against ICE w/ Nicole Bedera, Ed & Aydin
    Feb 5 2026
    Elia Ayoub is joined by three folks from Minneapolis, sociologist Nicole Bedera and From The Periphery's very own Aydin and Ed from Antidote Zine, to talk about the ongoing resistance against the federal occupation of the state of Minnesota by ICE. What is happening? How are they resisting? What can we learn from it, here in the UK and elsewhere? Nicole also explained what 'symbolic compliance' means and why we must all be aware of it.You can support Elia's work with a one-off or monthly donation on Ko-fi.LinksNicole's article: I’m a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here’s how ICE observers are helping.Nicole's book: On the Wrong Side - How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual ViolenceNicole's Bluesky thread on symbolic complianceCounter Vortex episode on Iran and Minneapolis and Antidotezine's transcriptAntidotezine: Between the Insurrection Act and the InsurrectionsMinnesota Star Tribune: ‘No humanity’: Detainees describe conditions inside Whipple Federal BuildingStand With MinnesotaElia's article on Reform UK in Shado MagElia's newsletterFor more:The Fire These Times is on Bluesky, Instagram⁠ and has a⁠ ⁠website⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠From The Periphery is on⁠ ⁠Patreon⁠⁠, ⁠Bluesky⁠, ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠,⁠ Instagram⁠, and has a⁠ website⁠⁠Elia is on Bluesky and InstagramThe Fire These Times is a proud member of⁠ ⁠From The Periphery (FTP) Media Collective⁠⁠. Check out other projects in our media ecosystem: Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution, From The Periphery Podcast, The Mutual Aid Podcast⁠, ⁠Politically Depressed⁠, Hidah: Jewish Counter-Colonial Thoughts and ⁠Antidote Zine⁠. If you’re not a supporter yet, please consider doing so with only $5 a month on Patreon.com/fromtheperipheryTranscriptions: Transcriptions are done by⁠⁠ Antidote Zine⁠⁠ and will be published on⁠⁠ The Fire These Times' transcript archive⁠⁠.Credits:Elia Ayoub (host, producer, episode art), Nicole Bedera, Aydin, Ed (guests), ⁠Rap and Revenge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Music),⁠ ⁠⁠Wenyi Geng⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (TFTT theme design),⁠ ⁠⁠Hisham Rifai⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (FTP theme design) and⁠ ⁠⁠Molly Crabapple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (FTP team profile pics)
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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • 210/ Another Way Out w/ William C. Anderson

    210/ Another Way Out w/ William C. Anderson
    Jan 26 2026

    For episode 210, William C. Anderson comes back to The Fire These Times to talk to Elia Ayoub about the current crises in the US and how we should try and understand our current authoritarian moment.

    Anderson is the author of The Nation on No Map (AK Press 2021) and co-author of As Black as Resistance (AK Press 2018). He writes a column for Prism called Another Way Out and is the co-founder of Offshoot Journal. He was previously on TFTT (episode 107) to talk about Black Anarchism, Abolition and the Radical Tradition.

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    Elia

    • Support Elia through Ko-Fi

    • Check out the Hauntologies newsletter

    • Info on the Lebanon masterclass: article and podcast

    • Follow Elia on Bluesky

    • Follow Elia on Instagram

    William

    • Follow William on Bluesky

    The Fire These Times is a proud member of⁠ ⁠From The Periphery (FTP) Media Collective⁠⁠. Check out other projects in our media ecosystem: Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution, From The Periphery Podcast, The Mutual Aid Podcast⁠, ⁠Politically Depressed⁠, Hidah: Jewish Counter-Colonial Thoughts and ⁠Antidote Zine⁠. If you’re not a supporter yet, please consider doing so with only $5 a month on Patreon.com/fromtheperiphery

    Transcriptions: Transcriptions are done by⁠⁠ Antidote Zine⁠⁠ and will be published on⁠⁠ The Fire These Times' transcript archive⁠⁠.

    Credits:

    Elia Ayoub (host, producer, episode art), William C Anderson (guest), ⁠Rap and Revenge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Music),⁠ ⁠⁠Wenyi Geng⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (TFTT theme design),⁠ ⁠⁠Hisham Rifai⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (FTP theme design) and⁠ ⁠⁠Molly Crabapple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (FTP team profile pics)
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    54 mins
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