Summary: Dr. Bajalan is historian of the Middle East specializing in issues pertaining nationalism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Dr. Bajalan also serves on the editorial board of the journal Kurdish Studies and publications including Turkeyscope, Jacobin, OpenDemocracy, and Jadaliyya have featured his commentary on present-day Middle Eastern affairs. He is the guest this week as we revisit the questions around the Syrian civil war, US involvement in the region and how the Anglophone left should understand and possibly intervene in the conflict. I want to point out that the latest Zero Books youtube video is online. This week’s video pulls a quote from the Zero Books title Dead Man Working in order to better understand what the dominance of FB means for humanity. I also want to thank Harry A, Guy M, Alban M, Dra kuma, and a person calling themselves suckmydickeaterson for supporting us on Patreon. If you aren’t supporting this podcast through the Inside Zero Books patreon page you’re missing out on a second podcast every week. I’d urge you to go ahead and take the plunge. For five dollars a month you’ll receive a second Zero Books podcast every weekend.
