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)