For episode 213, I talk about the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran, how we got here, and what this means for both Iran and Lebanon. Also: Israel’s ideological opposition to the concept of accountability, Israel’s decreasing popularity in the US, the Ayatollah’s brutal reign, and finally Hezbollah’s catastrophic decision to join the war and how this is causing a severe crisis in Lebanon.
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Recent Articles
- 972Mag: Israel’s renewed war on Lebanon is about more than just Hezbollah (archived)
- Good Law Project: Trump’s illegal war puts all of us at risk (archived)
Recent Interviews
- It Could Happen Here: Israel’s Attack on Lebanon
- Crimethinc: “History Is Repeating Itself”
- The Final Straw podcast: The US-Israeli War with Iran Spreads, Nuclear Weapons, Lebanon and Anti-Imperial Solidarity
- The Dugout podcast: Honoring Political Ghosts
- The Breakup Theory podcast: Episode 31 – Iran and the US-Israeli Death Drive Economy
Highlighted Hauntologies articles
- Israel’s Lebanese Ghosts (March 2026)
- This moment (January 2025)
- Iranian protesters don’t owe us an explanation (February 2026)
- How Hezbollah lost everything (January 2026)
- Notes on Assadism, Zionism, Fascism and Hope (August 2025)
From The Periphery
TFTT is a proud member of From The Periphery Media Collective, which you can support on Patreon and follow on Bluesky, YouTube and Instagram.
Check out other projects: Politically Depressed | Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution | From The Periphery Podcast | The Mutual Aid Podcast
Mutual Aid links: Lebanon emergency relief
Credits:
Elia Ayoub (host, producer, episode design), Rap and Revenge (Music), Wenyi Geng (TFTT theme design), Hisham Rifai (FTP theme design), Molly Crabapple (FTP team profile pics) and Antidote Zine (Transcriptions).
Note on sound quality: I know there’s a bit of a variation as I was pacing between two different rooms. Note to self for next time: stick to one room! I also had to do a quick edit on this one and I may have missed a cough or two. Hopefully not.
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