Djene Bajalan on the Kurds, Iran, and Responsible Geopolitical Commentary

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Djene  Bajalan is a historian of the Middle East specializing in the rise of nationalism and the evolution of the Kurdish question. He is an associate professor at Missouri State University, the co-host of This is Revolution and a co-host of Gaming Materialists. He also sometimes writes for Jacobin.  He discusses the Kurdish perspective on recent protests in Iran.   We also mention his article at  Jacobin here.

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Branding Design: Djene Bajalan and C. Derick Varn
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Intro Videos Design: Jason Myles, Dejene Balajan

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