Asia Art Tours

30/08/2021

NEW POD: We spoke to artist Shaq Koyok on Orang Asli, the indigenous peoples of Malaysia. It was a great conversation on the history of Malaysia, decolonialism, and global indigenous organizing.

Listen to the full conversation and share if you enjoy!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shaq-koyok-orang-asli-the-indigenous-people-of-malaysia/id1406775458?i=1000533440949

28/08/2021

PODCAST PREVIEW: Dr. explains how the Armenian Genocide provides blueprints for resisting today's state violence. From armed struggle, to mutual aid and legal resistance, Dr. Mouradian articulates a brilliant call to organize, organize, organize!

Listen to the full podcast on Apple or Spotify:

https://podcasts.apple.com/.../dr.../id1406775458...

25/08/2021

"By the 4th month, Myanmar became increasingly violent. The SAC’s security forces were violent from the beginning, but they became increasingly ruthless,thus armed resistance against the SAC also began to emerge across the country" -

https://asiaarttours.com/jangai-jap-armed-struggle-against-myanmars-junta/

Read our full interview with Dr. Jangai J*p on the armed resistance to Myanmar's military Junta and what this means for the future of the country and Southeast Asia.

18/08/2021

NEW PRINT INTERVIEW: We spoke to

about their work documenting the historic farmers protests of India

https://asiaarttours.com/trolley-times-the-farmers-protests-fighting-for-indias-soul/

Read to learn more about the tactics, philosophy & lessons of these protests.

We spoke with the Trolley Times on documenting the Farmers' Protests of India. We discuss this historic moment and how the world can help.

12/08/2021

PODCAST PREVIEW: We spoke to Artist Sam Lavigne on his essay:

"Gaslighting Your Boss: Creative Experiments in Digital Sabotage"

Here, we discuss why everyone (including tech workers!) need to sabotage Big Tech & the distorted reflection of our 'digital selves'

Listen to the full podcast on Apple/Spotify or Other Platforms: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sam-lavigne-sabotaging-silicon-valley/id1406775458?i=1000531373463

06/08/2021

PREVIEW: S.L. Lim & I remember what's been lost to climate change, for them - Australia's "Christmas Beetles"

We also discuss Australian Media's refusal to process the trauma of 2020's Bushfires & why suppressing our pain, may lead to the Anthropocene

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s-l-lim-anthropocene-australia-art/id1406775458?i=1000530735667

05/08/2021

To discuss the ongoing people's revolution against the Tamadaw military's coup of Myanmar, we spoke with the Raise Three Fingers art organization.

24/07/2021

"Being Thai & living in Thailand I admit I'm a coward who cannot fully express everything I think. But I am going to say this. I think what angered the Redshirts most is the blatant rejection of their citizen rights on many occasions."

Read our full interview s. Saowanee T. Alexander on the Redshirts, Northeast Thailand and Democracy. Up on Asia Art Tours Now!

https://asiaarttours.com/passing-the-torch-saowanee-alexander-on-elder-redshirts-thailands-youth/

22/07/2021

PODCAST PREVIEW: I spoke to Dr. Duncan McCargo of
NIAS - Nordic Institute of Asian Studies on Patani, one of the least understood but most fascinating regions in Thailand.

Here I discuss with Dr. McCargo a very simple question, What is Patani and how did it become part of Thailand?

Watch then preview then listen to the full podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-duncan-mccargo-on-patani-political-legitimacy-in/id1406775458?i=1000529230118

18/07/2021

"Abolitionist praxis provides a lot of easily accessible avenues for people to start deconstructing toxic ideologies in their personal lives, from engaging in transformative justice processes to starting mutual aid projects" -

Read the full interview here! https://asiaarttours.com/free-hand-the-artistic-praxis-of-lizartistry/

And be sure to follow for more incredible visual aids to understand abolitionism, socialism, and democracy movements globally:

29/06/2021

NEW PRINT: We speak w. Artist Misako Ichimura on Unhoused J*pan. Topics include:

⚫ Yoyogi Park's 'Blue Tent' Village
⚫ Squatting as activism
⚫ & how Covid-19 has affected Tokyo's unhoused population

Read/ Share if it's interesting. I rarely hear squatting mentioned when discussing homelessness and Misako Ichimura's work in Blue Tent Village is a fascinating example of this tactic.

PS: The Interview is translated in both English AND J*panese!

https://asiaarttours.com/dreaming-of-home-misako.../

We spoke to long-time organizer and artist Misako Ichimura on squatting and homelessness in J*pan's public parks and city spaces

17/06/2021

NEW PODCAST: We spoke w. Hathairat Phaholtap of The Isaan Record on Northeast Thailand & how its unique history, politics and culture poses larger questions for Thailand's future.

Listen on Apple/Spotify & read , It's an incredible publication!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hathairat-wist-phaholtap-on-isaan-thailands-northeast/id1406775458?i=1000525239275

‎Show The Arts of Travel, Ep Hathairat "Wist" Phaholtap on Isaan, Thailand's Northeast & Identity in Thailand - Jun 12, 2021

07/06/2021

NEW PRINT: We interviewed Eric Margolis on the radical artwork, & utopia of J*pan's Kyohei Sakaguchi

It's a fascinating conversation on Mental Health, Homelessness, Capitalism and the ability for art to help envision a better world

Read it here!

https://asiaarttours.com/art-as-survival-eric-margolis-on-kyohei-sakaguchis-utopia/

*pan

23/03/2021

1ST PODCAST PREVIEW W.



Listen on Apple/Spotify:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hyo-yoon-kang-on-ip-law-monopolies-why-we-dont-have/id1406775458?i=1000513821809

Here we discuss why so many wealthy governments are serving the Global Market rather than the 'Global Public Good' when it comes to Covid-19, and how the media narrative of a 'Vaccine Race' is a destructive framework

04/03/2021

Preview w. Motherboard's : Obama Alums & Big Tech

Listen on Apple or Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/08cpQpGOCN0KEpDaG5r9gU

https://podcasts.apple.com/.../edward.../id1406775458...

This is Tony West, chief counsel for Uber & Brother in Law of Kamala Harris. Edward articulates that we must build a 'multiculturalism of the oppressed' to fight the 'multiculturalism of the oppressor'.

18/02/2021

Last preview from my podcast w. , author of: 'Follow Me Akhi, The Online World of British Muslims'.

In this clip, we discuss some of the solidarity and misunderstanding between Muslims and Secular leftists in the UK.

Listen to the Full Podcast on Apple or Spotify I adore Hussein's

quiet writing on Islam and would recommend his book to any Leftist who wants to better understand the perspectives of UK Muslims

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hussein-kesvani-the-online-world-of-british-muslims/id1406775458?i=1000508981965