Rania does fantastic interviews. she knows how to pick interesting people! i feel like a broken record, because i always comment "great interview" on Rania's videos xD
I am from South Yemen. Well, let me tell you something. The Soviet Union was a wonderful ally, but it had some negatives that opposed our society, and it had good improvements as well. Those were good days, man.
@@Desigirl876 The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen was a country that had a prominent alliance in its relations with China, socialist Cuba, Russia, and others. Likewise, during that period, we were advanced and prosperous among the Arabs, and we had enormous wealth. We had an army, and there was no unemployment or poverty. We were in prosperity, man. We hated racism toward the West. Today, the exact opposite of what is happening in the northern part Negatives: They marginalized us and canceled our decisions + Expelled every soldier from the army + Expelled every civil employee + Expelled every southerner from his job + Assassinations of the leadership + Destroying factories + Demolishing oil wells in the southern part of the leaders in northern Yemen! And a lot of negatives You must support us against these people. They attack your ships at sea and hate Israel, America and all the West. They are racists and barbarians.
When we united with the northern part, which has the smallest geographical area They committed injustice, marginalization, and the worst crimes against us, so we now demand independence and disengagement. Don’t forget to support us, guys!
Interesting. I did not know that our "involvement" In Yemen, dated back to the 90s and Yemen's opposition to the invasion of Iraq triggering western imperialist economic sanctions. Something about this script sounds familiar. Thanks for the upload, Rania!
I traveled Yemen in 2,008. I am an Arabic speaker who lived and taught in Jazan Province, Saudi Arabia on the border of Yemen. Sana'a was a city of gingerbread towers and Shabom was the Manhatten of the desert with ancient mud towers. Women wore colorful burkas and striped rainbow abeyas as they carried their water jugs on their heads. Men wore colorful lazaras on their heads and carried decorative jamba knives on their waists. Even little boys wore these decorative daggers in the markets. I sense that the socialism comes from the impoverished Shiites, a religious sect with a bloody fatalistic Messianic tradition. My wealthy Sunni students in Saudi Arabia were often quite lazy, but my Shiite students had an integrity and passion about learning reminiscent of gifted children in Catholic schools in America. The impoverished Houthis are Shiite and are from the northern border area. The city of Al Najran on the Saudi side of the border has a strong Shiite population and is a beautiful mud tower city with large vegetable gardens. I photographed a kilometer long line of Yemeni refugees standing in line at Saudi Immigration in Jazan. Their houses on the border had been destroyed by the Saudis while CNN reporters sat poolside at the Jazan Marriott..
I had planned to vist then the bombing started. But when did the Shia / Sunni big divide happen and why? Certainly in Iraq it didn't exist before the war and was created by an onslaught of US and UK dirty tricks including many false flag murders. Reminiscent of but larger scale than British dirty tricks in Ireland to divide Protestants and Catholics. Divide and rule is the essence of imperialism. I recommend Anil Sengupta's Modern India YT talks as he demonstrates the complexity and systematic nature of British colonial rule in India.
@@casteretpollux There is a Wikipedia article on the 1916 Sykes Picot Agreement that divided up the Middle East at the end of the Ottoman Empire by the British, the Russians, the Italians, etc.
I worked as teacher in Saudi and a student of mine came crying to the class because his brother was killed in Yemen. A guy who was in charge of us, foreigners, was a Yemeni. He was the only non European who gave signals while he was driving. The Arabs simply don't do it. I asked "Mr Faisal, where did you learn how to drive?". "In Yemen", he said. Then I heard about the war thorn country and the people starving. Part of his family was in Yemen at the time. A great video. The old lady has a lot of knowledge and a balanced view of Yemen.
I learned more from your comment than from the old lady who drew a veil over the UK and US role. The UK is providing bombs to bomb the Yemen and has Special Forces on the ground.
I recognize the necklace. I was posted to Sana'a 1980-81. I had more contact with ordinary tribesmen than any other diplomat and traveled further than anyone, especially beyond government control. Borders in the Empty Quarter should have followed the same rules as for the oceans. The Kingdom stole again. The Houthi's oppose AQAP. Yemenis remember the Sassanian invaders and don't like Persians, although they accept weapons from anyone. The tribes operate under consensus, the international recognized government is illegitimate. The North and South should have never united. Qat is illegal in the Kingdom because the Royal Family doesn't dare let people sit around and talk all Friday afternoon. Qat is not good for health and had supplanted coffee growing when I was there. I enjoyed your understanding of the complexity. I love the Yemenis and Yemen. I pray for them.
Afghanistan was socialist too. As for why the south of Yemen was socialist could be that the region with seafronts was, from ancient times, less insular because of sea trade. That's the main difference between Yemen and desert Arabia.
Afghanistan is not a Middle Eastern nation it shares a small border with China and larger one with Pakistan. Orientalism got folks thinking all muslims are Middle Eastern lol
read about socialism's history in africa too.all political projnects squashed by colonial powers. communism is the shield of people around the world against oppression.
Bab Al-Mandeb is one of the most strategical sea positions in the world as it controls the shortest maritime route joining Europe, Africa, Indian subcontinent, China and all the countries around Persian Gulf. Hence the American signal to Saudis to start the war in Yemen in order to control this highly important sea passage waterway.
Another Excellent Interview. Thank you! You have given Prof. Lackner the time/space to show her knowledge and her commitment to Yemen. I first saw Prof. Lackner on Democracy Now - but it was a quick interview... I missed more... Here she is! #LONGLIVETHERESISTANCEFIGHTERS
When we united with the northern part, which has the smallest geographical area They committed injustice, marginalization, and the worst crimes against us, so we now demand independence and disengagement. Don’t forget to support us, guys!
As an American, I'm really curious to learn more about South Yemen and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. I was surprised to learn that Marxism-Leninism took root in countries that had ostensibly been under the influence and control of Islam, and I haven't come across many people who could tell me what life was like in communist countries in the Middle East. Growing up teachers and older people around me heavily shamed me and people my age (I'm 28 years old) for finding inspiration in the concept of communism or considering Marxism-Leninism as being preferable to the sectarian violence and chaos my government helped wage in the region.
Interestingly during the 1994 war which overthrew socialism in Yemen, Saudi Arabia was on the socialist side along with many anti-imperialist countries, while Iran was an the US, anti-socialist and al Qaeda side.
Thanks for the info. Iran plays complex games. And Saddam started as a CIA man. Its easier to understand events through analysis of class forces + analysis of strategies and playbooks of imperial powers than the kind of conventional, superficial 'key events' approach of the speaker.
A most charming, sophisticated and accomplished lady, clearly an impressive Arabist as well. However, it seemed to me that she overstated the case for the legality of the Saudi actions and understated the role of the Saudi coalition for the continuing civil war and thus for the humanitarian situation. It seems unlikely that Hadi would be able to fight alone. Suggesting that the Houthis are the ones who are somehow forcing the Saudis to stay also struck me as odd. She may have wanted to build socialism once, but now she seems more oriented towards apolitical technocracy than towards providing guidelines for activism. Still, it would have been interesting to hear her view about what the new and more realistic UNSC resolution should be. We could have heard more about her experience of life in socialist South Yemen as well.
She also brushed off Trump's actions as efforts to bother Biden because he doesn't care about Yemen or the Houthis. Trump was a Saudi stooge. He cared about whatever the Saudis wanted him to care about.
@@robertrichard6107 She can't have believed the first thing when she went to South Yemen. She may or may not have changed her views or lost hope, as many did, after the fall of the USSR, but I wouldn't call an ex-socialist a realist. She does seem to retain some typical sentiments of a bona fide Arab socialist of the pro-Soviet variety - including the grudge against their Baathist and Qaddafist rivals, which even seems to lead some of them to be more accepting of US imperialism by the logic that the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
@@wendysheets8730 Yeah, that didn't seem realistic at all; somewhat myopic NYT-style scoffing at Trump from an elitist rather than anti-imperialist standpoint. The overall impression is that she currently has a tendency to be somewhat soft on the Saudis and also has a bit of a 'blind spot' for what the US is doing in the region. In general, being a radical dissident against the global status quo and having a successful career as a mainstream expert and academic in a related field are probably things that are difficult to combine, so even highly intelligent and knowledgeable people learn not to notice certain things. Well, at least she isn't a neoliberal.
I don't know what were the Saudis thinking when they went in Yemen, by population they're almost equal countries. They picked the wrong fight and they will be defeated.
I should also add that she seemed to be suggesting that 'MBS' would be less motivated to intervene in Yemen now that he has renounced Wahhabism. I don't know what the outcome of his offensive against the Wahhabi establishment will be, but in any case he still has his own Shi'a minority to be worried about, and he still sees Iran as an arch-enemy. This would be enough of a motivation even if he were to manage to turn SA into a fully secular state any time soon, which in itself seems highly implausible.
What a remarkable guest. Thank you Rania you are as beautiful as you are intelligent. Let's hope more women, including in Afganistan as well as Yemen have this socialist power within them blossom and join like minded men in the persuit of dignity and independence.
The Yemenies and Saudis follow different sects of Islam. The Yemenies are Zeidis, a branch of Shia's, where most Saudis are Wahabis. Wahabis absolutely hate anyone associated Zeidis or Shia's.
Strange how we're told by westerners that different religious groups "absolutely hate each other" but have somehow have lived alongside each other for hundreds or even thousands of years. Then along come the US /UK.
Will u ever do a program when Ethiopia was socialist? Ethiopia was SU largest partner in Africa and the Horn. It needs to be covered and understood especially given the Eritrean and Tigrean liberation movements that were funded by western countries
One thing I miss, Rania, is interviewers - all of them - asking interviewees like Prof. Lackner to sketch/draw the main characteristics/social personalities of the individuals/groups/cultures they have studied for a long time. I am a researcher - not a journalist - maybe this is not possible or convenient... Thanks. #judeuslivresporPALESTINALIVRE
I was expecting a serious treatment of the Southern Movement, which literally flies the old socialist flag and has carved out an opposition to the Saudi-backed nominal yemeni government, but sadly I was mistaken.
@@SameerGuptacatchymango And? I see the others crying about Afghanistan's PDPA and yet no one mentions how they were also aligned with India. Geopolitics makes strange bedfellows, and these groups can't always be picky. The Southern Movement is also backed by Russia. And let's not pretend that Iran is a paragon of leftwing thought. You cannot cry about the loss of South Yemen and completely ignore the people who still fly the South Yemeni flag, instead focusing entirely on the Houthis which had nothing to do with South Yemen whatsoever.
@@megakedar India at the time isn't India of today, it's funny how you want to justify their alliance with the UAE which has been bombing yemeni civilians relentlessly and started all these problems in yemen when they tried to overturn the popular movement by installing hadi who fled like ashraf ghani
@@felixii4931 UAE has more or less washed hands of the situation and is abandoning the Saudis. They've pulled out troops since last year. The Southern Movement essentially helped split the Gulf alliance. Oh, and who was the one who backstabbed Najibullah in the end when he had one last chance to save his life? Same old India.
@@megakedar Yes they backstabbed him ofcourse just like the ussr did too but they advertised themselves as a non-aligned country at the time and this was the reason for their alliance I think. As for the UAE, they left after causing too much damage but are still funding mercenaries, short term alliances with such countries will backfire in the end.
A little disappointed in this discussion as it doesn't give any depth of context re post WW2 regrouping of British colonialism and US imperialism (Suez for example) and how did the Yemenis manage to set up some kind of socialist state: what is the history of socialism in Yemen. Why no mention that jihadism is at root a proxy for the US? The best I can say is that it will stimulate me to do my own reading.
For beginners, you can look for Vitali Naumkin's 2004 "Red Wolves Of Yemen - The Struggle For Independence" The author of curse is anti-Western, but it makes the book all the more interesting. The Democratic Republic Of (South) Yemen was born in November 1967 from that decade-long war in the last days of Empire, from what was originally part of British India, called The Aden Protectorate. The (North) Yemen Arab Republic was born in 1962 from Gamal Nasser's ambitions of a giant Arab United Republic. The coup there led by colonel Abdallah Sallal degenerated into an uncivil war between a theocratic Imam-king & Nasserite Republicans, that tied the Egyptian army during a certain sensible period of June 1967. Between the 2 Yemens, relations went from warm to blazing hot on an on&off basis (1972, 1979). The most devastating conflict there, in the last years of the cold war, in parallel with the Iraq-Iran war was that of January 1986 in Aden. Where a no-holds-barred week-long struggle for power, between the 2 both pro-soviet factions left Aden in a state of Stalingrad. However they are doing much worse of late.
South Yemen is a separated and independent country that united with Arabia Yemen so now the South already back to his country from 1994 what happened later is a kind of occupation as Ali Muhsen Saleh said in 2011
In some sense, yes! When North yemen became a Republic, it was filed with factionalzim, and the Egyptians supported one of those groups. It was a proxy war!!
12:45 Helen doesn't know enough to know about our differences. Southerners never identified themselves as Yemeni even before the animosity that exists now
The south insisted to unite with the north the most. they made sure to include "Yemen" in the name of the state. Don't let your hatred of the north fake history.
@@1AnimeWorld nothing from what I said is fake. Before unification in 90, if someone came to the South from Yemen, they call him a Yemeni - a person from Yemen. You can't make history disappear. We still have people who are alive today to testify to this - not so long ago history.
@@southernrealist5789 dude, they name their state "Yemen democ....". So they identify themselves as Yemenis. Using "south" term to distignish geographicaly from the north is being used everywhere.
she lost me at revisionist historical point of view when she said yemen never existed and tried to give that palestine never existed in western memory sort of regurgitated useless point of view,,now ppl of that view will say oo nooo there were boundaries,,and lines, lolll
For most Yemenis, country or ideology is not a priority, but it's the tribe that is the priority, the only group for whom ideology is more important are the Houthis.
@@immortalmemory640 I dont know if you are Yemeni or not, but what you said is the situation early 1900s. The national inspiration is domenant in Yemeni sociaty. The north cant wait to get rid of tribe control which against any law or regulations and creat agression from tribe lord against people. In the south also the national insoiration is clear for their call for independence (most not all) and the other part is similar to Northern population.
the long & the short of this neverending no-holds-barred trigger-crazy story is the temporary score : _ Abdul Ismail Fatah, winner & dead as of January 1986 _ Ali Nasser Mohammed, loser & alive as of January 1986 _ Ali Abdallah Saleh, loser & dead as of December 2017 & the blah-blah-blah goes along with the blam-blam-blam-BOOM-blam-blam-blam
Socialism and communism are not complete systems as well democracy also failed systems Only islam has complete code of life and way life.. But we Muslims adopted more or less incomplete systems which caused to be failed
Are u an extremist. Lol Haha, can u leave religion and state separate? There is no absolute government, its about adapting and evolving to the current day
You sound immature and never read a history book, i'm from the middle east, for 1400 yrs ppl like you tried to rule the region with sharia and failed, because it's an incomplete system and doesn't explain modern politics, economics, etc etc just like all other religions
@Proud Communist most religions do, but the institutions who control the religious narratives are dominant & most effective in spreading their interpretations
A fascinating and much-overlooked period of history. I'm really enjoying these programmes. Thanks for making them.
Rania does fantastic interviews. she knows how to pick interesting people! i feel like a broken record, because i always comment "great interview" on Rania's videos xD
I am from South Yemen. Well, let me tell you something. The Soviet Union was a wonderful ally, but it had some negatives that opposed our society, and it had good improvements as well. Those were good days, man.
What kind of negatives are you talking about?
@@Desigirl876 The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen was a country that had a prominent alliance in its relations with China, socialist Cuba, Russia, and others. Likewise, during that period, we were advanced and prosperous among the Arabs, and we had enormous wealth. We had an army, and there was no unemployment or poverty. We were in prosperity, man. We hated racism toward the West.
Today, the exact opposite of what is happening in the northern part
Negatives: They marginalized us and canceled our decisions + Expelled every soldier from the army + Expelled every civil employee + Expelled every southerner from his job + Assassinations of the leadership + Destroying factories + Demolishing oil wells in the southern part of the leaders in northern Yemen! And a lot of negatives
You must support us against these people. They attack your ships at sea and hate Israel, America and all the West. They are racists and barbarians.
He constantly suppressed the clergy and Arab tribes
When we united with the northern part, which has the smallest geographical area
They committed injustice, marginalization, and the worst crimes against us, so we now demand independence and disengagement. Don’t forget to support us, guys!
@@Desigirl876 Communism opposes any form of religion, Yemenis are very religious to name one negative
Interesting. I did not know that our "involvement" In Yemen, dated back to the 90s and Yemen's opposition to the invasion of Iraq triggering western imperialist economic sanctions. Something about this script sounds familiar. Thanks for the upload, Rania!
USA is involved everywhere. USA was behind the collapse of USSR. What did you think?
@@borisnegrarosa9113 I thought it was the Italians.
@@desert.mantis No.
I traveled Yemen in 2,008. I am an Arabic speaker who lived and taught in Jazan Province, Saudi Arabia on the border of Yemen. Sana'a was a city of gingerbread towers and Shabom was the Manhatten of the desert with ancient mud towers. Women wore colorful burkas and striped rainbow abeyas as they carried their water jugs on their heads. Men wore colorful lazaras on their heads and carried decorative jamba knives on their waists. Even little boys wore these decorative daggers in the markets. I sense that the socialism comes from the impoverished Shiites, a religious sect with a bloody fatalistic Messianic tradition. My wealthy Sunni students in Saudi Arabia were often quite lazy, but my Shiite students had an integrity and passion about learning reminiscent of gifted children in Catholic schools in America. The impoverished Houthis are Shiite and are from the northern border area. The city of Al Najran on the Saudi side of the border has a strong Shiite population and is a beautiful mud tower city with large vegetable gardens. I photographed a kilometer long line of Yemeni refugees standing in line at Saudi Immigration in Jazan. Their houses on the border had been destroyed by the Saudis while CNN reporters sat poolside at the Jazan Marriott..
I had planned to vist then the bombing started. But when did the Shia / Sunni big divide happen and why? Certainly in Iraq it didn't exist before the war and was created by an onslaught of US and UK dirty tricks including many false flag murders. Reminiscent of but larger scale than British dirty tricks in Ireland to divide Protestants and Catholics.
Divide and rule is the essence of imperialism.
I recommend Anil Sengupta's Modern India YT talks as he demonstrates the complexity and systematic nature of British colonial rule in India.
@@casteretpollux There is a Wikipedia article on the 1916 Sykes Picot Agreement that divided up the Middle East at the end of the Ottoman Empire by the British, the Russians, the Italians, etc.
beautifully written
excellent proper guest interesting, factual and truly knowledgeable
What a fantastic interesting interview. Thank you.
I worked as teacher in Saudi and a student of mine came crying to the class because his brother was killed in Yemen.
A guy who was in charge of us, foreigners, was a Yemeni. He was the only non European who gave signals while he was driving. The Arabs simply don't do it.
I asked "Mr Faisal, where did you learn how to drive?". "In Yemen", he said. Then I heard about the war thorn country and the people starving. Part of his family was in Yemen at the time.
A great video. The old lady has a lot of knowledge and a balanced view of Yemen.
I learned more from your comment than from the old lady who drew a veil over the UK and US role. The UK is providing bombs to bomb the Yemen and has Special Forces on the ground.
Thank you so much Rania. Blessing all with dedication to truth
I recognize the necklace. I was posted to Sana'a 1980-81. I had more contact with ordinary tribesmen than any other diplomat and traveled further than anyone, especially beyond government control. Borders in the Empty Quarter should have followed the same rules as for the oceans. The Kingdom stole again. The Houthi's oppose AQAP. Yemenis remember the Sassanian invaders and don't like Persians, although they accept weapons from anyone. The tribes operate under consensus, the international recognized government is illegitimate. The North and South should have never united. Qat is illegal in the Kingdom because the Royal Family doesn't dare let people sit around and talk all Friday afternoon. Qat is not good for health and had supplanted coffee growing when I was there. I enjoyed your understanding of the complexity. I love the Yemenis and Yemen. I pray for them.
excellent conversation. I'm reading a book about the history of coffee and Yemen plays an extremely important role. Not to mention it's ties to Africa
Great as always. Appreciate the time codes! Helps for sharing certain sections.
Afghanistan was socialist too. As for why the south of Yemen was socialist could be that the region with seafronts was, from ancient times, less insular because of sea trade. That's the main difference between Yemen and desert Arabia.
Afghanistan is not a Middle Eastern nation it shares a small border with China and larger one with Pakistan. Orientalism got folks thinking all muslims are Middle Eastern lol
@@AMIN1917I Middle East is the colonial terminology. It should be West Asia.
Socialist destroy afganistan ,They promote war between different tribe for political gain .
@@anushbangera9937 You must be joking. Stay in your madrasa, please.
Afghanistan was communist to a significant degree. It was the first state to recognise Soviet Russia in 1917.
I am from Cuba and I am shocked: I did not know Yemen was socialist. Besides, I saw Che Guevara flag in Yemen and WTF 😳
read about socialism's history in africa too.all political projnects squashed by colonial powers. communism is the shield of people around the world against oppression.
@@chagoriver7159 Viva Dr. Guevara.
I saw a Che flag in Tahrir Square - the sole 'red' emblem amongst millions.
cuba and yemen fought wars together like with marxist ethiopia
Cubs? - boy scouts association?
اشكرك . يرجى الاستمرار في العمل الجيد
Fantastic interview! Thank you 🙏🏽
Woww.. this person is a freaking genius. The Noam Chomsky of Yemenese history
Bab Al-Mandeb is one of the most strategical sea positions in the world as it controls the shortest maritime route joining Europe, Africa, Indian subcontinent, China and all the countries around Persian Gulf. Hence the American signal to Saudis to start the war in Yemen in order to control this highly important sea passage waterway.
2 years later and now we can see why the US was so desperate
Very good informative & awarded guest.
Salute her knowledge of history and influencing views
Thank you for this very informative interview.
Another Excellent Interview. Thank you!
You have given Prof. Lackner the time/space to show her knowledge and her commitment to Yemen. I first saw Prof. Lackner on Democracy Now - but it was a quick interview... I missed more... Here she is!
#LONGLIVETHERESISTANCEFIGHTERS
Very informative. . God bless muslims and all of us..
You are great
When we united with the northern part, which has the smallest geographical area
They committed injustice, marginalization, and the worst crimes against us, so we now demand independence and disengagement. Don’t forget to support us, guys!
Да, мы понимаем вас✊🤝 вам нужна хотя бы независимость от севера на первое время, а потом, возможно, вы сможете возродить народную демократию
As an American, I'm really curious to learn more about South Yemen and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. I was surprised to learn that Marxism-Leninism took root in countries that had ostensibly been under the influence and control of Islam, and I haven't come across many people who could tell me what life was like in communist countries in the Middle East. Growing up teachers and older people around me heavily shamed me and people my age (I'm 28 years old) for finding inspiration in the concept of communism or considering Marxism-Leninism as being preferable to the sectarian violence and chaos my government helped wage in the region.
Thank You Very Much 🌸🌺
Great interview. Learned so much.
Great show!
The Sino-Soviet spilt has to be the biggest self-own (and there's quite a few others to choose from) in the history of Socialism.
Interestingly during the 1994 war which overthrew socialism in Yemen, Saudi Arabia was on the socialist side along with many anti-imperialist countries, while Iran was an the US, anti-socialist and al Qaeda side.
Thanks for the info. Iran plays complex games. And Saddam started as a CIA man. Its easier to understand events through analysis of class forces + analysis of strategies and playbooks of imperial powers than the kind of conventional, superficial 'key events' approach of the speaker.
A most charming, sophisticated and accomplished lady, clearly an impressive Arabist as well. However, it seemed to me that she overstated the case for the legality of the Saudi actions and understated the role of the Saudi coalition for the continuing civil war and thus for the humanitarian situation. It seems unlikely that Hadi would be able to fight alone. Suggesting that the Houthis are the ones who are somehow forcing the Saudis to stay also struck me as odd. She may have wanted to build socialism once, but now she seems more oriented towards apolitical technocracy than towards providing guidelines for activism. Still, it would have been interesting to hear her view about what the new and more realistic UNSC resolution should be. We could have heard more about her experience of life in socialist South Yemen as well.
She also brushed off Trump's actions as efforts to bother Biden because he doesn't care about Yemen or the Houthis. Trump was a Saudi stooge. He cared about whatever the Saudis wanted him to care about.
To be more clear, she claimed that Trump didn't care about the Houthis or Yemen.
Maybe she's one of those that think you must achieve Capitalism first before you can attain Socialism, or she's become a realist of sorts.
@@robertrichard6107 She can't have believed the first thing when she went to South Yemen. She may or may not have changed her views or lost hope, as many did, after the fall of the USSR, but I wouldn't call an ex-socialist a realist. She does seem to retain some typical sentiments of a bona fide Arab socialist of the pro-Soviet variety - including the grudge against their Baathist and Qaddafist rivals, which even seems to lead some of them to be more accepting of US imperialism by the logic that the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
@@wendysheets8730 Yeah, that didn't seem realistic at all; somewhat myopic NYT-style scoffing at Trump from an elitist rather than anti-imperialist standpoint. The overall impression is that she currently has a tendency to be somewhat soft on the Saudis and also has a bit of a 'blind spot' for what the US is doing in the region. In general, being a radical dissident against the global status quo and having a successful career as a mainstream expert and academic in a related field are probably things that are difficult to combine, so even highly intelligent and knowledgeable people learn not to notice certain things. Well, at least she isn't a neoliberal.
Yemen has become two states (the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen) (the Yemen Arab Republic)
you can only get this type of info here. thanks
Interesting, thank you. D.A., NYC
Great vid
I don't know what were the Saudis thinking when they went in Yemen, by population they're almost equal countries. They picked the wrong fight and they will be defeated.
Ethiopia is too extremely unique from our surrounding areas too
What is different between Soviet & China socialism?
Secondly what about proxies of saudi and iranian regime.?
Thank you Rania for this in-depth conversation, I've always wondered about the Yemeni conflict.. The msm says nothing about this,
Great job
I should also add that she seemed to be suggesting that 'MBS' would be less motivated to intervene in Yemen now that he has renounced Wahhabism. I don't know what the outcome of his offensive against the Wahhabi establishment will be, but in any case he still has his own Shi'a minority to be worried about, and he still sees Iran as an arch-enemy. This would be enough of a motivation even if he were to manage to turn SA into a fully secular state any time soon, which in itself seems highly implausible.
What a remarkable guest. Thank you Rania you are as beautiful as you are intelligent. Let's hope more women, including in Afganistan as well as Yemen have this socialist power within them blossom and join like minded men in the persuit of dignity and independence.
Free South Yemen
Where there is war today Britain and France were yesterday and planted the seeds. Palestine, Yemen, Sudan, you name it.
Rania has the best experts on her show
The Yemenies and Saudis follow different sects of Islam. The Yemenies are Zeidis, a branch of Shia's, where most Saudis are Wahabis. Wahabis absolutely hate anyone associated Zeidis or Shia's.
Most Yemenis are Sunnis like saudis
Strange how we're told by westerners that different religious groups "absolutely hate each other" but have somehow have lived alongside each other for hundreds or even thousands of years.
Then along come the US /UK.
75% of Yemenis are Sunni, what u talking bout Willis!!!?
Great guest!
Will u ever do a program when Ethiopia was socialist? Ethiopia was SU largest partner in Africa and the Horn. It needs to be covered and understood especially given the Eritrean and Tigrean liberation movements that were funded by western countries
One thing I miss, Rania, is interviewers - all of them - asking interviewees like Prof. Lackner to sketch/draw the main characteristics/social personalities of the individuals/groups/cultures they have studied for a long time.
I am a researcher - not a journalist - maybe this is not possible or convenient... Thanks.
#judeuslivresporPALESTINALIVRE
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Kind of like socialist Afghanistan
Just like every socialist country (x the European) all over the world. US has tried to ruin every country opposing US Big Businesses .
@@ellengran6814 Europe has tons of privatization and a fusion with Capitalism so the US likes it
I was expecting a serious treatment of the Southern Movement, which literally flies the old socialist flag and has carved out an opposition to the Saudi-backed nominal yemeni government, but sadly I was mistaken.
They are aligned with the UAE
@@SameerGuptacatchymango And? I see the others crying about Afghanistan's PDPA and yet no one mentions how they were also aligned with India.
Geopolitics makes strange bedfellows, and these groups can't always be picky.
The Southern Movement is also backed by Russia. And let's not pretend that Iran is a paragon of leftwing thought.
You cannot cry about the loss of South Yemen and completely ignore the people who still fly the South Yemeni flag, instead focusing entirely on the Houthis which had nothing to do with South Yemen whatsoever.
@@megakedar India at the time isn't India of today, it's funny how you want to justify their alliance with the UAE which has been bombing yemeni civilians relentlessly and started all these problems in yemen when they tried to overturn the popular movement by installing hadi who fled like ashraf ghani
@@felixii4931 UAE has more or less washed hands of the situation and is abandoning the Saudis. They've pulled out troops since last year. The Southern Movement essentially helped split the Gulf alliance.
Oh, and who was the one who backstabbed Najibullah in the end when he had one last chance to save his life? Same old India.
@@megakedar Yes they backstabbed him ofcourse just like the ussr did too but they advertised themselves as a non-aligned country at the time and this was the reason for their alliance I think.
As for the UAE, they left after causing too much damage but are still funding mercenaries, short term alliances with such countries will backfire in the end.
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MBS the Human Butcher
History Repeating (Shirley Bassey).
A little disappointed in this discussion as it doesn't give any depth of context re post WW2 regrouping of British colonialism and US imperialism (Suez for example) and how did the Yemenis manage to set up some kind of socialist state: what is the history of socialism in Yemen. Why no mention that jihadism is at root a proxy for the US?
The best I can say is that it will stimulate me to do my own reading.
For beginners, you can look for
Vitali Naumkin's 2004 "Red Wolves Of Yemen - The Struggle For Independence"
The author of curse is anti-Western, but it makes the book all the more interesting.
The Democratic Republic Of (South) Yemen was born in November 1967 from that decade-long war in the last days of Empire, from what was originally part of British India, called The Aden Protectorate.
The (North) Yemen Arab Republic was born in 1962 from Gamal Nasser's ambitions of a giant
Arab United Republic.
The coup there led by colonel Abdallah Sallal degenerated into an uncivil war between a theocratic Imam-king & Nasserite Republicans, that tied the Egyptian army during a certain
sensible period of June 1967.
Between the 2 Yemens, relations went from warm to blazing hot on an on&off basis (1972, 1979).
The most devastating conflict there, in the last years of the cold war, in parallel with the Iraq-Iran war
was that of January 1986 in Aden.
Where a no-holds-barred week-long struggle for power, between the 2 both pro-soviet factions left Aden in a state of Stalingrad.
However they are doing much worse of late.
@@Charlesputnam-bn9zyanymore book recs? i’m yemeni and wanna read more into this.
12:33 - How Yemen unified
17:05 -
Possibly Indian influences of Indian National Congress. Yemenis had close contact with India while being under British Colonial control.
South Yemen is a separated and independent country that united with Arabia Yemen so now the South already back to his country from 1994 what happened later is a kind of occupation as Ali Muhsen Saleh said in 2011
When a half of Yemen was socialist.
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Bruh this guest is such a lib, decent podcast, but she fails to really connect to imperialism or any other systematic issue
I am from aden
Ask me anything
@@frostyfingers3040 Nice to meet you. If I am correct during a period North Yemen had nasserist governments.
In some sense, yes!
When North yemen became a Republic, it was filed with factionalzim, and the Egyptians supported one of those groups. It was a proxy war!!
@@frostyfingers3040 Thanks. I'm from Madrid.
@petirrojohispano my favourite history teacher, is from Madrid!! You guys are wonderful people.
Remember this: Yemen is a country of tribes !!
Where United NATIONS stands????
12:45 Helen doesn't know enough to know about our differences. Southerners never identified themselves as Yemeni even before the animosity that exists now
The south insisted to unite with the north the most. they made sure to include "Yemen" in the name of the state. Don't let your hatred of the north fake history.
@@1AnimeWorld nothing from what I said is fake. Before unification in 90, if someone came to the South from Yemen, they call him a Yemeni - a person from Yemen. You can't make history disappear. We still have people who are alive today to testify to this - not so long ago history.
@@southernrealist5789 dude, they name their state "Yemen democ....". So they identify themselves as Yemenis. Using "south" term to distignish geographicaly from the north is being used everywhere.
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Where are Human rights organisations?????
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Sounds like a lot of countries in Africa
Rania, please marry @tony soprano
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she lost me at revisionist historical point of view when she said yemen never existed and tried to give that palestine never existed in western memory sort of regurgitated useless point of view,,now ppl of that view will say oo nooo there were boundaries,,and lines, lolll
This interview was very low level, both sides did not have accurate information about Yemen
For most Yemenis, country or ideology is not a priority, but it's the tribe that is the priority, the only group for whom ideology is more important are the Houthis.
Socialism is just a label!
The southern movement is just a tribalism movement!
As I understand it the southern movement is one of the UAE proxies?
@@SameerGuptacatchymango yes, it is
@@immortalmemory640 I dont know if you are Yemeni or not, but what you said is the situation early 1900s. The national inspiration is domenant in Yemeni sociaty. The north cant wait to get rid of tribe control which against any law or regulations and creat agression from tribe lord against people. In the south also the national insoiration is clear for their call for independence (most not all) and the other part is similar to Northern population.
the long & the short of this
neverending no-holds-barred trigger-crazy story is the temporary score :
_ Abdul Ismail Fatah, winner & dead as of January 1986
_ Ali Nasser Mohammed, loser & alive as of January 1986
_ Ali Abdallah Saleh, loser & dead as of December 2017
& the blah-blah-blah goes along with the blam-blam-blam-BOOM-blam-blam-blam
It is Yaman, NOT "Yemen"
Socialist Yemen? Really? That what young people are reaching too.
'That what young people are reaching'
Socialism and communism are not complete systems as well democracy also failed systems
Only islam has complete code of life and way life..
But we Muslims adopted more or less incomplete systems which caused to be failed
Are u an extremist. Lol
Haha, can u leave religion and state separate?
There is no absolute government, its about adapting and evolving to the current day
You sound immature and never read a history book, i'm from the middle east, for 1400 yrs ppl like you tried to rule the region with sharia and failed, because it's an incomplete system and doesn't explain modern politics, economics, etc etc just like all other religions
Islam, as any abrahamatic organisations is corrupt and full of contradiction sorry to burst your bubble.
@Proud Communist most religions do, but the institutions who control the religious narratives are dominant & most effective in spreading their interpretations
"democracy" is not a system, there is people's democracy in socialism and bourgeois' democracy in capitalism.
nEoLiBeRaL…lol