Whiteness, Jake Paul, Boxing, & the Crisis of US Imperialism w/ Anthony Ballas

Whiteness, Jake Paul, Boxing, & the Crisis of US Imperialism w/ Anthony Ballas

From Guerrilla History by Guerrilla History

March 7, 2026 · 1h 26m · Season 7 · Episode 7

About this episode

The episode discusses the intersection of boxing, white supremacy, geopolitics, and imperialism with guest Anthony Ballas.

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we have a fascinating conversation on the intersection of boxing, white supremacy, geopolitics, and imperialism, a discussion that you are sure to find interesting an useful even if you are not into boxing itself! For this, we bring on Anthony Ballas, who cowrote the piece Shadowboxing with Ghosts: Whiteness, Jake Paul, and the Crisis of U.S. Imperialism alongside the inimitable Prof. Gerald Horne for Black Agenda Report. Be sure to read the piece and listen to this episode, and stay tuned for another discussion with Tony soon, alongside Dr. Horne! Anthony Ballas is an organizer and a PhD student at Duke University. His work appears in Monthly Review, Protean Magazine, Caribbean Quarterly, 3:AM Magazine, Truthout, Middle West Review, CounterPunch, Scalawag Magazine, Peace, Land and Bread Magazine, and elsewhere. He also the host of the De Facto Podcast and co-host of Cold War Cinema . Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

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Host: Guerrilla History

Guest: Anthony Ballas

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Organizations: Black Agenda Report, Duke University, Monthly Review, Protean Magazine, Caribbean Quarterly, 3:AM Magazine, Truthout, Middle West Review, CounterPunch, Scalawag Magazine

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