Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb, professor of English at Toronto University, joins Breht to discuss her book "Epidemic Empire: Colonialism, Contagion, and Terror". They have a wide ranging conversation on British colonialism in India, the concept of terrorism, how metaphors of plague and infection are marshalled by empire, Covid-19, the Israeli occupation of Palestine, Albert Camus' "The Plague", Islamophobia, and much more!  Find Anjuli's book and her other work here: https://www.anjulirazakolb.com/ Check out The East is a Podcast interview with Anjuli here: https://eastisapodcast.libsyn.com/epidemic-empire-w-anjuli-raza-kolb Check out our previous episode on Albert Camus and Sartre here: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/jean-paul-sartre-albert-camus-existentialism-w-existential-comics Outro Music: "Talkin' Bout a Revolution" by Tracy Chapman ----- Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio or make a one time donation: PayPal.me/revleft LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com