Today we speak to data scientist Tristan Lee. He tells us about his new project: Epstein.photos, a site that allows users to connect the Epstein cabal using facial recognition...
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Today we speak to journalist Talah Kaddourah about the aftermath of Israel's unrelenting war on Gaza. The "ceasefire" has brought new problems such as sickness, banditry, continued war crimes, and young orphans trying to look after their siblings.
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Today we speak to journalist Toby Muse. He tells us about the upcoming elections in Colombia and why the paramilitaries there might cause havoc over them...
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We speak to journalist Thomas Noonan, who's on the ground in Lebanon as Israel launches 100+ attacks the country in 10 minutes.
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Today we speak to investigative journalist Nilo Tabrizy about Israel / America's war on Iran. We speak about the many dead civilians and what the killing of the Iranian dictator means for the future of the country.
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Today we speak to journalist Murtaza Hussain about Jeffrey Epstein's many ties to the Israeli government. Was he Mossad, an asset, a spy, or something even more powerful?
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Today we speak to a protester in Iran who took part in the recent uprising, that was brutally crushed by the regime. Due to the internet shut down there, we could only speak sporadically via voice clips. Apologies for the audio. Also the guest sometimes wrote down their response to be careful in what they say.
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Today we speak to journalist Ali Winston about ICE agents executing people on the streets of America and getting away with it...
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We speak to journalist Wladimir van Wilgenburg. He's just been on the ground in Rojava as HTS jihadists put the region under siege...
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Today we speak to journalist Sergiy Slipchenko about the madness that is US president Donald Trump threatening to take over Greenland. Guy's an idiot.
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Today we speak to writer and activist Karim Franceschi. He is also a former YPG International commander who fought in Kobanî and Raqqa. He talks to us about the wildlt under-reporter pogroms currently taking place in the Kurdish areas of Aleppo, Syria. The new jiahdi forces of the transitional government have launched a mission of ethnic cleansing and no one seems to care.
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Today we're speaking to Mariam Rigvava. She's a journalist and activist from Georgia🇬🇪. She's talking to us about the evolution of the anti-government protests in Georgia, specifically focused on the fact the police have started using chemical weapons on demonstrators. WWI chemical stocks were deployed recently, burning people's skin and doing God knows what to their lungs.
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Today we speak to journalist Conall Kearney about his time on the frontlines of Ukraine recently, where the Russian invasion is gaining serious ground with non-stop drone warfare.
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Today we speak to researcher and writer Tom Lord. He goes into detail about the militant antifa networks in Europe that have been recently designated "terrorists" by the Trump administration.
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Today we speak to independent journalist Jasper Nathaniel. He tells us about a harrowing ordeal where he was recently ambushed by armed Israeli Settlers. Nathaniel was reporting alongside Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
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Today we speak to researcher and analyst Alexander McKeever. He explains the several different conflicts igniting across the so-called "New Syria" and what that might mean for Jolani's plans for the country.
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Today we speak to journalist Henri Sulku. He was recently detained by the Israeli military whilst on board a freedom flotilla attempting to deliver aid to Palestinians in Gaza. Sulku gives his first hand account of the ordeal.
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Today we speak to two anon members of the Moroccan guerrilla filmmaker collective Cadre Cagoule. They talk to us about the "Gen Z uprising" in Morocco and how the state is trying to accuse protester of violence as they shoot them dead.
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Today we speak to independent journalist Ken Klippenstein about the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. We go into the details, the evidence, the motive, and the fallout.
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This is a new Popular Front original series called Chaos International. It exposes the Kremlin's mission to use unsuspecting gangs as asymmetric warfare in an effort to destabilised Europe.
With deep researcher Victor Mihail—my partner on this project—we'll be uncovering a different Russian led mission to outsource chaos in Europe, every single month.
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Today we speak to journalist Matthew Petti about the leaked emails he found—emails that link the now dead billionaire pedo sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, and former Israeli general and prime minister, Ehud Barak.
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This is a new Popular Front original series called Big Terror. It's focused on detailing how governments all over the world are using the threat of terrorism to take away people's rights and destroy our freedoms in ways never seen before.
With investigative journalist Ali Winston—my partner on this project—we'll be looking into everything from militarised policing and government spying to mass-censorship and authoritarian protest laws. All of this is tied, in one way or another, to the threat of terrorism—both real and imagined. No state let's a good tragedy go to waste...
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This was originally a Patreon only bonus epsiode, but we decided to put it out there for free for everyone as this inforanmtion is vital right now. We speak to journalist Talah Kaddourah about how the war in Gaza has been extended into the West Bank, where many people are still being killed.
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Today we speak to investigative journalists Nathan Paul Southern and Lindsey Kennedy. We talk about the recent clashes on the Thailand - Cambodia border and how they might be linked to a shadowy scam network...
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Today we speak to journalist Hind Hassan. She talks to us about the devastation in Gaza and how Israel's starvation of the Palestinian people there, has been going on much longer than we're led to believe. Hind is one of the best reporters out there when it comes to understanding the facts of this conflict. She's been on the ground all over Palestine—including Gaza. She knows what she's talking about.
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Today we speak to journalist Frederike Geerdink about the disbanding and disarming of the Kurdish insurgent group, the PKK. She was on the ground with them recently when they symbolically burned 30 rifles. Turns out, it's not quite what it seems...
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In this episode we speak to journalist Joey Watson. He's been investigating the origins of the far-right militant that carried out the 2019 Christchurch mass shooting. Fifty one people were killed in the attack on two mosques, at least three of the dead were children.
The shooter is an absolute monster and Watson has dug up some information on his past that reveals what led him down this path, and who might have helped him.
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Today we speak to concerned citizen Aleksandar Hough. He's on the ground in Belgrade, and will be telling us about the large scale anti-government protests that are sweeping across Serbia right now. Police and hired goons have began attacking protesters and the situation is escalating.
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Today we speak to independent researcher Dickran Khodanian. He tells us why Orthodox priests in Armenian are getting raided and arrested on suspicion of planning an armed uprising.
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Today we speak to journalist Séamus Malekafzali about Israel and Iran's rocket attacks on eachother and where the US stands in the middle of what could become a huge war.
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We speak to writer and researcher John Lechner about what the Kremlin-backed mercenary unit PMC Wagner has been up to since the Kremlin ALLEGEDLY killed its leader...
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Today we speak to journalist Sean Beckner-Carmitchel about the anti-ICE riots that have swept across parts of Los Angeles. Soon, the US Marines will be deployed to the streets with live rounds.
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Today we speak to independent researcher Nic from Blue Rose Reports. He's talking to us about the mystery surrounding the paramilitary attacks of Belgium's unsolved "Brabant Killers" case, and why it's been recently reopened.
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Today we speak to researcher Uday Bakhshi to get a level-headed idea of what's actually going on amidst India and Pakistan's recent "four day war".
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Today we speak to Azad, a foriegn volunteer fighting against the military junta in Myanmar. He's part of a wider network of volunteers from the West who've travelled to the frontline jungles, taken up arms, formed a platoon, and taken on the cause of the rebels.
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Today we speak to specialist researcher Victor Mihail. He's talking to us about the bizarre plan an Order of Nine Angles occultist had to assassinate Trump, after he ritualistically killed both his parents. It gets weird...
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Today we speak to journalist Ioan Grillo about a strange camp that was discovered in Mexico with bones and signs of mass murder. The government claims it's a Jalisco Cartel extermination camp, however things aren't quite what they seem...
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Today we speak to reporter Katarina Petrovic. She's been on the ground in Serbia documenting the huge wave of protests sweeping across Belgrade and beyond. She talks about road blocks, motorcycle club protesters, and that strange sound weapon.
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Today we speak to a young Syrian man named Ahmad (identity hidden). He witnessed the recent HTS masscres of Alawites first hand. This is his story.
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Today we're speaking to Max Read, journalist and creator of the Read Max Substack. He's talking to us about the Zizians, a militant US based cult that has killed seven people due to their bizarre cybersigilist type beliefs.
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Today we're speaking to journalist Hugh Kinsella Cunningham who's on the ground in eastern Congo. There, M23 rebels from Rwanda have crossed the border and taken over strategic cities. All hell has broken loose, the Congolese army has mostly ran away, and M23 is leaving mass graves in its wake.
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Today we speak to analyst Georgi Engelbrecht about the renewed violence of the Filipino communist guerrillas, New People's Army. They're making a comeback, launching attacks in the jungle and recruiting new fighters.
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On the Popular Front Patreon we have a separate show called Skeleton Key. It's a monthly report on contemporary far-right militancy all over the world. To listen to that show you have to join the BONUS tier on the Patreon. It's paywalled and it will stay paywalled. People paying for extra content like this is how we keep going.
There have been two particularly brutal episodes of Skeleton Key that are about the militant sadism of 764 and Maniac Murder Cult (MKY). These are two groups that are inspired by far-right violence and left hand path occultism, but have created something entirely more awful. I refer to their ideology as "ultra sadism". To put it plainly, they're main goals are to cause untold havoc across the world, simply because their mad at it. Both groups, 764 and MKY, are know for extreme child abuse, pedophilia, random killings, and the torture of animals.
These groups are as despicable as it gets. They've literally caused children to mutilate themselves, something 764 and MKY consider a victory. As horrible as this is, a way to combat such groups is to air out their actions and identify who's behind it all.
When we published episodes of Skeleton Key investigating these groups, many people who paid for the content asked that we publish them for free on the public podcast channel. This is because the resources and information spoken about in the episodes can help parents and carers to identify if their children are being groomed or drawn into these militant sadist networks.
So, here are both the episodes, back to back, for free. These episodes document the horrors of 764 and MKY. This is Hell on Earth: The Ultra Sadism Report.
🚨 Now, be warned, these episode contain extremely depraved, psychotic, and upsetting information regarding child abuse, self-harm, animal abuse, kidnap, murder, and more. It is horrendous to talk about, but to stop these people we must put the information out there. Be warned, these episodes are not for the faint of heart... 🚨
Today we speak to inestigative journalist Ken Silverstein about the elite sex trafficking pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his links to Israel's national intelligence agency, Mossad.
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Today we speak to investigative journalist Ken Klippenstein about the UnitedHealth CEO assasination. He tells us about Luigi Mangione's manifesto, his politcal motivations, and the mass censoring of the real story by corporate media.
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Today we speak to activist Aššurbanippal about the ongoing situation in Syria, where Christians are being persecuted by new leaders. In the wake of the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad, there's been increasing violence against minorities in and around Damascus.
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Today we speak to Mirian, a frontline protester taking part in the uprising in Georgia. The clashes have become increasingly violent, as police and paid gangs beat the people and arbitrarily arrest the opposition.
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Today we speak to researcher and founder of Jihadology, Aaron Zelin. He tells us about Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Islamist rebel group who just took over Syria. We talk about their origins, ideology, backers, and battle experience.
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Today we speak to journalist Fréderike Geerdink about the current clashes taking place in southeast Turkey, where the Turkish government removed democratically elected Kurdish politicians. The clashes have gotten heavy and a new Kurdish militant group has emerged...
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Today we speak with political activist Gattsu about the recent stolen election in Georgia, where hired thugs and ballot stuffers were paid off to help the pro-Kremlin party win.
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Today we speak to researcher Louis Stavenhagen about the vastly under-reported clashes breaking out across the idyllic French controlled island of Martinique.
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Today we speak to artist, writer, and researcher Adam Doyle. He explains the frought situation on the south Lebanon border, where Irish peace keepers are being confronted with Israeli forces who have demanded they move as part of their battle against Hezbollah.
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Today we speak to Lebanese writer and researcher Elia Ayoub. He goes into deep detail about the recent attacks between Israel and Hezbollah, looking into why 100+ civilians were killed to take out Nasrallah.
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Today we speak to Lucas Webber, a senior threat intelligence analyst at Tech Against Terrorism and co-founder of militantwire.com. He's explaining how Islamic State Khorasan Province went from a small ISIS cell fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, to a global militant group staging serious attacks across the world.
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In this episode we speak to journalist Rasmus Canbäck about his investiagtion into the Azerbaijani Red Crescent organisation. They were swore an oath to help anyone in need, but instead they further faciliatted the starvation of Armenians blockaded in Artsakh / Karabakh.
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Today we're speaking journalist Haroun Esmail about his investigations into ISIS on TikTok. The jihadist militant group's music and propaganda is all over the app. You won't believe how it spread so fast.
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Today we speak to Kurdish researcher Dastan Jasim about the new front opened up in the Kurdish region of Iraq. The leading party of the Kurdistan region has teamed up with the Turkish military to drive out the Kurdish rebels of the PKK. In the process, many civilians are being harmed.
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Today we speak to journalist Sally Hayden about her recent trip to Palestine and Israel, where she went on a press tour with Israeli Settlers. They were more honest about their intentions than expected...
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In this episode we're speaking to journalist Lucrezia Goldin. She focuses on China. She's lived there and speaks the language fluently. She's talking to us about how China has taken advantage of Russia's recklessness since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. China is not quite the best friend of Russia that many warhawks make out. It's more complicated than that.
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Today we speak to artist and political writer Adam Doyle (AKA Spicebag) about the recent anti-immigration riots in Ireland and the complicated events that's causing serious violence.
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Today we speak to journalist James Pogue about his work documenting what Kremlin backed mercenary firm Wagner is up to in Africa. Pogue has been on the ground in Africa for six months, across several countires, investigating Wagner's mission.
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Today we speak to journalist Sergiy Slipchenko about how, after years of media exaggeration, there is now actually a real threat of potential conflict in the Arctic region.
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Today we're speaking to geospatial analyst Nathan Ruser about how the rebels in Myanmar have turned the tide of the war and are now actually winning against all odds. The resistance has managed to take huge areas of land back from the junta, disarming their soldiers, and sending them back to the dwindling government controlled areas.
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Today we speak to journalist Conall Kearney about how he recently got stuck in a 14 hour gun battle with Russian forces whilst embedded with Ukraine battalion 'Kayfariki Group' on the frontlines in East Ukraine.
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Today we speak to Kurdish politcal analyst Ariz Kader about the rising levels of internal chaos taking place in Northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. It involves the government in Baghdad, Turkey, Iran, and Kurdish rebel group the PKK.
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Today we speak to politcal commentator and Georgian protester Gattsu. He tells us about the largescale anti-"Russian law" protests happening right now in Georgia, where many believe the government needs to be overthrown.
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Today we speak to journalist Hugh Kinsella Cunningham about the state of the rapidly escalating war in East Congo.
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Today we speak to researcher Bertolt Hunger about the still at-large Red Army Faction militants and their recent run-in with the German police.
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Today we speak to journalists Nathan Paul Southern and Lindsey Kennedy about the British government's shadowy dealings with Rwanda, which are potentially causing violence, death, and many more refugees.
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Today we speak to journalist Neil Hauer about the situation on the Ukraine frontlines two years after Russia launched its full scale invasion into the country. The situation on the ground is often not what it's presented to be on social media, especially now.
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Today we speak to journalist and 404 Media co-founder Joseph Cox. He's talking to us about a bizarre situation that involves a Canadian Hell's Angels assasination plot to murder Iranian dissidents in America.
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Today we speak to journalist Ioan Grillo about how the Mexican cartels have taken over the historic area of Chiapas with little to no resistance from armed groups there.
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Today we speak to journalist Hind Hassan about Israel's ongoing killing of journalists in Gaza and beyond. We also discuss the media's perceieved silence on this issue.
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For the past five years or so, everyone and their nan has been accused of being a fascist, a neo-Nazi, or whatever. Often these accusations come from angry internet addicts who can't take a joke. At Popular Front, we don't care about all that drama. We do care though, about actual violent fascist militancy. The organised extremists who wish to violently cut off someone else's freedom because they're a different race, religion, sexuality, gender, or whatever.
To help understand where the real threats are coming from, we've started Skeleton Key—a monthly report on contemporary far-right militancy all over the world. It'll be available only at patreon.com/popularfront. Sign up for the $5 bonus tier or above to get access to this project and much more. The first episode is now live.
Today we speak to scientist, analyst, and activist Jovana Maksić about the recent election tampering in Serbia. Off the back of the government's rigging, attacks on opposition and protesters has once again broken out in the Balkan country.
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Today we speak to journalist and filmmaker Andy Hayward about his time filming with anti-war Russians who speak out against the Putin regime, whilst still living inside the country. A very risky situation.
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Today we speak to journalist Daphne Wesdorp about her time staying with the Myanmar rebels deep in the jungles of Karen state. She saw how they live, how they fight, and how they stay motivated to contiune their struggle against the military junta despite being ignored by the world.
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Today we speak to writer and researcher James Barnett about the ongoing conflicts in the Niger Delta. We speak about the underground oil industry, milita turf wars, and cult domination in the region.
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Today we speak to Palestinian academic Refaat Alareer about what it's like to live in Gaza City right now as Israeli forces move in. Be warned, this is a hard episode to listen to as Alareer's neighbourhood is bombed throughout the interview. His children can at times be heard screaming in the background.
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Today we speak to Silkie Carlo, the director of the British civil liberties organisation 'Big Brother Watch'. She talking to us about the rapid rise of authoritatianism in the UK. This is espically relevant now with the backdrop of the new Palestine - Israel war, as the British government has branded all pro-Palestine marches as a 'hate crime'.
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Today we speak to journalist Ari Flanzraich about the new war between Palestine and Israel. Flanzraich has been on the ground covering the war from all borders. He gives us an insight into the missions of Israeli soldiers and speaks on how the killing of civilians in Gaza has no end in sight.
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Today we speak to journalist Raffi Elliott about the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh / Karabakh. He's been on the ground as hundreds of thousands of Armenian refugees flood over the border from Azeri persecution.
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Today we speak to journalist Matt Kynaston about the recent conflict in Ain al-Hilweh, Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp.
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We speak to writer and genocide researcher Joe Kassabian about the deadly violence that broken out in Karabakh / Artsakh as Azerbaijan ends the ceasefire and has begun shelling civilians.
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Today we speak to open source researcher Chris Osieck about the armed Israeli Settlers who've formed militias and are now launching attacks on Palestinians in their own homes.
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We speak to Dr. Olayinka Ajala, a senior lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Leeds Beckett University and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He explains to us, in detail, why the recent military coup in the African country of Niger is not quite as straight forward as it look at first glance.
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Today we speak to journalist Roman Lehberger about the remaining 9/11 militant who helped bring the Twin Towers down. He did 15 years in prison in Germany and now he wants to be removed from the terror list so he can start travelling the world...
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Today we speak to Nina, an Armenian teacher living behind Azerbaijan's blockade on Artsakh / Karabakh. Children are now dying due to the blockade and the international community is largely silent. We hear first hand what life is like as Azerbaijan effectively starves people out of their homes.
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Today we speak to Kabaw, a Burmese rebel fighter on the frontlines of the insurgency against Myanmar's military junta. Excuse the audio, he was literally in the jungle as we spoke.
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Today we speak to journalist Murtaza Hussain about a horrific case where the FBI entrapped a mentally handicapped teenager so that they could arrested him on terrorism charges.
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Today we speak to anthropologist Louis Stavenhagen about the massive riots sweeping across France in response to an unarmed 17 year old being shot dead by police at a traffic stop.
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Today we speak to researcher Aram Shabanian about the madness over the weekend where the Kremlin's very own paramilitary unit turned on it. This is how Wagner's short-lived mutiny unfolded.
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Today we speak to co-founder and editor of Militant Wire Lucas Webber. We look into the bizarre incursions into Russia's Belgorod region by Russian, pro-Ukraine, far-right paramilitary units.
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Today we speak to scientist and researcher Jovana Maksic about how the current tensions in Serbia—both in Belgrade and in Serbian majority Kosovo areas—evolved into serious anti-government protests against a state led culture of violence.
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Today we speak to journalist Ari Flanzraich about recent battles between Palestine and Israel, asking the question, has the Third Intifada already started?
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Today we speak to writer and researcher Alexander McKeever about the consequences the current Turkish elections might have for the people of Rojava in NE Syria.
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Today we speak to political anthropologist and researcher Louie Stavonhagen about the ongoing riots in France, which are the largest in five years. Stavonhagen explains why there's much more to these clashes than the pension reforms, which is often the only thing cited in reporting on the situation.
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Today we speak to journalist and filmmaker Alexis Daloumis about the seriousness of the recent train crash clashes in Greece, and how this is much bigger than what's sometimes being reported.
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Today we speak to journalist Ali Winston about how America's Oakland police built units of normal cops into violent militarised squads, and how the US government continues to help them do it.
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Today we speak to journalists Nathan P Southern and Lindsey Kennedy about their time recently investigating Afghanistan's illicit drugs trade under the rule of the Taliban
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Today we speak to journalist and activist Nodar Rukhadze. He's part of Georgia's largest grassroots political group known as "Shame Movement". Rukhadze was on the ground amidst the recent violent clashes in Georgia. He's going to tell us why they happened and how significant they are.
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Today we speak to journalist Sébastien Bourdon about his time reporting on the inner workings of antifa movements in France.
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Today we speak to journalist Günseli Yalcinkaya about the rise of military e-girls and the accusations it's all a psyop to get young men to join the military.
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Today we speak to researcher Matt Koonce about the rise and popularity of the Palestinian militant group "Lion's Den".
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Today we speak to journalist Luis Chaparro about the recent arrest of El Chapo's son, the Mexican cartel boss of the Sinaloa Cartel. Thirty people were killed in the ensuing clashes. Chaparro was on the ground.
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Today we speak to Sean who's part of the Atlanta Forest defence movement. He talks to us about the recent police killing in the midst of the protest.
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Today we speak to writer and researcher Antoine Brimbal about the current tension in Kosovo, where Serb troops have been put on full combat readiness at the border.
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Today we speak to writer Joe Kassabian about Azerbaijan's armed blockade of the Lachin corridor in Artsakh / Karabakh, and how that's putting a brutal siege on Stepanakert.
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Today we speak to reporter George from Greece's "Copwatch" about the recent clashes in Thessaloniki after a cop shot a teenage Roma lad in the head.
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Today we speak to writer and researcher Alexander McKeever about Turkey's latest round of deadly attacks across Kurdistan.
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Today we speak to investigative reporter Ali Winston about the recent and largely under-reported Bratislava neo-Nazi mass shooting and how it was spurned on by a new trend in online far-right militancy.
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In this episode we speak to international volunteer and Ukrainian soldier Aiden Aslin. He tells us about his experience this year being captured and tortured by Russian backed separatists in east Ukraine.
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Today we speak to researcher Tom Lord about the "Anarcho-Communist Combat Organisation" (BOAK), a partisan group blowing up railways and attacking military recruitment offices inside Russia in a bid to disrupt Putin's ongoing war on Ukraine.
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Today we speak to journalist James Stout about the 3D-printed guns used by Myanmar rebels against the brutal junta forces.
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Today we speak to writer and researcher Pierre Vaux about the fascist paramilitary groups Russia has sent to fight in its invasion of Ukraine, ironically something the Kremlin has dubbed a "de-nazification" mission.
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Today we speak to writer and director Beri Shalmashi about the brutal "morality police" murder of Jina Mahsa Amini in Iran, and how this has sparked serious anti-regime clashes all across the country.
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Today we speak to author and war veteran Joe Kassabian about Azerbaijan's current invasion of Armenia and how it's being largely ignored in the media.
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Today we speak to analyst and Militant Wire editor Lucas Webber about the Taliban's worsening battle against ISIS in Afghanistan.
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We speak to journalist Brian Hioe about the recent agitation between Taiwan and China, and the groups doing arms training just in case the country's invaded.
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We speak to journalist Ali Winston about the situation where a US soldier was planning to get his whole unit attacked as a possible human sacrifice for the Order of Nine Angles. Yeah, seriously.
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Today we speak to journalist Geoff White about North Korea's team of l33t hackers who've been attacking South Korea and stealing billions in cryptocurrency.
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Today we speak to Congo based photojournalist Hugh Kinsella Cunningham about his time covering four different war in Congo this year.
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Today we speak to researcher Saoirse Toohey about America's pro-choice militant group "Jane's Revenge", who've been burning down anti-abortion facilities.
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Today we're speaking to researcher "Francis", who is based in Ecuador and covering the deadly clashes there between the people and the government. We're going into deep detail about why this is all happening.
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Today we speak to journalist Danny Gold who's recently been embedded with several different units in the Donbas, covering the war in east Ukraine.
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Today we speak to writer and filmmaker Thomas Dekeyser about an underground French anti-tech militant group that carried out a series of attacks then vanished.
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Today we're speaking to writer and researcher Matt Koonce about the ongoing clashes in Palestine and Israel, focusing on the raids and what led up to the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
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Today we speak to writer and researcher Abdulla Hawez. Hawez is going to be speaking to us about the current conflict in the Kurdistan Region in Northern Iraq, where Kurdish leaders have teamed up with the Turkish regime to lead a joint operation against Kurdish PKK guerrillas inside Kurdistan. Very messy.
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Today we speak to Corsican journalist Jean Colonna about the new "post-nationalist" conflict in Corsica, which began with youth clashes against police and is evolving into the bombing of French holiday homes.
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We speak to journalist Mitchell Prothero about what some people are saying is the most potential for conflict in Bosnia since the 90s war.
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Today we speak to Ukrainian journalist Anastasiia Lapatina about the current situation on the ground in Ukraine one month after Russia invaded the country.
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Today we speak to journalist Justin Yau who's on the ground covering the ongoing battle between Ukraine and Russia.
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Today we speak to Ukrainian journalist Sergiy Slipchenko as he flees his home in Kyiv as Russia invades Ukraine. Putin has launched strikes on civilian areas as well as military.
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Today we speak to journalist Henry Wilkins about the recent military coup in the African country of Burkina Faso. Wilkins is based in Burkina Faso and was on the ground during the clashes surrounding the coup.
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Today we're talking to researcher Nathan Ruser on the one year anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar / Burma. Ruser will tell us about what's been happening in the country as anti-junta protests have turned into all-out guerrilla war against the military.
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Today we speak to journalist Jack Losh about the brutal but largely unreported flareup of violence in the Central African Republic.
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In this episode we talk to journalist Sean Williams about the rapidly advancing war in Ethiopia, where several different ethnic militia groups are now advancing on the capital.
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We speak to independent Ukrainian journalist Illia Ponomarenko about the tense situation right now between Ukraine and Russia. Will Putin invade?
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Today we speak to Jared Olson about the grip narco-paramilitaries have on the poor people of Honduras.
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Today we speak to journalist Murtaza Hussain about the August 29th US drone strike that killed a family in Afghanistan. All of them were civilians.
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Today we speak to Chilean filmmaker Pablo Sáez about the rapidly escalating armed conflict in the forests of Chile between the military and the indigenous Mapuche people.
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Today we speak to journalist Conall Kearney about the ongoing case of Lina E, a 26-year-old woman accused of leading a militant leftist group that ambushed several neo-Nazis in Germany with hammers.
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Today we're speaking to Lebanese researcher and writer Joey Ayoub about last weeks deadly gun battle that broke out in Beirut, Lebanon.
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Today we speak about the news that JStark has died after being raided by police. JStark is the man behind the rise of 3D printed guns in Europe and the main character of our "Plastic Defence" documentary.
Watch Plastic Defence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlB2QV5wVxg&t=0s
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We speak to journalist Janet Basurto about the increasing violence and formation of self-defence militias in the historic Chiapas region of Mexico.
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Today we speak to Corsican filmmaker Lionel Dumas about the reemergence of Corsica's separatist militant group, the FLNC.
The militants have stepped into the open again after local elections that garnered more than 70% of votes for Corsican nationalists, have been largely ignored by France. There are fears that renewed violence could return to the island of Corsica.
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Today we speak to researcher Blake Vincent about "ISIS-K", a momentary mainstream media fascination as the US left Afghanistan. These are the real details about "ISIS-K" / the Islamic State in Afghanistan / the Islamic State Khorasan Province.
NOTE: When Vincent says "Al-Shabab" he meant to say "Boko Haram". Mixed up his jihadist groups.
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Today we speak to journalist Nagieb Khaja as he reports from the ground in Afghanistan, which has now been taken over by the Taliban. Nagieb has been speaking with the Taliban and travelling across the country to see the current state of things now that the Western troops have left.
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Today we speak to an anonymous US soldier who has just recently left Afghanistan after working at Kabul Airport. He gives us an idea of what it was like in the last days of America's lost war with the Taliban.
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Today we speak to journalist Colin Freeman on everything you needed to know about armed piracy on the seas.
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Today we speak to Ukrainian defence reporter Illia Ponomarenko about the brutal failure of Ukraine's current ceasefire.
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Today we speak to journalist James Pogue about the brutal street clashes in South Africa that have killed more than 300 people so far.
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We speak to journalist Frederike Geerdink about her time living with PKK guerrillas in Kurdistan for a whole year.
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We speak to Afghan journalist Lotfullah Najafizada about the recent US withdrawal from Afghanistan and how the Taliban is making rapid military advances across the country.
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Today we speak to journalist James Montague about the way in which football ultras and hooligans have helped lead uprisings across the world, some even turning into militant groups at war.
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Today we speak to Lok, a local journalist in Hong Kong. He's going to explain to us how Hong Kong has changed two years on from the pro-democracy clashes.
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In this episode we speak to researcher Lucas Webber about how the militant jihadists of ISIS in Mozambique are causing problems globally by disrupting maritime trade.
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Today we speak to research and analyst Tom Lord about a new militant anarchist cell in Greece that is calling for political violence and has already carried out 20 attacks.
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Today we speak to journalist and analyst Neil Hauer about the new clashes on the border of Armenian and Azerbaijan.
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Today we speak to Zeina Dajani about her experiences on the ground in Sheikh Jarrah, the East Jerusalem neighbourhood that sparked recent conflict between Israel and Palestine.
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Today we hear from Colombia based journalist Dylan Baddour about the recent outbreak of violence in several cities across Colombia. Police have been driving around on motorbikes shooting protesters with live rounds.
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We speak to journalist Sean Williams about his recent time reporting on the ground amidst the war in Tigray.
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Today we speak to journalist Baderkhan Ahmad who's been covering recent clashes between the Kurdish Asayis security forces and Assad regime militias in Qamishlo, the de-facto capital of NE Syria's Rojava region.
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Jake Hanrahan (who founded Popular Front) has a book out now. You can buy it here: www.gargoylebook.com
Gargoyle is a compilation of written work by British journalist Jake Hanrahan, collecting his on-the-ground reporting from all the wrong crowds. In this book he visits hidden places and speaks to tough people, from the militant hideouts in Kurdistan, to the secret safe-houses of dark web drug dealers.
Hanrahan has a particular knack for discovering, and gaining access to, the dark underbellies of the modern era. Gargoyle is his first-hand documentation of these dangerous and often bizarre journeys.
We speak to writer, researcher, and activist Joey Ayoub about the deteriorating situation in Lebanon and the possibilities of conflict that this might cause.
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This is one of the Patreon bonus episodes about the New York Times and the propaganda article they published in February, which whitewashed Turkish war crimes in Syria's Afrin.
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Today we speak to analyst and researcher Tom Lord about what's causing the new wave of political violence in Greece.
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We speak to Irish researcher and artist Adam Doyle about the recent statement from Loyalist militants in Northern Ireland. They've declared that they're quitting the Good Friday Agreement which ended the war because of a Brexit sea border dispute.
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Today we speak to journalist Aye Min Thant about the people's resistance to the recent military coup in Myanmar, in which several people have already been killed.
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Today we speak to researcher and activist Meaza Gidey about the many massacres currently taking place in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.
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Today we speak to Kurdish researcher and writer Abdullah Hawez. He's going into detail about the recent skirmish between the Kurdish PKK militant group and the Turkish military in the mountains of Kurdistan.
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We speak to John Ioannou and Zenonas Tziarras from www.geopoliticalcyprus.org about Erdogan's recent sabre rattling in Cyprus.
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Today we speak to Iranian human rights activist and writer Ana Diamond. Ana tells us about the time she was almost executed in Iran's notorious Evin prison.
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Today we speak to journalist Jack Losh about the largely unreported conflict in the Central African Republic. The war was recently reignited and is as brutal as ever.
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We speak to analyst Aron Lund about what Joe Biden's presidential victory in the US might mean for the war in Syria.
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We speak to journalist Michael Colborne about the rise of the Azov Battalion, a neo-fascist militia in Ukraine that now has a column of tanks and is a member of the National Guard.
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This week we speak to writer and researcher Seán Columb about the black market trade of human organs in the midst of various different conflicts across the world.
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Seán's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1503612554/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1
We spoke to photographer Caden about what he witnessed as hardcore Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol building yesterday in what some media pundits are calling an "attempted coup".
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We speak to journalist Sébastien Bourdon about a proposed new bill in France that will give police more powers. Protesters feel that these new powers are authoritarian and have been clashing with police in the streets.
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We speak to professor Jacob Mundy about the recent clashes in Western Sahara that've reignited a long frozen conflict between the Polisario Front and the Moroccan government.
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We speak to Kurdish researcher Abdullah Hawez about the rising tensions between the ruling political party of Iraqi Kurdistan and the Kurdish militants of the PKK movement.
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Plastic Defence is a documentary about illegal 3D printed firearms in Europe and the decentralised network behind them. These guns are robust, they don't blow up in your hands, and they're untraceable. What's more, they're being made in people's bedrooms.
At Popular Front, we got access to the network designing and building these downloadable rifles. It goes by the name "Deterrence Dispensed". Its members are determined to give untraceable DIY firearms to the world. We spent time with the founder of the movement—a man known as JStark.
He showed us how he designs the firearms, builds them in his workshop, and even makes bootleg 9mm ammunition for them.
We also went out into the forests with JStark to witness how powerful 3D printed firearms have become, and to gauge how dangerous they could be for Europe.
JStark argues that his group is helping people living under authoritarianism fight back against their oppressors. Whilst this could be true, Deterrence Dispensed is sending their technology out into the world for free to anyone and everyone. It's totally unregulated. If it gets into the wrong hands, which it easily could do, many innocent people could die.
We speak to researcher and analyst Neil Hauer who's on the ground in Armenia. He unpacks the very messy end to the war in Nagorno-Karabakh / Artsakh.
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In this episode we speak to investigative journalist Ali Winston about the two boogaloo bois who actually followed through with their rhetoric and murdered two law enforcement officers this year in the US.
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We speak to independent researcher Alexander McKeever about the mercenaries sent from Syria by Turkey, to fight Armenians for Azerbaijan. A big mess.
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We speak to Wim Zwijnenburg from PAX for Peace about the way in which governments all over the world are fine tuning how to kill people from the skies with unmanned drones. The future of drone warfare could get very complicated.
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We speak to sociologist and researcher Dr Artyom Tonoyan about the current flare up in conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
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We speak to jounralist Joshua Collins as he takes a rest from covering the deadly anti-police-violence clashes in Colombia.
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We talk to journalist Kareem Chehayeb about the rising political tension in Lebanon in the aftermath of last month's deadly port explosion.
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We speak to Ivan the Troll, a spokesman for the elaborate renaissance behind 3D printed firearms. He talks to us about the "Plastikov" and exploding hands.
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We speak to researcher Jack Hazlewood about the new "National Security" laws being used by China's government to crush free speech and activism in Hong Kong.
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We speak to Alex Kokcharov, a risk analyst from Belarus. He explains what has led to the current protests in Belarus and why so many protesters have come out onto the streets to face the regime's security forces.
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Today we speak to Matthew Gault from the War College podcast (soon to be Angry Planet) about the way the US military is using eSports to try and recruit young gamers, and the backlash that has caused.
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We speak to independent researcher Meghan Bodette about how women are being kidnapped, murdered, and sex trafficked in Afrin, a Kurdish city in Syria currently occupied by Turkish backed militias.
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We speak to director of the Regional Studies Centre in Armenia Richard Giragosian about the recent border clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan. He explains how this could be a perfect storm to a serious war.
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We speak to researcher Jack Hazlewood about the so-called "National Security" law that China's CCP are using to oppress free movement and expression in Hong Kong.
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Today we speak to Robert Evans, journalist and host of the Behind the Bastard podcast. He's been on the ground almost constantly for the 60+ nights of anti-police-violence clashes in Portland, Oregon. The police have moved out and Federal agents have moved in.
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We speak to Marija Ristić, the regional director of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, to find out what's actually happening on the ground amidst the anti-government clashes in Serbia.
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We speak to researcher Séamus Malekafzali about the series of strange explosions that have happened inside Iran this month.
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We speak to analyst Ariz Kader about why Turkey has started bombing the autonomous Kurdistan region in Northern Iraq.
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We speak to researcher Nathan Ruser about how the Chinese government is violently oppressing the Uighur people of Xinjiang province.
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We speak to independent researcher Caki about his work infiltrating the group chats of female ISIS members currently held in the al-Hol camp in Syria.
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We speak to researcher Alex Newhouse about the armed "Boogaloo Bois" joining the Black Lives Matter / Anti-Police Violence protests and clashes across America.
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We speak to journalist Jason Wilson about the how the US neo-Nazi training camp "The Base" recently came to a dramatic end after a very strange beginning.
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We speak to an activist who's been on the ground for the past two days amongst the violent clashes in Minneapolis in America, which kicked off after four police officers murdered an unarmed black man named George Floyd. The officers choked him to death after he paid for groceries with a bad cheque.
RIP George Floyd
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// This is a bonus episode from the Patreon, published for free here as everyone is still bored on lockdown //
We speak to digital verification specialist Brenna Smith about how Hamas moves money via cryptocurrency.
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We speak to analyst Hassan Hassan about the violent re-emergence of ISIS inside Iraq and Syria.
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We speak to Aaron Zelin—one the best jihadism researchers around—about the under-reported role that Tunisian jihadists play within Al Qaeda and ISIS.
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We speak to researcher Giancarlo Fiorella about the failed US mercenary raid to overthrow Maduro in Venezuela this week. What an absolute clusterfuck.
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We speak to journalist Toby Muse about his time spent in the jungles of Colombia with the country's cocaine militias.
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We speak to journalist Joakim Medin about how the leader of Hungary just used the Coronavirus as an excuse to try and turn the country into a dictatorship.
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We speak to journalist Daniel De Simone about how a militant occult order from the UK has begun influencing far-right terrorist groups all over the world.
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We speak to artist Molly Crabapple about her time in the militant anarchist stronghold of Exarchia recently, as the new government sends in regular police raids.
Coronavirus is becoming a very serious problem. For most of us we'll be fine. There's many who won't be though, so at Popular Front we're holding a raffle to raise money to help some of the most vulnerable people in these uncertain times.
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We speak to military analyst Dr. Jonathan Schroden about the recent deal between the Taliban, the Afghan government, and the US military.
We speak to Sasha Ghosh-Siminoff about the current conditions for people trapped in Idlib between HTS jihadists, Turkish military, and the Assad regime.
We speak to Robert Evans, journalist and host of "Behind the Bastards" podcast, about the growing 2A gun control protests in America.
We've decided to publish one of the Patreon bonus episodes to give non-subscribers an idea of what you could get. This is an almost entirely unedited interview with two ISIS "Brides" (see: female ISIS) from the Caribbean. I interviewed them in the al-Hol prison camp in Syria in the summer of 2019.
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We speak to journalist Janet Basurto about the brewing conflict between the libertarian Zapatista movement and the Mexican government.
We speak to writer and researcher Séamus Malekafzali about the life and death of Iran's Qasem Soleimani and the current conflict his assasination by the US has caused in Iraq.
Journalist Mustafa Salim explains to us why the militiamen of Iran backed Kata'ib Hezbollah have attacked and besieged the US Embassy in Baghdad. Salim has been covering the events on the ground for the last few days.
We speak to Ed Calderon of Ed's Manifesto about the tactics and developments of the new drug cartels in Mexico, who're now openly acting like narco militias.
We speak to journalist Nilo Tabrizy about the recent clashes across Iran, that have led to more 200 people being shot dead by the regime.
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We speak to photojournalist CH Gardiner about his recent time on the ground amidst the violent clashes in Chile, where protesters are trying to topple what they see as a corrupt ruling class in the country.
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We speak to journalist Mike Giglio about his many years covering the war against ISIS in three different countries, and why on-the-ground field work is still so important when it comes to conflict journalism.
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Lebanese writer and researcher Joey Ayoub talks to us about the current wave of protests happening across Lebanon, triggered by the so-called "WhatsApp Tax".
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We speak to journalist Sally Hayden about her investigation into the Libyan refugee prison camps run by militias. The EU is turning a blind eye to the abuse that goes on there, so long as the refugees don't make it to Europe.
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We speak to journalist and filmmaker Khabat Abbas, a local born and raised in Qamishli, NE Syria (or Rojava). She refuses to leave as the Turkish invasion of Rojava gets ever more brutal.
Khabat takes us through the last week and a half, explaining what she's seen on the ground as Turkey and its mercenaries try to destroy what the Kurds have built in NE Syria.
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We speak to researcher Christopher Schwartz about a recent political gun battle in Kyrgyzstan and why it could cause serious tension for the future of the country...
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This week we talk to researcher Tom Lord about Conspiracy of Cells Fire, one of the most violent and militant anarchist groups currently still operating in Greece. This is a group you've maybe never heard of, but one that's increasingly dangerous.
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We talk to independent researcher Ross Dayton about a large FARC dissident group returning to war in the jungles of Colombia, putting a huge dent in the peace process.
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We speak to activist Raki Ap about the current uprising in West Papua, a deeply under-reported but brutal conflict that's been going on for decades inside Indonesia.
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We speak to Rachel Yeo, a local journalist with an independent paper in Hong Kong. She gives us an update from the ground, telling us how the violence is rapidly escalating and how the protests have taken a revolutionary turn.
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We speak to investigative journalist Christiaan Triebert about open source investigation and how he's managed to discover where war crimes happened using tools available to everyone.
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We speak to Xebat Abbas, a journalist, filmmaker, and NGO worker from and based in NE Syria. She's been working in the al-Hol camp that holds the so-called "ISIS brides" since the beginning. After taking a tour of the camp with her, we speak about the ongoing security situation.
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We speak to researcher and author Frederic Wehrey as he returns from the frontlines of the recent conflict in Libya, between General Haftar's forces and GNA militias. He explains what's going on, why it's happening, and what the war looks like on the front.
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This week we speak to writer and researcher Séamus Malekafzali about the threats posed by an ISIS cell operating inside Iran. He explains how if the US goes to war with Iran, ISIS will likely thrive.
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This week we speak to journalist Jacob Siegel about America's new culture war, where deepening political division is leading to escalating violence and hatred.
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We speak to Laurel Chor, a journalist on the ground in the midst of the protests currently sweeping across Hong Kong. She explains why an estimated 2 million people marched recently against the new extradition bill.
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We speak to journalist Yousra Elbagir about what's happening with Sudan's revolution. She explains what she's seen--from the ground and in her investigative work--in Sudan, explaining how the uprising has been hijacked by a brutal paramilitary force.
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We speak to Franz Marty, a journalist who's been living in Afghanistan for the last four years. He's been searching for blackmarket Afghan arms dealers and has discovered a lot of the information around these operations is false. Here's how it really works...
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We speak to independent researcher Ryan O'Farrell about the Congo's many militias and the splintering conflicts taking place there, specifically the recent ISIS cell whose members are slaughtering people in the jungle.
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All the Staple t-shirts have been restocked in the shop and the Popular Front x Champion Cease and Desist Sweater is on sale now. Have a look.
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We speak to Dave Eubank of the Free Burma Rangers about how his organisation of volunteers helps to save lives in some of the most dangerous conflicts on earth...
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We speak to researcher and analyst Rasha Al Aqeedi about her home city of Mosul and the grip ISIS has there. She tells us how ISIS first took over and how they're still around operating criminal networks throughout the city.
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Wim Zwijnenburg tells us about the hidden cost war has on the environment and how it's often used in battle, from toxic waste dumps in Ukraine to wildfires in Iran.
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We speak to journalist Paulie Doyle about the so-called New IRA, a militant Irish republican group that's recently stepped up their political violence in both Northern Ireland and Britain. Paulie tells us about their recent letter bomb campaign, the Derry car bomb, and how, in part, Brexit is fuelling their will to fight.
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We speak to reporter Ali Winston about his investigations into a white nationalist street fighting crew in America known as the Rise Above Movement (RAM). RAM is arguably the first group on the US far-right that began to mobilise themselves in political street battles in the Trump era. Ali tells us how RAM made connections with European fascists, from Azov to the Casa Pound group.
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Elizabeth Tsurkov tells us how the secular uprising of the Syrian people was crushed by the brutality of the Assad regime, the rise of ISIS, and the terrible mismanagement of the US.
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We speak to radical environmentalist researcher and writer John Jacobi about the largely under-reported new violent wave of eco-extremism. He tells us how eco-terrorism is very much on the rise and how it's turning into something more dangerous: militant nihilism.
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We speak to journalist and author James Pogue about his recent visit to South Africa, where he spent time with radicals to find out the real truth behind the farmer killings. He discovered many are preparing for what they think will soon be a new civil war...
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Venezuela is currently in chaos. The country has two people claiming to be the rightful president, more than 35 protesters have been shot dead in a week by paramilitaries, everyone is still starving, America is meddling, Russia is meddling, Maduro's still an authoritarian, and all people want to do is scream about who they support on social media from thousands of miles away.
Cut through all that bullshit with this week's episode. We speak to Giancarlo Fiorella about the real situation in Venezuela.
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Kosovo based journalist Valeria Plesch tells us about Kosovo's recent decision to start its own army and the trouble this could cause in a country still tense from the war in the 90s. We also talk about the crippling youth unemployment in Kosovo and the stagnating government made up of former guerrillas.
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We speak to AFP correspondent Maya Gebeily about a WhatsApp network she discovered that has the sole purpose of catching fleeing ISIS fighters in Syria. Thousands of Syrians pool their information together in a network of group chats to try and stop the jihadists escaping justice.
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Today we speak to Bellingcat researcher Nick Waters about his extensive work on the use of commercial drone bombs in war. We're talking about drones you can buy off of Amazon and use in your garden that have been converted by insurgents to drop bombs on their enemies. The use of these drone bombs has skyrocketed since ISIS started using them in Mosul in 2017.
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Thanks for all the support. This year was just the beginning, 2019 will be a lot bigger for Popular Front. Have a good New Year.
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This week Donald Trump decided to rapidly pull out all the US forces currently backing the Kurdish YPG militia in Northern Syria, known as Rojava to the Kurds. The YPG has proven to be the strongest ally for the US when fighting ISIS, but now they'll be left alone for Turkey to attack.
We speak with journalist Wladimir van Wilgenburg, who's dedicated his career to covering the Kurdish issue. He speaks Kurdish fluently (both Sorani and Kurmanji) and was in Rojava just last week.
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We speak to John Arterbury, an analyst with his eyes firmly set on Yemen. He tells us how the war started, the current crossroads both sides are at, and his theories on why this conflict, where children regularly starve to death, goes so under-reported.
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I'm away filming a documentary for Popular Front this week and didn't have time to get the planned episode ready in time. To avoid going a week without Popular Front I've used one of the Patreon bonus episodes to fill the void. It's the first and last time we'll do this.
We'll hear from Abu Academic, who claims to be former Russian special forces. He's now using the skills he claims to have learned in Russia to train HTS jihadist fighters in Syria.
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We got journalist Christopher Miller back on to talk about last week's clashes between Russia and Ukraine in the Sea of Azov. Everything you wanted to know about this escalating situation is right here.
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Independent researcher Jakub Janovsky tells us how the Assad regime's tank fleet, one of the world's biggest, was reduced almost entirely to scrap metal and smouldering debris.
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There's a lot of hype and nonsense when it comes to reporting on cyber warfare, so we spoke to one of the best tech journalists around to explain what the real threats of cyberwar are right now.
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Phillip Smyth takes us on a deep dive into the world of the Hashd al-Shaabi, the Iranian backed militias (also known as the PMU, PMF, and "Shia Militias") fighting in Iraq. They've documented their own war crimes, shot unarmed protesters, and have been building the groundwork for their movement for years... So who are they?
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It's Halloween, so we're doing something a bit different. For this episode we teamed up with the guys from War College to have a chat about how nuclear war has so often influenced the pop culture around us.
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Alexander McKeever tells us all about the mysterious assassination squads of Afrin in Northern Syria. We hear about the tactics of Wrath of Olives and how Afrin was looted and ruined after the invasion by Turkish backed rebels.
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Yago Rodríguez tells us about Wilayat Sinai, the branch of ISIS in Egypt. We hear how they're launching well organised military attacks, trading weapons with Libya, and doing deals with Gaza.
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We speak to Giancarlo Fiorella from In Venezuela Blog about the crushed rebellion in Venezuela. He tells us all about the street clashes, the food crisis, the drone bomb, and the last stand of Oscar Perez.
We speak to Firat Batman as he takes a brief rest from fighting against ISIS in their last stronghold in Syria. Firat is a Kurd from Rojava who grew up in Sweden. He's been fighting in Rojava for the YPG for three years and is currently on the final push to chase ISIS out of the last areas they control.
Gregory Waters tells us all about the Tiger Forces in Syria, the pro Assad regime militia that's seen as heroes to some and war criminals to others. We'll find out why their leader is so enigmatic, how they're working with the Russian military, and what power they really hold over the region.
We speak to Ora Szekely about the role of female combatants within various irregular conflicts, from the Colombian rebels of FARC to the Kurdish female fighters of the YPJ in Syria.
We speak to Everest65, who's been working extensively to gather information about insurgent suppressor use in battle in the Middle East and North Africa. This one is about as niche as it gets.
The region of Idlib in northwestern Syria has been a fiefdom for jihadist forces for some time, most notably the al-Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham who rule about 60% of the region.
Russia and the Assad regime are likely to launch an offensive on Idlib very soon, but with three million people living there and many unhappy civilians, it's not as simple as wiping out extremists.
Sasha Ghosh-Siminoff tell us why the battle for Idlib will be a huge humanitarian catastrophe.
We speak to Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed about his highly controversial 3D printed gun project. He also talks about crypto-anarchy, untraceable firearms, and his long battle with the US government.
The conflict in East Ukraine has become a slow but constant battle from the trenches. Young soldiers are killed almost every week and the separatist held regions are still under the rule of an iron fist, yet the media, both in Ukraine and internationally, seems to have forgotten that Ukraine is still at war.
We got some updates on the current state of the conflict from Radio Free Europe's Christopher Miller, who's been covering the conflict from the start.
In Cameroon a conflict between English speaking Cameroonian rebels and the French speaking Cameroon state forces is rapidly getting worse. Whole villages are being burned, civilians are being killed, and young men are forming militias. There's little coverage in the media about this conflict so far, so we spoke to the only reporter who's been on the ground with the Anglophone militias to find out what's going on.
Ever wondered why some warlords get all the best guns and others are left to craft their own? Or how British made muskets end up on Afghanistan gun markets? Or why the Marines now have a dedicated drone person? If so, you'll love this episode. Discover all things small arms with Silah Report.
Hear Pawel Wojcik talking about how ISIS has gone international, spreading its jihadist Caliphate across the world, setting up effective cells in Libya, Afghanistan, Nigeria, and East Asia. Find out why the fall of Raqqa was not the end of ISIS.
Independent Aum Shinrikyo researcher Sarah Hightower tells us how the Japanese death cult became a terrorist organisation with more than 10,000 members. They produced Sarin gas, they built their own assault rifles, and they even tried to buy bombs from the former Soviet Union. To this day Aum Shinrikyo still exists.
A first person account from reporter Sean Williams (New Yorker, Harpers) of what it was like inside the battle of Marawi, where Filipino ISIS fighters laid siege to the island city in 2017 for six months.
A very detailed introduction to the many different facets of the so-called "Christian militias" fighting in Iraq and Syria, talking about the history and motivations of the Assyrian/Syriac/Chaldean community.
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After recently returning from El Salvador, journalist Danny Gold tells us about the violence of MS-13 and how evangelical Christianity is tying to quell it. He also explains how paramilitary death squads are organising via WhatsApp to slaughter the gangs in their own neighbourhoods.
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Aram Shabanian tells us why the forgotten "frozen conflict" between Armenia and Azerbaijan could explode into a full blown war that pulls in everyone from Russia to India.
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All about ISIS and their suicide cars (or SVBIEDS—suicide vehicle borne improvised explosive devices) in Iraq, from the switches they use to tricks they played in Mosul.
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Portrait photographer Joey L went to war for the first time in Northern Syria to capture the fight of the Kurdish YPG, documenting the culture in a way he says photojournalists can't.
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Find out from Hampton Stall, the guy who runs "Militia Watch", all about US militias and their love for guns, liberty, and often Donald Trump.
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Find out from Pascal Andresen about the far-right Syrian Social Nationalist Party and the militants they've sent to go and fight for Assad in Syria.
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