Civilizations Series Episode 3: Constitutional Monarchies and England’s Glorious Revolution

The Ossington Circle Episode 11: Trumpism and Capitalism with William I. Robinson: I interview sociologist William I. Robinson about the relationship between Trumpism, capitalism, and fascism and what leftists could do in this environment. by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Ossington Circle Episode 20: The Great Haiti Humanitarian Aid Swindle with Timothy T Schwartz by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Ossington Circle Episode 32: The Wrong Story – Palestine, Israel, and the Media with Greg Shupak: I talk to Greg Shupak, author of The Wrong Story: Palestine, Israel, and the Media. We use the Israel/Palestine story as a launching point for a technical discussion about tropes, frames, narratives, and propaganda, by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

20 min listen

The Ossington Circle Episode 17: The Kingdom of the Unjust, with Laila: I talk to “Laila”, an activist who has studied the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for many years. For preparation, I read Medea Benjamin’s new book, Kingdom of the Unjust. by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Ossington Circle Episode 14: Clouds of War Gathering with Manuel Rozental: In this episode of The Ossington Circle, Colombian physician and activist Manuel Rozental returns from a trip to Turkey, during which he spent time with Syrian refugees, to talk about the advancing war in Syria and on the planet. by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Ossington Circle Episode 18: Western Wars, Arab Revolutions with Vijay Prashad: I talk with Vijay Prashad about his book, Death of a Nation and the Future of the Arab Revolution, with a particular focus on the Syria war and the peace process in Astana. by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Ossington Circle Episode 19: The New Cold War with Roger Annis: I speak with Roger Annis, editor of Newcoldwar.org, about Russia, imperialism, the new cold war, and the analytical challenges for leftists in the West. by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Ossington Circle Episode 26: Free Milagro Sala! With Jorge Garcia-Orgales: I talk to Argentinian-Canadian union activist Jorge Garcia-Orgales about Milagro Sala, an Indigenous politician and activist who is currently a political prisoner of Argentina’s right-wing government. by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Anti-Empire Project Episode 37: Postcoloniality and the Racist Legacy of the British Empire: A wide-ranging and admittedly bookish discussion with William Patterson historian Navyug Gill and frequent guest and sometimes host of the show, Dan Freeman-Maloy. We talk about postcolonial studies, history, and the British Empire, by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Ossington Circle, Episode 33: Grounded Authority – The Algonquins of Barriere Lake Against the State, with Shiri Pasternak: I talk to Shiri Pasternak, Research Director at the Yellowhead Institute and author of Grounded Authority: The Algonquins of Barriere Lake Against the State. We cover Indigenous authority, jurisdiction, sovereignty, solidarity, by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Anti-Empire Project Episode 40: The pandemic and the marginalized, with Dr. Ritika Goel: I talk to Toronto doctor and activist Ritika Goel about the first few weeks of the pandemic here in Toronto, some of the emergency measures anti-poverty activists have called for, and the ways the pandemic should force some thinking about the importanc... by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Brief Episode 2: Blockades expand: After the RCMP raided and dismantled the Wet’suwet’en roadblocks, rail, port and transportation blockades have spread across Canada in solidarity. And they are growing. by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Ossington Circle Episode 22: Honduras and Empire with Shipley and Coleman: I talk to Tyler Shipley, author of Ottawa and Empire: Canada and the Military Coup in Honduras, and Kevin Coleman, author of A Camera in the Garden of Eden: The Self-Forging of a Banana Republic. Both are scholars of Honduras and its relationship to th... by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Ossington Circle Episode 21: Venezuela’s Crisis with Maria Paez Victor: I talk to Maria Paez Victor of the Canadian, Latin American, and Caribbean Policy Centre and the Louis Riel Bolivarian Circle about Venezuela’s revolution, Chavismo, Maduro, the Venezuelan opposition, and the idea of the upcoming Constituent Assembly. by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Brief on Wet’suwet’en: Our new podcast. This episode: on the Wet’suwet’en evicting Coastal GasLink in Canada, and the RCMP raid on behalf of the pipeline company. Includes an interview with Jeffrey Monaghan, co-author of Policing Indigenous Movements: Dissent and the Securit... by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Ossington Circle Episode 27: Science and Academic Publishing with Bjoern Brembs: I talk to scientist Bjoern Brembs about the problems with proprietary journal companies control over scientific publishing. We imagine a better world of open science that is technologically feasible, discuss the German consortium negotiation with the j... by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Ossington Circle Episode 16: The Destruction of Syria and Solidarity with Max Ajl: In this episode of The Ossington Circle, academic, activist, and editor at Jadaliyya Max Ajl discusses the destruction of Syria and the vitriol directed at leftists and Palestine activists who have opposed intervention in Syria. by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Ossington Circle Episode 24: How the World Breaks with Stan Cox and Paul Cox: I talk to Stan Cox and Paul Cox, authors of How the World Breaks: Life in Castastrophe’s Path from the Caribbean to Siberia. We discuss how we think and talk about disasters, the aid industry, and the uses and excuses associated with the concept of ‘re... by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Ossington Circle Episode 30: The Crimes of the Rwandan Patriotic Front with Judi Rever: I talk to Judi Rever, author of the important new book In Praise of Blood: The Crimes of the Rwandan Patriotic Front. We start with the inception of the military force that would become the RPF in 1980s Uganda and follow it through the civil war and ge... by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Ossington Circle Episode 12: Social Self Defense Against Trump with Jeremy Brecher: I talk to labor historian and activist Jeremy Brecher about a possible strategy against Trump called Social Self Defense. by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Ossington Circle Episode 15: Ukraine, Russophobia, and Canada with Halyna Mokrushyna: In this episode of the Ossington Circle, Ukrainian-Canadian academic Halyna Mokrushyna discusses the conflict in Ukraine, Russia and Russophobia, and the Ukrainian diaspora in Canada. by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Ossington Circle Episode 28: Turkey’s Invasion of Syria with Sardar Saadi: In this episode I talk to Sardar Saadi about Turkey’s invasion of Afrin in Syrian Kurdistan. We recap the past few years of Syrian Kurdistan and the many players in the Syrian Civil War, and lament the continuing absence of an antiwar movement that cou... by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Ossington Circle Episode 31: The Management of Savagery with Max Blumenthal: I talk to Max Blumenthal, author of The Management of Savagery: How America’s National Security State fueled the rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump. We begin with the latest coup attempt in Venezuela and go from there to talk about anti-imperiali... by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Anti-Empire Project Episode 39: Might, the novel, by Brian Dominick: Brian Dominick is the author of Present as Prologue: A GenZero Novella, which describes the first phase of a youth-led, high-tech revolution in America. We talk about youth liberation, education, capitalism, by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Anti-Empire Project Episode 43: Two Chomskyites Trapped in 2020: Justin and Dan (that’s Dan Freeman-Maloy, for new listeners) talk about Chomsky – and not just manufacturing consent, but Chomsky’s influence on their political thinking, where they might have tiny disagreements, by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Anti-Empire Project Episode 41: The magic bullet for COVID-19 with Drs. Thomson and Loubani: I talk to nephrologist Ben Thomson and ER doc Tarek Loubani about the magic bullet for COVID-19 (there isn’t one). The key messages: medical people – switch to reusable masks. Everyone: social distancing works, don’t lose your nerve. by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

53 min listen

The Ossington Circle Episode 35: The Turkish Invasion of Northern Syria with Sardar Saadi: I talk to friend and Kurdish Edition podcaster Sardar Saadi about the Turkish invasion of Syrian Kurdistan in October 2019, the brutality of Erdogan’s assault on the Kurds, the impossible dilemmas faced by the Kurds in the complex Syrian and regional w... by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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The Ossington Circle Episode 25: The Venezuela Crisis with Greg Wilpert: I talk to Greg Wilpert, founder of venezuelanalysis and author of Changing Venezuela by Taking Power, about the Venezuela Crisis, the Constitutional Assembly, and possible ways out of the crisis. We started with a detailed discussion of the economic cr... by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

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Civilizations Series Episode 3: Constitutional Monarchies and England’s Glorious Revolution: With David Power. If the quintessential absolute monarchy was Louis XIV, the quintessential constitutional monarchy is England after the Glorious Revolution. We talk about King Charles losing his head and foreshadow (following Gerald Horne) the dire co... by The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

57 min listen

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