In this episode we speak to writer and researcher Colleen Wood, taking a deep dive into how and why the deadly clashes in Kazakhstan broke out and escalated so rapidly. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front...
Jan 11, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep 142•Transcript available on Metacast For more: https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
Dec 20, 2021•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front...
Dec 18, 2021•40 min•Ep 141•Transcript available on Metacast We speak to independent Ukrainian journalist Illia Ponomarenko about the tense situation right now between Ukraine and Russia. Will Putin invade? - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front...
Dec 08, 2021•45 min•Ep 140•Transcript available on Metacast Today we speak to Jared Olson about the grip narco-paramilitaries have on the poor people of Honduras. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front...
Nov 30, 2021•50 min•Ep 139•Transcript available on Metacast 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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front...
Nov 24, 2021•43 min•Ep 138•Transcript available on Metacast For more: https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
Nov 20, 2021•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front...
Nov 09, 2021•57 min•Ep 137•Transcript available on Metacast Today we speak to anthropologist Ben Chang about recent clashes in Guatemala between indigenous resistance movements and the police, over nickel ore mining corruption. - https://www.prensacomunitaria.org/ - https://oiegt.org/ - - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front...
Nov 03, 2021•50 min•Ep 136•Transcript available on Metacast 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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front...
Oct 27, 2021•32 min•Ep 135•Transcript available on Metacast Today we're speaking to Lebanese researcher and writer Joey Ayoub about last weeks deadly gun battle that broke out in Beirut, Lebanon. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front...
Oct 21, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep 134•Transcript available on Metacast For more: https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
Oct 20, 2021•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front...
Oct 14, 2021•33 min•Ep 133•Transcript available on Metacast We speak to journalist Janet Basurto about the increasing violence and formation of self-defence militias in the historic Chiapas region of Mexico. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front...
Oct 05, 2021•51 min•Ep 132•Transcript available on Metacast 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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front...
Sep 20, 2021•39 min•Ep 131•Transcript available on Metacast 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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front...
Sep 14, 2021•39 min•Ep 130•Transcript available on Metacast For more: https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
Sep 11, 2021•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front...
Sep 06, 2021•49 min•Ep 129•Transcript available on Metacast 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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front...
Sep 01, 2021•26 min•Ep 128•Transcript available on Metacast Today we speak to journalist Colin Freeman on everything you needed to know about armed piracy on the seas. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front...
Aug 23, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep 127•Transcript available on Metacast For more: https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
Aug 17, 2021•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today we speak to Ukrainian defence reporter Illia Ponomarenko about the brutal failure of Ukraine's current ceasefire. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front...
Aug 09, 2021•43 min•Ep 126•Transcript available on Metacast Today we speak to journalist James Pogue about the brutal street clashes in South Africa that have killed more than 300 people so far. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front...
Aug 02, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep 125•Transcript available on Metacast We speak to journalist Frederike Geerdink about her time living with PKK guerrillas in Kurdistan for a whole year. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front...
Jul 29, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep 124•Transcript available on Metacast 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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front...
Jul 25, 2021•31 min•Ep 123•Transcript available on Metacast For more: https://www.patreon.com/popularfront
Jul 19, 2021•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front...
Jul 08, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep 122•Transcript available on Metacast 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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front...
Jun 30, 2021•48 min•Ep 121•Transcript available on Metacast 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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front...
Jun 17, 2021•29 min•Ep 120•Transcript available on Metacast REUPLOAD BECAUSE APPLE AND SPOTIFY REMOVED THIS AS THEY'RE PRO-CENSORSHIP 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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front...
Jun 05, 2021•56 min•Ep 119•Transcript available on Metacast