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EYES LEFT is a socialist, anti-war military podcast hosted by veterans.
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A "mercenary Army of the poor"? Right-wing think tanks, as well as some on the left, have sought to disprove that framework. Professor Jodi Dean joins the show to critique the most recent study which portrays the rank-and-file military as a Warrior Aristocracy.
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1It's much easier than the Pentagon wants you to think. Whether you're in the military or know someone who is, this is the definitive guide to walking away. And as Biden's support for genocide spins out into new US wars across the Middle East, from the Red Sea to Iraq, now would be a good time to walk away.
Featuring special guest Maria Santelli, longtime counselor with the GI Rights Hotline, which provides secure, free and expert support to any service member who wants to leave the military.
CALL the hotline anytime at 1-877-447-4487 for advice, or visit them online at https://girightshotline.org
Maria is Executive Director of the Center on Conscience and War: https://centeronconscience.org
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Major developments with Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, Syria and Iran increase the potential for new wars for the US as it facilitates Israel's genocide in Gaza. All the urgent updates, plus a deeper look at the forces involved, with journalist Rania Khalek.
FOLLOW Rania at https://twitter.com/raniakhalek
WATCH her show at https://www.youtube.com/breakthroughnews
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS to refuse to participate in the the US/Israeli war machine by calling the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487 or visiting them online at https://girightshotline.org
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Biden plays with fire sponsoring the Gaza genocide, as US troops get hit with blowback, reinforcements rush to the Middle East, and the Pentagon escalates by bombing Iranian forces. Iran, Hezbollah, and other armed groups have a red line; how far can the US push before it's crossed? This episode includes critical information for soldiers about why and how they can resist being party to this genocide, and prevent themselves from being sacrificed by Washington.
![Turncoats: The American POWs Who Joined Their Captors [Radical Military History]](https://s3.castbox.fm/7e/54/b7/e194ba4c6a6607c53c74b95e048a5cb169_scaled_v1_400.jpg "Turncoats: The American POWs Who Joined Their Captors [Radical Military History]")
Dozens of American soldiers captured during intense fighting in the Korean War came to understand the true reason for the US invasion, and sympathized with their so-called enemies. 24 chose to stay with their captors rather than participate in the prisoner swap–six who are immortalized in a photograph with a banner reading "We Stay For Peace." Their story on this first full episode of Radical Military History.
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After decades of fighting, victims of the Marine Corps mass poisoning at Camp Lejeune will finally get settlements–so an array of billionaires, hedge funds, and their far-right attorneys have wormed into the leadership of the case, attempting to loot the majority of the settlement funds.
Joining the show is Lejeune survivor, advocate and journalist Lori Freshwater
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The story of how a Special Forces soldier quit his legendary unit to join the anti-racist mass movement in the streets.
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All music by ANAHEDRON
Six months after EYES LEFT broke the Ron DeSantis GITMO torture story (which has now become a national scandal for the presidential hopeful) we have exclusive new eyewitness corroboration of his participation in human rights abuses. Story by Mike Prysner.
TRANSCRIPT available at empirefiles.substack.com
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Interview with Sergeant Kevin Benderman, sentenced to 15 months in military prison for refusing to return to Iraq on moral grounds.
The harrowing story of a VA long-term care facility where veterans watched friends die of Covid, then sentenced to a solitary-confinement lockdown. Special guest Spencer Ackerman joins to discuss this story, his new book Reign Of Terror, and more.
Spenser and Mike discuss the BLM upsurge, the role of the National Guard in suppression, and looking inward to find new paths.
PLUS: Radical Military History - The story of the 'Fort Hood 43'
Retired Major Danny Sjursen joins Eyes Left for part II of his interview, explaining his research uncovering the West Point Class of 1986 and the powerful positions it's alumni control in the Trump Administration.
Spenser and Mike interview Army Major Danny Sjursen about his journey from West Point officer in Iraq and Afghanistan to an anti-war author, commentator and activist.
Sjursen is host of 'Fortress On A Hill' podcast and author of several books. Find his work at https://skepticalvet.com/
Spenser & Mike get deep in pandemic brain with philosophy and updates on COVID warfare at home & abroad.
Show notes:
- Join upcoming May 30 national actions to Cancel The Rents @ www.canceltherents.org/
- Get the new album 'Rend Wake' by our audio engineer Anahedron: condinarecords.bandcamp.com/album/rend-wake
- Learn about this 72nd anniversary of the Nakba: english.alaraby.co.uk/english/indept…nexation-looms
Spenser and Mike discuss Bernie leaving the presidential race: why & what's next for the movement
Spenser & Mike discuss the science of COVID-19, the political implications of the pandemic, and the need to come together as a community (just, not in person please!)
On the eve of Super Tuesday, Spenser and Mike are joined by Miguel Medrano, Iraq war veteran and Southeast Political Director for the Bernie campaign.
As the the potential for major US war in the Middle East looms greater than the days before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Spenser Rapone and Mike Prysner are joined by former Army Ranger, Afghanistan veteran and war resister Rory Fanning to discuss the Iran crisis, options service members have to resist, and reactions to the Democratic candidates' statements in response to Trump's war crimes.
Spenser and Mike discuss the bombshell Afghanistan Papers, proving the depth to which the US government has been lying to keep us in the senseless war.
Your Halloween treat, on the killing of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi, the Army's new recruitment strategy, and more video games.
PLUS Radical Military History on lost stories from the Gulf War
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I haven't haven't listened in a while and now I know why. You guys can't recognize the weak bag licking POS Bernie Sanders is. He telegraphed his fuckary back in 2016, and you guys still hail him as somebody that actually will do something LOL. how fucking sad.
Stay safe everyone
had to turn it off when he said Obama always cared about people.
Memorial for Jacob http://www.jacobdavidgeorge.org/
here's an uncomfortable meditation in light of your concern for international law: If the empire in question can function as useful idiots and be helpful for once in preventing, say, the Syrian Kurds being massacred by Turkey and friends, they probably shouldn't be discouraged. I support all of you but i'm going to remember how you guys, Blumenthal, etc framed this if there's a slaughter. Best wishes.
Noam Chomsky also wanted to keep tripwire forces in Syria to protect Rojava and he was correct.
U.S. leftists shouldn't criticize Iranian human rights violations? That sort of standpoint epistemology is incoherent, eat shit, boys.
Great episode, keep up the great work!
re: the "honest guys making mistakes" thing, ken burns' vietnam doc on netflix is like that. Just sort of skims over french brutality but goes into detail when they talk about mass killings in the ranks of Vo Nguyen Giaps organization.
wish revolutionaries would take up arms against the military on the border and tare down the barb wire.
members of his plantoon should have just killed him. Why the fuck not?
yall really need to get encrypted email, not gmail.
also wow, that $61 billion military budget increase could have virtually doubled our $68 billion education budget.
In short, the Military is robbing us, so they can rob other countries too.
The U.S.'s occupation of an opium rich country with a subsequent spike in opiod addiction (particularly amoung vets), seems like no coniscidence. what are y'alls thoughts/experiences with poppies in afganistan and the u.s.? IMO it's like we are immitating the Brits Occupation of India and Chinese Opium wars, except we're selling the crop to our own ppl.