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The Brief Podcast
by Jon Elmer, Nora Barrows-Friedman, Pierre Loiselle
Brief /brēf/ (verb) · to inform thoroughly in preparation for a task. With hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Jon Elmer.
Episodes
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043 Gaza siege: A history
The siege on Gaza and the role of the Palestinian Authority are critical context for the Israel's assault on Gaza. On this episode we take a look at the history of the blockade and how Israel has ghettoized the Palestinian population.
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042 Ceasefire proposals
We take a look at the Gaza ceasefire and prisoner exchange proposal that Hamas and the Qassam Brigades responded with after a proposal put forth by Mossad, Shabak, CIA, and Egypt intelligence chiefs in Paris. You can watch this episode on the Anti-Empire Project's Sit Rep series:...
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041 October 7th
On this episode, the October 7th military raid by the Qassam Brigades that collapsed the Israeli military's Gaza Division. We take a look at the events of October 7th on the heels of an Israeli media report that detailed the raid in a minute-by-minute timeline from Israeli military and…
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040 Remembering the Second Intifada
We are joined from the West Bank by Abdaljawad Omar to discuss the formations of Palestinian resistance during the intifadas of the 1980s and 2000s and how that trajectory led us to 7 October and the current war on Gaza.
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039 War on Gaza IV
Nora and Jon are joined by Justin Podur to discuss the war on Gaza, now 72 days on. You can follow Jon and Nora's twice-a-week Gaza livestreams at: https://www.youtube.com/@TheElectronicIntifada/streams
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038 War on Gaza III
Nora, Jon and Justin are joined by Matteo Capasso to discuss the defence of Gaza and the implications of the battle for Israel and the Empire. This episode is a joint operations room production with The East is a Podcast, The Anti-Empire Project and The Brief Podcast.
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037 War on Gaza II
Nora and Jon are joined by friend of the show Justin Podur to discuss the war on Gaza, now three weeks on.
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036 War on Gaza
Nora and Jon are joined by longtime Gaza ER doctor Tarek Loubani to discuss the war on Gaza. You can follow Jon and Nora's daily coverage of the war at https://www.youtube.com/@TheElectronicIntifada/streams
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035 Montreal's first Haitian street gang
Les Bélangers, Montreal's first Haitian street gang, wasn't the criminal enterprise it was painted as by Quebec police and a willing media in Canada in the 1980s. At first, it wasn't even a gang; it was a group of friends who fought back against the racist violence that their community was...
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034 Mohawk Warrior Society
The Mohawk Warrior Society is one of the most successful militant organizations in North America. Their predecessors were key to the defeat of the French in Quebec and the United States in the War of 1812. Today, the Warriors are best known for their role in the 1990 Oka standoff against the...
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033 Flashpoint Jerusalem
Israel attacks the al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem and rocket-fire from Lebanon, Syria and Gaza points to the potential for a multi-front regional response to future Israeli violence. Nora Barrows-Friedman and Jon Elmer discuss the latest events in Palestine. Visit The Brief Podcast online:...
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032 West Bank escalation
Israel steps up its military attacks targeting a new generation of Palestinian fighters in the West Bank. Nora Barrows-Friedman and Jon Elmer are joined by Justin Podur to discuss the implications of the internal crisis in Israel and the ramping up of violence against Palestinians. Visit The…
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031 Anti-Racist Action
Anti-Racist Action was unified behind a basic principle: "We go where they go. Whenever fascists are organizing or active in public, we're there." What began as street fighting in the punk scene soon developed into a militant direct action network with chapters across the US and Canada. Authors,...
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030 Origins of the US Constitution
The US Constitution (1787) was written in the face of three significant insurrections: Indigenous resistance to colonization; revolts of the enslaved; and an armed uprising of farmers. It was drafted to protect property against the threat of political and economic justice. In part three of our...
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029 Slave rebellions
Resistance by enslaved Africans before and after the Declaration of Independence played a critical role in the origins of the US. Historian Gerald Horne joins us to discuss the fierce and persistent fight for abolition in the mainland slave colonies of the US. We will look at three of Professor...
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028 Slave ship revolts
The trans-Atlantic slave ship was part factory, part prison, part war machine and it was a critical component in the establishment of race, class and capitalism in the Americas. MARCUS REDIKER is back on the show to discuss his book, The Slave Ship: A Human History, the first dedicated account of...
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027 Colombia's left turn
Colombia has voted Leftist ex-rebel Gustavo Petro to the presidency in an historic election. We are joined by Colombian doctor and political activist, MANUEL ROZENTAL. Justin Podur is with us for the hour as well, for this roundtable on the impact of the elections in Colombia. This is a joint...
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026 Destroying Yemen
On this episode we discuss the war in Yemen and the role of the West in arming and supporting the US-Saudi-Gulf coalition, with Isa Blumi, author of Destroying Yemen: What chaos in Arabia tells us about the world. Visit The Brief Podcast online: http://thebriefpodcast.com/
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025 Resistance in Jenin
Veteran al Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, was shot and killed by the Israeli army during an IDF raid in Jenin earlier this month. Asa Winstanley and Nora Barrows-Friedman are joined by Jon Elmer to discuss Shireen's murder and the armed struggle in Jenin. This episode is a joint effort…
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024 Sankara's revolution
Thomas Sankara's assassination in October 1987 abruptly ended the life of a revolutionary Pan-Africanist who transformed Burkina Faso in four years of remarkable revolution. We are joined by AMBER MURREY and AZIZ FALL to discuss Thomas Sankara, his political project in Burkina Faso and his...
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023 Indigenous resistance
Gord Hill joins us to discuss colonization and resistance in the Americas on the occasion of the release of his revised and expanded The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book. Visit The Brief Podcast online: http://thebriefpodcast.com/
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022 Fall of Kabul
Kabul's US-backed government collapses as its soldiers surrender en masse to the Taliban. We are joined by Max Blumenthal, author of The Management of Savagery, to discuss the end of the US occupation of Afghanistan. Visit The Brief Podcast online: http://thebriefpodcast.com/
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021 Prison break in Palestine
Historic prison escape by Palestinian militants from Jenin. Fighters from Islamic Jihad and al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades tunneled out of Israel's maximum security Gilboa prison and spirited into the night. Tarek Loubani joins Jon Elmer and Nora Barrows-Friedman to discuss the great escape and their...
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020 Without police
Geo Maher joins us to reflect on the summer of rebellion that followed the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and how we build toward 'A World Without Police.' On the Bookend, it's Peter Collins' posthumous collection of artwork 'Free Inside: The Life and Work of Peter Collins'. We hear an...
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Settler Canada (special broadcast)
A Canada Day reckoning as Indian Residential School properties become crime scenes with the (re)-discovery of unmarked graves of Indigenous children. We are joined by Tyler Shipley to discuss Canada's first foreign policy – its genocide of the Indigenous nations in the path of capitalist...
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019 Great Railroad Strike of 1877
We discuss early US labour militancy and the birth of modern policing with Robert Ovetz, author of When Workers Shot Back. Visit The Brief Podcast online: http://thebriefpodcast.com/
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Ceasefire in Gaza (special broadcast)
Palestine roundtable reconvenes to reflect on the Gaza attack and take stock of the ceasefire. Nora Barrows-Friedman is an editor at the Electronic Intifada, Jon Elmer is a journalist who lived for years in Gaza, Justin Podur is the author of Siegebreakers, and Tarek Loubani is an emergency room...
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War in Palestine (special broadcast)
Recorded on Day 7 of the war in Palestine, this roundtable brings together decades of experience working in Palestine. Nora Barrows-Friedman is an editor at the Electronic Intifada, Jon Elmer is a journalist who lived for years in Gaza, Justin Podur is the author of Siegebreakers, and Tarek…
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018 Attica prison uprising
Heather Ann Thompson joins us to discuss her Pulitzer Prize winning book about the uprising and massacre at New York's Attica Prison in September 1971. And we feature an archival interview with a central-figure in the uprising, the late Splitting the Sky. Visit The Brief Podcast online:...
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017 Revenge capitalism & the drug war
Max Haiven, the author of Revenge Capitalism, talks the opioid crisis and its roots in neoliberal empire and Garth Mullins, host of Crackdown podcast, describes drug user-led resistance to the drug war. See more at http://thebriefpodcast.com/
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016 Pirates (1650 - 1730)
Marcus Rediker on The Golden Age of Piracy the revolutionary Atlantic, and the disruption of early capitalism on the seas. Visit The Brief Podcast online: http://thebriefpodcast.com/
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015 NBA wildcat strike
DAVE ZIRIN talks about the wildcat strikes in pro sports; and MAC SMIFF on 100 days on the streets in Portland. On The Bookend, it's VICKY OSTERWEIL on her new book, In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action. Visit The Brief Podcast online: http://thebriefpodcast.com/
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014 Riots and abolition
Demonstrations continue across the United States against police violence and increasingly against the institution itself. We speak with Vicky Osterweil and Zoé Samudzi about riots, looting and abolishing the police. Visit The Brief Podcast online: http://thebriefpodcast.com/
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013 Israeli annexation
Israel moves with White House-backing to declare sovereignty over their illegal West Bank settlements and annex the Jordan Valley border. We speak with Ali Abunimah about deepening Israeli apartheid in Palestine. Visit The Brief Podcast online: http://thebriefpodcast.com/
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012 Uprising in America
The United States is rocked by protests against police violence as hundreds of thousands march from coast to coast. We are joined from New York by Margaret Kimberley and from Boston by Benjamin Dixon. Visit The Brief Podcast online: http://thebriefpodcast.com/
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011 Bolsonaro's Brazil
Brazil's new far-right government plunges the country into fascism. We speak with Brazilian scholar and activist, Diana Aguiar, about the downfall of the Worker's Party and the rise of Jair Bolsonaro. Visit The Brief Podcast online: http://thebriefpodcast.com/
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010 Canada's Saudi arms deal
Saudi's $14B weapons contract puts Canadian armoured vehicles on the frontlines of the war in Yemen. We are joined by Anthony Fenton to discuss the machinations of Canada's junior-partner imperialism. Visit The Brief Podcast online: http://thebriefpodcast.com/
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009 India crackdown
India jails students, writers, and rights activists as the media works in effective coordination with the government inflaming sectarian divides, suppressing dissent and lionizing Modi. We speak to Shalini Gera and Freny Manecksha about India's Hindutva crackdown. Visit The Brief Podcast online:...
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008 Kashmir siege
Kashmir's autonomous status is revoked by India's far-right government and the military occupation is tightened with a total communications blackout. We speak with Ather Zia and Mohamad Junaid about the resistance in Jammu and Kashmir. Visit The Brief Podcast online: http://thebriefpodcast.com/
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007 Delhi pogrom
India's sectarian citizenship law set off months of protests that were met by government-incited mobs sacking markets, neighbourhoods and mosques as police looked on. We are joined by Kavita Krishnan to discuss the Delhi pogrom and right-wing nationalism in India. Visit The Brief Podcast online:...
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006 Bernie 2020
Bernie Sanders' presidential bid has run into a wall, as the COVID-19 pandemic puts the Democratic Party primary campaign into suspended animation. We are joined by George Ciccariello-Maher to discuss grassroots mobilization and electoral politics. Visit The Brief Podcast online:...
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004 Taliban pact
The Taliban and the White House have signed an agreement that would ultimately see US troops withdraw from Afghanistan. After two decades of war, tens of thousands killed, and trillions spent - the US stands to leave a ruined Afghanistan in defeat. Visit The Brief Podcast online:...
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003 Blockade standoff
Police move in on the Mohawks at Tyendinaga, setting off a further wave of blockades, disruptions and direct action from coast to coast. Anna Zalik joins us to discuss the oil and gas industry, and Gord Hill talks indigenous resistance. Visit The Brief Podcast online: http://thebriefpodcast.com/
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002 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. Visit The Brief Podcast online: http://thebriefpodcast.com/
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001 Pipeline blockade
The Wet'suwet'en evict Coastal GasLink, who are trying to build a gas pipeline through their territory. We discuss the context of their struggle against the Canadian state and corporations, and talk with Jeffrey Monaghan about the policing of Indigenous movements. Thanks to Michael Toledano for…
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Brief /brēf/ (verb) · to inform thoroughly in preparation for a task. With hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Jon Elmer.
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