POPULAR FRONT

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". - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

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". I...

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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to independent researcher Alexander McKeever about the mercenaries sent from Syria by Turkey, to fight Armenians for Azerbaijan. A big mess. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

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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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We talk to journalist Kareem Chehayeb about the rising political tension in Lebanon in the aftermath of last month's deadly port explosion. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

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.  - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front    

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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

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.  - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

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.  - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

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.  - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to researcher Séamus Malekafzali about the series of strange explosions that have happened inside Iran this month. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to analyst Ariz Kader about why Turkey has started bombing the autonomous Kurdistan region in Northern Iraq. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to researcher Nathan Ruser about how the Chinese government is violently oppressing the Uighur people of Xinjiang province.  - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front