The Brief Podcast

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/

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 doctor, often at Shifa, Gaza's main hospital. Visit The Brief Podcast online: http://thebriefpodcast.co...

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 Loubani is an emergency room doctor, often at Shifa, Gaza's main hospital. Visit The Brief Podcast online: h...

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: http://thebriefpodcast.com/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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: http://thebriefpodcast.com/

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/

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: http://thebriefpodcast.com/

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: http://thebriefpodcast.com/

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: http://thebriefpodcast.com/

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/

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/

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 the audio of Freda Huson delivering the Wet'suwet'en eviction notice and Praxis Media for the excerpt of...