
The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur
A podcast about how today’s Empire works and who is resisting.
Latest episodes

May 15, 2020 • 53min
The Anti-Empire Project Episode 49: Beyond the Green New Deal, with Stan Cox
I talk to Stan Cox about his new book, The Green New Deal and Beyond: Ending the Climate Emergency While We Still Can. We talk about the good aspects of the Green New Deal (especially the New Deal aspects), some of the assumptions that will have to be revised (that good fuels will automatically crowd … Continue reading "The Anti-Empire Project Episode 49: Beyond the Green New Deal, with Stan Cox"

May 13, 2020 • 1h 1min
Civilizations Series Episode 8: Ideas – Scientific Revolution – Enlightenment
We talk about the scientific revolution – Galileo, Brahe, Kepler, Newton, Rousseau, Voltaire, Montesquieu and others; and take a tour of the Enlightenment as well, and the importance of Enlightenment ideas in the revolutions that would soon follow it.

May 10, 2020 • 1h 1min
Civilizations Series Episode 7: Religion – Tolerance – Intolerance, Mostly in England
Dave Power and I talk about the rise of Protestantism, focusing on the characters of Martin Luther (including his advice to Philip Landgrave of Hesse), and Henry VIII.

May 7, 2020 • 46min
Anti-Empire Project Episode 48: The Goudreau-Silvercorp Coup in Venezuela, Foiled
I talk to Maria Victor after the foiling of the May 3, 2020 terrorist plot against Venezuela, which involved the infiltration of American mercenaries by boat from Colombia. One of the mercenaries, Jean Goudreau of Silvercorp, gave an interview just before the attack where he revealed a signed contract with self-declared president Juan Guaido. We … Continue reading "Anti-Empire Project Episode 48: The Goudreau-Silvercorp Coup in Venezuela, Foiled"

May 7, 2020 • 54min
The Brief 009: Hindutva 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.

May 6, 2020 • 1h 26min
Civilizations Episode 6: The 18th Century Global Economy, aka slavery, genocide, and colonialism
The global economy was forged in the 18th century under European empires that committed genocides in the Americas and Africa, instituted mass slavery, and colonialism. This is the story.

May 2, 2020 • 47min
Civilizations Episode 5: The Bureaucracies of East Asia
Following Alexander Woodside’s book Lost Modernities, we talk about the Korean, Vietnamese, and Chinese Mandarinates, the peculiarities and pitfalls of a system based on competitive examinations, the interplay of meritocracy and feudalism, and the relevance of it all to today’s debates about standardized testing and education more generally.

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Apr 25, 2020 • 1h 5min
Civilizations Series Episode 4: The Enlightened Despots of Europe and Asia
Dave Power and I talk about enlightened despots and the “greats”: Peter, Catherine, Frederick, Akbar, Abbas, Shivaji, Sejeong, as well as the Sikh Empire and the Ayuttaya Kingdom.

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Apr 22, 2020 • 57min
Civilizations Series Episode 3: Constitutional Monarchies and England’s Glorious Revolution
David Power discusses England's transition from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy after the Glorious Revolution. Topics include King Charles's fate, impact on Africa's slave trade, political dynamics in India, and consequences of the Glorious Revolution on African resistance, economy, and political systems. The evolution of English Parliament, societal changes, and radical movements are also explored.

Apr 20, 2020 • 39min
The Anti-Empire Project Episode 46: Biden and Imperial Propaganda
Starting with the hectoring of the Bernie movement by liberals to vote Biden – including their sudden discovery of Chomsky, who has always endorsed voting “the lesser evil”. From there, it’s on to early 20th century propaganda in both its British and American imperial incarnations.