The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

Justin Podur
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A podcast about how today’s Empire works and who is resisting.

  1. JAN 17

    Interwar 5: Ireland from Easter Rising to Partition

    In the aftermath of the Easter Rising of 1916, the Irish Revolutionaries regrouped. We trace their path through armed struggle against Britain, negotiation, the formation of the Dail and its role. The larger than life characters including Michael Collins and events like Bloody Sunday. How England’s first colony fought the Empire between the world wars.

    2h 15m

  2. JAN 4

    AER 153: Venezuela War Begins with Maduro’s Kidnapping

    In the early morning of January 3, 2026, the US bombed Venezuela and kidnapped its president and its first lady. As of Day 1 of the war, Venezuela’s government is intact and popular mobilizations are calling for their president’s return. Trump has said that the US will run Venezuela and take its oil. Some insights … Continue reading "AER 153: Venezuela War Begins with Maduro’s Kidnapping"

    37 min

  3. 2025-12-28

    Interwar 4: The Anglo-Afghan War of 1919: Amanullah wins Independence

    Our last episode of 2025. Did you know that Amanullah’s decision to wage war for Afghanistan’s independence from the British Empire had everything to do with Amritsar and the struggle underway in India in 1919? Some details on this war that you may not have heard, including the British besieging Peshawar, displacing whole towns full … Continue reading "Interwar 4: The Anglo-Afghan War of 1919: Amanullah wins Independence"

    1h 6m

  4. 2025-11-29

    Interwar 3: India 1919: Massacre at Amritsar, Uprising in Malabar…

    Using Anita Anand’s book, The Patient Assassin, among other sources, we tell the story of India from 1919 to the 1920s, including the massacre at Amritsar, the Malabar Uprising of 1921, Bhagat Singh, Gandhi, and of course Udham Singh. Ghadar and the Indian revolutionaries. We won’t be back to India again until the 1930s, so … Continue reading "Interwar 3: India 1919: Massacre at Amritsar, Uprising in Malabar…"

    3h 28m

  5. 2025-10-15

    Interwar 2: The 1919 Strikes!

    1919 was the year of strikes in North America. How general strikes in Winnipeg and Seattle shook the North American rulers, even though both were contained.

    1h 21m

  6. 2025-10-12

    AER 152: The Third Ceasefire Begins…

    Jon Elmer joins. We discuss the beginning of the third Ceasefire in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.

    1h 7m

  7. 2025-10-11

    Interwar 1919-1931 episode 1:The Looting System

    Reading the first two chapters of Michael Hudson’s Superimperialism, we study the transformation of the world financial system after World War I. That transformation is driven by a surprising decision by the US to insist on repayment of its loans to its allies, which in turn leads the allies (UK and France) to insist on … Continue reading "Interwar 1919-1931 episode 1:The Looting System"

    53 min

  8. 2025-10-05

    Civ 1919: Treaty of Versailles 14 – Final Roundup of Critics of the Treaty – Dulles, Churchill, Hitler

    A final roundup of critics of the Treaty of Versailles, including some big names.

    1h 2m
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