60. Syrian Smuggling, Iraqi Special Forces, and ISIS Oil // Popular Front Podcast
[RELEASE OVER A YEAR AGO]
We speak to journalist Mike Giglio about his many years covering the war against ISIS in three different countries, and why on-the-ground field work is still so important when it comes to conflict journalism.
Superchat to get a definite answer. We're trying to raise money for new PF documentaries doing these lives.
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We talk to independent researcher Ross Dayton about a large FARC dissident group returning to war in the jungles of Colombia, putting a huge dent in the peace process.
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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". Its members are determined to give untraceable DIY firearms to the world. We spent time with the founder of the movement——a man known as JStark.
He showed us how he designs the firearms, builds them in his workshop, and even makes bootleg 9mm ammunition for them.
We also went out into the forests with JStark to witness how powerful 3D printed firearms have become, and to gauge how dangerous they could be for Europe.
JStark argues that his group is helping people living under authoritarianism fight back against their oppressors. Whilst this could be true, Deterrence Dispensed is sending their technology out into the world for free to anyone and everyone. It's totally unregulated. If it gets into the wrong hands, which it easily could do, many innocent people could die.
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Find out from the guy who runs "Militia Watch" all about US militias and their love for guns, liberty, Donald #Trump, and mismatching camouflage exercises in the forests.
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We speak to journalist Jason Wilson about the how the US neo-Nazi training camp "The Base" recently came to a dramatic end after a very strange beginning.
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[RELEASED OVER A YEAR AGO]
We speak to Xebat Abbas, a journalist, filmmaker, and NGO worker from and based in NE Syria. She's been working in the al-Hol camp that holds the so-called "ISIS brides" since the beginning. After taking a tour of the camp with her, we speak about the ongoing security situation.
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Since October 1st 2019, anti-corruption protesters in #Iraq have been fighting against their government. Sick of unemployment, stolen public funds, dire services, and foreign interference in Iraq, they come with flags, rocks, and Molotovs. They've been met with live gunfire from the secruity forces and #Iran backed militias. More than 400 of the Iraqi protesters have been shot dead since protests began.
Cameraman Luke Pierce recently spent time with the protesters in Baghdad.
Full documentary coming soon.
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We speak to independent researcher Caki about his work infiltrating the group chats of female #ISIS members currently held in the al-Hol camp in #Syria.
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