The Energy of Empire 7. Japan - ’Honorary Aryans’
In the 1870s, with Japanese students studying in American universities, some US expansionists started to see Japan as a potential imperial partner, a proxy force through which they could extend greate...
16 Mar 202225min
Understanding Ukraine: From 1917 to the Present War with Russia
A lot of media figures are talking as if they’re inside the Russian President’s head. From this position they are able to both explain his motives and diagnose his psychopathology at the same time. Su...
4 Mar 20221h 11min
The Energy of Empire 6. ‘Unhung Traitors’ - The Anti Imperialist League
In this episode we’re going to look at the resistance that grew to America’s emergence as an overseas empire in the 1890s—The Anti-Imperialist League. We’ll look at where the League failed and succeed...
21 Feb 202218min
Contradictions in Left Anti-Imperialism
‘If you think Alex Jones is right then it’s an overwhelmingly good thing he warned everyone about this emerging fascism. If you think he’s wrong then he’s scare mongered people into non-compliance wit...
18 Feb 202219min
Jimmy Jokes about Genociding Gypsies
I’d like to look at why Jimmy’s gypsy joke worked. If the audience don’t find the idea of genocide gypsies any funnier than they find pedophilia, why did they laugh? TRIGGER WARNING: the contents o...
13 Feb 202211min
Killing with Kindness (Poem)
When in stories of conquest You no longer buy And the promise of security Is seen for a lie Then a different song We’ll just have to sing A siren call of compassion That sounds so warm and nurturing ...
6 Feb 20221min
Reading David Icke 2. Heal the World
Heal the World is a kind of nondual spiritual book, written in a really down to earth relatable style. I would suggest this is one of David Icke’s strengths as a writer, the ability to talk about spir...
5 Feb 202222min
The Energy of Empire 5. The Philippines - ’Nothing Left to do but Take Them All’
In this fifth instalment of the Energy of Empire series we’ll look at the US invasion of the Philippines, how the nature of the ensuing occupation changed over the following decades, and in what form ...
2 Feb 202230min
