Popular Front

We speak to Ivan the Troll, a spokesman for the elaborate renaissance behind 3D printed firearms. He talks to us about the "Plastikov" and exploding hands. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to researcher Jack Hazlewood about the new "National Security" laws being used by China's government to crush free speech and activism in Hong Kong. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to Alex Kokcharov, a risk analyst from Belarus. He explains what has led to the current protests in Belarus and why so many protesters have come out onto the streets to face the regime's security forces. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

Today we speak to Matthew Gault from the War College podcast (soon to be Angry Planet) about the way the US military is using eSports to try and recruit young gamers, and the backlash that has caused. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to independent researcher Meghan Bodette about how women are being kidnapped, murdered, and sex trafficked in Afrin, a Kurdish city in Syria currently occupied by Turkish backed militias. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to director of the Regional Studies Centre in Armenia Richard Giragosian about the recent border clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan. He explains how this could be a perfect storm to a serious war. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to researcher Jack Hazlewood about the so-called "National Security" law that China's CCP are using to oppress free movement and expression in Hong Kong. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

Today we speak to Robert Evans, journalist and host of the Behind the Bastard podcast. He's been on the ground almost constantly for the 60+ nights of anti-police-violence clashes in Portland, Oregon. The police have moved out and Federal agents have moved in. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to Marija Ristić, the regional director of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, to find out what's actually happening on the ground amidst the anti-government clashes in Serbia. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to researcher Séamus Malekafzali about the series of strange explosions that have happened inside Iran this month. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to analyst Ariz Kader about why Turkey has started bombing the autonomous Kurdistan region in Northern Iraq. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to researcher Nathan Ruser about how the Chinese government is violently oppressing the Uighur people of Xinjiang province. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to researcher Alex Newhouse about the armed "Boogaloo Bois" joining the Black Lives Matter / Anti-Police Violence protests and clashes across America. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to an activist who's been on the ground for the past two days amongst the violent clashes in Minneapolis in America, which kicked off after four police officers murdered an unarmed black man named George Floyd. The officers choked him to death after he paid for groceries with a bad cheque. RIP George Floyd - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

// This is a bonus episode from the Patreon, published for free here as everyone is still bored on lockdown // We speak to digital verification specialist Brenna Smith about how Hamas moves money via cryptocurrency. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to analyst Hassan Hassan about the violent re-emergence of ISIS inside Iraq and Syria. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to Aaron Zelin—one the best jihadism researchers around—about the under-reported role that Tunisian jihadists play within Al Qaeda and ISIS. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to researcher Giancarlo Fiorella about the failed US mercenary raid to overthrow Maduro in Venezuela this week. What an absolute clusterfuck. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to journalist Toby Muse about his time spent in the jungles of Colombia with the country's cocaine militias. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to journalist Joakim Medin about how the leader of Hungary just used the Coronavirus as an excuse to try and turn the country into a dictatorship. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to journalist Daniel De Simone about how a militant occult order from the UK has begun influencing far-right terrorist groups all over the world. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to artist Molly Crabapple about her time in the militant anarchist stronghold of Exarchia recently, as the new government sends in regular police raids. www.patreon.com/popularfront www.popularfront.co www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan www.instagram.com/popular.front

Coronavirus is becoming a very serious problem. For most of us we'll be fine. There's many who won't be though, so at Popular Front we're holding a raffle to raise money to help some of the most vulnerable people in these uncertain times. Listen to this PSA and let us know if you can add something worthwhile to the raffle by emailing: [email protected] > www.popularfront.co

We speak to military analyst Dr. Jonathan Schroden about the recent deal between the Taliban, the Afghan government, and the US military. www.patreon.com/popularfront www.popularfront.co www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to Sasha Ghosh-Siminoff about the current conditions for people trapped in Idlib between HTS jihadists, Turkish military, and the Assad regime. www.patreon.com/popularfront www.popularfront.co www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to Robert Evans, journalist and host of "Behind the Bastards" podcast, about the growing 2A gun control protests in America. www.patreon.com/popularfront www.popularfront.co www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan www.instagram.com/popular.front

We've decided to publish one of the Patreon bonus episodes to give non-subscribers an idea of what you could get. This is an almost entirely unedited interview with two ISIS "Brides" (see: female ISIS) from the Caribbean. I interviewed them in the al-Hol prison camp in Syria in the summer of 2019. If you want more bonus episodes, please consider subsrcribing on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/popularfront

We speak to journalist Janet Basurto about the brewing conflict between the libertarian Zapatista movement and the Mexican government. www.patreon.com/popularfront www.popularfront.co www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to writer and researcher Séamus Malekafzali about the life and death of Iran's Qasem Soleimani and the current conflict his assasination by the US has caused in Iraq. www.patreon.com/popularfront www.popularfront.co www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan www.instagram.com/popular.front

Journalist Mustafa Salim explains to us why the militiamen of Iran backed Kata'ib Hezbollah have attacked and besieged the US Embassy in Baghdad. Salim has been covering the events on the ground for the last few days. www.patreon.com/popularfront www.popularfront.co www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to Ed Calderon of Ed's Manifesto about the tactics and developments of the new drug cartels in Mexico, who're now openly acting like narco militias. www.patreon.com/popularfront www.popularfront.co www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to journalist Nilo Tabrizy about the recent clashes across Iran, that have led to more 200 people being shot dead by the regime. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to photojournalist CH Gardiner about his recent time on the ground amidst the violent clashes in Chile, where protesters are trying to topple what they see as a corrupt ruling class in the country. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

Lebanese writer and researcher Joey Ayoub talks to us about the current wave of protests happening across Lebanon, triggered by the so-called "WhatsApp Tax". - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to journalist Sally Hayden about her investigation into the Libyan refugee prison camps run by militias. The EU is turning a blind eye to the abuse that goes on there, so long as the refugees don't make it to Europe. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to journalist and filmmaker Khabat Abbas, a local born and raised in Qamishli, NE Syria (or Rojava). She refuses to leave as the Turkish invasion of Rojava gets ever more brutal. Khabat takes us through the last week and a half, explaining what she's seen on the ground as Turkey and its mercenaries try to destroy what the Kurds have built in NE Syria. - www.twitter.com/khabat_abas - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to researcher Christopher Schwartz about a recent political gun battle in Kyrgyzstan and why it could cause serious tension for the future of the country... - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

This week we talk to researcher Tom Lord about Conspiracy of Cells Fire, one of the most violent and militant anarchist groups currently still operating in Greece. This is a group you've maybe never heard of, but one that's increasingly dangerous. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.youtube.com/popularfront - www.instagram.com/popular.front - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan

We speak to activist Raki Ap about the current uprising in West Papua, a deeply under-reported but brutal conflict that's been going on for decades inside Indonesia. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.youtube.com/popularfront - www.instagram.com/popular.front - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan

We speak to Rachel Yeo, a local journalist with an independent paper in Hong Kong. She gives us an update from the ground, telling us how the violence is rapidly escalating and how the protests have taken a revolutionary turn. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to investigative journalist Christiaan Triebert about open source investigation and how he's managed to discover where war crimes happened using tools available to everyone. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

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. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to researcher and author Frederic Wehrey as he returns from the frontlines of the recent conflict in Libya, between General Haftar's forces and GNA militias. He explains what's going on, why it's happening, and what the war looks like on the front. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

This week we speak to writer and researcher Séamus Malekafzali about the threats posed by an ISIS cell operating inside Iran. He explains how if the US goes to war with Iran, ISIS will likely thrive. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

This week we speak to journalist Jacob Siegel about America's new culture war, where deepening political division is leading to escalating violence and hatred. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front

We speak to Laurel Chor, a journalist on the ground in the midst of the protests currently sweeping across Hong Kong. She explains why an estimated 2 million people marched recently against the new extradition bill. - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front