The Intervention
Analyzing the history of American and British Imperialism (we don't like it), current events, politics, and more. Hosted by Nick, Steve, and Levi
Produced by: @pcfproduction
Music by: @plasmidband
Episodes
134 episodes
The Rings of Power - Season 2 - Episodes 1-3 (Rebroadcast from Left of the Projector Podcast)
Yes, we have T.V. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, season 2 is here and so are we. I'm back with Nick, from The Intervention podcast for some LOTR content. We reflect on our impressions of the first season and discuss charact...
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Clerks (Rebroadcast from Left of the Projector Podcast)
I'm not even supposed to be here today. 37. In a row?? What else is there to say. Kevin Smith's first film. We discuss how incredible it was to have been made, the politics of Gen X, gum commericials and so much more.
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Independence Day: ID4 (Rebroadcast from Left of the Projector Podcast)
Today, we celebrate our Independence Day! Well, maybe not, but you can hear us talk about how it's not possible to get from NYC to D.C. in 4 hours during a global apocalypse. Welcome to earth!
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Slop for the Trough 5 (Dollar Footlong)
Just some more slop for the trough as we get back into gear with the real stuff. It's coming, we promise. Free Palestine!Resources:Answer Coalition
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Episode 92
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Back in the Saddle (?) and Beating a Dead Horse
Nick and Steve get together for some drinks and have some fun comparing the political situations of the US and the UK. Nothing earthshattering here, folks, but good to be back, even if only for a moment.Resources:
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Episode 91
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Nationalism and the Error of Patriotic Socialism (Rebroadcast from Upstream)
The United States is the world’s leading purveyor of immiseration, destruction, death, and instability—as the swamp that sustains our current world order of monopoly capitalism and imperialism, the United States is still, and has been for a cen...
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Some Revolutionary Roots of the Queer Liberation Movement w/ Destiny Clarke of Closeted History
We join Destiny of Closeted History to begin what we anticipate being the first in many collaborations exploring the intersection of the LGBTQ+ movement with other revolutionary struggles. Th...
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Episode 90
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Slop for the Trough 6: German Chocolate Slop
Getting sloppy again going over the basic contours of the European left in anticipation of Levi's move to the German fatherland. We also break some fresh ground talking about Biden's infirm grasp on reality and Trump's racial insensitivity...th...
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Episode 89
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Stories of Struggle in Palestine w/ Karim and Ahmed (Rebroadcast from Pittsburgh Liberation Radio)
Hey all, no Intervention standalone this week, but enjoy Nick's conversation with two local Palestinian-American activists on Pittsburgh Liberation Radio.Palestinian-Americans Karim and Ahmed return to the show to tell stories of strugg...
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Palestine, Zionism, and Empire, Pt. 11: The Fourth Arab-Israeli War or The Rise of Likud
The episode details the events of the Fourth Arab-Israeli War of 1973 (also known as the Yom Kippur War, the Ramadan War, and the October War) and the aftermath in Israels domestic affairs. The sizable amount of Israeli blood spilled provided a...
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Episode 88
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Imperialism, Popular Resistance and Self-Determination (Rebroadcast from PGH Liberation Radio)
Nick and Comrade Ty have a discussion on imperialism, popular resistance and self-determination in our contemporary context. We discuss how to apply and update foundational theory to concrete conditions in 2024, with the genocide in Gaza and th...
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Slop for the Trough 5: Truth and Slop
Another heaping helping of slop for Mr Pig's piglets. On this one we "cherry-pick evidence — some factual, some highly distorted — to push misleading narratives" - according to the Washington Post. We talk bloodthirsty Dems
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Episode 87
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The IRA, Pt. 1: By Way of Introduction
We've been teasing this one for quite some time and, after long last, it's here. Steve leads an initial discussion on where we're in our knowledge and preconceptions of the Irish Republican Army and the broad history of Ireland. <...
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Episode 86
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The Palestinian Cause is the Cause for Humanity w/ Karim and Ahmed (Rebroadcast from Pittsburgh Liberation Radio)
Notes this is a rebroadcast from the Pittsburgh PSL podcast: Pittsburgh Liberation RadioIn this episode, Nick sits down with local Palestinian-American activists Karim and Ahmed for...
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The Intervention Reads: V. I. Lenin's Draft Theses on National and Colonial Questions for the Second Congress of the Communist International w/ Mike of Turn Leftist
As promised in the previous episode, we discuss V. I. Lenin's Draft Theses on National and Colonial Questions for the Second Congress of the Communist Int...
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Episode 85
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1:38:24
A Reading of V. I. Lenin's Draft Theses on National and Colonial Questions for the Second Congress of the Communist International
This is an experiment of sorts. Before jumping into the seminar style discussion we've done in the past, we've chosen to do a straight reading of V. I. Lenin's Draft ...
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Episode 84
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Palestine, Zionism, and Empire, Pt. 10: Black Septembers
In this episode begins with the War of Attrition beginning 1967 through the fallout of the 1972 attack by the Black September Group on the Munich Olympics.Pan-Arabism transitioned to more localized struggles in which the Soviet Union an...
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Episode 83
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1:18:52
Palestine, Zionism, and Empire Gaiden: Exodus (1960) and American Jewry w/ Left of the Projector & Labor Jawn
We're back with Evan of Left of the Projector for the third (maybe second?) entry in the History in Film series. This time it's 1960's Zionist epic, Exodus. Based on
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Episode 82
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1:47:16
Slop for the Trough 4: A Sloppy New Year
A year in review, U.S. Steel brings good news to their shareholders, the pillaging of the Congo, Steve's Reich-wing roundup, and a spark of hope in the smoldering left in the State of Israel.Articles:
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Episode 81
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1:07:10
Palestine, Zionism, and Empire Interview: Dan Kovalik Debriefs from the West Bank
Al Jazeera launched a “Know their Names' ' project on December 12th to bring attention to the over 275 P...
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Episode 80
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The Intervention Reads: Marx's The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte: Chapter 2-7 w/ Mike of Turn Leftist
After two months that have felt like two decades, Mike rejoins us to polish off The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte. In
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Episode 79
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1:37:52
Palestine, Zionism, and Empire Article Series: Judeo-Nazis and "Liberal" Tears
We take a minute to work through two articles in depth which speak to structural rot at the basis of the Israeli liberal establishment. The first by Jonathan Ofir argues the depravity at the basis of the genocide of Palestinians is proof of a s...
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Episode 78
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Palestine, Zionism, and Empire Article Series: 9/11, Iraq, Palestine, and American Propaganda w/ Joe Mayall of JoeWrote
Joe Mayall finally returns to talk about the parallels between the American propaganda efforts leading into the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the current massive propaganda push to support Israel's erasure of Palestine. Pulling from Joe's article (...
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Episode 77
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1:31:34
Citizen Kane (Rebroadcast from Left of the Projector Podcast)
Levi joined Evan and public historian Justin Clark to help host the latest series on Left of the Projector: History in Film. For the first installment (or maybe the second if you count our own episode on
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Palestine, Zionism, and Empire, Pt. 9: An-Naksah
This episode covers a turbulent time period of just under a year between April 1967 and March 1968 when the Third Arab-Israeli War shattered the relationships of Israel to the world and the Palestinian Liberation struggle among its Arab neighbo...
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Episode 76
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