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Civ 1919: Treaty of Versailles 9 – Carving up the Ottoman Empire

Civ 1919: Treaty of Versailles 9 – Carving up the Ottoman Empire

Mustafa Kemal foils the Great Powers’ plan to carve up Anatolia, but they do tear up the Arab lands. The fate of Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt, where local elites’ belief in the Fourteen Points were crushed by the Powers as they set the table for Zionism and neocolonial mandates.

Author Justin PodurPosted on August 4, 2025Format AudioCategories Anti-Empire Project PodcastTags Interwar

Civ 1919: Treaty of Versailles 8 – Greece negotiates too well

Civ 1919: Treaty of Versailles 8 – Greece negotiates too well

The story of Greece’s negotiator Eleutherios Venizelos, and how his success at negotiating sowed the seeds of future disasters.

Author Justin PodurPosted on June 18, 2025Format AudioCategories Anti-Empire Project PodcastTags Interwar

AER 149: SIT REP JUNE 14 2025

AER 149: SIT REP JUNE 14 2025

Initial reactions to the new war (audio of the regular youtube sit rep).

Author Justin PodurPosted on June 15, 2025Format AudioCategories Anti-Empire Project Podcast, PalestineTags Anti-Empire Radio, Gaza, Iran

Civ 1919: Treaty of Versailles 7 – Japan and China

Civ 1919: Treaty of Versailles 7 – Japan and China

Japan takes a stand on the principle of racial equality, but it’s a non-starter with the white powers. The Japanese insist, and ultimately yield so they can take a piece of China.

Author Justin PodurPosted on May 24, 2025Format AudioCategories Anti-Empire Project PodcastTags Interwar

Civ 1919: Treaty of Versailles 6: Italy leaves

Civ 1919: Treaty of Versailles 6: Italy leaves

Italy joined the allies late and wanted a lot of Yugoslavia. The dress rehearsal for Mussolini, Gabriele d’Annunzio, gathers Argonauts and makes a big move. Another seed of the next war planted at the conference in Paris 1919.

Author Justin PodurPosted on May 17, 2025May 17, 2025Format AudioCategories Anti-Empire Project PodcastTags Interwar

AER 148: The myth of nonviolence

AER 148: The myth of nonviolence

Frederik Soderholm and Mehmet Ali Arslan interviewed me (Justin) for their Fredshetsarna (Swedish) podcast about nonviolence and military matters in West Asia.

Author Justin PodurPosted on May 5, 2025Format AudioCategories Anti-Empire Project PodcastTags Anti-Empire Radio

Civ 1919: Treaty of Versailles 5 – Eastern Europe

Civ 1919: Treaty of Versailles 5 – Eastern Europe

Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Hungary’s fates are decided at the conference in Paris in 1919.

Author Justin PodurPosted on May 3, 2025Format AudioCategories Anti-Empire Project PodcastTags Interwar

AER 147: Sudan Civil War, the RSF, and the UAE’s subimperialism

AER 147: Sudan Civil War, the RSF, and the UAE’s subimperialism

Hamza from Defund the UAE joins to talk about the Sudan war. How did it start? Who are the belligerents? What makes the RSF the greater evil? What is the UAE doing in this war? What can be done from the West to help? Hamza mentions Sudanfunds.com and SudanNewsEnglish on telegram, to start.

Author Justin PodurPosted on April 28, 2025Format AudioCategories Anti-Empire Project PodcastTags Anti-Empire Radio, Sudan

Civ 1919: Treaty of Versailles pt4 – Germany

Civ 1919: Treaty of Versailles pt4 – Germany

The Anglo-Americans blamed the Germans for World War I, and won. Now they would impose terms. But if they sought too high an indemnity, Germany’s economy would collapse and they would never pay. If they helped Germany rebuild, what kind of punishment would that be? In the end, the Allies chose a path that guaranteed the next war.

Author Justin PodurPosted on April 26, 2025Format AudioCategories Anti-Empire Project PodcastTags Interwar

Civ 1919: Treaty of Versailles pt3 – the Balkans

Civ 1919: Treaty of Versailles pt3 – the Balkans

The Balkans are where the Great War began; there were two Balkan wars before the Great War and there was a Balkan war in the Great War. In Paris, delegations from the region made their cases, the Great Powers made their dispensations. New countries formed and new borders drawn, which would be changed again in the next war.

Author Justin PodurPosted on April 12, 2025April 12, 2025Format AudioCategories Anti-Empire Project PodcastTags Interwar

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