Eyes Left Podcast

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EYES LEFT is a socialist, anti-war military podcast hosted by veterans.

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Eyes Left Podcast episodes:

04.10.2024
The Class Composition of the US Military: A Socialist View w/ Prof. Jodi Dean
A "mercenary Army of the poor"? Right-wing think tanks, as well as some on the left, have sought to disprove that framework. Professor Jodi Dean joins the show to critique the most recent study which portrays the rank-and-file military as...
02.02.2024
A Guide to Getting Out of the US Military (Now) w/ the GI Rights Hotline
It's much easier than the Pentagon wants you to think. Whether you're in the military or know someone who is, this is the definitive guide to walking away. And as Biden's support for genocide spins out into new US wars...
01.04.2024
Operation Profit Guardian: The War Danger Grows feat. Rania Khalek
Major developments with Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, Syria and Iran increase the potential for new wars for the US as it facilitates Israel's genocide in Gaza. All the urgent updates, plus a deeper look at the forces involved, with journalist Rania...
10.28.2023
Refuse to Fight for Israel's Genocide in Gaza
Biden plays with fire sponsoring the Gaza genocide, as US troops get hit with blowback, reinforcements rush to the Middle East, and the Pentagon escalates by bombing Iranian forces. Iran, Hezbollah, and other armed groups have a red line; how...
09.25.2023
Turncoats: The American POWs Who Joined Their Captors [Radical Military History]
Dozens of American soldiers captured during intense fighting in the Korean War came to understand the true reason for the US invasion, and sympathized with their so-called enemies. 24 chose to stay with their captors rather than participate in the...
08.31.2023
The Vultures Circling Camp Lejeune Victims
After decades of fighting, victims of the Marine Corps mass poisoning at Camp Lejeune will finally get settlements–so an array of billionaires, hedge funds, and their far-right attorneys have wormed into the leadership of the case, attempting to loot the...
06.12.2023
WAKE UPS #2 - Throwing Away the Green Beret w/ SSG Evan Brown
The story of how a Special Forces soldier quit his legendary unit to join the anti-racist mass movement in the streets. EYES LEFT is a project of The Empire Files, a 501(c)(3) media non-profit—support our work with a tax-deductible donation...
05.08.2023
EXCLUSIVE: New DeSantis Torture Victim Speaks
Six months after EYES LEFT broke the Ron DeSantis GITMO torture story (which has now become a national scandal for the presidential hopeful) we have exclusive new eyewitness corroboration of his participation in human rights abuses. Story by Mike Prysner. ...
01.20.2023
Wake Ups #1 - PO3 Erica Gordon & The Hidden War
In this first installment of our “Wake Ups” series, former Navy Petty Officer Erica Gordon shares her journey from a homeless shelter, to a hidden war, to creative forms of resistance while still in uniform. EYES LEFT is a project of...
12.23.2022
Good Morning, Global Empire - 12/22
In this debut episode of our new monthly segment, Mike Prysner and SFC (Ret.) Jeff Sauter cover a range of stories that deal with the economic hardships facing active-duty troops and potential recruits—contrasted with a behemoth new Pentagon budget that...
11.18.2022
Ron DeSantis's Military Secrets: Torture & War Crimes
A journey into Ron DeSantis's shadowy military career reveals shocking new details about his complicity in illegal torture. Featuring exclusive never-before-heard testimony from former Guantanamo prisoner Mansoor Adayfi about DeSantis's actions at the prison camp. Support this show at https://www.patreon.com/EyesLeft Eyes Left...
11.11.2022
Eyes Left is back
After a long absence, let's talk about where the show went and where it is going.
12.22.2020
Prisoner of Conscience: The Kevin Benderman Story
Interview with Sergeant Kevin Benderman, sentenced to 15 months in military prison for refusing to return to Iraq on moral grounds.
12.09.2020
The VA Covid Prison + The Reign Of Terror
The harrowing story of a VA long-term care facility where veterans watched friends die of Covid, then sentenced to a solitary-confinement lockdown. Special guest Spencer Ackerman joins to discuss this story, his new book Reign Of Terror, and more.
11.01.2020
Looking Inward, Going Forward
Spenser and Mike discuss the BLM upsurge, the role of the National Guard in suppression, and looking inward to find new paths. PLUS: Radical Military History - The story of the 'Fort Hood 43'
07.05.2020
How the West Point Mafia Runs Washington
Retired Major Danny Sjursen joins Eyes Left for part II of his interview, explaining his research uncovering the West Point Class of 1986 and the powerful positions it's alumni control in the Trump Administration.
06.11.2020
Army Major to the Anti-War Movement
Spenser and Mike interview Army Major Danny Sjursen about his journey from West Point officer in Iraq and Afghanistan to an anti-war author, commentator and activist. Sjursen is host of 'Fortress On A Hill' podcast and author of several books. Find...
05.27.2020
PANDEMIC VISION
Spenser & Mike get deep in pandemic brain with philosophy and updates on COVID warfare at home & abroad. Show notes: - Join upcoming May 30 national actions to Cancel The Rents @ www.canceltherents.org/ - Get the new album 'Rend Wake' by our...
04.10.2020
After Bernie
Spenser and Mike discuss Bernie leaving the presidential race: why & what's next for the movement
03.18.2020
Solidarity In The Time Of COVID-19
Spenser & Mike discuss the science of COVID-19, the political implications of the pandemic, and the need to come together as a community (just, not in person please!)
03.03.2020
Super Tuesday with Bernie Campaign Political Director
On the eve of Super Tuesday, Spenser and Mike are joined by Miguel Medrano, Iraq war veteran and Southeast Political Director for the Bernie campaign.
01.08.2020
No Rich Man's War On Iran! Featuring Rory Fanning
As the the potential for major US war in the Middle East looms greater than the days before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Spenser Rapone and Mike Prysner are joined by former Army Ranger, Afghanistan veteran and war resister Rory...
12.16.2019
The Afghanistan Papers
Spenser and Mike discuss the bombshell Afghanistan Papers, proving the depth to which the US government has been lying to keep us in the senseless war.
11.01.2019
A Highway of Death, From Sykes-Picot to Al-Baghdadi
Your Halloween treat, on the killing of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi, the Army's new recruitment strategy, and more video games. PLUS Radical Military History on lost stories from the Gulf War
09.06.2019
Catching Up on Epstein, Space and Drugs
Spenser and Mike catch up after a month-long break to talk about Gaza, what the Epstein case reveals about the ruling class, Trump’s very large purchase of Ketamine for veterans, communist sci-fi and more.
07.21.2019
Trump's VA: Brain Zapping & Gyroscopes - Interview w/ Veterans' Affairs Investigator
Trump's appointed a "beer mogul" to revamp PTSD treatment... and he's into some really weird pseudoscience. Eyes Left interviews investigative journalist Jasper Craven—who investigates the Dept. of Veterans' Affairs for the New York Times, The Intercept and more—about this impact...
07.19.2019
Bernie is the only one
Spenser and Mike discuss the Democratic Party Primary candidates, Bernie Sanders, and Trump's war criminal pardons; PLUS: Afghanistan War Update & Radical Military History
06.05.2019
War On Iran / War On Trans Troops
Trump ramps up wars on two fronts: his Christian extremist war on Trans people, and his Blood For Oil war on Iran. Spenser and Mike discuss why we must oppose both. FOLLOW: @EyesLeftPod SUPPORT: Patreon.com/EyesLeft
03.30.2019
War On Iraq: 16 Years & Counting
Spenser and Mike mark the 16th anniversary of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq
03.23.2019
Demystifying Contemporary Fascism in the Wake of Christchurch
With another white nationalist terror attack taking the lives of at least 50 Muslims, Spenser and Mike explore the many expressions of neo-Naziism today: from 4chan, to Ben Shapiro, MAGA-ism and the US military itself.
02.01.2019
Venezuela: Refuse to Fight Another Oil War
John Bolton sent 5,000 of us to die for oil in Iraq. Elliott Abrams oversaw genocide in Guatemala. Now they've teamed with Trump to launch another oil war in Venezuela. Spenser Rapone and Mike Prysner tell you why it's your...
01.17.2019
Major Tulsi Gabbard, Reporting For Duty!
Spenser Rapone and Mike Prysner discuss the Army Captain who waved a Trump flag in uniform, the sociopath Marine General Jim Mattis, and Army Major Tulsi Gabbard entering the 2020 race
12.08.2018
Army Recruiters Infiltrate Gaming
Nowhere is safe from the US Army; not even your video games. Learn about how Twitch has joined the Military Industrial Complex—putting recruiters in your headsets—among other new tactics to recruit gamers. ALSO: Sadistic SEALs murdering civilians, and fellow soldiers, for...
11.06.2018
"Faithful Patriot" Border Deployment: What It Means, How We Got Here
As Trump send upwards of 15,000 US troops to three states, Spenser Rapone and Mike Prysner discuss what's behind the deployment, it's relation to a rising right-wing movement, your rights if you're ordered to the border, the truth about the...
10.16.2018
Bush's Real Legacy "Serving Veterans"
George W. Bush will soon be presented with an award for his "commitment to veterans" despite unprecedented neglect and cuts under his administration. We explore his true legacy and how he is responsible for the crises veterans face today, as...
09.28.2018
Andy Stapp and the American Servicemen's Union
In a special full episode of Radical Military History we explore the life and legacy of Private Andy Stapp, honoring the fourth anniversary of his death. Stapp joined the Army during the Vietnam War not to fight, but to organize...
09.19.2018
Afghanistan War Update: Defeated Generals Boast of Success
How much are the Pentagon Generals lying about the war in Afghanistan? Much more than you thought. With new US casualties to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, as well as record fatalities for Afghan Army and civilians, Eyes...
09.01.2018
"You'd Better Stay At Home" - The Clifton Hicks Story
War crimes. Freakouts. Drugs. Rebellion. A narrative of the Iraq war buried by the media and politicians, told through the incredible oral history of Clifton Hicks--a tank crewman in Iraq who refused to go back, won a Conscientious Objector fight,...
08.15.2018
New ‘Defense’ Budget is a Class War Budget | The VA’s ‘Shadow Rulers’
In this episode: In Brief: Spenser Rapone and Mike Prysner analyze the curious incident of a US Marine receiving a Purple Heart for combat wounds in an “undisclosed location.” (Begins at 02:52) The Class War Budget: A breakdown Trump’s bi-partisan “defense” budget:...
08.04.2018
GOP Hypocrites Join Taliban | Racist New Army Policy
In this episode: Afghanistan War Update: Major announcement that the Trump Administration will enter into direct talks with the Taliban, what it exposes about the endless war, and the latest US and Afghan deaths Army News: Racist new policy of discharging immigrant...
07.30.2018
Debut Episode w/ Spenser Rapone & Mike Prysner
In this debut episode of Eyes Left, hosts Spenser Rapone and Mike Prysner discuss the vision and goal of the podcast, how their experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan led them to become socialists, and why US troops should resist U.S....

What's Eyes Left Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Eyes Left Podcast episodes:

The Class Composition of the US Military: A Socialist View w/ Prof. Jodi Dean

A Guide to Getting Out of the US Military (Now) w/ the GI Rights Hotline

Operation Profit Guardian: The War Danger Grows feat. Rania Khalek

Refuse to Fight for Israel's Genocide in Gaza

Turncoats: The American POWs Who Joined Their Captors [Radical Military History]

The Vultures Circling Camp Lejeune Victims

WAKE UPS #2 - Throwing Away the Green Beret w/ SSG Evan Brown

EXCLUSIVE: New DeSantis Torture Victim Speaks

Wake Ups #1 - PO3 Erica Gordon & The Hidden War

Good Morning, Global Empire - 12/22

Ron DeSantis's Military Secrets: Torture & War Crimes

Eyes Left is back

Prisoner of Conscience: The Kevin Benderman Story

The VA Covid Prison + The Reign Of Terror

Looking Inward, Going Forward

How the West Point Mafia Runs Washington

Army Major to the Anti-War Movement

PANDEMIC VISION

After Bernie

Solidarity In The Time Of COVID-19

Super Tuesday with Bernie Campaign Political Director

No Rich Man's War On Iran! Featuring Rory Fanning

The Afghanistan Papers

A Highway of Death, From Sykes-Picot to Al-Baghdadi

Catching Up on Epstein, Space and Drugs

Trump's VA: Brain Zapping & Gyroscopes - Interview w/ Veterans' Affairs Investigator

Bernie is the only one

War On Iran / War On Trans Troops

War On Iraq: 16 Years & Counting

Demystifying Contemporary Fascism in the Wake of Christchurch

Venezuela: Refuse to Fight Another Oil War

Major Tulsi Gabbard, Reporting For Duty!

Army Recruiters Infiltrate Gaming

"Faithful Patriot" Border Deployment: What It Means, How We Got Here

Bush's Real Legacy "Serving Veterans"

Andy Stapp and the American Servicemen's Union

Afghanistan War Update: Defeated Generals Boast of Success

"You'd Better Stay At Home" - The Clifton Hicks Story

New ‘Defense’ Budget is a Class War Budget | The VA’s ‘Shadow Rulers’

GOP Hypocrites Join Taliban | Racist New Army Policy

Debut Episode w/ Spenser Rapone & Mike Prysner