<![CDATA[Radio Free Empire Media: Colonial Outcasts]]>https://www.rfemedia.com/s/colonial-outcastshttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-I-H!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F70ada796-e394-4cb4-9e16-8eea1450c023_1280x1280.pngRadio Free Empire Media: Colonial Outcastshttps://www.rfemedia.com/s/colonial-outcastsSubstackWed, 02 Sep 2026 11:26:24 GMT<![CDATA[199. THE US IS RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS: Iran, Ukraine, Venezuela & the Crisis of American Power]]>https://www.rfemedia.com/p/199-the-us-is-running-out-of-optionshttps://www.rfemedia.com/p/199-the-us-is-running-out-of-optionsMon, 31 Aug 2026 19:34:27 GMTA bombshell leak to the Washington post on Sunday, August 31st, demonstrated that US General Officers in the Pentagon are vying for increasingly finite assets and matériel across Combatant Commands, limiting the military viability of interventions in Iran, Ukraine, and Latin America.

This episode examines how and why that is. Here is our general outline:

Part 1: Russia–Ukraine

  • Why did the CIA Director urgently fly to Russia?

  • The US trying to freeze the Ukraine conflict

  • NATO’s fragility

  • Can the US rebuild its industrial base?

Part 2: Iran, Sanctions & Economic Warfare

  • The limits of military force

  • The new sanctions / economic isolation

  • Iran’s capacity to withstand the war

  • Iran’s international partners

Part 3: Venezuela & Latin America

  • Securing Latin America

  • The Venezuela deal

  • Long-term objectives

  • China & multipolarity in the Americas

Final synthesis:

● The three sections ultimately connect:

○ Ukraine: limits of US/NATO military power.

○ Iran: limits of US military and financial coercion.

○ Venezuela: attempt to compensate by consolidating influence closer to home.

● Central question: Is the US adapting to a declining relative position—or attempting to reverse it through increasingly aggressive economic, military and political coercion?

SOURCE LIST:

https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/6060440-pentagon-trump-administration-response-iran-war-dissent-leak-washington-post/

https://www.tbsnews.net/worldbiz/middle-east/iran-invited-join-saudi-turkey-pakistan-mutual-defence-pact-1524246

https://www.cfr.org/articles/the-iran-war-at-six-months-a-region-and-its-relationship-with-the-u-s-transformed

https://www.cfr.org/reports/out-of-ammo-a-two-year-sprint-to-rebuild-the-american-arsenal-and-deter-china

https://www.cfr.org/articles/cfr-report-takeaways-how-to-reshape-u-s-defense-production-to-counter-china

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-28/europe-skeptical-cia-moscow-trip-was-to-warn-off-baltic-attack

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy4ypzvd7po

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/ukraine-needs-changes-avoid-losing-war-ousted-defence-minister-says-2026-08-25/

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraine-cannot-defeat-putins-ballistic-blitz-by-defensive-measures-alone/

https://www.csis.org/analysis/chinas-new-rare-earth-and-magnet-restrictions-threaten-us-defense-supply-chains

https://fortune.com/2026/08/26/bessent-iran-sanctions-china-carveout/

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/business/g20-finance-iran-bessent.html?eafs_enabled=false

]]><![CDATA[198. Western "Leftism" panders to Empire as West Asia unites against it w/ Laith Marouf ]]>https://www.rfemedia.com/p/198-western-leftism-panders-to-empirehttps://www.rfemedia.com/p/198-western-leftism-panders-to-empireSun, 30 Aug 2026 19:05:57 GMTJournalist Laith Marouf unveils the reality on the ground in defiance of the Western media's obfuscation.

In the wake of an open letter from Western "Revolutionaries" parroting CIA and imperial talking points with the cloaked aim of delegitimizing Iran's resistance against an unceasing U.S. and Israeli global aggression, West Asia is proving its resilience through its ability to withstand desperate attempts to divide and conquer populations in Lebanon, Syria and Iran along sectarian, national or religious lines.

Laith speaks on the current status within Lebanon, Syria and the shifting dynamics of power that Iran has managed to assert. These new material changes has exposed western failures in its goals for division and the growing momentum of revolutionary unity manifesting in Lebanon, Syria and West Asia as a whole.

Laith Marouf is a long-time political activist, award-winning journalist, and political commentator working in media since 1999. He is also the founder of Free Palestine TV and regularly appears on television and radio, including Press TV, RT, and Al Mayadeen and has published with independent media such as Electronic Intifada, Mint Press, Black Agenda Report and more.

]]><![CDATA[197. US Imperialism Bad, Iran Regime Also Bad: An Open Letter From The “Left” ]]>https://www.rfemedia.com/p/us-imperialism-bad-iran-regime-alsohttps://www.rfemedia.com/p/us-imperialism-bad-iran-regime-alsoTue, 25 Aug 2026 22:18:16 GMTDr. Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, himself a former political prisoner, models what a letter of solidarity written to Iranian political prisoners might look like: https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/47613/An-Alternative-Open-Letter-to-Iran%E2%80%99s-Political-Prisoners

I'd say subscribe to https://www.rfemedia.com/ for the full episode but we forgot to get to Dr. Ghamari-Tabrizi's solidarity letter until the very end. So enjoy the full episode for free!

Our argument is not a new one: that western intellectuals who purport to be anti-imperialist often do the work of imperialism by bothsidesing human rights abuses and war crimes, thereby manufacturing consent or at least fostering an information atmosphere of moral confusion so people find it challenging to pick a side. This directly aids and abets both Imperialism and the War State. Enjoy!

]]><![CDATA[196. Survival and Solidarity Among Sumud Flotilla Hostages w/ Mea Marie (Part 1)]]>https://www.rfemedia.com/p/survival-and-solidarity-among-sumudhttps://www.rfemedia.com/p/survival-and-solidarity-among-sumudWed, 19 Aug 2026 19:22:05 GMTRecorded 2 months ago. Mea Marie is a humanitarian, activist and independent journalist who sailed as a volunteer on the last Sumud Flotilla bringing aid to Gaza, whose inhumane treatment only scratches the surface of the everyday reality for Palestinians living under occupation.

She describes in detail the physical torture, psychological abuse, sadism a…

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]]><![CDATA[195. Elite Anxiety: Frustrated in Iran and Asia, Militarism Expands Across the Americas w/ Greg Stoker]]>https://www.rfemedia.com/p/elite-anxiety-frustrated-in-iranhttps://www.rfemedia.com/p/elite-anxiety-frustrated-in-iranMon, 17 Aug 2026 22:32:24 GMTIt is Monday and it is just me and you on this livestream! Just us, unpacking the insanity of the weekend and today it’s all about how Trump, thwarted in Iran and East Asia, ramps up Militarism in the Americas. I know this was supposed to be a Cuba episode but Elina and I have decided to turn it into a series so we need another week. Since I’ll be going over all the things north com and south com are doing next week, we are going to focus on the Homefront a little more today, because everything we are doing overseas we are doing here like clock work and its worth getting into. Things are just getting cartoonishly corrupt and blatant. Thanks for swinging by!

]]><![CDATA[194. Averting Apocalypse: Taking on Climate Collapse in a Hopeful Way w/ Michael Mezzatesta ]]>https://www.rfemedia.com/p/194-averting-apocalypse-taking-onhttps://www.rfemedia.com/p/194-averting-apocalypse-taking-onThu, 13 Aug 2026 18:49:34 GMTThe horrifying research I did for this episode might turn me into an environmental activist from a geopolitical position - things are going to get wild. States will collapse, wars will happen. Gone will be the days of carrier strike groups or even drones as global supply chains break down and all the evangelicals will be euphoric seeing that the end is nigh. There are going to crisis cults popping up everywhere - UFO cults, AI machine god cults - 4 billion people could die in the 25-30 years, and the bottomline is that we here at RFEmedia will still be transmitting this podcast and our Thursday livestream, if we live, from the Great Lakes region of the continental United States.

Today we are joined by friend of the show, Michael Mezzatesta, a storyteller working at the intersection of economics, climate, and culture. His work reaches tens of millions of viewers each month and is recognized for making complex economic and climate issues accessible to a mainstream audience. He has an economics degree from Standoff university and champions a post-capitalist world. He is the host of the Better Future Podcast, the links for which are in the description. Cheers y’all!

https://betterfuturemedia.substack.com/podcast

]]><![CDATA[193. Harris Endorses El Sayed: Navigating the Nightmare of the Midterms w/ Megan Thuy]]>https://www.rfemedia.com/p/193-harris-endorses-el-sayed-navigatinghttps://www.rfemedia.com/p/193-harris-endorses-el-sayed-navigatingMon, 10 Aug 2026 22:25:35 GMTThank you , , , and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.

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]]><![CDATA[192. Out of Ideas, Pentagon Crowd-Sources Iran War Planning to Troops: Live Q&A w/ Greg Stoker]]>https://www.rfemedia.com/p/192-out-of-ideas-pentagon-crowd-sourceshttps://www.rfemedia.com/p/192-out-of-ideas-pentagon-crowd-sourcesMon, 03 Aug 2026 22:34:19 GMTThank you , , , , , and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.

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]]><![CDATA[191. The "Cockroach" Janta Party Protests in India - Join the Swarm!]]>https://www.rfemedia.com/p/india-protestshttps://www.rfemedia.com/p/india-protestsThu, 30 Jul 2026 19:00:52 GMTHello and welcome to or welcome back to Colonial Outcasts, the anti-imperialist podcast that your Indian uncle who loves watching police Lathi charges into student protesters, and who actually believes that Prime Minister Narendra Modi got black money out of Indian politics, would absolutely HATE.

What’s a Lathi charge? What is Black Money? Well, we are going to talk all about it because today we are finally covering the “Cockroach” Janta Party student protests in India, which will likely have geopolitical ramifications in the next few years.

We are joined by journalists Shaniyat Turani and Nilofar Absar to discuss these important developments. You can follow them here:

https://www.instagram.com/_shaniyat/

https://www.instagram.com/nilo_flaneur/

]]><![CDATA[190. Why Are Tech Billionaires Moving to Argentina? w/ Marianela Pereyra ]]>https://www.rfemedia.com/p/190-why-are-tech-billionaires-movinghttps://www.rfemedia.com/p/190-why-are-tech-billionaires-movingTue, 28 Jul 2026 19:00:13 GMTYou can subscribe for $5 a month for the last 30min of this episode and even more content!

We start today’s episode with some negligible Argentine world cup controversy, then move onto its idiotically colorful anarcho-capitalist president, Javier Milei and his notorious allegiances to both the state of Israel and trans-national tech billionaires like Pet…

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]]><![CDATA[188. War and Women, Life, Freedom: Interpreting Iran in the Media w/ Sarah In Tehran]]>https://www.rfemedia.com/p/188-war-and-women-life-freedom-interpretinghttps://www.rfemedia.com/p/188-war-and-women-life-freedom-interpretingThu, 23 Jul 2026 17:11:06 GMTWe do not trade in binaries around here. It is time that we speak to someone who actually lives there and understands the Western Media Apparatus. To that end we are joined by Sarah In Tehran, a media studies graduate who works in documentary film, to discuss rabid zionist monarchists and the media bias they promote, what the conversations in Iran are, and what actually happened with the Women, Life, Freedom movement in 2022. The amount of imperial propaganda being pumped into Iran by outlets like Iran International is truly prodigious and clearly resembles the Radio Free cold war model. You can follow Sarah here:

https://www.instagram.com/sarasg2026/

saraintehran.substack.com

]]><![CDATA[187. Elite Panic: New Political Terrorism Watchlist Drops, Are You On It? ]]>https://www.rfemedia.com/p/187-elite-panic-new-political-terrorismhttps://www.rfemedia.com/p/187-elite-panic-new-political-terrorismWed, 22 Jul 2026 18:45:54 GMT

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It is Wednesday and we’ve got a heck of a show here for ya! Something just happened exactly like we said it would last November when the State Department designated “Antifa-linked groups” in Europe as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. We said it would come back home and be used …

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]]><![CDATA[Operation Eternal Darkness: Militarism and AI Targeting in a Post-Accountability World]]>https://www.rfemedia.com/p/operation-eternal-darkness-militarismhttps://www.rfemedia.com/p/operation-eternal-darkness-militarismThu, 16 Jul 2026 19:15:16 GMTHello and Welcome to colonial outcasts the anti-imperialist podcast that examines systems of coercion, violence, and exploitation and not vibes. We are sick of everyone doing vibes based-analyses like Kamala Harris’s potential 2028 presidential campaign team who thinks that she just needs to get in with Mamdani and all the top-cop blood on her hands wil…

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]]><![CDATA[185. Get the Flock Out w/ Jessica Burbank ]]>https://www.rfemedia.com/p/185-get-the-flock-out-w-jessica-burbankhttps://www.rfemedia.com/p/185-get-the-flock-out-w-jessica-burbankWed, 15 Jul 2026 19:01:09 GMTEveryone hates the expansion of the National Security State, and if you want to hate it more and learn what is to be done subscribe to us at https://www.rfemedia.com/ for exclusive content and a more in-depth episode.

Hello and welcome to colonial outcasts, the anti-imperialist podcast that your uncle who says “If you have nothing to hide, you’ve got no…

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]]><![CDATA[184. The Death of Lindsey Graham- There is No Red or Blue, Only Imperial Purple]]>https://www.rfemedia.com/p/184-the-death-of-lindsey-graham-therehttps://www.rfemedia.com/p/184-the-death-of-lindsey-graham-thereTue, 14 Jul 2026 05:24:15 GMTWhen things get desperate enough for the Working Class, Democrats are allowed to pass social welfare programs as a counter revolutionary pressure release valve like the proposed one-time billionaire wealth tax in California. It is the reformist illusion of progress while eventually, as the national security state solidifies itself and hunter killer AI packages have work their way into the drones of your local police department, there will be no more social programs. Social Security will expire, most homes, agricultural lands, natural resources will be monopolized by private equity which donates equally to both parties, and there will never, ever be universal basic income. But hey, at least you voted for the “lesser of two evils” and you can blame those independent swine for not voting “blue no matter who” and destroying your future. But the horrifying truth is that there is no red or blue - only imperial purple and you, peasant, do not wear the purple - only the caesars, our modern day billionaires and captains of industry.

So we are going to talk about this most recent round of ICE killings, the revamped war with Iran, Lindsey Graham as a locus for examining how red and blue loves each other, the Imperial Boomerang theory for you newcomers, and the origin of policing as a counter insurgency force. There is no daylight between the for profit police state, and the for profit war state. And as always, we talk about what is to be done!

#imperialboomerang #breakingnews #lindseygraham #dnc

]]><![CDATA[183. Graham Platner: How We Refuse to Learn Simple Lessons ]]>https://www.rfemedia.com/p/183-graham-platner-how-we-refusehttps://www.rfemedia.com/p/183-graham-platner-how-we-refuseWed, 08 Jul 2026 23:37:39 GMTImperialism is a primary contradiction, so let’s talk about it because no one is addressing the veteran angle in a critical way . Platner's defenders have been using his self-celebrated service record and the combat PTSD excuse in order to explain away bad behavior, alcohol abuse, and a failure to come to terms with the true cost of the Global War on Terror. I think if some of us were more politically disciplined a bunch of people would not have been side-swiped by this recent credible allegations.

It’s just me today for this episode, everyone else is on summer break so I’m stuck having to talk about Platner, about what military service truly means in all its violence and why I currently do not trust a single veteran in office or a single one who is running, and why placing your faith in singular movement leaders to usher in the revolution and turn the electoral college and this whole franchise around is never going to cut it. We might talk about Cesar Chavez, since it’s somewhat apropos.

]]><![CDATA[182. Patriot Front Marches on DC: This is the Price of Tolerance w/ Zue Jernstedt ]]>https://www.rfemedia.com/p/182-patriot-front-marches-on-dc-thishttps://www.rfemedia.com/p/182-patriot-front-marches-on-dc-thisMon, 06 Jul 2026 22:00:34 GMTWe are not the tolerant left, and we finally need to talk about how influencers in the Palestine Movement support the ideology of White Christian Nationalism, tokenizing Palestinian identity in order to avoid accountability for inherently violent and racist beliefs. Some of you may know who they are, though we’re not calling anyone out specifically at this time.

In this episode we discuss: The Paradox of Tolerance, how this Veterans Against Fascism march was organized, how it was materially and structurally different from the literal performative Patriot Front march, and how we build momentum and community going forward. To that end, we are joined by Zue Jernstedt - field organizer with About Face: Veterans Against the war, and International Solidarity Member doing protective presence in the West Bank. She was also on the Global Sumud Flotilla with me.

We burnt out and pissed off, but hope you enjoy the episode!

You can follow Zue and About Face here:

https://www.instagram.com/zuedoom/

https://www.instagram.com/vetsaboutface/

]]><![CDATA[181. How Military Culture Has Infected American "Manhood" w/ Jasper Craven ]]>https://www.rfemedia.com/p/181-how-military-culture-has-infectedhttps://www.rfemedia.com/p/181-how-military-culture-has-infectedThu, 02 Jul 2026 18:00:41 GMTI am third generation United States Army, so there was heavy childhood indoctrination in my family. You weren’t a man until you served in a combat unit. In a culture where older rights of passage have been abandoned or intentionally erased, all in service of the imperial machine, there is one coming of age ritual universally available to young men in America - the military. This episode demonstrates how that is bad for literally everyone on the planet.

We are joined by Jasper Craven, an award-winning investigative journalist covering the U.S. military, veterans' issues, and the American educational complex. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book God Forgives, Brothers Don’t, which will be discussed here today, and a frequent contributor to major national publications. His investigative reporting on the military has appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, Harper's Magazine, Politico, The Baffler, and The Intercept. Links to his book, both print and audio:

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/God-Forgives-Brothers-Dont/Jasper-Craven/9781668087190

https://www.audible.com/pd/God-Forgives-Brothers-Dont-Audiobook/B0G6MBWG6B?source_code=AUDORWS0718179KY7

]]><![CDATA[180. The $300 Billion Trojan Horse: The US-Iran Deal Is a Trap for Iran w/ Elina Xenophontos ]]>https://www.rfemedia.com/p/180-the-300-billion-trojan-horsehttps://www.rfemedia.com/p/180-the-300-billion-trojan-horseWed, 01 Jul 2026 21:00:57 GMTThis episode is about Elina's latest substack article that blew up. We have talked many times about how liberalizing the markets of adversaries is right out of the US Imperial playbook, so join us for an in depth discussion about this function of Imperialism. Check out her article on substack here:

Elina Xenophontos
The $300 Billion Trojan Horse: The US-Iran Deal Is a Trap for Iran, China, and the Axis of Resistance
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]]><![CDATA[179. The American Revolution Never Even Started, And What to do About It]]>https://www.rfemedia.com/p/179-the-american-revolution-neverhttps://www.rfemedia.com/p/179-the-american-revolution-neverMon, 29 Jun 2026 23:00:47 GMTWelcome to our new media platform and our relaunch episode! We are so happy to have you. This full episode with exclusive content is a freebie. Looking forward, here is what you can expect:

Mondays: Colonial Outcasts Geopolitics Episode

Tuesdays: Op-Ed or Article

Wednesdays: Colonial Outcasts Society & Culture Episode

Thursdays (Starting Next Week): Hope This Finds You Well live stream

Fridays: FAF - Political Comedy Show

And we’ve go so much more dropping this summer. Cheers y’all!

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