Veterans Advocate Mutiny w/ Mike Prysner & Spenser Rapone

Media Roots Radio

Abby & Robbie Martin

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4.6 • 814 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2018

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Abby and Robbie Martin interview Iraq War veteran Mike Prysner and Afghanistan War veteran Spenser Rapone about their experiences that turned them from patriotic soldiers into anti-imperialist socialists. They also talk about their new project @EyesLeft, a podcast encouraging rebellion within the ranks of the war machine. Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast please consider donating to Media Roots Radio on Patreon: www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio Mike Prynser amazing anti-war speech: https://bit.ly/2N8zGnO FOLLOW twitter.com/AbbyMartin // twitter.com/FluorescentGrey

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0:00.0	Welcome to Media Roots Radio. I'm your host Abby Martin.
0:24.2	And I'm your host Robbie Martin. Thanks for joining us today, everybody.
0:27.9	So as you guys know, Robbie and I talk a lot about foreign policy on the show through an anti-imperialist lens.
0:33.5	So today we wanted to discuss U.S. Empire with two anti-war veterans, Mike Prysner and Spencer Rapone.
0:40.3	They just launched a socialist military podcast encouraging rebellion and resistance within the ranks called Eyes Left.
0:47.3	It's an excellent, highly insightful podcast series and also a crucial tool for active duty soldiers and veterans.
0:54.3	Mike Prysner is an Iraq war veteran turned anti-imperialist,
0:58.0	a decade-long member of the PSL, the Party for Socialism and Liberation.
1:02.6	He's the subject of a viral video from his testimony at Winter Soldier back in 2008.
1:06.8	That's a must-see, and I'll post that on the timeline now.
1:10.0	And he's been arrested many times over the years protesting U.S. wars.
1:13.4	He's also the co-creator, co-producer, and co-writer on the Empire Files,
1:17.8	the investigative documentary series that I host on Telesaur English.
1:21.7	Be sure to check out his recent piece debunking John Oliver about Venezuela
1:25.1	on our YouTube channel, Empire Files. And full disclosure,
1:29.0	we're also longtime partners. Welcome, Mike. Hey, glad to be on after liking the show for so many
1:35.2	years. Spencer Rapone is an Afghanistan war veteran, special operations soldier, and West Point
1:41.3	officer when he publicly left the service wearing a Che Guevara shirt,
1:46.0	an act of civil disobedience that reverberated shockwaves all the way to Marco Rubio.
1:51.5	He's a member of the DSA or Democratic Socialist of America.
1:55.5	Thank you so much for coming on Spencer.
1:57.4	Hey, everybody. Thanks for having me on.
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