

Colonial Outcasts
Colonial Outcasts
Anti-imperialist, anti-war, and anti-establishment podcast. Subscribe to RFE Media on Substack for ad free listening.
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Apr 2, 2026 • 2h 21min
The Great Hegemony of Empire Begins to Crumble: Sunni, Shia, Christian and Secular Unite
Support our comrades at these links:https://wedeservebetterfoundation.orghttps://agrimovement.org@safehouse.poddiasporapeoplesplace.org @diaspora.peoplesplacegivebutter.com/nochellahttps://chuffed.org/project/172939-help-feed-lebanons-displaced-communityPlease follow @PeoplesCore @tvfreepalestine @habibihousepodcast Welcome to a Colonial Outcasts/People’s Core collaborative Episode. So we’re about 5 weeks into the most unpopular war in US history with this being the first war ever where the majority of Americans are consciously siding with the nations we’re attacking. After 3 years of Genocide in Gaza, the planet has experienced a level moral cohesion that is unprecedented. This, combined with the revelations coming out of the Epstein files, has set the stage for a level of global solidarity against a common enemy that we have never seen.Iran and Lebanon have shifted the power dynamics through their strategic operations and messaging to the world and in doing so have opened the floodgates of resistance in the region that united Sunni, Shia, Christian and secular, despite the Wahabi and sectarian psyops working overtime to divide. We discuss this unity and the failure of imperial manipulations in the region with a formidable panel of gifted and determined voices from Lebanon and Palestine.Soha Yassine is a guerrilla journalist and narrative podcaster whose work inside the Lebanese hip hop scene — through Safe House Travel Diary — documents resistance, identity, and survival on the ground. She holds a BA in World Religions and an MA in Islamic Studies, with a background in communications for international NGOs. As founder of Diaspora Peoples Place, she empowers diaspora communities through decolonized gatherings like The Peoples Marketplace and NOCHELLA (April 11, 2026).Anthony Sargon is a Lebanese-AmericanYouTuber/Streamer, documentarian, Former TV Writer and creative.Abu Rahss is co founder of the Palestine News Network.Jedi Darwish is American and Lebanese (South) US Army Veteran, former Explosive Ordnance Disposal - Operations Officer with the United Nations, founder of Radio Beirut, activist, humanitarian, brother, father and son.Assad Shalhoub (@assadshal) is a Lebanese Canadian American creative and co-host of the Habibi House podcast, where he helps shape one of the most unapologetic voices of the Arab diaspora in media today. Blending cultural insight with lived experience, Assad navigates conversations at the intersection of identity, politics, and pop culture with clarity and edge.Laith Marouf is a respected film maker, journalist and humanitarian who operates Free Palestine TV.#lebanon #iran #war #epsteinfiles #muslim #christian #solidarity

Mar 29, 2026 • 1h 22min
War Abroad, Division at Home—Can Anyone Be Reached Before the End Times? (w/ Dr. Hilary Agro)
This week felt like a turning point.While most headlines focus on rising tensions with Iran and the possibility of wider conflict, a series of U.S. military operations—reportedly including “Operation Epic Fury” and “Operation Total Extermination”—are expanding across multiple regions with barely any public scrutiny. From strikes in the Caribbean to escalating actions near the Colombia–Ecuador border, the scope of what’s happening right now is bigger than most people realize.At the same time, we’re watching the national security state expand at home—ICE presence in airports, increasing surveillance, and political rhetoric that feels more extreme by the day. And somehow, we’re told all of this is for our benefit.Then we’re joined by Dr. Hilary Agro—anthropologist, organizer, and abolitionist educator—to tackle a question that feels more urgent than ever:Can people with harmful or contradictory political beliefs actually change?We talk about:- Why organizing the working class means engaging with people you disagree with- The psychology of political identity and belief formation- Why some people are open to change—and others aren’t- The challenges of bridging divides in an era of polarization- What it actually takes to build movements rooted in collective care and liberationIf we’re serious about building a better world, we have to figure out how to reach people—not just write them off.You can follow Dr. Agro here:https://www.youtube.com/@DrHilaryAgrohttps://www.youtube.com/@DrHilaryAgrohttps://hilaryagro.com/2025/10/15/can-people-with-bad-political-beliefs-change/https://www.instagram.com/hilaryagro/

Mar 24, 2026 • 1h 14min
It’s All a Scam! US Government Insolvency, Market Manipulation and the Unwinnable War Against Iran
We're back for another war analysis but this time we're going to be focusing on the economic aspects and contradictions regarding the latest military misadventure in West Asia. Boots on the ground, market manipulations and the fun insanity of everyday existence. Enjoy y'all!

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Mar 19, 2026 • 1h 6min
Narrative Control: Losing in Iran and the Consent Manufacturing Loop w/ Dr. Keene-Montgomery
Dr. Katie Keene-Montgomery, an organizational anthropologist, National Guard veteran, and author, explores how systems, culture, and language make powerful narratives feel inevitable. She breaks down a six-layer consent-manufacturing loop. Conversations cover how economic interests, elite networks, funded think tanks, official framing, media filters, and polling together sustain persistent threat stories.

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Mar 11, 2026 • 1h 16min
The Iran War is Going Worse Than You Think: Casualties, Quagmires and GCC Complicity
Elina Xenophantos, commentator and analyst on anti-imperialism and geopolitics. She tracks the Iran conflict’s human toll, hidden information flows, and media spin. Short, sharp takes on Gulf complicity, petrodollar politics, and how regional moves tie into global US‑China rivalry. Fast‑moving analysis with strategic context.

Mar 6, 2026 • 1h 26min
War Escalates: The Evangelical Role, Gulf Deception, and NATO's Cyprus Buildup
Alina Xenophantos, a Cyprus-based geopolitical commentator, analyzes NATO movements and regional fallout from the Iran conflict. She discusses evangelical-driven warmongering and its political uses. Alina maps strikes on U.S. and Israeli assets, explains Iran’s tactics and drone advantage. She also examines NATO’s Cyprus buildup and Gulf states reassessing ties amid escalating instability.

Feb 16, 2026 • 1h 12min
It's Class War now w/USvsTHEM Band
Follow the People's Core IMMEDIATELY: https://www.youtube.com/@peoplescoreAlso follow USvsTHEM:https://open.spotify.com/artist/5v7ykdYemUplW7GGRPB6R6https://www.youtube.com/@USvsTHEMofficialhttps://www.instagram.com/usvsthemofficial/If you live in Los Angeles and you want a half-off membership to this gym for revolutionaries, start a local council and join the People's Core here uate.netThis is a guerrilla punk-style interview with a lot of sound and tech issues and a camera that went out mid-session but it worked out. #losangeles #punk #rap #palestine

Feb 13, 2026 • 1h 10min
Bread And Circuses, But You Have to Pay For Them - F*ck Around Fridays Special Episode
We talk about the files, the Dow being at 50k, the Super Bowl Empire Show, and soooo much more.We aren't paywalling this episode because it's too good. See y'all next week!

Feb 6, 2026 • 2h 3min
Managed Outrage: The Epstein Files and Class Power + 30min Exclusive Content
Hello and Welcome to or Welcome back to Colonial Outcasts, the anti-imperialist podcast that your Ex-MAGA uncle turned Zionist Occupied Government theorist will at first hate, but might actually learn something from if he sticks around to listen. He might learn something about his own class in opposition to the ruling class, the Epstein Class, which he is not a part of - and why just pinning it all on Israel is the Psyop THEY all want you to embrace. Israel has been happy to be the fall guy for US Empire for decades now and We are going to be talking about the information operations surrounding the release of the Epstein Files, how this is a managed and timed release to uphold and preserve the political and economic structure of capitalism, and how the US and Israel became symbiotically merged into one overriding architecture of extraction, exploitation, and violence.

Jan 7, 2026 • 1h 28min
Violence and Bluster: ICE Storm Troopers Shoot Citizen as The US Goes Full Empire in the Caribbean
This is Terrible.This is our follow up episode to the last Venezuela episode we released this past Saturday. There has been a torrent of information and analysis released since then and a reinvigorated push for heedless domination coming out of the Whitehouse - to discuss this, special operations propaganda, diaspora politics, the seizure of a Russian Flagged Oil tanker off the coast of Iceland and what this all means for the future of geopolitics and the working class, we are joined as usual by Elina Xenophontos. Fun times in the most sarcastic way possible, too bad we only have an hour to discuss the most salient points of what is going on right now.


