Podcasts about executive outcomes

Det nærmer seg jul, og derfor unner vi oss selv en aldri så liten kompromissløst nerdete episode om leiesoldater og private militære selskaper (PMCer) på det afrikanske kontinentet. Vi lover både lange historiske sveip og sårt tiltrengt myteknusing på en reise som blant annet tar oss innom Kongo, Komorene, Angola, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Liberia og Libya (for å nevne noe). Her gjelder det å henge med i svingene, for vi skal innom både tredveårskrig, pirater, guttebøker, Executive Outcomes, Khalifa Haftar og Afrikakorpset - og enda litt til. Lik, del, og abonner på Afrikansk politikk! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kako in zakaj so se države odpovedale monopolu nad oboroženo silo ter kaj to pomeni za mednarodne odnose v vse bolj multipolarnem svetu? Če ne prej, smo ob začetku vojne v Ukrajini vsi postali pozorni na to, da v današnjih oboroženih konfliktih ne nastopajo nujno samo državne vojske, ampak lahko v njih izredno pomembno vlogo odigrajo tudi zasebne vojaške organizacije, kakršna je Wagner. In vendar to ni prvi in še manj osamljen primer. Nenazadnje so plačanci - najbolj znano prek podjetja Blackwater - tako v Afganistanu kot v Iraku na vrhuncu vojn predstavljali več kot polovico ameriških oboroženih sil. Že v 90. letih pa smo bili priča delovanju južnoafriškega podjetja Executive Outcomes v več afriških državah in še bi lahko naštevali. Če so nekaj stoletij zasebne vojske postajale vedno bolj obroben pojav, se torej zdi, da se je od konca hladne vojne trend radikalno obrnil. Kakšno vlogo zasebne vojaške organizacije v resnici igrajo v sodobnih konfliktih? Kaj to vračanje zasebnih najemniških vojska pomeni za moč držav, ki so nenazadnje svojo sodobno obliko dobile prav z vzpostavitvijo ekskluzivnega monopola nad razpolaganjem s silo? Kako in zakaj so zasebne vojske državam koristne, kje pa jih lahko začnejo ogrožati? Ter kaj vse to pomeni za mednarodne odnose v vedno bolj multipolarnem svetu? To so nekatera od vprašanj, s katerimi se bomo ukvarjali v današnji Intelekti. Gosta v studiu sta obramboslovka, nekdanja obrambna ministrica dr. Ljubica Jelušič ter dr. mednarodnih odnosov Boštjan Udovič, oba s Fakultete za družbene vede v Ljubljani. Oddajo je pripravila in vodila Alja Zore.   foto: pripadniki skupine Wagner

It's Hump Day! Sam speaks with Ibrahim Al-Marashi, Associate Professor of History at the California State University San Marcos, to discuss his recent writing on the Wagner Group and Blackwater. Then, he is joined by Harold Meyerson, editor-at-large at The American Prospect, to discuss the recent decisions made at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). First, Sam runs through updates on the Department of Labor's overtime change, the delay of the Proud Boys' sentencing, the labor market, Hurricane Idalia, and other natural disaster and climate updates, before parsing through Biden's Medicare and student debt agenda. Ibrahim Al-Marashi then dives right into Blackwater's blueprint for the Wagner Group, and the role of South Africa's Executive Outcomes in setting the stage for them both, exploring how these three groups were the outcome of their nations capitalizing on the demobilization of state military by funding independent mercenary groups that largely work outside of any accountability apparatus, be it international of public. Expanding on this, Al-Marashi walks through the immense role Blackwater played in US involvement in Iraq, helping commit atrocities in the US' name without requiring a greater loss of US soldiers, before expanding on the Wagner Group's relationship to Russia beyond its role in Ukraine, with its operations largely located in Africa, where they've spent time warlording and extracting from local communities, all while Russia denied operations in the region. Wrapping up, Sam and Ibrahim walk through the conflict between state militaries and contracted forces, and explore the role that has, and will continue to play in Russia's floundering invasion of Ukraine. Harold Meyerson then joins, contextualizing the NLRB's recent Cemex ruling as one of the most empowering labor developments in a half-century of dwindling organizing, and why Jennifer Abruzzo's Board has chosen now as their moment to be active. Next, he and Sam parse through the actual details of the Cemex decision, why it's a great first step back towards the Joy-Silk doctrine of the NLRB, and how it aids in both forcing bargaining and punishing union busting. Wrapping up, Meyerson expands on the necessity of labor unions to capitalize on this moment, as they finally have both leverage and public opinion on their side, as well as touching on the role the Supreme Court and Senate have yet to play. And in the Fun Half: Sam watches the Right meltdown over Oliver Anthony not being a Republican, Nick from St. Louis calls in with a Prigozhin conspiracy, Okajic in NY relays Vivek's newest freestyle, and Tim Pool accidentally reveals a pattern about his programming. Graham from Maine expands on the evolution of Blackwater, and Mitch McConnell stares into the void, plus, your calls and IMs! Check out Ibrahim's writing here: https://www.pacificcouncil.online/commentary/putin-prigozhin-perils-of-privatizing-political-violence-via-proxy https://www.aljazeera.com/author/ibrahim_al_marashi_2014617113651720669 Check out Harold's writing here: https://prospect.org/topics/harold-meyerson/ Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: http://majority.fm/app Check out today's sponsors: HelloFresh: Go to https://HelloFresh.com/50majority and use code 50majority for 50% off plus free shipping! Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattBinder @MattLech @BF1nn @BradKAlsop Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Subscribe to Brandon's show The Discourse on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.com/ Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mattbinder Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder - https://majorityreportradio.com/

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** This is an unlocked episode. For access to full-length premium episodes and the SJ Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe to the Al-Wara' Frequency at patreon.com/subliminaljihad. ** Dimitri and Khalid continue to STOP AT NOTHING exposing the complex geopolitical/religious intrigues at play in the Kony saga, including: the shadowy Evangelical group “The Family” and its recruitment of Museveni in 1986, Uganda receiving conspicuous amounts of (literal) USAID, Internally Displaced Persons camps as neocolonial weapon/target rich environment for Evangelicals, the overtly Evangelical 2006 documentary “An Unconventional War: How Kony and His Satan's Resistance Army were Defeated”, the importance of spiritual warfare in the Museveni/Kony conflict, the Holy Spirit Movement in northern Uganda, a leaked US embassy document describing the “American intelligence officer” spirits who guide Kony and give him SITREPs, sus Bridgeway hiring South African mercenary Eeben Barlow of Executive Outcomes infamy to get Kony, the rise of humanitarian espionage, IC working directly with AFRICOM to provide intel, Museveni launching Operation Gideon to conduct mass spiritual warfare against Kony's shrines, multiple child sex abuse scandals at Christian Youth Theater, similarities between Jason Russell and Josh Harris, Invisible Children's High School Musical/Captain Eo promo video from 2006, and SJ's plan to STOP John Train and the ghost of Michael Aquino by selling lots of red t-shirts.

This week we get to the bottom of Magician torrent trackers, invite everyone into Matt's movie corner, and and answer some long-outstanding questions from the question queue. Executive Outcomes music video for outro Beer of the Week: Quarantine Beers Hosts: Chris Norris, Jack Shirai, Matt Emery, Bill McDonnell Music by David Beebe (@norwegianvowels)

For access to full-length premium episodes and the SJ Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe to the Al-Wara' Frequency at patreon.com/subliminaljihad. Dimitri and Khalid continue to STOP AT NOTHING exposing the complex geopolitical/religious intrigues at play in the Kony saga, including: the shadowy Evangelical group “The Family” and its recruitment of Museveni in 1986, Uganda receiving conspicuous amounts of (literal) USAID, Internally Displaced Persons camps as neocolonial weapon/target rich environment for Evangelicals, the overtly Evangelical 2006 documentary “An Unconventional War: How Kony and His Satan's Resistance Army were Defeated”, the importance of spiritual warfare in the Museveni/Kony conflict, the Holy Spirit Movement in northern Uganda, a leaked US embassy document describing the “American intelligence officer” spirits who guide Kony and give him SITREPs, sus Bridgeway hiring South African mercenary Eeben Barlow of Executive Outcomes infamy to get Kony, the rise of humanitarian espionage, IC working directly with AFRICOM to provide intel, Museveni launching Operation Gideon to conduct mass spiritual warfare against Kony's shrines, multiple child sex abuse scandals at Christian Youth Theater, similarities between Jason Russell and Josh Harris, Invisible Children's High School Musical/Captain Eo promo video from 2006, and SJ's plan to STOP John Train and the ghost of Michael Aquino by selling lots of red t-shirts.

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Executive Outcomes fue una empresa sudafricana que surtía de mercenarios al mejor postor, y que fue contratada por diferentes intereses para intervenir den diferentes conflictos. La terrible Guerra Civil de Sierra Leona sintió su presencia. Te lo cuenta 🏍️ Julio Caronte y 🚴 Esaú Rodríguez. Producido por 👨‍🚀 Dani CarAn Casus Belli Podcast es un Podcast de la 🏭 Factoría Casus Belli. Casus Belli Podcast forma parte del sello 📀 Ivoox Originals. 📡Estamos en: 👉https://podcastcasusbelli.com 🖨️ ¿Te gusta escribir artículos de Historia? ¿Quieres publicar en nuestra web? No te cortes y escríbenos a 👉 redaccion@podcastcasusbelli.es 🗨️Twitter, como @casusbellipod 👉Facebook, nuestra página es @casusbellipodcast https://www.facebook.com/CasusBelliPodcast 👉Telegram, nuestro canal es @casusbellipodcast https://t.me/casusbellipodcast Y nuestro chat es https://t.me/aviones10 ⭐¿Quieres proponernos algo? También puedes escribirnos a 📧 info@podcastcasusbelli.com Si te ha gustado, y crees que nos lo merecemos, nos sirve mucho que nos des un like 👍, si nos escuchas desde la app de Ivoox. Y también que comentes. Que no mordemos 😉 🎵 La música que acompaña al pódcast es Ready For the War de Marc Corominas Pujadó, bajo licencia Creative Commons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/ . Y el resto de música está amparado por la licencia privada de Epidemic Music, Jamendo Music o de SGAE de Ivoox. 👨‍💻 Casus Belli Podcast y Factoría Casus Belli está dirigido por Dani CarAn. 🎭 Las opiniones expresadas en este programa de pódcast, son de exclusiva responsabilidad de quienes las trasmiten. Que cada palo aguante su vela. Muchas gracias por escucharnos, y hasta la próxima. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Simon Mann is a British former Special Air Service (SAS) army officer and legendary condottiere (not mercenary as often wrongly labelled). Simon trained at Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Scots Guards. On leaving the military, he co-founded the private military company, Executive Outcomes and co-founded Sandline International with fellow ex-Scots Guards Colonel Tim Spicer in 1996, operating mostly in Angola and Sierra Leone. On 7 March 2004, Mann is alleged to have led the 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt. He was arrested by Zimbabwean police in Harare airport, along with 64 other private contractors - branded as 'mercenaries'. Simon served three years of a four-year prison sentence in Zimbabwe and less than two years of a 34 years and four months sentence in Equatorial Guinea. Simon is now a much-sought-after public speaker and consultant. Read 'Eating Smoke: One Man's Descent into Crystal Meth Psychosis in Hong Kong's Triad Heartland.' Paperback UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0993543944 Paperback US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0993543944 Support the podcast at: https://www.patreon.com/christhrall (£2 per month plus perks) https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-our-veterans-to-tell-their-story https://paypal.me/TeamThrall Sign up for my NON-SPAM newsletter and FREE books: https://christhrall.com/mailing-list/ Social media Links: https://facebook.com/christhrall https://twitter.com/christhrall https://instagram.com/chris.thrall https://linkedin.com/in/christhrall https://youtube.com/christhrall https://discord.gg/yqvHRUN https://christhrall.com

I denne rekordlange episoden sveiper vi innom en lang rekke forskjellige hendelser fra uken som gikk. Vi skal innom fastlåste Brexit-forhandlinger, fastlåste forhandlinger i Afghanistan, krigsforbrytelser i Nagorno-Karabakh, oppdateringer fra voksende regional uro på Afrikas Horn, muligheten for nok et valg i Israel, et comeback fra leiehæren Executive Outcomes, og en rettssak mot en tidligere liberiansk opprørsleder. Dette og mye mer i denne ukas episode av Hva skjer med verden.

Eeben Barlow served in the South African military and in his government's covert action branch called Civil Cooperation Bureau. After his service he founded Executive Outcomes, a private security company hired by the governments of Angola and Sierra Leone to fight terrorists. After coming under immense political pressure, Eeben attempted retirement but as heard here this turned out to be something he was not very good at. In the 2000's Eeben became the chairman of a new private military company called STTEP which hunted for Joseph Kony in Uganda and beat back the terrorist forces of Boko Haram in Nigeria. Today, Eeben has restarted Executive Outcomes. Eeben's new book can be found at: https://www.warbooks.co.za/products/the-war-for-africa-conflict-crime-corruption-and-foreign-interests-eeben-barlow Get access to bonus segments with our guests: https://www.patreon.com/m/TheTeamHouse NEW! Team House merch: https://teespring.com/stores/my-store-10474963 Team House Discord: https://discord.gg/wHFHYM6 SubReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheTeamHouse/ Jack Murphy's memoir "Murphy's Law" can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Murphys-Law-Journey-Investigative-Journalist/dp/1501191241 The Team Room Reading Room (Amazon Affiliate links): https://jackmurphywrites.com/the-team-room-reading-room/

For any war and history buff the name Eeben Barlow and Executive Outcomes paints romantic pictures of neverending bushwars in Africa. Executive Outcomes was one of the most effective fighting forces that came out of the South African Borderwar. Assisting the government STTEP fought a secret war with the Nigerian Army and devestated Boko Haram with lessons learnt in Angola. When it comes to war in Africa, nobody knows more than Eeben Barlow. We get a glimpse of the harsh realities from the man himself.

Mercenaries are sometimes described as "the world's second oldest profession." But how do they operate today? Can mercenary armies topple dictatorships? Why did one mercenary plot get duped by a Congolese con artist who invented a fake rebel group? Should we pay ex-special forces soldiers to do our dirty work? We'll answer those questions as we speak to Simon Mann, a founding member of Executive Outcomes and a mercenary mastermind of the botched Wonga Coup plot. ----   Power Corrupts is written and narrated by Brian Klaas. The executive producer and sound editor is George McDonagh.

Johan Raath joined the famed South African 'Recces' Special Forces straight from school, then plied his trade for 20 years in some of the world's most dangerous places. In an interview drawing on his book 'Blood Money', Johan describes a life lived in the danger zone as a private military contractor.Blood Money is available on Amazon.Support Tales Less Told podcast: www.taleslesstold.com/donateDon't forget to subscribe to the podcast!Flying 4 Rhino operates aerial support over conservation areas, and plays a key role in deterring and detecting poachers. Please consider supporting them.Support the show (https://www.taleslesstold.com/donate.html)

Special EpisodeToppling governments, political assassinations and cannibalism, these are just a few of the false accusations that have been levelled against South African private military contractors Executive Outcomes (EO). In the revised edition of Executive outcomes: Against all Odds, author Eeben Barlow sets the record straight, providing a chronicle of EO’s operations, his own experiences with the company and exposing the bad actors that threatened its existence and slandered its name with malicious conjecture.Prior to starting Executive Outcomes, Eeben served in various conventional and covert units of the SADF including 32 Batalion and the controversial Civil Cooperation Bureau. Founded in 1989 as a training company providing services for South African Special Forces, EO soon evolved, gaining notoriety for the pivotal role they played in assisting the FAA to defeat UNITA forces in Angola, and later crippling the rebel RUF forces in Sierra Leone. As their prominence grew, so did the threat they posed to certain foreign and domestic interests who had more sinister objectives in mind than stabilising war ravaged African countries. With very few men and even less equipment, EO proved extremely effective in every theatre of battle, forcing the international community to take notice and question the status quo of peacekeeping in Africa. But, even though this was a force that had achieved what few national armed forces could, there was one enemy it could not slay. Eeben left Executive Outcomes in 1997 and was appointed as Chairman of STTEP International in 2009As founder and former chairman, Barlow is able to provide more than just a soldier’s perspective on this daunting industry. Along with detailing operations in Angola, Sierra Leone and Indonesia, Barlow also recounts of truly bizarre requests from rogue agents and corrupt foreign leaders, as well as the various assassination attempts on his life. Everything is not as it seems and when it comes to the state of affairs in Africa, you should be prepared to have your preconceptions challenged.His book is more than just a biography of a private military company. It is sobering perspective on the state of conflict in Africa and the masters it serves. As Africans solving Africa’s conflicts, the men of EO truly achieved great triumphs against all odds.In this special episode of the Eensgesind podcast, we discuss some parts of Eeben's book, the involvement of STTEP in assisting the Nigerian army to drive out Boko Haram of Nigeria and Eeben addresses the increasing fragile political trajectory that South Africa is facing. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

You'd be hard pressed to find someone more well versed on African national security than Eeben Barlow. We've covered Barlow's history on this site for years, and now for the first time get the chance to speak with him on this two-hour episode. As a former South African Defense Force Lieutenant-Colonel, co-founder of private military company Executive Outcomes, and an expert author, Barlow has been there and done that. On this show with Barlow we cover the history of foreign intervention in the region, accusations of racism regarding the men who fought for South Africa, and why African sources need to be better trusted to deal with their own national security than foreign governments from Eeben's perspective.  This leads us to to more recent failures of U.S. involvement in the region like the Benghazi attack, and the Niger ambush. Barlow has written several books, some of which are now out of print, but we're excited to hear that "Executive Outcomes: Against All Odds" has just been re-printed as a revised edition. This new edition of "Executive Outcomes" along with "Composite Warfare: The Conduct of Successful Ground Force Operations in Africa" are currently available through Bush War Books who ships internationally, and these are definitely suggested reading by Jack Murphy. Along with this discussion, we read your emails sent to sofrep.radio@sofrep.com. Keep those coming, as well as those much appreciated five star written reviews on Apple Podcasts. Let us know what you think of this episode on our Twitter @SOFREPRadio. We'd love to have Eeben back, because even at this length we've just scratched the surface. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers