Future War: Finding Hope In World At War (SE6 EP1)

Welcome to Season 6 of Warrior Nation!

In this series we will look at the future shape of warfare and the terrain over which it will be fought. From drones and AI, through to hardening borders and space warfare, from the outcomes of the Gaza war to the boomerang effects of colonial technologies of oppression, we’ll draft in experts, activists and artists from numerous fields of expertise to try and establish what militarism and war will look like and, most importantly, how we as anti-militarists can disrupt its effects. 

We'll pay particular attention to the new US order, its rivals, the implications for a second Trump-era foreign policy and changes in the post-war settlement and its institutions. 

Matt Hoh served in the US Marines and State Department in Iraq and Afghanistan before resigning on principle. Since then he has run as a Green Party candidate in the US and campaigned against war and militarism. He joins us to talk about the future and current state of American militarism, his recent visit to Palestine and what hope actually looks like in a world at war. 

Read Matt's substack here (@matthewhoh). 

The book, Homeland:The War on Terror in American Life, by Richard Beck is mentioned in the podcast. 

This episode was recorded in April 2025.

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Music by Esion Noise.

Recorded at the studios of Dan Webster Music.