{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 93: Biking Against Borders","description":"In this episode we speak with Seb, a 26-year-old bus driver cycling from Amsterdam to Japan, raising money for No Name Kitchen and MiGrate, and raising awareness of brutalities of the global border regime.&amp;nbsp; ---Support The Civil Fleet Podcast--- ko-fi.com\/civilfleet ---Get in touch--- Twitter:&amp;nbsp;@FleetCivil Mastodon:&amp;nbsp;@civilfleet@kolektiva.social Bluesky:&amp;nbsp;@thecivilfleet.bsky.social Instagram:&amp;nbsp;thecivilfleet YouTube: youtube.com\/@thecivilfleet info@civilfleet.com civilfleet.com ---Show notes--- For more from Seb, see his website here: sebbiebikes.org And follow him on Instagram: sebbiebikes For more on No Name Kitchen, see: nonamekitchen.org And check out episodes 87, 63, 59, 58, 51, 41, and 6 of The Civil Fleet Podcast For more on MiGreat, check out migreat.org\/en Seb and Ben mention a bunch of books in the episode. Here they are: The Divide by Jason Hickle&amp;nbsp; Humanitarian borders by Polly Pallister-Wilkins Whites, Jews and Us by Houria Bouteldja After We Kill You, We Will Welcome You Back As Honoured Guests by Ted Rall Base Nation by David Vine&amp;nbsp; The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevans Border and Rule by Harsha Walia [Please don't buy them from Amazon. Jeff Bezos has enough money already. He can fuck off to Mars] See here for more on Dutch war crimes during the &amp;nbsp;Battle of Chora in Afganistan, see here:  https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/dutch-court-finds-2007-bombing-of-afghan-village-unlawful\/&amp;nbsp; Here's the video Ben mentioned of Afghanis clinging to a US plane retreating from the country in 2021 as the Taliban returned to power: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YUkObNlWjsI&amp;nbsp; Core Countries \u2013 what is Ben talking about? If you want to know more about World Systems Analysis, then check out this great introduction on the theory: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2EtOm0N_NVM&amp;amp;t=209s&amp;nbsp; For more on the arms firm Lockheed Martin, see his article by Campaign Against the Arms Trade: https:\/\/caat.org.uk\/data\/companies\/lockheed-martin\/&amp;nbsp; Read The Lancet's study on the number of people killed by economic sanctions since the 1970s here:  https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/langlo\/article\/PIIS2214-109X(25)00278-5\/fulltext ","author_name":"The Civil Fleet Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/civilfleet.libsyn.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/43307989\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/43307989"}