https://znetwork.org/author/mikeprysner/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Sat, 04 Jan 2025 15:41:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/mikeprysner/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/new-years-attacks-by-green-beret-army-veteran-does-u-s-militarism-abroad-fuel-violence-at-home/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/new-years-attacks-by-green-beret-army-veteran-does-u-s-militarism-abroad-fuel-violence-at-home/#respond Sat, 04 Jan 2025 15:41:05 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1277970 We look at what we know about two deadly incidents that unfolded in the United States on New Year’s Day: a truck attack in New Orleans in which a driver killed at least 14 people before being shot dead by police, and the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/new-years-attacks-by-green-beret-army-veteran-does-u-s-militarism-abroad-fuel-violence-at-home/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/us-troops-are-quitting-the-military-over-gaza/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/us-troops-are-quitting-the-military-over-gaza/#respond Tue, 02 Jul 2024 16:27:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1268742 American service members are quitting the military in protest of the US government’s role in the Gaza genocide. Dozens of troops have filed for Conscientious Objector status since October 7, citing the US-Israeli genocidal war as the turning point. Mike Prysner, war veteran, host of Eyes Left Podcast, and producer for The Empire Files, explains [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/us-troops-are-quitting-the-military-over-gaza/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/us-soldier-reveals-why-aaron-bushnell-self-immolated/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/us-soldier-reveals-why-aaron-bushnell-self-immolated/#respond Sun, 10 Mar 2024 13:50:24 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1263404 Who was Aaron Bushnell and how was his extreme act of protest actually in line with a long history of active military service members who had a conscious awakening during their service including in the Vietnam war era? MintPress director Mnar Adley is joined by Mike Prysner, a former Iraq war veteran turned antiwar activist [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/us-soldier-reveals-why-aaron-bushnell-self-immolated/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/veterans-to-fort-hood-gis-you-dont-have-to-go-to-afghanistan-by-mike-prysner/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/veterans-to-fort-hood-gis-you-dont-have-to-go-to-afghanistan-by-mike-prysner/#respond Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:45:49 +0000 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/veterans-to-fort-hood-gis-you-dont-have-to-go-to-afghanistan-by-mike-prysner/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/anti-war-speech-by-mike-prysner/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/anti-war-speech-by-mike-prysner/#respond https://znetwork.org/zvideo/anti-war-speech-by-mike-prysner/feed/ 0