345 / Rumination On Truth / Dahr Jamail

Author and former climate journalist Dahr Jamail returns to the podcast to discuss the 20th anniversary of the invasion and occupation of Iraq by United States-led coalition forces. Jamail began his journalistic career as an unembedded journalist documenting the war from the ground beginning in 2003, highlighting the countless war crimes committed by the occupying forces against the civilians of Iraq, superbly documented in his first book on the subject, 'Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq’ published in 2007 by Haymarket Books. Dahr Jamail is an award-winning author and journalist who formerly reported on climate disruption and environmental issues for Truthout. He is the author of multiple books, including ‘The End Of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption’ published in 2019, and most recently, ‘We Are the Middle of Forever,’ co-written and co-edited with Stan Rushworth and released April 2022 by The New Press. Dahr is also the host of the upcoming podcast miniseries Indigenous Voices on the Great Unraveling produced by the Post Carbon Institute, which brings “forward the perspectives of Indigenous communities from around the world as humans and the more-than-human reckon with the consequences of global, industrial society built on growth, extraction, and colonialism.” Episode Notes: - Learn more about Dahr and his work: https://www.dahrjamail.net - Purchase a copy of his books ‘Beyond the Green Zone,’ ‘The End of Ice,’ and ‘We Are the Middle of Forever’ at Bookshop: https://bit.ly/41A8Isc / https://bit.ly/3V5TtVT / https://bit.ly/43ZW87B - Watch out for the new podcast miniseries, Indigenous Voices on the Great Unraveling, produced by the Post Carbon Institute: https://www.resilience.org - Sounds by Midnight Sounds: https://www.latenightsknowmystory.com WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast SUBSTACK: https://lastborninthewilderness.substack.com BOOK LIST: https://bookshop.org/shop/lastbornpodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior