Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: War Report w/ Jeremy Bigwood

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🗓️ 28 November 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Suzi talks to Jeremy Bigwood, investigative journalist, researcher, and photojournalist, about his observations and perceptions of Russia, where he has been living off and on since 2017. Jeremy’s insights are especially valuable as he spent the last five years talking to ordinary Russians—not the intelligentsia, in his words—and this helps our understanding of those who support Putin and the so-called special military operation, those who avoid taking a stance, and those who oppose Putin and the war. Jeremy left Moscow a week after Russia invaded Ukraine, going first to Odessa, then to the front lines near Mikolayiv, and from there to the front near Kherson. Jeremy returned to Washington DC a few months ago, bewildered by the divisions in the American left over the nature of the war, especially those who do not support, in his view, Ukraine’s defensive war for national survival. We get his perspective.

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0:00.0	This is Jackman Radio, I'm Suzy Weisman. On today's program, investigative journalist,
0:26.1	researcher and photojournalist Jeremy Bigwood joins us with his observations and perceptions
0:33.6	about Russian Ukraine where he's been living off and on since 2017. Jeremy's insights are especially
0:40.9	valuable as he spent the last five years talking to ordinary Russians in his words, not the intelligence
0:47.2	yet. And this helps our understanding of those who support Putin and the so-called special military
0:53.6	operations, those who avoid taking a stance, and those who oppose Putin in the war. Jeremy left
1:00.2	Moscow just a month after Russian day, did Ukraine go in first to Odessa, and then to the frontlines
1:06.2	near Mikolayev, and from there to the frontlines near Kherson. Jeremy returned to Washington, D.C.
1:12.3	a few months ago, bewildered to see the divisions in the American left over the nature of the war,
1:18.1	especially those who do not support Ukraine's defensive war for national survival.
1:23.6	And who only see the U.S., NATO and Russia leaving no agency for Ukraine. We get Jeremy's views
1:30.5	when our program returns in just a moment.
1:46.8	This is Jackman Radio, I'm Suzy Weisman. Today we're really fortunate to talk to Jeremy
1:52.8	Bigwood. He's a photojournalist and researcher who has lived in Russia for much of the past
1:58.4	five years and in Ukraine over the spring and summer, including on the frontlines in Kherson.
2:04.7	So he's going to bring us a wealth of observations and insights about, I guess, Russia's
2:10.2	and the war. And Jeremy is just to introduce you. I look him up online and he's an investigative
2:16.2	journalist and photojournalist, and he spent like a decade in Latin America. And in 2020,
2:22.7	he said he began in Moscow, but after a hasty retreat from their last march, spent much
2:28.3	of the spring and summer in Ukraine, including on the frontlines, as I just said. And he is a man
2:34.5	of many talents and many hats. He also has a background in science and publishes in the scientific
2:41.4	literature. And as I said, spent more than a decade in Latin America, including with Mark
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