Podcasts about moderate rebels

It started with protests that was dubbed the Arab Spring, but western sources wants us to believe that protests over housing prices spontaneously erupted into a full-blown civil war. But, this is not the case. In fact, the so-called “moderate rebels” of Syria were armed, trained and funded by the west in a grandmaster plan to destabilize Syria in order to access its natural resources. Today, veteran journalist Vanessa Beeley, who has spent the better part of the last 8 years in Syria, tells us the story that they won't tell you.Show Notes:2:24 - Syria Solidarity Network3:43 - Wikipedia Vandalism5:15 - The Syrian Regime Change Coalition6:15 - Propaganda War in Syria 7:57 - Accusation of Crimes against White Helmets11:00 - Syrian Pipeline propositions that was rejected17:01 - A big red flag - No Christmas in areas controlled by “Moderate Rebels”22:13 - Early Protests with Hate 24:21 - “Smuggle Hope” in Syria31:02 - Rebranding “rebel groups”37: 00 - White HelmetsKLA Organ Trafficking40:00 - Crimes by Moderate Rebels* Burning Civilians alive* Civilians held captive in Rebel jails* Atrocities in Rebel-held jails45:45 - Western Media narratives turned upside down48:00 - White Helmets and organ traffickingUN panel on White Helmets58:21 - Al Qaeda oil Monopoly1:15:21 - Amnesty in Syria Get full access to Historic.ly at www.historicly.net/subscribe

On this edition of The Other Side of Midnight: Frank Morano lays it on thick. Budgetary concerns fester as a stadium considered, callers weigh in. Max Blumenthal, Editor of Grayzone News, co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast and the author of the book “The Management of Savagery” offers frequently overlooked perspective on Russia-Ukraine. Dennis Spragg, author, historian and broadcaster joins Frank for our Morano Mystery: The disappearance of Glenn Miller. We open up the mailbag for a few surprises and like most New Yorkers, find ourselves at the bagel counter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Max Blumenthal, Editor of Grayzone News, co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast and the author of the book “The Management of Savagery” offers frequently overlooked perspective on Russia-Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Moderate Rebels has ended as of January 2022, but this show will be continuing under the new name Multipolarista, hosted by Benjamin Norton. The show will report once or twice a week on the end of US unipolar hegemony and the transition to a multipolar world. Follow Multipolarista's website: multipolarista.com

Moderate Rebels has ended as of January 2022, but this show will be continuing under the new name Multipolarista, hosted by Benjamin Norton. The show will report once or twice a week on the end of US unipolar hegemony and the transition to a multipolar world. Follow Multipolarista's website: https://multipolarista.com

Journalist Ben Norton of The Grayzone returns to discuss social media censorship, the recent summit between Washington and Moscow over Ukraine, and why so many countries are joining China's Belt and Road Initiative.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/primonutmeg)

Award-winning journalist Max Blumenthal of The Grayzone and Moderate Rebels returns to discuss recent developments in the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Blumenthal also discusses how foundation money shapes dialogue in the American Left, controversies inside the Green Party, and how the narrative that all Leftists support vaccine mandates is quickly eroding. Join the conversation! Submit questions to guests by becoming a PRIMO RADICAL patron for only $1 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/primoradicalSubscribe to PRIMO RADICAL on YouTube, Spotify, and iTunes!https://primoradical.com/ https://facebook.com/primoradical/ https://twitter.com/primoradical/ https://instagram.com/primoradical/https://youtube.com/c/primoradical/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/primonutmeg)

En Pandemia Digital, Julián Macías entrevista a Ben Norton @BenjaminNorton editor de @TheGrayzoneNews productor de Moderate Rebels y conductor del programa Propaganda Today. Entrevista realizada de 23 Noviembre 2021 Hablamos sobre el intervencionismo, las injerencias, el imperialismos y el colonialismo de Estados Unidos en en procesos democráticos en América Latina. Puedes ver la entrevista también en: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx6bM67Pm2Q&t=3544s Puedes seguir los programas por : Ttwitch https://www.twitch.tv/pandemiadigital Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFOwGZY-NTnctghtlHkj8BA/videos Ivoox https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-pandemia-digital_sq_f11419368_1.html Spreaker https://www.spreaker.com/show/pandemia-digital_1 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1seVFBx3N2kaubvcCJE2N1 instagram https://www.instagram.com/pandemia_digital_twitch/ Tik tok https://www.tiktok.com/@pandemiadigital Twitter @PandemiaDigitaI Sigue toda la actividad de Pandemia Digital desde nuestro Canal de Telegram: https://t.me/PandemiaDigital Colabora ayudando al programa Pandemia Digital en: patreon.com/PandemiaDigital Canción que suena al inicio y final del programa Letra: Soplodepalabras (Caña y media) Producción y edicion: Rober Villalba Base: Gangsta beat de Gipsy Crunk

Episode 39 of STARK REALITY with Host James Dier aka $mall ¢hange features the exclusive in-depth Stark Reality interview with musician, journalist, filmmaker and writer BEN NORTON. Ben Norton has many articles and videos up at Grayzone News and also on Rokfin. He co-hosts the Moderate Rebels podcast with Max Blumenthal and has his own show called Propaganda Today. Less ppl might know this but Ben has played in bands (hardcore, punk, metal, etc) for decades and is a seasoned guitarist and musician. He has a project called Peculate with a new album, 'Your Own Person Abyss', a hybrid of metal, jazz, avant classical, noise, screaming. Ben is a proud metalhead haha, and we talk about it in its different variations. He also loves jazz, we talk about third stream, fusion, records like Miles Davis' Bitches Brew and Naked City's Torture Garden. Also get into propaganda in media, the military influence on Hollywood film and tv, social media and the metaverse (and how controlled it is), trying to make a living as a musician in NYC, and annoying popularity of K-Pop in Latin America. Ben lives in Nicaragua this was recorded Oct 29th, 2021. link to the new album from Ben's PECULATE project: www.peculate.bandcamp.com/album/your-own-personal-abyss For more information about BEN NORTON, check out: www.bennorton.com www.thegrayzone.com/author/ben-norton www.rokfin.com/benjaminnorton @BenjaminNorton on twitter To hear Ben Norton's exclusive metal/jazz/avant-classical noise mix, go to Episode 40 of STARK REALITY on jasoncharles.net Podcast Network or STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS wherever you get your podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Exposing the imperialist lies of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). On Thursday, October 28, retired NED President Carl Gershman delivered a speech titled, “Reflections on NED's Past and Democracy's Future." Gershman was President of the NED from its foundation in 1984 until 2021. During today's episode, we listen to Gershman's speech and debunk claims he makes about U.S. foreign policy. We also talk about the disastrous role of the NED as the face of soft-power U.S. imperialism. Today's guest is Ben Norton, an independent journalist. Ben is Assistant Editor of The Grayzone, an independent investigative journalism outlet against empire, and Producer of the Moderate Rebels podcast. Unmasking Imperialism exposes imperialist propaganda in mainstream media. Hosted by Ramiro Sebastián Fúnez.

In this interview, journalist Max Blumenthal discusses Big Tech censorship, divisions on the American Left, and his fears regarding the prospect of vaccination passports. Max also takes patron questions on a variety of topics, including his father. Join the conversation! Submit questions to guests by becoming a PRIMO RADICAL patron for only $1 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/primoradicalSubscribe to PRIMO RADICAL on YouTube, Spotify, and iTunes!https://primoradical.com/ https://facebook.com/primoradical/ https://twitter.com/primoradical/ https://instagram.com/primoradical/https://minds.com/primoradical/https://youtube.com/c/primoradical/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/primonutmeg)

Welcome to the MintCast Podcast — an interview series featuring dissenting voices the establishment would rather silence. I'm your host Mnar Adley.A string of spontaneous protests in Cuba became the unlikely focus of worldwide media attention earlier this week, the story dominating headlines for two straight days. Political and media figures across the spectrum weighed in, including the President of the United States.Joining me to discuss the protests, their causes, and the relationship between Cuba and the United States are Ben Norton and Alan MacLeod.Ben Norton is a Nicaragua-based journalist, writer, and filmmaker. He is the assistant editor of investigative news outlet The Grayzone and the producer of the Moderate Rebels podcast, which he co-hosts with editor Max Blumenthal.Alan MacLeod is Senior Staff Writer at MintPress News. An expert in the media and Latin America, his first book, entitled “Bad News From Venezuela: 20 Years of Fake News and Misreporting,” was published in 2018. Alan has lectured on Latin American politics at a number of universities.Support the show (https://www.mintpressnews.com/donations/)

On this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ted Rall, award-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist, and author of the new graphic novel, "The Stringer," to talk about the so-called “ worker shortage” in the US following the release of job numbers, how right-wingers are using this as an excuse to cut unemployment assistance, and how all of this emerges from the US government's refusal to support workers during the coronavirus pandemic.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Mike Sampson, National Desk Coordinator with the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression and organizer with the Jacksonville Community Action Committee, to discuss Florida Gov. Ron Desantis' restrictive new voting access bill, how it clearly targets poor, working-class, Black people and people of color in the state, and Desantis' assault on Florida's people's movement, ‘from the ballot box to the streets.'In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Manolo De Los Santos, researcher for the Tri-Continental Institute and co-author of “Viviremos: Venezuela vs. Hybrid War” to discuss the Syringes for Cuba campaign, how the US embargo against continues to cause suffering for the Cuban people under the coronavirus pandemic, Cuba's historic and contemporary contributions to humanity and how the campaign functions as a part of anti-imperialist struggle.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ben Norton, journalist, Assistant Editor of the Grayzone, and the Producer and Co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast, the escalating police violence against the working class and poor in Colombia as protests continue; the similarities between US imperialist involvement in the narco regime in Colombia and its involvement in the Contra counterinsurgency force in El Salvador; why Colombia is considered the Israel of Latin America; and how the biased reporting by US media of the Israeli violence against Palestinians in the recent Al Aqsa mosque attacks show that corporate media are stenographers for the ruling class, and why international solidarity is critical to fighting the entire system.

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In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Karleigh Webb, an athlete, activist, journalist, socialist, Outsports contributor and co-host of the TransSporter Room, to discuss the far-reaching bill to deny healthcare to trans youth passed by the Arkansas legislature over the objection of the state's conservative governor, how the issues intersects with questions of race and class, and why the GOP has opportunistically pivoted from attacking Title IX to emerging as some of its most vocal champions. In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Medea Benjamin, Co-Founder of CODEPINK: Women for Peace, to discuss the recently-revived talks surrounding the Iranian nuclear agreement unilaterally discarded by the US government under Donald Trump, as well as the latest Israeli efforts to derail attempts to resuscitate the deal.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Margaret Flowers, Co-Founder of Popular Resistance Director of the Health Over Profit for Everyone Campaign, to discuss her participation in the recent peace delegation to Nicaragua organized by the Sanctions Kill! campaign, how Nicaraguans are overcoming the effects of US economic aggression towards their country, and why the US government still seems determined to overthrow the Sandinista government four decades after its last attempt. Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ben Norton, journalist, Assistant Editor of the Grayzone, and the Producer and Co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast, to discuss the sting operation carried out by a group with known links to UK intelligence agencies against the Working Group on Syria, Propaganda, and Media, the new fissures emerging within the NATO member states, and the role of paramilitaries in the “low-intensity war” the US and Colombia have been waging on Venezuela.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Mike Pappas, a family medicine physician, activist, and frequent contributor to LeftVoice.org, to discuss Gov. Greg Abbott's announcement that he's lifting the mask mandate in Texas and allowing businesses to return to full capacity, the latest in the botched rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, and the devastating consequences of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's coronavirus cover-up.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Zoe Pepper-Cunningham, a journalist with People's Dispatch, to discuss the legacy of slain Honduran indigenous environmental organizer Berta Cáceres and the role of Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration in overthrowing the democratically-elected government of Manuel Zelaya and paving the way for the conditions which led to the activist's assassination.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Arnold August, a Montreal-based writer, journalist, lecturer, and author of several books including "Cuba U.S. Relations: Obama and Beyond," to discuss Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's conversation with foreign-backed Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, why the Biden administration's official statement on the conversation is almost indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Mike Pompeo and Donald Trump, and the letter by eighty House Democrats urging President Joe Biden to repeal “cruel” Trump-era sanctions on Cuba and renew engagement.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ben Norton, journalist, Assistant Editor of the Grayzone, and the Producer and Co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast, to discuss the White House's withdrawal of Neera Tanden's nomination for Office of Management and Budget director, the important lessons the Latin American left offers organizers in the US, and the consolidation of power in El Salvador by the right-wing regime of Nayib Bukele.

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In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by are joined by Sheila Xiao, organizer and co-founder of the organization Pivot to Peace (PeacePivot.org), to discuss the dramatic rise in hate crimes against people of Asian descent and the under-discussed role of corporate media in paving the way for the trend by ginning up anti-Chinese sentiment.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Frank Chapman, Director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, to discuss his new book, “Marxist-Leninist Perspectives on Black Liberation and Socialism,” the significance of the conceptualization of Black people in the US as a distinct 'nation,' and the role of scientific socialism in achieving real emancipation for working people of all oppressed nationalities.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone, Co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast, Author of The Management of Savagery, to discuss his recent article exposing the British government's program which paid Reuters and BBC to "weaken Russia," how Twitter's introduction of a new "hacked material" warning label in response to the exposé became on overnight meme, and why corporate media outlets are blaming The Grayzone for Amnesty International's decision to rescind Alexei Navalny's 'Prisoner of Conscience' Status.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Eugene Puryear, host of Breakthrough News and author of "Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America," to discuss the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Texas as authorities struggle to return power and water to millions, Josh Hawley's controversial questioning of witnesses in the probe of the assault on the US Capitol, and how capitalism and white supremacy led us to 500,000 deaths from the coronavirus.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone, Co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast, Author of The Management of Savagery, to discuss his recent article exposing the British government's program which secretly paid ostensibly neutral news sources including Reuters and the BBC in a drive to "weaken Russia," how Twitter's introduction of a new "hacked material" warning label in response to the exposé became on overnight meme, and why corporate media outlets are blaming The Grayzone for Amnesty International's decision to rescind Alexei Navalny's 'Prisoner of Conscience' Status.

What's up to my pugnacious panda bears and cool as cucumbers koalas! Welcome back to another timely and tasty episode of the BNP y'all. I'm returning this week to a format I haven't used in a while- the Current Events Kernel. I feel passionate about shedding light on two critically important current events, both of which have big time implications and ramifications for people up and down the Western hemisphere. Both events are developing stories and both will continue to unfurl over the next several weeks. Neither story is getting the coverage it deserves. The BNP's got you though. That's why my glorious and beloved patrons pay me the big bucks.Current Event Kernel #1: Ecuador's Feb. 7 Elections and the funny business that ensued, including major U.S. and IMF meddling, international propaganda and bad faith environmental mythologizing of an IMF an U.S. Corporate-backed candidate. Current Event Kernel #2: Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, began voting on whether to form a union. It would be the first ever successful union formation by workers within Amazon on U.S. soil. Solidarity with all Amazon workers! Help me expand our tribe of philosopher-barbarians by rating, reviewing and subscribing to the BNP. Check me out on Instagram @conantanner Support the podcast by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/noetics. Act now to secure your monthly truckload of house-broken ferrets! Limited house-broken ferret truckloads available. FUCK AMAZON:MAKE AMAZON PAYwww.makeamazonpay.comBEZOS EATING IGUANA (Trigger warning):https://www.businessinsider.com/heres-a-picture-of-amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-eating-an-iguana-2018-3I use a clip from the Moderate Rebels podcast, hosted by Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton. I recommend their investigative journalism at the Grayzone, which can be found at: www.thegrayzone.comLINKS TO SOURCES:Ecuador:https://thegrayzone.com/2021/02/06/yaku-perez-pachakutik-ecuador-us-coup/Amazon Workers Union Drive:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/08/amazon-union-bessmer-alabamaTRACK LIST FOR THIS EPISODEBach - Orchestral Suite #3Dykotomi - Corvid CrunkHometown Jazzy Hip Hop MixSasha Marie Radio #30John Holt - Police in HelicopterNighttime Ramen Lo Fi Hip Hop MixNate Dogg - These Days feat Daz DillingerDead Prez - Hip Hop Stylust Beats RemixThree 6 Mafia - Stay FlyPete Seeger - Deportees (Plane Crash at Los Gatos)Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/noetics)

Matt was joined by journalist Ben Norton to speak about a variety of topics that highlight the hypocrisy of the US empire. The dicussion covers a range of topics including the mainstream media's deference to the national security state, concepts terrorism and genocide, and the treatment of Julian Assange. Ben writes for the Grayzone and hosts the Moderate Rebels podcast with Max Blumenthal. Discussed in this Episode: - Ben's interest in national security reporting and why so many Western journalists have a deference to US imperial institutions - The Grayzone's origins and irrational vitriol they receive for doing good journalism - How character assassination becomes deployed by critics with no actual coherent argument - Bens article, US backs al-Qaeda in Yemen while dubbing its Houthi enemies ‘terrorists' - The concept of genocide, and its application to various situations. Matt wrote an article about the subject. - US involvement in the Syrian Civil War,: the dirty war the US has been engaged in through arming "moderate rebels" and conducting a massive propaganda campaign. Discussed further in Ben's article, Leaked docs expose massive Syria propaganda operation waged by Western govt contractors and media - How do speak about countries currently being targeted by US imperialism - The need to be skeptical about all claims made the the US about official US enemies- the long history of the US lying Our Work: Read our "In the Context of Empire" blog with corresponding and expanded posts to this content! Matt's recent article concept of terrorism, its uses and misuses Social Media: Twitter- @Mattylongruns.

Confie-nous tout c'est toujours la même recette : on passe 25-30min ensemble pour parler d'un album, artiste, plaisir coupable, bande originale, compilation, p'tite vanne et sourires tous les matins ! 9h30 sur Tsugi Radio et avec notre sponsor Groover.co Aujourd'hui, plaisir coupable avec Eddy Mitchell ⛳ Et fin de course Moderate Rebels avec Perfect Grey Day

Confie-nous  tout c'est toujours la même recette : on passe  25-30min ensemble pour  parler d'un album, artiste, plaisir coupable,  bande originale,  compilation, p'tite vanne et sourires tous les matins !  9h30 sur Tsugi Radio et avec notre sponsor Groover.co  Aujourd'hui, plaisir coupable avec Eddy Mitchell  ⛳ Et fin de course Moderate Rebels avec Perfect Grey Day

“Such a perfect day to escape”, cantano trascinanti i Moderate Rebels nella canzone che apre questa puntata di “polaroid – un blog alla radio”, la trasmissione in onda quasi ogni settimana da Bologna sulle frequenze di NEU Radio. Sperando che a farvi scappare non sia questo podcast, ecco a voi la consueta oretta piena di […]

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Sean Michael Love, journalist with Black House News, to discuss the impact of the 'occupation' of Capitol Hill by the National Guard amid the inauguration of Joe Biden, how the military checkpoints are affecting the city's most vulnerable populations, and and how local anti-police brutality organizers are stepping in to help.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Brian Concannon, human rights lawyer and Executive Director of Project Blueprint, to discuss his new article in Haiti Liberte, "Capitol Riots Force a Reckoning with Violent U.S.-led Coups Abroad" and the parallels between the U.S.-backed coup in Haiti and the attempted gfascist insurrection at the Capitol building.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Abdul Rahman with People's Dispatch to discuss the growing protests against harsh lockdowns and police brutality in Tunisia, the aggressive response by police, and what the situation reveals about the so-called "Arab Spring."Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ben Norton, Assistant Editor of the Grayzone, and the Producer and Co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast the Senate's confirmation of Avril Haines, Biden's pick for director of national intelligence, why Biden's recognition of Juan Guaido as Venezuela's president shows imperialism is a bipartisan affair, and how Biden's get-tough-on-Russia shtick undermines attempts to portray him as less bellicose than Trump.

We’re joined by author and co-host of The Popular Show, James A. Smith (@NuPopulism), to discuss The Labour Party, left-wing Euro-scepticism, the reasons for Corbyn’s loss, and how UK censorship should make everyone a Free Speech absolutist. The Popular Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thepopularpod  

Ben Norton is a journalist, writer, and filmmaker. He is the assistant editor of The Grayzone, and the producer of the Moderate Rebels podcast, which he co-hosts with editor Max Blumenthal. His website is BenNorton.com and he tweets at @BenjaminNorton.The GrayZone Newshttps://thegrayzone.com/Subscribe to iMWiL!https://imixwhatilike.org ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, host Jacquie Luqman and producer Wyatt Reed are joined by Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone, Co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast, and author of "The Management of Savagery," to discuss his recent interview with former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, the current state of Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution and the US-aligned forces which oppose it, and some of the stories and interviews Grayzone viewers can expect to see in the coming weeks.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, host Jacquie Luqman and producer Wyatt Reed are joined by Ted Rall, award-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist, and author of the new book, “Political Suicide: The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party,” to discuss the move by House Republicans to block the bill by Democrats to include $2,000 checks as part of a COVID-19 relief package, the investigation which found the Democratic National Committee was "directly involved" in the development of the notorious Shadow app responsible for the Iowa caucus chaos, and what the latest Russiagate story means for the future of US-Russian relations.In the second segment, Jacquie and Wyatt are joined by Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone, Co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast, and author of "The Management of Savagery," to discuss his recent interview with former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, the current state of Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution and the US-aligned forces which oppose it, and some of the stories Grayzone viewers can expect to see in the coming weeks.Later in the show, Jacquie and Wyatt are joined by Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston, and author of the new book The Bittersweet Science: Racism, Racketeering, and the Political Economy of Boxing,” to discuss negotiations over the COVID-19 relief package, the Trump administration's decision to pardon the four Blackwater mercenaries who carried out the 2007 Nisour Square massacre, and how the common threads of imperialism and settler-colonialism tie together so much of the daily oppression facing working and oppressed peoples.

Welcome to MintCast -- an interview series featuring dissenting voices the establishment would rather silence-- I’m your host Mnar Muhawesh Adley.President Nicolas Maduro is celebrating this week after a clear victory in the National Assembly elections that took place on December 6. Boosted by a partial opposition boycott, the ruling socialist coalition led by Maduro received over 69% of the votes cast and won a massive 253 of the 277 seats in the National Assembly, the only branch of government not under its control.While the government is celebrating, the low turnout of 31% has many worried its support is decreasing, although the vote was held in the middle of a pandemic. The U.S. government, who has long considered Venezuela an official enemy, decried the process as fraudulent before it began, instructing opposition parties to boycott it and sanctioning those that disobeyed their orders.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took to Twitter to call Venezuela’s elections illegitimate, describing Maduro as a dictator and strongman, despite the fact that it was overseen by 1,500 election observers and 300 representatives from 34 countries.Joining MintCast are four guests who know the country well, Max Blumenthal, Anya Parampil, Adrienne Pine, and Alan MacLeod.Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and author and editor of The Grayzone. He has been reporting from Venezuela this week and observed the elections himself. His latest book is “The Management of Savagery: How America's National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump.” He is also the co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast.Parampil is a former producer and host at RT America’s “In Question.” She now hosts her own show, Red Lines, which you can find at The Grayzone and on YouTube.Pine is an associate professor of anthropology at the American University in Washington DC. In 2019, she occupied the Venezuelan embassy in DC to prevent it from falling into the hands of U.S.-backed self-declared president Juan Guaidó. Along with Blumenthal and Parampil, Pine observed the recent elections close up, traveling to Venezuela to serve as an election observer.Our third guest is MintPress’s own senior Staff Writer, Alan Macleod. Macleod is an expert on Western media coverage of South America. After completing his Ph.D. on the topic in 2017, he published five peer-reviewed articles on how media distorts the image of Venezuela. He is also the author of the book “Bad News from Venezuela: 20 years of fake news and misreporting.”This program is 100 percent listener supported! You can join the hundreds of financial sponsors who make this show possible by becoming a member on our Patreon page.Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify and SoundCloud. Please leave us a review and share this segment.Support the show (https://www.mintpressnews.com/donations/)

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by David Swanson, activist, journalist, radio host, Executive Director ofWorld Beyond War, and author of the new book “Leaving World War II Behind," to discuss the vote by the House of Representatives to approve the National Defense Authorization Act with a veto-proof majority, why the gargantuan military spending bill tends to receive so little public scrutiny each year, and his latest article, "I Agree with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Foreign Bases."In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Aaron Greene, an organizer with Black Alliance for Peace's Africa Team and Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, to discuss his recent article, "Lynchings By Law," the wave of executions the Trump administration apparently aims to carry out before its departure from office, and why incarcerated people are some of the 'most oppressed' in the US.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by MOVE Family member Janine Africa to discuss the 1985 bombing of their home by Philadelphia police, why the MOVE Family is rejecting the recent 'apology' issued by Philadelphia City Council for the deadly state-sponsored attack on the Philadelphia neighborhood, and how the city's continuing refusal to intervene on behalf of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal makes the official statement seem so insincere.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ben Norton, journalist, Assistant Editor of the Grayzone, and the Producer and Co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast, to discuss the cooptation of 'identity politics' in service of imperialism, what the potential appointment of Pete Buttigieg as Ambassador to the People's Republic of China reflects about the bipartisan nature of the 'New Cold War on China,' and why it's likely that 'nothing will fundamentally change' in the US government's aggression against Iran despite Joe Biden's claims that he would be willing to revive the Obama-era nuclear deal.

Fred Magdoff, professor of plant and soil science at the University of Vermont, co-author of “What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism” and “Creating an Ecological Society: Toward a Revolutionary Transformation, joins us to discuss lead abatement upset Americans should all be at how much lead we live with in our urban environments and how it got there.Bill Honigman, California state coordinator for Progressive Democrats of America and co-coordinator of its Healthcare Human Rights Issue Organizing Team, and Dr. Margaret Flowers, Co-Founder of Popular Resistance and Director of the Health Over Profit for Everyone, joins us to talking about health care, labor at our nation’s hospitals and vaccine distribution.Daniel Lazare, investigative journalist and author of "The Velvet Coup: The Constitution, the Supreme Court and the Decline of American Democracy," joins us to discuss Joe Biden’s cabinet nominees, why America’s refuse to work together to stem the pandemic and what Elon Musk's rise to the 2nd richest person in the world says about America.Ben Norton, journalist, writer, filmmaker, assistant editor of The Grayzone and producer of the Moderate Rebels podcast, joins us to discuss why comedy and satire have been so, so bad under Donald Trump.

We are joined by Neil Clark, journalist, broadcaster and director of Public Ownership and Dr. Kenneth Surin, professor emeritus of literature and professor of religion and critical theory at Duke University joins us to discuss the Julian Assange. The trial is in its third week and a lot of the focus has been on the hacking charges against him - which, it seems, are being revealed in court to be pretty flimsy. We also heard this week about the fear of repercussions some witnesses are living with, including some members of a Spanish security firm accused of spying on Assange for the CIA while he was living in the Ecuadorian embassy, who were allowed to provide testimony anonymously for fear of being kidnapped or killed by the head of that company. Dr. Reese Halter, award-winning broadcaster, distinguished conservation biologist and author of “Environmental Catastrophe and Ecological Restoration”, joins us to discuss the fires that are ravaging California. There was some bad news for residents of Napa and Sonoma Valley and the fire crews working there - the weather is not with them right now. It’s unusually hot and it's about to get windy, triggering red flag warnings in different parts of Northern California for the next 24 hours. The Glass Fire now covers more than 51 thousand acres and as of last night was just 2 percent contained. Ben Norton - Journalist, writer, filmmaker, assistant editor of The Grayzone and producer of the Moderate Rebels podcast, joins us to discuss his recent piece in Grayzone titled “Fake news hoax exposed: NY Times podcast star lied about joining ISIS”. The lead, the main source for the New York Times’ award-winning podcast, Caliphate, has been arrested and charged with lying about joining ISIS. The major media outlet had relied on this man’s fabricated story as the core of its reporting, and said two US government officials had independently confirmed his identity.Philippa Hughes, Director of Looking For America; and Dr. Dave Ragland, Senior Bayard Rustin Fellow at the Fellowship of Reconciliation and Co-Founder of the Truth Telling Project, join us to discuss trend towards civility and dialogue. Will Americans new slogan become Will You Shut Up, Man. On some days it seems like civility does still rule the day, we have all sorts of folks on our show, we see people working together across this country to run cities, so not all is lost. But then we also have events like Tuesday night’s Presidential debate where civility is thrown out the window. And of course its not just Trump and Biden, we are seeing partisanship in our politics like never before.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ben Norton, journalist, Assistant Editor of The Grayzone, and the producer and Co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast, to talk about the new revelation that the New York Times' "Caliphate" podcast was based almost entirely on fraudulent testimony from a Canadian man who lied about joining ISIS, the Times' long history of manufacturing consent for US wars of aggression, and the new trove of documents which expose how "at every single level the Syrian opposition was micromanaged by western contractors."

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Frank Chapman, Director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, to discuss the newly-revealed ballistics report and bodycam footage which contradict the Louisville Police Department's official story, why it's increasingly clear police there engaged in a "cover up," and why he believes such abuses will continue until working people establish real community control of the police.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ben Norton, journalist, Assistant Editor of The Grayzone, and the producer and Co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast, to talk about the new revelation that the New York Times' "Caliphate" podcast was based almost entirely on fraudulent testimony from a Canadian man who lied about joining ISIS, the Times' long history of manufacturing consent for US wars of aggression, and the new trove of documents which expose how "at every single level the Syrian opposition was micromanaged by western contractors."In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Pablo Navarrete, journalist, filmmaker, and the founder and co-editor of www.alborada.net, to to talk about "No Extradition," his recent documentary on the struggle to secure the release of jailed Wikileaks journalist Julian Assange. They go on to discuss why the persecution of Julian Assange by the US and the UK government may number among the greatest injustices of our time, and what to make of the overwhelming media silence on the case.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ted Rall, award-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist, and author of the new book, “Political Suicide: The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party,” to discuss why the story that Trump may have paid next to nothing in taxes seems unlikely to significantly shift the political landscape, why the party is apparently declining to fight the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, and how the latest moves by the Democratic Party indicate they plan motivate their base through fear, guilt, and excuses rather than concrete policy proposals.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Jack Rasmus, economist, radio show host, & author of 'The Scourge of Neoliberalism,' to discuss the unemployment crisis plaguing the country, why chronic underreporting of jobleness tends to make the government's unemployment figures so unreliable, and why optimistic economic reports which come while so many Americans struggle reveal an increasingly out-of-touch corporate media.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by K.J. Noh, a longtime activist working on global justice issues, writer, teacher, and a member of Veterans for Peace, to explain how the most provocative allegations of "genocide" of China's Uyghur population are so easily debunked, how the powerful forces seeking to escalate Washington's New Cold War on China are exploiting the release of the new Disney live-action remake of Mulan, and why the foreign-backed factions seeking to balkanize China are so focused on the Xinjiang region amid the growing success of Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ben Norton, a journalist, Assistant Editor of the Grayzone, and the Producer and Co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast, to discuss why the revelations that Donald Trump concealed the severity of the threat of COVID-19 as the outbreak began—and celebrity journalist Bob Woodward declined to make the information public for the better part of a year—shouldn't come as much of a surprise, whether another coup d'etat is brewing against a left-wing Latin American government in Argentina, amid an apparent revival of the US government-backed Operation Condor, and how the bipartisan thirst for war demonstrates the futility of voting for Biden in the interest of "harm reduction."

Guest: Ben Norton. We talk about the latest developments in Bolivia, life in Nicaragua, the new Cold War with Russia and China and we wrapped up with a discussion about big picture geopolitics.  Ben Norton is a journalist, writer, and filmmaker. He is the assistant editor of The Grayzone, and the producer of the Moderate Rebels podcast, which he co-hosts with editor Max Blumenthal.  FOLLOW @BenjaminNorton  Find his work at The Grayzone and subscribe to his podcast Moderate Rebels.  Around the Empire is listener supported, independent media. Pitch in at Patreon: patreon.com/aroundtheempire or paypal.me/aroundtheempirepod. Find all links at aroundtheempire.com.  SUBSCRIBE on YouTube. FOLLOW @aroundtheempire and @joanneleon.  SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW on iTunes, iHeart, Spotify, Google Play, Facebook or on your preferred podcast app. Recorded on August 20, 2020. Music by Fluorescent Grey. Reference Links: Around the Empire Ep 136 Coup in Bolivia feat Ben Norton

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by by Tina Landis, organizer and author of the new book, ‘Climate Solutions: Beyond Capitalism,' to talk about the catastrophic fires sweeping through California and why controlling an increasingly-volatile global climate requires a fundamental shift away from individualism and towards collective, socialist solutions.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Patrick Lawrence, a columnist, essayist, lecturer and author of "Time No Longer: Americans After the American Century," to talk about his new article in Consortium News, "Huawei, Tik Tok, WeChat & Other Handy Targets," and why the ruling class' willingness to effectively seize their more successful foreign competitors should worry us all.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Nate Wallace, co-host of Red Spin Sports podcast, for the latest edition of the new weekly segment “The Red Spin Report,” to talk about the latest in the chaotic College Football coronavirus response and why the sport's most pronounced institutional failures closely parallel those of capitalism in general. Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone, Co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast, author of "The Management of Savagery," to talk about the newly-formed group of "Former Republican National Security Officials for Biden," the intensifying (and frequently US government-sponsored) attacks on successful alternative media outlets like The Grayzone, and the response to his recent article showing renowned Hong Kong expert "Kong Tsung-Gan" is actually white, American-born Brian Kern in yellowface.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Aislinn Pulley, an organizer with the Black Lives Matter movement.Protestors in Bend, Oregon last night were sprayed by ICE agents with pepper spray, the use of tear gas has resumed in Portland and activists are denouncing what appears to be a coordinated crackdown. Meanwhile, protests and police attacks continued in Richmond, Chicago and elsewhere, and cops and politicians are demanding heavier and heavier charges and elsewhere. Presumptive Democratic Presidential and Vice Presidential nominees Joe Biden and Kamala Harris appeared together yesterday for the first time since Harris joined the ticket. Harris gave a speech outlining the differences between the Democratic and Republican tickets, while President Trump responded by calling Harris “mean” and “a nasty woman.” And what can we expect in terms of the political relationship between Biden and Harris, considering that many don’t expect Biden to complete a full term in office? Ben Norton, a journalist with the Grayzone and co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast, and Coleen Rowley, a former FBI special agent who in 2002 was named Time Magazine person of the year along with two other whistleblowers, joins the show. Thursday’s weekly series “Criminal Injustice” is about the most egregious conduct of our courts and prosecutors and how justice is denied to so many people in this country. Paul Wright, the founder and executive director of the Human Rights Defense Center and editor of Prison Legal News (PLN), and Kevin Gosztola, a writer for Shadowproof.com and co-host of the podcast Unauthorized Disclosure, join the show.Loud & Clear’s series, In the News, is where the hosts look at the most important ongoing developments of the week and put them into perspective. Sputnik news analysts Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek join the show.A regular Thursday segment deals with the ongoing militarization of space. As the US continues to withdraw from international arms treaties, will the weaponization and militarization of space bring the world closer to catastrophe? Brian and John speak with Prof. Karl Grossman, a full professor of journalism at the State University of New York, College at Old Westbury and the host of a nationally aired television program focused on environmental, energy, and space issues, and with Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space and a contributor to Foreign Policy In Focus.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Max Blumenthal, a bestselling author and journalist who is senior editor of The Grayzone and co-host of the podcast “Moderate Rebels.”Four days ago, Twitter announced that it would begin identifying what it calls “state sponsors of information” on the platform. What that means is that when Sputnik, RT, Telesur, or any number of similar outlets post a tweet, Twitter will add a tag saying that the information comes from a foreign government. The implication is that reads should take what they read with a grain of salt. But the warning label will not be attached to tweets and news from the BBC, Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe, Radio or TV Marti, or the Voice of America, all of which are government owned and operated. Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill are still at loggerheads when it comes to a new coronavirus stimulus package. So President Trump this weekend took matters into his own hands. In a move that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called “absurdly unconstitutional” and that was even condemned by the conservative Wall Street Journal, Trump issued executive orders this weekend that cuts the payroll tax, deferrs student loans, and provides Americans with an unemployment supplement of $400 a week. Dr. Jack Rasmus, a professor of economics at Saint Mary's College of California and author of “The Scourge of Neo-Liberalism: US policy from Reagan to Trump,” joins the show. We continue our segment “Education for Liberation” where we look at the state of education across the country. What’s happening in our schools, colleges, and universities, and what impact does it have on the world around us? Brian and John speak with Bill Ayers, an activist, educator and author, and host of the new podcast: “Under the Tree: A Seminar on Freedom with Bill Ayers” In The Week Ahead, the panel looks at the most newsworthy stories of the coming week and what it means for the country and the world including Trump’s executive orders on Coronavirus relief, the spread of the pandemic among children, and more. Walter Smolarek, Sputnik News analyst and one of the producers of Loud & Clear, joins the show. We continue our weekly half hour segment Technology Rules—a weekly guide on how monopoly corporations and the National Surveillance State are threatening cherished freedoms, civil rights and civil liberties. Web developer and technologist Chris Garaffa, and Patricia Gorky, a software engineer and technology and security analyst, joins Brian and John.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Max Blumenthal, a bestselling author and journalist who is senior editor of The Grayzone and co-host of the podcast “Moderate Rebels.”

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Jack Rasmus, economist, radio show host, & author of "The Scourge of Neoliberalism," to talk about this morning's release of the 20th consecutive jobless report showing over a million people filed for state unemployment last week and the huge disparities between how the ruling class makes funds available to corporate entities and working people.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Jana Nakhal, an urban planner and Central Committee member of the Lebanese Communist Party, to talk about the destruction wrought by the horrendous explosion which tore through Beirut's port and downtown this week, how the thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate which appeared to cause the blast were able to be stored in the sensitive area for so long, and why some Lebanese citizens are request a 're-colonization' by French President Emmanuel Macron as he seemingly attempts to use the devastation in Beirut for the benefit of French imperialist interests.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Kevin Kamps, a radioactive waste watchdog at Beyond Nuclear, to talk about the 75th anniversary of the horrific US bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima, the profound racism exposed by the killings of hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians and the exploitation of indigenous populations supposedly required to produce uranium at home, and how US imperialism continues to use the threat of nuclear extermination to control global affairs.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ben Norton, assistant editor of The Grayzone and producer/co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast, to talk about attempts by supposedly non-governmental organizations to gin up public outrage against the traditional targets of empire in the aftermath of the Beirut explosion, the leaked documents showing that the US government is looking further its covert war on Nicaragua, and the announcement that the Trump administration will continue backing would-be 'interim president' Juan Guaido even after he refuses to participate in elections.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Professor Richard Wolff, a professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and founder of the organization Democracy at Work whose latest book is “Understanding Socialism.”Today is Loud & Clear’s weekly series about the biggest economic news of the week with special guest Prof. Wolff.Several states have primary elections today with heavily contested races. In Kansas, former Secretary of State Kris Kobach, an immigration hardliner and failed candidate for governor, is now running for a Senate seat that has been Republican for 66 years. And in Michigan, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib is facing a stiff challenge from former Rep. Brenda Jones, an African-American woman. Meanwhile, Joe Biden still has not made a decision on his Vice President, with six vetted candidates still in the running. Biden apparently will now make a decision late this week or early next week. And concerns are growing over the political turmoil that could come from long delays counting mail-in ballots. Brian and John speak with Daniel Lazare. He is a journalist and author of three books--The Frozen Republic, The Velvet Coup, and America's Undeclared War.The coronavirus continues to spread, with 35 states across the country logging more cases last week than the week before. President Trump, however, is insistent that schools reopen. With that said, some governors are ignoring the president and are ordering that students return to school online only. And in an interview yesterday with the news outlet Axios, the president insisted that the United States has the best coronavirus record in the world. Max Blumenthal, a bestselling author and journalist, whose latest film is “Killing Gaza.” He is also the senior editor of Grayzone and co-host of the podcast “Moderate Rebels,” joins the show.Loud & Clear’s series, In the News, is where the hosts look at the most important ongoing developments of the week and put them into perspective. Sputnik news analysts Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek join the show.Tuesday’s regular segment is called Women & Society with Dr. Hannah Dickinson. This weekly segment is about the major issues, challenges, and struggles facing women in all aspects of society. Hannah Dickinson, an associate professor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and an organizer with the Geneva Women’s Assembly; Nathalie Hrizi, an educator, a political activist, and the editor of Breaking the Chains, a women’s magazine, which you can find at patreon.com/BreakChainsMag; special guest, Moira Casados-Cassidy, a member of the board of directors in the Denver Classroom Teachers Association; and Loud & Clear producer Nicole Roussell join the show.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by John Ross, Senior Fellow at Chongyang Institute, Renmin University of China, and an award-winning resident columnist with several Chinese media organizations.Microsoft CEO spoke with President Trump recently about its desire to purchase TikTok. Trump last week said that he would seek to ban TikTok, one of the most popular apps in the world, saying that it secretly collected data and sent it to China. Is the Microsoft CEO in favor of political gangsterism over the infamous free market that corporations usually espouse? Congress and the Trump Administration are so far apart on another Covid relief bill that there is no chance of an agreement. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday that she and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin have not agreed on any major points that would be in a bill. They are farthest apart on direct aid to the unemployed, with Mnuchin saying that he would not support any bill that pays people to stay home doing nothing. Meanwhile, the coronavirus continues to spread quickly around the country with nearly 155,000 Americans dead and tens of millions remain unemployed. Lee Camp, a writer, comedian, activist, journalist, and host of the television show “Redacted Tonight,” on RT America, and his latest book is called “Bullet Points & Punch Lines,” available at leecamp.com, joins the show. The Russian government announced over the weekend that it would begin a coronavirus vaccination program in October, the first country to do so. But rather than optimism or support, the media is fearmongering about the vaccine, equating speed with haphazard safety protocols. Indeed, some outlets are comparing the Russian vaccine to Sputnik, the first man-made satellite in space. And the media are doing the same thing with news of an upcoming Chinese vaccine. Brian and John speak with Ben Norton, a journalist with the Grayzone and co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast. Monday’s segment “Education for Liberation with Bill Ayers” is where Bill helps us look at the state of education across the country. What’s happening in our schools, colleges, and universities, and what impact does it have on the world around us? Chicago Teachers Union member and activist Nick Stender joins Brian and John. In this segment, The Week Ahead, the hosts take a look at the most newsworthy stories of the coming week and what it means for the country and the world. Sputnik News analyst and producer of this show Nicole Roussell joins the show.Monday’s regular segment Technology Rules is a weekly guide on how monopoly corporations and the national surveillance state are threatening cherished freedoms, civil rights and civil liberties. Web developer and technologist Chris Garaffa and software engineer and technology joins the show.

Ken and Mila are joined by Ben Norton to air their musical grievances and discuss foreign policy reporting in the mainstream media, imperialism/authoritarianism, queer drones, and more. Ben Norton is journalist, filmmaker, and musician currently based in Nicaragua. He is the assistant-editor at The Grayzone, the co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast, and a contributor to Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR). You can follow him on Twitter at @BenjaminNorton. Thanks for listening! Support us at patreon.com/unacceptablepodcast and we'll make it worth your while ;)

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Misha Litvak, a labor organizer based in Portland, Oregon, to talk about public uproar over the unidentified federal agents seizing protesters in Portland and whisking them away in unmarked rental vans, how Mayor Ted Wheeler's (as-yet-unfulfilled) request for the agents to leave exposes an inability or unwillingness to protect Portland residents, and why protesters seem unlikely to leave the streets anytime soon.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Tamanisha John, a PhD candidate at Florida International University studying multinational corporations in the Caribbean, to talk about Guyana's ongoing political crisis as Guyanese President David Granger declines to step down from office, how US attempts to destabilize Venezuela via regional neighbors factor into the Guyanese political landscape, and how the recent discovery of vast oil deposits raised the stakes in March's disputed presidential election. In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Jack Rasmus, economist, radio show host, & author of 'The Scourge of Neoliberalism,' to talk about his latest article, "What Lies Ahead," why we're at such a critical juncture in terms of the future of the country's public health and economic development, and how rampant joblessness, evictions, and lack of childcare could quickly spiral into a depression.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ben Norton, a journalist, Assistant Editor of the Grayzone, and the Producer and Co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast, to talk about why the announcement that former Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich will speak on behalf of Joe Biden at the Democratic convention suggest there's little practical difference between the two major parties, why the Nicaraguan government's significantly-reduced celebration of the 41st Anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution this year shows the disingenuity of mainstream media coverage of the socialist-led country, and the important connections between far-right US-backed regimes abroad and the rise of fascism at home.

Ben Norton is a journalist, writer, and filmmaker. He is the assistant editor of The Grayzone, and the producer of the Moderate Rebels podcast, which he co-hosts. On the show we discuss the infiltration of left-wing independent media by big money donors and investors, the response to COVID-19 in Latin America, Julian Assange, the quick implosion of BountyGate, the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's ties to the intelligence community, and the soft-imperialism of Howie Hawkins and the Green Party. Then Ben answers patron questions regarding anarchism and social media, before himself posing the question, "What does 'Primo Nutmeg' mean, anyway?"Join the conversation! Submit questions to guests by becoming a PRIMO NUTMEG patron for only $1 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/primonutmegSubscribe to PRIMO NUTMEG on YouTube, Spotify, and iTunes!https://primonutmeg.com/ https://facebook.com/primonutmeg/ https://twitter.com/primonutmeg/ https://instagram.com/primonutmeg/https://minds.com/primonutmeg/https://youtube.com/c/primonutmeg/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/primonutmeg)

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, John Kiriakou is joined by Ted Rall, an award-winning commentator and editorial cartoonist whose work you can find at www.rall.com.New coronavirus infection cases are surging across the country, with marked increases in 45 states over the past 14 days. Dr. Anthony Fauci said yesterday before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee that he would not be surprised to see 100,000 new infections per day in the coming weeks. Even the Republican governors of Texas, Florida, and Arizona said yesterday that they had reopened their states too soon. Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that he was considering a third coronavirus stimulus bill that would extend unemployment benefits. Accusations continue to fly that Russian military intelligence paid the Taliban a bounty to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan, although there is little in the way of evidence. The Wall Street Journal reported that NSA strenuously objected to the report, saying there was no evidence that it was true, while former National Security Advisor Susan Rice offered an opinion in the New York Times that it was true and that both President Trump and Vice President Pence live in a state of denial. Ben Norton, a journalist with the Grayzone and co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast, joins the show. Supporters of Medicaid expansion won a narrow victory in conservative Oklahoma yesterday where a ballot measure passed with slightly over 50 percent of the vote. In Colorado, an right-wing insurgent congressional candidate who is a follower of the conspiracy group Q-Anon, defeated incumbent Republican Congressman Scott Tipton, despite being outspent 4-1. Meanwhile, mail-in ballots in Kentucky have been counted and Amy McGrath has won the Democratic nomination for Senate. She will take on Mitch McConnell in November. John speaks with Dave Lindorff, an investigative reporter, a columnist for CounterPunch, and a contributor to The Nation, Extra! and Salon.com whose writings are at ThisCantBeHappening.net. The Israeli government was widely expected to present to the cabinet today a plan to annex as much as 30 percent of the West Bank. That’s what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s deal with Knesset Speaker Benny Gantz allowed for. But it didn’t happen, even after a meeting yesterday between Netanyahu, a White House envoy, and the US Ambassador to Israel. Miko Peled, the author of “The General’s Son - A Journey of an Israeli in Palestine,” and of "Injustice: The Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five,” joins the show. Wednesday’s weekly series, In the News, is where the hosts look at the most important ongoing developments of the week and put them into perspective. Sputnik news analysts Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek join the show.Wednesday’s regular segment, Beyond Nuclear, is about nuclear issues, including weapons, energy, waste, and the future of nuclear technology in the United States. Kevin Kamps, the Radioactive Waste Watchdog at the organization Beyond Nuclear, joins the show.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Juan José Gutiérrez, the executive director of the Full Rights for Immigrants Coalition.The Supreme Court today, in a landmark 5-4 decision, ruled that the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle the DACA program, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which protects undocumented immigrants brought to this country as children, was unconstitutional. This is a major defeat for the White House, and it protects some 650,000 young people known as “Dreamers.” In the final decision, Chief Justice John Roberts, a George W. Bush appointee to the court, joined the court’s four more progressive justices. Former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s memoir is supposed to come out on Tuesday. The White House is asking a federal court for an injunction against the book, but excerpts are already being widely reported in the media. Is arch-neocon John Bolton now about to be embraced by the centrist establishment that once despised him? And how shocking really is the information being reported as “bombshells” in the media? Ben Norton, a journalist with the Grayzone and co-host of the Moderate Rebels podcast, joins the show. Thursday’s weekly series “Criminal Injustice” is about the most egregious conduct of our courts and prosecutors and how justice is denied to so many people in this country. Paul Wright, the founder and executive director of the Human Rights Defense Center and editor of Prison Legal News (PLN), and Kevin Gosztola, a writer for Shadowproof.com and co-host of the podcast Unauthorized Disclosure, join the show.Loud & Clear’s series, In the News, is where the hosts look at the most important ongoing developments of the week and put them into perspective. Sputnik news analysts Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek join the show.A regular Thursday segment deals with the ongoing militarization of space. As the US continues to withdraw from international arms treaties, will the weaponization and militarization of space bring the world closer to catastrophe? Brian and John speak with Prof. Karl Grossman, a full professor of journalism at the State University of New York, College at Old Westbury and the host of a nationally aired television program focused on environmental, energy, and space issues, and with Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space and a contributor to Foreign Policy In Focus.

In this episode I speak with Ben Norton about US/Iranian relations that lead us up to the 2020 attacks in Iraq and potential opening of a new war between these powerful countries. Ben Norton is a journalist, writer, and filmmaker. He is the assistant editor of The Grayzone, and the producer of the Moderate Rebels podcast, […]