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Abby Martin: Iraq, Iran, Venezuela—US Wars for Oil Won't Stop
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- Abby Martin: Iraq, Iran, Venezuela—US Wars for Oil Won't Stop
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- 7:47
- Date posted
- 7 hours ago
- Description
- From the Wars in Iraq and Iran to the invasion of Venezuela, the US military empire has abandoned any pretense of "spreading democracy" and is wreaking violent havoc on the world in search of more resources and in service of fossil fuel corporations. But, as independent journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin of @EmpireFiles explains, this is what the United States and its military presence around the world has always been about.
Watch our full interview with Abby Martin here: https://youtu.be/yPEg2Qq-J4k
#usa #military #iran #venezuela #climatechange
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- "The colonizer mind cannot beat a liberated one. They can kill and destroy, but they can’t win."
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- 1:21
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- Title
- Abby Martin: The Ruling-Class War on Our Minds
- Runtime
- 6:22
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- Independent journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin of @EmpireFiles breaks down the ruling-class "war on our minds" that aims to confuse, overwhelm, and immobilize people into passive submission—and how to fight back and reclaim reality when we're surrounded by lies, misinformation, and AI slop.
Watch our full interview with Abby Martin here: https://youtu.be/yPEg2Qq-J4k
#media #politics #reality #trump
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- 70% land takeover of Gaza. What comes next for Israel? Ghada Karmi's 45-second answer.
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- 0:45
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
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- Title
- How the United States Stole Mexico | S2E9
- Runtime
- 36:55
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- Increasingly, Trump has his sights set on Mexico—promising to send in US troops in the name of fighting cartels and advancing a so-called drug war policy. But Trump’s actions hearken back to an era of US empire much, much older.
See, Mexico has withstood a long history of foreign intervention by the Spanish, French, and multiple times by the United States.
In 1848, Mexico lost more than half its territory to the United States. The US states of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and more used to be part of Mexico.
Today, host Michael Fox visits Mexico’s National Museum of Interventions in Mexico City, and we look back at the devastating history of foreign intervention in Mexico amid Trump’s threats against Mexico and elsewhere in the region today.
This is Episode 9 of Under the Shadow, Season 2.
Under the Shadow is an investigative narrative podcast series that walks back in time, telling the story of...
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- Shield of the Americas: Trump's Donroe Coalition | S2E8
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- 1:06:21
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- At least 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are on board with Trump’s new military alliance. They are calling it the America’s Counter Cartel Coalition. Latin America’s top right-wing leaders are involved, including El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele and Argentina’s Javier Milei. They met in Florida for the event, on March 7.
The United States has promised to use lethal force to destroy cartels and narco-traffickers in those nations. Kristi Noem, the former head of Homeland Security, is the new special envoy for the coalition.
This is a new phase of Trump’s plan for Latin America. Trump’s Donroe Doctrine—Monroe 2.0. The first was the offensive against his enemies in the region. Now Trump is shoring up his allies, and building a coalition where the US military can continue to take action, now in collaboration with countries allied with Trump. We’ve already begun to see this unfold in Ecuador.
This is Episode 8 of Under the S...
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- Trump’s War on Cuba: Crisis Made in The USA | S2E7
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- 1:02:26
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- Cuba is facing the greatest existential threat it has seen in decades. Trash is filling streets, because garbage trucks can’t make the rounds. Rolling blackouts, rising food prices and cuts to transportation, university classes, and hospitals amid a gas shortage, the likes of which the country hasn’t seen in years.
US President Donald Trump, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and other officials have made it clear that they aren’t interested in anything less than regime change. And they’re going after that goal full throttle. The United States is now imposing an oil blockade on the island nation that is pushing it to the brink – and hitting its most vulnerable residents the hardest.
In this episode, we look at Cuba, the history of the more than 65-year-old US embargo on Cuba and Trump’s actions.
Under the Shadow is an investigative narrative podcast series that walks back in time, telling the story of the past by visiting momentous pla...
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- Homeland Empire: Venezuela to Minneapolis | S2E6
- Runtime
- 48:30
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- Just since the beginning of 2026, US forces have killed people in Caracas, Venezuela, on boat strikes in the Pacific, and in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
This is a new era, where US law enforcement kill people in plain sight and then blame it on the victims, accusing them of being agitators or terrorists — domestic or foreign — whether they are in fishing boats in the Caribbean and Pacific or protesting on the streets of Minneapolis.
Today’s episode turns the lens back on the United States. Because the shadow of the United States itself is hanging dangerously over US cities and communities like never before.
This is episode 6 of Under the Shadow, Season 2.
Under the Shadow is an investigative narrative podcast series that walks back in time, telling the story of the past by visiting momentous places in the present. Season 2 responds in real time to the Trump administration’s onslaught on Latin America.
Hosted by Latin...
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- When The Bombs Fell on Caracas | S2E5
- Runtime
- 44:05
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- On January 3, 2026, the United States invaded Venezuela and kidnapped president Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. It was the first US invasion of a Latin American country since the 1989 invasion of Panama.
The United States fired missiles and bombs that blew out windows and hit residential apartment blocks. Helicopters. Explosions. Firebombs. They cut electricity. They destroyed a medical supplies warehouse. Testimonies say helicopters fired on innocent people. They traumatized thousands, if not millions, of Venezuelans.
The aftermath for everyday Venezuelans has been completely ignored. The voices of those on the ground—the voices of the victims—have been largely silenced in the international press and then forgotten as the news cycle hurtles on and our attention shifts elsewhere—to Greenland, Minneapolis, Iran, Gaza, or whatever Trump happens to be blustering about on social media.
So today, we’re heading to Caracas to speak to...
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- Debunking The US Narrative on Venezuela | S2E4
- Runtime
- 48:20
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- In the hours after the Jan. 3 US invasion of Venezuela, social media was inundated with fake videos and images. Some showed Venezuelans holding huge rallies in favor of the US invasion. Others showed US troops landing or firing from helicopters. Others showed Maduro being kidnapped.
Not all were AI. Some were old, showing anti-government rallies from years past. Or from other places—other invasions or bombing raids, unrelated to the current US attack.
But these videos racked up tons of views, misleading millions of people about what was happening on the ground. Many of those people still don’t know the truth.
It was only the tip of the iceberg.
Today, host Michael Fox looks at the misconceptions, myths, and misinformation that has been spread about Venezuela in the wake of the US invasion and, together with political scientist Steve Ellner, dives headfirst into the biased reporting and slanted truths that have underpinned the main...
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- Hands Off Latin America | S2E3
- Runtime
- 49:42
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- Thousands have marched against Trump’s invasion of Venezuela. And leaders are leading the charge against US intervention in the region, in some unexpected places. But Trump is now also pointing elsewhere in the region. Cuba, Colombia and Mexico are in his sights.
Today, host Michael Fox looks at the response around the world to Trump’s invasion of Venezuela. He also takes a deep dive into Trump’s threats elsewhere across the region, and introduces you to some of the leaders and the people standing up to Trump both inside the United States and far beyond.
Under the Shadow is an investigative narrative podcast series that walks back in time, telling the story of the past by visiting momentous places in the present. Season 2 responds in real time to the Trump administration’s onslaught in Latin America.
Hosted by Latin America-based journalist Michael Fox.
This podcast is produced in partnership between The Real News Network and ...
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- Understanding The US Invasion of Venezuela | S2E2
- Runtime
- 41:15
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- In the early hours of Saturday morning, January 3rd, Venezuelans were awoken by the sounds of bombs falling. US helicopters whirled overhead. Explosions struck across the capital Caracas and in surrounding states.
Hours of chaos, fear, and uncertainty.
President Donald Trump would post over social media that the US had “captured” Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores amid a “large-scale” strike against the country.
This is the first US invasion of another country in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama, when the US kidnapped and detained Panamanian President Manuel Noriega under charges of drug trafficking. The Trump administration used the same excuse to detain Maduro, despite lack of evidence linking Maduro to drug trafficking.
With this strike, the United States has taken an unprecedented step: This is the first time the United States has used its own military to invade a South American c...
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- Trump's Piracy in The Caribbean | S2E1
- Runtime
- 44:01
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- On September 2, President Donald Trump announced from the Oval Office that the US Navy had carried out an air strike on a boat in international waters. That boat strike rewrote US policy for Latin America overnight. Three months later, 26 boats have been hit, killing more than 90 people. The United States has codified its justification for the boat strikes as part of a new National Security Strategy, published in early December 2025. In the National Security Strategy, Trump announced a new Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, which he hopes can propel the United States and the US military to preeminence in the hemisphere. Trump’s actions suggest he believes he has broad latitude to take whatever measures he deems necessary, regardless of international law, the sovereignty of other nations, or the impact on human life. This reenvisioning of US policy for Latin America has disastrous implications for the region. More missile strikes. Loss of innocent lives. And even wrapping the Uni...
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- Abby Martin: The US Military Machine Is Destroying Our Planet
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- 55:18
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- We sit down for an hour-long discussion with legendary independent journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin to discuss her new blockbuster documentary, “Earth’s Greatest Enemy,” and the existential threat that US empire in general—and the US military specifically—poses to humanity and to our planet.
Watch Earth’s Greatest Enemy on the @EmpireFiles YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc7bzUVtqX8
Editor's Note: This conversation was recorded on Jan. 29, 2026, before the beginning of the illegal US-Israeli War in Iran.
Studio Production / Post-Production: David Hebden
#war #usa #military #climatechange
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- White Reconstruction: The National Myth of Post-Civil Rights America
- Runtime
- 2:59
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- Distinguished Professor of Black Study Dylan Rodríguez deconstructs the central premise of his book, White Reconstruction: Domestic Warfare and the Logic of Genocide. Rodríguez critiques the era of the late 2000s and 2010s—a period defined by the seductive myth that a "post-civil rights" moment had finally arrived. By examining "reforms" like DEI recruiting initiatives within the LAPD, he illustrates how the state transforms the targets of its violence into its active participants. Ultimately, Rodríguez argues that white supremacy is not merely a demographic category, but a political template that can be inhabited and executed by people of color.
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- Why Are There So Many Toxic Disasters in the US Right Now? w/ Maximillian Alvarez
- Runtime
- 7:18
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
- Description
- A chemical crisis at the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove, CA, an oil spill in Los Angeles, a deadly catastrophe at the Nippon Dynawave paper mill in Longview, WA—why are there so many toxic disasters in the news right now?
As an award-winning journalist who covers toxic disasters like this all over the country, @therealnews Editor-in-Chief Maximillian explains why it feels like everything is falling apart at once, and why these latest disasters are just the tip of the iceberg after decades of corporations and the government turning the US into one giant, toxic "sacrifice zone."
#new #toxic #california #washington
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- Hunger strike at ICE facility sparks violent crackdown on protesters: Delaney Hall
- Runtime
- 2:49
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
- Description
- Detainees at Delaney Hall in Newark launched a hunger and labor strike over inhumane conditions inside the ICE facility. Outside, protesters say they were met with force as clashes with ICE agents escalated. Rep. LaMonica McIver says some detainees have already signed voluntary deportation papers, yet remain locked up for months while private prison contractors continue to profit from filled beds.
Is ICE trying to deport people quickly, or keep detention centers full--for maximum profit?
#DelaneyHall #ICE #HungerStrike #PrivatePrisons #LaMonicaMcIver #NewarkNJ #ImmigrationDetention #ICEProtest #InvestigativeJournalism #inequalitywatch #tayagraham #stephenjanis #prisonindustrialcomplex #forprofitprisons #policebrutality
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- “All these people online fighting over things that they didn't even achieve.” – William C. Anderson
- Runtime
- 2:59
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
- Description
- Author and Prism columnist William C. Anderson delivers an unflinching analysis of the state of the contemporary Left and of social media activism.
On Rattling the Bars, host Mansa Musa and Anderson discuss why choosing an ideology from Wikipedia doesn’t mean you inherit the victories of historical social movements—and why real revolution requires grounded community organizing.
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- Title
- The World Is in Crisis. William C. Anderson Sees A Way Out
- Runtime
- 38:36
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- In 2026, fascism in the US is rising while “the left” descends further into powerlessness, goofiness, and irrelevance—but, author William C. Anderson argues, it doesn’t have to be or stay that way. In this episode of Rattling the Bars, Anderson returns to the show for an unflinching conversation with former political prisoner and host Mansa Musa about the state of the political left today and the lessons organizers and everyday people can learn from the Black Liberation Movement and figures like the late Russell Maroon Shoatz.
Editor's Note: This conversation was recorded on May 1, 2026.
Producer / Videographer / Editor: Cameron Granadino
#politics #blackhistory #trump
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- California Chemical Crisis: "The Threat Has NOT Been Eliminated" w/ Maximillian Alvarez
- Runtime
- 5:25
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- An urgent message for Orange County, CA, residents from @therealnews Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez: The chemical crisis at the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove is still very dangerous, and major safety risks remain.
The media is doing a bad job right now of communicating to people that, while the worst-case explosion scenario has been avoided, many other really-really-bad-case scenarios remain, including an explosion from a less pressurized tank or a chemical leak that could have disastrous consequences to anyone or any animal exposed to it.
#news #california #orangecounty #toxic #emergency
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- The recent wave of incarcerated people going on strike
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- 2:55
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
- Description
- From the Pelican Bay hunger strikes—where those held in solitary confinement defied the isolation of the SHU—to the massive labor strikes across Alabama and Georgia, constitute a new wave of resistance in the 21st century. Organized within the "pockets of freedom" inside prisons, jails, and detention centers, incarcerated people are defying the odds and refusing to accept inhumane treatment. Distinguished Professor of Black Study, Dylan Rodríguez, joins host of Rattling the Bars Mansa Musa to discuss the vital connection between state violence and political organizing under the most brutal conditions.
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- Bernie Sanders declares war on billionaire election donations- the Abolish Super PACs Act
- Runtime
- 1:50
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
- Description
- Elections Are Being Bought! Sen Sanders Unveils Anti–Super PAC Bill.
Bernie Sanders and Summer Lee have introduced the “Abolish Super PACs Act,” a new bill aimed at ending unlimited outside spending in federal elections. In fact, NYT just reported that 300 families were responsible for nearly 20% of all federal campaign donations.
The lawmakers argue billionaire donors and corporate money are tightening their grip on American democracy while ordinary voters are pushed aside.
Investigative reporters Taya Graham and Stephen Janis asked Sanders whether Democrats are truly ready to confront a campaign finance system both parties have benefited from. The lawmakers warn that if concentrated wealth continues dominating elections, democracy itself could be at risk.
#BernieSanders #SummerLee #SuperPACs #CitizensUnited #MoneyInPolitics #CampaignFinance #ElectionReform #Democracy #Politics #Billionaires #DarkMoney #CorporateMoney #Inequality #YouTubeShorts #Ta...
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- Inside CoreCivic's Detention Camp for Children and Families in Dilley, TX
- Runtime
- 1:52
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
- Description
- Shannon Heffernan, staff writer for @TheMarshallProject, exposes the abusive conditions inside the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, TX. Based on investigative reporting with Senior Data Researcher Anna Flagg, Heffernan details the systematic mistreatment of children held in ICE custody.
Read Heffernan and Flagg's full investigation here: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/29/ice-kids-in-detention-numbers
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- ICE detainees signed deportation Papers. Why are they still held in detention?
- Runtime
- 1:36
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- Congresswoman LaMonica McIver speaks out about conditions inside ICE detention facilities, alleging that detainees are being held for profit even after signing voluntary deportation agreements.
McIver also describes concerns about due process violations, lack of attorney access, broken communication systems, and the growing role of private prison profits in immigration detention.
The interview comes amid growing controversy surrounding Delaney Hall and congressional oversight of ICE detention centers.
#ICE #Immigration #LaMonicaMcIver #DelaneyHall #Politics #News #ICEdetention #Congress #CivilRights #InvestigativeJournalism #inequalityWatch #tayagraham #stephenjanis
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- "I look at the world, and I shout, 'I am human and I deserve to be a human.'"
- Runtime
- 2:53
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- Basem Khandakji, award-winning Palestinian author and former political prisoner, and Mansa Musa, former Black Panther and political prisoner, engage in a profound dialogue about their shared experiences with carceral systems under colonial regimes in Israel and the United States. Basem delineates Israel’s apartheid and colonial systems, while Mansa discusses the "historical present" of Jim Crow in the U.S. South, as promulgated by white supremacy. Their shared history of combating these systems of oppression illuminates the deep, multilayered solidarity connecting Palestinian liberation and Black resistance across geographies.
#palestine #israelpalestineconflict #israel
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- Larriett Blasts ‘Pro-Trump’ Rival Amid Wave of Racist Redistricting
- Runtime
- 12:52
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
- Description
- Editor’s Note: This interview was recorded on May 11, 2026. Following the recording, a US Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for Alabama to implement a new congressional map that effectively dismantles one of the state’s two majority-Black districts.
Alabama US Senate candidate Dakarai Larriett joins Mansa Musa on Rattling the Bars to expose the rising tide of voter suppression and the battle for the Democratic ticket. Ahead of the May 19, 2026, primary, Larriett takes aim at opponent Kyle Sweetser—a former three-time Trump voter—calling his sudden party shift disingenuous while vowing to ‘fight like hell’ against racist redistricting in the South.
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- Title
- The Nakba and the Logic of Manifest Destiny
- Runtime
- 3:00
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
- Description
- Caribbean scholar Sylvia Wynter identifies a chilling paradox at the heart of the modern world: the inextricable link between civilizational violence and techno-industrial progress. In White Reconstruction, Dylan Rodríguez applies Wynter’s framework to the 1948 Nakba and the current assault on Gaza, framing these events not as historical accidents, but as the execution of a "Manifest Destiny" that has no end date. Rodríguez joins host of Rattling the Bars Mansa Musa to deconstruct how this logic of progress continues to demand the systematic erasure of Palestinian life.
#palestine #gaza #israel #israelpalestineconflict
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- ‘Genocide Didn't Start in Gaza in 2023’ w/ Basem Khandakji
- Runtime
- 35:18
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
- Description
- Israel’s genocidal destruction of Gaza is the culmination of a violent settler-colonial project that goes all the way back to the Nakba (“Catastrophe”) of 1948. In this episode of Rattling the Bars, former political prisoner and Black Panther Mansa Musa speaks with award-winning Palestinian author and former political prisoner Basem Khandakji about the decades-long destruction of Palestinian society and mass displacement of Palestinians from their homeland, as well as the perseverance of Palestinian prisoners under the totalitarian conditions of Israeli prisons.
Producer / Videographer / Editor: Cameron Granadino
#palestine #israel #nakba #prison
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- From Israeli Prisons to Exile: The Palestinian Author Still Denied a Reunion With His Mother
- Runtime
- 1:36
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Released from Israeli prisons during the October 2025 exchange after 21 years of incarceration, Basem Khandakji now lives in exile in Cairo. While his novel, A Mask, the Color of the Sky—written and smuggled out of prison in secret—earns international acclaim, the Palestinian author remains separated from his family. His mother, who is battling breast cancer, was denied entry at the checkpoint bridge between Palestine and Jordan, preventing their long-awaited embrace. Today, Basem describes his life in exile as a metaphoric journey, meditating on the meaning of freedom while hoping to one day return to his home in Nablus.
#palestine #israel #israelpalestineconflict #mothersday
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- "Tucker Carlson is still at his core... an American Christian ethno-nationalist"
- Runtime
- 1:06
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Amid Israel’s ongoing destruction of Gaza, its illegal annexation of land in the Occupied West Bank, and belligerent warmaking in Iran and Lebanon, antisemitism around the globe is rising—but so is an international chorus of anti-Zionist Jews speaking out against Israel’s crimes. In this episode of The Marc Steiner Show, Marc speaks with renowned author and commentator Peter Beinart about his new book, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza, and about the “civil war” within the Jewish world over Israel.
#tuckercarlson #israel #palestine #israelpalestineconflict
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- 40 Baltimore Mothers Taken By ICE
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- 0:47
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- We spoke with Anthony of the International League of Peoples' Struggle in the middle of the Baltimore May Day march downtown, which was part of a national day of protests against billionaires and authoritarianism on May 1. Anthony told @therealnews he was marching with others to free the 40 Central American Baltimore mothers who were detained by ICE last month.
More info from CBS News (4/10/26): "When 40 women came for a required check-in with ICE over a two-day period in March, they were detained in holding rooms, according to the People's Power Assembly (PPA). The group heard about it from other activists in Washington state. "They do regular visits with detainees in ICE facilities and that's how they heard about this story, they brought it to us," said PPA organizer Andrew Mayton... WJZ has reached out to ICE about the women's detainment, but there's been no response."
#news #politics #ice #trump #baltimore
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- "They Want Islands, We Just Want Healthcare..."
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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- BALTIMORE, MD: We speak with Baltimore musician Shango Supreme in the middle of the May Day march in downtown Baltimore, which was part of a national day of protests against billionaires and authoritarianism on May 1. TRNN asked Shango and others why they were marching: "The people that are currently behind the scenes—they're doing everything in their power to get the results that they want... We should do the same thing."
If you're out there, we're out there too. And we want to hear your stories and lift up your voices 🎤
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- Title
- BREAKING: Port workers face urgent threat from AI automation
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- 2:08
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Union longshore workers in the Port of Tacoma, WA, are sounding the alarm about an urgent threat of jobs lost on the ports to automation. We speak with Zack Pattin and Brian Skiffington of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 23.
They and their union are calling on members of the public to sign their Action Network petition telling the Port of Tacoma’s elected commissioners to block Husky Terminal's request to use AI: "Husky Terminal, which leases ship-to-shore cranes from the Port of Tacoma, is trying to replace marine clerks with job-killing tech. They just submitted what’s called a 'tenant improvement request' to install these functions on publicly-owned Port property. If approved by Port managers, that means our tax dollars are directly financing Husky’s efforts to eliminate good jobs in the community and attack our union."
Read the full petition here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/husky-ai
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- Title
- How the Louisiana v. Callais decision evaporates the "Post-Racial" narrative
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- 3:00
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- William C. Anderson, author of The Nation on No Map, has been documenting the erosion of the Voting Rights Act since its first major blow was struck in his hometown of Shelby County. Thirteen years after Chief Justice John Roberts invoked a "Post-Racial" America to justify the Shelby v. Holder decision, the ruling in Louisiana v. Callais serves as a final, sobering confirmation: the dismantling of civil rights legislation isn't proof of progress—it is a calculated reversal of Black political empowerment.
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- Republican Congressman Can't Justify Massive New ICE Spending
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- 1:49
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- As Republicans start the process of appropriating billions more for ICE and CPB, we asked Congressman Mike Lawler whether the money was necessary given record funding for both from Trump's Big Beautiful bill.
Reporting from Capitol Hill with Taya Graham and Stephen Janis of the Inequality Watch.
#ICE #CBP #CapitolHill #InequalityWatch #Politics #USImmigration #BreakingNews #CivilRights #Justice #immigrants #policywatch
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- Title
- Inside the Legal Shift That Could Deport Every Dreamer (DACA)
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- 2:13
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- The legal ground beneath hundreds of thousands of young immigrants just shifted, and the consequences could be devastating.
In this report, we break down a major immigration ruling that could open the door to deportations for DACA recipients — young adults who were brought to the United States as children and have lived, worked, and built their lives here under the protection of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Originally established during the Obama administration, DACA allowed vetted individuals to live without fear of removal. But a recent decision from an immigration appeals court, along with a new ruling from the Board of Immigration Appeals, has fundamentally altered that protection. The result: DACA may no longer shield recipients from deportation.
That means teachers, nurses, students, and workers, people deeply rooted in their communities, could now face removal from the only country many of them have ever known.
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- So You Call Yourself a ‘Revolutionary’? w/ Paul Coates
- Runtime
- 1:13:29
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- From the dawn of the digital age to the current era of “artificial intelligence,” the future of literacy, reading, and book publishing is facing an existential threat. But Paul Coates—legendary activist, publisher, former Baltimore Black Panther Party member, and founder of Black Classic Press—has some critical wisdom to share in these perilous times about the revolutionary necessity of books. At a live event organized by Tubman House and Eddie’s Front Porch, recorded at the TRNN studio in Baltimore, MD, on March 6, 2026, community organizer and creator of Healing Justices Erica Woodland sits down with Coates for a wide-ranging discussion about propaganda, publishing, Black literary production, and the past and present of revolutionary politics.
Producer / Editor: Cameron Granadino
Videographer: Phil Glaser
#politics #history #publishing
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- Title
- Inside Baltimore's March Against Billionaires and Authoritarianism
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- 9:52
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- BALTIMORE, MD: Inspired by January’s mass strike against ICE terror in Minnesota, a vast coalition of labor unions, democratic organizations, and community groups organized protests around the US on Friday, May 1, International Workers Day. Organizers called for a one-day "economic blackout" ("no school, no work, no shopping") in protest of authoritarianism and government policies that put billionaires’ needs above those of workers. TRNN takes you inside the Baltimore, MD, May Day march so you can see it and hear directly from protestors yourself...
Videography / Post-Production: Maximillian Alvarez
#news #politics #billionaires #mayday #maryland
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- "Baristas vs. Billionaires": The 5-Year Fight to Unionize Starbucks w/ Alec Baldwin and Mark Mori
- Runtime
- 20:43
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- After decades of decline, the organized labor movement in the US has seen a resurgence in rank-and-file militancy over the last decade, with increased strike actions and union drives in industries across the economy. And in the story of this recent revival of labor in America, the movement led by predominantly young baristas to unionize coffee giant Starbucks has played a pivotal role. The new documentary “Baristas vs. Billionaires” takes viewers on a journey through the last five years of the epic, ongoing struggle to unionize Starbucks, told by some of the workers and organizers at the center of that struggle. TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez speaks with the director of “Baristas vs. Billionaires,” Academy Award nominee Mark Mori, and with legendary actor and Academy Award nominee Alec Baldwin, who is a producer on the film.
#news #hollywood #labor #starbucks
Studio Production / Post-Production: David Hebden
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- May 1: Unions Call for ‘ECONOMIC BLACKOUT’ Against Billionaires and Authoritarianism
- Runtime
- 3:00
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Inspired by January’s mass strike against ICE terror in Minnesota, a vast coalition of labor unions, democratic organizations, and community groups are organizing a nationwide economic blackout on Friday, May 1, International Workers Day. “May Day Strong events are being planned across the US,” Michael Sainato reports at The Guardian, “with organizers calling for ‘no school, no work, no shopping,’ in protest of government policies they say put billionaires’ needs above those of workers.”
We spoke with labor organizers who are all involved in organizing May Day events this week from Philadelphia to Chicago to Iowa. Listen to the full conversation on @therealnews podcast feed.
What are you doing this May Day??
#news #politics #mayday #labor
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- Title
- Feds Are Doing Traffic Enforcement—Why That's Bad For All Of Us
- Runtime
- 30:01
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- In this episode of the Police Accountability Report we speak with Ismael Rincon aka Corners News @CornersLaredo of Texas who often encounters Customs and Border Patrol while driving to pick up clients for ride share. Federal agents have now taken to stopping cars and engaging in traffic enforcement, and in his case prolonging a stop to introduce K-9 even though it was established that the driver was an American citizen. Federal agents stopping American citizens shouldn't be a problem if they have nothing to hide, right? Unfortunately, history has taught us that allowing governmental agents more and more access to your private property, your person, and your time leads to the erosion of civil rights and often more disastrous consequences for the individual. Join us for the conversation, live chat, and discussion in the comment section on where Americans should draw the line between privacy and constitutional rights and the current imperative of law enforcement.
#policeacco...
- Title
- Epstein survivors react to his emails, and King Charles refusing to meet with them
- Runtime
- 2:55
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Epstein survivors returned to Capitol Hill with a clear message: they will not be ignored.
At a roundtable led by Congressman Ro Khanna survivors like Charlene Rochard and Dani Bensky described the coercion, power, and manipulation that kept them trapped and why full transparency is still needed.
Lawmakers are now pushing Virginia’s Law, named for Virginia Giuffre, to eliminate the statute of limitations on federal sex crimes.
Despite a request to King Charles III to meet with survivors, no response came.
But the message from survivors was unmistakable: they are still here and they are still fighting for accountability. The were joined by organizations that fight human trafficking and protect vulnerable young people like Amanda Roberts and Sky Roberts of SOAR, Sharlene Rochard, Activist (Epstein survivor), Megan Lundstrom CEO of Polaris Project, Yasmin Vafa, Executive Director, Rights4Girls Arisha Hatch, Executive Director, UltraViolet Lauren Hersh, Chief Exec...
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- Hegseth Calling Journalists ‘Pharisees’? Let’s Fact-Check That.
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- 2:56
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth compared journalists to “Pharisees” while defending criticism of the press over coverage of a potential war with Iran.
But that comparison doesn’t hold up.
In the very biblical story he references, the Pharisees represent religious authority while those questioning power and rigid interpretations of the law are the ones challenging them-- and guess who was questioning the Pharisees...
So what happens when journalists ask tough questions about war, power, and accountability? They get called heretics. Asking our federal government questions is now blasphemy? The founding fathers made the First Amendment, first, for a reason. Inequality watch dogs Taya Graham and Stephen Janis will keep going to Capitol Hill, asking questions and trying to get you answers.
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#MediaBias
#PoliticalNews
#Inequalitywatch
#USPolitics
#WarOnIran
#Mil...
- Title
- The American Revolution Through a Slave’s Eyes
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- 32:19
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the American Revolutionary War. While the national mythology behind the “America at 250” celebrations focuses on the 18th-century battle between Patriot and Loyalist elites, what does the story of the American Revolution and the founding of the United States look like through the eyes of enslaved people? In this episode of Rattling the Bars, host Mansa Musa speaks with Professor Justene Hill Edwards, author of “Unfree Markets: The Slaves’ Economy and the Rise of Capitalism in South Carolina.”
Producer / Videographer / Editor: Cameron Granadino
#news #politics #history #usa
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- Will ICE be used to intimidate voters? A new bill might make that possible.
- Runtime
- 20:51
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Congress members of the Hispanic Caucus speak out on their concerns on ICE and Border Patrol, with their first question being: why is an additional $70 billion needed after the record breaking $140 billion allocated last year from the Big Beautiful Bill? The budget for ICE has already increased by 400% within the past year, so speculation as to how these new funds would be used now leans towards intimidation and interference at the upcoming midterm elections. Inequality Watch reporters Taya Graham and Stephen Janis break down their most recent interviews from these representatives at the nation's Capitol in Washington, DC.
#ice #borderpatrol #congress #politics #midtermelections #inequalitywatch #reactionvideo
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- Democrats say new ICE funding could be used to interfere with the 2026 midterms
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- A proposed $70 billion expansion of ICE funding is raising serious concerns on Capitol Hill.
Rep. Rob Menendez warns that without clear limits, this kind of enforcement power could be used to interfere with elections, specifically elections in blue states. Republican supporters say it’s about security but its critics in the Hispanic Caucus say it’s about unchecked power.
So the question is where are the guardrails and can the Democrats actually do anything to stop it?
#breakingnews #shorts #midterms #ICE #democrats #congress
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- Title
- 30 Years in Israeli Prison: Mahmoud al-Arda Speaks
- Runtime
- 18:26
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Former political prisoner Mahmoud al-Arda was first arrested by Israeli occupation forces in 1992 due to his involvement in the First Intifada and his membership in Islamic Jihad. Since then, for the past three decades, al-Arda has been incarcerated in different Israeli prisons, and he made international headlines in 2021 after leading a daring, successful, but short-lived escape from the maximum-security Gilboa Prison. In this blockbuster episode of Rattling the Bars, host Mansa Musa—a former Black Panther and political prisoner in the US—speaks with al-Arda after he and 2,000 other Palestinian prisoners were finally released from incarceration in Israel in 2025.
Videography: Ruwaida Amer, Cameron Granadino
Producer / Editor: Cameron Granadino
Voiceover: Danny Bou-Maroun
#news #politics #israel #prison #palestine
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- Title
- Could AI Create a New ‘Epstein Class’: Here’s Ro Khanna's Answer!
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- 22:50
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Welcome to Inequality Watch React, where we don’t just talk about inequality, we go straight to the source.
This week, we take you inside the National Press Club, where we spoke with Congressman Ro Khanna about the future of the Democratic Party, economic patriotism, and the growing divide between the powerful and everyone else.
From why Democrats struggle to win, to the unanswered questions surrounding the Epstein files, to whether Silicon Valley is creating a new class of untouchable elites, we break it all down.
Because this isn’t just about politics. It’s about power, and who it protects.
And the big question: can we protect ourselves from its excess and its consequences? Independent journalists Taya Graham and Stephen Janis head down to Capitol Hill to ask these questions. And if you have a question you want us to ask, please leave it in the comments!
#InequalityWatch #epsteinfiles #Politics #congress #accoun...
- Title
- Life Inside Gaza’s Tent Cities: ‘Let Me Show You…’
- Runtime
- 7:12
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Israel’s daily bombing of Gaza may have slowed down since a ceasefire was implemented in October, but the destruction and violence have not stopped. In the bombed-out ruins of Gaza, Palestinian refugees who have managed to survive Israel’s genocidal onslaught are clinging to life in tattered tent cities overwhelmed by rats, rain, cold, and illness. In this on-the-ground report from Gaza, 15-year-old refugee Magdy Abu Asr takes you inside the tent city where she and her family are struggling to survive so you can see it for yourself.
Filmed by: Magdy Abu Asr
Producer: Ruwaida Amer
Voiceover: Dana Ballout
Post-Production: David Hebden
#news #war #israel #gaza
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- Being Palestinian in an Israeli Prison
- Runtime
- 28:31
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- While international attention has decreased in recent months, the horrors Israel continues to systematically unleash on Palestinians in Gaza and the Occupied West Bank have not. In this episode of Rattling the Bars, host Mansa Musa—a former Black Panther and political prisoner—speaks with renowned scholar-activist Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi about Israel’s apartheid system of incarceration and the urgent fight to free Palestinian political prisoners detained by Israel.
Producer / Videographer / Editor: Cameron Granadino
#news #politics #israel #prisons
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