Global Research News Hour

At a time when violence in the Israel-Palestine conflict is making major world headlines, we'll take a closer look at some of the dynamics playing out in the region with three guests. Ron Rousseau is one of the Canadiand participating in this year's Freedom Flotilla attempting to breach the ISraeli imposed blockade on Gaza. Sean Clinton is a Palestine solidarity activist based in Limerick Ireland....

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, we speak with two researchers who challenge the official account, and who outline possible motives by elite elements of American society for wanting to eliminate the bright charismatic political leader. Mark Robinowitz is a writer, political activist and ecological campaigner in Eugene, Oregon. He publishes the site...

This week’s Global Research News Hour examines a new and insidious stratagem for overthrowing independent governments and instituting the hegemonic will of foreign powers, most specifically the United States. F. William Engdahl, author of the recent book “Manifest Destiny: Democracy as Cognitive Dissonance” takes a historical look supposed democracy movements from Lech Walesa’s Poland to the curre...

This edition of the Global Research News Hour explores issues around the recent approval of a merger between German pharmaceutical and chemical giant Bayer and the American Agrochemical giant Monsanto. Author and Public Banking Institute Chair Ellen Brown discusses the economic and political clout of the new entity. writer Nick Meyer speaks about the May 19th March Against Monsanto, Dr. Stephen Fr...

This week's Global Research News Hour radio program features a conversation with London Ontario based Cory Morningstar and Boston Massachusetts based Bob Feldman, These two investigative journalists share their research into the way elites manipulate activism and media through foundation funding.

This week's Global Research News Hour hosts a feature interview with Research Associate for the Centre for Research On Globalization and past guest Mahdi Nazemroaya. Over the course of an in-depth discussion, Mahdi Nazemroaya explores recent geopolitical hotspots on the international stage, including the maneuvering of foreign powers in Syria, the popular uprisings happening across Armenia, the re...

On this week's broadcast of the Global Research News Hour, we pay tribute to noted media critic and anti-war activist, and U.S. foreign policy dissident Edward Herman, on the occasion of his recent passing. Guests include in order of appearance, the writer, journalist and broadcaster Stephen Lendman, Jeff Cohen, founder of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), Writer and broadcaster Ann Garri...

On the occasion of the anniversary of the start of the infamous Maidan uprisings, the Global Research News Hour delves into the politics and economics of the Ukraine crisis, the role of the international community in ameliorating or exacerbating the situation, and the prospects for peace or more war in the future. Guests include Ruslan Dzarasov - Head of the Department of Political Economy at Plek...

On this week's Global Research News Hour, we continue a conversation on the state of the nuclear industry and nuclear power six years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear catastrophe by speaking with two experts. First up, Gordon Edwards of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility explains the Canadian government's 70 year embrace of the atom. And later Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy...

Arnie Gundersen, a nuclear educator and former nuclear industry senior vice president, has referred to it as “the biggest industrial catastrophe in the history of mankind.” [1] Six years ago this week, a tsunami, triggered by a category 9.0 earthquake, slammed into the site of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility on the north east coast of the Japanese island of Honshu. The natural disaster resu...