Global Research News Hour

This week on the Global Research News Hour, we bring you the latest news from the site of the war in Ukraine. In our first half hour, we'll hear from U.S. Colonel Douglas Macgregor, about his predictions for how the war in Ukraine is going better for Russia than how the media is letting on, and how a new escalation inwar violence could arrive as soon as November. Then in our second half hour, we t...

This week on the Global Research News Hour, as the dust settles on the pandemic, we’ll try to host a conversation on what seemed to go wrong with the way it was covered by the press, what may have to be done to cover such issues accurately and responsibly and even think about whether it is too late to save the media in question. In our first half hour we talk to Former mainstream journalist turned...

This week, on the Global Research News Hour we will be examining the changes to the way journalism is practiced in the world today, its toxic effect on the quality of news, and the multiple instances of independent sites being misrepresented as putting forward "fake news". Our first guest, veteran journalist of high acclaim John Pilger will assess how the space for exceptional work, simply isn’t t...

Israel has been targeting Palestinian civil society organizations as linked to terrorism. On August 18, they shut down the offices of seven of these organizations and sealed the entrances shut with welded steel. While Israel has not presented evidence, Ottawa has yet to condemn these actions. A discussion at the start of the month touched on whether Israel has motives other than security. As well,...

This week, on the Global Research News Hour, as we start a brand new season of the show, we will focus our attention on the 21st anniversary of the attack that propelled America into perpetual war and also the reasons for questioning the understanding of what really happened that day and who is ultimately responsible. In our first half hour, we are joined by the architect, and campaigner for 911 t...

This week on the Global Research News Hour, we are taking a look at the sudden threat to food security suddenly propping up everywhere, and whether or not there is an attempt to recreate food systems the way the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns was the start of restructuring the business sector via The Great Reset. In our first half hour, an expert with the Food and Agricultural Organization of the...

(Repeat Broadcast)This week on the Global Research News Hour we take a look at what this war with Ukraine will look like in a few weeks time and of the ramifications for the world beyond as the various trade sanctions take their toll. In our first half hour, Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter weighs in with his beliefs that in spite of appearances, Russia is doing brilliantly and will...

(Repeat Broadcast)This week on the Global Research News Hour, more than a week into the massive carnage and destruction that has reigned down on much of the former Soviet country, we will be making available to listeners the voices of analysts and peace groups in the United kingdom, the United States and Canada who depart from the narrow and they claim false package that provokes audiences to more...

(Repeat broadcast)This week on the Global Research News Hour, as the world witnesses in horror the real consequences of the first super-powers confrontation since the fall of the Berlin Wall, we try to take a closer look at the truth behind the scenes, the source of the conflict and whether or not the situation can and will be peacefully resolved. In our first half hour, Glenn Michalchuk of Peace...

(Repeat broadcast)This week on the Global Research News Hour, we continue our previous conversation on the very evident decline of the U.S. Empire by examining elements both abroad and within the nation and how they are showing few prospects for any immediate rescue from a horrifying fate. Our guest for the show is an insightful military analyst and blogger and the author of a new book discussing...

This week on the Global Research News Hour, as the US has lost in Afghanistan and is not doing so well on the world stage generally, we examine the weakening aspects of its empire and the growing fade in its power as now China seems to threaten to be the next big state on the world stage, and we examine this global shift through a historical lens. Joining us for the bulk of the hour, the historian...

The state of the present situation facing indigenous people all around the world is the focus of the episode of the Global Research News Hour. And without negating persistent racist themes, this is a positive and hopeful episode. Part one is a conversation with Dr Rudolph Ryser, the chair of the Center for World Indigenous studies. Dr Ryser has for more than forty-five-years worked in the field of...

This episode of the Global Research News Hour we host a panel discussion entitled NATO and Global Empire. This talk attempts to deal with where we are heading with this war-like path NATO is putting us on, how NATO is now operating not only in North America and Europe, but in Africa, China and around the globe, and how this path leads to more wars, colonial violence and white supremacy.

Today’s episode is a recording of a conversation exploring the role of the Canadian Mining companies heavy investment in mineral extraction from the continent of Africa. The role of these companies and of the Canadian government is quite abysmal in terms of their abuse of human rights and the ecological damage done to the environment. We will host conversations about the operations at hand, how th...

Repeat broadcast. This week the Global Research News Hour chooses to reflect on the story of Canada from a real vs mythical perspective. In our first half hour, the emeritus Economics scholar Kari Polanyi Levitt shares her thoughts about the so called sovereignty of Canada in 2021, the measures it would have to resort to in order to distinguish its independence from the US. In our second half hour...

THIS WEEK on the Global Research News Hour, as we approach the 155th anniversary of Confederation or Canada Day, we will look at the different currents affecting our national interests which by and large reflect elite interests and not the aims of average citizens. Our first guest Dimitri Lascaris joins us to talk about the position Canada has taken in geopolitical affairs and about the increasing...

This week on the Global Research News Hour, we are reviewing the consequences of Biden’s refusal to host certain Latin American leaders during last week’s summit meeting in Los Angeles and probe how the US role in Latin America and the Caribbean may be waning at a time when its position as head of an empire is crucial. We hear from three guests. Stephen Sefton based in Nicaragua brings us his take...

This episode of the Global Research News Hour takes a look at the criminal complaint brought down against the UK Government in relation to the measures taken in the name of stopping COVID. We speak to Phil Hyland of PJH Law who spoke to the evidence and eventual dropping of the case. Then we speak to Volcanologist and 'anti-science' crusader Dr Peter Hotez about what he saw as fraudulent arguments...

This week on the Global Research News Hour, we are taking a look at the sudden threat to food security suddenly propping up everywhere, and whether or not there is an attempt to recreate food systems the way the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns was the start of restructuring the business sector via The Great Reset. In our first half hour, an expert with the Food and Agricultural Organization of the...

This week on the Global Research News Hour, we bring you a special edition of the show devoted to the challenges facing the Labour movement in the midst of the major redress of how we do work, and how the people are addressing new forms of tyranny in an emerging technocracy. We first bring Professor Anthony Hall to the program to address the changes he fears face humankind with the changes brought...

This week, on the Global Research News Hour, while the headlines are raging around the war in Ukraine, we will feature a discussion about a nation where the death toll has risen to as many as half a million due to fighting, starvation and lack of medical attention. We are taking a look at the difficulties facing Ethiopia and Eritrea after the new round of violence that erupted into a civil war as...

This week, on the Global Research News Hour, as the war continues in Ukraine, we bring you a full examination of one of the most shocking geopolitical developments in recent times, the controversial removal of the popular Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan from power, the players involved and the future for the country and the wider region. In our first half hour, We will be joined by Professor Ju...

This week, on the Global Research News Hour, as the Russian invasion into Ukraine enters its third month, we focus on the war from a Canadian angle. First we hear from Yuri Sheliazhenko a journalist, blogger, human rights defender and pacifist based in Ukraine about his position against the violent fight back against Russia. Then we hear from Glen Michalchuk, chair of Peace Alliance Winnipeg, abou...

This week on the Global Research News Hour, on the day marked as Earth Day on our calendars, we devote the hour to examining how Indigenous people and tribal societies play a role in protecting our land and water and how their efforts are obstructed by governments and industry, including those who pledge to save nature. In our first half hour, We are joined by Judy DaSilva of Grassy Narrows First...

(repeat broadcast)This week on the Global Research News Hour, we continue our previous conversation on the very evident decline of the U.S. Empire by examining elements both abroad and within the nation and how they are showing few prospects for any immediate rescue from a horrifying fate. Our guest for the show is an insightful military analyst and blogger and the author of a new book discussing...