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Bill Gates has a curated reputation of being a philanthropist who helps many people in the third world countries. However, not all is as good as it seems. Today, we have Bobby Malhotra join us to talk about the extremely disturbing implications of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Show Notes: 1:00 - Bobby introduces himself 5:36 - Bill Gates motives are not that philanthropic. 5:55 - “The idea...

Today, we have civil-rights activist, apartheid activist, professor and author of the book Afropessimism joining us to talk about the paradigm of racial slavery and Afropessimism. People who approach racial slavery as just an event in the past will experience Frank Wilderson III’s book,  Afropessimism , as a violation. In his own words, they will encounter “ Afropessimism  as though they are being...

Today, we are joined by Temur, from Baiju Billa Bong podcast , to tell us about the history of Hui Muslims from the time of Genghis Khan to today. We talk about a little of everything that affects the Hui community in China. 1:24 - Double the discrimination in Australia. 4:00 - Hui Muslims descend from Arab, Persian or Turkish traders 5:32 - Traders from Afghanistan 6:36 - The Rebellion against th...

To understand the inner works of Auschwitz, please check out our article: The Language of Evil. In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholster from Vienna, and his sixteen-year-old son Fritz were arrested by the Gestapo and sent to Germany. Imprisoned in the Buchenwald concentration camp, they miraculously survived the Nazis’ murderous brutality. Then Gustav learned he was being sent to Auschwitz—a...

Today, Brain Mier join from Brasil Wire joins us to discuss the topic of Lavajato, Jair Bolsonaro, Lula Da Silva and Brazil. If you have not already listened to it, please listen to our previous episodes with Brian Mier: Getting your Hands Dirty in the Car Wash and Judge, Jury Executioner . In part 3, we hear about the latest updates. Recently, Lula Da Silva has been cleared of all the charges tha...

Today we interview journalist Tim Shorrock to talk to us about privatized military intelligence, US counter-insurgency methods and his article in The Baffler called Making COIN: The Modern History of an Unstoppable Bad Idea Tim talks about his Cold-War upbringing in Japan and Korea during the aftermath of World War II, the Korean war and through Vietnam, explaining how it gave him an honest “intro...

Today we interview Alec Karakatsanis from the Civil Rights Corps to talk about his most recent book “Usual Cruelty.” Alec talks to us about the inhuman violations and degradations in the American prison system that occurs because of a blend of capitalism and a harsh “tough on crime” culture. The violations that Alec details are extremely egregious. We usually don’t ask this often, but please share...

Not all heroes wear capes. Robin Hood is one of them. In this episode, Bob White from the Robin Hood Society joins us to talk about the hero who stole from the rich and gave to the poor in feudal England. We trace his evolution from his first appearance to the worldwide fame of Robin Hood. Show Notes 2:30-6:04 - Sherwood Forest & Robin Hood of Nottingham  6:04-7:50 - Robin Hood in literature 7:50-...

It is a story of intrigue, espionage and double-dealing. Today, we have Barnes Carr, author of The Lenin Plot here to discuss his intriguing, fast-paced book and the historical plot by the allies to assassinate V.I. Lenin 2:15 - Barnes’ research in pre-internet days involving the London Times’ Bound Volumes 5:30 - US plot to install a military dictatorship in Russia to bring the country back into...

In the past few years, we have been given a small glimpse to police brutality and unaccountability. However, today’s episode can shock the consciousness of even the most cynical amongst US. Police officers from LA County have created gangs where other police officers are initiated. Their right of passage is to kill using under the cover of badges. Today, we have Christian Contreras from Justice X...

Today, David Osit, filmmaker and director of the movie "Mayor” joins us, to talk about the Mayor of Ramallah and all the challenges for life under the occupation. Today, we also have John from Discourse Podcast join us as a guest host. The film is available on Virtual Cinema Show Notes 2:00 - How Ramallah Changed 4:00 - Limitations on the Mayor’s Job 5:01 - City Branding and What it means 7:35 - M...

US propaganda is always quick to explain that America is a bringer of Democracy to the world. Of course, most of the world wants no part of this alleged Democracy. Yet, we have lived this same script over and over with no more awareness from our public, media or our politicians. Today, we have economist Alexandr Buzgalin joining us to talk about the Breakup of the USSR, the history of Belarus sinc...

Today, Marjorie Cohn joins us from the Defend Assange legal team to talk about Wikileaks, Julian Assange and the unjust prosecution. 1:00 - Why does US have jurisdiction over espionage? 3:00 - Collateral Murder 5:00 - Why the Obama administration didn’t prosecute Assange? 7:00 - Why is there a corporate media blackout? 12:00 - Questions with Podesta Emails and Wikileaks? 14:00 - Waiver of Death Pe...

Earlier this year, Belarus, "spontaneously" , popped into centerstage on Western Media outlets. They recycled the usual comical narrative of "Pro-democracy opposition" against the "brutal dictator." I am always awed by the number of grown adults who accept very serious newspapers referring to anyone as "pro-democracy” candidates. Of course the opposition, like the incumbent, are "pro-democracy," t...

I feel like it is ground-hog day. The American left keeps falling fo the same old regime change propaganda over and over! Today, Ben Norton from the Grayzone joins us to talk about how not to be a regime-change dupe Show Notes 1:00 - What is the first sign of a regime-change effort by the US? 4:45 - Why do some protests get covered and not others? 7:30- TV Shows, Movies and entertainment is also p...

Dan Kovalik, author of No More War joins us to talk about the Human Rights Industrial Complex Show Notes: 00:30 - Uribe and the violence against union members 3:55 - What are Humanitarian interventions? In Venezuela the largely created the humanitarian intervention used to justify the overthrow the government. Dan Kovalik 5:00 - IMF denied loans to Venezuela 6:25 - US Sanctions and their effects....

This week, while the media is rehabilitating establishment Republicans, we take a walk through history to learn about the “good Republicans” or the Irish Republicans. We have author Conor McNamara, Author of Liam Mellows, Soldier of the Irish Republic, to talk about colonization, Irish fight for independence and the state of Ireland today! 00:59 - First invaders for Ireland 2:20 - The distinct Eth...

Last week, in part 1 we left off the story with the OAS and their hired guns using “Creative mathematics” to defend their attempted coup in Bolivia. Today, David Rosnick from the Center for Economic Policy and Research (CEPR) continues to compare the state of the US elections with that of Bolivia. We also learn about the more nefarious purpose of the OAS, which acts as a US proxy in regime-change....

The OAS issued a statement in 2019 questioning the validity of the Bolivian elections, which then snowballed into a full-blown fascist coup. Thousands of Bolivians have died. Today, we have David Rosnick from the Center for Economic Policy and Research (CEPR) telling us about the “intellectual collaborators” who gave a pseudo-intellectual cover for the coup. Follow David on Twitter: @ViscidKonrad...

Today, Jarvis Tyner from the CPUSA joins us to talk about nearly 100 years of history of the CPUSA and some of the important fights they were involved in such as desegregating the dance hall, meeting with Fidel Castro, unemployment councils and world war 2. He also inspires us about the future and what we should do! Show Notes: 2:00 - Dance, Dance Revolution…. well, at least how the CPUSA helped i...

1:00 - What is Political Cartooning? 3:11 - Evolution of Political Cartooning to “hackwork.” Political art gets point across better than the editorial format. Paul Conrad & Israel 8:00 Marie Antoinette Cartoons from the French Revolution * Check out the Gallery of Libelles against Marie Antoinette 9:36 - Tijuana Bible - 10:00 - What do Simon Bolivar, Gandhi and Sarah Palin have in common? Porn 21:...

Africa does not need to be filled with poor, ill and suffering people. It’s a human design. One of Africa’s biggest problems: Africa just needs monetary sovereignty. Right now, all systems are designed to hold Africa hostage by the Bretton Woods Institutions, Europe and US. Today, Fadhel Kaboub from  Denison University and Dr. Ndongo Samba Sylla from Rosa Luxemburg Foundation joins us to talk abou...

Today is part two of my two part conversation with Shavone Torres, a core person for Black Lives Matter New Jersey and network rep for BLM national in the United States. Shavone describes her view of what happened to George Floyd, the hundreds of years of systemic racism that preceded it, and the protests and largely performative responses by companies, government, and the president. Finally, we d...

This is part one of a two-part conversation.  This interview was hosted by Jeff Epstein, who is also the host of the podcast Activist #MMT ( Twitter ,  Facebook ,  web ). This interview was recorded on June 17, 2020. Today I talk with Shavone Torres, a core person for Black Lives Matter New Jersey and network rep for BLM national in the United States. Shavone describes her view of what happened to...

Many of you may have heard about the explosion in Beirut’s port last week. After the port, many people protested, but suddenly it looks like the protests are being co-opted by foreign forces with different agendas. Today, Rania Khalek talks to us about the brief history of Lebanon, the unique factionalism within the government. Finally, we talk about who the key players are and what the key intere...