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"Stunning and Revealing" - DCCC Demands Loyalty Oath From Political Consultants 15.04.2019 6:46

As Jeff Cohen points out, political fear of progressives and corporate power have pushed the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) towards strategies for stopping primary challenges Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and...

California Dreamin' of Climate Action by Newsom, But Will He Deliver? 15.04.2019 13:05

After mixed record by Governor Jerry Brown, advocates hope Governor Gavin Newsom will up ante on climate policy. Early on, details remain murky. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer. Follow us on: Blues...

EU Plastics Ban "Doesn't Go Far Enough" 15.04.2019 14:33

Jerri-Lin Scofield and Jonathan Latham argue that EU plastics ban is far too limited and that recycling plastics does not deal with the main problem these materials cause Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sust...

Arab Spring Arrives Late in Algeria: New Elections Called 15.04.2019 13:49

Baba Aye discusses the protests in Algeria, the colonial legacy that still shapes the country’s politics today, and the decision of independence hero Bouteflika to step down Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly s...

Assange Indictment: A Threat to the Foundation of US Democracy? 15.04.2019 10:54

A panel discussion between FAIR's Jeff Cohen and Jacqueline Luqman, with host Marc Steiner examines whether this is the beginning of an attempt to stop investigative journalists from working with whistleblowers and exposing corruption Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue producing radically independent news a...

UK Labour Party's "Witch Hunt" Victimizes Jewish Black Party Activist 15.04.2019 16:01

Jackie Walker's surreptitiously taped words taken out of context led to a 2016 suspension; now she has been expelled. We discuss the case with Jackie Walker herself Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer....

Special Report: Massacres in Haiti - Pacificas Margaret Prescod 15.04.2019 10:24

An unknown number of Haitians were killed, raped, and burned alive in La Saline, Haiti, the home of African Diaspora liberation. Margaret Prescod talks about what she found Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly su...

Ecuadorian President's Motives for Surrendering Assange Vengeance & IMF Loan? 15.04.2019 15:10

$4.2 billion IMF loan, submission to the US, and vengeance appear to have been President Moreno's true motives for revoking Assange's asylum in Ecuador's London embassy, says Ecuador's former foreign minister Guillaume Long Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth...

Sudan's President Carries Out Coup to Defuse Movement Against Him 15.04.2019 8:00

Prof. Khalid Ahmed says that what looks like military coup against Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir, is actually of the president's own making, to defuse the growing movement and ICC indictment against him Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by follo...

Assange Arrested for Exposing U.S. War Crimes - Paul Jay 12.04.2019 21:09

Wikileaks released Manning’s leaked documents and exposed multiple crimes committed by the U.S. government and armed forces - Jay says this is getting lost in the corporate media coverage of Assange’s arrest; when he was arrested, Assange carried a copy of TRNN’s book “Gore Vidal on the History of the National Security State” which was based on a series of interviews conducted by Paul Jay between...

Rising Rents Threaten Berlin's Diversity, Activists Demand Expropriation 12.04.2019 9:31

Germany is abuzz about a new movement to expropriate 240,000 apartments from large landowners in order to halt rapidly rising rents in Berlin Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer. Follow us on: Bluesky:...

Daniel Ellsberg On Assange Arrest: The Beginning of the End For Press Freedom 12.04.2019 21:13

"This is the first indictment of a journalist and editor or publisher...And if it's successful it will not be the last." Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer. Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com Fac...

Two Trump Executive Orders Will Make It Even Easier to Build Pipelines 12.04.2019 15:59

Consolidation of power into the federal government will make it harder for states to oppose pipeline construction for environmental reasons, says Tamara O'Laughlin, North America Director of 350.org Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate . Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us cont...

Students, Residents Protest Johns Hopkins ICE Contracts and Private Police 12.04.2019 6:24

As student occupation continues, professors join in calls for the university to abandon plan for armed police Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer. Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com Facebook: The...

Assange and Manning Under Arrest: Trump Admin Goes All Out Against Whistleblowers (Pt 2/2) 11.04.2019 6:04

Shortly before Assange’s arrest in London Thursday morning, we spoke to former National Lawyers Guild president Marjorie Cohn about Manning’s refusal to testify against Assange and the precarious situation Assange is in Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth ana...

Assange and Manning Under Arrest: Trump Admin Goes All Out Against Whistleblowers (Pt 1/2) 11.04.2019 8:25

Asylum Seekers Face Illegal Deterrent Policies In Spite of Judge's Ruling 11.04.2019 15:27

With Trump promising to “go in a tougher direction” with his replacement for DHS head, what can Trump legally do to go in that direction in light of the recent ruling against his "wait in Mexico" policy for asylum seekers? We speak to Denise Bell of Amnesty International Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue p...

Netanyahu's Brilliant Election Strategy Overcomes Corruption Indictments (2/2) 11.04.2019 12:34

Shir Hever and Lia Tarachansky discuss the continuing rise of the far-right in Israel and the future of the Israeli state following Netanyahu's probable reelection Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer....

Netanyahu's Election Crusade Succeeds In Spite of Corruption Indictments (1/2) 11.04.2019 16:08

Don't Celebrate: Mueller Report Continues Russiagate Narrative 10.04.2019 9:26

The Mueller report, while finding no collusion by Trump, did reinforce the narrative that Russia interfered in the 2016 elections to sow discord and disinformation, reinforcing the idea that Russia is an existential threat to the United States. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue producing radically independ...

Netanyahu's Proposal to Annex West Bank Kills Delusion About Two-State Solution 10.04.2019 9:17

Rabbi Mivasair discusses the implications of Netanyahu's probable reelection and his last-ditch effort to appease the far-right in Israel, by declaring his willingness to annex the West Bank Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and bec...

Pompeo: Sanctions Increase "Pain and Suffering" in Venezuela (Pt 2/2) 10.04.2019 11:18

Sec. of State Mike Pompeo recently openly admitted that the sanctions are causing pain and suffering and that this would accelerate the process of toppling the Maduro government. Mark Weisbrot discusses the approach and what Democrats and progressives could do to stop this Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue...

More Sanctions on Venezuela: Operation Florida 2020 (Pt 1/2) 10.04.2019 7:06

Senators Menendez and Rubio introduced a bipartisan bill to the Senate to intensify US and international pressure on the government of Venezuela. Mark Weisbrot says this is largely possible because members of Congress are unaware of the suffering the sanctions are causing in Venezuela Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help...

US Provides Three out of Five Weapons Saudi Arabia Used in Yemen (Pt 2/2) 10.04.2019 15:02

Shadow Wars author Andrew Feinstein discusses new research showing that the US sold 70 billion dollars worth of arms to the Saudi Coalition for its war in Yemen, currently the world's worst humanitarian crisis Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by f...

US Complicit in War Crimes in Yemen (Pt 1/2) 10.04.2019 8:00

Three out of five weapons used in Yemen are supplied by the US says Andrew Feinstein, the author of Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer. Follow us on: Bluesk...