The Real News Podcast

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is trying to discredit progressive candidates during this primary season, framing establishment candidates as moderates and progressives as “far left,” with the media’s cooperation, says Howie Klein of DownWithTyrannyblogspot.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help...

The opening ceremony of the US Embassy in Jerusalem featured billionaire Sheldon Adelson prominent far-right evangelical Christian leaders John Hagee and Robert Jeffress. We discuss the alliance between Trump, Netanyahu, and far-right extremists in both the US and Israel with journalists Max Blumenthal and Dan Cohen Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news...

Eddie Conway speaks to people on the ground who are leading the poor people's march, which will culminate in Washington DC on June 23rd. The Poor People's Campaign is a coalition of organizations led by Rev. Dr William Barber II and Reverend Dr Liz Theoharis, inspired by the historic march lead by MLK Jr. 50 years ago Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-ne...

Moqtada al-Sadr, the cleric known for organizing uprisings against the U.S. military and rejecting Iranian influence, led the Alliance of Revolutionaries for Reform to victory in Iraq. We speak to professor Sabah Alnasseri 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...

The rightwing League and the progressive-populist 5-Star Movement are about to form a new coalition government in Italy. However, given the large number of differences between the parties and Silvio Berlusconi's efforts to undermine the government, it might not last long, says Prof. Steve Hellman Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/su...

As soon as Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Iran nuclear deal, and Israel bombed Syria, stocks of the top weapons corporations immediately increased. Author Andrew Feinstein says this sabotage of the JCPOA offers companies new opportunities for war profiteering Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue produc...

The Israeli military killed 60 and wounded 2,200 Palestinians protesters in one day, as Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner opened the US embassy in Jerusalem. Journalist Ali Abunimah says the Trump administration is misleadingly pointing the finger at Hamas to distract from Israel's crimes Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Hel...

As the summer approaches and cities like Baltimore deal with rap's relationship with violence, our correspondent Eze Jackson digs into the history and future of rap beef. 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...

Israeli military killed at least 58 Palestinians and injured 2,700 - 1,350 of them by gunfire. This is the highest death toll yet in Gaza. The great March of Return is also protesting the move of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Noor Harazeen reports for TRNN Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue pro...

This coming Sunday is Venezuela's Presidential election, which was moved up by several months. A large part of the opposition is boycotting the vote, but a serious challenger is in the running against Maduro. We speak to Venezuela expert Miguel Tinker-Salas Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue producing radic...

In one of the worst mass killings by Israel in years, at least 55 Palestinians were killed as the IDF opened fire on the Great March of Return in Gaza. The attack coincided with the opening of the new US embassy in Jerusalem. We are joined from Gaza City by Basem Naim, a former Gaza health minister and protest organizer. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real...

In one of the worst mass killings by Israel in years, at least 55 Palestinians were killed as the IDF opened fire on the Great March of Return in Gaza. The attack coincided with the opening of the new US embassy in Jerusalem. We are joined from Gaza City by Basem Naim, a former Gaza health minister and protest organizer. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real...

In collaboration with DeSmog, Real Media takes on #ShellKnew – an unfolding story of Shell’s awareness of its impact on climate change and how it has managed its image through PR as being a green socially responsible company, and the Trade Secrets Act which gives more rights to corporations above journalists and whistleblowers Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/th...

Unemployment is low and standard economic theory says that when unemployment drops, wages should rise. However, the latest Department of Labor report shows that even though unemployment has reached historic lows at 3.9%, wages are not rising. Why? We explore the reasons with Prof. Robert Pollin Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/supp...

Author of 'Trust, Power & Public Relations in Financial Markets' Dr. Clea Bourne talks about organized silence, the next financial crisis and the relationship between media and the financial industry 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 u...

During the 4th Ceasefire weekend since Aug. '17, a pancake Breakfast is held to honor the fathers of victims of violence. 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 Fa...

UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk outlined on Canadian television why Israel's attacks against Gazans in the March of Return. We speak to Peter Larson of Canada Talks Israel Palestine, who recently returned from Gaza 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 analy...

Carbon dioxide - the main atmospheric greenhouse gas - reached 410 parts per million in April, for the first time in recorded history. The connection to global warming is undeniable, but emissions have plateaued, which means that we can still reverse this trend, says climate scientist Michael Mann Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/s...

With the final demonstrations of the Great March of Return ahead, Israel could be preparing its worst killings of non-violent Palestinian protesters in Gaza to date, warns Norman Finkelstein 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...

In part two, Norman Finkelstein says that while Palestinian protesters in Gaza have bravely resisted their ghettoization under merciless Israeli fire, international solidarity is falling short 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 b...

Norman Finkelstein says that Israeli forces have conducted "a murderous assault on non-violent protesters" in Gaza's Great March of Return because non-violent protest threatens not Israel, but its occupation 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 fol...

Noor Harazeen reports from Gaza about the seventh week of the "March of Return" protests, which left two more dead and 200 injured from shots fired by the Israeli military at the protests 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 becomi...

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Richard Burr is helping Gina Haspel cover up her involvement in the CIA's torture program, explains former CIA analyst Ray McGovern 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 sustain...

During her Senate confirmation hearings, CIA nominee Gina Haspel evaded questions about her role in using "enhanced interrogation" (torture) techniques, which have their origins in the Nazi-era, explains for CIA analyst Ray McGovern 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...

Paul Coates tells Marc that he founded Black Classic Press forty years ago to fight the idea that only white people should control literary canon 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: Blue...