The Truth

from D.C. where Veteran organizations are holding a 'Remember Your Oath Rally' in protest of Trump’s militarization of U.S. cities and ongoing support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-truth--6487495/support .

Zohran Mamdani was an unlikely frontrunner in New York’s mayoral election. His promise to make life more affordable for working-class New Yorkers, combined with his outspoken criticism of Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people, earned him a powerful coalition of opponents who poured millions into defeating him. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-truth-...

Donald Trump visited South Korea last week, meeting with both presidents Xi Jinping and Lee Jae Myung on the sidelines of the APEC leaders’ summit. Dae-Han Song joins Amanda Yee this week to discuss the agreements that came out of these meetings, how China won this latest round of the ongoing trade war, and the protests that erupted in South Korea in response to Trump’s visit. Become a supporter o...

As inequality deepens and dissent is punished, many are looking to new voices like Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist running for New York City mayor on a platform of rent freezes, free public transit, and taxing the rich. Can candidates like him revive the Democratic Party in the United States, or is real reform from within impossible? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreake...

Jeremy Scahill, co-founder of Drop Site News and one of the few Western reporters in regular contact with Hamas leaders, joins the show to discuss Israel’s latest attacks on Gaza, including Tuesday night airstrikes that killed over 100 people, 46 of them children, despite the so-called ceasefire. Scahill will discuss why Israel, with U.S. complicity, is trying to sabotage the agreement — and what...

The war in Sudan took an alarming turn when the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces seized the city of el-Fasher in Darfur this week. Mass killings and torture followed. It’s an emergency many experts have been warning about. Will the international community step in and stop the violence? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-truth--6487495/support .

From a classroom at the University of the South Pacific, a group of law students launched a global movement to take climate change to the International Court of Justice to save their islands from extinction. The students worked their way up from a small university to the international stage. As their campaign spreads and builds momentum across the world, they learn how to lobby ministers and ambas...

we examine the rise of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. A democratic socialist and outspoken critic of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Mamdani has faced a barrage of hostility from US mainstream media, the political donor class and the democratic establishment alike. The press has been particularly relentless, questioning not only Mamdani’s progressive policies but also his identity as a...

On Wednesday, Democrats released emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate suggesting Donald Trump knew about Epstein’s trafficking of underage girls — with Epstein calling Trump “the dog that hasn’t barked” and noting that an alleged victim had “spent hours at my house” with him. Just hours later, after months of stonewalling, House Republicans abruptly dumped 23,000 more pages of Epstein-related docu...

Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York City mayor marks a significant advance for progressive politics, winning broad support despite a right-wing backlash, Islamophobic attacks, and red-baiting from both Republicans and the Democratic establishment. Rania Khalek and Eugene Puryear discuss how his modest reforms like taxing billionaires slightly more, subsidizing groceries, and expanding public tra...

Dozens have been killed in U.S. airstrikes on boats off the Venezuelan and Colombian coasts. The Trump administration claims it’s targeting drug traffickers — but there’s no evidence. And now they’re threatening airstrikes inside Venezuela. U.S. warships now encircle Venezuela, joined by 10,000 troops and the Navy’s largest aircraft carrier. This is a war in slow motion, justified by recycled lies...

The Trump administration is escalating toward full-scale war with Venezuela, with warships, B-52 bombers, and promises of land strikes, after already killing at least 57 fishermen in “extrajudicial assassinations,” says José Luis Granados Ceja, a Mexican journalist with Venezuela Analysis. He calls the U.S. a “rogue government acting with impunity” and stresses that a military invasion “will not b...

break down Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani’s historic New York mayoral victory — a political earthquake that rattled billionaires, defied both parties, and energized millions demanding real change. They will discuss how Mamdani now faces threats not just from Trump and the far right, but from entrenched city institutions, a hostile bureaucracy, and pro-corporate Democrats — setting the stage f...

After winning an absolute majority, Zohran Mamdani began his speech by quoting socialist leader Eugene Debs about the dawn of a new era. While wishing Andrew Cuomo well in his "private life" he says "let this be the last time I ever utter his name." Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-truth--6487495/support .

Zohran Mamdani’s election night rally in Brooklyn, as results roll in for the historic 2026 New York mayoral race. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-truth--6487495/support .

Jeremy Scahill, co-founder of Drop Site News and one of the few Western reporters in regular contact with Hamas leaders, breaks down the Middle East’s shifting power dynamics and Israel’s latest attacks on Gaza, including Tuesday night airstrikes that killed over 100 people, 46 of them children, despite the so-called ceasefire. He details how Egypt and Turkey keep Hamas “severely weakened but not...

Carla grew up witnessing her father’s fight to protect Valencia’s fragile beach ecosystems. Now, as climate change warms the Mediterranean, sea turtles - driven by rising sea temperatures - have begun arriving to lay their eggs on her city’s shoreline. But the beaches they rely on are under threat. Mass tourism, unchecked development, and the recent floods are eroding these vital habitats. Become...

As foreign troops, private contractors and international powers tighten their grip on Haiti, the country is facing one of the worst crises in its modern history. But who is really to blame? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-truth--6487495/support .

It’s being called “the storm of the century". Hurricane Melissa has torn through the Caribbean, ranking among the most powerful Atlantic storms on record. The Category 5 storm hit Jamaica especially hard. How will the island recover? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-truth--6487495/support .

US strikes near Venezuela—which President Donald Trump says are targeting drugs gangs. That's disputed, but the major military mobilisation has brought the issue of narcotics centre stage. How bad is the problem in the US—and what's Trump's strategy? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-truth--6487495/support .

Since coming back to the White House earlier this year, Donald Trump has made rare earth minerals one of his top priorities. He's focused on securing enough supply for the US economy. In March, Trump went as far as signing an executive order, where he invoked wartime powers to increase the production of rare earths. And this week, he signed several agreements with a number of Asian countries, in t...

After decades of armed struggle, fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, are withdrawing from Turkiye and moving to northern Iraq. The conflict between the PKK and Turkish forces has killed more than 40,000 people in four decades. The withdrawal is the latest step in an agreement with the Turkish state, which the group says will see it shift to democratic politics. So, will Ankara stic...

For more than two years, Sudan has been locked in a bloody conflict between its military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. And this week, the RSF wrestled control of the strategic city of el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, which has been under siege by RSF forces for months. With the group now in control of the city, and the army in charge of the capital Khartoum...is there a risk Su...

Several African nations, including Uganda, Rwanda, Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, and South Sudan, have agreed to accept US-deported migrants, many with no ties to Africa. As rights groups sound the alarm, we examine what these deals mean for deportees, governments, and global migration politics. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-truth--6487495/suppor...

US President Donald Trump says an international stabilisation force will operate in Gaza soon. Hours later, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel can veto which countries take part. What are the challenges facing such a force - and in setting it up? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-truth--6487495/support .